Semua Bab The Barren Luna’s Revenge: Bab 1 - Bab 10

I stood paralyzed behind the shelf, my blood turning to ice.I bolted before he could spot me, reaching the car on trembling legs. Tears blurred the road as I followed Fred’s SUV at a distance. He pulled up to a cabin deep in the woods—a cabin I owned.I’d bought that place when I was pregnant, dreaming of a nursery. I’d spent five months hand-picking every piece of timber, only for the pup to die and the dream to rot. I hadn’t stepped foot inside since. I never imagined Fred would turn my sanctuary into his personal brothel.Cynthia was waiting in the doorway, draped in a sheer white nightgown. The moment Fred cleared the car, she was on him. Her lips crashed into his, and Fred’s arm locked around her waist, pulling her flush against him. His other hand slid beneath her hem, gripping her with a raw possessiveness he never dared show me in the Pack."Bold tonight," he growled—that primal Alpha-rut sound I hadn’t heard in years. "Nothing underneath."Cynthia let out a sharp, playful lau

The phone clicked open.Since the day we bonded, his passcode had always been my birthday. He used to swear there were no secrets between an Alpha and his Luna—a sacred trust he’d just traded for a Beta’s bed.I tapped the thread. Little Kitten’s profile photo was Cynthia in the lace nightgown I had bought her for her own birthday. She was posing for the lens, eyes hooded."Don’t you dare touch Maya. I mean it," the last message read.Then the one before it: "Tonight, I want you to turn on the bedroom camera. I’m watching."A cold sweat broke across my skin. A camera. My own mate had installed a hidden lens above our marriage bed just so his mistress could watch him perform the "loyalty" of ignoring me.I scrolled up, but the rest was a void. He had wiped the history clean.The shower cut off. By the time Fred walked out, toweling his hair, the phone was back on the table. I was sipping the coffee he’d brought. It tasted like ash.I didn't just want to sever the bond anymore. I wanted

I turned my head just in time to avoid the brunt of the blow, but I didn't see the former Luna’s foot coming.She kicked me squarely in the stomach.I lost my footing and tumbled backward, my body slamming against the stairs. I rolled down the flight, the world a blur of pain until a sharp crack in my ribs signaled I’d hit bottom. Warm blood began to mask my vision, trickling from a gash on my forehead.I forced my eyes open. Fred wasn't rushing toward me. He had his palm over Cynthia’s eyes, shielding her."Don't look," he murmured, his voice thick with a tenderness that made me want to vomit. "Too much blood. It’s not good for you or the pup."The Pack Healer and a swarm of nurses rushed in, hoisting me onto a stretcher. "We need a family member to authorize emergency surgery," a nurse shouted over the chaos.I looked at the doorway. My Beta father had treated me like a ghost for years. My Alpha mate was too busy protecting his mistress's sensibilities to notice I was dying."I have

"What?" Cynthia stared at him, her voice rising to a shriek. "I’m carrying your heir, Fred! You’re seriously trying to cut me off now?""Terminate the pregnancy," Fred said, his voice devoid of emotion. "I’ll compensate you. Land, coin, whatever you want. Just name your price.""I don't want a price! I want you! I want to be your Luna!"Fred’s voice dropped into a lethal, low-frequency growl. "Cynthia. Don’t make me repeat myself."His Alpha dominance slammed into the room, heavy and suffocating. Cynthia stumbled back, trembling. She bit her lip, turning to leave, but I saw the look in her eyes—the desperate, calculating glint of a woman who knew she still had one ally left: the former Luna.In my hospital bed, I watched the high-definition surveillance footage my Rogue team had just uploaded. The photos from the South Coast were damning—every touch, every kiss, every moment of their "secret" getaway captured in agonizing detail. This was more than enough for the Elder Council. I wasn'

Fred dragged both hands through his hair, the weight of his collapsing world finally bowing his shoulders. He walked down to the holding block and stared at his mother through the bars. She looked hollowed out, a ghost of the formidable Luna she once was."Fred, you finally came." She clutched his arm, her fingers like talons through the iron. "It was that Beta girl's fault. I was only protecting your honor! You have to go back to Maya. You can’t sever a bond that deep. Bring her home, Fred. Make this right.""I’ll find you an advocate," Fred replied, his voice sounding like gravel. "I'll get you out." But even he knew he was lying to himself.The severance hearing opened before he could make a single phone call. In the council chamber, my representative laid the evidence out piece by piece. Each photo, each recording, drained another drop of blood from Fred’s face until he looked like a corpse.When it came to the territory division, the "Alpha" was surprisingly submissive. I was awar