CHAPTER 1
Alexa's POV
“Today must be a memorable day of your life”.
“You’re six weeks pregnant, Luna,” the pack’s doctor’s words echo in my mind over and over again, which made me smile as I rubbed my still flat tummy, admiring myself in the mirror.
My heart swelled with joy, and I was brimming with so much excitement as I thought of the best way to tell my darling husband, Austin.
“Babe, I heard him call softly at me, and I jumped slightly in fright because I wasn't expecting him here. He smiled, his eyes flickering with emotions. He dropped off a tray of mouth-watering chocolate cake on the bedside table before me.
His presence has always had an effect on me. As soon as he came over to me, he engulfed me in an embrace and began planting featherlight kisses down my neck.
“How did the meeting with Alpha Rex go today?” I moaned, closing my eyes as he began kissing my earlobe. I was almost lost, insanely, with his sweet kisses when he pulled away and pushed me to the bed.
“It's too early for s*x, you know?
I know you're a romance freak, but you gotta keep it down sometimes”. I said, wiggling my eyes suggestively at him as I teased him, and in response, he shrugged me off and chuckled.
“Alpha Rex is willing to be our Ally and is willing to buy into our brand. His only request is that you be there as the Alpha.
“I'm really happy about this. Ok, you just sit here; I have something for you.” He said as he smiled across his lips. I slowly sat on the bed, slowly and gently, he began smothering me with kisses, and then brought a tray with cake, placed it on my thigh, and helped me with a napkin.
“But you'll be there, you're the Alpha,” I said.,
“Well, yes, I am, but he's one of those people who still think I became Alpha because we got married,” he smirked.
I could see the anger in his eyes as his forehead creased, and I sighed, patting a space beside me for him to come to sit with me. He sat down and held my hands in his.
“ For how long do I have to keep living under your shadow, Luna?”
His question bothered me and irked me a little, but I shrugged it off, thinking he was probably frustrated.
“You’re not living under my shadow, my love, I love you, and you love me; I don't care how people see us, my sweetie.”
“To make you feel better, I already transferred the brand’s ownership to you. It's your own, they will have no option but to listen to you. I did it a few days ago, but I didn't want to tell you initially.”
As soon as he heard those words, he embraced me firmly. “ Thank you, baby,” he said, giving a sensational kiss all over me.
I opened the tray cake and smiled, taking in the mouth-watering aroma. The aroma did justice to the taste.
“You like it?” he smiled at me. I nodded my head, not wanting to spill the cake in my mouth.
“I have good news!” I blurted, smiling and gazing at him as I blushed. He stared curiously at me.
“You can tell me all that, but first finish your cake and stop mumbling,” he murmured, pitching my cheeks jovially.
“Won't you join me?” I asked, breaking off a piece of cake to feed him, but I was a bit fixed when he shook his head in a negative response.
“Oh, c'mon, what's wrong?
I'm okay, my queen, I already had mine to choose. He responded with a fake smile.
Austin loves dining with me. It's part of the things we enjoy doing all the time. As we felt strengthened our bond, there had to be something utterly wrong with him not wanting to join me.
“What's wrong?” I asked, but when he didn't respond, I slowly looked up at him to find a sinister smile across his charming face.
It scared me so much that I dropped the cake as my wolf kept whispering to me that something was out of place.
“Please get me some water, Austin,” I croaked out, desperately, as waves of intense pain coursed through my stomach. To my utmost disbelief, he didn't move an inch. He sat still and showed no concern. “Austin..” I cried. “My stomach hurts!” I yelled as I rolled on the floor.
“No” he screwed up, eyeing me in disgust.
“Why are you doing this? What's in the cake?” I questioned desperately. He scoffed, glaring at me.
“What do you think it is? Poison for sure,” he growled at me, without an ounce of regret in his voice.
“ What’s wrong with you, Austin?
Why would you do this to me… I cried, feeling more waves of pain run through my body until it became unbearable.
“Hahaha… he laughed. “For your throne, of course, you dummy,” he snapped. I felt a tsunami of rage simmering in me, but I was too weak to react.
“But you said you loved me?
You cared for me so much. Was everything a sham, a way for you to become alpha?” I cried.
“You need to stop saying gibberish from your mouth before I smack your face with my boot!” he bellowed, staring down at me.
I gazed at him in surprise as my jaw dropped. This wasn't my Austin, the man that I married. The only man who showered me with so much love and care.
I fell on the cold floor, rolling from the bed to the ground, yet I couldn't feel my body. “Austin,” I cried out, but he ignored my plight. I coughed hard, my spittle laced with traces of blood.
How could Austin do this to me? Where did so much hatred come from? I haven't done anything wrong to him to deserve this kind of treatment from him.
“You poisoned the cake, Austin. What wrong did I do in loving you?” My eyes are teary, and my hands are clammy.
“Who cares…” he was about to say something when his words trailed off as someone flung the door open, walking in.
From where I lay on the cold floor, with blood trickling out of my mouth, the only thing I could see was a lady’s silhouette. I felt relief with the hope that my savior was here.