Carena:
"What happened?" Dr. Kelly inquired, concern etched across her face.
"Nothing. Has my family arrived yet?"
Feeling down after losing my baby, I hoped my family would cheer me up. Besides, her confession had really messed up my already messed up brain.
"Oh no! Nobody has come to visit you." Dr. Kelly offered a comforting smile as she ran her hand through my hair. "I'll see you in the morning," she assured me.
"I want to go home. Can you please discharge me?" I pleaded, no longer wishing to remain alone.
"Okay, but it's too late, and no one has come to pick you up." She sounded somewhat conflicted as she agreed to discharge me.
"It is alright. I will call Jack right now. Just please discharge me," I requested and she gave me a head nod.
After she left the room, I grabbed my phone and called Jack. The empty walls of the room seemed to swallow me whole.
"Hey?" Jack's voice sounded distant at first, then he cleared his throat and asked, "Did you wake up?"
"I did. Jack! Can you please pick me up? I want to come back home," I insisted, tears forming in my eyes. The more I thought about it, the emptier I felt.
"Tonight? It's already late, and I'm at the border."
I shook my head, letting out a little sob. "I think I'm falling into depression. I really need someone to talk to. I can't stay alone all night."
"I understand, but Carena! Depression isn't a real sickness. It's not like you'll die from it. Just close your eyes and sleep. I'll pick you up in the morning," he dismissed my requests.
"Then can you stay on the call with me? You have no idea, but I'm really not well. I feel like we should have done some more tests before making this decision," my voice cracked, and tears streamed down my cheeks.
"What are you talking about? The doctor said it was important that we do it now. I made that decision for your sake, and you're questioning me," his voice turned harsh.
All I needed from him was either his presence or some sweet words.
"I'm not accusing you. I would never accuse you," I quickly corrected my tone. "Talk to me about something sweet. Tell me that we will get pregnant again." My lips quivered, and my sight blurred.
"Carena! Don't act like a spoiled child. There are she-wolves who go through worse. I don't think they act like you. You should be putting on a brave face as you are the Luna Queen. And please, just watch something on your phone or listen to a song. I really have to go," the urgency in his voice to hang up on me quickened my heartbeat.
"No! Please don't hang up. I am very depressed, Jack. Everything is hitting me at once. Your mother's behavior, my past, this termination—," I was rambling quickly to convey that something was not right with my mental peace when he interrupted me.
"I will see you in the morning. Just ask the doctor to give you a sleeping injection," he said and hung up the call.
I forgot to remove the phone from my ear for a few seconds before I put it down.
"I do so much for everyone. I take care of their needs. But tonight when I needed them, nobody came for me?" It was as if my eyes had opened tonight. I had been serving every single person in my life without any complaints. But tonight, I did want to complain. However, I had no one to listen to my cries.
"I need to go home," I whimpered, getting out of bed and grabbing my purse from the couch. I called an Uber and stood outside the hospital. I knew in my heart that if I didn't go home tonight, I might lose my mind by morning. I've seen some patients with their whole families waiting outside the emergency room for them. To think a Luna Queen was all by herself was just sad.
The Uber driver arrived, and I slipped inside, resting my head against the window and gazing outside. The termination had really weakened me. I didn't even know what I was going to do now.
"She said she wasn't with him," I murmured under my breath as I recalled Kelly's words.
"Are you okay, Luna Queen?" the Uber driver's voice pulled me back to reality.
"I'm fine. Just wishing I could be home sooner," I uttered, trying to blink constantly to hide my tears.
"You look weak. Do you want me to get you something to eat?" The mere stranger seemed more concerned than my own family.
"No! Thank you. I'm just very sad," my eyes welled up as I found myself confiding in a total stranger.
"May I know what happened?" he asked, fixing his rearview mirror to glance at me. He was probably in his forties, working hard to support his family and still being so kind despite being tired.
"I'm feeling lonely," despite having an urge to spill my heart's secrets because finally someone was listening, I couldn't.
Jack would never approve of me discussing his mother’s behavior or my health issues with a member of his pack.
"Don't worry, I'll drop you home, and then the Alpha King will take care of you," he smiled pleasantly. Soon, we arrived at the mansion, and I tipped the driver after leaving his car.
The mansion was eerily silent tonight. I guessed everyone was already in bed.
Making slow and steady steps towards my bedroom, I soon began to realize that there was a light left on in my bedroom.
“But Jack said he was at the border," I uttered, moving closer to the slightly ajar door to get a glimpse of the horrifying sight inside.
"Mmmmm! Don't hide them. They are mine to suck," I recognized his voice.
Jack was in bed with only shorts on, on top of some girl.
My whole existence shook, and I had to place my hand on the wall for support.
"Ouch!"
I heard the girl yelp when he sucked a bit too hard on her breasts.
My body felt a wave of disgust that I couldn't express. My vision blurred, thankfully, as I watched him go crazy on her breasts as if he had been thirsty for years. This must be the girl my sister saw him with.
"Don't resist. I've been doing so much to please you, and you are teasing me."
His voice carried the same hint of playfulness and lust as it used to carry before he changed entirely.
“I won't bite the nipples again, please!” he insisted, and she giggled.
Steadying my breaths while tears choked me, I slammed my hand on the door to make them aware of my arrival.
He jolted his head up and looked my way in shock.
"How could you cheat on me---who is she---," I shouted and sobbed as he moved aside to get out of the bed, revealing the girl behind him.
