"You're two weeks pregnant Luna Selene."I arched my brows, utmostly surprised when I heard the pack doctor break the news to me. I had no idea whether to be happy or sad, but I wanted to show my happiness.A smile carved at the corners of my lips, and I rubbed the tears that brimmed the corners of my eyes clean because the news was worth it.I had been waiting to hear this for three years after I got married to my husband, Alpha Leo. My husband, Leo and I had been married for three years, but I wasn't able to conceive. I had one most important duty, and that was to bear him an heir for the future of the pack, and every day, the gossips about my inability to bear a child became so toxic. Last time, Leo silenced those rumors and gossips, but I knew that as a strong and famous Alpha, he needed an heir to carry on his legacy. The pack needed an heir to ensure his bloodline never ceases.3 years ago, on my eighteenth birthday and the first day the moon goddess would present a wolf to me,
Very early the next morning, I woke up feeling less pain from last night's incident, still unable to believe what had happened. I had no idea why Leo suddenly changed last night, and as he walked away, I could see a totally different man in him. The way he spoke to me last night made me feel like he had a deep hatred buried down there for me.I sighed deeply, and decided to think positively. We had a child to raise together now, and that was enough reason and encouragement I needed to resolve any misunderstandings between us and find out what I had done wrong.I rose to my feet and reached for my phone on the couch. Leo had blocked my line from calling him. Thinking thoroughly, I suddenly realized I had not even the slightest idea where he could be or where he had gone through. I was worried he could be in the hands of another woman, and only that would shatter me completely.Feeling so frustrated, I decided to call my best friend Zoey. She picked almost immediately after the first
I stood at my spot, transfixed at what I had just seen. I could tell she was just as surprised as I was seeing someone who looked just exactly like her and bore the same marks as her.I had always had to hide the mark on my shoulder because my parents made me believe it was an abomination, even though I was never told why I had such. I always thought I was the only one who had such a mark in the entire world, but today I was proved wrong. Again, I felt even more insulted and disgusted that Leo had cheated on me with a girl who looked like me.Zoey, clearly furious, walked up to the stage and snatched the microphone from the DJ's in order to get the attention she needed. "Zillion club doesn't support cheaters, you over there, how dare you kiss someone else's mate?"The entire venue immediately went silent, and murmurs from the crowds filled the air."Why is she here?", "Why do they look so much alike? Who's the real Selene here?"Hearing people murmur things like this, I realized that
SELENE:6 YEARS LATER:Selene:"Doctor Lena, it's time for you to go in." I heard from where I was seated and immediately rose to my feet. Zoey was with me, and so she held my hands, nodding her head and telling me that I was going to do great.I took a deep breath in and out, then I began to walk into the hall room. As I got in, I met the ladies seated and waiting for my presence. A smile appeared on my face and then I walked towards them"Good day ladies." I greeted before taking my seat. "Doctor Lena, what a wonderful surprise it is to meet you." I chuckled a bit at their words and nodded my head. The room filled with strong and resilient and single mothers like me was a place I got to pour out my heart on what I had been through throughout the years after I was rejected.They were here to hear my story, the story of how I had managed to become this successful. After I was Rejected 6 years ago, I came to the crescent pack with my best friend Zoey, and that was where life began fo
—Lena's POV— It's late, after putting the kids to bed, I decide to go downstairs for a drink before going to bed as my mind is all over the place. I go to the sitting room and see Zoey drinking a glass of whiskey, I walk to the kitchen to get my own glass and join her in the sitting room. I gulped down a glass of whiskey at a go.“hhhh….” I sighed.“What's wrong, anything the problem?” Zoey questioned. “hhhh…” I sighed again, contemplating whether or not to tell Zoey that I had received a letter from Alpha Leo of Moon Shadow pack requesting that my help is needed to help eradicate the disease that had befallen them.“I got a letter from Moon Shadow pack saying they need my help to find a cure to the disease that is affecting and killing them, I…” I didn't finish as Zoey cut me short“Wait, Moon Shadow pack? You mean the Moon shadow pack we know of? Alpha Leo?” She questioned“Hhhhh… yes” I replied with a frown on my face“What the f*ck, what does he want from you now? Rejecting an
—Alpha Leo's Pov—In the office, I'm going through files and documents, trying to come up with a solution to the deadly disease that has befallen my people, my kingdom. I'm worried sick, my people are depending on me, they're hoping on me and I don't know what to do. Still lost in thought, Beta Zeo walks in.“Alpha, I found a doctor who can help us” he says with some documents in his hands containing information about the said doctorI look up at him with a little smile in my face“Let me see” I say to him as he hands me the documents he was with when he came inWhile going through the documents, he begins to explain“ Her name is Doctor Lena Everhart, she's currently staying in the crescent pack, she's the doctor who cured and saved the Nightwalker pack when a deadly disease befell them, she currently is running a single mothers foundation, encouraging single mother, she… “ I cut him short and didn't let him finish“Send her a letter as soon as possible, requesting that her presence
