The Alpha Wants Me Back? Denied.
He never took another mate, dismissed all maids, and lived alone in the empty pack house, often talking to the air.
As for Sadie, she went mad in the dungeons and spent her days smashing her head against the walls, screaming that she was the Luna.
On one winter night, she died curled up in the moldy straw. Her body was found gnawed by rats.
Conan, the once-arrogant pup, grew up to be a silent warrior. On his coming-of-age day, he refused his inheritance, strapped a sword to his neck, and left for the borderlands to atone for his sins.