Share

Chapter two

Penulis: Zara
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-12-16 19:26:19

LIANNA'S POV

 Afterwards, I tearfully went back to my room to pack some clothes before Ethan sent me out with only the clothes on my back.

 As I shoved clothes into a duffel bag I came across a photograph taken of us at our mating ceremony. I picked it up and stared at it, I looked so happy with Ethan standing by my side not knowing what I was getting into.

 When I looked at Ethan's face it confirmed what I had always suspected, he never loved me at all, he was just pretending. 

 While I was smiling at my new husband he was smiling at someone else, the waitress who appeared in the background of the picture.

  Tears began to gather in my eyes, even on our wedding day he would rather look at someone else and pretend I didn't exist.

  I put the picture aside and finished packing, I grabbed the duffel bag and went down the stairs where Ethan and his mistress were waiting for me.

 I kept my head down and tried to walk out the door but Ethan stopped me.

 "Come back here you cunt." I stilled in my movement and turned to him.

 "What do you want?" I asked with a shaky voice and he threw something at me, I flinched and moved back, this wouldn't be the first time he threw something at me.

 I looked down and saw that it was a bundle of money. It looked like it was up to a hundred thousand.

 "Everyone knows what you wanted from the start," Freya said, caressing Ethan as she sat on his lap and I felt a sharp pain in my chest. "You're lucky he is so generous. Go ahead and thank him." She sneered.

 "I don't want it." I would never stoop so low to accept money from them after the humiliation I went through.

 Even though I had very little money and didn't know where to go I walked out of the house leaving the money on the floor.

 Since I didn't have any other option, I decided to go to Annalise's place hoping she would help me.

 When the bus I took dropped me in front of her house, I went to the door and knocked but no one answered.

  So I waited since I had no choice. It was eight PM now according to my wristwatch and it was getting dark. 

 But Ethan didn't let me own a phone so I had no choice but to sit on the floor outside the house and wait in the cold.

  An hour and a half passed before Annalise came back. She was in wolf form but I could tell she was surprised to see me. She ducked behind a bush, shifted back to human and put on clothes she had tied around her paw.

 "Lianna?" She called out my name in surprise.

 "Hi, Anna." I stood up and smiled weakly.

 "What are you doing here?"

 "My husband kicked me out, please I need a place to stay."

 "What? The Alpha? What did you do?"

 Tears threatened to spill as I remembered how badly I tried to save the marriage.

 "I didn't do anything, please help me."

 "I'm sorry, Lianna. You have to find someone else's."

 "Please Annalise, you're the only friend I have."

 "I'm not your friend, I was just being nice to you because I pitted you." 

 She started to sound angry. "Leave before I call the howlers." The howlers were the human equivalent of police for us since the humans had their areas and we had ours.

 I got up sobbing and left, so no one cared about me, I was just a burden to everybody.

 I had to get a job quickly to be able to pay for a night at a hotel and even though I studied business administration my certificate was still at Ethan's house and I couldn't go back there.

 I took off my clothes and shifted to my wolf form. I ran to a nearby bar holding my clothes between my jaws hoping to get a job as a bartender.

 When I got to the bar, I started to look for the manager but I was interrupted.

 "Well, well, well. If it isn't the slut herself." Two blonde girls stopped in front of me.

 "Makes sense that she'll be here looking for a man to whore herself too." The other one said.

 "Who are you?" I was confused. Why would they be saying such things to a stranger?

 "Miley and Riley. We're friends of Freya." Miley smirked.

 "What do you want from me?" 

 "You thought you got away with stealing Freya's man, you bitch?" Riley spat at me.

 What were they talking about, Freya was the one who stole my husband.

 "Please just let me go." I pleaded as I tried to go away and they pulled me back.

 "Hey everyone!" Riley called the attention of everyone in the bar.

 "We want to introduce you to a man-stealing whore tonight." She announced loudly and everybody turned their attention to us.

 I tried to get away again but they shoved me roughly to the floor.

 "Come on Riley, you can't blame her," Miley pouted. "After all she's just following in her mother's footsteps." As everyone laughed my blood turned ice cold and embarrassment washed over me.

 My mother was an omega from a neighboring pack and she mated with the beta of the pack then. Everyone had regarded her as a golddigger who seized an opportunity even though my father loved her.

