Chapter 4

Anna POV 

Five years ago, my world changed in a way that I couldn't describe. It felt like I had teleported into another dimension where I barely knew who I was. After running away from the stranger…okay, he told me he was Alpha Ravok of DarkLight pack but I didn't believe that because it was impossible to believe that he was the rumored heartless Alpha when he was so kind to me so I preferred to call him ‘the stranger’. 

After that moment, I decided not to die, a little hope lit up in me so I went to the human world to start a new life. Should I say that was a big mistake? That I may have made a very terrible mistake?

Life wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Moving into a new environment with no real plan wasn't as easy as they'd made it seem in movies! It was horrible. A very traumatic experience and it was worse when I discovered I was pregnant. 

I had thought of getting rid of the baby as I could barely fend for myself but I just couldn't. I had also thought of returning home to my family but I had no family—those people were dead to me. 

And speaking of them, yes, there were times I thought of getting revenge, times I craved to see them suffer for all they did to me, but as the years went by, it sounded ridiculous…unreal, like I was some female lead in a movie wanting an unplanned-half-baked revenge that always led to romance. 

I realized I wanted something different—I became a mom, a mother of two bright kids so I wanted a stable income, a good life for my kids, and overall, peace. 

Although I prayed never to meet the people I once considered family again, I still backed the prayers up by asking the moon goddess to bless me so that if I ever crossed paths with them, I would be in a better place. Maybe by then, I would think of revenge. But as a single Mom trying to survive, stability was truly all I needed. 

A few months before DarkLight Pack. 

“Mom! Mom! Jaiden’s body is burning up again!” My baby girl, Jaila, had said in worry as she looked down at me with those big teary blue eyes that she got from her father. I immediately rode from the floor—I could not afford two rooms so while my babies slept on the bed, I stayed on the ground. 

“Oh my baby,” I muttered, teary-eyed as I carried my son who had lost so much weight.

“Mommy, please help my brother. You said he would get better soon but he is not. I-is he dying?” Jaila asked innocently as her teary blue eyes looked at mine, hopeful for a good reply. 

My heart broke as I stared at my princess. Even as a Mom it felt like I was failing. I should be able to take care of my kids, I should never have allowed my daughter to think her brother was dying. To be sincere, there were times when I had regretted sleeping with that stranger. If I had not done that, I would not have birthed and brought two beautiful pumpkins to suffer in this world. 

However, I knew those were not the time to act weak. I needed to be strong for my babies. They needed me. So, with a warm smile on my face, I said, “What? Of course not, your brother wouldn't die and yes he is going to get better.” I reassured my daughter as I rubbed her hair. I cradled both my babies as I went over the plan in my head—the very ridiculous but only way to get my son to feel better. 

Last month when my son started to feel ill, I had taken him to several hospitals but no one could understand what was wrong until I met a wolf doctor in the city and he told me that my son wasn't sick, that he just needed his father. He told me that both my kids do. As werewolves, they didn't just need to grow up around their kind, they also needed a wolf figure in their lives…their father. Unfortunately, I had not gotten my wolf yet. Maybe I never will. I had given up on that anyway. 

At first, my body froze at the doctor's words. I instantly didn't like the idea of going back to Ravok and suddenly introducing him to the kids he'd never met. Kids from a rejected wolfless disgrace. Just thinking about it made my stomach ache and I thought he was definitely going to have me killed up on finding out the truth. I asked for another way, but the doctor said that returning my kids to their father was the only way. As long as my son was close to his father and his people, even for a year, he would feel better. He also warned that sooner or later, Jaila, my daughter will fall sick as well and hers would be so much worse. 

I didn't want my children to suffer so despite my fears I decided to do it, but I wanted to find a way around it. To somehow get my kids to be in the same space with Ravok without him recognizing them. Then it hit me like lightning. Ravok was blind and because I was wolfless and didn't have a scent when we met, he would recognize me if I went to him again. 

And as if the goddess was on my side, I discovered he was looking for a one-year contract wife. I thought it would be hard to get in as a single mother but when the elders came to check me out after sending a letter to them, they liked me instantly and brought me to the DarkLight pack. 

So, there I was in the most majestic sitting room in the biggest pack I had ever seen waiting for Ravok. I didn't know what I felt at that moment…excited? Hopeful? Scared? I couldn't tell exactly but I knew that my heart was beating so fast that it could explode. 

“Mom! Are you sure we're going to live here? This place is sooo big?!” My boobly daughter said excitedly as she bounced on the couch and spread her hands apart to describe how big the place was. 

“Yes, my love. Hopefully.” I said, flashing a warm smile at her as I ruffled her hair. 

“M-mom, are you sure this place will make me feel better? I miss playing with my sister.” My beautiful and warm-hearted son said softly and I kissed his forehead. 

“Of course my love.” But as I sat down there, waiting for Ravok to show up, I started to wonder if I was making a good decision. This was the same man all the ladies refused to marry. The same man who killed his parents. What if he treated my kids badly? What if this was just a bad decision? 

I should probably think of something else. I shouldn't put my kids in danger. Maybe I should apply as a chef then sneak my kids in from time to time instead of acting as a wife knowing very well I wouldn't have anything sexual to do with him and may not even last for long before he kills me as the rumors had claimed that he had anger issues. “Jaiden, Jamie, I think we should go. Mama made a mistake.” 

“What? But mom we just got here.” Jamie pouted now looking very sad. 

“I'll explain in a way. Let's just leave.” I said then bent down a little and Jamie jumped on my back while I carried my son with my free hands. I was about to head out the door when a strong voice sounded in the room and shook me tothe core. 

“And where do you think you're going?”