“Look who’s back. The girl with no scent.”
I turned around and saw Marcus, my ex who rejected me during his proposal ceremony. He looked like shit, all skinny and rough, with red eyes and messy facial hair.
“Marcus,” I said coldly, trying to push my cart past him.
He blocked me. “Back already? City life too hard?”
“Just visiting my parents. Move.”
“Bet you’re having fun in Harbor Bay,” he smirked. “Big city, nobody watching, sleeping around with everyone.”
Elle gasped. Thank god Liam was busy looking at cereal.
“Shut up, Marcus! You’re nobody to talk to me like that,” I snapped.
“But I used to be somebody. Or did you forget I was your first?” His words made me sick.” Everyone knows you got knocked up by some random guy right after I dumped you. Such a slut.”
“That random guy gave me more pleasure in one night than you ever did,” I shot back, surprising myself. “And I don’t regret it. I only regret wasting years with a loser who couldn’t satisfy me and then embarrassed me in front of everyone.”
His face got ugly with anger. “You bitch! I did you a favor. Who wants a mate with no scent? You’re broken.”
“Better no scent than no balls,” I said. “Funny how Selina was sleeping with that Crystal Lake warrior before your wedding. And now she’s pregnant… guess you’ll never know if it’s yours, huh?”
Marcus grabbed my arm hard. “You don’t know shit.”
“Get your hands off her!” Elle growled, eyes turning gold. Liam got scared and grabbed her leg.
“What you gonna do, Larson?” Marcus sneered. “Your daddy’s not Alpha anymore. Your brother can’t help this nobody.”
“My brother would throw you in the dungeon for threatening a mom in front of her kid,” Elle said coldly. “He’s been wanting to punish you for hurting those young wolves last month anyway.”
“Hey! What’s going on here?” Mr. Aginor shouted, rushing over. “Everything okay?”
“No,” I pulled away from Marcus. “He was leaving.”
“This isn’t over,” he hissed.
I got in his face. “Yeah, it is. I’m not in your pack anymore. Found something way better. My new man is a real Alpha-driven, powerful, and drop-dead gorgeous, and he loves everything about me.Standing next to him, you look like a boy still pretending to be a man. Plus, unlike you, he actually knows how to please a woman in bed.”
Marcus went white, couldn’t even speak.
“Let’s go, Carrie,” Elle took Liam’s hand. “We’re done here.”
While checking out, Liam asked, “Mommy, why’s that man mean?”
My heart hurt. I knelt down. “Some people are just sad inside, baby. Makes them say mean things.”
“Like mean kids at my old preschool?”
“Just like that,” I nodded.
“But we don’t gotta be sad, right? We got Draven now, and he makes you happy.”
Kids say the truest things. I hugged him tight. “Yeah baby, we got Draven.”
In the car, Elle lost it. “What an asshole! We gotta tell Sebastian!”
“No,” I said. “I’m not in Blood Moon Pack anymore. Not getting involved.”
“But Marcus…”
“Is sad and lonely,” I said. “That’s enough payback.”
Elle sighed, starting the car. “You’re so different now, Carrie.”
“Good different?”
“Yeah,” she smiled. “You finally know how special you are. Not like before when Marcus hurt you.”
I thought about it while we drove. Getting rejected hurt like hell back then. The shame, the pain, everything. I was so messed up that when I met that mysterious man at the party, I couldn’t even feel what was right in front of me.
“When Marcus dumped me, I thought my life was over,” I said quietly. “Hurt so bad I couldn’t feel anything else. That’s probably why I missed what was special about Liam’s father that night.”
“You were protecting yourself,” Elle said. “Makes sense.”
“And now?”
Elle looked at me softly. “Now you’re getting better.”
Liam was sleeping in back, looking so peaceful. Looking at him, I realized what really mattered now. All the gossip and pack drama meant nothing compared to my kid being happy and me being okay.
“You know,” Elle said pulling up to my parents’ house, “you don’t fit here anymore, Carrie. Not cause they don’t want you, but cause you’ve changed.”
“I know,” I said. “But my parents…”
“Can visit you,” she said. “Or you can come here sometimes. But your real life’s in Harbor Bay now. With Liam and Draven.”
I thought about Draven asking us to move in, to join his pack. I was still scared, but something else felt stronger now, like maybe this could work.
“Yeah,” I said. “I think you’re right.”
Caroline’s POV
The country air felt refreshing as we drove back to my parents’ farm, the car filled with packages from our shopping trip. I was still processing the encounter with Marcus, but somehow seeing him had lifted a weight I didn’t know I was still carrying.
“You’re smiling,” Elle noted as we pulled into the driveway.
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