 "And of course, the Alpha has rejected her. Who wouldn't after finding out what a gold-digging bitch she was that tried to force herself on our Alpha." 

 I wasn't sure which one of them said it as I knelt on the floor, tears dripping from my eyes even as I tried to stop them. I wondered how they knew that. Was it so obvious?

 I moved back quickly as a man came close to me and tried to touch my breasts. 

 "Why are you pretending? I know you like it." He sneered.

 I couldn't take it anymore. I got up and ran out of the bar still crying as the words replayed in my head. I kept running till my legs got tired and I fell in the middle of an empty road.

 I was barely conscious when I heard a voice.

 I opened my eyes and saw the man from the bar. I swallowed painfully, had he followed me here?

 “Well if it isn’t the pack’s slut.”

 I wobbled onto my feet and started backing away from him. “Stay away from me.”

 “Why should I do that? I’m getting a piece of you tonight one way or the other. Maybe when I’m done fucking your pussy I’ll find out if you have a virgin asshole.”

 “I am your Luna. You will not touch your queen.” I mustered with all the courage left in me. And when he replied.

  “ I’ve always wanted to fuck a royal pussy. And it’s a good thing the Alpha sent me.” 

 Hearing that Ethan did this to me, something inside me died. 

 He grabbed me and started to tear off my clothes while I screamed and struggled till my throat was raw. And then suddenly he was gone. Everything stopped.

  As I scrambled to cover up my body I saw my would-be rapist on the floor getting his face smashed in by a muscular man with blond hair. My saviour.

 “Stop! You’ll kill him.” I started to yell as I saw that the perpetrator was no longer moving.

 “If he dies I’ll yank him back from the claws of the devil and kill him again for touching you.”

 I knew that voice as well as I knew the back of my hand.

 “Sebastian please stop.”

 He froze midway but didn’t move away from the man as though he was trying hard to restrain himself. I tried to stand and I was stopped by a sharp pain in my abdomen. I gasped.

 Sebastian left the motionless body on the ground and came to me.

 “ Are you okay?” He asked.

 “Is it you?” I looked up wondering if I had passed out or was hallucinating. It was my husband's elder brother and the former successor to the pack throne.

Lanjutkan membaca buku ini secara gratis
Pindai kode untuk mengunduh Aplikasi

Bab terkait

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter three

    LIANNA’S POV "Lianna?" He was surprised to see me as well. We had been best friends since school even though he was several classes my senior and that was only because I had been doubly promoted several times. But we drifted apart when Ethan and I started dating. And then he just left with no goodbyes or explanations. "Oh my God." I smiled. "You look great." He had always been handsome but the past year had been good for him. His features were now more defined. His brown eyes looked almost dark now and his pink lips were fuller. His killer jaw was covered with a light stubble. His smile faded as he gave me a quick inspection with his eyes. Even before the man attacked me I already looked horrible. Dirty and tired and my eyes were likely swollen since I spent most of the day in tears now my clothes were in shambles and I had bruises all over my body "Let me take you home." He started toward his car parked on the other side of the road. "No no, you didn't have to, I'm sure you

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-16
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter four

    LIANNA'S POV He started to pull away but I held him, I needed him right now. And I was scared of what he would do in his current state. Because at that moment, he looked like he was ready to kill Ethan for me. "No just stay with me. Stay and be my friend" And I felt him nod against my forehead. The next thing I remember I was waking up in the morning. I got up to pee and brush my teeth and when I checked the time it was 10:15 am. The feeling of sleeping in was a bit strange since Ethan always made me wake up at dawn to do house chores and cook and if there was nothing to do he would create things to do. As I turned on the tap, everything that happened yesterday came back rushing into my head and I had to press my fingers against my eyelids to stop myself from crying. I didn't want to give Sebastian any more reason to worry. Oh my God, how was I going to face him after yesterday? What would have happened if he hadn’t come along and saved me? I didn't want him to treat me

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-16
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter five

    LIANNA'S POV "What?" Did I hear him correctly? "Marry me." He repeated smiling. "Fuck you." I spat at him and started to walk away. "Lianna wait." He said urgently. "I tell you what I've been through and you think it's cool to make a cruel joke like this." "No, it's not that. I would never do that." "Then what the fuck do you mean by that." "I mean it, Lianna. Mate with me." I stared at him blankly. "I mean it. Think about the advantages." "Advantages? What advantages? Do you want to solve my marriage problems with another one? Am I supposed to use one brother to cancel out the other? I'm already being called a gold-digging whore and now you want me to marry the elder brother of my ex-husband who happens to be the rich former Alpha. They would bury me alive." "Only if you let them. Ethan mistreated you, I would never do that I would show them just how valuable and important you are. And even if they still didn't like you no one would dare say a negative word to you, not eve

