Chapter 38 – Luck

Lyra

I smiled weakly as Zara and Kim chatted about how lucky I was to be Gabriel's chosen Luna. Little did they know that "luck" was hardly the right word to describe the roller coaster my life had become.

I saw my own boyfriend Damien cheating before we could become true mates. Then the artificial insemination process to have his child was a sham - the Alpha's sperm used to impregnate me instead. When my father discovered I carried Gabriel's litter in my womb, he banished me - his own daughter was cast out like a filthy half-breed.

I would have surely perished at the hands of vengeful rogues if not for Gabriel protecting me time and again.

"You must be so overjoyed, my lady!" Kim gushed, her youthful features alight with girlish wonder. "To be chosen as the goddess as the new Blackmoon heirs - it's a dream greater than any I could've imagined!"

"Indeed," Zara chimed in with a sage nod. The older maid's dark eyes sparkled with a hint of envy. "With the Alpha's favor and a new litter