The Alpha's Lost Love

Chapter 4

~Luna Laila's POV~

I don't know how long I have been here, but I know that I cannot hang on much longer. It is so dark here and I haven't seen anything other than these dark, stone walls since when I was first taken. A knock on the door sounded loudly, getting my attention. As always, whoever it was didn't wait until I gave them permission to enter. I don't ever get any of the respect I became used to as the Lula of Moon Lake while here in the vile place. It has been an adjustment, but what else could I expect in this house full of bloodsuckers?

"Here is your food for the day," stated the woman who had knocked on my door before she spit at me and left quickly.

They have been giving me wolfsbane in small amounts to subdue my wolf; however, the creatures here are still wary on how well it works, so they try to deal with me as little as they possibly can. If only they had an actual reason to be fearful, I thought, hoping for some sort of response, but to no avail. However long it has been of me being here and being fed wolfsbane has continuously pushed back the connection I have to Liza, my wolf. I looked over at the food in disgust. It smells of rotten meat and half-cooked vegetables. Days when I get food of this caliber have me longing to go back to when I first got here. The Prince had wanted me to like him, so he would invite me to dinner and feed me some of the most immaculate foods. Not well known to myself, he was sneaking in wolfsbane even back then so that he could control me. Liza and I were both adamant that we would not fall for his tricks, no matter how nice he may have seemed or how good the food tasted back then; therefore, he stopped having me come to dinner and kept me basically trapped in my bedroom. I was still fed decently, especially because after what was likely about a month, I started to have pregnancy symptoms. Bastian and I were trying for a pup before I was k*******d and I had been in heat so it was very likely.

~Flashback to two years ago~

For days, I tried to hide how I was feeling. I would swallow down the nausea whenever someone came into my room. It wasn't long though until Prince Kyo himself came to my room and stayed for hours, preventing me from hiding the morning sickness and aches of pregnancy. He immediately had a doctor come in and check on me, confirming what my suspicions already were. I was with pup. Not only that, I had twin pups in my womb. Bastian would be so ecstatic to see that we succeeded and were even having two little ones instead of one, I remember thinking. At that point, Liza was still around in my head and I could feel the excitement radiating from her into me. Even with the excitement of becoming a mom though, I was terrified. Being captive while pregnant is not the most ideal situation, especially with me not knowing how the vampire prince would react, since I turned down his own advances.

The next few days after finding out I was carrying twins was a whirlwind. I was still riding the high of knowing I would be having the heirs of Moon Lake in the next few months, since werewolves only carry babies for six months and I'm sure I had already been here for a few months. Along with that, twins usually come earlier; therefore, I had a feeling that it wouldn't be long until I gave birth. Every day I would go and look at myself in the mirror, watching my usually flat and fit stomach grow at an abnormally large rate. Usually the prince would visit at what I assume was morning, not that I would know the time since the stone room I have been in doesn't have any windows or clocks or any way to tell what time or day it is. He would ask how I was feeling and if I needed anything, but all I could ever think about was why he was being so nice to me after I told him I didn't want anyone other than my mate. Soon, I would learn why he was nice to me and took care of me during my pregnancy.

One of the visits he made ended up with my water breaking after I had yelled at him to just take me back home or just leave me alone. It took what seemed like forever for the doctor to get to my room and for me to get dilated enough to have my pups. When I was finally dilated enough, I began to push with each contraction. I had expected Prince Kyo to leave the room while I was in labor, but no. I wouldn't even be afforded privacy during this most special moment. After pushing about twenty times each, my babies were born and placed onto my chest. That didn't last long; however, since the atrocious prince then had the doctor take the babies from me and rush them out of the room. I remember going crazy and yelling about how the babies can just stay with me, seeing as I am their mom; however, the vampire prince then made the simple comment that they obviously couldn't stay in the room with me when I didn't have anywhere for them to sleep.