—Lena's POV— “He must be really desperate to offer me that much land and wealth.” I tell Zoey as I gulp down the remaining whiskey in my glass, the burn doesn't help or make my mind any clearer. “Yes he must be, I've never heard of an Alpha offering up this much to a stranger, because he doesn't know that it's you so he must be really desperate.” Zoey said. “Fuck! Why couldn't he just stay out of my life, I was doing so well, I had my job, I had my kids and after all these years Leo just had to come in again.” I said as I ran my hands through my hair. “You can say no Lena, you're not obligated to help him or that pack, they all turned their backs on you.” Zoey told me, I appreciated Zoey and I wished I was more like her, she saw the world in black and white and that was it, but that wasn't me, I knew they were some grey areas and I was a doctor, I swore to do no harm, so if I ignore Leo's request and not help the pack and more people die when I could've helpe
—Alpha Leo's POV— I was walking around the pack, it looked so different, everywhere was so quiet. What a difference six months could make, usually tehte were kids outside, running around and getting into all sorts of trouble. Men and women milling about going about their day, all had a smile on their face. But ever since the sickness started, everyone keeps to themselves, they barely leave their houses unless it was necessary. The sickness hit the kids first, the healers at the pack didn't see it as anything at first, they thought it was just the flu and a case of fever but when the first child died and more kids were getting sick, we knew that it was serious. They did their best, I called in the best doctors but they couldn't even identify what the sickness was and more kids died and then it spread to the men and women. No one was safe, we don't know how it's spread or contacted because not everyone gets sick. Someone might come in contact with another sick person an
Lena's POV. “What are we going to do now?” He asked me. I stay silent for a few moments and then it comes to me. “We need fresh samples, maybe this disease doesn't survive out of the bloodstream for a long period of time. So we need to get fresh blood samples. They're monitors in the clinic already so I need you to get the microscope and every other thing that we'll need we need to get to the clinic now.” I tell him and while he runs around to gather everything that we'll need, my mind is going a mile a minute. What kind of disease is this? It's like I feared it's smart, it's really smart. If it doesn't show up outside of the body then we're going to have a really big problem finding a cure. “I have everything.” Emmett says as he comes towards me with a box in his hand. “Ok, let's go.” We take of our gowns, masks and surgical gloves and out them in the trash and then we walk through the decontamination bay before we leave the lab. “What kind of
Lena's POV. The next day, I leave the house pretty early just as the sun rises, the kids are still fast asleep in my bed, they all crawled in there last night and I can never turn them away. I give them kisses on their heads before I leave but none of them stir. I already told Zoey last night that I would be leaving early so she knows. I step out of the house and take a deep breath, the view is amazing. The sun is like a ball of fire rising out of the trees, the birds are chirping and the air is fresh. This is one thing that you can't get in the city and now that I'm here after all these years, I have to admit that I've missed it. If the lab wasn't so far from the house, I would take advantage of this beautiful day and walk but I can't do that. I already texted Emmett and he was already awake, that's why I like working with him, he always ready to tackle any situation and it also helps that he's a genius, I need those two things if I want to find a cure for this diseas
Alpha Leo's POV. “This is crazy. She must know that Luke looks like you. So what did she say when you saw him?” Zeo asked. “She looked so scared Zeo, I mean the look on her face. I was the reason she was scared, because she knew that I had put two and two together.” “I knew if I confronted her, there was a high chance that she would high tail it out of here. She would take the kids and leave and I would never see them again. They'll both be gone and also any chance of saving our pack will be gone with them. I couldn't confront her, I mean it was clear from her reaction that she didn't trust me and I don't blame her. When I saw that look on her face, I wondered why she would be scared and my mind went back to that day.” “What day?” He asked me. “That day back at the club, when she came to tell me she was pregnant and the way I dismissed her. I told her the baby wasn't mine, I basically made them bastards. What the hell was wrong with me?” I ask mostly myse
