Chapter 2

Charlotte was taken aback to see the woman Teddy Hudson had brought into their matrimonial home. This house had been given to Teddy and her as a wedding gift from Alpha Lucas Hudson. After the night Charlotte accepted Teddy as her husband and chosen mate, Alpha Lucas gave them the new duplex as their matrimonial home. For four years, Charlotte had been living with Teddy, helping him rule over the Norfield pack, and after he took over the Alpha position from his father, Teddy hadn't brought any woman home. But today, on their marriage anniversary and Charlotte's 22nd birthday, Teddy came home with another woman in his arms—a fair-skinned woman.

"Can't you greet?" Teddy demanded, his green eyes glowering at Charlotte, snapping her out of her trance.

"Um, good evening. Why's she here?" Charlotte immediately asked Teddy, her eyes moving to the young woman in a seductive crimson gown.

"Did you just ask me why is she here?" Teddy let go of the woman in his arms and drunkenly charged at Charlotte.

Seizing Charlotte by the neck, Teddy told her, "She's the rightful Luna of this pack, the woman who is supposed to be my wife and chosen mate, if not for you bewitching my father into accepting you as the fake Luna and my mate!" Teddy shouted at Charlotte, squeezing her neck as if to choke the life out of her.

"Teddy..." Charlotte's voice trailed off as she tried to stop her husband from suffocating her. She struggled to breathe, trying to break free from Teddy's strong grip on her soft neck, but he wouldn't let go.

"Baby, don't kill her here. That would implicate us and you too," a soft voice said, and Teddy finally let go of Charlotte. She coughed and moved away from the beast of a husband she had married.

With tears in her eyes, Charlotte looked from Teddy to the lady who had just spoken, disbelief etched on her face. "You're right, Anne. If I kill her here, my father would find out, and that would truly implicate us. Come, let me show you to our bedroom upstairs."

"Teddy!" Charlotte jumped in front of them, blocking the stairs in the living room. "You cannot take this whore to our bedroom! Take her out immediately!" Charlotte ordered Teddy, whose anger boiled as he heard her refer to Anne Robert as a whore.

"What? Who did you call a whore? Honey, did you hear her speaking? I have been your mate even before you accepted this swine as your wife. I don't want to see her inside this house. Get rid of her and make her leave," Anne said, bursting into tears.

Teddy rushed to Charlotte. He dragged her away from the stairs, wearing a white shirt and black pants, some of his shirt buttons undone. "Who did you call a whore? My mate?" Teddy charged at Charlotte, and in front of Anne, he removed his trouser belt and started flogging her. The maids working in the mansion could only peek at them, as none dared to intervene when Teddy and Charlotte were having marital problems. Teddy had warned them that if any of the two maids working in the mansion dared to report him to his father, he would have the maid killed.

"Teddy! Stop, I'm sorry," Charlotte cried, but in the wee hours of the night, Teddy flogged her while Anne smiled viciously.

"That's enough, sweetie. Come take me to our bedroom. I need to rest as I'm tired for the night," Anne sweetly said as she observed how Teddy had flogged Charlotte mercilessly.

Satisfied with how he had disciplined Charlotte, Teddy let go of the woman crying on the tiled floor and walked up to meet Anne, using one hand to clutch his trousers that had loosened from removing his belt. Anne smiled sweetly and embraced Teddy, "Good boy," she told him as she kissed him on his left cheek in Charlotte's presence.

"Come take me upstairs, I cannot wait to have you tonight," Anne said sweetly to Teddy, having followed him to the neighboring pack function as his Luna, and it was only right that Teddy get rid of Charlotte.

"Teddy, you dare to flog me because of this prostitute?" Charlotte stood up again from the tiled floor. She had blue mesmerizing eyes that glowed even when she was crying. Charlotte was pretty, sexy, curvy, but she was dark in complexion and still untouched as Teddy hadn't consummated their marriage.

Teddy's anger surged again upon hearing Charlotte refer to Anne Robert as a prostitute.

"I see that I haven't disciplined you enough. I'm going to kill you tonight and bury your corpse before our Fathers arrives. What gives you the right to refer to Anne as a prostitute?" Teddy wanted to charge towards Charlotte with killing intent in his eyes, but Anne quickly stopped him, "No, baby. Don't kill her, it would implicate us. Come, let us go to the bedroom and make some babies that she's unable to give you. Once we make the baby, I will become the rightful Luna, and your father will have no choice but to accept me as your mate and chosen Luna of the Norfield pack," Anne said, and Teddy's eyes glowed in admiration of her words.

"You're right, Anne. Come, let us go," Teddy said, looking away from Charlotte angrily and shifting his gaze to Anne, who walked up to meet him in her black stiletto heels.

Charlotte cried as she had worn a pink seductive dress to look sweet for Teddy, but he stared at her with so much hostility in his eyes, while he looked at Anne Robert with love.

Unable to bear the hurt and betrayal, Charlotte declared, "Teddy! I'm not going to take this! I will end our marriage today and divorce you. I, Charlotte Mateo, reject you, Teddy Hudson, as my husband and mate!"

Teddy's eyes surged with rage as he turned to look back at Charlotte. He let go of Anne again, with a smirk playing on his lips, and walked up to meet Charlotte, who was shivering and taking steps backward as he approached her. He asked, "What gives you the right to think that you can divorce me, Charlotte? Are you stupid? Do you think you can walk away from this marriage? Oh, so you want to sabotage my name out there in front of our pack members and to my parents. You wouldn't dare! The way Anne endured and watched you parade yourself as my mate is the way you will endure and watch Anne birth my pups." With that, Teddy turned and went upstairs with Anne, leaving Charlotte to burst into tears in the living room.