~Kira~
“I’m pregnant, Jake”
My heart thumped in my chest while I waited for a reaction from Jake. I had hoped that as my true mate, he would be happy to hear about the news of my pregnancy. But with the expression on his face at that point, I wasn’t so sure that I had made the right decision.
“What did you just say, Kira? That you’re pregnant? And whose bastard are you carrying?” Jake questioned, his eyes as cold as ice.
I looked around the room in worry as Jake’s voice rang above the noise. He had invited me for the pack party and I had decided that it was the best time to release the news of my pregnancy to him.
“Please Jake, bring down your voice. Almost the whole pack is watching us and they can hear you” I pleaded
“I don’t care about whoever is watching. Answer the damn question”
“What do you mean Jake? It’s not a bastard. You’re the father” I cried, hoping that Jake was pulling my legs with his statement.
Jake scoffed and looked at me like I was some kind of evil threatening to destroy his life. “I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. You should find the other men that you’ve opened your legs to; maybe they will claim your bastard. As for me, I will never accept that thing in your belly as mine because it is not”
I felt my eyes filling up with tears. The entire crowd had abandoned the party and was now focused on us. There were already side talks and fingers being pointed at me. I grabbed his hands in desperation.
“You are the only man that I’ve been with, Jack. You claimed me when I was still a virgin”
“So? Do I know the other men who have gone through the door since I opened it?”
“I thought you loved me Jake. Why are you suddenly so cold to me?”
“Love you? You must be dreaming. And I think you should wake up. I can never love someone so lowly like you. I am going to be made Alpha very soon and I cannot be seen with a weak wolf like you. You are just an omega and do not befit my status. I reject you, Kira Hudson as my mate and I reject the bastard in your belly”
I slid down the door as my heart shattered with that single word. I couldn’t believe what was happening to me at that moment. I didn’t know exactly what had gone wrong in my relationship with Jake. We had been so happy and I had finally accepted that he should take my innocence because I was convinced that he really loved me.
“Jake, I know that you do not mean those words. Look into my eyes and tell me that you do not want me”
He cocked his eyebrows up. “What! You think your eyes hold some kind of power over me? What a joke”
“Then why did you defile me if you knew you were going to reject me anyway? Why did you tamper with my innocence?” I asked him, tears brimming in my eyes.
He squatted down to eye level with me and wiped a tear from my eye
“Oh dear” he said. “Did you really think I’d fall for someone like you? You have really set your sights too high”
His hand slid to the back of my neck and he yanked my hair back, his breath fanning my face. I couldn’t believe that this was the same sweet Jake who had professed his love to me weeks ago when we were thrashing in the throes of passion. There was no way he would be this cruel person hurting me right now.
“Please, Jake, you’re hurting me” I pleaded, trying to release my hair from his hands.
“You are a filthy, weak, girl who I would never look at twice on a normal circumstance. I would never let you taint my bloodline”
“But why! Why did you have to do this to me?” I cried
He stood up straight and sneered at me
“You want to know why? You were behaving like the saint among sinners; like you were a kind of treasure and that you are hard to get. I had a bet with my friends, and I told them that I will get you into my bed within a month. And I did”
“Wha-what? You mean all those words you said to me were never real? You lied?”
“Of course I lied. Don’t ever deceive yourself Kira. I-hate-you! I hate the ground you walk on. I cannot stand taking the same air that you breathe. I hate your stupid smile. I hate the sound of your voice. I hate your blotted up body. Have you even looked at yourself in the mirror lately? You look like a bag of wool. I hate every single thing about you. You disgust me as much as anything I can think of. I don’t ever want to see your face again”
I watched Jake walk away after he said those hurtful words to me. I was torn between running after him, begging him to accept me back and retaining the little pride that I have left.
I have known Jake since I was eleven and have always had a crush on him. He was always distant and uninterested in me so I was surprised when he walked up to me on my seventeenth birthday and asked me out. Of course I had hurriedly accepted because that was an opportunity that I had been waiting for. When we found out that we were mates, I had been overjoyed because it meant that even the moon goddess approves of our love. I gave him my body with the hope of forever but what I never expected was the pregnancy.
I wanted to kill myself at this point. I wanted to take a silver bullet or wolfsbane in my body and end it all; and forget about this pain that I was feeling.
“Ella…I should meet her. At least I still have my best friend. She will help me talk to Jake. Maybe he will listen to her and take me back”
I stood up from the floor, my legs wobbly as I did so. I made my way out of the party room. Each corner that I looked to had people pointing and laughing at me.
“What a loser. Thinking she could trap the soon to be alpha with a sob story of pregnancy. So pathetic.” I heard a girl say.
