The Forgotten Luna

Chapter 2

Elvina.

Alpha Nikolai had his eyes on me like he was pressuring me with those glares to sign the divorce papers. I had no other choice than to sign it and hand it over to her mother. Now, our marriage came to an end….including the heaven and earth he had promised me.

But, can I possibly move on so easily? If he truly doesn't have any memories of me, then he wouldn't be hurt. Rather, I, who had been waiting, would starve because of the lost love.

“Alpha!”

“I am no longer your Alpha. Just go your way and never show up before me and my family again. Golddigger!!” he retorted and laid back on the bed.

My teeth gritted as I tapped my index finger on my thigh. What has his mother told him about me already?

“Now, you will have to leave this ward and get out of the palace, too.” Luna Dowager said to me. It was a command, meaning that I had no choice as it stood.

I sniffled. “But, I'd wish to stay around until the Alpha King returns to the palace. We are already divorced, so I'll probably leave as soon as we return to the palace together.”

“Who cares about that? I can't stand Alina seeing you here. Just go before….” she didn't complete her sentence but turned to the door. “Guards, come take her out of her….”

I scratched my hair. Was she really like this all these months, and I didn't notice it?

I tried to hold her, but she stepped backwards and even gestured to slap me. The guards came into the ward and hurled me with them along. I didn't say a single word or try to resist their grip because I'm sure nothing could be done at this point.

Before I exited the room, I glanced at Alpha Nikolai one last time, wanting to hear him scream at the guards because he had recalled that I was his Luna….rather, he had that disgusting look with his lips pouted angrily. The way he glared at me was out of bounds.

I strolled down the hallway that would take me out of the hospital building. My palms gripped my clothes. ‘Alpha Nikolai, was this your plan from your start? To abandon me someday and pretend to not know me? How could you possibly know everyone but have no memories of us together?’ I stood midway, staring at the floor.

If I was ever told that this could happen someday, then I wouldn't believe it. He only used me to regain his health because I was his mate and then not to lose his throne. I know that I achieved something from him too, but was he waiting to be done with my brother before playing this trick?

I don't know why, but I believed that he was pretending, and his having amnesia wasn't true.

“That motherfucker!!” I clenched my fist on my clothes and raised my head, sending the lump in my throat down to my belly. “He is pretending to not know me huh? What Alpha does that to his Luna? Was he hanging on me while waiting for the so-called Alina to become his?”

The moment I stepped a foot forward, I stumbled onto a lady and got squashed on the nose. My lips were agape as I groaned silently, rubbing my nose constantly. I lifted my head to see a young lady gazing at me with a dirty smirk on her lips.

She pulled out her right hand and stretched it towards me. “I am Alina!!” her brows knitted as those words left her lips.

Really? She was the Alina whom they said was the chosen one?

I looked at her from her head to her toe and shook my head. What was so special about her? I have beauty and a better body shape than her. Was she from a prestigious family while I was an orphan? Looking at her dress, she must be well-educated and from a wealthy family too.

Ignoring her hand, I walked past her and continued my journey out of the hospital. She must think mocking me was a big deal. Would that change the fact that she was about to snatch my position from me? I played a nice role as the Packs Luna, yet Luna Dowager who claimed to love me to the toe stabbed me from the back.

When I was out of the hospital building, I reached out to a cab that had just dropped someone off and paid to be taken back to the palace. It's good that my father still had a locally fashioned house that my brother still stays in while schooling, so I'd probably return there.

“You can stop me here—” I said to the driver and he did that instantly. I hopped out of the car and dashed into the palace, responding to all greetings from the servants.

When I entered my room, I saw my maid busy with piles of clothes on the bed.

“What's going on here?” I twitched into the room and dropped my handbag on the sofa. “All these are mine. What are you doing with them?”

She gave me a side look and then dropped the gown she was holding on the bed. “I thought you knew about it.”

