Betrayed Luna: Her Second Chance Lycan Mate

2: Her Maté’s Betrayal

It didn’t take me long to come to a conclusion on waking up the next day.

I had a responsibility as the Luna of the pack and I would not let Alex’s words or actions affect me too much. The pack comes first after all. Feeling hungry, I entered the kitchen to get something to eat, and that was when I remembered the big elephant in the room.

I had been so focused on my anger and betrayal that I had completely forgotten that I was pregnant.

This was not the right time for me to be pregnant, I sighed to myself. Being pregnant for the man whom I apparently have to share with my best friend was not how I had planned my life to go.

He was my crush, my mate, and my alpha. Why would he do this to me?

All my life, I had been a good mate to him. From when we were friends till the moment we became chosen mates. I held my stomach carefully while looking at the ceiling with my lips thinned. This has to be the worst timing ever.

Even after he had confirmed that they were each other’s fated mates, I still found it impossible to believe.

Thoughts started to ravage my head with anger and frustration as I briefly contemplated getting rid of the child in order to hurt Alex, but I was quick to discard that thought because I knew it wasn’t the baby’s fault that its father was this shitty.

Alex doesn’t deserve the child, not after what he had done to me.

A part of me reminded myself that this also wasn’t his fault since he wasn’t the one who gave himself a fated mate, but the moon goddess. That didn’t stop me from feeling less hurt and betrayed.

It made zero sense to me. Alex and Sasha had been enemies in the past, why would the moon goddess make them each other’s fated mates? The only reason why they began to tolerate each other before becoming friends, was because of me, because of how much I worked on getting them to be on good terms.

Thinking about all of that right now was making me feel sick.

Later that day, I decided that I was gonna break the news to Alex that I was pregnant. Perhaps that would make him come to his senses and reject Sasha like he was supposed to, like we had both agreed to before we got mated to each other. We promised each other to reject our fated mates if they ever show up in the future.

I had the advantage as his mate for five years and Luna of the pack, and now I was pregnant with his child, I had all the aces and compared to me, Sasha has nothing.

I nodded to myself and a smile graced my lips, just as my ears picked up the sounds of footsteps approaching the house.

A knock on the door had me tensing at once. I opened the door to find one of Alex’s personal guards bowing to me.

“Yes, what is it?” I asked with an air of sophistication.

“Alpha Alex requests that you come to the pack house at once.”

It had to be urgent for him to send his personal guards. With a nod I followed them out of the house and into the carriage they had shown up with.

The ride back was longer than expected even when the distance between us was not much. My anxiety kept me from being calm.

If I told him about this news, he would be elated and would discard Sasha immediately. This was my trump card and I was going to use it. I hated how desperate I felt but this was frankly my only shot at getting my mate back before he completely slips from my fingers.

“We’re here!” announced the guards as I stepped out of the carriage. Taking in deep breaths, I started up the stairs and into the open doors as I walked straight to the throne room.

The guards in front of the doors opened it and I entered to see Alex and Sasha talking in close proximity with romance in the air.

They turned to see me as I looked away like I had not seen them.

“Freya,” he called softly as he inched towards me, getting my attention as I sent him a fake smile.

“You called for me,” I said as he nodded. He was silent for a few seconds and I thought this to be my cue to give him the wonderful news. “I’m…”

“Sasha is going to be my new mate and Luna,” he said before I could get any word out.

“What?” I muttered in shock, my legs turning weak, causing me to lean against the nearest table.

“I’m sorry,” he sighed. “I didn’t want it to come to this but I had no choice. This was the best I could do.”

The best you could do, I thought. How could he bring this up to me now? Why was he doing this to me? Was he replacing me with her?! Who was she?!

I had sacrificed a lot for the sake of this pack and just like that I was being pushed out of my seat and replaced without a second thought.

Like that wasn’t enough, he cleared his throat to show that he wasn’t done.

“And there’s something else,” my silence to his words was enough to tell him to go on. After all, there was nothing worse than what I was going through here. “I… I am going to reject you as my mate, and we’d sever the mate bonds, but I’ll continue to love you from the sidelines. I will…”

After his rejection whatever he was saying suddenly tuned out and all I could hear was silence. His lips were moving but there were no audible sounds coming out of it.

