Chapter One
Ambers POV
I’m sitting in the nursery holding little Nevaeh as I feed her from a baby bottle. I wanted to breastfeed her but I wasn’t able to due to the circumstances around her birth. I’m so happy to finally be with my little ones. I look over and see the triplets sitting holding blocks and babbling to each other and the sight makes me feel like it’s all a dream and that any moment I’ll wake up and be trapped in that awful place. I never want my children to go back there.
I’m brought back out of my thoughts as Nevaeh gets my attention. I lift her up and burp her and then lay her down to sleep. I then pick up the triplets and put them down for their nap. Once they were asleep I decided to go and make myself a cup of tea and relax on my front porch. I sit there in the rocking chair I had placed out here and just watch all that’s going on. I see families happily going about their day. I watch a mother and father fuss over their newborn in the stroller and find it really cute to watch. The father seems to be trying to feed the baby while the mom is going through the stroller looking for something else. I begin to imagine having a life like that. I feel my heart constrict and a lump in my throat as I know I can never have that and it hurts. All I’ve ever wanted was to have a happy little family. I never wanted to be Luna and to be abused by my mate. I would’ve been happy to be mated to an omega as long as I was treated well and felt loved. Tears are falling down my face so I head inside to try to calm down.
I put my cup in the sink and splash water on my face but it doesn’t help. I have to think about what I have now. I can’t sit and wallow in my tears. Sure life may not have gone as I planned it to but I have four beautiful children and another on the way. I place a hand on my tummy and focus on the little one growing inside me. It has only been a week since I found out I was pregnant. I want to have a special nursery made for them as I wasn’t able to for the others. I was trapped and expected to just be a baby factory for my so-called mate. I’m happy I’m away from him even if it means I’ll never have a second chance mate. I would rather be single than with that tyrant. I can only imagine what he’s done to those poor girls. I begin to think about that building he had built and I’m suspecting he’s made himself a harem. I don’t think any of those girls wanted to be with him. I feel he may have taken advantage of them or worse possibly coerced them into it.
I hear a knock at my door bringing me out of my thoughts. I walk to the door and see Willow. I smile and she comes inside. She begins to sign to me.
Hey, how are you doing? She asks.
Been better if I’m being honest I say.
It’ll get better, you’ll see she says.
If you say so, I just wish I had what some of these wolves have I say.
I know, and I wish you did too. But you always have me to help you, she says. I smile at her.
Anyway the nannies are here so we can hang out for a few hours and get you out of this house she says. I nod and follow her out as three nannies go in to watch my babies. I notice three guards then stand watch outside the house to make sure nothing happens. It’s such a relief to know me and my babies are so well protected here.
We walked around the little town just window shopping. It’s so nice spending time with Willow without having to fear being caught by our horrible parents or our poor excuse of a brother. I begin thinking about how I want to contribute to this pack. They’ve done so much for me and here I feel as though I’ve done nothing in return. I turn to Willow and she looks at me waiting for me to sign to her.
WIllow I want a job, I say.
But why? She asks.
This pack has just done so much for me and I feel like I’ve done nothing in return to pay back that kindness I say truthfully. She nods and appears to be thinking.
Do you have any skills? She asks.
Yes, I can sew, I say. She nods and then brings her phone out. She appears to be looking for something.
Ok tell you what, I’ll bring you supplies and orders every week and you can make money doing that she tells me. I’m super excited about that as now I’ll actually be doing something for this community. I give her a big hug and she chuckles at my reaction. We then spend the rest of our time walking around.