"So, Theo is definitely the Alpha now, huh?" Knox says, appearing next to me all of a sudden, "I could hear what he was saying as we were walking.""Yep," I reply, "Since his father is indisposed, he became the Alpha earlier than expected. Please, both of you, always show respect to him, especially if we are out in public. He is Alpha Theodore now. And if you ever see that bitch next to him... that's Luna Isabella."Beau just nods without much thought, but Knox frowns and crosses his arms across his chest, looking confused."If he already has a Luna... what are you?" He asks. I guess he’s not as unaware as I thought "His good friend, that's all," I reply, trying not to sound bitter but probably failing, "Anyway, I have to make lunch."I walk straight to do that, shutting my brain off for the rest of the day. I close the curtains and turn off my phone, I just eat and watch TV for hours until it's time to go to sleep. I was starting to lose hope that Theo would come to sleep with me t

{ Theodore }As I walk out of my office to my car, I try to call Nukea, but once again my call goes unanswered.It’s been three days since I've been able to talk to her and I'm starting to get restless. This is not normal. And worst of all, I haven't even had time to go check if everything is okay with her. I thought I could go see her today, even if she’s ignoring me… but as soon as I get in my car, Fiorella calls me and tells me I have to go to the hospital to see Isabella.At this point I'm more than used to emergency trips to the hospital because of Isabella's high-risk pregnancy, so I just sigh and head over there, hoping everything is okay. She and I are not on good terms at all, but I still don't want anything bad to happen to her. Once I arrive, I find Aldo and Fiorella next to some of Isabella's stupid friends, whom I ignore. "What's going on now?" I ask."We brought her in for severe pain, this time was worse than before," Fiorella tells me, making me frown with concern.

"Obviously, I know no one would ever want me as their fated mate and I understand all the reasons why, but it still sucks," Nukea continues, making me feel even worse, "It sucks to be reminded that I can't have anything nice ever. I wasn't born to have nice things. I wasn't born to have something beautiful and romantic like what Charlie has with Rahul. I was just born to be a whore hidden in the dark while Isabella can be your Luna in front of everyone because she’s better than me in every fucking way!"All I want to do is to take her in my arms and explain how wrong she is, but Nukea stops me with her eyes when I dare to take a step towards her."You're wrong," I end up saying, "Things aren't so black and white, Nu. I won't deny it, at first I thought our bond didn't matter and I tried to ignore it, but I couldn't, so I decided to make things right. Don't you realize I'm doing all of this so you can be my Luna? That's all I want right now. I was going to tell you the whole truth abou

I don't know what to do… actually I don't think anyone here knows what to do."Is she alive?" Violet asks, getting closer. "Obviously," Nate answers, rolling his eyes, but he bends down and puts a finger under her little nose, "She’s breathing.""Why is there a baby on my door?" I blurt out once I come out of the shock and I walk closer too. Looking at the baby up close doesn't give me any answers, she just looks like every other baby in the universe. But when I get closer I see there’s a piece of paper over a diaper bag next to the baby, so I grab it.'Take care of her or not. Your choice. - Isabella.'"What the fuck?!" I let out, so loud that the baby wakes up in fright and starts crying, "What's going on?!""Oh, so this is Isabella's baby..." Violet mumbles and bends down to grab the baby in her arms, "Open the door, we have some things to talk about.""That can't be possible, Isabella is only six months pregnant or something, it's not time yet," I think out loud, not understandin

{ Nukea }I arrive at Theo's house at seven in the evening and, just as he instructed, I walk in without knocking because he's waiting for me. "Hey, Nu," he greets when he sees me approaching the living room where he’s sitting next to the baby carrier, "Where are the boys?""They’re home. Soon they’ll have to start in their new fancy school and they're both super dumb, so they have a lot of studying to do before they start the new cycle," I say as I approach, trying not to look too nervous. Come to think of it, I should have brought the boys along to help make this less awkward. "Oh, okay," he says and stands up to greet me with a hug that I have to end quickly before his warmth makes me feel the need to hug him for hours, "Thanks for coming.”“No worries, I wanted to see how you’re doing,” I say and I sit beside the baby carrier too, to have some kind of barrier between us. Theo sits back down.“I'm going to be honest... last night was a shit show. Literally,” he complains. When he