“She’s just a whore looking for cheap attention. Who knows how many men she must have slept with before trying to pin the bastard on the future alpha”
I couldn’t take it anymore. I knew that I had to leave that environment before I start having more suicidal thoughts. I had almost made it out when I saw her coming towards me; Gemi, the girl who had always wanted Jake to herself and who saw me as a stumbling block to her goal of getting him.
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t the whore who tried to snatch my man away. Where are you headed to in such a hurry?”
I faced Gemi, looking at her with watery eyes. “I’m just trying to get away. I do not want any trouble please”.
Gemi’s eyes flickered as she regarded me closely. “Get away from what exactly? Are you trying to hide?”
“No, I’m not trying to hide”, I said, trying to brush past the girl.
But she wasn’t having any of it. She stepped in my way, blocking me.
“I think you are. Maybe you’re trying to do something devious to Jake because he rejected you. Hmm? You think you can just come into our pack and take him away from me?”
I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. Gemi’s sneer turned into a malicious grin.
“You are nothing but a worthless harlot, throwing yourself at Jake like that; but he will never want a blemish like you”
I sucked in a breath, feeling the searing insult from her. “You do not have to talk to me like that”, I said, my voice breaking with emotion
“I’m just telling you the truth. Jake will never want to be with someone like you. A weak and pathetic loser who tried to use a baby to trap him”
My eyes blazed with fury at her cruelty. “You do not know anything about me”, I said, feeling the anger rise inside of me
“Oh, but I do know sweety. I know that you are nothing but trouble and I will never let you an inch closer to Jake. He deserves someone better than you. He deserves someone like me who is befitting of his status”
I could feel a wave of nausea washing over me. The stress from Jake’s rejection and the insults from Gemi were overwhelming for me. I had to get away from this toxic environment.
“You’re wrong”, I tried to say, but my voice choked, and the tears that has been threatening to break free from eyes fell once again without inhibition. Gemi let out a barking laugh, and I knew that she enjoyed seeing me in distress.
“You’re nothing but a coward”, she said, “running away from everything like you always do. I bet you’re so glad that you’re pregnant, so you can use it as an excuse to leave”
I couldn’t take it anymore. I pushed past Gemi, feeling her sneer and stare on my back. The pain weighed heavily on me but I kept walking anyway. I just needed to talk to my best friend and I’m sure that I’ll be alright then.
Suddenly, I felt an excruciating pain in my heart; a feeling so painful that it made me drop to my knees. I knew that it could only mean one thing; Jake is already being intimate with someone else. I left Gemi a few moments ago so I knew that it couldn’t be her.
“Did you hate me so much that you couldn’t even wait after rejecting me to be with someone else?” I cried to myself.
I finally got to Ella’s apartment and knocked on her door. There was no response so I opened the door and let myself in.
“Ella” I called out. “I just had the worst day ever. My mate rejected me and the unborn child. He is also currently having intimate moments with someone-”
I cut my banter short when I heard moans coming from her bedroom. I suddenly realized that I could also perceive Jake’s scent around the house.
“No, please. It can’t be. She would never betray me in such a manner”
I tried to pipe my suspicions low and calm my racing heart down. I closed my eyes and turned the door handle.
~Kira~My heart sank as I took in the scene before me. My best friend and my mate all tangled up in the sheets, oblivious of my presence. I could have never suspected that Ella would do this to me. She had been my backbone all these years; someone close to being a family to me.“Ella!” I cried, my eyes so filled with tears that I was unable to see through them.Ella jerked and climbed down from Jake when she heard my voice. Jake merely raised himself on his elbows and looked at me like a nuisance disturbing his siesta.“Ella! You! Why? Why Jake? You know that he is my mate and you know about the pregnancy. How could you betray me this way?”“That is where you’re wrong, Kira. I did not betray you. In fact, I would say the same for you. Jake here has been my man for over one year now. I don’t know the stupid game that he wanted to play with you which made him decide to ask you out. Actually, you are the one who slept with my man; with all your talk about decency”“You- you knew about th
~Kira~I felt it on my cheek. The tingling pain that made my eyes water involuntarily. Before I could understand what had happened, I felt it again. My mate who was supposed to be my lifetime happiness had slapped me so hard that I was seeing stars.“Jake…”“What do you think you are? The moon goddess? The fact that you had the privilege to experience the pleasures from an alpha gives you no right to spew nonsense before me, mutt”His right hand connected with my throat.”I could easily end your miserable life for the stupid, audacious attitude but that would be too generous of me”.I thrashed wildly with my hands, trying to release his death grip from my throat. From the corner of my eye, I saw my best friend, Ella, smiling at the display with a victorious glint in her eyes. “Jake… P-please…. You’re hurting me”He released his hand and pushed me to the floor. “The next time I hear such blasphemous thing from you again, I might be forced to kill you myself. Get out and don’t ever show
