chapter 003

I froze, blood draining from my face before my anger slowly crept to every nerve of my being.

Seeing that bitch standing proudly next to my mate with a smile on her face, all I wanted to do was march to her and skin her alive.

Before I could control myself, I was before her, a crisp slap echoing through the room.

Gasps filled the room as Serena's eyes widened with surprise, a dangerous going flickering through her eyes.

“ Are you crazy?” Noah roared, his eyes flashing between red and black, showing that his wolf was struggling to take control.

“ I should be asking you that. Are you crazy? How dare you bring this woman here?” I spat, my anger flaring just seeing her ugly face.

Seeing her reminded me of the past, the past I fought so hard to forget.

“ Who do you think you are to question who I bring here? Let me remind you in case you forgot. I am the Alpha of this pack and I get to do what the fuck I want.” Noah's face was painted with fury and I could see I had managed to anger him but before my hatred towards the woman standing before me, it weighed less.

“ I am your mate, the mate you had the guts to sleep with and discard like trash!” At that point, my rationality had fled through the windows.

The gasps and whispers that filled the room told me that I might have fucked up.

At the same time, I knew there was no way to rewind what just happened so why not display how ugly his heart was.

Noah growled a warning but I ignored it.

“ And now you are bringing this woman and declaring her as your mate? The same woman who killed my sister and mother?” Just mentioning it makes my heart clench painfully.

How could I forget how the woman before me treated them like preys as she hunted them down for pleasure?

My mother had planned for us to leave this pack and go to a far away place to start a new life.

We had managed to cross the border of our pack when we came across Serena and her warriors.

She accused us of trespassing and claimed both my mother and sister's lives.

I had managed to escape that day but the scar left behind by watching my family die without doing anything has been weighing down my heart all these years.

I was barely ten yet I could never forget Serena's face.

“ What is she talking about? I don't understand.” Serena asked, turning to look at Noah with an innocent look.

That move angered me even more. She had the guts to kill my family but has no courage to admit it?

“ Ignore her, she is just bitter.” Noah replied gently, pulling her in his arms tenderly and turning to look at me with a glare.

Bitter? Is that what he sees in me, bitterness?

I admit that hearing him announce her as his mate hurt but this is more than bitterness. Thanks to his so-called mate, I lost the only family I had.

“ Besides, your mother was just a pack whore and so are you and your sister. What's there to be angry about?” Noah sneered, his words stabbing me harder than a double edged dagger.

A pack whore?

That's what I am to him?

Did he know that the same pack whore was also carrying his child?

I bet he would not even care. Might even get rid of us like Melody feared.

“ I see.” I uttered, the bitterness of learning what my mate thinks about me dripping from those words.

“ I hope you never regret your words.” With that, I turned around and walked away.

“ Do you really think I will let you walk away freely after slapping and insulting the future luna of this pack?” Noah's voice sounded, stopping me in my tracks.

A shiver ran down my spine realising the severity of my situation.

Of course, I should have known better than to cross Noah.

He isn't known as the most ruthless alpha for nothing. Under that handsome face lies a dark and cruel heart.

“What do you want to do?” I asked, nervousness kicking in.

“ Guards!” Noah called and four burly men appeared from nowhere.

“ Take her and teach her how she should treat her superiors.” He ordered coldly,casting me a disgusted look.

Looking at the man whom the moon goddess chose for me, I could not help but lament at my bad luck.

They say that a mating bond is meant to be sacred and beautiful then why is it the exact opposite for me?

I had looked forward to finding my mate and having a happily ever after but with the current development, I was bound to be doomed forever.

With a child growing in my stomach and a mate who feels nothing but disgust towards me, could my luck get any worse.

“ Some people are bound to suffer, not because they are bad people and deserve it but because that's just how life is. It has no balance.” That was my mother's answer when I questioned her why we were treated differently from the others.

I did not protest as the guards dragged my tired body to God knows where.

Hours of pure torture is what I went through until I lost consciousness.

Bringing my eyes open, I groaned.

My body felt like it was rammed into by a truck. Every single muscle was protesting, making me wonder just how much torture had my body undergone but it didn't matter.

At least I was still alive. Perhaps with a few broken bones and torn skin but very much breathing.

My hand slowly crept into my stomach, wanting to feel if the little one was a survivor like its mother or had given up on this cruel world before it even arrived.

“ I see that you are finally awake.”