Chapter 003

Rouge was true to his word about Rachel staying with us here in our house. He came home in the next morning, all smiles to his ears as he held Rachel’s waist softly, guiding her to walk.

A pain pinched my heart with that view, completely showing how he cheats on me with her.

I caressed my belly then sighed heavily.

I was about to approach them but one of our helpers went to me and stopped me.

“I’m sorry, Luna Cassandra, but it is Alpha Rouge’s order to keep you away from Miss Rachel. If you want to talk with your husband, he advised me to inform you that you should stay inside your room and wait for him there.”

My eyes fell on her hand holding my arm, and then I glared at her. Her eyes widened in horror, taking her hand off my arm.

“I’m sorry if I offended you, my dear Luna,”

She doesn’t need to be sorry; I was just shocked by Rouge’s order. This is our house, and I have the right to roam around if I want to. And here he is, limiting my moves inside my own house.

“Don’t worry, it’s okay.”

When I turned to look at them, they were gone already. They are probably inside of our guest room, and who knows what they are doing right now?

“In what guest room does Rachel stay in here?”

The helper hesitated first to give me the answer, but my glares helped me to convince her. I guess Luna’s glares are enough for her to tell me so.

”””

Instead of going to Rachel’s room, I decided to just stay inside my room and prepare my clothes. Rouge is planning to divorce me anyway, as I heard in his conversation with Rachel, so I might as well take the honor to do it for him.

Closing the zip of my luggage, my room’s door chimes, indicating that someone has entered.

“What a pity view from the so-called Luna of our pack,” Rachel chuckles as she closes the door.

I glared at her and stood properly with my chin up, never giving her the satisfaction of looking down on me.

“What are you doing here, Rachel? I thought you were scared of me?”

“Come on, Luna Cassandra. Don’t be a fool and stupid. We both know who really is the one Rouge truly loves, and we both know it’s not you.”

“And you think it’s you? Tell me, Rachel. You’re just pretending that I poisoned you, aren’t you? What for, huh? So that you can have my husband’s pity and attention?” I said with gritted teeth, every word that comes out of my mouth speaks with conviction and power.

Rachel’s laugh roared; her eyes burned with anger.

“You’re such a fool and not Luna material, the reason why Rouge seeks love from other persons like me. Probably you’re also unaware of it, huh? It doesn’t shock me anyway, as we all know here in our pack that you are the most stupid luna to have ever existed!”

My chest heaved, fisting my hands to stop myself from attacking her, controlling my wolf to calm down.

I could feel my wolf’s anger, growling inside of me.

“Why are you doing this to me, Rachel?! Putting all the blame on me for a crime I didn’t even do! Remember this, Rachel Aragon, you’re just my husband’s friend. I am still his wife and the Luna of this pack. I have all the rights and power, more than what you have!”

She glared at me, then clawed her fingers.

“You fucking bitch!”

As she plans to attack me, I protect myself from her attacks by pushing her away, making her fall on the floor. I showed out my claws and turned my eyes into gold, ready to transform into my wolf form once she attacks again.

She was about to stand for another attack, but the door opened, revealing Rouge with his widened eyes directed quickly to me.

Rachel quickly hides her claws, then screams as if she is in pain, continuously screaming of how I pushed her on the floor.

“What the fuck did you do, Cassandra?!” Rouge yelled at me as he immediately kneeled on the floor for Rachel.

“Rouge, she hurts me! She pushes me here on the floor, and she wants to attack me! She wants me to die because of her jealousy! She thinks I’m taking you away from her!” Crying and holding Rouge’s arms, Rachel puts all the blame on me. “I came here because I want to fix our ties, but then she refuses to, and instead she goes to attacking me!”

Rouge glared at me, gritting his teeth as if he would kill me.

Breathing heavily, I shake my head.

“That’s not true! You provoked me that’s why I pushed you! I just defended myself—”

“Shut up! Shut the fuck up, Cassandra!” He yelled to cut me off. He helped Rachel stand up; two helpers came to her and guided her out of the room. I saw how Rouge caressed Rachel’s arms first and whispered that everything would be okay before she left us both inside.

Rouge closed the door, then pushed me on the wall, gripping my arms tightly, cornering me.

“Rouge—”

“Shut up! I won’t allow you to speak lies again! I saw you pushing her, and you can’t get away from that, Cassandra! People are really right about you being not Luna material. Until now, I regret agreeing to our contract marriage! If I just had the courage to reject it beforr, Rachel should’ve been my Luna right now and not you!”

Tears flow on my face like a continuous rainfall. His image becomes blurred in my eyes.

I smiled bitterly then pushed him away.

“Don’t worry, I’ll give you what you want, Alpha Rouge. But before that, I want to ask if you have ever loved me as your Luna and wife. ”

He clenched his jaw, then looked away.

“I only married you because of my father and because you’re my mate. Nothing more than that."

Nodding my head, I accepted the ending of my fate as his Luna.

With my shaky voice, full of betrayal and pain, I said. “I already signed the divorce agreement. Just sign it and process it yourself; after, you can marry Rachel and turn her to be your new Luna.”

My heart is breaking into pieces as I spoke about the divorce. This is it. It really is happening.

I wait until Rouge looks at me, and when our eyes meet, I say…

“I, Cassandra Lopez, reject you, Rouge Anderson, as my Alpha and my mate.”

An extreme pain takes my heart, and I have to hold my chest tightly for support. Rouge did as well as his eyes widened. Our eyes both mirrored the pain that we feel.

“Is this what you want? I, Rouge Anderson…”

Before he could even finish his acceptance of my rejection, I took my luggage and walked away, never turning back to the house that was once my safe haven.