In the Shadow of Lies

I was five months along, carrying the pup of my fiancé, Ryan Hebert—

a Beta from the Darkmoon Pack.

On the day of our marking ceremony,Ryan abandoned me.

He turned and marked Daisy instead.

She was with pup too.

He declared that the pup growing inside me wasn’t his,

that it was a bastard of unknown origin.

What was even crueler,

in front of the entire pack,

he accused my father of colluding with outsiders,

calling him a traitor to the Darkmoon bloodline.

My father collapsed from a heart attack at the entrance of the banquet hall.

I miscarried on the spot.

Wearing my ceremonial gown,

I knelt in a pool of blood,

begging him to save us.

But he looked at me with nothing but ice in his eyes,

while holding Daisy protectively in his arms.

“Daisy can’t handle stress.

Stay away from her.”

Later, it was my childhood friend, Andrew Rasmussen, who saved me.

He brought in the most skilled wolf healers for my father,

and stayed by my side, night and day.

A week later, my father had another heart attack.

Before he passed, his only wish was for me to be protected.

Andrew knelt by the bedside,

and solemnly swore to my father’s lifeless body

that he would marry me,that he would protect me for the rest of my life.

And I believed him.

After the funeral,

I ended things with Ryan and married Andrew instead.

But five years later,

I overheard a conversation between Ryan and Andrew.

“If Eleanor ever finds out that it was you and me who traded her purity for Daisy’s happiness on the day of the ceremony…

do you think she’d still love you?”

So Andrew’s love was a lie too.

They had always loved Daisy.

And after I finally walked away,

why did the man who destroyed me

lose his mind trying to win me back?

I was Eleanor Silverclaw, daughter of Carlos Silverclaw, the most respected elder of the Darkmoon Pack.

The night Dad died from a heart attack, Andrew Rasmussen, my childhood friend and the pack's greatest warrior, stayed by my side.

That same night, he stood over my father’s fading body and swore to protect me for the rest of his life. He promised to take me as his mate, to shield me from every storm.

And I believed him.

Even after Ryan Hebert, my former fiancé and a Beta of the Darkmoon Pack, publicly rejected me and marked Daisy instead，humiliating me and denouncing my unborn child.I still took Andrew’s hand. I believed he was my last safe harbor.

I had been carrying Ryan’s pup.

On the day of our marking ceremony, he turned his back on me and marked Daisy, who was also with pup.

He declared, in front of the entire Pack, that the child in my womb wasn’t his.

That it was a bastard.

A pup of unknown blood.

Then he did something even crueler—

He accused my father of treason, claiming he had