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-16
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter six

    Lianna: I had said those words without thinking and now, I wasn't so sure if that's what I wanted. I didn't know how exactly to feel. I glanced at him as he swerved out of the Palace, his jaw clenched and his fingers tightly wrapped around the steering wheel. While I wanted to reach out to him and run my fingers through his hair, I knew it was an absolutely bad idea that wouldn't age well. And I didn't want anything like that. So I remained glued to my seat, replaying memories from minutes ago over and over again. I felt humiliated. Today's encounter was the final straw that broke the horse's back. Seeing Ethan look at me with so much disdain broke my heart further. He didn't even try to come to my rescue when Freya tossed that note for me to read out loud. I had thought he wanted me to stop reading it because he felt guilty for the position I had been in, but it turned out he was probably irritated by my voice and how pathetic I looked. Where did it all go wrong?

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-21
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter seven

    Lianna: I finally slept off. My eyes were really tired and droopy by then. I woke up later at night, breathing heavily as I clutched my chest. I had woken up from a nightmare and of course, Ethan was the one in my dreams, reminding me that I was worthless no matter how much I tried to find my worth. Leaning against the bed, I stared out of the window, into the dark night. The fear was crippling. So crippling I could barely breathe. I fought against the thoughts that dominated my mind but it was damn near impossible to get rid of them. I wished there was a way for me to actually just...be. Just fucking be. But I knew I had to sit in this feeling for as long as I could so every day I woke up, it would be less painful than the last. My stomach rumbled and I knew I was hungry. Climbing out of the bed, I padded my feet across the room and made my way out of the room. Not only was I hungry, I was thirsty. Eating a few snacks wasn't going to hurt. The whole suit was dark, s

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-21
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter eight

    Edward: As soon as I woke up the next morning, I headed straight for the Palace. My Beta, Harvey, had called the council elders together as there was an important meeting to be held. Lianna was still fast asleep and didn't even move an inch as I walked around that morning. It made me wonder how much she must have given up sleep to cater to my brother. I slowly started to loathe him. Lianna was the gentlest soul I ever knew. She was always smiling t everyone and trying to make everyone feel better. So why the fuck did he do all that to her? And they were mates? It was beyond me how he could do such to her. Fucking beyond me how the little brother I had thought to respect people turned into a monster. Fuck him. I climbed into my car and zoomed off towards the Palace. I arrived in less than ten minutes and handed my keys to one of the guards hanging around. "The elders are waiting," Harvey said as soon as I got to the entrance of the Palace. He fell into step w

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-24
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter nine

    Edward: "Brother!" Ethan called after me, the sound of his boots thudding against the grounds. "Wait and listen to me for crying out loud!" "Take care of things," I said to Harvey. "Make sure no one gets hurt." He nodded and stepped out of the Palace. Slowing down, I turned to Ethan who had just stopped running and was breathing heavily. I was almost disgusted at the sight of him. He had grown plump over the years which was a rare occurrence for our kind, as we had an amazing metabolism that made it hard for us to store excess fat. For him to have gotten this big, that meant he was probably engaging in awful and disgusting acts of gluttony. "What is it?" I asked, folding one arm over the other. "Why did you just walk in here to disrupt everything?!" He cried. "Things have been going really well, only for you to come here and poison the mind of my elders!" "Poison the mind of 'your' elders?" I burst into laughter. "Oh, c'mon. Don't even say that. I saw the way you

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-24
  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   Chapter ten

    Ethan: I paced from one end of the room to the other. I was fucking angry. Fucking livid! Just when I thought things were going right, my brother had to return. Fuck him. Fuck him for ruining things for me. I grabbed the decanter of alcohol I had been drinking and crashed it into the wall. Its content spilled to the ground and I leaned back, breathing heavily. "Fuck!" I screamed. "Fuck this!" The door was pushed open and a maid timidly walked in. I immediately glared at her. "What the fuck are you doing here?" "Alpha Ethan, your Luna requests your presence." At this time? What the fuck was wrong with Freya? Did she not realise what was going on or did she just have a fucking time blindness? Fuck her! "Get the hell out of my sight. Right now!" I growled. She nodded immediately and slipped out of the room. As soon as the door clicked shut, I began destroying everything in the room. I pushed the desk and turned it over, scattered all the files around and pushed the

