The Luna He Betrayed

Chapter Two

Selene's POV

“What are you doing here love?” Leo’s voice filled the air, causing my heart to race nervously.

I swallowed hard, blinking rapidly as I thought of a lie. “I… I… ca… came to ask you what you’d like to eat,” I stuttered senselessly, hoping he suspects nothing.

Leo cleared his throat noisily, his gaze fixed on me. “What I’d like to eat? But you shouldn’t be doing that Sel, not now that you are with a child. Let Alice handle everything from now on, okay?” he said softly, slowly patting my hair.

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I bobbed my head slowly, avoiding his gaze. Leo grabbed my hand, placed a fluttery kiss on it before handing me my cane.

“Kade, we’ll speak later. I need to attend to my Luna,” he told his beta, while wrapping his hand around my waist.

“Okay your highness,” Kade responded.

Without another word, he spun me around and began to lead me away. Soon we arrived in the bedroom and before I could tell what was happening, Leo brought his lips down on mine and immediately took dominance.

I tried to fight the bond, to resist but it was damn near impossible. My wolf howled with a mixture of pain and pleasure as she relished the touch of our mate.

“Maybe I heard wrong? Maybe he didn’t mean everything he said earlier?” I thought, not wanting to believe that the man whom I had seen as my savior for years, was no different than the monsters I had been trying to get away from.

With heavy breaths, he whispered, “I love you Sel. I really do,” his voice deep with emotions and for a split second, I believed him.

Just as he hoisted me up on his waist, his phone blared out loudly. He struggled to ignore the ring but soon gave in. With one final kiss on my forehead, he placed me on the bed gently and immediately picked up the call.

With how soft and gentle his voice was, I needed no seer to tell me he was speaking to Amelia.

“Why are you crying? What happened?” He asked into the phone, his voice filled with concern.

Silence ensued for a few seconds.

“Okay, I’ll come pick you up myself. I don’t like it when you are hurt,” he whispered again.

My heart raced frantically in my chest as beads of sweat began to form on my forehead. I couldn’t help but wonder how long I had been oblivious to everything.

For years, I had thought Leo was the saviour the moon goddess sent to save me from the people I had once called family, the people who I had thought would love and protect me till eternity.

The Casper clan had adopted me when I was a child. After their real daughter had been kidnapped and allegedly killed by Lucian’s enemies, Lucian and Mara had tried to get pregnant years after recovering from the pain but were unable to. After so many failed IVFs, one day, they decided to adopt a baby girl and returned home with me.

For the first sixteen years of my life, everything was so perfect. I had parents who loved and would do anything for me and I also had two over protective older brother cousins who would rather die than see me hurt but everything changed when news of their real daughter being alive surfaced.

She was found and brought home and my woes began from that day. Nothing I did was enough anymore, everyone began to see me as a burden, a stain that needed to be washed away and I began to endure torment after torment from Amelia until Leo came and rescued me immediately after the accident.

I had thought the moon goddess had taken pity on me but boy was I wrong.

Leo’s loud footsteps suddenly filled the air once again and soon he was by my side.

I bit my bottom lip in anticipation of his next words.

“Baby, I have to go. I need to meet up with important council members to sort out some things,” he lied smoothly, gently massaging my arm.

I ran my tongue over my bottom lip slowly, trying to calm my raging emotions. “It’s late already. Let Kade take care of it, I want you here tonight Leo. I want you here with me and the baby tonight.”

A low chuckle escaped his lips as he began walking away from me. “I’m sorry baby but I can’t leave this to Kade. It’s really important but I promise to be back before nightfall.”

And with that, he was out the door before I could even say another word. Grief and anger filled me and I placed my hand on my belly, trying to shield my baby from the pain.

All these years, I had thought Leo was perfect, that my marriage was a blessing from the moon goddess but not only has he fooled me, he also stolen my corneas for his one true love.

The one woman who had tormented my life for years and had promised to take everything away from me. I had thought she would stop after taking my first mate Lucas whom I had equally loved and who had also tried to ruin my life by leaking my nudes to the public which led to further ostracization from my family and the pack members and had also destroyed my career as an author even before I got blind.

A low growl emanated from me and the initial pain I was feeling dissipated. I needed to make them pay for every tear I have shed, I wanted to see them crumble before me.

I reached for the bedside table, blindly searching for my phone when it suddenly rang. Following the sound, I picked it up from the bed and answered the call.

“Hello,” I said into the phone.

“Your mate needs your attention. Come to Havens apartment.”

Before I could utter any word, the caller hung up leaving me confused. My brow furrowed in confusion as I tried to place who the voice belonged to but couldn’t.

A part of me wanted to ignore because he didn’t deserve my care but my body had a mind of its own.

Without thinking twice, I requested for the driver and he arrived in the bedroom in a few seconds.

“Take me to Havens apartment, the one close to the warehouse.”

With a nod, he began to lead me downstairs and soon we were in the car and headed to the apartment.

A thousand and one thoughts flooded my mind as we glided down the road, I knew he was with Amelia but I couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to him.

The ride got longer than usual and I suddenly began to feel my anxiety increasing.

“I’m sorry about the delay Luna, the traffic at Brandon road caused it. I had to take a decoy. We’ll be at the apartment in a few minutes, we are very close to the warehouse now,” Aaron said as if noticing my uneasiness.

The ride continued in silence and a few minutes after he uttered those words, the car stopped abruptly. Relief flooded through me at the thought of already arriving at my destination but it was cut short when I heard Aaron scream in pain.

“Let me go! You can’t hurt her, she’s our Luna,” Aaron yelled, breathing heavily.

Before I could tell what was happening, a large rough hand grabbed me, and pulled me out of the car roughly, dragging me forward.

Beads of sweat formed on my forehead as Nina screamed frantically in my head, warning me of danger but despite how I struggled, I couldn’t break free from their grip.

“You’ll have to harm me first before you harm the Luna,” Aaron yelled once more, and immediately a loud thud filled the air and silence followed.

“Aaron? Aaron? Can you hear me?”

I called out desperately but got no response.

The thought of my baby getting harmed filled me with dread and without a second thought, I decided to let Nina take complete control, something we haven’t done in years.

I shut my eyes, feeling her energy flow through me but just as Nina surged forward to completely take over, I felt a sharp needle like object pierce through my skin.

I opened my mouth to cry for help but my scream died in my throat as a piece of cloth clamped over my mouth in seconds and a wave of darkness enveloped me.