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Caden was surrounded by she-wolves, yet he chose me as his soulmate.
The reason was simple: I was the most tolerant.
I could endure his closeness with Seraphina, the most favored among the pack, and would even humbly prepare their prey and tidy their den.
Everyone said Caden had tamed a mate who was utterly devoted to him.
But no one knew that I became Caden's mate because his Alpha essence was almost identical to that of his deceased twin brother, Ronan, my true soulmate.
In the seventh year of using Caden to soothe my empty soul, the ancient resurrection ritual finally succeeded, and it was time for me to leave.
However, I never expected that Caden would track me across several territories, transforming into his wolf form to beg at my feet for my return.

Borrowed Heartbeat from Alpha

For the next few days, we could see Caden at sunset.


He stood motionless like an abandoned lone wolf under the dead tree at the entrance of the valley.


Ronan took the stone bowl of stream water from my hand and said with a hint of resignation,


"Alright, that's your third bowl of icy stream water today."


"I see you haven't changed your habit of craving cold drinks from seven years ago."


"That's because I didn't have a wolf watching over me for those seven years."


"Just thinking about you makes my chest burn, so I can only drink ice-cold stream water."


Ronan nuzzled my forehead with his own, chuckling softly,


"Aren't I here to take care of you now?"


"Then you'd better take care of me for a lifetime."


"Of course, I'll take care of you for a lifetime."


With that, he got up to carry the stone bowl in front of me into the den.


I stood up to follow him inside, but he stopped me.


Ronan glanced in Caden's direction and said,


Chapter 10