HayleyA few days had passed since the dreadful party, and as each day passed, I grew even more uncertain about whether I had imagined the entire thing about Annie pushing me into the fountain, given how she had kept trying to get in my good graces. I wanted to believe that it was in my head, but some rumors were now spreading like wildfire within the pack. The tension in the entire pack was almost palpable, and it felt like everyone was walking on eggshells around me. I couldn't escape the whispers that reached my ears, filling my mind with doubt and fear. The worst part was the rumor that Annie, the woman carrying my husband's child, a child who had now been branded as the Alpha's heir, might be my replacement as Luna.It would have probably helped if I already had a child before all of this happened but with the fact that I remained childless while Annie continued to walk around in the pack, her hands on her stomach protectively, I was growing even more worried about the fact that
HayleyI was shaken the entire morning, nearly falling on my face when I heard the news. The news had come at the crack of dawn and it had been Candice who had come to me to deliver the horrifying happenings. Maya, the maid that had come to give me food last night but I had been too upset to even muster an appetite had been found dead this morning and the cause of death had been determined to be poisoning. The worst part of the news had not even been that she had been poisoned. It had been that the last thing she had eaten was the meal that I had told her to eat in my stead, which meant that the original victim of the food poisoning was supposed to be me and that sweet girl had just paid the price and been collateral damage in my stead. Who could have done this? Why did they do this? And how did they even get close to being able to poison food that was intended for the Luna to eat? “I need to see her body,” I told Candice, throwing a gown over my body and marching to the infirmary
DamonLost. That was how I had felt every day since the night that I had cheated on my beloved Hayley. I had hoped with all my heart that the one-night mistake would never come to light after it happened at that summit but it seemed the universe had other plans and Annie had fallen pregnant. I had to watch the light go out of my mate’s eyes when I broke the news to her and the days that had followed had been pure torture, watching her slowly become a shadow of herself and doubt herself, knowing that I was the cause of everything. I knew that I could not hide from my responsibility which was why I had to bring Annie with me and so far, I was happy that Annie seemed to understand the situation and was not asking for more than what I could give her. I had thought that after that ball, the bad days would slowly fade away as time went and that I would be able to slowly but steadily win Hayley’s trust back, but then something worse had even happened that left me at a loss for words and a
HayleyThe murderer was still out at large. Even worse, the news of the truth that I was the actual person that was meant to be poisoned and not my dead maid had spread around the pack, despite Damon's decision to keep the news quiet while we hunted for the culprit. I had not agreed with him initially but seeing how people had reacted to the news immediately after it came out, made me realize just how little I was cherished by our pack members. Only a few of the high-ranking pack members were openly concerned and had reached out with their condolences, offering their support in catching the culprit. The others did not even act like they were bothered whether I lived or died and even one of them had made a joke about how I was saved thanks to my lack of gluttony. I really wanted to believe that even those who did not show their support for me openly after receiving the news were genuinely interested in helping us find the culprit but as the days went by, I grew even more skeptical,
Damon"You asked to see me, Alpha?" "Indeed," I said to my beta, raising my head from the files that were currently scattered on my table. "How was your night out?" He said, raising his eyebrows with a small smile on his face and I fought the urge to smile as well but I couldn't. Not after what had happened last night with Hayley. When Candice had come to me, informing me about the latest rumor that had to circulate the pack. According to her, they were already saying that I would crack under the pressure and replace Hayley with Annie.I had been enraged, but the moment my sister had told me that Hayley had heard that rumor, my anger had turned to sorrow. I had done this to her and I couldn't even rush to her side to console her, for fear that she would send me away. I couldn't lie that it was not eating away at me that I could not sleep in the same room with her anymore and it seemed like with each passing day, my chances of getting her back were dimming. The light in her eyes h
HayleyLingerie shopping. Yeah, scandalous I know. And That was why I didn't take Candice with me and just asked for a guard to escort me to go clothes shopping. I was feeling happier this particular morning because last night had been wonderful. Damon had slept over again and the sex was mind-blowing. It had to be some sort of way for us to try and get back the time that we had spent apart from each other that made us practically glued to the hip but I loved every moment of it. As a matter of fact, I looked forward to the evenings we spent together, having dinner with him and proceeding to take each other's clothes off at the speed of light. If anything, I was glad that I had accepted to go for that dinner with him that night. I loved him so much and even though the thought of Annie carrying his child still made me feel less than enough, I was counting on the fact that we loved each other to overcome this phase of our life. I couldn't stop thinking about the way Annie had looked
HayleyIt felt like the world was spinning around me. It felt like I was about to fall even though I was currently sitting on the ground in my bedroom. It felt like everything was crashing down on me. It felt to me like I was losing my mind. The events of the entire day kept replaying in my head and I wondered how it had gone so wrong. One minute, I could not even wait to show Damon the lingerie that I had bought and laugh with Candice about finally being brave enough to even purchase something so scandalous, and the next minute I was being stopped by guards and accused by my husband and his mistress that I was trying to commit murder. A murder that I was sure I was being framed for because even though I had felt many things, the one thing that I had never thought of regarding this issue was how to kill Annie or the child she was expecting with Damon. Now I was on house arrest, with guards stationed outside the door to keep me from leaving, not knowing what was going to become of
Hayley "Damon will take away your position as punishment for your crimes.As from today, you cease to be the Luna of the pack."My ears rang over and over again with those words as I was led away from the hall and when I locked eyes with Damon, I could see him looking at me, eyes filled with anguish. If I could laugh, I would have, considering that inside my head, I was screaming in pain. All of our good days flashed in my mind as they led me back to my room. From the first day we met to when he told me that I was his mate to our wedding and then our honeymoon and then to ruling the pack together like we had promised to do together, right to making sure that we looked out for each other like we had vowed to do at the altar to him going on that darned trip. Because it was that trip that had led me to this very moment right here. Somehow I had gone from being the woman that had been cheated on by her husband with another woman, to the woman that had attempted to kill her husband's m