2: Shocking revelation

Charlotte looked taken aback to see the woman Teddy Hudson had brought into their matrimonial home.

This house had been given to Teddy and her as a wedding gift from Alpha Lucas Hudson.

After the night Charlotte accepted Teddy as her husband and chosen mate, Alpha Lucas gave them the new duplex as their matrimonial home.

For the four years that Charlotte had been living with Teddy and helping him rule over the Norfield pack, and after he took over the Alpha position from his father, Teddy had never brought another woman home. But that night, on their wedding anniversary and Charlotte's 22nd birthday night, Teddy came home with another woman in his arms—a fair-skinned woman.

"Can't you greet?" Teddy demanded, his green eyes glowering at Charlotte, snapping her out of her trance.

"Um, good evening. Who is she?" Charlotte asked Teddy, her eyes moving to stare at the young woman, about her age, in a seductive crimson gown.

"Did you just ask me who she is?" Teddy let go of the woman in his arms and drunkenly charged at Charlotte.

Seizing Charlotte by the neck, Teddy told her, "She is the rightful Luna of this pack, the woman who is supposed to be my wife and real mate, if not for the fact that you bewitched my father into accepting you as the fake Luna and my mate!" Teddy shouted at Charlotte, squeezing her neck as if to choke the life out of her.

"Teddy..." Charlotte's voice trailed off as she tried to stop her husband from suffocating her. She struggled to breathe, trying to break free from Teddy's strong grip on her soft neck, but he wouldn't let go.

"Baby, don't kill Charlotte here. That would implicate both of us," a soft voice said, and Teddy finally let go of Charlotte. She coughed and moved away from the beast of a husband she had married.

With tears in her eyes, Charlotte looked from Teddy to the lady who had just spoken, in disbelief.

"You're right, Anne. If I kill Charlotte here, my father would find out and that would truly implicate us. Come, let me show you to our bedroom upstairs."

"Teddy!" Charlotte jumped in front of them as she stood at the foot of the stairs in the living room.

"You cannot take this whóre to our bedroom! Take her out immediately!" Charlotte ordered Teddy, whose anger boiled as he heard her refer to Anne Robert as a whóre.

"What? Who did you call a whóre? Honey, did you hear her? I have been your mate even before you accepted this chubby woman as your wife. I don't want to see her inside this house. Get rid of her—let her leave and stay outside our home," Anne said, bursting into tears.

Teddy rushed to Charlotte. He dragged her away from the stairs, wearing a white shirt and black pants. Some of the buttons on his shirt were left undone.

"Who did you call a whóre? My mate?" Teddy charged at Charlotte and, in front of Anne, he removed his trouser belt and started flogging Charlotte.

The maids working in the mansion could only peek at them, as none dared to intervene when Teddy and Charlotte were having marital problems.

Teddy had warned them that if any of the two maids working in the mansion dared to report him to his father, he would have the maid killed.

"Teddy! Stop, I'm sorry," Charlotte cried, but in the wee hours of the night, Teddy flogged her while Anne smiled.

"That's enough, sweetie. Come take me to our bedroom. I need to rest; I'm tired for the night," Anne said, as she observed how Teddy had flogged Charlotte mercilessly.

Satisfied with how he had disciplined Charlotte, Teddy let go of the woman crying on the tiled floor and walked up to meet Anne.

He used one hand to clutch his trousers that had loosened from removing his belt.

Anne smiled sweetly and embraced Teddy. "Good boy," she told him as she kissed him on his cheek in Charlotte's presence.

"Come take me upstairs. I'm tired and cannot wait to have you," Anne said to Teddy, her voice soft. She had followed him to the neighboring pack's function as his Luna, and it was only right that Teddy get rid of Charlotte.

"Teddy, you dare to flog me because of this prostitute?" Charlotte stood up again from the tiled floor. She had blue eyes that glowed even when she was crying.

Charlotte was pretty, sexy, but she was dark in complexion and still untouched, as Teddy hadn't consummated their marriage.

Teddy's anger surged again when he heard Charlotte refer to Anne Robert as a prostitute.

"I see that I haven't disciplined you enough. I'm going to kill you tonight and bury your corpse before our Fathers arrives. What gives you the right to refer to Anne as a prostitute?" Teddy wanted to charge towards Charlotte with killing intent in his eyes, but Anne quickly stopped him.

"No, baby. Don't kill Charlotte; it would implicate us. Come, let us go to the bedroom and make some babies that she's unable to give you. Once we make a baby, I will become the rightful Luna, and your father will have no other option but to accept me as your real mate and Luna of the Norfield pack," Anne said, and Teddy's eyes glowed in admiration of her words.

"You're right, Anne. Come, let us go," Teddy said, looking away from Charlotte angrily as his eyes shifted to Anne, who walked up to meet him in her black stiletto heels.

Charlotte cried as she had worn a pink, seductive dress to look sweet for Teddy, but he stared at her with so much hostility in his eyes, while he looked at Anne Robert with love and warmth.

Charlotte, unable to bear the hurt and betrayal, remembered when she got married to Teddy Hudson.

Teddy had told her that Anne was his sister from another mother. He introduced Anne to her as his personal assistant, and it was only right for her to acknowledge Anne, even though she didn't like the pretty, fair-skinned woman.

Charlotte had seen the way Teddy stared at Anne sweetly on several occasions when she followed him about. Little did she know that Anne was Teddy's real mate and not just his assistant.

"Teddy! I'm not going to take this! I will end our marriage today and divorce you. I, Charlotte Mateo, reject you, Teddy Hudson, as my husband and mate!"

Teddy's eyes surged with rage as he turned to look back at Charlotte. He let go of Anne again, a smirk playing on his lips, and he walked up to meet Charlotte, who was shivering and had taken some steps backward as he approached her.

Teddy demanded, "What gives you the right to think that you can divorce me, Charlotte? Are you stupid? Do you think you can walk away from this marriage?" "Oh, so you want to sabotage my name out there in front of our pack members and my parents?" "You wouldn't dare! The way Anne endured and watched you parade yourself as my mate is the way you will endure and watch Anne birth my pups." With that, Teddy turned and went upstairs with Anne, leaving Charlotte to burst into tears in the living room.