The Alpha's Lost Love

Chapter 5

~Luna Laila's POV, present day~

The door squeaked open to reveal the two people I had thought I would never see again, my beautiful pups. They peeked around the dark wood cautiously and as soon as it was opened enough, they rushed in on their tippy toes. I looked at them, studying their features and committing them to memory. The first pup to step through the door was tall for a toddler and had dark brown hair like his father's. His eyes, though, are all mine. A bright and piercing green. The other twin who came in the room secondly is slightly shorter than the first. He also has my mate's brunette hair along with the deep brown eyes that I remember used to stare into mine with love when we would wake up in the mornings. Disappointment jolted through me for a moment that neither boy has my beautiful blonde locks, but it quickly dissipated as I realized I am finally able to see my babies for the first time in I don't know how long.

"Well hello there, little ones," I spoke carefully as to not frighten the toddlers. "What are you two doing in here?"

I waited for a response for what could have been ages and finally the green-eyed boy replied, "Well...we walking around and heard some...some mean ladies. They said something about a wolf. Are you a wolf? Why are you here?"

I got off of the bed slowly and walked over to the torn-up loveseat in my bedroom. Then, I motioned with my hands for the boys to come over and sit instead of them standing by the doorway. Who knows how long it will be till someone notices them gone and I don't want the door to slam open on them. The brown-eyed toddler grabbed the other's hand and pulled him over to the couch where I sat, even though the green-eyed one seemed scared.

Once they got up onto the couch, which was easy for their little legs since the loveseat was just on the floor, I replied, "My my, you speak well for only being...well I'm not sure exactly how old you are...but yes, I am a wolf. I am here because....well, that would probably be a little too scary for you if I were to tell you everything about why. But I will tell you that I am here because a mean man took me from my home."

"A mean man like those mean ladies?" the brown-eyed boy asked.

"Yes, likely so. Those mean ladies work for the man who took me. Anyways boys, how did you get away from whoever usually keeps an eye on you? Are you two okay?" I asked as I began to reach my hand towards one of the boys, but stopped myself.

"We were alone. I not sure where she went," the green-eyed pup stated. "We just curious about the wolf.....because we feel different."

He started to seem very insecure about what he was saying, so out of instinct, I scooted closer to the boys and grabbed one hand each of theirs, "That's because you boys are different..you boys are wolves like me. Because I am your...I am your momma."

Quickly, the green-eyed boy jumped off the couch and pulled his hand away from mine. He grabbed the other boy's hand and started pulling him towards the door. He seemed so scared as he was throwing a tantrum about how they don't have a momma and I am a liar. I lifted myself off the loveseat, trying to hold a hand out to them in order to calm them down before they left me alone, desperately trying to show them I am indeed their mom.

"No, I am your momma. Boys, surely you must feel something towards me. Some sort of pull!" I said as I swiftly moved to them. "I am not lying, boys. You are my babies. That mean man took you from me and hasn't let me see you!"

Both boys stopped going to the door and turned to me, seeming to deliberate thoroughly about what I had just said. I got to them and started to explain to them more about the situation we found ourselves in. BANG! The door flung open and hit the wall inside my room. I looked up from my pups to see my nightmares come to life.

Prince Kyo stood in the doorway, eyes brimming with animosity towards me. His eyes were a dark red, his nostrils flaring in anger while he looked at the three of us crouched on the floor. He looked at my hands holding the boys. Then, he walked over with haste and yanked the boy's arms out from my clutches.

"What the f**k do you think you're doing, you heathen?!" he yelled as he rushed the boys towards the door and away from me. "How dare you put a single hand on MY sons!"

With that revelation of what he has been telling my pups since they were born, I lost it.

"H**L NO, THEY ARE NOT YOUR SONS!" I screamed at the vile vampire while getting up from the ground, feeling a presence stir in my mind.

I may not have much strength right now since I have been fed poorly for a couple of years, but momma wolf is not going to let anyone claim our sons. While keeping an eye on the boys, I began walking closer to this devil who had forced himself into my life - the one who had forcefully taken my children from me, hatred bristling in my eyes.

"Boys," I started to say, hearing the gravelly voices of both Liza and myself come through. "Get over there, please? I do not want you two to be in the middle of this any more than you already are. Turn around towards the wall and no matter what you hear, do not turn around, please? Mommy loves you two so much!"

