2
990 Words
PAMELA’S POV
Shock rippled through my body as Elias ran past me, a wild smile on his face. I was still on my knees, my hand outstretched and unable to believe what had just happened.
Slowly, I stood to my feet and turned to look at who Elias had called Mommy. The way he looked at her’ trusting, happy, safe- was a look he had not given me in a very long time.
“Elias?” I called, my voice sounding foreign to even me. He looked at me in question. “Come to mommy.” I forced myself to smile even though my heart was racing in my chest. I glanced at Darius hoping that he would at least correct Elias but he remained silent.
He wrapped his hand around Serena and hid behind her. “You’re not my mommy,” he said, his voice quiet but very clear.
“Elias, come here. This is not a joke,” I said, my heart breaking. I took a step forward and Elias hid completely behind her.
“You’re scaring the child, Pamela,” Serena said. I looked up at her, anger and betrayal bubbling in my chest. She had the guts to look like she was protecting my own son from me.
“How could you do this? You were my closest friend.”
Darius stepped forward, protective. “That’s enough, Pamela. You’ve caused enough trouble for the night.” He said.
I looked at him and searched for the man I had married. The man who had vowed to protect and honour me for as long as our mate bond lasted. We were still mated and yet, he was with another woman.
I scoffed. “I’ve caused trouble?” I asked in disbelief. “Darius, look at us. We haven’t had a real conversation in weeks. The one time I think that we can spend some time together, I caught you with another woman. And now, you’re trying to steal my child?”
“No one is stealing anything,” Darius said coldly. “Elias chose Serena, and I stand by his decision. From today onward, she will stand beside me as Luna— and she will raise him.”
I didn’t want to listen to anyone. I was scared and frightened. This wasn’t supposed to happen. My son couldn’t choose another woman over me. I would rather die than let go of my son.
I walked forward. “Elias, it’s me. I’m your mother.” I said, trying to get him to leave Serena’s side.
Instead, he held onto her tightly and shook his head, tears pooling in his eyes. He looked scared. “No!” he cried, “you’re not my mommy. Daddy, tell her to go.”
My world tilted and shook at the same time. I couldn’t breathe. I needed to get away from them. I staggered backwards. Darius looked like he wanted to catch me but I pulled my arm away from him and fled the garden.
A few people looked at me curiously as I stumbled through the festival, my mind racing with thoughts. When did this begin? How did I notice that Serena and Darius were getting closer? How could my own flesh and blood say I wasn’t his mother?
Away from the crowd, I stumbled through the forest until I made it to the lake. I fell in front of it, panting. The tears started to fall and I felt my walls crumble. I screamed, the pain clear in my voice.
Darius and Elias had been my whole world’ the family I built after losing everything else.
Even when they stopped treating me with respect and I suffered humiliation from Becca, I stayed strong. I believed this was what every Luna had to do to keep her marriage peaceful and long. I thought that if I endured Darius’ cold shoulder and indifference for long enough, he would see how much I loved him and how much I looked after his pack. I believed that he would go back to the old Darius that I’d fallen in love with.
I was so wrong.
Not only had he rejected me, he had chosen Serena.
Serena was my closest friend. Even though she was far richer and connected than I was, she helped me whenever I needed help and always had my back. I thought I’d found family in her. She had been helping me look after Elias whenever I was busy. But, I never abandoned him. I was always there. He knew I was his mother. Why would he call her mommy?
I looked up at the moon as I sobbed.
“Why is this happening to me?” I asked the moon goddess. I had given them everything- my loyalty, my dignity, my love. And still, it had not been enough.
I didn’t know how long I sat there, crying and thinking back to all the good moments we had as family. Darius had just been there, a constant and steady person. I realized that I was the only one who had mistaken them as love.
When I walked back to the house, it was dead quiet. The festival had ended and a few people with weaker wolves were drunk and asleep around the place. There was no sign of Darius and Serena.
My heart sank. I’d run off and he had gone to bed without looking for me. It hurt more than anything else, realizing that he never truly cared about me.
I opened the door to Elias' room and saw him sleeping soundly. I watched him, my heart breaking as I remembered that he had chosen another woman over me. My cub had chosen another woman to be his mother.
This pack had taken everything from me- my title, my husband, my child.
I would not let it take what little remained of me.
Before dawn, I would be gone.
- Writer
