The Alpha Who Forgot His Luna

Chapter- 1

Althea.

Every day, tears are my only companions.

Every night, the moment my eyes open beneath the cold silver light of this cursed place… Theo consumes my thoughts.

My mate.

My Alpha.

The man I love more than my own life.

And yet… no matter how many times I kneel before the mighty George family, no matter how desperately I beg the Alpha King and Luna Queen for mercy… they have never once allowed me to see him.

Not even once.

Every visit from the people I once called friends, no, traitors… is nothing more than another blade twisting deeper into my chest.

Again and again, they force the same cruel lie upon me.

That everything I remember beneath the Blood Moon never happened.

That Theo and I were never fated mates.

That the sacred bond carved into my soul is nothing but madness born from a broken mind.

And worst of all… that Nervana is the woman destined to stand beside him as Luna.

A deep baritone voice suddenly shattered the surrounding silence.

“Ms. Moor, it’s time for your medicine.”

Lucas Smith.

The Shadow Fang pack physician.

His voice remained calm… almost too calm.

I didn’t look at him.

I didn’t answer.

I simply allowed him to do what he always does.

The needles… I no longer fear them.

Again and again, silver-tipped syringes pierce my skin, flooding my body with suppressants meant to weaken my wolf.

But none of it matters anymore.

Perhaps my body has already gone numb.

But my heart… my heart is still bleeding.

Still drowning beneath a pain so deep that sometimes I wonder if even the Moon Goddess herself could save me from it.

“Don’t cry,” Lucas said quietly behind me. “You’ll only bury yourself deeper in sorrow.”

For the first time that day… I spoke.

“That’s easy for you to say,” I whispered brokenly. “You’re not the one imprisoned in this place. You’re not the one who lost the person your soul was tied to.”

Fresh tears slipped down my cheeks.

Hot.

Endless.

Merciless.

I heard Lucas release a slow sigh before his footsteps echoed softly across the room.

Then silence returned.

When he finally left, I allowed myself to collapse onto the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling above me.

This room has witnessed everything.

Every scream I swallowed.

Every night I cried myself to sleep.

Every shattered piece of my soul.

If only these walls could speak… they would tell everyone that I am not insane.

That I am not delusional.

That the bond between Theo and me was real.

But who would believe me?

Not even Doctor Smith.

He only continues injecting me with medicines that weaken my wolf and cloud my mind.

And my parents… where are they?

According to Nervana, they were the ones who abandoned me to Home Mental Hospital before transferring me here to Care Mental Hospital for supernatural beings.

My own family.

The people who should have protected me.

Slowly, I rose from the bed and walked toward the massive window overlooking the snow-covered forest outside the asylum walls.

Darkness surrounded the land beyond.

Silent.

Empty.

Lifeless.

I stood there motionless, allowing the loneliness to swallow me whole, until suddenly… the sound of the chamber door opening echoed behind me.

“Althea… how are you?”

My heart skipped violently.

I turned around at once.

“Alice…?”

Without thinking, I ran toward her and grabbed her arm tightly, afraid she might disappear if I let go.

“We’ve been friends since our academy days,” I begged desperately. “Please… help me escape this place. I need to see my mate. I need to be with Theo. Please, Alice… you’re my only hope now.”

Alice’s expression hardened instantly.

“Stop this, Althea,” she said coldly. “There is no mating bond between you and Alpha Theo.”

Her words struck like silver blades piercing straight through my chest.

Tears spilled uncontrollably from my eyes.

I turned away from her, my breathing uneven as I struggled to keep my wolf from losing control completely.

The woman I once believed to be the kindest among us… was the very one destroying me piece by piece.

“L-Leave…” I whispered weakly. “Just go… and don’t come back here again.”

“Althea,” she said softly, “I’m still your friend. That’s why I’m begging you… listen to me.”

I remained silent.

The fragile hope I had desperately clung to all this time… finally shattered.

Then I felt her hand rest gently against my shoulder.

