Reborn Queen: Watch Me Claim Both Alphas

Celeste Thorn’s  POV

I always knew I didn't belong in this ruthless world of purebloods and power. But tonight, looking at the diamond on my finger, I foolishly thought love had finally rewritten my miserable fate.

But... the first time I bled on my wedding night, it wasn't for the man I married. It was from the woman he used to love.

I hit the cold marble floor. Warm, thick blood rapidly soaked into the white silk of my gown—the very same gown my Alpha had kissed my cheek in just hours ago. 

He was supposed to be here. He had promised to protect me. Yet, the bridal suite was empty.

Except for her.

Olivia Blackwood loomed over me. Heiress to the neighboring pack, untouchable, and the woman who still held my husband’s heart. She casually flicked my blood from her claws.

"Did you actually think you got to be his Luna?" she whispered.

I forced myself up onto my trembling knees. My breath hitched in agonizing sobs, but I swallowed them down. 

I placed a shaking palm over my bleeding arm, forcing my hidden healer magic to spark. A faint golden glow began to knit my torn flesh, but it couldn't touch the icy terror spreading in my chest.

"If you’re just here to throw a pathetic tantrum because he put this ring on my finger—" I choked out, clutching my left hand to my chest like a lifeline.

"He never chose you, Celeste," she said softly, crouching down to my level so I could see the devastating truth in her eyes. "He never did."

“He loves me...” 

“Is that so? Then why are you completely alone?”

Suddenly, the doors burst open. Ten Feral Pack warriors flooded into the room. A wave of relief washed over me for a split second—until they flanked Olivia instead, baring their teeth at me. 

My heart dropped. I didn't understand. What was going on?

“Take her!” Olivia ordered coldly.

I fought back with everything I had. My wolf surged forward, driving my claws into the nearest warrior's chest, but I was brutally outnumbered. 

Ten against one. I ducked a sweeping strike and kicked another warrior away, my mind spinning in frantic confusion. 

Why were my own pack members attacking me? 

I immediately pulled out my phone and called Caius. It rang endlessly before he finally answered. “Caius! Help me! Olivia—”

“Enough, Celeste! Are you seriously doing this right now? I’m in the middle of a meeting with all the packs now, and you’re making this difficult for me...”

“Please, listen to me—”

“Why would I listen to the woman who made me look like a fool? And you have the audacity to scream for my attention tonight, while half the pack is whispering that the pup isn’t even mine?” he snapped, his voice strained with pain.

What the hell was he talking about? But before I could speak, the line went dead. He had angrily hung up.

My trembling fingers hit redial. I was desperate to ask what lies he had been fed, but the line just rang and rang. He was ignoring me. 

Suddenly, Olivia's hand shot out, snatching the phone from my grip. She hurled it against the hard floor and glared at me.

"See?" Olivia purred, an evil smirk playing on her lips. "Caius believes me."

I glared at her, my blood boiling as I prepared to lunge. "What did you say to him?! Did you tell him the pup I’m carrying isn't his?!"

"Well, isn't it?" she taunted softly.

I grabbed her fiercely by the collar, but before I could strike, a heavy blow caught my jaw. One of the Feral Pack warriors slapped me so hard I tasted blood, roughly throwing me back to the floor.

I glared up at the imposing men. "Are you insane?! You have no idea what you've just done! You are raising a hand against your Luna!"

The Gamma stepped forward, looking down at me with disgust. They had never accepted me; they had always revered Olivia's strength, viewing her as the perfect, ruthless Luna their Alpha deserved. "You are not our Luna anymore," the Gamma spat. "Beta Maximus confessed to everyone. He admitted you two have been having a secret affair. He’s been sneaking into your chambers every night—"

"That was because he was protecting my pregnancy!" I screamed, my voice cracking. "He told me Caius ordered him to guard me!"

Olivia knelt beside me, "And you actually believed him? Oh, you poor, naive thing. That night you were drugged... did you really think it was Caius you slept with?"

My heart stopped. The fuzzy memories, the darkness... "N-No..." I gasped, my eyes widening in horror. "You... you're the one who drugged me?!"

I slapped her hard across the face. A sharp smack echoed in the room, but Olivia didn't even flinch. She just smiled wickedly and slapped me back twice as hard, making my ears ring. 

She stood up tall, brushing herself off, and turned to the warriors who were already bowing their heads in complete submission to her.

"Caius is busy dealing with the Elders right now, cleaning up your filthy mess," Olivia declared, her voice echoing with absolute authority. She looked coldly at the Gamma and said, "As the true Luna of the Feral Pack, I order you to execute the former Luna."

"But..." Xander, the Gamma, hesitated, his eyes darting to my swollen belly. Killing a pregnant female—even a traitor—was a heavy taboo.

"Xander... are you questioning me now?" Olivia smirked with a dangerous warning.

Using their momentary distraction, I scrambled for my cracked phone on the floor. My trembling fingers hit the redial button. There’s no way Caius would turn his back on me. He just needs to hear the truth.

To my shock, he picked up. "Caius! Listen to me—"

"Is it true? The pup isn't mine? You slept with my own Beta?!" He wasn't listening to my pleas; he had already convicted me.

"Caius, no... this is just a misunderstanding! It's yours! I swear it's yours!" I sobbed, clutching my stomach.

Before he could respond, Olivia snatched the phone from my grip. Her cruel expression instantly melted into one of fake sympathy as she pressed the phone to her ear. "Caius..." she cooed softly. She nodded, her eyes locking onto mine with a triumphant gleam. "Yes... yes, we will take care of her. Of course. Focus on the Elders."

She ended the call and tossed the phone aside. Then she turned to the Gamma. "Do it. It's the Alpha's order."

“What the hell are you doing?!” I scrambled backward, desperately trying to protect my womb, but it was too late. Xander had plunged a silver blade right into my back.

I coughed up a splatter of dark blood, collapsing onto the cold stone floor. I clutched my stomach, unable to scream as the silver burned through my veins, paralyzing my wolf.

Olivia knelt gracefully beside my twitching body. She wrapped her hand over Xander's on the hilt of the knife and twisted it deeper. 

I choked on my own blood as she leaned in, her lips brushing my ear.

"If he really cared for you," she whispered, "he wouldn't have ordered your death."