Ember’s POV
So many dark thoughts filled my mind as I tried everything possible to take my mind away from his betrayal.
It’s been a week since my heart was shattered and my whole future was left in disarray, none of the methods I had tried was working so far.
The worst part of it all was finding out on our anniversary, I wondered what he thought upon seeing the preparations I had made.
This was the worst gift he had given me and it wiped all good memories we had created.
The question of why he had done it still haunted me but I didn't have the courage to ask him to his face nor did I have courage to listen to his explanation, I found it better to avoid knowing the truth.
Seeing it hurt me more than his confession and worse still this wasn't a one-night mistake but something the man I had called my husband has done multiple times until he finally hit the jackpot.
My methods of pushing him away were quite extreme because I had started sleeping in another room and avoided eating at the same table with him for either breakfast, lunch or dinner.
At first it proved to be hard but I was always quick to attend pack meetings being the Luna and got myself busy in the pack libraries with books; something that I wouldn’t do on a normal day.
All this was to take away the foul thoughts that came with the pain of his infidelity, I would do anything in fact to get his infidelity situation out of my head.
“Luna” I heard someone call out pulling me out of my reverie.
“The meeting with the council of elders is due in ten minutes,” my assistant said after apologizing for startling me.
“Is she around yet?” I asked, hoping deep down Grace was around because I was already losing my shit trying to keep my emotions all bottled.
“She is in the pack, I got alerted by the guards at the west gate, her car just came in”.
We headed out immediately without talking, and also, she made sure to walk far ahead. I found peace in the silence but that peace didn’t last long enough as I heard a familiar call out.
Someone I have been ignoring all this while, the last person that I wanted to see was jogging towards me, I increased my pace and I could hear him do the same.
“Ember…” he drawled causing me to scowl but as soon as I was about leaving the mansion, my arms pushed back by Xander and in that moment my reflexes acted as I gave him a nerve hitting slap, which echoed across the mansion.
“Xander, let this be the last time you’d try that with me again” I warned spitting fire from my eyes too, carefully shielding the tears that threatened to fall.
It’s been long since I saw him and he looked terrible, not like I cared though.
“I have carefully stayed off your path for the past one week and until an agreement has been come up with, don’t you ever come close to me again, if you do long for a female company you could go on and stay with your baby mama”
Without saying any more to him, my eyes caught on to the maid that had stood shell shocked upon witnessing what had happened and I immediately followed her ignoring him.
“Come here” I commanded as she tried running further away from me.
“What did you see?”
“Luna...” she stuttered and I cut her shut immediately, “you saw nothing right?”
She nodded fearfully, “if by any chance I hear any rumor fluting around that would lead back to what had happened here then that day would surely be your last day on earth”
“It’s a promise” with that I left to attend my meeting.
As the proceeding on the meeting went on, one of the council members thought it was wise to ask, “Luna you don’t seem fine at all, is everything okay!”
“Why? Yes, I’m okay”
I watched as he furthermore exchanged glances with the rest of the elders, informing me that they had discussed this quite a number of times.
“Is anything the problem? Is this an issue that was stated in today's affairs?” I barked.
“Well, I didn’t mean to offend you or anything but…”
“Well, what!”
“Indeed, it was mentioned in our today's matters as a lot of the pack members have expressed their concerns about your marriage with the Alpha”.
“My Marriage” I asked sarcastically coupled alongside a scoff.
“Truth be told we also noticed the invisible tension lying between you and also that you both haven't been seen together”
I don’t know what it was about his words but it seemed to have fueled the anger within me.
One thing I hated more than ever was having my marriage being placed on a table of evaluation, I hated the fact that Xander had made our marriage to be a subject of open discussion.
“I don't want to hear this again from the mouth of anyone in general” I warned.
“For your own good, I’d advise that you never speak about my marriage again”, “Luna…” he had begun arguing but I was in no mood for banter.
“I see that there is nothing to talk about again, this meeting has been dismissed”.
“Luna Grace is waiting in your chambers” my assistant whispered before disappearing into thin air to avoid facing a misdirected missile of fire being thrown at her”
As soon as I entered my room, indeed Grace was there, seated with her hands open wide up for me to seek comfort and in there I broke down.
