Chemo #99: My Wife Never Showed Up

Alpha Killian once shared a profound bond with his mate, Elara, until a lethal poisoning orchestrated by his own Luna shattered his trust. Blinded by agony and deception, he wrongly accuses Elara of the ultimate betrayal. Cast out and broken, Elara must navigate a world of shifting loyalties while Killian’s pack descends into chaos. As the truth behind the toxicity begins to surface, can forgiveness ever bridge the gap created by a deadly lie?

As the Black Moon Pack celebrates wealth bought with her family's money, she feels the familiar ache behind her ribs. She arranges seating, greets a visiting Gamma, and smiles for the Northridge elders—the flawless Luna no one truly sees. Then her Alpha displays his mistress for every visiting pack, and the betrayal strikes deeper than any claw. She refuses to remain the polished ornament who keeps his peace. Setting down the seating chart, she slips out of the silver gown and abandons the bond, the title, and the man who never deserved her.

When she refused to swap ER shifts with her colleague Jessica, she never expected it would cost her unborn child's life. Blaming her for a ruined career, a vengeful Jessica pushes the eight-month-pregnant protagonist down concrete stairs. But death is not the end. Awakening in the past, right at the moment of Jessica's original request, she receives a second chance. Armed with the devastating knowledge that Jessica’s true motive was an affair with her husband, she prepares to rewrite her fate.

In Sorevia City, Glen’s reality shatters when his hearing returns in secret. He overhears his wife, Vanessa Joplin, confessing to a pregnancy involving another man. Desperate to keep him, she plans to deceive Glen into believing the baby is his. Vanessa remains oblivious that her husband hears every word of her scheme. Glen is already planning his departure, having secured a ticket north. With seven days until his paperwork is ready, he intends to disappear completely and erase his past.

After nineteen years of captivity in a basement, my adoptive family stole my identity and Ivy League future for their own daughter. While she lived my Yale dream, I was hidden away. But the tide has turned. She is now interviewing for a VP position at the Halloway Group, completely unaware that the founder is my biological father who has searched for me for years. Sitting across the desk, holding her stolen resume, I finally have her future in my hands and will reclaim my life.

Plot. Synopsis. Liora could never belong. The daughter of an extramarital affair, she had lived in the shadows, cut off from the rest of the family, and learned to fend for herself while surviving. Stripping gave her life now, but everything changed one wild night. Two days before his wedding, Darius entered her club, craving for the last taste of bachelorhood, he pays Liora for a special dance which led to a one-night stand. Neither of them expected to see each other again or that Liora's long lost sister, Selene, was the bride waiting at the altar. The one-night stand becomes a dangerous truth that must be hidden. Lies never remain hidden, however, and when Liora learns she is pregnant with Darius's child, silence may be not be an option for her. Exposition. Liora, a daughter born as a result of her father's infidelity with a maid, which resulted in the divorce that separates her from her big sister. Due to the family's financial difficulties faced while growing up and the consequent death of her father, Liora eventually becomes a stripper to put food on her table. Unknown to her at the time, she carried the hidden omega bloodline from her father's alpha lineage, suppressed by years away from the pack. Inciting incident. One night, she is hired by a man who is getting married in just two days and wants to enjoy his last moments of bachelorhood. She ends up having a one-night stand with him. The moment they touched, an undeniable mate spark ignited between them-raw, electric, and impossible to ignore-but neither understood its full power yet. When Liora returns home that same night, she encounters an old man who introduces himself as the butler of the Blackwood family, tells her she has been invited to the wedding of her sister. This comes as a shock-Liora grew up knowing she had a sister, but Harlan never allowed them to meet. He carried that secret to his grave, and after his death, Liora stopped thinking about it. Despite her hesitation and doubts as to if they got the wrong person, she agrees to attend. Rising action. She arrives the night before the wedding , finds out she has been a daughter of the well known Blackwood family all along and learns the truth: it was her stepmother, not Harlan, who had always been against their meeting. The stepmother is currently serving time in jail for a minor business-related crime and her elder sister, Selene had her research done to find her because she wanted to reconcile with her younger sister and what better opportunity than a wedding. Liora also discovers that Selene is a sweetheart who had longed to meet her, but had been forced to stay away because of Ravenna's influence. But then, another huge blow hits-Liora finds out that the man she was with last night, the one she slept with, is the man Selene is set to marry, Darius. She holds this secret to herself, haunted by the mate pull that now torments her every thought. The marriage happens, and it all goes well. After that, Selene gives Liora a new path, far from her old job. She brings her into her home and starts to look after her. But soon, Liora finds out she is going to have a baby. With fear and shame, she hides this news. Climax. When Ravenna is released from prison, she is furious to find Liora living with her family. She makes it clear that she does not accept her, resenting her existence as a reminder of Harlan's infidelity. A few days later, Selene announces that she is pregnant too. Ravenna immediately becomes protective of her "real" daughter, which only deepens Liora's insecurities. She considers leaving before her secret is exposed. But fate intervenes. An accident happens, and they find out Liora was pregnant. Since she was once a stripper, no one talks about the dad. But Darius, who knows they share risky secret, sets up a secret meeting for them to talk. He wants to know if he is the dad, and Liora says yes-but she will keep it quiet and plans to leave soon. In their tense exchange, the mate bond flares again, confirming what they both sensed that first night. Ravenna,who happens to be at the wrong side at the right time ,overheard part of their talk. With doubts in her mind, she quietly does a DNA test between Darius and Liora's unborn baby. The results confirm he is the father. Seeing her chance to drive a wedge between the sisters, she keeps the secret until the gender reveal party for both daughters. There, in front of everyone, she exposes the truth. The revelation makes headlines. Selene feels utterly betrayed-by both her husband and her sister. She leaves Darius's house with Ravenna and sends divorce papers days later. Liora feels destroyed, her betrayal now public, and her pain is doubled when she learns Selene has lost her baby and is battling ovarian cancer, which requires an urgent bone marrow transplant. Through her best friend, Dr. Thorne, Liora learns this. She gets tested and finds out she is a match , but her unborn baby stops her. Darius knows she got test