Alpha's Regret: A True Luna Comeback

Chapter 4

Celine’s POV

Brought into Luna Sasha's private room, I was made to get on my knees. Her maids were ass-licking. I didn't know why she had brought me here and in this manner but I knew it couldn't be good.

“ You have started to forget your place, haven't you?” She closed her fan, her legs crossed and her matching bright-coloured gown standing out.

“ I don't get what you mean,” I replied.

“ Silence! The effrontery! You speak only when I allow you to,” she dictated. “ You think that just because you're my husband’s favorite s*x slave, you are so important,” she laughed, spreading her fan.

“ I wish,” she swifter over to a serious tone. “ If you were really important, you wouldn't be labeled as a ‘ s*x slave ’. In any case, the fact remains that you're nothing more than a slave,” she mocked.

“ She thinks because of her weird and exotic looks, she can beat you,” one of her maids said scorning me with the rest of the maids.

“ She'll soon be quiet when she realizes that there have been a lot more s*x slaves as pretty as her and with unique abilities as well,” it's like they took turns to mock.

“ Do you think I wouldn't find out that you like Keenda?” She looked me in the eye, this time with the most serious expression and tone. I confessed to Alpha Keenda a few months back why is it now that she is reacting.

“ Do you love him?” She asked me expecting me to answer this time.

“ Yes, I do,” I answered plainly, not beating around the bush.

“ And do you feel a mate bond with him?”

“ Yes, though he cut me off,” I answered straight forward.

“ You're pretty bold for someone who's nothing but a slave. You're not even as high as a concubine. How dare you answer me directly and plainly without any form of remorse? How dare you love Alpha Keenda?” She was angry now.

“ I never meant to fall in love with the Alpha,” I bowed and apologized. I had only answered with a straight face because I was trying to follow her orders.

“ Yes, I've heard that a million times,” Sasha wasn't buying it at all.

“ I am telling you the truth,” I kept my head low as I apologized. I didn't want to get myself into trouble, I hadn't been here for up to a year yet.

“ And so am I,” she said getting up. Lifting my head with my chin, she slapped me hard on the face taking me by surprise. I held onto my face in disbelief.

“ Why are you so surprised? Did you think I was really about to let you go?” She laughed hysterically.

I knew she was going to take out all her aggression on me today, another slap brought me out of my thoughts and into reality.

“ I would and could survive this,” I repeated in my head as she kept hitting me, her maids joining her. I had survived worst so this shouldn't be....

I found myself lying weak on the floor of the room, on the borderline of consciousness. Though I was happy that the beating had stopped, something felt wrong. My body could hold out more amount of beating so how was I losing my consciousness so fast?

I closed my eyes finally, embracing the darkness as Luna and her maids walked away. My body hurts, more than ever.

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A gentle touch on my forehead woke me up. I took in the surroundings of the place with my eyes, I was still in the house.

“ Are you awake, Madam?” My chief maid worried.

“ What happened to me?” I interrogated.

“ You fainted due to beating but other than that, you're fine, ” the physician reassured. “It's good news,” he added.

“ Congratulations, Ma'am Celine. You're a few months pregnant,” he announced joyfully.

“ Wait? What?” I couldn't believe the news I was hearing.

“ It's just like he said, Madam. You're finally pregnant with an heir for Alpha Keenda,” my chief maid congratulated.

“ Doctor, this has to be a joke right?” I covered my mouth with my hands still in shock. I hoped this wasn't a dream. I had nearly forgotten the throbbing pain I was in.

“ Haha,” the physician laughed it off. “ It's not a dream ma'am, congratulations,” he said once more. “ I'll be off now,” he got up, bowing his head a bit, he left.

“ The physician said you need to take things slowly and avoid anything that could stress you,” she advised.

“ I don't know what to say, ” I was still perplexed by the news.

“ What else is there to say?” She squealed in excitement. “ You've given the Alpha a child after so long, he'd be more than happy to hear this. Once he gets back, I'll inform him of the good news,” she talked to herself.

“ Can you keep quiet about it for now?” I asked her. “ I want to be the one who tells him about it, after all, it's my child,” I was the definition of overjoyed, maybe Alpha Keenda would warm up to me once he heard the news. I blushed hard as I thought, the pain I woke up with from the beating didn't bother me anymore. I had something more important to think of - I would wait for him.

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On hearing that Alpha Keenda had returned, my heart skipped a beat as I prepared myself to announce the news to him. I ran down the flight of stairs and headed straight to the kitchen, I would use the opportunity of giving him fruits to tell him as he may not necessarily want me in.

“ Celine! Please stop running, we can't afford to get you hurt,” the maid in charge of me begged.

“ Alright, I'm just feeling a rush of adrenaline,” I bobbed my shoulders, grinning.

“ Alpha Keenda and Luna Sasha are back by the way. Do you plan on meeting them now?” She questioned. I didn't plan on meeting Sasha, she was crazy and heavens knows how crazy she'll get once Alpha Keenda begins to warm up to me because of my pregnancy.

“ Yes, I do,” I smiled anyway. Handing over a tray with assorted fruits, I walked my way to the stairs - the food man had just arrived. He normally came here to supply foodstuffs to the palace in bulk.

I stood in front of his study door and inhaling, I raised my hands to knock on the door but hearing my name from Sasha's mouth stopped me. I peeped through the partially open door.

“ So what are we going to do about Celine?” She questioned.

“ What do mean? You have to explain what you're saying,” he answered.

“ She thinks that she's so important because you favor her the most out of all the other s*x slaves,” she said.

“ And?”

“ And I have a big problem with that. What if she gets pregnant with the way you keep sleeping with her, which by the way you've never done with me,” she frowned.

“ Are we talking about Celine here or your insecurities?” He turned to look at her. I could see how much she was suppressing her anger right now. He was harsh to everyone.

“ If she gets pregnant, with the way you've made her feel so comfortable to the point where she doesn't know her boundaries anymore, she'd end up rubbing shoulders with me and I refuse to let that happen. I won't let a mere s*x slave think she's above me,” she explained.

“ We don't need to worry about that 'cause I've already thought it through,” he turned to her, and wrapping his hands around her waist, he pulls her close to him.

“ I would love to hear your ingenious plan,” she caressed his face.

“ Once she has a child, we could get rid of her. After all, she was never necessary for the child-raising aspect when I have you,” he kisses her softly everywhere. I move a few steps back, my heart pounding hard against the walls of my chest, tears had begun making their way down my cheeks like raindrops.

I went over to the kitchen when my tears dried up and my emotions were suppressed as I placed the tray of fruits down. He was going to get rid of me once I gave birth. It hit differently when it was someone you loved and trusted. I knew I needed to do something drastic.

Going to my room with a food sack, I packed a few things I would need. I wasn't going to stay here and wait till I was killed. Just then rain began to fall like it knew I would need some sort of detour to perfect my plan.

Wearing a long hood, I maneuvered my way through the busy living room as everyone roamed around trying to get the foodstuffs in before it got worse, making them not notice me as I slipped past.

I made my way outside the large doors of the main palace and spotting an empty carriage, I hid inside. It was the only way I could securely pass through security and on finding out that the carriage I was in belonged to the man in charge of the food delivery, I felt a lot safer. There was no way they would search him.

With the wheels of the carriage bouncing off the sturdy pebbles on the ground, the rickety sound echoed through the air, as the carriage swayed from side to side. Passing through the large gates of the palace, I could only thank the rains for this.

Looking at the palace one last time from within the shadows, I clutched my belly and for the first time, I understood the vengeful feeling that heartbreak brought. I, in short, hated him.

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