Fight or Flight

**Scott POV**

Waking up to my father's Beta rants wasn't something I wished for my enemy.

I was so damn tired as though I had run a marathon before sleeping last night but last night was far better than any marathon race.

He just walked in like he owned and he began ranting on something that I just could not understand.

My mind was just focused on just one person, Aria.

Damn that bitch was sweetness on another level, she knew how to make a man pant hungrily for her.

last night's sex was the best and if I was to say we were getting better in tis little game of yours, which of which I was becoming a grandmaster.

Sex was far more sweeter when the consciousness of getting caught was involved.

He kept on saying shit and cussing someone as I drifted in and out of sleep.

"What a slut!" He then said before facing the windows and then he said something that caught my attention, "Aria would have to go down like her parents".

"Aria" I said, upon sitting up making him turn to stare at me suspiciously.

"Yes, your personal maid Aria" he said, watching me carefully making me almost burst out laughing.

This old man would never seize to baffle me, here he was gallivanting like a fool he was in my own room and then trying to beat me at my favorite game?.

A game I had played for years now without even getting suspicious or caught.

"Ok?" I said differently before pretending to want to go back to sleep when he said something that made my heart pang.

"The bitch is pregnant!".

My head rang in alarm and I knew the father because after me, Aria had never opened her legs for another man…

Even a blind man could see how crazy she was for me and how much she longed for my attention.

If I hadn't issued her serious warnings about acting like we knew each other in the open, when I was quite comfortable with doing so.

I tried so hard to conceal my emotions just like father had thought and I have mastered for years, "how did you even find out?".

Not wanting it to sound like I'm siding Aria or showing him that I was in any way affiliated to her.

My mind flew back to the slight changes I had noted especially in her breasts.

They were more fuller and more tender, I was too blinded in lust to listen to those signs.

If by any chance that it is revealed I'm the father of that child then there was no way the coronation would take place this year.

The pack rules were strict and it was that discipline that led to where we were today, being the best in the world.

In every way, our companies were unbeatable and for now we had no competition because none gave any reason to worry and to top it up, the pack.

"Take your bath, we are going for her hearing..the slut hasn't even told anyone of her bastard child" he said before walking out.

It wasn't compulsory to come for it, not because I could see her in pain, but because I didn't want anyone suspecting me due to her piercing gaze.

I cursed Aria and wondered why her fucking womb had to catch the sperm at this time and now it has gotten to them.

These elders could be scary if they wanted to ask their eyes, their eyes and ears are going to be everywhere so there was no way to convince her to get rid of her bastard.

I entered the bathroom and washed up, not because of the  gathering of elders but because I knew Crystal had this weird habit of coming to check up on me at absurd times like morning.

Every powerful and strong kingdom needs a woman to rule alongside their king, Crystal was exactly the kind of Luna every Alpha would want beside them.

She didn't have the same body shape with Aria as Aria is more curvy than she's.

Crystal had a slender figure and was quite tall but that wasn't a characteristic of a Luna, she was trained to be ambitious, mean, street smart and confident.

"What are you doing here?" I heard a familiar voice making me freeze, I was no coward but was scared of the head Epsilon.

I greeted and walked out alongside him without asking a question.

I just couldn't wait till I'm crowned as Alpha, so I'd teach them a lesson and be just like my Dad…he was a legend.

If indeed Aria was pregnant then it was goodbye to our relationship and to that cursed child of hers.

Nothing was going to ruin my rule as Alpha and my lineage too and an illegitimate child was never in the first place my plan.

**Aria's POV**

It was being replayed in my mind all over again, our last night tape filled with moans and thrusts.

The more I thought about what had happened today, the more crazy I seemed to be getting here.

The question, "What went wrong?” kept on ringing and ringing in my ears but there seemed to be no response about it.

So many memories clouding my mind as my heart panged in pain. We shared so many memories, sweet ones that meant so much to me than he had ever thought. 

Those kisses and promises were stored in my heart, locked in a place where I had thrown the key while throwing caution to the wind.

My mind went to the decisions of the elders, they had postponed their meeting until Scott's coronation.

Could it be Scott that had suggested it in the first place but had to put on a facade so as to deceive those judgy members of the council.

What if that was the reason for his silence because as much as I could see funny red flags, I also believed in what we shared.

It could be the reason for his silence was so as to wipe my tears in the most ceremonial manner, his coronation.

Call me stupid due to all these tears and confusion flooding my mind and controlling my thoughts but I was just like every other girl.

A vulnerable one in love stricken with poverty and a life full of disgrace until the stepping in of my prince charming.

This night would tell me what I need to know, if by any chance Scott loved me or was indeed playing with me.

Those times we would sneak away in the library and stable, away from the people who would rather die than see them together flashed in my mind.

For example, his father. My mind kept on bringing painful memories

Scott had helped me during the death of my parents, I remembered how the pain slowly was wiped away and replaced with the thought of seeing Scott everyday. 

What went wrong?, I couldn't help but ask myself again.

As the night wore on, I took out a letter from her pocket, the very first letter Scott wrote to me that I had found last night.

I couldn't help but ask herself why I had fallen for his charms and promises that he would protect me. 

Still, it still rang that being with him came with its own advantages. 

I remembered with fondness how he begged his mother to make me the personal maid to the royal house, and I had moved closer to him.

Far away from the scornful eyes of the older slaves. It wasn't long after that we began a romantic relationship. 

At that moment, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the thoughts and with that feeling as I slept off.

I woke up to their scorns and mean laughter.

Last night was very rough for me as I was not able to sleep properly on the hard as cold ground, another thing was that the feeling of being caged didn't suit me well.

It made me miss my position as a slave everything was better but being a prisoner.

"Hey new girl" I heard one shout before the other corrected, "you mean new slut".

They all burst into laughter, I joined in too but I was laughing myself, all because of Scott here I was with the lowest of all and they are mocking me like their life is any better.

I ignored them them as I knew their reason for all these, they were just mocking me to feel better about themselves.

My hands moved to my flat stomach and I sighed, if indeed Scott had played me.

I was left with two choices now, fight or flight and knowing I had nowhere to go the latter seemed like a very seducing offer now.

So it's fight then, I loved Scott and was going to have him whether it suits him or not.

The coronation would guide me on my next step.