Leaving My Cheating Mate to Find Love AgainChapter 1

I never thought losing a baby could feel like losing a piece of myself. The attack by the rival pack was brutal. I still replay the sounds in my mind—the howls, the chaos, and then, nothing. I held my baby in my arms, so small and innocent, and then I was left with emptiness. My heart felt like it shattered into a million pieces.

In the days following the attack, I expected Derek to be my rock. I needed him to hold me tight, to tell me everything would be okay. But instead, he seemed to disappear into thin air. He spent more time away from home, buried in pack business that I didn’t understand. He’d come home late, often smelling of sweat and other she-wolves. I tried to talk to him, to express my pain, but he brushed me off like it was nothing.

“Lila, I’m busy. I’ll be back later,” he’d say, and I’d feel like I was talking to a wall. It was as if he’d completely forgotten what we’d just been through. I was drowning in my grief, and he was just... gone. I was alone, and it hurt like hell.