Alpha Leo's POV. I get back home and from what I can hear, Scarlett isn't here, which fills me with a sense of relief rather than worry. I've been in denial for a very long time, maybe it was because I've loved her since I knew what love meant. But now it's like the covers have been removed from my eyes. When she left me the first time to get married to someone else, I should've let her go then, but I didn't. I still loved her, which was why when she came back I took her back with no questions asked. But that right there was the biggest mistake of my life,there's a saying that goes, ‘when someone shows you who they are, believe them.’ Scarlett showed me the type of person she was when she left me and I should've believed her. If I did then my life would've been completely different. Lena and I would still be together and we would be raising our kids together. But here I am, married and miserable without kids and a pack that is being decimated by some mysterious diseas
Lena's POV. Leo walks back with us to the house and then he says goodnight to the kids, I'm so confused, in fact I've been confused ever since he saw Luke and didn't say anything. My sweet shy Karla gives him a hug, Liam hig fives him and tells him to come back the next day and then finally Luke steps up and shakes his hand, he tells him goodnight and also tells him to come by soon. Then finally, it's my turn and in my head, I'm thinking, this is finally it, this is the moment he's been waiting for to ask me about the kids. But he doesn't say anything, he simply leans down and kisses me on the cheek and then he steps back. “Goodnight Lena, I'll see you tomorrow.” He says and then he waves to the kids and walks away. “Mummy, boss man is cool, I like him.” Liam tells me as she strolls into the house. “I like him too.” Karla tells me and my heart breaks at that point, my sweet baby girl who has a very hard time connecting to people, but she had bo problem co
Alpha Leo's POV. She slowly turned around to look at me and when I saw the fear in her eyes, that made the decision for me. I treated her badly, that's the truth and she's scared of me finding out about the kids, I don't know why, but she is. Am I angry that she's kept them away from me all these years? Hell yes I am but nothing good will come out of me confronting her. She could very easily just pack up the kids and leave and I won't be able to find her. I can't be selfish, I'm not the only one that will be affected if she leaves, I have my pack to think about, if she leaves the hope of finding a cure goes with her. If I keep my suspicions to myself then at least she and the kids will be here at the pack, and I'll have the time to gain her trust back and then bring up the topic of the kids or she'll even finally open up and tell me about them. But first I need to find out if she was lying about the man in her life because the only man meant to be in her life and
—Alpha Leo's POV— “Answer me!” I growl loudly and she flinches back. “I do not have to tell you anything.” She snaps back at me and I know this is like pouring water on stone, this is a losing fight, she's never going to tell me anything. “When did you become this person Scarlett? Or were you always like this and I was just to blind to see it?” I asked her hoping to get a genuine reaction from her but she just continues to stare at me. “Fine, you do whatever the hell it is you're doing but you better make sure that I don't find out what it is and stay away from that lab and from Lena.” I warn her. “Or what?” She asks me. “You don't want to know what I'll do to you Scarlett, you've seen what I do to people that disobey me or cross me, the only thing stopping me from doing that to you was my love for you and you've done well to take that away so there's nothing holding me back now, you've been warned Scarlett.” I tell her and for the first time, I se
—Lena's POV— Shit, no, no, no. This can't be happening right now, what the hell is he doing here? There's no way the kids are going to agree to go back into the house, not when we're already outside and they've been looking forward to this walk. I currently have my back to Leo, so I slowly turn around to face him with both the kids hands still in mine but thankfully my body blocks Luke and because Karla hasn't seen Leo before she hides behind my leg but not Lian, he keeps staring at Leo. “Hi, what are you doing here?” I asked him and hoped I could get him to leave before Luke decides to make his presence known. “I wanted to talk about what happened back at the lab.” He tells me. “Oh, we don't need to talk about that, it's all good, water under the bridge.” I tell him and hope in my mind that he takesy word for it and leaves. “Mummy, who are you talking to?” Luke asks from behind me and then he walks to the front and stands by his sis
—Lena's POV— Zoey sounded very dangerous at that moment. “You need to calm down Zoey, remember you promised. Plus I'm fine, she didn't do anything to me, luckily Leo came in at that moment and even if he didn't I would've handled it myself. So please take a few deep breaths for me.” I tell her and after a few moments she takes a deep breath and retracts her claws. “I'm calm now, don't worry, I won't go off and rip off that bitch's head, at least not today.” She says with a smirk on her face. I don't say anything, because with Zoey that's as good as I'm going to get it. “So, what did Leo do?” Zoey asked. “He apologized to me and dragged her out of there, she didn't seem happy about it.” I told her. “I bet she wasn't, but what's the deal with the both of them. I thought they would be living la vida loca but it seems like something is wrong with their marriage.” Zoey finally voices out what I've been thinking. “Yeah, I think so too.” I t