Let Me Say The Last Goodbye to You, Alpha!

It had been a week since my mother’s death, and I felt lost. The pain in my heart wouldn’t go away. Not only did I lose my mother, but I also lost Benedict. After all, the Alpha hadn’t come to see me nor the wake of my mother.

Again and again, I kept calling him through the mind-link to no avail. My fiancee wouldn’t respond even once. Eventually, the rest of the pack decided to cremate my mother per our pack’s tradition.

Honestly, it was really gut-wrenching to see the Luna’s lifeless body. There was no way that I would expect that this would turn out like this. In fact, I still couldn’t even believe this.

“Goodbye, Mom,” I said to her as I sent her to the crematorium.

Soon enough, the rain fell as my mom was being turned to ashes inside the crematorium. I planned to bury my mother’s ashes under the old oak tree where I used to play. Both she and I had lots of great memories there. Surely, it would be a fitting place for it, wouldn’t it?

However, fate didn’t seem to favor me.

Just when I was about to bury my mother’s ashes, I saw two people. Benedict and Marina. Instantly, I gritted my teeth out of anger. Why the Alpha didn’t even come to my mother’s funeral? Was everything that the Luna had given to that man nothing for him?

The first thing Benedict said to me was, “Aria?”

He seemed to be surprised, especially with Marina by his side. Meanwhile, his likely mistress just smirked as she held him tightly to show off to me. But that was the least of my concerns.

“What’s wrong?” he asked again.

“What’s wrong?” I repeated in a sarcastic tone, trying to control my rising anger.

I kept asking him angrily, “You’re spending all your time with her! What about me? Did you even know about what happened to my mother?”

Before Benedict could answer, Marina spoke first, “Oh, Aria, you’re overreacting. We were just having some fun. Besides, I was having such a hard time here.”

“Anyway, this place is such a mess. You need to get it together, Aria,” Marina said, making another snide remark that I didn’t take very lightly.

“Well, perhaps if you’re not busy doing Moon Goddess-knows-what with my fiancee, I’ll have more time, Marina,” I icily replied to her.

As I expected, Benedict took that woman’s side and defensively responded, “Please give her a break, Aria. Marina is having a hard time!”

Marina quickly played victim as she pretended to cry, causing Benedict to go to her instead of me.

“I want to bury Bettina here,” she said as she brought a bright pink-colored urn.

When I heard it, I was left in shock.

“Bury Bettina, that little mutt?” I repeated again, bewildered.

“Why not?” the woman dismissively asked as she shrugged with a smug face.

Then, she arrogantly continued, “She was my beloved pet. My needs matter too, you know.”

I felt the anger bubbling up inside me.

“This is not about you! Do you want to bury your pet in her place?” I angrily asked her.

“Exactly!” Marina shouted back at me, proudly showing that she wouldn’t back down at all.

“If I want Bella to rest here, I will. It’s only fair,” she stated coldly.

Without realizing it, I began slapping Marina to the point where she fell. I had no idea that I could be that strong, but it happened. The young woman immediately turned to Benedict who quickly defended her.

“What the hell is wrong with you? It’s Marina’s pet. It’s not that big of a deal,” he angrily berated me.

I couldn’t help but scoff dismissively. However, it seemed that I made the Alpha even more upset because he did something unthinkable to me next. The man grabbed me by my collar.

“Are you trying to undermine me, Aria?” he icily asked in his Alpha voice.

Even though I was a hybrid, I could still feel the pressure of the Alpha voice. Instinctively, I shook my head to get off the pressure. While Benedict was still not satisfied, he just gritted his teeth angrily because he knew that I was still his betrothed.

However, I was really wrong when I thought that my wish would be respected. Marina glanced over at the silver-colored urn that I brought. As soon as I saw that woman’s malicious smirk, I knew that she wanted to do something bad.

“Benedict, Aria must’ve felt alone to the point she even copied me, pretending that her pet died so that she could bury it here too,” Marina began speaking maliciously as she pointed at the urn.

“How dare you!” I shouted in anger.

But before I could do anything, Benedict spoke again in his Alpha voice, “Throw that urn.”

Although I tried my best to not do that, I still threw the urn. Even when I tried to reach for it, it was already too late for me. The moment the urn fell to the ground, it shattered into a million pieces. My mother’s ashes scattered everywhere, drifting in the wind.

I could never believe the fact that Benedict dared to order me to throw the urn just like what happened earlier. All my memories with my mother came rushing into my mind before they slowly disappeared. My heart was so pained.

‘I’m sorry for not being able to protect you, Mom,’ I angrily said in my heart.

If only I wasn’t a hybrid, I might be able to protect you even more. Unfortunately, I was born as one. Was this my sin for being a hybrid?

No matter how I tried to replay what just happened, I knew that it already happened. The late Luna’s ashes had been carried by the wind. I couldn’t do anything at all.

“No!” I shouted in desperation as I tried to catch the ashes and failed.

“Aria, you shouldn’t be jealous of Marina. You should be more reasonable,” the man kept talking in a dismissive tone.

“Shut up! Do you know about what happened?” I angrily responded to him.

“Ask anyone what happened. My mother, Luna Mara Williams, died!” I continued before he spoke again.

The Alpha was stunned. His eyes widened for a while as if he were in disbelief, but he quickly shook his head as if he didn’t believe me. The same thing with Marina. It seemed that she didn’t expect this to happen.

Marina’s face went pale as she responded, “There’s no way it can happen! Aria must’ve lied! She’s a hybrid that we can never trust!”

“Do you think I’d lie about something as serious as this?” I coldly asked her.

Sensing that I wasn’t playing around, the woman faked crying again as she approached Benedict. I couldn’t help but feel disgusted by how stupid the Alpha could be. The only thing I hoped for this pack that it wouldn’t be ruined by a stupid man like my fiancee was.

“Aria, you have to understand. I know that you’re jealous. The pack needs a strong Luna. You’re a hybrid and you haven’t even shown to us whether you were able to shift or not. Please don’t lie to us,” he sternly said.

“If you don’t trust me, feel free to call the pack doctor, Lady Tonya Lewis,” I told him coldly.

Finally, the Alpha called the pack doctor, Tonya, to come into his presence.

“Lady Tonya Lewis, is that true that Luna Mara Williams died?” he asked in his Alpha voice.

As a response, the pack doctor nodded.