***Clair's POV***
He refused to listen, but rather walked over to where I stood.
“I know you hate me. I never should have kissed you,” he said the words, and his eyes suddenly lingered on my lips.
This can't be happening right now. My beating heart seemed like it was going to explode any moment from now.
“A… Alpha, if you don't have any messages to pass to Luna Roxanne, then I should get going,” I tried to evade him, but he didn't budge.”
“Are you mad at me?”
“I dare not.”
“I'm sorry about the kiss. It was unruly of me.”
Can he stop mentioning the kiss, for goodness’ sake! He did more than just kisses two weeks ago. Though he would never know, and this is a secret I promised to take to my grave.
“Alpha, since there's nothing else I would like to get back to my duties,” I didn't wait for a reply before I bolted away from him. I picked up my pace as I went to the laundry room.
Immediately I got in, I shut the door behind me. Goodness! This cannot continue. Ever since Roxanne married the Alpha, I avoided Cannon at all costs. This isn't just because he's married to the woman I serve, but also because Roxanne is quite dangerous.
She can make a mountain out of a molehill if she has to. I can't count how many maids had died by her hands simply because they served tea to the Alpha and stayed far too long in his office or in his bedroom.
To make her actions valid, she always lied about them stealing from her, so she could punish them as much as she wanted.
Stealing is a terrible crime in Crestville pack, and anyone found wanting is sentenced to death. For this reason, I always try not to get on her nerves.
Just as I was about to turn on the washing machine, so I could do my work, I suddenly felt light-headed and fell to the ground.
What's wrong with me? I tried to get up, but I felt terribly weak and the next thing I knew, my eyes grew weak, and I eventually passed out right there in the laundry room.
I woke up only to find myself lying on a strange bed. I recalled what happened to me and instantly went wide in shock. Immediately, I attempted to get up from the bed, only to fall back down.
“She's finally awake, Luna,” a lady announced.
Immediately I turned my gaze to the side only to see Luna Roxanne and another lady in the room. I've never seen this woman before, so I have no idea who she was.
“How are you feeling?” She asked me with a nice smile.
“I feel okay?”
“You feel okay? You almost killed my child! What did I tell you about doing chores?”
“Ch…child?”
“Oh, so you had no idea? It must be that you never wanted to carry a child from the very beginning and, hence, the reason you acted that way.”
“No, that's not true. If I had known I was pregnant, I never would have stressed myself regardless of what happened.”
“On what grounds should I believe what you've just said to me, Clair?”
“Because I'm truly loyal to you and I really want my father to be saved, Luna.”
She stared at me for a while, and finally, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“Doctor, now that I've gotten the assurance, I think it's time to make our next plan.”
Next plan? What is she talking about?”
“I know you must be wondering what this is, Clair. Since you're pregnant now. I'm going to announce to the Pack about my pregnancy as well. Doctor, how long is she gone, again?”
“She's two weeks pregnant, Luna.”
“Good! Now that you are two weeks pregnant, I have to announce to everyone that I'm two weeks pregnant as well. What do you think, doctor?”
“Perfect! This way, we'll follow a routine as the pregnancy advances,” the doctor explained. I was utterly lost here. How can she be pregnant when she's not? How would she be able to keep up this act?
These questions flooded me, but I can't find an answer to it.
“Clair, from now on, you are to pay close attention to the things you eat. I can't lose my child because of you!”
“I promise I'll take good care of my child.”
“Your child?” Luna thundered with an anger filled expression. At that moment, my heart began to beat fast, and I felt dizzy at the same time. I regretted what I said.
“What I mean is your child. I'll take care of him like mine,” I quickly corrected amidst fright.
“Uhm, Luna. At this point, we should try as much as possible not to go too extreme. Since she's in the early weeks of her pregnancy, she needs all the care she can get. She's frightened, and it's not good for the baby.”
Luna Roxanne lifted her head up with her hands placed on her waist.
“I think I need to start controlling my temper now. A baby is on the way and I can't afford to lose my child. Thank you for reminding me, doc.”
“You're welcome Luna. Well. Since that'd be all, we can as well call it a day. I'll be doing a weekly check on the baby, and you, Luna.”
“Oh, please do. We'll always be prepared for that.
~
I woke up the next morning to the banging of my door.
“Clair! Clair, are you in?”
I lazily opened my eyes and stared at the door. The voice was that of Tessa. What's going on?
“Open the door,” I said aloud and laid back on my bed. I was too tired to move even a muscle. The door to my room immediately flew open, and I saw Tessa run towards my bed with a smile on my face.
“Clair, why are you still in bed?” she frowned the moment she saw me lying down.
I didn't say a word to her, but rather curled myself in a comfortable position.
“What is it? You sound like something happened outside.”
“Yes, something huge has happened and all the workers in the pack are so happy?”
