As I entered the small apartment building I had secured earlier, my heart began to settle. The walls here didn’t know my past. They didn’t know Lukas or Celeste. They were blank slates, just like me.

The apartment was sparsely furnished, but it didn’t matter. I didn’t need much. A bed, a place to write, a space to breathe. That was all.

As I unpacked, my mind kept drifting back to Lukas’s words—his promises, his lies. And then, suddenly, the weight of the betrayal hit me again. This time, though, it wasn’t crushing. It was fuel. My anger, my pain, all of it turned into fire. I could feel my wolf stirring, sensing the power in the shift.

I grabbed my phone, my fingers trembling as I typed a message to Selene. “I’m ready. Set it all up. I’m leaving everything behind.”

Before I could second-guess myself, I hit send. I had no room for doubt. No room for fear.

Lukas’s call came an hour later. I let it ring, knowing full well it wasn’t going to change anything. When it finally stopped, my phone buzzed again. A voicemail.

“Ayla…” Lukas’s voice sounded different, strained. “Please don’t do this. I—I don’t know how to fix this, but I can. You’re not nothing. You’re my everything. Don’t leave me.”

I stared at the message, my chest tightening. I had been his everything once. Those lies. But now, I am someone else.

There was no going back.

Two days later, Merryl called with the details. The interviews, the job offers, the city—the possibilities stretched out before me like a new dawn.

But Lukas won't dare forget me even if he wants to, I planned to cause him some pain, forgetting I was once obsessed with him. I stole his PC a while back to get information that I can use against him and not to my surprise….he had a whole lot.

I opened my phone to find Celeste had posted a new update. Hypocrite.

She was sitting in Lukas's passenger seat, their fingers intertwined, both wearing the latest engagement rings. I smiled.

Using his account, I sent the story of our seven years together, along with the evidence of his affair I had collected, to everyone at the pack. Sent special ones to Sir Alpha Kane.

Then I smashed the computer, grabbed my suitcase and headed to the airport alone. As I was going through security, countless messages and calls flooded in.