"Oh but, of course, for the first year you will get to see them so that you can nurse them and give them the nutrients they need. It would likely be difficult for vampires to get milk here for them since our babies drink blood more often than not," he had said.

It was at that moment that I realized I wouldn't be able to watch my pups grow other than when I was feeding them. As long as we were trapped here in this place, I wouldn't be allowed to teach them anything. This has me fearing what they will be taught. How would I be able to show them what they need to be like in order to be the future alphas if I am not even allowed around them? I asked myself. That is if we are even ever found...I wonder if Bastian is able to sense that he has babies and that they were born healthy and strong?

~Luna Laila's POV, present day (one year later)~

That first year after having my pups was the only time I know how long I had been held captive, since they were stopped from coming to my room after that year. Soon after giving birth, my food rations dwindled in quality. They still fed me a good amount so that I could produce enough milk for the twins; however, I could tell that the food that was given to me was not the best. Most of it smelled revolting and made my stomach turn. I could also tell by the smell that the amount of wolfsbane had been significantly raised the longer it had been since I had the twins. I continued to eat it though so that I could provide for my babies, especially since nursing times are the only times when I would be able to see them. Prince Kyo wouldn't even let me name my twins, so I wasn't able to bond with them as much as I would have preferred. I wasn't allowed to play with them or try to teach them anything. I was only authorized to sustain them with my milk so they could thrive. Each time the twins came to my room so that I could feed them, I would notice small differences in how they acted. They slowly got worse and worse with violence and hit each other often when I would try to tandem nurse them. This forced me to have to nurse them one at a time, which made the vampire maid irritated at me.

Whenever any of the maids were irritated at me, they were allowed to vent. Venting in their eyes was them coming back to the room after taking the babies away and s******g me with their claws, biting at me to entice fear, since vampire venom can be toxic to werewolves, and tying me down to a post in the room. I had thought the first time that these things happened, that the maids would get in trouble; however, I was sorely mistaken. One of the times that the maid had gotten irritated at how long it took me to nurse, she came back later to enact revenge and Prince Kyo came into the room. I had expected him to stop her, but he just stood at the doorway and watched. As the woman s*****d my face and blood dripped down, I could see the prince's eyes change colors for a split second. He walked over to me and grabbed my face in his hands. Hoping he was just inspecting my face to make sure the maid didn't do too much damage, I leaned into him. Then, he slowly leaned forward and licked the blood off of my cheek. I cringed away from him, but with the amount of wolfsbane in my system, I had no strength to get away.

"Maybe the next time I ask if you want to be my mate, you'll think twice. Won't you?" he asked me while licking my blood off of his hand since it had dripped down onto him. "Maybe if you had accepted before, you wouldn't be in this predicament."

Then, he left before I could even say another word. After that first year, I did not get the privilege of seeing my twins any more, since they didn't require milk from me. There were many days I could hear the pitter patter of little feet running down the hallway outside of my bedroom though. This at least gave me the hope that they were alive and well and being taken care of. Some days I could even hear their toddler giggles, which made my heart soar with joy.

Prince Kyo never came back to ask if I wanted to be his mate after that first year. There were many days I likely would have given into him and agreed just so I would be able to see my children again and be able to eat food without wolfsbane tainting it. The maids though, and what seemed like a few vampire warriors, did continue to come to my room so that they could take out their anger on me. Many of these days when I would hear my door slam open, I would hide under my covers hoping that if I were asleep, they would go away. That did nothing to deter the villainous beings though. They would simply yank off my covers or pull me out of bed by my ankles, causing me to fall to the floor with a loud bang. Then, they would begin the t*****e on me. Many days came about where I wished for death. However, that didn't happen either.

There was one day, I'm not sure how long it has been though since I have seen anyone other than the maids and warriors, that my door was opened carefully and slowly. I feared what or who could possibly be trying to instill fear by taking their time, only to be greeted by a set of emerald green eyes and a set of chocolate brown ones.