The Healer Luna

CHAPTER TWO

FIONA

Why did you do this to me?

Damien set his jaw. There wasn’t even pity in his eyes. “You left.” He said. “You abandoned me. Abandoned the pack and for what? So you could run around playing nurse to a bunch of soldiers?”

It felt like someone was squeezing the air from my lungs.

“Damien, you supported me.” I stabbed my finger in his chest. “You asked me to go.”

Damien rolled his eyes and threw his hands in the air. “That was because I thought you’d be gone for a few days, a week at most. I thought you were bored and needed some entertainment.”

“Entertainment?” I gasped in disbelief. “There are people dying on the frontlines, and you thought it was entertainment?”

“Oh there she is,” Damien sneered, moving around me. “Little miss perfect. You’re a saint and the rest of us are sinners who don’t care about the weak and helpless.”

I blinked at him in shock, my eyes stinging.

“But you said you were proud of me?”

“I did. But that was when I thought you were something to brag about. My wife the doctor. But then you left and you turned me into a joke.”

Who was this stranger in my husband’s body?

I shook my head. I wanted to stop the tears streaming down my face but it wouldn’t stop.

“Is that why you’re doing this, sleeping with some random woman, because you’re angry at me?”

“Her name is Serena.” Damien snapped.

“Luna Serena.”

I turned to see her resting against the edge of the door wearing a plush robe. She had put on fresh lipstick and ran a comb through her hair so that it fell across her exposed shoulder in dark, silky waves.

Next to her, in my shirt and skirt wrinkled from travelling and mascara running down my face, I looked like a pauper.

She walked up to Damien, who wrapped his arm around her waist. She leaned into him, resting her hand on his chest before turning to look down her nose at me.

“You will address me with my proper title or you will not address me at all. Tell her Damien.”

My jaw hanging open, I looked to my husband. “Luna?”

At least he had the shame to not meet my eyes. “You abandoned your duties. Someone had to step up.”

“Exactly.” Serena chimed and it was like a thousand cuts were being made on my heart all at the same time.

“Okay.” I sniffed loudly, straightening my back and struggling to keep my voice from shaking. “Okay, I’m back now. I’m here and I’m ready to fulfill my duties as Luna, so send her away.”

Damien wouldn’t look at me.

“Damien.” My voice cracked and he still wouldn’t look. “Damien.”

Serena laughed, rolling her eyes at me. “Look at you, begging for the love of a man who clearly no longer wants you. How pathetic.”

I ignored her. All of my attention was on the man who had promised me that he would never break my heart.

I clutched my hands to my chest.

“Damien, please.”

Don’t do this to me, Don’t do this to us.

Damien glanced at me, then looked away again.

“I can’t.” He finally said, his voice hard. “I can’t send her away. She lost her parents in a rogue attack. Do you really expect me to just kick her out onto the streets?” He scoffed. “And here I thought you were the kind one.”

“I am your wife!”

“That doesn’t matter.” Damien replied back coldly.

“Why not?” I cried.

“Because,” Serena pushed away from him and stepped closer to me. “I’m his fated mate.”

The words punched a whole straight through my chest and whatever air was left in my lungs was instantly gone.

I staggered back as if struck.

“Damien, no. Tell me she's lying. Tell me it’s not true.”

Serena laughed. “Of course it’s true. Did you really think a wolfless bird like you could remain beside an alpha?”

“Serena.” Damien cut in sharply. “Go downstairs. I’ll deal with her.”

Serena pouted like she was about to argue but then she turned back to him. Lifting herself up on her toes, she kissed him on his lips.

“Don’t be long, baby.” She said and he nodded stiffly at her.

She strutted past me, a smirk on her face and when she was close enough, her voice dropped to a whisper. “You should have died at that camp.”

I looked at her and something inside of me finally snapped.

“Oh, you silverbitten, den-shitting liar.” I sneered, reaching out to drag her by her hair.

But Damien was there and he shoved me away from her.

“Enough!” he yelled, glaring at me as Serena sobbed on his arm. “Serena is my mate!”

“You married me!” I yelled back, my voice choked with tears. “You married me and you promised, Damien, You promised. For f**k’s sake, how could you do this to me?”

I didn't want them to see my tears or how badly my legs were shaking but dear goddess it was so hard. So freaking hard.

Damien pressed his lip into a straight line.

“There’s something else you should know.” He said and Serena wiped her tears from her eyes as Damien looked down at her, the way he used to look at me.

Sniffing, she turned to me and ran her hand slowly over her flat belly.

“I’m pregnant.”