Chapter 9

AUSTIN’S POV

Two days past, and the house was still cold and empty. I had always thought she would come back even before the day runs over.

However, it’s been two days, and she hasn’t come running back to me as usual. Whenever I thought of her not coming back again, my heart skipped, but I kept telling myself that she wouldn’t be able to live without me. She has nothing to her name… she’s just an orphan omega. Where could she possibly go?

I sat on the dinning table and Madam Adeline, the steward served the cuisines on the table. Picking up the cutlery, I started digging into the piping hot chicken breast and suddenly, I spat it out with absolute disgust.

“What the…” I spat it into a serviette paper. “Why is the chicken so bland? Who made this and why does it taste this bad?” My eyes furrowed in anger.

“I’m sorry, Alpha. It has always been Luna Megan who makes the chicken breast sauce.” Madam Adeline mumbled. but I was interrupted by the chatting and loud laughter coming from the entrance, so I quickly turned to the other side.

Alice walked in with Kayla. As soon as Kayla saw me, she rushed to me and pecked my cheek and they settled down on the dining.

“Oh, goodness. I’m starving.” Alice blurted out as she scooped the sauce with a cutlery and then her countenance changed.

“Yuck! This is awful.” Alice retched. “Where’s Megan? Get her, let her make us a new batch.” Alice uttered with her arms folded and her eyes rolling.

Madam Adeline, who had been standing at the other end with a juice pitcher in her hand, mumbled softly. “The Luna hasn’t been home for a few days now.”

I don’t know why, but my heart ached instantly. Alice’s loud chuckle snapped me out of my thoughts. “Perfect. So Austin, when are you going to make Kayla your wife? I’ve been waiting for years for her to be my sister-in-law and your Luna.”

“What are you talking about?” I furrowed my eyebrows at Alice.

Her glance went frantically back and forth between Kayla, whose expression turned to a frown and I. “I mean… you two are perfect for each other. You should have been together ages ago. Besides, Megan already left you.”

“Shut up.” I growled, banging my fist against the table to everyone’s dismay. “She cannot leave me. I won’t allow it.”

Alice gulped hard. “Haven’t you always wanted her gone? She’s been nothing but a leech.”

Anger engulfed me. With an extraordinary speed, I rushed over to Alice and grabbed her throat, she choked helplessly. “I said, keep quiet, Alice Sinclair. Megan can never leave me. She had always loved and worshiped the ground I walk on, how could she possibly sign divorce papers and say it’s over?” I roared, forcefully letting go of her, and she coughed loudly.

Kayla’s eyes grew in astonishment. “Austin, I… I don’t think she’s gone. You know how she throws tantrums. I’m sure she will be back when she finally realizes that she cannot do without you.”

Her words brought smile on my face. That’s right! Megan loves me too much. So much, that she would cry herself to sleep if I refuse to eat the food she made for me. No matter how late I stay at night, she would always wait for me to come home before going to bed despite how tired she would get after a long day of taking care of the Luna works.

Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, but there was no way to find Megan. It felt like she disappeared into the thin air with no trace of her. I searched and searched, but it felt like she never existed to begin with. I regretted letting her go. I became a shadow of myself, and I realized that Megan was more than just a housewife to me… she was my functioning partner.

Six years later, I sat on the couch, holding the only picture of Megan that I had. It had turned into my most treasured possession.

Then, I stared at the ring like I was looking at Megan. “Six years, not a trace. You think you can just disappear after killing my child? There’s only one place you could be.” I mumbled as I stared at the ring and the picture deeply, almost like they could hear me.

The clicking sound of the doorknob made me hurriedly place the picture and ring into the drawer as fast as I could. My Beta, Blake walked in. “Alpha, you wanted to see me?”

“We’re going to Dark Moon Pack’s gala tomorrow night.” I snapped to the astonishment of Blake.

His eyes grew. “You mean the birthday party that Lucien is throwing for his future Luna? Lucien is our biggest rival, you never go to these events. Why?”

“Lucien’s territory is the only place I haven’t searched for Megan in. This birthday party will be the only way I can have access to the Dark Moon Pack’s territory without hindrance. Could she be there?” I thought to myself, absentmindedly.

“May I know why?” The familiar voice came from the entrance, and I anxiously jerked up from the chair as Aunt Elizabeth, my aunt walked in. She had always liked Megan and ever since she heard that Megan left, she never stopped blaming and reminding me of how I lost a good woman.

“Because you spent the past six years pretending you don’t care and now, the Dark Moon Pack is the one and only place you’ve never looked.” She scoffed.

I gulped hard. “Aunt, I…”

“You what? Is it a secret that you’ve driven a way the best Luna the Crescent Pack has ever had? Look at the pack now…” She shook her head in total disgust. “Absolute chaos since Megan’s left.”

I took a deep breath, and replied even if I didn’t believe my words. “Aunt, Kayla is running the day to day. She’s competent enough. Remember, she saved the pack and secured the millions of dollars contract with the Moon Royal Pack.”

“Competent?” Aunt Elizabeth laughed. “She doesn’t even know to pick the perfect gift for Alpha Lucien’s future Luna. At lease, if you’re going to pretend to be attending a party, you should prepare a gift.” She added and snapped her fingers.

Instantly, the maids walked in with the exquisite gift. The moment I looked at them, memories of Megan rushed into my head. The emerald necklace!

Megan had once pleaded with me at an auction to get that for her. My fist clenched.

Today is her birthday too… a birthday I never celebrated with her all through her stay with me.