After the alpha ripped out my heart for my sister, he went crazy

I stood there, in that dimly - lit, ancient - looking chamber, the wizard's voice echoing around me like a death knell. "Alpha, are you really set on donating Ava's heart to Stella?"

I looked at Alpha Hector, my heart pounding with a mix of dread and despair.

He hesitated for a moment, and then, those crushing words escaped his lips. "Yes."

The wizard stepped forward, his long robes swishing softly against the cold stone floor.

"Listen closely, Alpha Hector. Ava's heart must be in perfect health for this to work. it has to be a precise match for Stella's. Ava's heart is compatible."

My legs felt like they were made of lead.

"As for Ava, she will not truly perish. Once her heart is transplanted into Stella, her essence will find a new vessel. She will be reborn in another form, another identity. However, the transition will not be easy. During the heart - transplant, she will experience an overwhelming sense of near - death, a trial she must endure to ensure Stella's survival."

I closed my eyes tightly, the pain in my chest almost unbearable. In Alpha Hector's eyes, I was nothing but a disposable thing. He thought I could just die and come back, as if my feelings didn't matter. I had always been so stupid, agreeing to his every demand without question, just to win a bit of his affection. Before, it was always about giving in to Stella's needs, and now, he was asking me to give up my life.

I had always known that Alpha Hector was in love with my twin sister, Stella. The only reason I'd been able to stay by his side for those long seven years was my face, the face that looked so much like hers.

Everything changed when Stella, sick with severe heart failure, returned to our pack.

Alpha Hector had made his cruel request: he wanted my heart.

Every time I refused, he grew colder, his eyes like chips of ice. Finally, he'd lashed out. "Why do you have to be so difficult? You're just a pathetic little thing chasing after me. If you'd just agree, I might even feel sorry for you. Why can't you be more reasonable?"

Reasonable?

Alpha Hector was smart, his shrewdness allowing him to become the alpha of the powerful Rivermoon Pack at such a young age. But his heart was as cold as the deepest winter in the wolf - covered forests.

Finally, I gave in. "I promise you," I said, my voice barely above a whisper, my throat tight with unshed tears.

The wizard told me that once I donated my heart, my current body would die completely.

In that moment, I decided I never wanted to see Alpha Hector again.

When we got home, I was in a daze.

I never expected what happened next. Alpha Hector, the cold - hearted alpha, put on an apron and disappeared into the kitchen.

A little while later, he came out carrying