The Rejected Luna : Ex-husband Wants Her Back

°ISABELLA° "You're disgusting," Xavier's words pierced my heart, covering my naked body with the blanket, I tried to speak, only to be stopped by my husband's hurtful words, "Isn't it enough you schemed to enter into my life and ruin everything? Now you're scheming to climb into my bed too?" Desperately, I wanted to say that there's no fault of mine in whatever happened last night, but Xavier continued, "You're worse than a w***e" with that, he shut the door forcefully and left me alone on the bed, in a vulnerable situation. I couldn't forget his warm touches from last night. In five years of my marriage, last night was the first time he ever called my name passionately or took me into his embrace affectionately. I thought everything was getting fine as he himself was ready to be intimate with me, but everything changed by the morning when he said he was disgusted by me. That day, he left in a fit of rage, and he remained absent for an entire month. I couldn't shake off the worry that gnawed at me, and I found myself consumed by self-blame for his departure from our home. Almost a month later, Xavier reappeared, accompanied by his former lover and destined mate. My heart shattered at the sight of her standing by his side. Xavier instructed the maids to prepare a room for Zarina, his words curt yet commanding, "make sure she is provided with accommodations and treated with care." After Zarina left with the maids, I approached Xavier, hoping to talk with him, but his demeanor remained icy just like always, "Isabella," he began, I couldn't see anywhere traces of warmth in his voice, "mind your actions around Zarina. If you try anything sneaky, I won't hold back myself, regardless of my mother's intentions to shield you." With a heavy heart, I nodded, silently acknowledging his warning, returning to my room, tears blurred my vision. Throughout our five years of marriage, I had never requested anything from Xavier except his love, but the only thing I lack in my marriage is love making my marriage with him void. On our wedding anniversary, I felt a surge of happiness because there's a good news I'm hoping to share with Xavier, I'm sure he'll be happy to hear this, I hope at least after this our relationship gets a new beginning, I even made an effort to look beautiful, hoping to get his attention atleast for once. I waited for someone to tell me when the banquet would start, but nobody did. Getting impatient, I decided to go to the banquet hall myself, but the guards stopped me, "our apologies Luna, Alpha ordered us not to allow you into the banquet." "What do you mean I can't go in?" I couldn't figure out why they were stopping me from going to my own wedding anniversary banquet, "Don't you know who I am? How dare you keep the Luna of this pack out!" This was the first time I ever tried to assert my authority. The guards couldn't argue with me, so they let me in reluctantly. Perhaps I should've listened to the guards' warnings and turned back. I shouldn't have insisted on coming here, in the banquet meant to celebrate our wedding anniversary, I discovered my husband making arrangements to marry his mistress. Despite the rumors swirling around the castle about my husband showing favoritism towards his mistress, I chose to trust him, believing that he would never betray our marriage by bringing another woman into our lives. However, my trust was shattered when I witnessed them preparing to exchange wedding vows. Unintentionally tears filled in my eyes as I approached him, and Zarina tried to intervene, "It's not what you think, Isabella." "Do you even know what I'm thinking?" I shot back, glaring at her, she flinched, clutching Xavier's hand tightly, he tried to speak, but this time, I didn't let him speak. "We've been married for five years, I've never questioned you, never stood up to you, hoping that one day you'd come to love me. Because, you were forced into this marriage just like I was. But what did you do in return? You brought another woman into our lives." "You're that other woman who intruded into the life of me and my mate," Xavier said, he is cold as usual not at all caring about my emotions, I asked in return to his response, "Did I ever ask you to marry me?" "You're the one who fabricated the prophecy and harmed my mate, preventing me from marrying her just to make me marry you. Do you really think you have the right to question me about my life?" His words struck me like a thunder, I was just an eighteen-year-old girl when I was forced into this marriage. How could I have fabricated a prophecy or harmed his mate? How could he even believe such a thing? "So, you believe it?" I looked at him hoping for a different answer, and he nodded. "Yes, so I'll make things correct now, I'm going to marry Zarina and make her my Luna." "And what about me?" I shouted, my voice echoing through the banquet hall, everyone looking towards us curiously waiting for him to respond just like me, Xavier's response was like a direct stab into my heart, "I'm divorcing you, Isabella Rodriguez, and you're no longer Luna of the Darkmoon pack." I pointed accusingly at Zarina, "Is it because of her? You're divorcing me as your Luna because she's back in your life?" "Yes," he admitted without any hesitation, "and I don't want to be with a liar like you, besides, Zarina is pregnant with my child, she deserves to be my Luna." The pain of watching him with another woman had been unbearable, but hearing that she was carrying his child made it all too clear, he was never mine to begin with. The crowd whispered among themselves, questioning the suitability of a barren Luna, "How can an Alpha king keep her as Luna when she can't even give him an heir? A barren Luna isn't suitable to the pack" they're no longer whispers as they're loud enough for me to hear. Despite the betrayal unfolding before their eyes, their sympathies lie with the Alpha king, pitying him for being tied to a woman unable to bear him children. I refused to let a single tear fall from my eyes, "I, Luna Isabella Rodriguez, accept the rejection of Alpha king Xavier Rodriguez," I declared my decision calmly holding back everything, "May you find happiness with your new wife and future heir, may all the happiness you deserve come to you." With a faint smile, I turned to leave, unwilling to witness any more of the painful spectacle. But then, I heard his voice calling out to me, "Isabella!" Why did my heart flutter at the sound of his voice? I turned back, uncertain of what I hoped to achieve by doing it. "You may no longer be Luna of this pack, but I have a responsibility to fulfill, I've to pay" he began, but I cut him off, my disgust evident. "You owe me nothing," I retorted in a cold tone, "I've already taken enough from you, and you owe me nothing in return." He persisted, "still" but my glare silenced him, "Don't forget that I am a princess and the daughter of an Alpha," I reminded him about my lineage, my voice filled with anger and pain because of him, "you cannot put a price on my dignity, your wealth means nothing compared to the emotions and feelings I've wasted on you for five long years." My domineering tone was strong enough, causing even an Alpha king to flinch. With that, I turned and walked out of the banquet hall, straight into the rain hoping the droplets of rain to wash my tears, I placed the hand on my stomach, "I'm wrong, he is ruthless, all I've is you, and all you've is me, we are left for eachother baby, he doesn't deserve us."