---- Chapter 7 Amy's words pierced David like knives. Every syllable struck the part of him he feared most- the part he had desperately tried to deny. And the more he tried to suppress it, the more her voice echoed in his mind. She'll never forgive you. Fury surged through him. He didn't kill her. But he had her suspended over the rooftop edge, her wrists bound tightly, left hanging there for a full day and night, wind howling around her like the screams of the past. And yet-even after that, David felt no satisfaction. Nothing could erase the truth: he had lost her. His mate. The She-wolf who once looked at him like he was her entire world. ---- The one who had whispered promises of forever under the moonlight. The one who had vowed to walk with him until the end of days. She was gone. And this time... he knew she wouldn't come back. But until he saw it with his own eyes, he refused to give up. If there was even a sliver of hope-just a spark-he would chase it. No matter the cost. While David tore the world apart in search of me, I had already been in the Sunfang Pack for a month. The alpha who had pulled me out of the ocean that night was my childhood friend-Bill. He had found me barely conscious, soaked and freezing, wrapped tightly in layers of fabric, as if trying to vanish. His eyes brimmed with tears, panic thick in his voice as he carried her to safety. "May, how could you be so foolish?" he whispered, ---- holding her trembling form. "David isn't worth your life." "Did you forget?" he asked softly, "I've always been right here. All you had to do was turn around." He took me to Sunfang Pack. He stayed by my side every single day for the next month. And when my soul finally began to return to eyes, when my laughter hesitantly came back in quiet moments, he handed mea stack of papers. His entire fortune. Every asset under his name. "T've never been with anyone else," he told me, his gaze steady and clear. ''Five years, May. I've waited all this time, and I'm still clean." "You know I've loved you since we were kids. I never forgot. I never let go of that promise I made before I left." My heart trembled. Our clans had been close for generations. Me and Bill had grown up together, side by side. Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!