Chapter 2

Selene

For a moment, I honestly believed I misunderstood Amelia’s words. 

My mind refused to process what she had just confessed because none of it made sense to me. I felt frozen in place as I stared at her, while waiting for someone to laugh and say this was all a terrible joke.

But nobody laughed. Instead, the room remained painfully silent.

I slowly looked around at everyone’s faces, trying to understand what was happening. My father looked shocked, while my mother stared at Amelia with confusion written all over her face.

Then my eyes moved toward Tyler.

My mate stood quietly near the fireplace wearing the black suit he was supposed to wear for our engagement ceremony. 

His jaw looked tense, and his hands trembled slightly by his sides. But the worst part was the fact that he refused to look at me directly. His gaze kept shifting toward Amelia instead.

And that alone made my stomach twist painfully. Finally, Tyler spoke.

“Amelia,” he said quietly. “Stop this. Not here.”

The moment those words left his mouth, my heart dropped painfully inside my chest as I stared at him in disbelief.

Not here?

He did not deny it.

Amelia slowly wiped the tears on her face before resting a trembling hand over her stomach.

“I am tired of hiding it,” she whispered shakily. “Tyler is the father of my baby. And he is my mate too.”

My chest tightened so painfully that breathing suddenly became difficult.

I stared at Tyler.

Then Amelia.

Then my parents.

I kept waiting for someone to say something that would fix this horrible moment, but instead my mother suddenly rushed toward Amelia.

“Oh my Goddess,” Helena breathed before wrapping her arms around her gently.

My father quickly followed after her.

“You should have told us earlier,” he said softly.

I stood there frozen while they comforted her. I waited for anger. I waited for disappointment. I waited for someone to care about what this was doing to me.

Instead, everyone gathered around Amelia like she was the victim.

A painful laugh escaped my lips before I could stop it.

“What is going on?” I asked shakily.

But nobody answered me immediately. Amelia slowly lifted her eyes toward me again.

“Tyler is my mate,” she repeated softly.

I slowly shook my head while tears burned behind my eyes.

“No,” I whispered weakly.

“It is true,” Amelia replied calmly.

“No,” I repeated again, but my voice sounded smaller this time.

Then my mother finally turned toward me.

“Selene,” she said carefully, “for the sake of the family’s reputation, Amelia will attend the engagement ceremony today with Tyler.”

For a moment, I honestly thought I heard her wrongly. “What?” I whispered.

“Guests are already arriving,” Helena continued calmly. “We cannot allow a scandal to ruin everything.”

I immediately turned toward my father and he avoided my gaze completely.

“You cannot be serious,” I whispered painfully.

My mother gently held Amelia’s hand again.

“She is pregnant,” Helena said softly. “And Tyler is responsible for the child.”

My chest tightened painfully.

“So that is it?” I asked weakly. “You are replacing me?”

Tears filled my eyes immediately. “I am your daughter too!”

My voice shook badly, but neither of them answered me.

Instead, my mother stood protectively beside Amelia while my father remained silent beside them.

“Come downstairs when you are ready,” Helena told Tyler softly.

Then just like that, they walked out of the room with Amelia standing safely between them.

The door closed quietly behind them, leaving only Tyler and me inside the room.

I stared at him while tears trembled in my eyes. Questions rushed through my head so quickly that I could barely think properly anymore. I knew I had no wolf. But Tyler and I had fallen in love. But then again, how did this happen?

Why Amelia?

Why my own sister?

I looked at Tyler again and felt my chest ache painfully. “What is going on?” I whispered brokenly as pain flashed across Tyler’s face immediately.

“Selene—”

“How?” I interrupted sharply. “How did this happen?”

He remained quiet. And that silence hurt me more than any words possibly could.

“When did this even start?” I cried. “When did you have the opportunity to do this behind my back?”

“Selene, please—”

“No!” I shouted loudly.

My chest rose heavily while tears continued running down my face.

“Why her?” I asked painfully. “Why my sister?”

Tyler closed his eyes briefly before taking a deep breath.

“I never meant for this to happen.”

A bitter laugh escaped my lips.

“You slept with my sister, Tyler,” I whispered shakily. “And your excuse is that you never meant for it to happen?”

“It just happened,” he muttered quietly.

I stared at him in complete disbelief.

My breathing became uneven again.

“I am not surprised that my parents chose Amelia over me,” I admitted painfully. “They have always done that. But you…”

My voice broke completely.

Tyler immediately looked away from me. And that small movement shattered something inside me completely.

A painful sob escaped my lips before I slowly walked toward him and grabbed his arms tightly.

“Please tell me this is not real,” I whispered desperately. “I have been trying to talk to you for days because I needed you.”

Concern finally appeared on Tyler’s face.

“What do you mean?” he asked quietly.

My lips trembled badly.

“I lost our baby.”

The moment those words left my mouth, my body started shaking violently.

“I lost our child seven days ago,” I whispered painfully. “I was trying to tell you.”