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-12-27

Bab terbaru

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and fourty six

    Lianna: The sky outside was a muted grey, thick clouds sagging low, the kind that promised a long, lazy rain. It made everything inside feel warmer. Safer. Wrapped in a cocoon of blankets that smelled faintly of cedar and the soap Edward used, I let my head fall against his chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heart under my ear. We’d spent the entire afternoon tangled in sheets, trading slow kisses and breathless laughter, bodies molded together as time passed. And now, after all that, we stayed close, his arms looped around me like he was afraid I’d vanish if he let go. “A penny for your thoughts?” Edward murmured. I sighed, twisting the thin golden ring on my index finger. “I’m thinking about Ethan.” His body tensed beneath me. Subtle, but noticeable. Like his breath had paused. “I know he’s up to something,” I went on, keeping my tone casual, though the truth of it gnawed at me. “He keeps saying he’s going to win me back. Like I’m some sort of p

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and fourty five

    Freya: The road stretched ahead of us in lazy curves, the kind of quiet stretch that made the world feel smaller. Trees lined both sides, their skeletal branches clawing at the dull sky like desperate hands, and the hum of the tires on the old asphalt was the only real sound between us for a while. I shifted in my seat, arms crossed, eyes flicking toward him with a scowl that refused to sit still on my face. Ethan looked annoyingly relaxed, one hand on the wheel, the other resting on the gearshift, his fingers tapping a slow, absent rhythm that grated on my nerves. “Why are we driving out of the Pack?” I asked, suspicion. My voice was flat, but I knew he’d hear the edge beneath it. He glanced at me, one brow arching like he couldn’t believe I was questioning him. “I just want to be somewhere quiet. Outside. Where people aren’t staring.” I sucked in a slow breath, rolling the words around in my head before I let them settle in my chest like a stone. Right. Of course

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and fourty four

    Freya: The sky was unusually clear. The kind of cloudless blue that made the edges of everything seem more real than they ought to be. I wiped the back of my wrist across my damp forehead and sighed. I pushed the old mower across the brittle grass with a grunt, feeling the rhythmic thud of its wheels catching on stones, the faint metallic squeal each time the blades hit something tough. I didn’t mind the noise. It drowned out my thoughts. Then I heard something else. Tires crunching over gravel. I straightened immediately. No one we knew drove a car that sounded that refined. Certainly not out here. My fingers slackened on the mower handle, and it gave a rusty groan as it tipped slightly forward. I didn’t have to ask who it was. My bones knew before my mind could accept it. The black car eased to a stop, sunlight gleaming hard against the polished surface. I didn’t breathe. Not when the door swung open with a low thunk, not when his long legs appeared beneath the d

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and forty three

    Lianna: The second I crossed the threshold into our chambers, I felt him. Heat. Presence. Edward. Before I could even turn, his arms snaked around my waist, and in one swift, effortless motion, I was off the ground. My feet left the cold marble with a surprised gasp, but he didn’t give me a second to catch it. His mouth was on mine, devouring and hungry, as if the taste of me had been haunting him for days. Maybe it had. His tongue swept in with a demand I couldn’t deny, and I clutched his shoulders as his body pressed me hard against the door. I was already melting. “What…” I started to say, breathless, but he groaned low and deep into my mouth before dragging his lips down my throat. “What are you—” “You know exactly what,” he growled. “You did that on purpose.” I smirked, threading my fingers into his thick, dark hair as he licked a hot line along my jaw. “Did what?” His hands cupped my ass through the thin silk of my dress and squeezed hard enough to ma

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and fourty two

    Lianna: I stood on my balcony, the stone balustrade cool beneath my palms, leaning slightly forward as though the extra inch might bring him closer. Below, the gardens were already draped in dusk, the lanterns flickering to life in delicate pools of amber. I heard it before I saw it—the distinct rumble of engines, heavy tires crunching against the gravel. Three cars, maybe four, but it was the second one that made my heart sprint. He was here. “Finally,” I breathed, straightening so quickly my head spun. “Ingrid!” Behind me, there was a thud and an irritated grunt. “What?” Ingrid snapped as she jerked upright from where she’d been dozing on the chaise. Her hair was a bird’s nest, she looked sleep-fogged and annoyed. “I was dreaming I was on a beach with—” “Save it,” I cut in, already making my way inside. My pulse was a thrum in my ears, matching the quick rhythm of my feet on the marble floors. “Edward’s back.” That woke her up. Completely. She was on her

