04

Sonya~

Once I had rounded up the things I had been going through in my office, I retreated to the palace and into my bedroom. Alpha Seth wasn't yet back because I couldn't smell him around, and not even a little part of me cared any longer.

Since I wasn't being watched and no one would barge into my bedroom anytime, I began putting my things together. I picked up just the stuff I came in here with, leaving behind the ones his dad got, and packed them into a little box that would be easier for me to leave with. 

I would wait until he was back, then I would initiate a divorce. With Neve in this palace as he'd always wanted, he wouldn't hesitate to accept the divorce so we could part ways even though the matebond would still be active. But at least, once I leave this pack, there will be little to no communication between our wolves. He hadn't initiated a mindlink, so maybe I could convince him that we block our scents from attracting each other. We could also subdue our wolves from trying to connect. 

That way, our divorce would be so valid because there would be no way to reach out to each other again. I had liked the idea of rejection being prohibited in this pack until now. If it were valid, I wouldn't have even been here to begin with. 

The moment I realized I was set to leave at any time, I thought to go down and grab my meal. I used the stairs, slowly getting down to the sitting room. As I made a turn to reach the dining room, Beta Alden came into view. 

“Luna!” he mentioned and bowed. “His Majesty summons you to the hospital.”

His majesty did what? Was he trying to have me take care of his mum? I wasn't going to do that for him, so it should not be his reason to send for me.

“I need to eat something first, so just send me the ward number, and I'll be there when I'm set to leave,” I told the beta, and he nodded, turned around and left immediately. 

His fucking mistress had hospitalized herself, and now his mum too. He must be overwhelmed with the stress of his mum mostly, but I wasn't the pitiful Sonya who was always ready to help him out anytime, regardless it meant nothing to him.

I grabbed the meal I came for, sat comfortably and ate slowly until the plate was empty, then I headed back to my bedroom. I got set, left the palace and arrived at the pack hospital.

Beta Alden was at the veranda, so he took me himself into the ward where Luna Doris was lying lifelessly. 

I stared at the woman's pale body, and then turned to Alpha Seth, who was sitting with his head lowered. “What happened to her?” I asked, my voice calm enough so he would be convinced I felt pity at that moment.

He raised his face, the corner of his eyes darkened, “Is that supposed to be a question?”

Then what was it supposed to be? Did I lack the right to ask too? Then I should sit and watch them.

I refused to say a thing and walked to the chair some feet away, where I got seated and crossed my legs. 

“Sonya, you're pretending not to know what happened?” he asked again, fury burning in his gaze. “I know my stepmom never liked either you or me. I sent her out of the palace because I needed peace to rule my pack and not because of you. And since then, I am sure she hasn't tried getting on your nerves again. So why did you do it? Why??” his voice thundered, then I discovered that this wasn't a joke.

My lips moved, but I couldn't fathom what to say. 

“I told you to pray Neve gets better, so do the same to my stepmum, or I wouldn't save your ass from what follows,” he growled, stood up and left the ward.

Was this a dream or what? Everything played so fast before I could get my mind straight.

I shifted my gaze to the woman on life support, yet nothing clicked. 

“What did I do? I hadn't met this woman for over six months now, so what was I supposed to do?” I muttered, stood up and walked to the bed. I looked at her face intently and shook my head. “There's a misunderstanding. Seth must have lost his mind.” I told myself, and then began leaving the ward. “Who cares if she survives? I have no business with her.”

I walked out of the hospital building, where I met with Beta Alden, still standing at the same position I had met him earlier. I stood beside him and crossed my arms, “Beta, is there anything going on that I don't know? Your Alpha sounds like I did something unforgivable to his stepmum.” I started calmly, staring at the right side of his face.

He glanced at me, said nothing, and simply turned around. He entered the hospital building, ignoring my question like I didn't exist. 

Well, he wasn't different from his alpha and had always looked down on me. The only difference was that he at least showed me respect as his Luna, but had once said to my face how I didn't fit to be mated to his alpha friend. 

‘Girl, there's something going on that we don't know,’ my wolf, finally awake, said in my mind. She whined at me, ‘Let's go back to the palace and await what's next. I could have suggested we leave right now, but who knows if things would escalate when we disappear? I don't need us leaving and then getting dragged back here. Seth is disgusting, and his presence now irritates me.’

I was already walking out of the hospital premises while my wolf muttered in my head.

Just like her, my mate now disgusted me. I never knew a time would come when the love I had for him would be replaced by hatred, and I could say that everything worsened because he didn't even feel remorse and was proud of his infidelity. 

I boarded a cab and returned to the palace, but the atmosphere there was thick and suffocating. I also noticed several glances at me, and that was weird. 

There were murmurs, but the servants lowered their heads and moved away once I approached them. With all those, I didn't need to be told that something was up and that it concerned me. Yet I couldn't figure out what it was.

Did Neve lose her pregnancy? I pushed her quite right, but that was an act of defence. So did she get so hurt in the process?

That was the only thing I could think of. But should that be a reason for all those ongoing dramas among the servants? 

Maybe I should return to that hospital and find out what Alpha Seth was talking about his stepmum. I was feeling uneasy and needed to know what was going on.