All my bottled-up emotions which I had hidden behind my anger and rage, I let it all out.
She said nothing but rather listened as I explained all that had happened, “Grace, the worst part is I’m watching…unable to do anything as my marriage crumbles!” I sobbed, the sting of his betrayal hurtling me over and over again.
“You are stronger than you look, Ember” she said encouragingly as she hugged me tighter, I could hear her sniffs.
Grace was in a tight spot and I knew about it. The manner at which she consoled me showed that she neither supported my actions towards Xander nor supported Xander himself, who was her brother.
I didn’t want her to choose between me and her brother, I just wanted my friend to tell me all is alright but she didn’t, she let me air out my pain before finally speaking.
“After that night, did you find out the backstory behind what you saw and his confession?” She asked.
“Huh?”
“Did you find out why?”
“I don’t think I would survive the horror that time to do itself and listen to him?”
“Why should I? When he was inserting himself in between their legs…”
“Ember, you don’t know that now, do you!” She stopped me short.
“Yes, my brother was wrong for what he had done, playing that kind of game with you was something that you don’t deserve but you can’t keep on beating yourself up for it”
“Don’t let your marriage crumble”.
As though on cue, the door opened and this time, Xander stepped in and without even anything, he fell to his knees.
“Ember, I don’t deserve anything from but li ten to me just this once” he pleaded and I looked up to Grace who nodded at me before waving at us both.
“Please Ember, just this once” he pleaded, grabbing my leg as I moved to leave the room after Grace.
“Okay! Tell me the full story I have been dying to hear!”
Ember’s POV“Since this has been all you have wanted to do throughout the weak and even going weak to bring Grace here to plead your case, let me hear it” I scornfully began.“Baby…”“Your time starts now and you have just 15 minutes to give me a reason valid enough to explain why I saw you with that woman and why she is pregnant for you too!”.Still on his knees, with tears rolling down his eyes he continued pleading for forgiveness.“I never cheated intentionally, I just didn’t know how to come clean to you about it, I was ashamed of myself and our vows that I failed to keep”.“A mistake you say or it only became one when she became pregnant?”“Tell me Xander, What part of it was a mistake, the part where you poured your seeds into another woman or the part where she got pregnant and your secret had to be out!”“It’s not that, Babe…”“Lecture me!”“I just didn’t know how to tell you, Ember…I thought I was doing the right thing by keeping it away from you so I spent nights…”“I knew
Ember’s POVI didn’t know how to feel about going to meet my husband’s side woman but knowing I had Xander beside me and not her gave me a sense of comfort.Upon arriving at the chamber where Ellie was waiting, she immediately falls on her knees.“Luna, I am sorry, and accept the blame to be mine, Xand…Alpha Xander never intended to touch me but h just happened to be at the wrong place when I wasn’t in control of my body”“I know my presence here isn’t ethical but Xand…Alpha Xander requested I stay until after the baby is born then I will be out of your lives for good”I didn’t know if her apology as supposed to make me feel any better because it further more aggravated my anger, having both of them drag who takes the blame was comical.If she wasn’t already nurturing the thought, I am certain that she would want to take her place after giving the Alpha an heir or daughter.“I have nothing to say to you then you shouldn’t be kneeling in your condition” I said nonchalantly.“Ember...”
