Selena.“Six years of marriage and still not a single child from Selena.” My mother in law Brinny snapped at me in front of the entire council, “a true Luna should know that without bringing forth an heir, she has failed her pack and her husband.”The entire room fell silent because they knew not to say a word to aggravate her whenever she started this conversation.“But how can she have a child when Lucian is away most of the time?” Katherine, my sister in law and favorite human in the pack house, tried to defend me, but her mother shut her up almost immediately.“Maybe if she found a way to make him stay back like a real wife should, maybe he wouldn’t have left. Maybe if she tried to capture his heart rather than focusing on matters that should be handled by the Alpha, she would have given us an heir by now.”Whispers and murmurs broke out among the council members who were mostly family of my husband, Lucian. I could tell from the look on their faces that they were panicking but un
Selena“Thank the goddess, finally an heir for my son.” Brinny cried out excitedly as she rushed over to the girl beside Lucian without even trying to confirm who she was and how she got pregnant.“You’ve done well Son,” she carressed Lucian softly before she turned to the girl and held her stomach, “this child is the future of this pack so from now on, everyone must accord you and this child with the respect you deserve.”“A true Luna indeed, unlike some barren ones that sit with their head so high up in the cloud that they can no longer get pregnant again,” she shot back at me.I remained rooted to my spot, staring right at Lucian without moving. Every single, hurtful word the Luna said didn’t get past me, and when I tried to move, I staggered and almost fell flat on my face if Logan had not helped me up.“Lucian…” I whispered his name softly as Logan helped me back down on the throne. Every single eye was now on me, I could tell they were all expecting a reaction from me while Brin
Selena“Step aside.” Lucian barked angrily at Logan, but Logan simply refused to budge. It was surprising that he could stand up against Lucian like that when he was the beta.“So mother was right after all, you’ve been whoring around with him and everyone else while I was gone right?” He glared at me above Logan’s shoulder.“How could you even think of hurting an unborn child? How evil can you be Selena? How much hatred can you have in your heart to be able to do that? All that negative energy is the reason your womb is still blocked.” He added angrily and reached out to hit me but Logan shoved him backwards.“That’s your Luna Lucian. Think before you act.” Logan growled but Lucian simply ignored him.“I didn’t do it, I didn’t ev-even touch her. I was about to leave when she fell on her own, why would you even think that I would be able to do that?” I asked, unable to stop the tears that was still rolling down my cheeks.The woman that caused all this commotion was still sprawled out
Selena“I guess it is settled then, Luna Selena stays.” Logan said as soon as he was done counting the number of hands that was raised. Out of all the twenty-four men on the table, twenty-one voted for me to leave, and twenty-three voted for me to stay. Lucian had only lost by one vote. “This doesn’t change anything. She must leave this house immediately.” Brinny snarled at me as she slammed her palm on the table, but I wasn’t even bothered by her reaction.“Staying doesn’t change how I see you, Selena. It would only make it worse. I would never see you as my Luna, and I promise to make your life a living hell until you walk out on your own two feet.” Lucian threatened while the pregnant woman beside him that I had heard him refer to as Cindy clung onto his arm with a grin on her face.Seeing them like that in front of me, tore at my heart, it made me ache with pain, but I took a deep breath and masked my emotions.“I am not afraid of you, Lucian, and I do not care what you decide
SelenaHe gritted his teeth angrily and his fist was clenched so tightly by his side that it was obvious he was trying to hold himself back from hitting me.Regardless of how Lucian treated me, he knew better than to lay a finger on me. My pack was a like a backbone to his pack and if my father got upset and pulled back his support, things could change for the worse. No matter how hard he tried to pretend like that wasn’t a fact, he knew it deep down and acted accordingly.He stared at me in silence for a few seconds before he reached out to grab my neck but I was quick to step away from his reach.“How dare you!” He growled in anger as his brows furrowed, he was so angry that his eyes shifted from their original form to his wolf’s blue ones, “so just because I have been away for a while you’ve grown wings.”“This isn’t about growing wings Lucian, this is about respecting my boundaries as much as I respect yours.”I shot back with confidence.I had no idea where my confidence was comi
Selena.“It doesn’t matter who I am staying for Logan. What matters is the pack.” I stated as I rose to my feet, knowing fully well that his attention was still on me.It was awkward and might have been embarrassing for him, but this wasn’t the time for me to start talking about another relationship with someone else. Lucian had hurt me badly enough. My life and marriage with him had inflicted a wound that was still wide open and hurting me so badly that I could barely think of another man.Logan wasn’t bad at all, but him and I wasn’t going to work out, not with everything going on. He deserved someone better.“Selena I didn’t mean to…” he began, but when I noticed the direction he was hinting at again, I decided to quickly change the topic entirely.“The recent attacks,” I blurted out, and he paused, “they have been becoming a bit of a situation these days. What do you suggest we do about it?” I inquired, and he sighed heavily in defeat.“Are you sure you want to talk about stuff li