~Xavier~I watched her walk out of her room and towards me, looking so delicate and so fragile. Seeing her like that made me want to protect her and punish whoever had hurt her so bad that made her consider suicide.“Our mate is so beautiful. I want to claim her immediately” Xeros my wolf howled.I smiled. I knew what Xeros was trying to do. He doesn’t want this one to slip from his fingers again. “Kiss her”“What? No I won’t. That will only make her too uncomfortable”“Says who? She’s our mate. A kiss will only strengthen the bond between us. Just do it or I will take control and finish it on your behalf”I could feel Xeros becoming impatient. What was so important about this kiss anyway?“I can’t. She’ll think that I’m a pervert. She has been here for just two days and you already want me to jump on her? Nope, I won’t. I want to make each physical contact very memorable for her”I could have sworn that Xeros howled in laughter. “Don’t make her think that you’re impotent”“What?? I
~Kira~“Next time I will not hold myself back from taking you”Those words kept resounding in my head as he dropped his hands from my waist and walked away from me. I stood there, my heart pounding ferociously. My skin burned at the spot where he had touched. It wasn’t until the chirp of a bird sounded that I was able to come back in real-time.What the hell had just happened?My heart swooned as I recalled his naughty promise to me and I found myself stupidly giggling. That was the hottest thing that I’ve ever experienced from a man. My hand slid up to my shoulders and stayed there, a bright smile lighting up my face.“Our mate is soo hot, isn’t he? I wish that he had kissed you without thinking twice. You’re already falling for him, aren’t you?” Keren, my wolf said.I quickly dropped my hand and schooled my face into a stoic expression. “Falling for who? Someone I barely know? For god’s sake, Keren, it’s just been two days. That’s not enough time to fall in love with someone”“But h
~Kira~Okay, this was starting to get weird.Why is my body getting so hot? I could feel Keren’s discomfort as she roamed about in me, growling and demanding for her mate. I couldn’t pinpoint what was the issue. As my body got hotter, my breathing deepened and I started craving the touch of a man. Any man. It doesn’t matter if he was my mate or a random wolf.That desire scared me. But try as much as I could, I couldn’t control it. It was as if my whole body was on fire and only the touch of a man could quench that fire, especially the ones in between my legs. They cried for release as little as it could be.I didn’t understand what was happening. One minute, I was normal. Then the next minute I’m raving like a sex-starved nymphomaniac or an animal that is on heat.Hold on.Heat? On heat? Is that what is happening to me?Was that why my body was burning up?I didn’t understand the concept of being on heat except that I knew that it happens when a female werewolf desperately needs the
~Xavier~I lay beside her, watching her as she slept. All through that day till this morning, she had slept without even turning over. In fact, she could have been easily taken to be dead but the only thing that showed that she was still alive was her soft breathing and the way she occasionally sneezes.Once I was convinced that she was deep asleep, I’d gone on to take care of some other things in the pack. And also, because I just couldn't stand being that close to her. Not that she was irritating or something else. I knew that if I stayed close to her, especially with how her arousal harassed my sense of reasoning and clouded them up so badly, I would barely be able to control myself. In fact, the few minutes that I lay beside her then, trying to make sure that she was okay, all I could think about was slipping those damn clothes off her body, throwing her across my knees, and probably spanking those great-looking ass of hers until they turn pink and my fingerprints were enshrined
~Kira~“Who killed who?” I asked, looking at Xavier in confusion. “What’s happening here?”He didn’t answer. Just froze and kept staring at me like he was dumbfounded.Or had I been dreaming? I was sure that I heard him yell and say that he didn’t want to kill someone. I was very sure that it was his voice.“What do you mean? Did you have a nightmare?” he asked, coming over to look over me. He took my hand and checked for what I thought was my pulse. But it seemed funny to me because why would he be checking my pulse when I’m currently breathing? I thought that checking pulse was for unconscious people?Well, what do I know? I’m not even close to being a health practitioner so I guess that there are so many things that I don’t know. But that doesn’t leave him out either. He never mentioned him being a doctor. But I guess being an alpha has its perks.“Didn’t you just say something about killing people?”He paused for a moment as if he was considering what I’d just said. Then he burst
~Xavier~I stomped to the kitchen, hot flashes going through my mind. I’d almost lost it back there and marked her without her consent. I’m slowly starting to lose my hold and authority on my destructive wolf who wants to destroy everything. I couldn’t understand why my relationship with my wolf was different. We were supposed to be in sync and be in agreement at all times. But no. Xeros always wants to have his way at all times. When I got to the kitchen the head butler and the other staff there looked like they just saw a ghost. I couldn’t blame them. The last time that I came to the kitchen of my own accord was when she was still alive. I used to come every morning to make her pancakes and Bacon. It was her favorite food. But ever since she died, I’d just never bothered again. I mean, what was the need?“Alpha Xavier, you’re here. Do you need us to make something specific for you?” Sam, the head butler asked.I could see the other assistants cowering in a corner, avoiding my stare