Uncontrolled Feelings

***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.”

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It's been a month ever since I came to the new place Luna had prepared for me. I'm four months pregnant now, which means the Luna is four months pregnant as well.

Just to make her pregnancy believable, Luna had gone as far as pumping her stomach at every stage of my pregnancy. 

Everyone in the pack thinks she's truly having a baby of her own, but the plan was to take my child away from me the moment I put to bed. 

If this is the sacrifice I'm to take, so the Alpha can finally have an heir and my father can be healed, then so be it. 

“Miss Clair, lunch is ready,” the middle-aged lady Luna Roxanne had hired to take care of me in my pregnancy, announced. 

“Thank you, Mrs. Fiona, but I'm not hungry.”

“But you have to eat, so your child can be healthy.”

“My child?” I asked no one in particular as I stared into space. If only it was true that the child was mine. I placed a hand on my slightly bumpy stomach. 

I was scared to touch my stomach for fear that I might get used to the child. 

Luna Roxanne has a secret no one knows about, not even the Alpha. It's not that she's infertile for no reason. She actually cannot give birth to a child because she actually lost her womb when she attempted an abortion in one of her numerous relationships. 

This is something she can't tell anyone. She had known from the very beginning that she cannot give the Alpha an heir, and yet, she insisted on getting married to him even when he tried to break off the childhood engagement. 

**Alpha Cannon's POV***

“Alpha, you're right. Miss Clair is no longer in the pack.”

“What? Do you know why?”

“I have no idea. The maids I inquired from all told me they had no idea where she went. In this case, I think there's one person who might know about her whereabouts.”

I raised a brow at my beta. 

“You mean, Luna?”

“Exactly.”

He was right. I've been noticing some foul

play ever since the day Clair told me about the scent I perceived. 

The next day, during breakfast, I noticed the new maid at Roxanne's side. This maid had been by her side for over a month now, as I was told. 

Since I went on a business trip, I was totally unaware of the things happening at the pack house. If there's anything I know about Roxanne, it is the fact that she gets rid of the maids who can't serve her properly. For the love of everything that's good, I really hope she didn't do anything to Clair. 

I cleared my throat and that caught her attention. 

“Uhm, ever since I came back from my business trip, I noticed Clair no longer serves by your side. Can you tell me what's going on?”

“Oh, Clair, you mean?”

“Exactly.”

“You won't believe it,” she dropped her spoon and wiped the corners of her mouth like she wanted to say something serious. And for some reason, I don't feel good about what she's about to say. 

“You know I've always loved and cherished Clair. At the end of the day, she stole from me. She stole my money and jewelry, my love."

I froze that very instant. Clair stole? I found a hard time believing Roxanne's words.

“Why did she steal?”

“What else? Same reason the others stole from me.”

“What? Where is she now?” I asked, trying to control my temper the best way I can. 

“Well, you know I don't keep thieves next to me, so she's gone.”

“Gone? In what way?”

Roxanne raised a brow at me, but I didn't care what she thought at this point. I just want to hear what she did to Clair.  

“She's dead!”

Immediately, I stood up from my chair, annoyance boiling inside me. 

“Why? Must you kill every maid that steals from you? What happens to second chances?!” I yelled at her at this point. 

“I don't give second chances! Why are you yelling at me over my maid, Alpha?”

The question wasn't expected because I never thought I would react this way. 

In anger, I threw the plate of salad in front of her. 

“Clair is the best maid I've ever seen by your side. She does everything without complaining. She's been with you ever since she was little. Your family likes her. Everyone in my pack likes her!”

I couldn't add the part that I like her too or that she's my mate. 

“More reason why she should be killed! Those who so many people trust are always the most dangerous. Do you expect me to keep a time bomb in my corner? What if she explodes one day and she hurts our child?” Roxanne places a hand on her stomach. 

“What are you saying? No one will hurt our child. I promised you that I'll do everything to protect our child. And stop being emotional, it's not good for the baby.”

“You're hurting me with your words.”

“That's not what I'm doing? Why would you do that to Clair?” 

Why? How could Roxanne be this cruel?

“She died because she deserved it!”

“No, she doesn't have to die. You could have given her a second chance!”

When I realized I was yelling, I hit the table with my fists, and left her right there on the dining table. 

“Why are you this mad? You never got mad when the other maids were gotten rid of. Why Clair?”

I didn't bother to listen to her rants. I must find Clair. I'm sure I would have felt it if she were truly dead. 

“Alpha Cannon, do you perhaps have feelings for my maid?!”

The question threw me off guard that I stood dead in my tracks.