Chapter Seven.Selena.“He is back.” Logan announced as he strolled into my study late that night. The study once belonged to Lucian, but after his return, he had ordered for another to be redesigned to suit his taste, and that was done.Not wanting to request another study, I decided to move into his old one and continue my task as the Luna, unbothered about what Lucian was up to.At least, until Logan started bringing me the details of what was going on.“Once again, he defeated the enemy’s army and has recovered more territories than the battalion we sent there ever did.” He added, and I sighed heavily as I dropped the document in my hands.“His success is my success, Logan. we are in the same pack, and I do not…”“Enough with the pretense Selena, I know how you feel and we both know that soon enough, the pack members and council members would not be able to deny him the right to do as he wishes when he tries to kick you out.” Logan replied, a hint of anger in his voice.I knew he
Selena.“What are you doing?!” I yelled at the guards that were throwing out my things from the study as Logan rushed up to him, grabbed him by his collar, and shoved him away roughly.“Are you insane?! How dare you touch the Luna’s things without asking for permission?” He growled angrily, and the guard trembled in fear.“But… but…”“But what?” He snapped.“Alpha Lucian and Luna Cindy ordered me to do it.” The guard managed to speak because Logan’s grip on him was becoming a bit too tight.Luna Cindy? How was she being addressed as Luna Cindy? She was just his mistress, and I was still the Luna, so what was going on?Before I opened my mouth to speak, I noticed Lucian and Cindy step out of the study with their arms entwined and Cindy looked like she was having a difficult time because she was wincing in pain and groaning out loud.“Hang on, baby, we would soon be able to clear out the place.” Lucian said reassuringly as he tapped her hand gently.“Lucian, what’s going on? Why are my
Selena’s POV.The pain was excruciating, and it felt like my scalp was on fire as Kaiden dragged me across the floor and into a much more private space. A gasp slipped from my throat when I saw Rose and my guard on their knees, and Kaiden’s guards were standing right behind them, holding a knife to their throats.Rose struggled so hard against their hold when she saw me. She was screaming and crying, but her screams were muffled due to the gag placed on her mouth.“I suggest you rethink my offer or else…” he held my head tightly in place so I could see the guards trial the knife around Rose’s neck. “They would slit their throat without batting and eyelid, and you know that, so if I were you, I would think twice before speaking again.” I swallowed as my heart slammed against my chest over and over again.What was I going to do?No matter how hard I tried to shift, I realized I couldn’t connect with my wolf, and if I couldn’t make a connection, then I simply couldn’t mind-link anyone.W
Selena’s POV.“Logan… I was coming to see you, I was going to ask about the meeting last night and what had happened…” I kept going on and on about what I was about to do before Lucian walked into the room because standing there and just staring up at him was really awkward.He had been silent since Lucian left and the look on his face made it clear that he was upset but didn’t want to say anything about it, instead, he pretended like he was busy going through some papers on my desk.“Logan please say something. Are you mad at me?” I asked, and he shrugged,“Why should I be mad at you? You were with your husband, so there is nothing unusual there. After all, you did just use Logan to get his attention back.” He responded, and I could tell just how hurt he was from the way he was speaking.So he had also heard the rumours Lucian was spreading.“He is not my husband anymore, Logan, and you know that. Plus, I never said anything to him about using you. He is just saying all that to make
Selena’s POV.“I have no clue why Lucian is going around saying things like that Katherine and I don’t care, I just want to ensure things run smoothly. He can have Cindy for all I care.” I responded as I returned my attention back to the papers before me.It was barely a minute after Katherine left that Rose walked into my study with a large tray. I raised a brow at her because I had specifically told her that I wasn’t going to eat anything until I was done with my task for the day.“What is this? Rose, I clearly told you that…”“Alpha Lucian sent it.” She blurted out as she came to a halt in front of my desk and slowly placed the tray on the space available on my desk, “he insisted that I brought it up to you because he had ordered the kitchen to prepare something special for you.”I took one look at it and glanced away. I had no idea what he was up to or what he planned to achieve, but there was no way on earth I was going to give him the opportunity to achieve it. I wanted nothing
Selena’s POV.My heart slammed against my rib cage so hard that I was scared for a moment that it would burst out of my chest. I was staring straight into Lucian’s eyes, wondering why he was getting so close to me, but when I realized he was about to kiss me, I shoved him back and staggered backwards.“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I asked with a frown, but that still wasn’t enough to make him back down. Instead, he kept trying to come close to me.“We don’t have to act like this all the time, Selena. We could always be the couple you want us to be. I can make you stay as my Luna and Cindy would remain as my mistress. Your post would be higher than hers, and you get to make important decisions. You know you want this, Selena.”I had no idea why he thought that was what I wanted, to share him with Cindy. I didn’t even want him anymore, so why would he think that I would be willing to settle for him to keep Cindy as his mistress.“It would be just like you’ve always wanted.