This made me open my eyes wide to stare at Tessa.
“What really happened?” I inquired.
Tessa smiled again and quickly sat on my bed.
“We all received good news this morning. After five years, Luna is finally pregnant!”
“What?” I asked, wide-eyed. At least I needed to act shocked, so Tessa wouldn't find me suspicious.
**Clair's POV**It's been a month since my pregnancy, and it hasn't been easy for me. My morning sickness was getting worse by the day. Today, I'm feeling better, tomorrow, I feel like I'm about to pass out. Good thing Luna gives me enough rest. I wonder how it would have been if I had been pregnant with someone else's child while feeling this way. I'd probably be dead because there's no way Luna Roxanne would let me have the child. Before going out that morning, I stared at myself in the mirror. Though I don't look pregnant yet. Maybe because I'm still very early in pregnancy, but the morning sickness was terrible. I placed my hand on my still flat stomach. I smiled at myself in the mirror. I can't believe a child is in my stomach, and it's the Alpha's. For a moment, I forgot myself and began to feel myself. I imagined being in front of Cannon while he placed his hand on my stomach with a loving gaze. “Thank you for carrying my child, Clair,” the moment he said the words, I snap
**Alpha Cannon's POV***I woke up feeling all sweaty. It's the same old dream again. I turned to my side and noticed Roxanne was sleeping so peacefully. Ever since that night, I've been trying to have the same experience with Roxanne, but it's not the same Ike that night. Though I was on heat and I almost couldn't recognize myself, but I can still recall the smell of her skin that night. It was the sweetest scent I had ever perceived. But strangely, I no longer smell the scent of her anymore, ever since that night. I had gone over her perfumes, trying to find the smell I was looking for, but all the perfumes she had never smelled like the one I was looking for. It was becoming quite strange. At some point, I had wanted to ask her about it, but that would only make her feel like there's something wrong with me. Asides that, the sex was wild and the best I ever had. Just what is missing. I don't just think about the sex, I also dream about it, and it's becoming confusing. Just what
***Clair's POV*****Three months later**“Luna Roxanne, do I need to leave?”“Yes, you need to. I told you in the contract that you will do only the things I say until the child is born. Did I not?”“Yes you did.”“Good. Now I want you to leave the pack immediately. You'll be leaving at midnight. Everything has been arranged for you at your new home.”I blinked, trying to hold back my tears. This is a tough decision for me. I have no choice anyway. I enjoyed the comfort of being around people, but now I have no option but to leave since my pregnancy was getting more physically visible. At the said time at night, Luna Roxanne prepared a car and a few things for me to leave with. While in the car, the person who came to mind was my dad. “Luna, please, can you promise to look after my dad when I'm gone? He would surely ask for me-”“You don't have to worry about that. Your father will be taken care of. What I want you to do is to focus on giving me a son and the Alpha an heir.”~It'
**Alpha Cannon's POV***“Roxanne, if you have any not of conscience in you, I'm sure you'll understand that this is the worst you have done to someone who's loyal to you. You're being excessively impulsive and lack discipline!”She let out a shocked gasp at my words. “I can't believe you, Cannon. For an irrelevant maid, you insult me. You never liked the way I discipline my maids, why is that? Do you hate me that much?”“What are you talking about? You're the one I married, for goodness’ sake! Listen, I don't need a cruel Luna in my Pack!”She quickly stood up from the breakfast table and walked towards me.“You think I don't know how you stare at Clair. I have always known there are some feelings on your part. Listen, I'll never let you belittle me as a maid. She died because she committed an unforgivable crime, so deal with it!” Roxanne walked away after saying those words to me. She's getting out of hand and this is all my fault. If only I hadn't stayed silent when she killed her
***Clair's POV***I woke up only to find myself tied up in a dark room. I tried to move, but that was a luxury. Whatever I was tied with was tied strongly that I couldn't even move. I was laid. On my back with my stomach upwards. I was supposed to be at my new apartment. No, I was at my new apartment when someone informed me about Luna's visit. I was about to go see her when I was suddenly held from the back and a piece of cloth was used to cover my nostrils. And that was the last thing I remember. “Mmm!” I screamed, but my screams only came out as a muffling sound. I looked around the dim room and the only thing that made sense to me as of the moment was the bed which I laid on. I could barely see the other things in the room since it was dark. Furthermore, I even tried to sit up straight on the bed, but I discovered that I can't do that alone unless someone sits me up. I was terribly confused as to why I was tied up in a dark room. I continued to struggle and scream out even t
***Roxanne's POV*** She thinks I'll believe a word she says, well, in her dreams! As soon as I got out of the room, I met Theo, who was keeping guard by the door. “And you listen carefully, never should you initiate a conversation with her. For the sake of the child she's carrying, you'll bring her food from the cook I hired, Morning, afternoon, and night. But that's all you will be doing. Am I clear?” “Yes, Luna. I'll do as you want me to.” I