He Lost His Alpha Status After Turning Me Down Chapter 06
I stood outside the ICU door, staring at the sealedÂ
entrance. I didn’t move. Not a single step.Â
At three in the morning, a healer emerged.Â
“Surgery was successful, but the patient lost aÂ
significant amount of blood. Combined with theÂ
cranial trauma, she still needs close monitoring.”Â
I nodded and slid down the wall to the floor.Â
Near dawn, footsteps echoed from the far end ofÂ
the corridor.Â
Geirolf stood there, his coat streaked with blood,Â
exhaustion carved into every line of his face. He walked toward me and stopped.Â
“Ulva’s out of danger,” he said quietly.Â
I said nothing.Â
He crouched down, reached for me. I flinchedÂ
away before his fingers could make contact. “Altalune, about yesterday… I let my temper get out of control. But Ulva really did slit her wrists. There was blood all over the floor. I couldn’t just leave her.”Â
I finally lifted my head to look at him. “She slit her wrists because she felt guilty.”Â
“Yes.”Â
“She felt guilty because she provoked me, and myÂ
mom fell.”Â
He frowned. “That was an accident.”Â
“And what about you?” I cut him off. “You pushed my mom. You blocked the healers from treating her first. You gave Ulva every drop of silver wolf blood in the hospital. Were those accidents too?”Â
His mouth opened. Nothing came out.Â
I stood up and met his eyes, level. “Geirolf, if my mom had died, you’d be a murderer.”Â
His face went white. “That’s ridiculous…”Â
“Is it?” I smiled. “When she was in the ER, whenÂ
she needed that transfusion to survive, whereÂ
were you? You were holding Ulva. Telling her itÂ
wasn’t her fault.”Â
He seized my wrist. “Altalune, I know you’re angry.Â
But Ulva really did do it because of you…”Â
“Because of me?” I wrenched my hand free. “DidÂ
she slit her wrists for my sake, or to steal myÂ
husband? Has she ever actually felt guilty, or wasÂ
she smirking at me from the shadows the wholeÂ
time?”Â
His pupils contracted. “What are you saying?”Â
“I’m saying this.” I spoke each word like a nailÂ
driven into wood. “Ulva slit her wrists today. Tomorrow she’ll jump off a building. Every singleÂ
time something happens to her, you abandon meÂ
to save her. She knows you’re soft. She knows.Â
you’ll always choose her. You two are each other’sÂ
chosen mates. I never was.”Â
His expression cycled through shock, denial, andÂ
something close to pain. “Don’t misunderstandÂ
what Ulva and I have. It’s just friendship.”Â
“Stop.” I laughed, cold and short. “Geirolf, beÂ
honest with yourself. Does she really treat you as just a friend?”Â
I pulled out my phone and showed him everyÂ
photo Ulva had ever sent me. Intimate snapshots. Suggestive angles. Her and Geirolf, cozy andÂ
close.Â
Each one had once sliced through my heart like aÂ
blade.Â
But now they were simply evidence.Â
“We’re done.” I raised my arm, bracing against theÂ
agony ripping through my very soul. “I, Altalune,Â
reject you, Geirolf Voss, as my mate.”Â
Lightning cracked through both of us like a whip.Â
He staggered backward, eyes wide with disbelief.Â
His gaze dropped to my stomach. Panic floodedÂ
his voice. “What about our pup?”Â
I pressed my hand over my belly and laughed. ItÂ
sounded unhinged even to my own ears. “ItÂ
doesn’t matter anymore. None of it matters!”Â
“I admit Ulva might have a place in my heart,”Â
Geirolf said, his voice cracking. “But don’t punishÂ
our child for the mistakes between us!”Â
I didn’t answer him. I walked toward my office.Â
Blood ran down the inside of my leg.Â
I told every friend I had that I was no longer LunaÂ
of Ravenhowl Pack. The shock was unanimous.Â
Ravenhowl’s elder, Geirolf’s father, came to seeÂ
- me. His sincerity was almost painful.Â
“Altalune…” Half his hair had gone white. HeÂ
looked like he’d aged a decade overnight.Â
I raised my hand to stop him.Â
“Elder, if you’re here to beg, don’t bother.”Â
His lips trembled.Â
“Altalune, I know my son is a disgrace. I know that.Â
But you’ve canceled every agreement betweenÂ
Ravenhowl and Stormclaw. You’re drivingÂ
Ravenhowl to the brink. We are nothing comparedÂ
to Stormclaw’s strength. How is RavenhowlÂ
supposed to survive the winter?”Â
I looked at him steadily.Â
“Elder, the Luna of Stormclaw Pack nearly died inÂ
Ravenhowl’s hospital.”Â
He went still.Â
“Did you know that when she needed a transfusionÂ
during surgery, your son gave every last unit ofÂ
blood to Ulva? He told me to my face that Ulva’sÂ
situation was more urgent.”Â
The color drained from the elder’s face. “That’s…Â
that can’t be true.”Â
“Ask him yourself.” I held his gaze. “And afterÂ
do, if Ravenhowl Pack wants to rebuild itsÂ
youÂ
partnership with Stormclaw, you know what needsÂ
to happen.”

