After Refusing to be Luna, I Marked the Alpha's Shadow Chapter 8

Time passed quickly, and the selection trials flew by.

I had done countless simulations and handled the challenges in the trial arena with ease.

After estimating my score, I felt confident.

My goal was to enter the Royal Enforcer Academy with the first-place title of "Head Wolf."

The day after the exams was the school prom.

My phone received a message.

—The Blackwood family ordered the Council to reject my travel application to Europe.

My gaze lingered for a moment.

To make Liam believe I was going abroad, I had indeed submitted an application for Europe.

It seemed Liam was really looking forward to the scene of me kneeling and begging for mercy tonight.

I clenched my hand, put away the phone, and prepared to go back to pack my luggage.

I booked a flight tonight to New York to transfer to Europe. The flight time coincided with the start of the prom tonight.

Passing by Liam, I stopped and placed a bracelet on his desk.

Liam frowned. "What is this?"

I said indifferently, "A reject from when you made the camellia bracelet."

Back then, Liam spent half a month on this, but decided it wasn't good enough for Chloe and threw it away to start over.

But I foolishly picked it out of the trash and kept it safe for him for half a year.

Now, it was time to return it to him.

Liam looked at the defective bracelet, his eyes flickering. "Why did you keep this?"

"I just felt a friend's things should be kept safe for him."

I took a deep breath. "But now, it's unnecessary."

Liam pressed his lips together. "Why?"

"Because it's over."

I looked at Liam one last time and said hoarsely, "We've graduated, Liam. I wish you... a bright future in this pack."

After speaking, I turned to leave.

Liam felt a sudden, inexplicable panic. He subconsciously grabbed my wrist.

I looked back, forcing a smile.

"What? Can't bear to part? Won't we see each other tonight?"

Liam was stunned. He seemed to feel his reaction was excessive, but he didn't let go.

He pursed his lips. "You..."

"Chloe is watching."

I interrupted him. Liam froze and immediately let go.

He had been pretending for a year, yet his subconscious reaction was still fear that Chloe would misunderstand.

I didn't know whether to say his acting was bad or his love was incredibly deep.

Suppressing the last bit of churning pain in my chest, I turned decisively, leaving without lingering. "Goodbye."

Liam frowned, watching me disappear from his sight bit by bit.

He felt something was wrong with me today, but before he could think deeply, he heard Chloe calling him from behind.

He hesitated for a moment, withdrew his gaze, and went to find Chloe.

That night, I had packed almost everything.

I didn't have much; one suitcase fit it all.

Dragging the suitcase, I was about to go downstairs when I ran into Chloe coming back.

Mother immediately walked over. "Since the trials are over, organize the gifts from your birthday party. This one was from your classmate, right?"

She opened one of the boxes. Lying inside was the camellia bracelet Liam gave her.

Chloe looked at the camellia with disgust and tossed it into the trash.

"Those lowly wolves only give trash. Mom, look at the gems Liam gave me. Aren't they pretty?"

Once they left, I walked downstairs.

I stared blankly at the trash can, at the camellia Liam spent a whole month making, and suddenly laughed.

This was the person Liam liked. This was the person he went to such great lengths to torture me for.

I was a fool. Liam was a fool too.

I withdrew my gaze, dragged my suitcase out the front door of the Evans house. The taxi was already waiting outside.

I got in the car, not glancing at the Evans house again, and said without a trace of attachment:

"To the airport."

...

Prom is a very important event for the werewolf academy, and a chance for many young wolves to find mates.

That night, everyone arrived early. As school board members, the Blackwood couple naturally arrived too.

Liam stood on the second floor, hand on the railing, looking down at the banquet with a smirk.

The spots for the Royal Academy in Europe were extremely precious each year.

He blocked Harper's path to Europe. If she wanted to go abroad, she had to beg the Blackwood family.

The show was about to begin.

Just then, an elite werewolf beside him asked in confusion, "Liam, why hasn't Harper arrived yet? Did she get lost?"

Liam paused. His gaze swept over the people downstairs. Indeed, he didn't see Harper.

He frowned and called her, but it didn't go through.

His heart sank instantly.

Harper had never ignored his calls.

Even in class, if he called, Harper would walk out to answer.

Liam was about to call again when his mother, Luna Maria, walked over.

"Liam, Mom has good news for you today."

Liam paused. "What?"

Maria was about to speak excitedly, but the MC's voice rang out.

"Welcome everyone to the prom. Before we begin, board member Ms. Maria would like to share two pieces of good news. Please welcome Ms. Maria to the stage."

Maria had to stop. She walked downstairs, smiling as she took the stage.

"Since the Blackwood family is part of the board, and everyone is in the same academy as my son, I feel these two matters should be shared with you all."

Liam looked down at the unanswered call on his phone, an inexplicable unease rising in his heart.

Maria's voice rang out again.

"First, on behalf of the Blackwood family, I apologize to the Evans family. Harper and Chloe were switched at birth. Because we insisted on Harper, who has the high-rank bloodline, we broke the engagement with Chloe once."

Liam froze, looking up sharply.

He heard Maria continue, "Second, Harper came to Blackwood Manor a few days ago to formally break the engagement. We agreed. So now, our engagement partner is back to Chloe!"

The audience erupted in an uproar.

"What? Harper isn't a half-breed? She's the real wolf girl with high-rank blood!"

"What?! Harper actually rejected the Blackwood family!"

Liam's eyes widened in equal shock.

At the same time, on his phone, Harper's call suddenly connected.

Liam immediately asked, "Harper, where are you right now?"

He gripped the phone tight. He heard Harper's calm voice on the other end.

"Liam."

Just one word, yet it froze Liam in place like a statue.

Amidst his nearly stopped heartbeat, he heard me say indifferently:

"Liam, this is the final ending I give to your hunting game."