Alpha's Rejected Mate Returns as Queen
Chapter 742: The Separation

Chapter 742: The Separation

Lily's POV:

After escaping from home, I temporarily hid in the Silver Moon Pack. It was not that I didn't want to run away further, but the Silver Moon Pack was still under the influence of the Lily of the Valley. There were strict military controls everywhere, and all the passages to other territories were closely monitored. Even the garbage trucks entering and leaving were thoroughly inspected.

This made it impossible for me to escape during this lockdown.

Some might think, what's wrong with staying at home? Living a luxurious life, having servants at your beck and call-this was a life that most people could only dream of.

Perhaps, accepting my mother's manipulation and losing control over my life wasn't something unique. There are mothers, fathers, bosses, or even unfamiliar strangers who influence everyone's lives to some extent.

But for me, a life where every word and action was controlled was intolerable, even for a second. Moreover, I was a person with normal moral values, and I absolutely could not harm children, especially minors.

Don't tell me that since I'm a minor, it was not considered pedophilia. Isn't it an advantage to have age on one's side, while mental and experiential dominance means nothing?

If I stayed in that house, I would only sink deeper into it like a fly trapped in a spider's web, with no possibility of escape, just a pitiful puppet.

I was well aware that I didn't have the power to resist my mother; all I could do was run away.

If you couldn't beat them, then hide from them!

Yarin finally replied, and his voice sounded a bit distant, "I'm listening, sorry for

disappearing earlier, maybe I didn't sleep well last night. Anyway, let's not dwell on that. Where are you planning to go? Can I help you with anything?"

When he mentioned this, I hesitated.

After much hesitation, I decided to tell the truth.

"The Golden Bell Pack is great, but I might not go there."

"Really? That's okay, there are so many cities in the werewolf pack. In fact, Spring Rain is pretty good too. It's new and advanced, with fun things and fresh opportunities..."

"Yarin, what I mean is, not just the Golden Bell Pack, none of the cities in the werewolf pack are within my options."

I had to interrupt him, afraid that fantasizing too much would hurt this boy even more. "I'm planning to go to the human side, to Jasper, or even further away to other countries."

Yarin asked incredulously, "Why? You know the danger of the Lily of the Valley, and the human world is not safe for us either."

"But not all places have the Lily of the Valley, right? If that were the case, Jasper would have been destroyed long ago. Anyway, I used to be too naive, thinking I could escape my mother's grasp by moving somewhere else.

"But the fact is, as the owner of the Silver Moon Pack, she can communicate with any pack to capture me. As long as I'm still in werewolf territory, she can find out where I am and doesn't even have to investigate herself. Just inform the Alpha of another pack. At that time, I must not show up at all, or I will surely be discovered."

That day, my mother especially came to my room to 'accompany' me, but it was a show of force.

She made calls to many Alpha leaders of different packs as if it were just routine exchanges. However, the look in her eyes made it clear that it was a deterrent. She told me that as long as I was in the werewolf clan, I could never escape her grasp.

What else could I do then? Live forever, hiding in the deep mountains and forests? I was a modern person; I couldn't live like a mountain dweller and avoid dealing with the city.

I could hide a thousand times, but she only needed to find me once.

The thought of living like a stray dog frightened me, so I eventually decided to go to the human side, where I would have some breathing space. But the cost was that I might find it challenging to contact the people I knew in the werewolf pack again.

Humans and werewolves use different communication systems that were not compatible. Special equipment or official permission was required to access things like cell phone signals and the internet.

Clearly, I couldn't get any of those. Perhaps one day, the two groups would have open communication, but it was not something I could hope for right now.

So I could only tell Yarin, "After leaving the werewolf pack, I may no longer be able to contact you or Heller. Because of communication signals and such... Anyway, if I can successfully escape, this may be our last communication for the time being."

I felt guilty because I broke my promise.

"Sorry, Yarin. I promised you and Heller I'd be your friend, but now I must leave you both behind and go alone..."

There was silence on the other end of the call for a while, and I couldn't imagine Yarin's current mood. Admittedly, I had no romantic feelings for him, but he was a good friend. Would hurting and disappointing a friend make me feel any better?

But in the end, after a long silence, Yarin simply said, "It's okay, Lily. It's not a big deal if you can be happy. Even if we can't contact each other, we will always be friends, right?"

He said it so sincerely, without a trace of pretense, but it only intensified the guilt in my heart.

"... Thank you, Yarin."

That was the only meaningless gratitude I could utter.