"What did you just say?” he hissed as he edged closer, his rattled breaths kissing my nose.
For a second, l missed the romantic man he used to be. The man who exalted me from the dust to the throne of power. Today he wasn't just a far-fetched stranger , to him l was a crooked enemy , more of a lame wayfarer.
“Flossin is dead,” l repeated with teary eyes.
“Who's she ? She's not my kid? You said she was suffering from god knows what but such diseases only exist in your family. So you have yourself to blame.”
“Your crocodile tears won't f*****g help, you could have come with a much better lie than that one. I gave you an option if you don't mind,” Daisy sneered.
I shot myself in the foot when l overlooked all the red flags.
I should have listened to my dad before he mysteriously died. Now l was just an orphan.
“Alphard, is it because I'm a total orphan that you are taking me for a fool?”
“Come on, here are your divorce papers. Stop wasting everyone's time. We are about to take our vows. The priest is waiting.For your dead kid, l will allow you to bury it tonight.” His words pierced my soul from one end to the other and left a statue of me before the curious crowd.
“Don't forget l need a maid, you are welcome to stay over with us,” Daisy said as she held his shoulder.
Speechless, l felt my thumping heart skip a beat after the other. Unfair of the moon goddess to see me through all the pain at once!
“Thank you for the deceit, you will both pay for this act of betrayal with your blood and tears,” l sobbed after I found my voice amidst the heavy breaths.
“Huh, you are foreseeing your future right! Few soldiers will help you bury the corpse and you can take with you your desperation elsewhere.”
I signed the papers , wiped the tears and walked out of the hall. The prying eyes of the crowd on my back.
Nowhere else to go, no relatives and no friends, l watched as wet clods of soil covered Flossin’s casket an hour later.
With her gone,l had lost part of me. She was the reason I would live to see her battle the disease and bud into a woman like me.
I sat in the car almost a mile away from Olive Pack, holding the brown envelope in my hand.
The recent string of events sapped life out of my soul and left me a shell of myself.
My heart sank when I went through the papers from doctor Clinton.
“How the f**k am l two months pregnant?” I muttered in despair.
A mixture of emotions welled up in my chest as l quickly connected the dots.
It dawned on me that I got pregnant during his sister's birthday party. The night we all drunk our sanity away!
I wanted to turn back and tell him l had his seed in me but would he not mistake that for another kick of a dying horse?
Where will l take this kid? Who will even help me? Me? A pregnant rogue?
There is always a permanent solution to a temporary problem, so be it. I chose to sacrifice my life and that of the unknown creature in my tummy for eternal peace.
I drove to the steepest cliff facing the raging waves of the ocean.
I kept imagining how calm it would be if I dived into the waters ,over the rocks and never came back.
Went back to the car, and held the pictures of Flossin and my late mum at least for the last time.
I broke down afresh holding my tummy as a warm breeze from the ocean kissed my skin. I couldn't believe how life had brutally ripped a part of me so soon.
I leaned on the side of the car and let out the emotions through tears until I couldn't cry anymore.
A strong earthy like unique scent hit my nostrils and jolted me from my slumber. I couldn't tell for how long I had slept but I found myself in strong hairy hands mid air.
I felt cold rivulets of sweat trickle down my armpits as l looked away from his red brimstone eyes.
Fabian Moreira, the bachelor and lycan King of the great Platinum Pack.
The most feared man in the whole region. For his ruthlessness and the fact she hated women after the mysterious death of his brother.
“Let go of me,” l whispered as l squirmed in his masculine arms.
“Am here to die.”
I felt as if he was going to hurl me down the cliff the next minute, the way his eyes shone in the dark.
“Don't you want revenge on him? Have you forgotten what you told him before you signed the papers?”
So he has his moles on Olive Pack or how did he know about what happened.
“Yes l want him to pay for his vices.”
“Then I am here to help you, but on a condition,” he paused ,looking deep into my eyes with a wild grin on his face.
“But you hate women!”
“You are my mate,” he said assuringly.
“I'm pregnant.”
“I know. I will help you bring down his empire brick after the other until he kneels down and begs for your mercy. Only if you remain loyal only to me and reward me with a worthwhile heir to my Pack.”
A quick flashback to the last twelve hours of hell all washed away by meeting the mighty Fabian Moreira.
So the darkest hour comes before dawn, he was like a book l was going to read for the rest of my life.
I felt like calling Alphard to thank him for dumping me but it was time to build a thick and lethal system of revenge.
Fabian marked me a few hours after we miraculously met and ordained me as the Luna of Platinum Pack a week later.
Deep down l knew l was ready to die for him, he snatched me from the jaws of death.
“Look here, do you know what you just got yourself into?” I overhead the beta the evening after l became Luna.
“Do you know who she is in the first place? She's a rogue and she's going to destroy you!” He barked.
The next thing i heard were painful groans and growls.
“Listen, don't raise your voice at me again. You are my beta doesn't mean you are wiser than me. Stay away from her forever,” he roared.
He dropped him on the floor with a thud and walked away as if it was nothing.
He made me a respected and feared figure in the pack.