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and fourty one

    Lianna: Edward was coming back today. I smoothed my palms over the front of my gown, the burgundy silk sliding cool and weightless against my skin. The morning sun streaked through the tall windows of my chambers, catching the fine embroidery near my waist, making the threads shimmer like liquid gold. I stood there, absently watching the glinting design while my heart thudded too fast in my chest. I should have felt calm, but instead, there was this jittery buzz beneath my skin, crawling up my throat like I was about to say something, scream something. Instead, I drew in a slow breath. “Ingrid,” I said, staring at my reflection in the gilded mirror. “If you make another joke about Ethan, I swear to the Goddess, I’ll drown you in the bath.” Ingrid chuckled behind me. I could hear her fiddling with my papers on the desk. “Dramatic,” she said. “But fine. I’ll keep my impeccable sense of humor to myself, your majesty.” I arched a brow at her reflection. “You’d bett

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and fourty

    Edward: The Lycan Confederate was a large castle of old stone and wood, soaked in centuries of blood and sweat. Even now, with the hall scrubbed spotless and banners from every allied Pack hanging high, there was no mistaking it for anything but a fortress. Its bones creaked with ancient power, and despite myself, I could feel it under my skin. Like it was sizing me up. I flexed my hand against the polished oak table, tapping my thumb once, slow and deliberate, against the grain. The sound echoed through the low murmuring of the gathered Alpha Kings. Every one of them sat tall, dressed in ceremonial black, silver crests glinting on broad chests. Some had beards like they’d walked out of an old legend. Others wore their scars like crowns. And all of them were older than me. Wiser? They’d say yes. I had other opinions. “Alpha Edward,” one of them said, in a voice so thin and cold. Osric of the Winterfang Pack. His Pack ruled the northern territories. Brutal lands. Brutal

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and thirty nine

    Freya: I lay sprawled across my bed, one leg dangling off the side, staring blankly at my phone screen as if it owed me answers. My thumb scrolled lazily, pausing on Ethan’s name again and again, even though I knew it was pointless. Blocked. As if I was something filthy he needed to scrub off his hands. A stain. I scoffed under my breath, tossing the phone beside me on the bed, the device landing with a soft thud against the mattress. The ceiling above me was cracked in one corner, like someone had once punched it out of rage and never bothered to fix it. I could relate. The whole house smelled like polished wood and stale flowers—artificial freshness masking something rotting underneath. Two days. Two days back in this house, and my mother still hadn’t looked me in the eye unless it was to glare or scoff. Two days of silence broken only by the sound of her disapproving sighs as she floated through the halls like some bitter ghost. When I walked through the doors two n

  • Revenge on my Alpha husband   One hundred and thirty eight

    Lianna: I tugged at the collar of my tunic as I walked alongside Ethan, every nerve in my body protesting the decision to follow him. His strides were leisurely, like he hadn’t just crawled out of a dungeon a few days ago. Like people didn't go hush or whisper every time he walked into a room. We stopped at the base of the gazebo. The wood creaked faintly beneath our feet as we climbed the steps. His boots scuffed against the weather-worn planks, while my lighter shoes made soft thuds that sounded far too loud. I didn't like it. The quiet. The absence of people pretending they weren’t watching. The way my pulse thumped behind my ears. Halfway up, I halted, my fingers flexing at my sides. “Alright,” I said, sharper than I meant to. “What exactly do you want, Ethan?” He stopped too, two steps above me. The corner of his mouth twitched—maybe a smile, maybe a grimace. It was hard to tell with him these days. “Scared to be around me?” he asked, turning to face me fully.

Jelajahi dan baca novel bagus secara gratis
Akses gratis ke berbagai novel bagus di aplikasi GoodNovel. Unduh buku yang kamu suka dan baca di mana saja & kapan saja.
Baca buku gratis di Aplikasi
Pindai kode untuk membaca di Aplikasi
DMCA.com Protection Status