Selena’s POV. “Luna Selena,” Rose, my personal maid, called out to me as she shook me wildly and I was forced to open my eyes, “I am sorry to disturb you but he is insisting on seeing you.” She added as soon as I opened my eyes. I groaned as I sat up on the bed. I had clearly instructed Rose that I needed as much rest as possible so no one was allowed to disturb me that morning because I would be sleeping in. After the battle last night, I needed as much rest as possible. “What is it Rose? Just tell whoever it is to go away and come back when I am awake, I am sure no one would die if I close my eyes for a few minutes. Or… is it Logan?” I asked but she shook her head. The look on her face got me curious about who it was. “It’s not Beta Logan, it’s Alpha Lucian.” She whispered as if she was afraid he would overhear her, “he has been waiting outside the door and wouldn’t leave. He said he would wait till you’re awake but I can’t just let him stand there because Brinny is causin
Selena’s POV.“What is this, Lucian? Are you defending this barren bitch? You would raise your voice at your own mother and ignore your Luna and child because of her?” She hissed out loud in anger as she took a step back, “If that is what you want then so be it. If I am the only one that sees what that wicked witch is up to then so be it. She tried to hurt her and get rid of the baby and you would rather take her side.” Brinny said as she broke down in tears, sobbing hysterically in front of everyone even when it was obvious that she was faking it.“She didn’t harm Cindy mother, Cindy passed out when the rogues surrounded her. She didn’t get hurt at all and the blood she is covered in isn’t even hers. Selena showed up with reinforcements, if she hadn’t, I probably wouldn’t have made it back.” Lucian explained and everyone seemed surprised to hear him defend me like that.It was the first time ever since I moved into the pack house as his Luna that he would defend me in front of anyon
Selena’s POV.My heart raced as we found ourselves in an open space, and it skipped a beat when my eyes landed on Cindy, who lay sprawled out on the ground and unconscious. There was blood all over her, and from the look of things, the blood I had sensed wasn’t hers.So if it wasn’t hers, who was it? Where is Lucian? I glanced around, and it was at that moment that I noticed something move between the trees. Lucian jumped out of it, his huge wolf growling fiercely, with its eyes glued to whatever was behind the trees he had just jumped out from behind.“What the… what’s going on here?” I asked as I jumped down from our ride and rushed up to him.He seemed relieved at first to see us, but as soon as he saw me, his expression darkened as if he had not expected me to be there. He stepped in front of me as if he were ordering me to get lost and not get involved in his fight.“I am the only help you can get right now, Lucian, so for once, put that stupid pride of yours aside and let me hel
Selena’s POV.“There was a signal a few minutes ago.” Logan added as he rushed down the stairs behind me, “he went out with Cindy a few minutes ago, and suddenly, the guards saw the signal. It’s coming from the woods behind the garden, I saw it too when I stepped outside for some air.” He added in a hurry just as we got to the bottom of the stairs.I was still dressed in my nightgown and the weather was a bit too chilly but that wasn’t my problem, Lucian mattered more, I pulled my thin robe around me more tightly and rushed outside to join the guards gathered outside.Brinny was there too, and she looked like she was having a panic attack.“The baby, we need to ensure the baby is fine. Go out there and bring my son and his Luna home!” She yelled at one of the guards in a dramatic manner as she slapped him, “if anything happens to either my son or my grand child, you would all lose your lives.” She threatened, but the guards wouldn’t even flinch.“You don’t give them orders, Brinny. I
Selena. “Luna Selena, there is someone that would like to have a word with you.” Logan said as he stepped away from the wide open door and strolled into my study. After the whole thing with Cindy, Lucian seemed to have given me the right to handle the pack affairs grudgingly but I didn’t mind as long as it gave me the opportunity to do what needed to be done and protect what had to be protected. “Luna Selena,” one of the elders among Lucian’s council that had been in support of Cindy strolled into my study after Logan with a smile on his face, “I thought I should stop by and tell you just how much the pack appreciates all your hard work.” He added with a straight face even when I knew that it was clearly a lie. All of them just pretended like they had not been willing to throw me out of the pack house a few weeks ago. Ever since Lucian allowed me to return back to being in charge, they started trying to get close to me in hopes that they could still remain in my favour. “Tha