Substitute Luna, Runaway With His Quadruplets

Ivy’s POVThe sixth time my Alpha husband refused to have sex with me, I left and moved in with Grandma Susan.In the strict hierarchical world of werewolves, I'm a wolfless Luna meaning I'm weak. Also I've been stripped of my family name, meaning I live with no dignity at all.Despite this, Alpha Theodore doesn't refuse to mark me. I’m a wolfless Luna and his wife, but he doesn’t respect me or trust me.I stand at the sink. I feel sick again and I know what this means even if I’m trying to ignore it. I know it means I’ll have to face my husband the Alpha again. He’s my husband and he’ll need to know the truth.My mind drifts to the last time I saw Theodore.I reached across the bed to touch his body I’m desperate for his touch. My body aches for him.“What do you want, Ivy? I’m tired,” Theodore said as he pushed my hands away. “In any case, have you forgotten your position. I am your Alpha, I’ll decide when we have sex. Now go to sleep.”“I know my position — I’m your Luna. How can

Ivy’s POVI let the news I’ve given him sink in while I run my hand over my belly and wonder: are our babies still safe in there?“You’re pregnant?” Theodore asks.“Yes! With quadruplets. That’s if Tiffany didn’t kill them.”Theodore is stunned. “How do you know you’re pregnant?”“Nicole ran a pregnancy test when I came to town to see you. I saw the four little beating hearts of our babies on the ultrasound machine.”“Why didn’t you tell me?” Theodore is still clearly trying to put all of this new information together. “I needed to know about something so important.”“Of course you do. That’s why I was on the way to your house, to tell you, before the car crash changed everything.”Theodore sits on the chair next to me. I can see the effect my words are having on him. “But how can I believe you? You’ve told so many lies.”“Nicole has the file. She did a pregnancy test and a scan. She’ll have the evidence that we’re having four little pups. That is unless Tiffany killed them.” I remem

Ivy’s POV After what seems like a long time, the ambulance stops. The three men carry me into the mental hospital. I’m surprised to see Theodore already inside waiting for me. He’s with a woman who I quickly learn is the hospital administrator.“Here she is,” Theodore says. The administrator nods.I’m surprised to see he’s also with the Sterlings, the people I once thought were my parents, Grace and Ethan. Why are they here?“We heard what happened at the hospital,” Grace says. “Our son was out of line. I can see now how sick you are, Ivy. Jonathan should have never done that to you when you’re so sick.”“oh? So he should have done it when I’m healthy?” I say. “Should he beat me in public, humiliate me in front of the pack, but only when I have a clean bill of health?”“I’m not saying that, Ivy, you’re getting me wrong. You know we still love you even if you’re not out real daughter,” Grace says. She tries to put her hand on my cheek and I move my head out of her reach.“Why are you

Theodore’s POVIt’s been two weeks since Ivy escaped the mental hospital and Kingsley has found nothing. I can think about nothing else. The guilt of committing her to that place weighs heavily on me.“I don’t believe that Ivy shifted. We know she’s just a pathetic human, nothing more,” Jonathan says. “I think someone helped her. People are saying she ran off with one of the male nurses. A loose whore, as I’ve always suspected.”I glare at him. I’m so tired of him always being around. “Don’t you have a home of your own where you can be?”“Tiffany wants me here and she’s my sister,” Jonathan says. “It’s a package deal —you want Tiffany you get me too. It’s a two-for-one!”Tiffany laughs with him. I look away in disgust.“Jonathan, I heard that too,” Tiffany says. “If she could shift, why hadn’t it happened when she turned eighteen like all of us? It makes no sense. Why would she hide that she’s a wolf?”“She’s a pathological liar, that’s why! You know that Tiff,” Jonathan says.“True.”

Ivy’s POV I can think of nothing else except seeing Theodore again. Through dinner I think about every angle of the deal and the meeting and what might happen. The pros and cons. I haven’t seen Theodore for five years. I’m a completely different person. Is he too?I’m mulling over whether I should meet Theodore about the partnership too. I know it could be good for Ice Moon Pack. Ryder is adamant that it’s a good idea and I trust his judgement. I know Dylan is a problem, but is he really as dangerous as Ryder thinks? Will this deal once and for all put him in his place?My indecision is based on fear, I know this. It angers me that I can still be so emotionally manipulated by Theodore. I am the heiress of the Ice Moon pack for goddess’ sake! I should fear no one. He should fear me!I doubt I’ll sleep tonight my head full of all of it. I just hope I can make the right decision in the end.Thomas calls me just after dinner. He wants to come over. I’m so distracted by everything I immed