
Solane gasped.“That was too harsh, Kaelen,” she muttered, tugging down her rumpled skirt. Her hands were shaking, but she kept it steady, dragging her skirt down.Kaelen looked at her for a second, then turned back to me. He stepped closer.“We have been feeding you all this while,” he said, his voice cold. “With contraceptives, poor human mate.”My whole body went cold. I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. I felt my chest beating faster.I stared straight into Kaelen’s face, searching for a lie, pleading for him to say it was just a joke. He just nodded, to confirm what he just said. His eyes were empty. No hint of guilt or even regret.The words came out like he had been waiting to say this.And that was when I realized he meant every word he said.“The drugs…” My voice cracked. “The medications. The herbs.” The words felt heavy in my throat, but I just had to let it out.Three years. For three whole years, he was the reason I couldn’t have a child. Three years of his mother cursing me, calling me barren, locking me in that dark room to punish me for not giving the Alpha an heir.And it was him. All along, it was him.I thought of the tea. The tea he made me drink every night. He would sit on the bed, pull me close, and tell me it was from the best doctors. That it would help me get pregnant. Sometimes he held the cup to my lips himself, rubbed my back, whispered that it would be okay and made sure I drank it.All of it was a lie. Every touch, every word of consolation.They were all a lie.“And Solane,” he said, and let out a dry laugh.“She isn’t my cousin. She is my lover. She has been my lover before you.”“Kaelen,” Solane called out. Her voice was soft, almost like she was begging him to stop.He looked at her and raised a finger, signalling her to keep her mouth shut.Then he turned back to me, and his next words felt like salt was added to my sore heart.“You don’t expect me to allow you to have my child, Jessa.You weigh so much. You are just too fat. You aren’t fit for a wife.”I felt my knees so weak that I almost crouched to the floor. Those were the words I feared most since this past year. And he didn't think it through but just spilled it………Jessa Bryne was shocked after she found out she had been drugged all this time by her husband, Kaelen Cole, Alpha of the Bloodfang Pack.She realized he was the reason for her childlessness and also the weight she gained over the past three years.Not only did he throw it in her face, but he also told her that his supposed cousin Solane had been his lover all along. She had just been pretending to be family for three whole years while he slept with her behind Jessa’s back.Jessa was devastated and shattered. She ended up at the Harlem Riders bar, owned by the infamous Lycan King, Cornard Drakmor.She felt a bit of relief when she ran into Cornard at the bar. He offered to help her get back at Kaelen, but only on one condition.Pretend to be his wife for 60 days, and he would grant every one of her wishes to bring Kaelen down.