The twins briskly started to walk over to the corner of my bedroom by my bed, obviously sensing that something dangerous was coming. I watched them crouch down and turn around before I felt my bones creak and shake. Then, I could feel the tell-tell signs of transformation. Liza was back, even if just for a minute. The wolfsbane still hindered my strength and I could feel it trying to push back my wolf; however, the desperate love and need to claim my children and defend them pushed harder and soon I could feel the shift completing. I looked down to see the shaggy blonde fur of Liza's paws on the stone ground.

Liza looked up at Prince Kyo, growling menacingly at the threat posed to our pups. Slowly she began to stalk towards the prince, always keeping an eye on where the boys were. Despite telling them not to look, I noticed a green eye peering towards us. Liza began to stalk towards the vampire menacingly. Prince Kyo, however, doesn't look scared. Even with the small room being filled with growls and snarls from Liza.

"You don't want to do that, mut," he stated matter of factly at me, only getting growls back in response.

"I will only say this one more time," he warned once more. "You do not want to do this..."

Within a single moment, Liza jumped up from the ground trying to swipe her claws at the vampire, only to feel a sharp pain in her underbelly. Liza fell to the floor in a hump and glanced down to see what could have possibly interfered with us protecting our little ones that quickly. There, stuck in Liza's fur, is a needle full of what could only be wolfsbane. The smell can never be misinterpreted with such a strong, sharp odor. The pain coursing through our body proves it even more whenever I am forcibly shifted back into a human. Oh, Liza, you tried the best you could, I thought as I felt my consciousness slipping away. They must have put a lot of wolfsbane in that vile....Before falling unconscious, I looked up to see one of the maids that used to bring the twins to me. She held a dart gun in her hand, obviously being the one who had shot the needle of wolfsbane at me. B***h.....I thought before finally succumbing to the darkness.

The next thing I know, I awake in a dark and dingy room. No light could be seen and it smelled of blood and rot. Where in the world am I? No reply came to my mind. There is not even a hint of Liza inside of me. They definitely put a lot in that needle...I thought while silent tears fell from my eyes. I tried to look around in the dark to no avail. I could feel a chain around my ankle and running my hand over the floor told me that the room felt like the stone similar to my bedroom's walls. Putting my head in my hands, I began to wail louder, realizing that I would likely never see my sons again. I would likely never see my mate again. I ruined my chances of seeing my boys and even escaping alone by trying to take down the prince in such a stupid, impulsive way. I stupidly didn't even look around to see if he had any backup or if he was alone. Stupid, stupid, stupid....I clawed at the sides of my head as I berated myself. This definitely seems like a much harder situation to get out of, especially alone.

The loud scrape of metal on the stone ground jolted me out of my uncontrollable cries. Footsteps sounded on the floor. Obviously, they were coming closer to me since they got louder and louder with every second and I couldn't hear anyone else around me either. I looked up desperately trying to see who it could be, only to be s*****d by someone's claws on my cheek. I fell to the ground and reached up with the tips of my fingers, feeling a sticky wetness on my face. I must be bleeding, I decided in my head. The marks on my face was stinging as someone then kicked me in my stomach multiple times, causing me to double over and hold my stomach. Then when I tried to get up from the floor in a last-ditch effort for survival, the person kicked me hard in my face, resulting in my vision going in and out. Dizziness and darkess continued to try to grab a hold of me. I leaned my head down onto the stone floor and held it cautiously, not knowing how much damage my wolfless body could handle.

"You have messed up badly, b***h," a female voice sounded in the dark, the sound making my ears hurt. "How dare you try to say my mate's children are yours! They ceased to be yours the moment they came out of your womb...and now, YOU MUT!" she spit that word towards me, "Those boys are mine. I am their mommy now. You are just scum put down in the dungeon and will never see MY sons again."

The woman stepped forward onto my throat, preventing me from speaking and causing my breath to be labored. I tried to fight back - to tell whoever this woman is that the twins are mine... that no vampire can parent wolf pups as they need to be raised... that my mate and I are the only two that will ever be those boy's parents, but nothing came out. I struggled to breathe as she pushed down harder and harder with what felt like a sharp heel of stilettos. She then lifted her foot, giving me a reprieve, only to then kick me in the head once more with a strength that caused me to black out finally.