This was it. He was kicking me out and replacing me with my best friend. I was turned into a nobody. I meant nothing to him now.

She was the one he wanted now and she was all he needed while I’ve turned disposable.

I had so many words to tell him… so much rage to let out but I could not do it.

No matter what I did it would not change the fact that he had found someone else to be with.

I could feel the pain in my chest increasing like I had been stabbed with a hot knife as tears rolled down my cheeks.

Everything started to get blurry but I was not going to appear weak before him. I would take the blow like a Luna and… Oh, I was no longer a Luna, was I?

I was just relieved of my position as the Luna. I was now an ordinary pack member.

“Did you want to say something?” his voice suddenly got louder as he asked like he had not just thrown me out of my position.

“No,” I shook my head, forcing my tears back.

“I’m really sorry Freya. I should tell you that this was not how I wanted this to happen but it has happened. Don’t worry, I will always be by your side whenever you need me or anything of that sort. I owe you that.”

He didn’t get it. It was more than just favors at this point. He had no idea what he had just done to me.

“I’ll see myself out,” I mumbled, walking out of the throne room as he did not even try to stop me.

When I reached the door and it had been shut behind me, I broke down.

The pain was too strong to keep back and my tears fell open like a dam.

Running out of the pack house, I went back to my adoptive mother’s home where I was planning to stay for the rest of my life.

It would save me from more shame and humiliation.

***

For days I wallowed in pain and self pity while Alex broke the bond we shared even more. He was now intertwined with Sasha and I could feel it.

It hurt me to think about their union and I wished their parts had never crossed. Of course, I have myself to blame for that because I was the reason they got to know each other in the first place.

I had decided to keep the news of the pregnancy to myself and not let him or anyone know about it.

Little by little with each passing day, I was starting to get rid of the thoughts in my head. I had also accepted that I had lost and Sasha had won so there was no need fighting it.

After a week of staying indoors I decided to leave and mingle with some members of the pack. I was not going to live the life of a hermit forever.

However, when I stepped out of the house, I found a carriage running towards me. From the exquisite decorations, I knew Alex had sent it.

“What does he want this time?” I mumbled. Had he not disgraced me enough?

When it arrived, I got in and was taken to the pack house again.

This time Alex continued to apologize for f*****g with our bond since our wolves haven’t been separated, but Sasha was too happy about it.

I could see so many decorations around the pack house which caught my attention and I had to ask.

“What is going on?”

“Oh you didn’t know?” Sasha was too happy to reply. “It’s my mating ceremony tomorrow and my future mate and I wanted to let you know formally.”

I was not surprised to hear that. They had already replaced me so there was no need for her to rub it in my face.

“Congratulations,” I said with a bored expression on my face. “I’m happy for you two.”

Sasha was not happy with the way I said that but I did not care. I wanted to be out of here and back to my house. I had seen enough sunshine to know it was bad for me at this point.

“I’m going home,” I said, turning around to get out of the throne room as she stopped me.

“Have dinner with us,” she insisted and this caused a rage in me. First she had taken away my mate from me, then she took away my Luna position, she was also about to be mated by the morrow and here she was asking that I should sit through this embarrassment?

No, that was where she was drawing the line and I was not going to have it.

Without holding back, I slapped her across the cheek for having the audacity to ask that.

She started to cry as Alex walked to where we were standing with an angry expression on his face.

“I’ve always known that you hate me and don’t want me happy. But this… this is you crossing the line. How can you come into our home and slap my fated mate? You’re looking for any excuse so you can kill her.”

I was not going to handle this pain alone, I would share it with everyone.

“How can you get me in here only to insult me?” I thundered. “Have I done anything to deserve this torture? I have been on my own ever since you broke the news to me, what more do you want from me?”

“For you to celebrate with me.”

“Why?! Because I’m happy seeing my mate getting mated with my best friend? What madness is this? I hate her and I hate you for what you’ve done to me. And I never want to see you both happy. Don’t call me for any of this nonsense because I don’t want to be involved with it.”

After giving off a piece of my mind, I stormed off, leaving the duo behind. They were no longer my problem.