Chapter 3

“What do you want Kayla? I'd you're not going to sign the papers then don't make things difficult, alright? Just move on and let me do the same!” He yelled as he recovered from the slap I had given him.

Laughter bubbled up inside me and I gave in, holding my sides as pain shot through my body.

Like the doctor said I needed lots of rest but I was done taking Jackson's bullshit as well.

“How can you be so shameless, Jackson? How can you do this to me? After everything we've been through together, the best you could do was cheat on me with my sister?!”

Gasps erupted around us indicating that we now had an audience but I couldn't be bothered because I was livid.

“You're making a scene,” he hissed as his cheeks turned pink.

I chuckled, acknowledging how embarrassed he probably felt to be called out in front of his pack members.

“Don't be like that Jack, surely you can handle a little scolding in front of your people or wouldn't you like for them to know the kind of person their ruler is?”

He clenched his jaw and stepped closer to me causing me to take a step back.

We did this multiple times until my back was against the wall and he was towering over me.

He smirked and raised one of his beautifully full eyebrows. They were one of the things I loved about him.

“How dare you show me up in front of my pack members like this? Have you lost it?” He whisper-yelled, his tone soft enough so the people around couldn't hear us but harsh enough to cause me to shiver and avoid his gaze.

“How could you speak to me like this?” I asked, ready to stand up for myself. “I've been in this hospital for two weeks! None of you, neither you nor Lyra bothered to check on me. Do I mean so little to you both?”

He didn't respond and in fact avoided my gaze but I wasn't done.

“How could you betray me like that? You slept with my sister Jackson, I thought we were in love, Jackson!” I yelled, my voice louder than I expected and he glared at me.

“I don't love you anymore Kayla and I no longer want to be with you so pick up whatever dignity you have left and move on.” he sighed and moved away, giving me some breathing room but I didn't notice, too broken to care. “I love Lyra and she's the one I want to be with now so please don't make things difficult.”

He walked away again but this time I didn't stop him, I couldn't because I was lost in thought.

It wasn't until someone tapped me that I snapped back to the present. Jackson was long gone but I wasn't bothered by him anymore, I just wanted to be alone with my troubled thoughts.

“Luna, Alpha Jackson left this for you.”

With tears in my eyes, I looked up to find the doctor staring at me with pity in her eyes.

I ignored her and the envelope in her hands and started walking back to the room in a daze.

She ran after me with the wheelchair and in a flash, I was helped into it.

I let myself be taken back into the room and the minute they left, I picked up the envelope and signed my side, tossing it back on the bed as I rose to my feet.

The doctor had rambled on and on about the need for me to avoid stress and had even extended my stay in the hospital by a day.

But my heart was fixed and nothing was going to change my mind.

I could no longer stay in the same space as Jackson for the sake of my mental health and my child's life.

I refused to lose everything to him.

***

I don't know how long I had been running for but soon I grew weary and dizzy and stopped by the side of the road, clutching my sides as pain held me in place.

Soon it eased up and I could move around again or so I thought because the next minute a sharp pain assaulted my senses and then I fell.

I used my hands in a weak attempt to protect my baby as I passed out.

“Is she awake?” I heard someone ask as I regained consciousness again.

I blinked, struggling to familiarise myself with my surroundings.

I wriggled my nose as an unfamiliar yet knowing smell reached me.

As children we were warned to avoid wolves that had that scent attached to them because they were dangerous.

Panic rose inside me and fear for my unborn child forced me to sit up and back away from them.

“Is she okay?” Someone asked and then he held up his hands. “Hey, it's okay you're safe,”

I mentally rolled my eyes at that comment and held one hand in front of me.

Rogues and safety in the sentence was like mockery, they just didn't make sense together.

“Does it hurt anywhere?”

“Does she even speak English?” Another asked and I finally rolled my eyes despite the anxiety weighing on me inside.

“What do you want? I will fight back,” I said fiercely and they exchanged glances.

“I told you this was a bad idea. Just go get Alpha Callan to handle her Drevan, I'm out of here.”

One by one after he spoke they began leaving until the man, Drevan, was the only one left.

With a piercing glare, he got up and walked out of the room without saying a word.

What was that? I wondered as I watched him go, rubbing my hand over my belly absentmindedly.

The door to my room swung open and I looked up, freezing in shock as my eyes landed on one of the men.

He had the same scent as they did but he also had some kind of aura about him that scared people and I didn't scare easily.

“You?!!! But how is that even possible?!” I shrieked, almost jumping off the bed in fright.

He was supposed to be dead so how could he be standing right there in front of me?

Was I seeing things?

“Kayla?” He called, the surprise evident in his voice.