walked closer to him and looked him in the eyes. “Theo, I believe you know what it means to get on my nerves. I'm sure you would rather not see me go mad with you.” “Not at all, Luna. Your wish is my command.” “Good! Do not disappoint me.” With that said, I walked sexy from the uncompleted two-storey building I had hired for the period Clair would stay in there before her birth. Good thing, it's an uncompleted building, so no one would ever suspect that Clair would be here. Not until she gives birth. I'm not planning to keep her aliv
**Clair's POV***I watched the moonlight from the little window inside the room I was confined to. My hands and feet were free of chains now, but that doesn't make me a free person. I was still under close watch by Theo. My life was a dark pit, and I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see the light of day. This is over a week now ever since I had been brought in here. I thought Roxanne would visit me and yell at me like she always did, but strangely, she never came and that made me wonder what she was actually up to this time. If only she would let me see sunlight even if only once. My depression was getting worse by the day. Just then, the door flew open. Theo walked in, carrying a tray which I believed contained food.“Time for food,” he announced as he walked in.”I didn't say a word to him, but rather stared at the sky. “Clair, I noticed you didn't finish your lunch. Why is that?”I slowly took my gaze toward him. “I don't have an appetite,” I stated. “Why?”“Why? If you were
***Alpha Cannon's POV**“Not at all. You're right about what you said. If truly she dared to kill my mate, I would have felt it. This is the reason I'm not so trusting of her words. There's no way Clair was dead. I would have felt it in my heart. “This is why I was thinking maybe she's found out the truth.” “That's not it. I rather find Roxanne suspicious these past few days. Though I still can't wrap my hands around what it is, I will surely find out soon.”“My goodness! This is why I have always not supported the fact that you indulge her. Too much indulgence has made her what she is now.”“Andrew, I don't hear your scolding right now. If there's anything I want right presently, it's a solution. Tell me what you think I should do to get out of this mess I've gotten into.”“Alright. But what have you done about this, when you found out?”“I sent secret tracers searching for her. It's been three days now but no news from them yet.”Andrew heaved a long, deep sigh. He's good at helpi
**Clair's POV**# A Month LaterMy sex life with Cannon only got better. I can't even begin to describe just how loving Cannon had proven to be. If I ever were to be told that things would actually turn out this way for me, I never would have believed it. I mean, how did I fall this deeply?I looked in the mirror and heaved a long, deep sigh. Since my dad had found in out about Cannon and me, I had expected him to scold me or Cannon, but he rather said he already knew about what happened and there's no way he's blaming Cannon who unknowingly made me suffer or me who kept the secret about Cannon being the father of my kids. Things didn't end there, Cannon also proposed a marriage to me through my dad. Since Alpha Damian was my dad, he made him understand that he wanted his mate back. At this point, I can't deny the fact that I was head over heels in love with Cannon. But at the same time, I just don't want to let Alpha Damian feel that I'm abandoning him. Though he might not say it,
**Clair's POV ** I woke up only to realize just how free I felt. I felt so much relief that I opened my eyes and looked at my environment. To my greatest shock, I wasn't in my room. Where is this place? Gradually, it became clearer to me that I wasn't in my bed. I slowly stood up from the bed, only for me to realize that I was in Cannon's bed. At the same time, the thought of what happened before now came, clouding my memories. When I realized what a slut I had been last night, I let but a shocked gasp and shook my head. It must have been crazy for me to act that way. What the hell was wrong with me? Shit! I wonder what Cannon must have thought of me. But then, thinking about the hot sex we had instantly made my core burn. I had always thought the sex we had the first day was the best, but I just realized that it was the sex I had now that was mind-blowing. I bit my lower lips just thinking about how he licked and sucked me. Not only that, I can't help but think about how he
**Alpha Cannon's POV*** When she begged me to take her, I felt like the moon goddess had just answered my dying prayers. Without waiting a second more, I jumped on her. She looked startled when she saw this. “Hey baby, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. I'll make you feel better than you've ever felt. Do you trust me?” Though she didn't say a word, I could see in her eyes that she trusts me. That was all I needed from her before I spread her legs apart. She looked into my eyes and swallowed hard. Her innocent eyes bare holes into my very soul. She looked like she was going to have it for the very first time. But of course. I can vouch that she's never had anyone asides me in her entire life. The first night we spent together can't be counted as one, since what happened between us was more like a contract of love making. None of us invested our heart and soul into it, since we had no idea that we were doing it with ourselves. “Clair, I want you to know that you're
**Clair's POV** I had said I was going to control myself, but I found myself moaning out loud helplessly. Cannon ate me like his life depended on it, while I moaned with every contact his flesh made with my