Once Upon a Blue Moon

The escape

The Cruel Alpha never made it back to me even after a few more days. I waited and longed for him as our pub grew inside my stomach , days turning after weeks, weeks turning into months. And still, my stomach grew bigger.

After the fifteenth week, Alpha Shane appeared in my room. He looked like he'd been through a lot in the past few months. I didn't know what to say to him, how to talk to him. His eyes moved down on my growing bump before they moved up to my face again. That night he'd had dinner with me.

A lot seemed to be going on in his mind but I knew he wouldn't share them with me so I ate quietly next to him, hoping this dreadful dinner would be over soon.

After the dinner he'd escorted me to my room and to my biggest surprise made love to me. He didn't force himself on me this time around, he actually made love to me. Maybe he didn't want to hurt the baby. Yes, he didn't really care much about me.

And that was the last time I saw him in the next many weeks that followed. Sometimes I was in pain and I had only Leona and Mrs Ambrose to help me out. I found my emotions always all over the place and I cried most of the time. Anna would always try to cheer me up. She even offered to read me a book one night and it brought back so many sweet memories.

By the time I reached my twenty two weeks Alpha Shane held an event in the middle of the village. It was an event where he showed me off to be carrying his heir. The people cheered but I knew they all hated him like I did. A couple of rituals were done on my bump including some mystical painting which according to them brought good luck to the baby and safe deliverance.

After that night he disappeared again. I'd gotten so used to it that I didn't care anymore. My biggest concern was bringing my baby into this world as I had so much love to give it.

One evening, Leona was massaging my toes on the floor when I heard a boisterous noise followed by the sound of a loud tour bell jingling. Startled, I rose up and looked over the window. Down at the village, I could see Shane's men walking to the Justice stone, a man with a sack wrapped over his head being dragged on the floor by the ropes tied to his hands.

Leona and I exchanged looks, my heart heaving quickly. Quickly grabbing a robe, I hurried out, Leona right behind me.

"You need to get back, you cannot go outside!" Leona tries to stop me.

"Nobody's going to harm me, I'm carrying the Alpha's child!" I replied as I walked fast.

"The more reason why they would wanna hurt you!" Leona said after me.

I had many questions to ask but I was going to save that for later I needed to see what was happening.

By the time I reached the stone of justice, there was a crowd gathered, Leona's hand holding tightly to my arm like someone was going to snatch me any moment from now.

The stone of justice, according to Leona, was the place people get punished for offences she didn't seem so pleased to share with me. There was a wooden bar on top of the large stone head and a bowl at one side.

"My lady you shouldn't be watching this, it's not good for the baby." Leona tried to convince me but I don't give her any attention and just watched what was happening at the front.

The man who's dragged to the floor remains still, his face still concealed. The crowd went silent as Alpha Shane walked in, a huge knife in his hand. I grabbed hold of my stomach securely and waited. He steps on top of the stone and stood next to the man, his eyes scanning the crowd.

"Let everyone be warned!" He screamed "and see what happens when you cross me! You do not come back after you go rogue from my pack! And now, I would reveal the face of the traitor before sending him to hell!"

One of his men pulls off the sack from the man's head, revealing his face. A couple of people started to whimper, including a woman standing not too far from me. She has a little girl's face pressed between her thighs to shied her from looking. The woman's eyes caught mine and I quickly looked away. She must know this man in ropes.

I looked back at the man in question. I didn't think I've seen him before, yet he looked so familiar. His blond hair is dirty, but his face showed no remorse or fear. Which begged the question: what exactly was going to happen to......

I stopped thinking when I saw Alpha Nicholas raise his long knife and in one swift swing cut off the man's head.

My heart stopped beating for a second as I watched the gushing blood. My stomach churned and my lips hung open. What did he do? I felt like throwing up, tears breaming at my eyes. I watched how he raised his arms up and his men praised him. Tears travelled down my cheeks, my body unwilling to move. I felt Leona's distant voice on the background before she pulled me away.

That was the first time I was seeing a man behead another man right in front of my eyes. And the killer was the father of my unborn baby. He was the man who slept with me. I had conflicted feelings for a while. Everywhere I turned, I saw the man's face. I heard uninvited voices in my head and I wanted to make it stop.

When I walked through the markets with the maids, people whisper when I pass them. There was something wrong and nobody was telling me anything. And I was gradually losing my mind.

I knew Alpha Shane was in this house, and he wouldn't see me. So one night I decided to find him. Once I found his room and pushed the doors open, I found him on his bad with another woman. He was....having s*x with her. And he did not stop after he saw me. He just continued f*****g her, a smile on his face. My pain made him happy.

My heart broke and I stumbled on my feet as I rushed out. With every breath I took, my chest hurt. I grabbed hold of my chest as I tried to move. But then my stomach got so heavy I could barely take another step. I grabbed my stomach and moaned in pain.

The baby....

I managed to walk ahead where one of the guards found me and carried me to my room.

And that night..... I was blessed with a beautiful son. After all the pain and cries, I found a reason to smile again.

Two weeks after having my baby, I barely saw Shane. I thought the pain would go away but it didn't. He never came to see me or the baby. He just stayed away.

He would continue to have women In his bed every passing night while I stayed awake tending to my baby by myself.

After the fourth week, I made up my mind that I wouldn't take this anymore. So I called Anna into the room and whispered into her ear "please.....you need to get me out of here tonight."

And she turned to look at me, her eyes wide with fear in them.

But she nodded with a gentle smile.