FATED TO THE ALPHA

Athena's pov“I'm sorry, Luna Athena, the pregnancy results came out negative,” I took the envelope with shaky fingers, licking my top lip nervously, wetting it as rapid thoughts spiraled through my mind.“Are you sure this wasn't a mistake?” I asked the pack doctor desperately. “I haven't seen my flow for 2 months now, I was sure–”“It's not a mistake,” He affirmed with a hint of impatience. “I've already done this test for you three times, every time it's negative because you're not pregnant,”His words felt like a death sentence, my fingers reached for the closest thing, his oak desk. The rims of my eyes burned with unshed tears.“What will I tell the Alpha?” I whispered, my heart slowing down.“What else can you tell him? The truth,” the pack doctor said dismissively, " I pushed myself up to my feet, they nearly gave out under me.“Don't overthink it, this is probably why you have not been able to get pregnant and why you have not been seeing your monthly flow. Stress can be a hug

Athena's pov My eyes were clouded by the remains of sleep when I looked at him, not fully accessing the danger I had stepped into. “Raphael?” However I became fully alert when he pressed the burning tip of his cigar on my arm, a searing pain shot through my body from that spot.In an instant I was awake and upright, breathing heavily as I tried to grasp what. just happened to me. Raphael pushed forward and grabbed my chin squeezing it and his hand applying enough pressure to do everything but completely shutter my jaw bone. “A worthless piece of trash like you is going to bed before me, who do you think you are?”I sniffled, trying to formulate words why my mouth was still trapped between his aching grip, and failing to do so which only compounded his anger. He threw me at the bed, my back knocking against the headboard, I cried out and curled up on the bed. “Raphael, I'm sorry please–” He got on the bed and threw a punch at my face.“Haven't I warned you never to call me by my

Athena's POV I was unconscious for half a day, then woke up with a throbbing headache. Raphael had nearly slapped a concussion into me because I dropped Isabella's luggage. The imprint of his hand was still there outlining just how deeply he had hit me, the worst part was that he had not even bothered to check if it was intentional or not-it was was but still- all that mattered to him was that I had made a mistake and I had to be punished. I looked around my surroundings, taking note of the boxes and haphazardly tossed about household items that had regarded dust and cobwebs.There was a sad little window that was the only source of light for the room, and then a door that was the only way out. But it was locked and I banged on the door for as long as my malnourished body could manage before sliding off the dusty surface down to the floor. I remained there until I was nudged by a plate of food; if I could be so generous to call it that. It was a stale piece of bread, with visi

Athena's POVMy heart felt like invisible needles were going through my chest.I squeezed the pregnancy result into my hand, rumpling it into a papery ball as hot tears pooled in my eyes.The man whose child I was carrying, the man I had given every form of devotion in my heart and body, was now with my sister. Then what was I...this little life growing inside me...how do I make sense of it all?My heart was being crushed like it was nothing.Maybe because that was all I ever was to him.In the end, the only person that was there for him was my sister. I was just a placeholder, meant to warm up her seat until she was ready to claim it as her own.In that moment, as I stood outside watching the small acts of intimacy between them, just a couple of weeks away, I thought there was nothing to fight for anymore, that nothing could rip my heart further.I was very wrong."Raphael," She said with a pouty voice," When are you finally going to do something about Athena...?"I froze completely

Athena's pov I had no idea why both of them had invaded my room in the middle of the night like this, but I was soon about to find out. Isabella stepped forward with a smug satisfaction written all over her face that metamorphosed into a fake pity. "Sister, I can understand that you must have been lonely all this time, but I didn't think that you would go too far as to sleeping with the guards," I allowed her words to swim into my mind, and as the wheels turned, the horror on my face appeared instantly. I had been so eager to gather information, I did not think about how all of this would end up turning against me. But all this time, Raphael had been given his attention to Isabella, so I didn't think that they would care what I was doing at night, but it seemed I was dead wrong. Raphael looked like many things right now, but unbothered was not one of them, he was enraged and his entire face was covered with anger. There was not much I could do to change his mind or push away