CHAPTER 5

Adrian's POV:

My head was banging heavily with the thought of Violet leaving me. I should be happy, right? But why the mood? Why was I in this state if this was what I wanted?

Emily had always been the one on my mind, but then again, she should have at least told me about the pregnancy before leaving me. Why would she just decide to leave?

"Don't tell me you're still here brooding over her," Emily's voice startled me from my thoughts as I flinched and then looked at her face.

Her face squinted in anger as she gazed down at me, but not like I care anyways.

"You need to leave, Emily," I replied coldly. If there was anything I hated, it was some kind of pity party. I hated it so much.

"I can't let you sit here and keep brooding over her. Don't you get it? She's gone!" Emily barked.

The least I needed at this moment was just my quiet time, and Emily didn't seem to understand it.

I stood to my feet deciding to leave her there since she didn't want to let me be. But then I hadn't taken a step from where I stood when her hands grabbed mine.

"I'm your Emily. Your one and only... She was never in the picture, remember? It had just been us. You just have to make me your Luna, and we'll bear a child together. Don't you think it's nice that the child didn't survive? I mean, I'll be the only one to carry the royal blood and give you an heir," her tone only made my anger worsen.

One minute I was standing close to her, the next, I grabbed her by her neck, slamming her to the wall as I glared hotly at her face.

"You have no idea how desperately I wanted a child, and then you dare rub it on my face that I failed at my first attempt? Failure is never my thing," I spat, gritting my jaw together.

"You're hurting me, Adrian," I heard her whimper, and then I remembered that I was squeezing her neck so hard.

Wait, what? What had come over me? I didn't intend to touch her, not to talk of squeezing her neck.

"I'm sorry," I quickly said as I walked away. I literally can't tell why I did that or what had suddenly come over me.

"This is what happens when you get to disobey me," my Wolf tugged at me.

"Oh! Shut it, we both know I didn't love her," I snapped, raking my hair forward as I headed straight to my room.

"But she was our mate!"

"No, I disagree. She was your mate, and you wanted her for your selfish reasons, knowing quite well that I loved her friend," I argued. One would think I'm a madman now as I was walking and talking. It was supposed to be a mind link, but I was too annoyed that I had to voice it out.

"Emily isn't your mate, Violet is. She was destined to you by the moon goddess, and you dare to defy the goddess?" Of there was anything I hated was how Kai, my Wolf, tends to nag.

"If marrying the woman I love is tend to be defying the moon goddess, then I don't care," I snapped.

"You don't care, but here you are looking so bittered. I mean, you should move on and moreso, I was expecting you to be in a Jacuzzi with Emily, so what's stopping that?" He sneered.

I halted for a while, maybe I was hurt by her betrayal.

"Alpha, words are just reaching me now, guess who is on their way?" I halted right on my track as I turned to face Reynold. I squinted my face as I glared at him. He was panting, which simply means he had been running.

"What happened?"

"Your parents are on their way," I sighed as I heard the words, this was going to be troubles upon troubles.

Violet's POV:

It's been close to a week since I left the Silver Pack, and my Grandmother had taken me in. Life in the Redmoon pack had been nothing but fun, reuniting with my Mother and all.

If there's anything I'd do to keep myself busy, it was riding a horse; it was like a morning routine. And here I was riding; it was one exercise that makes me forget about the Silver pack and Adrian. I already told myself that I was going to move on, give birth to this child, and make sure I train him or her without him involved.

The horse thundered through the forest, its speed unstoppable despite my frantic attempts to rein it in. "Nina, please!" I pleaded, but she surged forward, heedless of my distress. Remembering my grandmother's warning about her stubbornness, I felt a pang of regret for not heeding it. "Help!" I cried out to a passing group, but my pleas were lost in the rush of wind. Nina's pace quickened, and in a fleeting moment, I found myself hurtling through the air. As panic seized me, I whispered a desperate prayer to the moon goddess, pleading for protection for both myself and my unborn child.

One moment, I was suspended in the sky, weightless and terrified. Then, suddenly, I found myself cradled in strong, protective arms. Blinking my eyes open, I gazed into a pair of mesmerizing eyes—deep blue with hints of green—that held me captive. Breath caught in my throat as I struggled to find words, lost in the depths of his gaze. In those eyes, I saw mysteries and depths beyond comprehension. If there was a definition for handsomeness, he exceeded it in every way.

I quickly looked away as he cleared his throat, and then made me stand to my feet.

"Thank... You..." I stuttered as I stared down at him. He wasn't looking like a rogue, so I assumed he might be a Beta or maybe a pack member.

"Mason," he smiled, revealing his white sets of dentition.

"Violet," I stuttered back, beaming back at him.

"You seem new... I've not seen you around," He had this soft voice that was enough to sweep any girl off their feet.

"Yeah, that's because... I..." I was still talking when I was cut short by either one of his friend or so.

"Al..." I knew the other guy wanted to say something, but a stern glare from Mason had him halted.

"I'll be back," I heard him speak, waving him off.