002

—Fate has a cruel way of laughing at you. 

002

With her heart pounding fast in her chest and the doctor's warning echoing in her head, Liliana ran as fast as her legs could carry her. 

Every second she turned to check if Prince Martin had given up on whatever his intention was, she only realised how fast he was. How he was closing in on her. 

Even though she was tired, she didn't stop. She kept running, every part of her desperately wishing she could fly. 

“Liliana, would you just stop? Not as if this pup would make you any better than Sarah!” 

More tears ran down Liliana's cheeks as Prince Martin's words hit her hard like a punch to the guts. Those words coming from the same man meant to be the father of her pup. Her husband. Her mate. 

“We can always make another one together after I become the Alpha—”

“Did…”

Before Liliana could complete her words, she stumbled, hitting the ground hard like a bag of grain. 

She tried to stand up and continue walking but she couldn't. Her head was spinning in circles, her body felt numb as her vision slowly turned blurry. 

The last thing she could feel was Prince Martin's touch before the world suddenly went blank in her head. 

 *

“You are awake,” a nurse who was checking the drip fixed on Liliana, said calmly. “I would go get the doctor—”

“My pup… my pup…. Tell me my pup is alright. Tell me I am still pregnant!” Liliana screamed the moment she realized what happened. 

Prince Martin's intention and how she fell before she had the chance to escape. And save the blessing she never imagined having in a lifetime. 

“I am sorry, ma. I am not allowed to tell you this but,” the nurse paused, briefly glancing at the door to see if anyone was coming before dropping her voice to a whisper. “You were brought to the hospital with serious internal injury. Though your pregnancy was fine.”

“Was?” the single word tore out of Liliana’s lip painfully. 

“You were operated on…”

Without waiting for the nurse to complete her statement, Liliana lowered her gaze to her stomach. The stitches on her stomach confirmed the nurse wasn't lying. 

Her husband indeed had their pup aborted. The one thing she spent five years looking for. The one thing she had to endure mockery for— for being barren. 

“Sarah, you don't have to bother again. Just concentrate on bringing my sons to this world,” Prince Martin's words made Liliana's legs weakened, reality hitting her more like a volcano. Swallowing her wholesomely. 

It is still fresh in her head like yesterday. The oath they exchanged, his mark on her and how much he assured to choose her over anything. 

“That is why I love you. I know you won't make the wrong…”

“Martin!” Liliana yelled out with a shaky voice. “After everything… this… this is the way you decided to pay me back, uh?”

“Liliana, what did you do for him that other women have not done for their men? Shouldn't you even be ashamed of yourself,” Sarah replied before Prince Martin could. “You should be excited that the Alpha's heir dimmed you fit to be his wife. Wait, if not for your father's wealth, would he have looked your way?”

“Look at yourself, if you were a man, would you choose a woman like yourself? Fat for nothing. A worthless Omega who has no wolf!” 

Those words were like dagger, ripping Liliana's heart apart, doubling the pain overwhelming her. 

“Mar—”

“We are going to get a divorce,” Prince Martin's voice, which was now as cold as ice, vibrated in her ears. “You don't have to bother…”

Liliana didn't wait for Prince Martin to finish up his words. She closed the gaps between them and without thinking, she landed a responding slap across his face. 

“Did—”

“Sarah, you don't have to pay attention to this. Remember the doctor said nothing, absolutely nothing should stress you if you want our sons to be in good health,” Martin cut Sarah off before he returned his gaze to Liliana. “Liliana, this is where it ends for us.”

“I swear, Martin, I would make you pay for this. Even if I have to swim in fire I would do everything to—”

“I, Martin Xavier Moonclaw, rejects you as his wife and mate,” Martin interrupted her before she could complete the words etched in her mind. 

Without looking Liliana's way, Prince Martin turned and walked away. 

While Liliana on the other hand, clenched her chest tight, gasping for air. It was as if those few words Prince Martin said to her was a dagger, ripping her apart. 

Before she could take a step forward, she fell weakly to the ground, her head hurting her badly like it was going to crack any second as a fresh wave of pain tore through every part of her. 

She had heard tales of the pain rejection caused, but never in her wildest imagination had she imagined this pain to be this intense… like it was going to take her life. 

“Miss… Miss…”