Nerissa’s POV
Jasper had already planned everything.
I listened, then nodded quietly, agreeing to it all without resistance.
Relief passed across his face, quick but clear. Yet when he looked at me again, something in his expression shifted, like he was trying to understand what he was seeing.
“Rissa,” he called softly, using the name he always used for me, “why does it feel like you don’t care about me anymore?”
I didn’t answer. My face remained still, empty of anything he could read.
He seemed about to say more, but before he could speak, the door burst open. His assistant rushed in, breathing hard, panic written all over his face.
“Alpha Wolfsbane, Lady Devora is leaving. We cannot stop her.”
Jasper didn’t hesitate.
He turned and rushed out at once. By the time I followed, he had already caught up to Devora, pulling her tightly into his arms.
“I told you I would take you as my mate,” he said urgently. “Why can you not wait a little longer?”
He held her as if she might vanish if he loosened his grip.
Then, without even turning back, he called out, “Prepare the bond-breaking documents. Now.”
I stepped forward and blocked the assistant’s path.
Before I could speak, Jasper’s voice cut through sharply, “Rissa, this isn’t the time to make trouble. Move aside.”
I looked at him, at the way his eyes were filled with fear at the thought of losing her.
A hollow smile touched my lips.
Slowly, I took out a folded document from my bag.
Devora’s gaze flickered with quiet triumph. She struggled even more in his arms, her movements weak but deliberate, making herself look fragile and desperate.
Jasper didn’t question anything. He didn’t ask why I already had the documents prepared.
He simply took them from my hand, signed his name quickly, then pushed them back toward me.
“Sign it.”
His voice was firm, almost impatient.
Without hesitation, I signed.
Devora’s eyes moved to the papers. The moment she saw the signatures, her body went still. The struggle stopped and she suddenly went limp in Jasper’s arms, as if all her strength had left her.
Then she fainted.
Jasper reacted at once, lifting her without a second thought. He didn’t look at me again before rushing away with her in his arms.
I stood there, watching them leave.
In that quiet moment, I let go of everything I once felt for him.
Holding the signed papers, I turned and walked out, ignoring the looks of pity from those around me.
I went straight to the council hall and completed the process, sealing the end of our bond.
When it was done, they handed me two small, dark red booklets. Proof that everything between us was over.
Back at the manor, I packed everything that belonged to me. Everything, except two things.
The bond-breaking records.
And the jeweled Luna crown he once placed in my hands.
Before leaving the territory, as I stood at the sky port, my communicator suddenly filled with messages. Dozens of images appeared one after another.
Jasper and Devora.
But I didn’t open a single one. Without hesitation, I removed the core crystal and threw it away.
At that moment, everything between Jasper and me truly ended.
From this day on, I would walk my own path and follow my own sun.
