Rejected After Bleeding Out For His Unworthy Heir

For days, Nolan didn’t set foot in my quarters.

From what I gathered from the Omegas who served me, he had been staying in his office, and Ruth Cooper had already taken over managing the front of the packhouse.

When Ruth came to visit me, she went on and on about how well she treated the Omegas, clearly trying to win over the ones who still served me.

“I’m not as skilled as you are at managing things, so why don’t you take the storage keys and handle everything?”

I instructed Abby to bring the keys and handed them to Ruth. If anything went wrong with the pack’s resources now, it wouldn’t be on me.

“Well, I won’t refuse such an offer!”

Ruth’s eyes lit up as she took the keys, clutching them to her chest as if I might snatch them back.

The next day, Ruth transferred all the Omegas from my quarters to serve at the front, even cutting back on the supplies allocated to my area.

By noon, no one had brought food.

Leslie, the Omega caretaker responsible for nursing Koen, couldn’t produce enough milk because she wasn’t getting enough to eat herself. Koen was hungry and began to cry, soon developing a high fever.

“Go and find the Healer, quickly!”

I paced anxiously, constantly touching Koen’s forehead.

I’d heard stories of pups not surviving high fevers, and we needed the Healer immediately.

But Ruth wouldn’t let the Omegas leave. Abby returned in tears, begging me to do something.

I stormed into the front of the packhouse to confront Ruth. “Koen is sick! I need to get the Healer right now, I can’t wait!”

“Don’t make this about petty jealousy. I’m begging you!”

My eyes pleaded with her. I was willing to do anything if she’d just let me leave to find help.

But she just said, “Pups get sick all the time. Go back and soothe him.”

When I tried to push past her with Abby, the Omegas at the front held me back.

“Alpha Nolan said everything here is under my control. Genevieve, you’ve crossed me. Someone, teach her a lesson!”

At Ruth’s signal, two Omegas stepped forward and slapped me hard across the face.

“Ruth, this is also Nolan’s pup!” I said, my voice trembling.

Ruth replied indifferently, “Just a pup. If he dies, he dies. I’ll give Alpha Nolan a stronger heir soon enough.”

She smiled sweetly and added, “If you still want to leave, why don’t you kneel and beg me properly?”

She looked down at me, her fingers tilting my chin up.

“Please, let me go. I’m begging you, please forgive me!”

Tears streamed down my face as I struggled to kneel and lower my head twice.

“Not hard enough. Do it again!”

Ruth had someone bring her a chair. She lounged in the sunlight, admiring her slender hands while spouting her venom.

I lowered my head again and again, until blood streaked my forehead.

I couldn’t feel the pain anymore. There was only one thought in my mind: I had to save Koen.

“Luna, it’s bad—the pup, he’s…”

An Omega ran over, crying and collapsing to her knees.

Ruth’s face paled for a moment, but she quickly composed herself.

“This isn’t my fault. You were too slow, and now you’ve killed your own pup!”

She turned and fled with her Omegas.

My mind went blank. I stumbled to my feet and ran back to my quarters.