CHAPTER 2: SHE IS MENTALLY ILL

My eyes were glued to the biggest and most beautiful packhouse in front of me. I knew I was risking my very existence, but I just couldn't let them take my pups away.

'Are we doing the right thing?' I mind-linked my wolf Elena, who had been wiggling inside me since Beta Lucas and the soon-to-be Luna, Laura, took our pups.

'We are. We are here for our pups. We can't stay away from them,' she answered, and I found the courage to continue.

The pain of giving birth was still excruciating, but I had to come and demand my kids. They were mine, and they didn't have the right to take them away.

My heart started to race in my chest, sweat broke free down my forehead, and my body began to shake as I remembered that I wasn't dealing with just anyone but the Alpha of the Perl Pack—our Alpha. And who was I? An Omega who had just had a one-night stand with him unknowingly.

Gritting my teeth, trying to maintain composure as my heart thumped harder than before, I moved my trembling legs forward. Weirdly, there were no people around the pack gates. This was a relief because I didn't want to fight the gatekeepers to let me in. With that in mind, I hurriedly limped and entered the gates. Here I was, in front of the packhouse doors.

Today, I didn't get the luxury of wandering my eyes over the garden as I always did when I was here to do the Omega's chores because my attention was on my pups.

Pushing all of that behind me, I heard voices. What was going on? Were the newborns all right? My heart froze at the thought of them. They must be crying because I wasn't there to breastfeed them. I quickly moved forward despite the pain and stopped in front of the doors at the sight inside.

The living hall was filled with kids, dressed as princes and princesses, holding balloons and running around. Wealthy male-wolves and she-wolves in expensive clothing moved around, some sitting with glasses of wine, laughing with their partners, while Omegas like me served them drinks.

What was going on? It seemed I was the odd one out because of the way I was dressed, but I didn't care.

“Hey, where is your invitation card?” A guard asked, and I was about to inquire what was going on when my eyes landed on a huge poster by the side of the door.

“WELCOMING PARTY FOR NATHANIEL AND KATHERINE.”

“Yes.” The guard turned to me as I read the poster aloud.

“W-who are they?” I asked, my voice breaking, the pain in my chest increasing as I furrowed my eyebrows and hardened my jaws. I knew Katherine; she was the Luna of a neighboring pack and the mother of the soon-to-be Luna, who had threatened to take my kids away from me. My heart pounded louder, my anxiety rising.

“Didn’t you hear that our soon-to-be Luna blessed our Alpha with twins yesterday?”

Laura? I laughed at the foolish man. “Are you for real? Have you ever seen her pregnant?!” I was laughing, but the pain in my heart and my body was visible. “In fact, who gave the kids those names?!” I continued, my face now filled with anger.

Unbeknownst to me, my voice was loud enough that the guests had stopped talking and were looking at me.

“Where is the Alpha? I need to talk to the Alpha!” I shouted as if I was crazy. I couldn't control the pain of letting someone else take my pups away. My wolf was even making it hard for me to concentrate; she was fighting to break out.

“Calm down, Omega. You’re causing unnecessary attention, and you are no one important.” I wasn’t; I was aware of that. He didn’t have to remind me. But still, I was the mother of the kids.

“I don’t care! These are my kids. I gave birth to them! Can’t you see my...my breasts?” I pointed at my chest, soaked with milk. I didn’t care what these rich people thought of me; all I wanted was to see my pups.

“What is going on here?” A deep and icy voice echoed, and no one had to tell me who it was. My body had already recognized him. His voice always made me shiver, and my body reacted to his presence. I hated the effect he had on me, even if we only had one night alone. And that, because he was drunk. I knew he wouldn’t have had s*x with me if he knew I was only an Omega.

“Wow, it’s you again?” It was the Alpha himself, his dark eyes glaring deeply into my soul.

“A-Alpha…”

"What is the crazy woman doing here?" Suddenly, I heard the voice behind me, and I flinched. It was Laura, the soon-to-be Luna.

“She is crazy? What is she doing here?!”

“Let’s take care of our pups. She might harm them.” Suddenly, the whole place went tense as the she-wolves and male-wolves took their kids who were roaming around to their sides.

“I-I am not crazy,” I defended myself while looking at the floor. I was embarrassed that Laura decided to claim that I was crazy. I wasn’t.

“You are! Or else, what are you here for?” Laura was already closer to me, and I couldn’t hear Alpha Alexander saying a thing.

“Yes, she is crazy!” he declared, and I raised my face in a bullet’s pace.

“I-I swear I am not. I am here for my pups.”

“Hahaha! She is indeed crazy. Who even claims that the Alpha’s pups are hers? Does she want to die?”

“I wonder.”

“Just look at her; she is very dirty and smelly. Why bring worthless people to a special occasion like this one, by the way?”

“Guards!” It was Alpha Alexander.

“Take the crazy woman to where she belongs!”

“No! Please, I am not crazy. D-don’t take me away.” I pleaded, my eyes fixed on Alpha Alexander.

“I know where she should be taken.” Laura smiled, a mocking smile. “I told you never to play with me and disappear, but you thought I was a fool. See what I will do to you now.” She murmured closer to my ears, making sure no one could hear her.

“A-Alpha. P-please.” I pleaded, but the guards were already beside me, ready to drag me away.

“Take her away!”

“My Alpha, I think we should take her to the mental hospital. She isn’t stable to demand kids that aren’t even hers.” I clenched my fists at my sides, gritting my teeth as tears rushed down my cheeks.

“Yes.” Just like that?

“Guards, take her to the pack’s mental hospital and lock her up!”

I turned to the voice, my jaw dropping and my mouth agape. Wait, what? I couldn’t believe my ears and eyes.

“N-no! Y-you can’t do that to me! I-I am not crazy!” But it was too late because the guards had already dragged me out of the hall.

“You will rot in the mental hospital, and in return, I will be the mother of your kids.” Forcing my head behind me, I saw Laura. She had followed us outside. Her brown eyes were shining with venom and hate.

“P-please. Don’t do this to me. I don’t want to be crazy!”

“Go!” Laura shouted, and the guards dragged me out of the packhouse and into the car. I tried to fight them while pleading, but I was weak. The pain of giving birth was still excruciating, and I couldn’t fight two huge guards of the packhouse.

I gazed at the packhouse tearfully as the car took off.