The Taste of the Scorned Luna's Revenge

Faye's POV "Pass the salt. Will you?" Rex my mate said with his hand stretched towards me but his gaze was fixed on his brother's widow, Veda who sat beside her son at the dining table. There was smile in my mate's eyes as he looked at her so tenderly. Not once had he looked at me in that manner. Not when we just met, not after we got married, not once! My mate made sure that Veda's son sat next to him on the table each time we dined, and his mother sat beside him. Rex never took his eyes off Veda. Since he brought Veda into our home after his brother's death, Rex became happier and more relaxed, spending more time at home and never missing a meal. Sometimes I wondered if I had never existed on that table or anywhere in the house, because all he saw was Veda and her son. I should start this from the beginning. My name is Faye. I am mated to Alpha Rex of the Nightly Moon Park. Rex description? He is handsome, sexy, hot, and knows exactly what to wear to turn heads. Rex was the type of male who walked into a gathering and immediately got the attention of every female there. He would never be caught unfresh. How did we meet? I was the daughter of his father's friend. Only the heavens knew what got into our parents and they thought the best thing to do was to get us mated. They had contracted our marriage long before I was able to say my first sentence. According to my mother, Rex was five years old when I was born. His parents had brought him to our house to say hello to my parents and Rex had left everyone and walked to the tiny bed where I was placed. Everyone had watched in shock as he kissed me on the cheek then turned to them. "She is going to be my wife right?" He had asked. That question sealed my fate even before I could properly open my eyes to view the world. Rex's parents had suggested it and mine had agreed without hesitation. Besides, Rex was from a strong lineage and my parents had wanted to be close to the Alpha's family. Like that, I was engaged before I could say my first word. Growing up, my mum had always told me that I was engaged to the future Alpha of our pack long before I even understood what that was. I was a child who believed so much in her parents so I grew up preparing myself in readiness for my mate, the future Alpha of Nightly Moon. My parents were not very rich but we were okay. But nothing would give them greater joy than to be in-laws to the Alpha. So I was sacrificed on the altar of my parents' ambition. I didn't even know the face of the person I was engaged to but I wasn't bothered about it. I didn't see Rex for years because he had gone out of the park to study. When he returned and I saw him, I fell in love with him without reservations. I was only fourteen when I saw him for the first time. He was a grown male of nineteen years of age. My young heart beat so fast that day that I thought it would fall out of my chest. One red flag that I ignored that day was the fact that Rex only looked through me. He didn't look at me like a man who was interested in me would. My father had asked me to take Rex on a tour around our house. I had taken him outside instead because I wanted the privacy to talk to him. I had tried to hold his hand but he pulled it back. "I understand that you agreed to marry me?" Rex had asked as we were about to go back into the house that day. All through our walk outside, he said nothing so I kept quiet too because I didn't want him to think that I talk too much. "Yes. I have been keeping myself for you," I said happily thinking he would want to hear that. "I am not asking you to," Rex had said and I had looked up at him sharply to see him looking far away into the distance. "I know you are not asking me to keep myself but I want to. It is the right thing to do," I had said that day. "My father might disown me and deny me my rightful place as the future Alpha of this pack if I refuse to marry you but..." Rex didn't complete that sentence. When the silence was becoming awkward, I asked him to let us go inside the house. Our parents had been happy to see us back. I was troubled in my heart but I kept quiet and said nothing. After that day, he started sending me texts asking about my day or what I had for breakfast or dinner. I warmed up more to him. I didn't see Rex again until three days before we got married. He had been all smiles and even hugged me. He asked me if I had missed him. I smiled and I was happy that my fear was all for nothing. After our marriage, he became the Alpha the very next day. He was always busy. It took him four days before he finally made love to me. Although for the first two weeks after our marriage, he was sweet but not in a way he should have been. I accepted that it was his nature. I didn't feel fulfilled losing my virginity to him. I felt unappreciated because by the time I woke up the next day, Rex was gone. Since then, s*x for us was a once-in-a-while thing and usually almost mechanical like a duty he must do. I had thought his work as Alpha was too much but with Veda, my mate let down his hair and was always smiling and even laughing. "What the hell are you keeping me waiting for?" Rex's angry voice brought my mind back to the present. "I am sorry I didn't hear you," I said as I saw Veda smirk. He then turned to Veda and said "I need to quickly get to my office in town. I will see you later." "Okay," Veda said softly and Rex smiled at her and left. I watched him leave with pain in my heart. He was my husband, my mate, and I was in my home but somehow, Rex never failed to make me feel like an outsider, like an intruder!