folds. “Aaaa,” I moaned out as he peeled me further open and lavishly rubbed his tongue at the center of my folds and then, he began to pick at my folds with his lips. I rolled my eyes to the back of my head. I couldn't contain myself as he continued to eat me with a careless abandon. I thrashed my head from side to side and bit my bottom lips, trying to suppress my moans. The more I tried to hold back, the more pressure he applied on my center. “Aaaa…gently please!” I cried out, but he just wasn't going to listen to my plea. My moans only charged him up and made him devour my center. As he continued to devour my center, it got to a point I began to feel pleasure and pressure in the pit of my stomach. No doubt I discovered that I was about to climax, and so I held on t
**Clair's POV **“My goodness!”I exclaimed as I quickly turned around to face him. It was indeed him. He looked not at my face but at my chest with a slightly dark gaze. This made me take my gaze downwards to my chest, only for me to realize that the robe had slid down my chest and my boots were now exposed. Shit! I quickly reached for the robe to cover myself. I was shocked when Cannon suddenly covered the distance between us in one swift move and held my hands in place. “What are you doing?” He asked, staring at me with a confused expression. “What do you think? I'm trying to cover up,” I said between my teeth. “Why would you want to cover up in front of me? Have you forgotten our agreement? Is this how you intend to please me, perhaps?”The moment he said the words, I opened my mouth wide in utter shock. Why did I not think about what I had said before now? “I…" I trailed off, not knowing what to say to him. Just at that very moment, I took my gaze downwards, only to that,
**Clair's POV**I stood in front of the water bath. I still can't believe what I'm about to do. How did I get this far? “Ma'am, on earth you're done, please let me know.”I took my gaze toward the direction of the lady who stood at the entrance of Cannon's bathroom door. “You don't have to watch me. I'll be very much okay on my own.”Alright, Ma'am,” the lady said with a smile before exiting the bathroom. I shut my eyes and took a deep breath the moment she was out of the room. I can't even begin to describe what all this was. All I knew was that I'm feeling so awkward. This is just like the first day I had sex with Cannon for the first time. I remembered that back also soaked a warm bath. The only difference was that Roxanne watched the whole process of my bath. Unlike now, where I wasn't under anyone's supervision. No matter how normal I'm trying to feel, it still doesn't change the fact that I'm giving myself out to Cannon in exchange for the cancellation of a battle. I can
**Alpha Cannon's POV **I paced from one end of my office to the next. I was worried sick about what I had said earlier. “Alpha Cannon, you shouldn't stop pacing for crying out loud. I'm beginning to feel extremely dizzy right now, you know. Please, calm down and let me think.”“No, you don't understand, Andrew. You know for a fact that Clair isn't someone who will back down from something like this.”“My goodness! This is why you never should have said that to her. What are we going to do now if she comes up with something else.”“That's the problem.”I'm afraid that Clair might have something else going on in her head. Whenever she leaves angry, what she comes back with is always shocking. When she left after I asked her to stay here in the pack with me, she shocked me out of my wits when she rather came back with Alpha Rojas. While I was contemplating on what to do, I suddenly heard a knock on my office door. I took my gaze towards Andrew, who equally stared at me in shock. My
**Clair's POV **“A condition?”“Yes, a condition. Are you ready to hear it?”“Well, why don't you bring it on,” I stated, prepared to hear what he had to say. Just then, he slowly walked over to where I stood. Judging from his slightly dark expression, I was having the thought that I might not actually like what he was about to say to me. Just as he got close to where I stood, he suddenly stretched out his hands towards me. I tried to move backwards a bit before I could do that. He grabbed a hold of my waist and pulled me towards him.“What do you think you are doing?”I asked, breathing heavily. This action of his has tuned my wolf into disarray. Why was he suddenly doing this? Does he have any idea how badly what he was doing affected me?“I don't know why I'm the only one with this feeling. This is unfair. You're my mate, and you should at least feel a little passion for me, just as I feel for you. How can I be the only one to suffer for this? It's so unfair,” he whispered as he
**Clair's POV ***I looked up at Rojas, I felt terribly bad for what I was about to say, since I was the one who moved the motion from the very beginning. “Rojas, I'm sure you'll be wondering why I came to you and not saying anything for a while now. That's because I still don't know how to start talking about what's on my mind.”“What could you have had in mind? You know you can always talk to me, and I'll hear you out.”“Well, the thing is, I want to put a stop to the fight about getting back my kids.”“What? Why would you stop? Don't you wish to get back your kids anymore?”“Of ourselves I do, but then after a second thought, I realized that I actually can't fight him for the kids no more what I do. It's obvious that he's only willing to let go, and I'm not going to fight about this as well.”“My goodness, Clair, do you realize that you have just succumbed to him? Is that what you want?”“Believe me, that's not what I want, but the situation is far more complicated than I thought.