“Knew about what?” I felt a scorching heat enveloping me.

She moistened her lips. “Luna Dowager ordered that I take away all the royal clothes from your room and make sure you don't leave with any.” her voice was so calm that one would barely hear it. “I wonder why she's doing this.”

I was short of words. How would I explain myself? If the royal clothes are all taken away, then what will I be with?

“Are you truly going to leave? You will let them toss you out that way after months of commitment?” Evangeline continued.

She was the one who understood the nature of my work since Alpha got involved in that accident. She was always there, sitting with me and dozing off while watching me in my office.

I exhaled a deep breath the moment my phone beeped. I took it out of my handbag and opened the message. Lo and behold, it was a debit alert. The whole money in my account was wiped out….I was bankrupt.

Tears welled up in my eyes. I didn't know what exactly to do.

“Isn't divorcing me okay? How would I sustain out there now? At least, the money would have served as compensation for all my hard work….." I found myself sitting hopelessly on the floor. “Why are they so brutal?”

Evangeline held my hands and kissed them. I wondered what she was planning to do, because the way my body was dripping and my clothes soaked up was supposed to tell her that I wasn't ready for all that.

“My Luna!!”

“I am no longer your Luna. Alpha Nikolai is awake and has divorced me. He has no memories of us together and chooses another lady as his Luna…." I blurted with disappointment written boldly on my forehead.

I took my hands away from Evangeline and grasped my chest which kept tightening. My mouth was wide open as I gasped for breath.

“How will I possibly work my ass off only to be divorced without a penny or even a property? Who can tolerate this s**t from a man?” I didn't know if my voice was loud, but I could hear murmurs of servants at the doorpost. “I won't take this….”

As I tried to stand, I felt a sudden growl of a wolf in me, causing my butt to slam back on the floor again. My eyes widened as the growl continued.

“My Luna!!” Evangeline gripped my hands again. It seemed she was hearing it as well because her facial expression could tell it all. I didn't want to talk about my identity, because I had seen myself as a human because I had no wolf nor any single ability of a werewolf. “You have a wolf!!” she screamed and jolted from the floor.

Was she right? I have a wolf? I wasn't wolfless again?

“Oh, moon goddess!!!” I broke into tears. This was something I had always prayed for every full moon, to have a wolf and do a lot of things like others. “I have a wolf now—” I wiped my cheek and concealed my face in my arms. I wouldn't say that it was the reason Luna Dowager and the Alpha King rejected me, because they knew from the start that I was wolfless and welcomed me as the Pack's Luna.

Evangeline jumped around the room. She locked the room so no one would come in, then she squatted before me again. “What about staying back here and accepting what was written in that letter?”

My brows furrowed. “What letter is that?”

She stood, lifted the pillow, and brought out an envelope.

“I'm sorry for going through it. But I did because the guard said that a young lady who was supposed to be Luna brought it……and it talked about you becoming her servant instead of leaving the palace. I didn't want to show you at first because I got pissed off…. But now, I changed my mind.” she narrated, giggling.

I went through the letter and it was all true. Alina wants me to be her servant. But why? Was she doing that to intimidate me?

“Your cell phone beeped…”

I turned backward and took it, and it happened to be a message from an unsaved contact.

[You must have read my letter. I hope you will consider it in exchange for your brother's life.]

My lips dropped. I didn't need to be told that it was still Alina threatening me. What has my brother gotten to do with this?

“My Luna!”

“Stop calling me that…..” I said to Evangeline and she grinned.

“Since you now have a wolf, I think the Alpha King will need your help most.” she began, while I narrowed my brows, listening to her. “Please, stay back and take what is yours again by being her servant…..”

My eyebrows knitted. Was Evangeline with her senses? How could I possibly serve a woman who overthrew me and is threatening me now instead of reporting to the pack police?

“I feel like there's a mystery behind the Alpha King's amnesia,” Evan added, pulling a pitiful face.