Chapter 5 The Remorse Of The Arrogant Alpha

• Aiden’s POV
• I irritably tugged at my collar.
• There seemed to be a lingering sweet scent of witchcraft on Amber, but for some reason, it no longer pleased me.
• Ever since I severed the mental link with Seraphina at the Moon Goddess Festival a few days ago, I couldn't feel her presence anymore.
• Where did she go?
• The thought crossed my mind, but I immediately pushed it aside.
• She was just a tool for a political marriage.
• Throwing a tantrum, playing hide and seek, just to get my attention?
• If I ignored her for a few days, she would naturally come back to me like before.
• After all, everyone in the Sterling Pack knew how much she loved me, enough to give up her life.
• She couldn't leave me.
• Besides, with her declining Wilder bloodline, if she dared to really leave me, the elders of the Sterling Pack wouldn't spare her.
• Thinking of this, my irritated heart calmed down slightly.
• At that moment, my beta, Cass, knocked on the door and walked in, looking serious.
• "Alpha, the elders are summoning you."
• …
• The atmosphere in the Sterling Pack’s council chamber was so oppressive that it was suffocating.
• Dozens of tribal elders sat on ancient stone chairs, their eyes filled with scrutiny and displeasure.
• The head elder, also my uncle, tapped the ground heavily with his totem staff, a symbol of absolute power.
• "Aiden!"
• His voice was old and majestic, carrying an unquestionable sense of authority.
• "Where is Seraphina Wilder?"
• I furrowed my brow. "She’s just throwing a tantrum; she’ll be back in a few days…"
• "Throwing a tantrum?"
• The head elder sneered, interrupting me. "Aiden, do you even realize what you’ve done? Because you refused to conduct the awakening ceremony for her, the totem fire at the Moon Goddess altar hasn’t been lit for two whole days!"
• "What?" I was shocked.
• "For the sake of a lowly bloodline witch, you openly violated the ancient marriage contract with the Wilder family! You are challenging the authority of the Moon Goddess!"
• Another elder stood up, disappointment evident in his voice. "Aiden, you have greatly disappointed us! Despite Seraphina’s weak bloodline, she carries the lost ancient bloodline within her!"
• "She is the key to truly gaining the Moon Goddess’s protection for our Sterling Pack."
• "Now that you’ve lost her, if she is marked by the Alpha of another tribe, do you know what that means?!"
• I felt a surge of anger.
• "She dares!"
• A marriage tool, even if she had a hundred guts, would she dare to betray me?
• Just because I didn’t give her the Moon Soul Herb, she dared to yell at me in the mental link, even threatening to break off the engagement.
• It seems I have been too indulgent with her over the years!
• The Grand Elder looked at me and shook his head.
• "Aiden, you are too arrogant. I warn you: immediately bring Seraphina back! Otherwise, once the curse of the Moon Goddess descends, the entire Pack will pay the price for your foolish behavior!"
• …
• I left the council chamber, full of anger, and went to the tribe’s private club.
• Several core members of the tribe had been waiting there, surrounded by a few hot female werewolves.
• Seeing me, Jack immediately greeted me with a smile; he always liked to flatter me.
• "Aiden, what’s wrong? Being nagged by those old folks again?"
• "It’s all because of that ungrateful woman, Seraphina!" I sat down impatiently, picked up a glass of strong liquor, and drank it all in one go.
• Jack chuckled. "I told you, it’s just a woman, nothing to fuss about. Aiden, you’ve been too good to her; that’s why she dares to be so bold. Women, ignore them for a few days, and they’ll come back on their own. Besides, with your status, what kind of she-wolf can’t you have?"
• Hearing this, my furrowed brow relaxed slightly.
• Exactly.
• I, Aiden Sterling, Alpha of the Sterling Pack, what kind of woman couldn’t I have?
• Seraphina was just the most convenient and obedient one among my many choices.
• She loved me, loved me enough to die for me.
• How could she bear to leave me?
• Maybe this time I went a little too far; she threw a tantrum, even alarming the elders.
• That’s when I started to feel a bit uneasy, a little out of control.
• At this moment, Kyle, sitting beside me, frowned.
• "Aiden, I think you shouldn’t listen to Jack’s nonsense. You did go too far this time. Although it was just a ritual, you rejected her and gave the Moon Soul Herb to Amber, which, in front of all the tribes, was a severe humiliation to her and her Wilder bloodline."
• "And isn’t Amber’s witch’s heat too frequent? On your engagement anniversary with Seraphina, she wasn’t feeling well. On your birthday, her birthday, even the Moon Goddess Festival, she wasn’t feeling well!"
• "Every time, you leave Seraphina to be with her. No woman can stand that."
• "Even if Seraphina loves you, her heart will eventually grow cold. Don’t wait until she’s really gone, marked by another wolf, to regret it!"
• Regret?
• How could I ever regret?
• Regret should be Seraphina’s regret!
• I snorted indifferently. "In Aiden Sterling’s life, there is no room for regret!"
• Will Seraphina leave me one day?
• How could that happen!
• She has loved me for five years!
• But Kyle did remind me: females are all jealous creatures.
• I did embarrass her a bit at the Moon Goddess Festival this time.
• I held the wine glass, silent for a moment.
• Forget it.
• For the sake of our five years together, I will swallow my pride and reach out to her proactively.
• I closed my eyes, focusing all my mental energy, trying to capture that faint, faint breath that belonged to her in the vast spiritual realm.
• I extended my mental energy outward.
• Nothing.
• Still nothing.
• It’s as if the whole world no longer has her presence.
• A bead of sweat dripped from my forehead, and the restlessness and unease in my chest churned more fiercely.
• I don’t believe it!
• I once again activated my Alpha power, increasing the strength of the mental link to the extreme, and frantically probed my power around.
• This time, I finally felt a response!
• But it wasn’t Seraphina’s breath!
• My mental energy hit a wall!
• A powerful, unshakable spiritual barrier that made my soul tremble!
• My mental energy crashed into it, instantly crushed!
• What’s even more unacceptable is,
• On that wall, I smelled a scent.
• A scent a hundred times stronger than mine, full of absolute possession and royal pressure!
• It’s Damien Volkov!
• It’s that Lycan King!
• My Seraphina… she was marked by another Alpha…
• And in the most dominant, most uncompromising way, completely erased all traces I left on her!
• "Fuck!"
• I opened my eyes suddenly, my eyes crimson, veins bulging on my forehead!
• I fiercely smashed the wine glass in my hand!
• "Bang!"
• The crystal wine glass exploded on the wall, shards flying everywhere!
• "Aiden, what’s wrong with you?"
• Jack and Kyle were both startled by my sudden rage.
• I didn’t answer.
• I just felt that my dignity was being trampled on ruthlessly at this moment, crushed underfoot!
• Intense jealousy, anger, and a hint of fear and regret that I didn’t even want to admit burned wildly in my heart!
• Seraphina!
• You damn woman!
• How dare you betray me!