Return Of The Betrayed Luna

"Members of the Silverwood pack, it is with great joy, that I announce to you, that Rebecca here, is pregnant with my first child, and the heir that is to take over from me when I retire!" Anthony, my mate announced, and all the people cheered. I stood at the side of the hall, frozen and confused, watching Anthony smile down at Rebecca who stood by his side, also smiling widely. I raised my hand up to my eyes, and wiped them clean, then did the same to my ears, hoping that I hadn't heard Anthony properly, but the reality of the situation began to dawn on me when I looked around at the people who were still happily cheering, and then at Anthony whose hand was placed on Rebecca's stomach. Her stomach was already so big, how hadn't I noticed? All the blood had drained from my face, and I was sure I looked like a ghost. Anthony was the Alpha of the Silverwood pack, and we had been mated for three years now. In all those three years, I hadn't been able to conceive at all. I had tried every means I thought possible, but nothing ever worked. Anthony didn't make things any easier for me, as all he did was shamelessly sleep with other unmated females in the pack, searching for an heir. I had thought that he would be a good mate and be there for me, like he was before we got mated, but that never happened. I grew up an orphan, never knowing how my parents had died, and never even having anyone to take care of me, so I had no one to turn to during those times, except my best friend, Rebecca. We had been friends since our teenage years, and she had always listened to what ever problem I had and tried her best to help me, and I did the same for her. Standing there, watching them act all lovey dovey and pretending I didn't exist was making me sick to my stomach. I had to do something, I had to ask them why they decided to do something so wicked to me, but I couldn't approach them at that moment, because I knew they would use the chance to embarrass in front of the people. I sighed as tears dropped down my face. I raised my hand to my chest and hit it, because my heart hurt too much. All the people around me were giving me disgusted looks, so I just shrunk into a corner and waited till the ceremony was over. When everyone had finally left, I approached Rebecca and Anthony who were standing by the door. I needed an explanation. "Anthony, Rebecca. What the hell is going on?" I asked, trying to make myself seem firm at first, even though I was shaking on the inside. They both turned back to look at with nasty looks on their faces. They didn't even look like they were sorry or had any remorse for what they did. "What the hell does it seem like?" Anthony thundered. "Freya, you're still here. I forgot about you," Rebecca mocked. "Please, Rebecca. Can you explain this to me?" "Well, you know you and your mate have been looking for a child for years now, and you have been unable to conceive, so I just thought to step in and help you out a little bit. Aren't I a good best friend?" she smiled as she placed her arm over my shoulder. "How does that make you a good best friend?" I asked as I pushed her arm from my shoulder. "I've been coming to you all this while, and telling all my problems to you and you've been pretending to help me find a solution for me? All this while?" "You didn't even find someone else to do it with, it had to be my mate," I said, emphasizing on the fact that Anthony was my mate. I could feel the tears threatening to drop, but I held them back. Rebecca laughed hysterically and stood in front of Anthony who just watched us with his arms crossed. "You know what, Freya. You were the one that stole Anthony from me. I always had my eyes on him, throughout our teenage years, hoping one day that I would get the chance to confess to him, but you came out of nowhere, claiming that he was your mate, and both of you got married. Do you have any idea how hurt I was?" "When he came to me, asking if I could help in anyway, I saw an opportunity to finally claim what was mine, and I did. Unlike you, I'm not infertile and we were able to conceive on our first try. You should be happy that I'm helping you out, otherwise you would have been thrown out," Her last words hit me like a boulder. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I always knew Anthony was sleeping around with other women, but then finding out that the one he finally got pregnant was none other than my best friend was even more heart wrenching. "I trusted you, Rebecca. You were the only family that I thought I had. I told you everything about what was going on," At that point, I couldn't hold back the tears that had started dropping down my face. Rebecca just scoffed and looked away from me. "If the whole world was against me, I expected you to be there for me no matter what," As I said that, Anthony moved forward and wrapped one arm around Rebecca's waist and used the other hand to caress her stomach. "We really don't have time for your sob story. My baby must be really tired after a long day, and she needs some rest, so if you'll excuse us," That pet name was what Anthony used to call me when we were newly mated. I hadn't heard it in a very long time, because he stopped calling me that after a year of me not being able to conceive. "Also, if you can't stay here, you're always free to leave, but just to compensate you, you're free to stay here for as long as you want. Just don't cause any troubles for me and my baby," he said and they turned their back on me and walked inside without looking back even once. My chest heart so much that my knees became weak and I fell to the floor in pain. Tears were dropping down my face like I had a tap at the back of my eyes. The worse part was I had nowhere to go, neither did I know anyone else, so I had no choice but to stay in the house. I picked myself up from the floor and went inside the house. I made a decision to avoid them at all cost. Besides, Rebecca couldn't take my position as luna, as long as I was still alive. If I just stayed ony own, everything would be fine. Or so I thought.