Ember POVI watched in disappointment as he left, banging the door after him.Fear was beginning to slowly fill me up as I could see our marriage crumbling underneath me and I was definitely the one that was going to lose out on everything.Although I had told him to but I didn’t expect that he would but rather try to convince me that my doubts were nothing but mere doubts.Thew betrayal, deceit and now this? How much more was I going to bear to protect the name Luna November McCray.The dark enveloped as well as dark thoughts of what my marriage was turning out to be…no matter how he apologized, I still couldn’t help but blame him for exposing this family.I was angrier at myself for letting them get to me so easily, it was obvious that this was what Ellie and her scheming dad wanted all along.Xander choose to be too blind to see it and if by any chance I was to mention this to hearing, it would flip the tables around and make my position here threatened, giving Ellie the upper hand
Ember's POV"Oh my goodness! Oh my god!" Ellie screamed in pain as I walked closer to her. She was bleeding and I tried to help her up. Wow, I didn't know that she was not feeling too well."Don't touch me! Get away from me!" She screamed and I rolled my eyes. She was allowing her sentiment to cloud her sense of reasoning. What was wrong with her? "You should let me help you up. You can barely walk." "And whose fault is that?!" Her eyes narrowed at me accusingly and I rolled my eyes. Of course, she was going to make it look like I was the one behind her predicament. If karma was a bitch.I ignored her and grabbed her hand, but she slapped my hands away and I rolled my eyes again and pulled her even harder. It became a tussle between both of us and I was annoyed at the way she was behaving. "Are you deliberately being stupid right now? You can see that you are in a mess." I snapped. I didn't have the time for the exaggerated pain she was claiming to experience. She let out a piercin
Ember's POVI was overwhelmed with an aching hole in my heart. My heart twisted like shards of glass were wedged in it, twisting and turning inside of me. My heart was a mixture of volatile anger and hurt. Each emotion floods my heart larger than the former. It was as though I had lost something in my life. I picked up myself slowly from the ground and walked back into the house. I didn't wait for a verbal attack. One thing was evident. I was not recognized to be someone important anymore and it hurt. I mean, it hurt to my very core.This meant that I had to fight for myself. I didn't have anyone on my side. Tears streamed down my eyes as I proceeded into my room. I could take a lot of things except being abandoned and neglected. A deep sigh escaped my lips immediately as I finally arrived in my room. I wiped my eyes dry as I sat on my bed. I had to think of a life different from being with Xander all the time. I sent for a maid to get me some pain relief medications. I could have
Ember's POVMy heart raced as I entered the grand conference room where the council assembled. The weight of the trial tugged at my heart, but I put on a bold front and kept my head high with my shoulders squared, just like my mama had taught me. Various pairs of eyes followed my movement and I saw myriads of emotions in them. The common emotion in all of them was anger and hatred and I rolled my eyes inwardly.A pair of eyes stood out–Roland. He couldn't even mask the contempt that radiated in those depths. Well, he couldperish with those thoughts.I could hear a pin drop as I approached the podium where the council sat. It was the normal order of things. My gaze darted to the one who was supposed to be the love of my life. His brows were drawn in concentration, taut-like, about to snap.His lips were curled in distaste, it was obvious that he didn't want to be here. Well, at least we had something in common."Highly esteemed members of the council." Drew, one of the members of th
Ember's POVMy eyes watered immediately when I entered my room. I don't know if it's from my aching ankle or my battered heart. All I knew was that I felt pain. It spread through my heart like ink did in water. Oh my gosh, why is my life like this? I was doing everything possible to be a good mate to Xander yet he betrayed me in front of those loony people. I wonder what he was trying to prove. He had made it clear that he didn't need me in his life and I guess that it's time to make sure that I left him. I couldn't stand this humiliation anymore. But... Where would I go? That was the next question. It was easier if I had friends, I wanted to go somewhere where no one would be able to find me. I I sighed, suddenly this place didn't feel like home to me. It was as though I was a caged animal and I so wanted to break free. I was not thinking about anything else but leaving.My room door opened immediately and Grace walked in. "Oh my darling, I heard what happened. I'm so sorry about
I sank into my chair as I thought of what and what not to pack. I was in a hurry to leave but I didn't want to leave empty. I still needed some things to be sure that I wouldn't be stranded.My eyes closed gently as I stuffed my clothes into my not-so-large bag. It was better to start packing in there before I was driven out. I didn't like the atmosphere anymore. It had become no longer conducive for me. I turned toward my rack of clothes and sighed. I was going to leave all of these beautiful dresses because one person was seemingly weak to defend me. Is this what you really want? I muttered, trying to talk myself out of this brash decision. Most times when things like this happen. I think the best person to consult was myself. At this point, I can be vulnerable, cry as I might but I would certainly be true to myself. In everything that happened, I learned one dangerous lesson which was making Xander the center of my life. He knew his power over me and that was why he chose to exp