“Althea…” she whispered near my ear. “Show the doctors your wolf is stabilizing. Pretend you’re recovering so they’ll release you from this place. Once you’re free… then you can search for whatever truth you believe in. That’s the only help I can give you.”

Her voice lowered further.

“I have to go now… until next time, friend.”

I said nothing.

Because deep inside me… something had already broken beyond repair.

Pain tightened violently around my chest, suffocating me beneath the weight of my emotions.

When the chamber door finally closed behind her, only then did I slowly lift my gaze toward it.

I stared at the door for a long time.

Alice’s words slowly echoed through my mind.

Was she right?

Do I truly need to deceive them?

Pretend my wolf is healing?

Pretend the memories are fading?

Questions swarmed endlessly inside my head, yet none of them carried answers.

Slowly, I turned back toward the massive window overlooking the frozen courtyard of Care Mental Hospital.

The moment I pushed it open, an icy wind rushed violently into the room, carrying the scent of snow, pine trees… and wolves.

Then I heard voices below.

I couldn’t see them from where I stood, so I leaned closer against the stone wall and listened carefully.

“Honey, you need to recover here first,” a man said gently. “Trust Doctor Lucas. He’s the only healer capable of helping unstable wolves like us. Follow everything he tells you so you can come home to me and our pups soon.”

“S-Sure… my love,” the woman replied tearfully. “Thank you for visiting me.”

“I’ll always come back for you,” the man whispered. “I love you more than anything.”

“But your parents still hate me…”

“Forget them. Hold onto me… and our children. We’ll never abandon you.”

“T-Thank you… I promise I’ll obey Doctor Lucas.”

“Good girl. Come, I’ll walk you back to your chamber before the cold worsens.”

Slowly, I stepped away from the window.

Their voices lingered inside my ears long after they disappeared.

And with every word… the ache inside my chest deepened.

It hurt so badly.

A sharp, unbearable pain mixed with something darker.

Jealousy.

Jealousy toward a woman whose mate was still standing beside her.

Jealousy toward someone whose children waited for her return.

While me… not even my own parents came to see me.

Fresh tears slid silently down my cheeks.

When was the last time my mother held me?

When was the last time she spoke to me with warmth instead of disappointment?

To her, I was nothing more than a disgraceful daughter who disobeyed the will of the pack.

And my father… the moment I chose to become an investigative journalist exposing corrupt Alphas and hidden pack crimes.

He erased me from his life completely.

Exhausted, I collapsed onto the edge of my bed and closed my eyes.

I wanted silence.

Just silence.

Even for a moment.

“Ms. Moor, it’s time for your medicine.”

Slowly, I opened my eyes again.

Lucas Smith stood before me once more.

Tall.

Calm.

Unreadable.

The silver insignia of the Shadow Fang Pack gleamed faintly against his black physician’s coat.

“Come,” he said gently. “This will help stabilize your wolf.”

I stared at him silently, studying his face.

The voices I overheard earlier echoed through my mind.

Should I trust him?

Could he truly help me escape this place?

And Alice’s words… I need to make them believe I’m recovering.

Maybe then… I can finally leave this prison.

And uncover the truth they’ve stolen from me.

Lucas slowly extended his hand toward me.

After a brief hesitation… I placed my trembling hand into his.

He carefully helped me stand before guiding me toward the chair beside the bed.

“D-Doctor…” I whispered nervously. “If I get better… will you really let me leave this place?”

Lucas met my gaze directly.

“Of course,” he answered calmly. “That’s why you need to heal, Althea… so you can return to the life waiting for you beyond these walls.”

I fell silent, lost in deep thought.

My eyes lingered on him.

Doctor Lucas Smith.

A healer of the Shadow Fang Pack… and the man assigned to my case.

He was handsome, striking in a way that felt almost unnatural in a place like this. The kind of man who could make anyone lower their guard without realizing it.

And that was exactly what frightened me.

Because monsters in my world don’t always look like monsters.

Sometimes… they wear white coats and speak in calm voices.

If I ask him for help… will he truly help me?

