Chapter Two

Jasmine POV

“What the…” I heard Tyler grunt as his naked back came in contact with my cold skin, causing me to flinch.

 

He muttered some inaudible things before letting out a soft sigh, and I released the breath I was holding.

 

I spent last night soaking the pillows with tears and had little sleep as my hysteria was over the top because he had his arms around me throughout the night.

 

Never had I shed so many tears in my life, but they just couldn't stop flowing and to top it all, in between my legs ached.

 

“Hmm, I could get used to this” he whispered groggily before pulling my naked self closer to him and I felt my cheeks redden to my displeasure.

 

Worry that had once clouded my thoughts dispersed into thin air as his grip tightened around my waist.

 

“You had refused me yesterday but here you are, baby girl in my arms, I did say I was irresistible” he whispered, tracing kisses on my neck.

 

“Emily baby, how….”

 

I jerked away from him in shock and watched as his eyes widened upon using his butt to kiss the floor.

 

“What the fuck!” He yelled, getting up almost immediately.

 

I clutched the bloody sheets tight against my naked body.

 

“What are you….”

 

“YOU SLUT!” He yelled, as his eyes traced down the sheets, causing me to shiver in fright.

 

The least I was expecting was a good morning kiss or a simple good morning would be fine after what he subjected me to last night… Instead, I was being slut-shamed even after last night.

 

“Are you happy now?!” He mocked, storming over to where I stood frozen, shaking in fright as it hit me that he had no memory whatsoever of what happened last night.

 

He was the one who made a mistake, but I was carrying the weight all alone, and now shame?

 

“So this was your plan all along? Are you that shameless, Jasmine!”

 

I opened my mouth to defend myself when he pushed me roughly against the wall.

 

“You dared to drug your Alpha and even dare to wait until the next morning!”

 

Drugs?

 

What in heaven's name was he talking about?

 

Frustration fuelled my anger, but I found myself shedding tears.

 

“Do you think your womb is worthy to carry my cub!”

 

“You shameless thing, get out, and God help you so that I don’t see you close to me today!” He threatened before throwing me outside with the bloody sheets.

 

I sat down on the floor speechless, the tears flowed nonstop as his words hit me.

 

What sought of bondage in the name of marriage have I been subjected to?

 

He didn't acknowledge our bond, treated me like trash, and now he even forced himself on me…he just had to embarrass me to his content.

 

I felt like laughing, and so I did amidst tears, I looked crazy…indeed I was as Tyler had stripped me of the self-respect I had.

 

I could feel the eyes on me and without a care in the world, I burst into another round of tears.

 

To make things worse, Tyler came out clothed in shorts and walked past me, making sure to step on the bloody sheets.

 

Mutters began flying through the halls as he left. Currently, all I wanted was for death to come and take me away.

 

This was a way just too much! I was sold to carry his child to regain my freedom, but it seems he had no plans whatsoever to even let me go!

 

“Luna” I heard someone whisper, and I raised my head to see Tyler's beta staring at me with pity-filled eyes.

 

“Let's get you to your room” he whispered, and I nodded weakly as I stood up my legs gave way for me causing me to collapse, but I felt his arms grab me before I could land on the floor.

 

Throughout the afternoon, as I lay in bed, I could hear their whispers and mockery jeers.

 

Some even dared to call me the names Tyler had used to insult me.

 

I heard the door softly open, “You are awake Luna” Mark whispered, and I smiled to the extent he knew me.

 

Slowly, I opened my eyes to meet his. “Don't” I immediately cut him off as he opened his mouth to talk.

 

I knew what he wanted to say, and honestly, I would rather not hear it now.

 

“You can't keep on living like this in the hope that he'd feel the bond, yesterday made it a year and if a year isn't enough for him, then how long would it be?”

 

“So I should go where?”

 

“I'd be damned to go back home, and you know it, I'm sure he does too, hence his reason for disregarding me”

 

“Tyler wasn't…

 

“Spare me that, why was I mated to him? Or even married off to him? Why me!”

 

“For over three months you have been constantly ringing that I'd leave, but it's not like I have a choice!”

 

“You do, and honestly, did you think he'd care if you'd leave? The life of a rogue is far much better than your title as his Luna”.

 

“Have you lost all your self-respect? Can't you see you mean nothing to him” With that, he left me to my thoughts.

 

What was I even thinking?

 

Alpha Tyler was named the cruelest and youngest Alpha king in the whole East for a reason.

 

This marriage of convenience was supposed to end the moment I gave him a child, yet he had never touched me until last night.

 

I drowned in my thoughts as I contemplated leaving.

 

“You seem to be on everyone's lips, Luna,” Emily mocked, making me aware of her presence.

 

“You moved from being the invisible Luna to being a slut overnight” she added, causing me to wince.

 

“I am not in your mood, Emily?”

 

“I never knew you had it in you, I mean seducing his drunk and drugged self to get your trophy child”

 

“Leave my room.”

 

“For how long are you going to continue like this?” She jeered.

 

“You do know he was with me last night, whatever he did with you was aroused by me, he panted for me last night”

 

“Enough.”

 

“He also said quite a lot about you, he called you desperate and foolish, forever thinking he'd let his seed sprout in you”

 

“Enough” I warned as I could feel my temper flaring.

 

“He said you were just the tool he had used to access the throne, he wanted me to carry his children, and trust me, I'm the one holding him back”

 

Unable to hold myself back any longer, I stood up and dragged her towards the door before pushing her out of my room, gasps filled the passage and just as I was about to bang the door against her already sobbing figure, I was stopped.

 

“How dare you.”

 

“Tyler?”

 

“It's Alpha to you, how dare you lay your filthy slutty hands on her.” And unexpectedly, I felt something heavy land on my face.

 

Gasps rang out from every side while I clutched my cheeks in pain.

 

“Tyler?”

 

Before I could add any other word, he dragged Emily to where I stood and ordered her to deal with me.

 

With a smirk, she landed another slap on my throbbing cheek, and unexpectedly she gave me another.

 

“This should teach you a lesson and put you in your place” he angrily yelled before shutting the door against me.

 

This was the push I needed. There was no hope for me and I knew it, he proved it to everyone.

 

Tyler had broken the last straw on the camel's back, now I knew where I stood and for the sake of my sanity, I dared not stay here for another moment of embarrassment.

 

Tears refused to drop this time around, I was filled with rage that threatened to consume me whole.

 

This would be the last day he'd see my face ever again, I'd rather be subjected to the life of a rogue than this.

 

I immediately brought out the divorce papers I had kept hidden for months and smiled.

 

This was my parting gift.

 

A year was enough to show me that Alpha Tyler was irredeemable.