Crowned In Ashes – Jj Cross

“Freya is so sweet. She loves me so much. She does not know a single thing. As long as I put this ring on her finger tomorrow in front of everyone, I never truly hurt her. Our future will be absolutely perfect.” *** My apartment is dead silent. The air is freezing. I sit cross-legged on the fluffy living room rug. I wear a simple, oversized black sweater.

A heavy-duty industrial paper shredder sits directly in front of me. I press the power button. The machine hums to life with a harsh, grinding noise. I pick up a stack of movie tickets from our first year together. I feed them into the steel teeth. The machine violently rips them to pieces. I pick up the hand-drawn sketch of the silver promise ring he gave me. I feed it to the blades.

I grab the expensive black dress shirt he left on my chair last month. I shove the sleeves into the slot. The motor whines and chokes, but it violently shreds the fabric into useless black scraps. I destroy every single physical trace of Lysander in my home. I do not hesitate. I do not blink.

The last piece of paper vanishes into the machine. I reach over and turn the power off. The silence rushes back into the room. I casually dust off my hands. I pick up my highly encrypted tablet from the coffee table. My eyes are as cold as a surgical scalpel. The screen shows my secure server dashboard. The hidden folder with the thousand pictures of Selene is queued up. The screenshot of his tragic, incestuous confession is attached. The empty chat logs are ready.

I type a short string of code with steady fingers. I set the mass-distribution timer. Target Time: Tomorrow. 2:00 PM. That is the exact moment his Alpha ascension ceremony reaches its absolute peak. That is the moment all the rival packs will be watching him. I press the enter key. The green timer starts ticking down. I stare at the blinking countdown on my glowing screen. My lips curve into a dark, dead smile.

Tomorrow, I want you to go to hell. Somewhere across the city, the Alpha is holding a diamond ring. He is staring at the moon with a heart full of fake love. He is smiling to himself, thinking, Tomorrow, she is my wife. OceanofPDF.com Lysander POV My bespoke suit feels suffocatingly tight. The air in the VIP dressing room is heavy. I stare at my phone screen. Baby, come early today.

Wear your favorite dress. You will be the most beautiful woman there. I have something extremely important to announce. Love you. Nothing. Just a dead, empty white space beneath my message.

“What else would it be? My sister confessed to her brother. He rejected her in front of everyone. She became the laughingstock of our entire circle. She fled to Europe with a broken heart. Is that not enough?” Time stretches. It snaps and warps. The world presses mute. The angry voices bleeding through the cracked door sound like they are underwater. A dull, buzzing hum fills my ears, drowning out the steady beat of my own heart. I look down. My eyes focus on the bouquet in my hands.

White lisianthus. I picked them out myself this morning. They are still wet with morning dew. The drops look like tears on the soft petals. Why am I standing here? My brain misfires. The thought floats away into a thick fog. Right. Today is our anniversary. Two years. Two whole years of sneaking around in the shadows like a thief. Two years of hiding from my family and from his, because our packs are sworn enemies.

I came to his penthouse today. I slipped past the security. I wanted to surprise him. I stood outside this heavy oak door, thinking I was the luckiest girl in the world. I thought I finally caught the light. But that cold, elegant voice inside belongs to my mate. The blood in my veins turns to absolute frost. I bite down on my lower lip. Hard.

My teeth break the delicate skin. The sharp, metallic taste of blood floods my tongue. I swallow it down. I focus on the sudden sting. I use the pain to lock my knees in place. I refuse to fall. Inside the room, his friend paces across the hardwood floor. “But what does Freya have to do with this?”

his friend demands. His voice is thick with disbelief. “Her brother rejected Selene. Not her! Why take it out on an innocent girl?” Lysander laughs. It is a low, cruel sound. Ice clinks against crystal glass. He is drinking bourbon. Relaxed. Carefree. “I want her to hurt,” Lysander says simply. “Freya is her brother’s only weakness. He protects her from everything. If Freya breaks, her brother will finally know true agony.

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