I felt my world being stolen from under my feet when my nineteen-year-old sister got up from the bed wearing nothing but her hand over her boobs and a thin sheet around her waist.
I yelped,
"Tabitha! What the heck are you doing with your brother-in-law?"
Carena: “I have put them to bed; we’re all set,” Sawyer announced, his shirt disheveled before he quickly straightened it, though he didn’t roll down his sleeves.I gave him a smile and got up from my seat to welcome him. He took the main chair, and I sat down beside him, wearing a beautiful red dress.“You are the best father and husband,” I whispered, leaning over to kiss his cheek while the maid served us food.“You two need to get a room,” Ronan joked, making us smile and turn to him. He looked so happy with Yamin. The two had welcomed twins--a baby girl and a baby boy--last year.“And my brother is truly proving himself to be a good role model too,” Payton added proudly.Lady Jane smiled at her sons, delighted with their perfect lives.“And Payton is taking good care of business,” Louis grinned at her, giving her a wink. I knew something was brewing between the two, and they had recently opened up about it. They were set to get married in two months.I didn’t think there could b
Carena:“What do you mean?” My heart revived even more, my grip tightening around my child.“Kelly, don’t fucking make up stories,” Jack yelled, his fists clenched.“I am not. You fool. You really bought my lie about Carena being so powerful to get pregnant already and then giving birth in seven months. Carena didn’t have a proper sense of date and time because there were days she would sleep without waking up for two days. But you, you knew everything. Yet you didn’t question anything?” Kelly smirked at Jack, who was finally hit with the realization.That’s when my baby let out a little cry and opened his eyes. He had the same eyes as Sawyer.“He is my baby?” Sawyer rushed toward me, taking him from my hands and then smiling, “No wonder I felt such a strong connection.”“No! You did not betray me like that,” Jack yelled, rushing to wrap his hands around Kelly’s neck, but Martin raised his legs and kicked him, making Jack drop back like a pathetic weakling.“How dare you--,” it was as
Carena: After I beat him up, Sawyer handed me my baby while he tied the couple to a tree. I was curious about what he was planning to do.“I am so sorry I got you into this mess,” Kelly cried to Martin, the two tied side by side.“No! If I have to do that again, I will do it. All for you,” the guy was hopelessly in love with her but also an idiot for partaking in her crazy schemes.She was a doctor; if she had remained committed to her job, the two would be living a very good life by now.While the two cried and talked, I held my son and smiled with teary eyes. My baby was perfect. There was no way he was Jack’s child. How could such a beautiful baby belong to that monster?“My perfect child,” I cried happily, rocking my baby in my arms. All these months, not once did I hate my child. I had grown so much in love with my baby that I didn’t understand why and how."Why would you want us dead? You already have your baby and your mate by your side now. Don't you have everything already?"
Carena:He was watching me with so many emotions in his eyes. In that moment, Jack and the others decided to flee because they knew they couldn't fight Sawyer.Jack was so frightened that he didn't even wait to grab me. Instead, he just started running after seizing Kelly.“My son--!” I yelled, but before I could get up, I saw Sawyer gesture for me not to go after them.“They cannot escape the woods.”His confidence made me sit back. But what about my son? What if they hurt him?"Sawyer!" I uttered his name as he deepened his stare into my eyes, filled with nothing but love for me."My love!" He knelt down and instantly pulled me into a warm and comforting embrace."No! Don't touch me before you know my truth." It broke my heart that even after our reunion, I had to keep my distance from him.He needed to understand that I had given birth to Jack's child so he could decide whether he still wanted to be with me. It would shatter my heart if he didn't want to stay with me, but I could n
Sawyer:“Ronan, keep your eyes peeled at the border. Make sure your men remain hidden in dugouts around the portal,” I advised him as we marched away from the entrance. Tonight was the Wolf Moon, and after midnight, I knew Jack would arrive with Carena. Certainly, Jack would use Carena to try to lure us away so that he could cross the portal, but I would jump right in with them. That was the plan.“I have informed my guards not to stop them from enticing the bridge, but do let us know when they arrive,” Ronan confirmed. I didn't want to provoke Jack into attacking Carena out of anger. Of course, he would threaten us with her life when he was surrounded by the warriors.“Yamin is taking care of the roads--” Suddenly, Ronan's voice began to fade. My mind started to wander off, and I knew it wasn’t the first time this had happened. I had felt this before, only when someone stepped into my woods--the woods of which I was king.“They are here.”I closed my eyes, focusing on the whispers of
Carena:“AHHHHH!” My screams had deafened me at this point. The pain was unbearable, and being out in the wild was not helping at all. I was worried for my baby and how giving birth in the wilderness would negatively impact everything. Dr. Kelly had asked Jack and Martin to grab some supplies while she assisted me with the delivery.“Just keep going. I know you can do it,” she said, rubbing a damp cloth over my forehead in an attempt to comfort me, but I was far from comfortable. The open air and sky, combined with the fact that my mate was not with me, broke my heart.“Why can’t we go to a hospital?” I asked, letting out heavy breaths, but the pain kept intensifying.“Because Sawyer must have informed all the hospitals and packs about you and Jack,” she replied. “Besides, we are passing through Sawyer’s pack, so--” The minute she said that, goosebumps covered my body. I looked around and noticed the woods. What the hell!We were in the terrifying part of the woods? The crazy and poss