Or is he just another piece of the same nightmare that locked me inside this place?

I forced the thought away and finally spoke.

“I’ll follow everything you say, Dr. Lucas,” I said quietly. “I just hope… when I finally get out of here, there will still be someone willing to help me.”

His gaze softened slightly.

“Focus on getting better first,” he replied. “I’m sure there’s someone out there waiting for you…”

A faint pause.

“…someone who would do anything for you.”

A subtle smile touched his lips.

Strangely… it made him look less distant.

More human.

He looks even more dangerous when he smiles like that.

“Dr… how long have you been working here?” I asked carefully.

“You mean at Care Mental Hospital?” he clarified.

“Yes, doctor.”

“Not even a year,” he answered. “But you… you’ve been my longest case.”

“I see…” I murmured, nodding slowly.

After that, I fell into silence. I didn’t want to push him… or give him any reason to doubt me.

“I’ll return in six hours for your next dose,” he said.

“Thank you, Dr. Lucas.”

“You’re welcome.”

He turned and left, his footsteps echoing down the corridor.

I watched him go… and for a brief moment, I hated how much I wanted to believe him.

That he was different.

That he wasn’t part of the chains binding me here.

-

The next day, a nurse led me outside for fresh air.

“Behave yourself, okay? So they won’t bring you back inside early,” she reminded me.

“I will,” I answered flatly.

The moment she left, I slowly looked around.

This place… wasn’t a hospital anymore.

It felt like a cage disguised as healing grounds.

Somewhere in the distance, a woman was screaming.

Not crying… screaming.

A man nearby swung his fists at the empty air, growling like he was fighting invisible wolves only he could see.

So this is Care Mental Hospital.

A place where broken minds are kept… and forgotten.

I leaned back against the cold stone bench and closed my eyes.

And just like that… Theo filled my thoughts again.

His smile.

His voice.

The way he used to call me his mate beneath the Blood Moon sky.

All of it… now felt like fragments of a life that no longer belonged to me.

My chest tightened painfully.

I stood up and began pacing, trying to steady my breathing.

Trying not to break.

Until… I froze.

In front of a thick cluster of enchanted vines near the garden wall.

My breath hitched.

No… I couldn’t be wrong.

That voice belonged to Luna Elira.

Theo’s mother.

A cold memory resurfaced instantly… her slap, her venomous words the moment I woke after the accident, her eyes filled with pure hatred as she called me a curse to her son.

Slowly, I stepped back.

Quiet.

Careful.

Instinctively hiding behind the stone wall as I listened.

“I paid this hospital a generous sum,” she said coldly. “Make sure that woman never leaves this place… and ensure her mind completely shatters.”

“You don’t need to worry, Luna. She will remain contained,” a man replied.

“Good. My son will soon stabilize. Once his union with Nervana is complete, my obligation to your master ends.”

“Shall I report this to Lord Xavier?”

“Yes. Tell him to handle that woman directly. I am leaving. No one must know I was here.”

My blood turned ice-cold.

So it’s true… this wasn’t an accident.

This was arranged.

Planned.

I slowly stepped away, heart pounding violently against my ribs, and turned to leave… only to collide with someone solid.

A strong chest caught me instantly before I fell.

“Ms. Moor… what are you doing here? Why are you running?” Dr. Lucas asked, his voice calm, but sharper than before.

Panic surged through me.

I pulled away quickly.

“I-I just… I forgot I wasn’t supposed to wander,” I said too fast. “The nurse told me to go back to my seat.”

My voice betrayed me.

Too shaky.

Too desperate.

And then I saw it… his eyes shifted slightly.

Not to me.

Past me.

Toward the direction I had just come from.

Did he hear it too?

“Come. It’s time for your medication,” he said evenly, as if nothing unusual had happened.

“… Yes, doctor,” I replied, forcing my voice to steady.

As we walked side by side, my thoughts spiraled violently.

One name echoed louder than the rest.

Xavier.

If what I just heard is true… then he’s not just involved.

He’s the one pulling the strings behind everything.