Three Days to Goodbye
My mate, David Hayes, who is the Alpha, has been cold to me ever since he claimed me as Luna of the pack.
He assumes that I gave him a dose of pheromones under the full moon. That was why I got the chance to mate with him and ended up being pregnant so quickly.
So, as an Alpha, and for the sake of his reputation, he decides to mark me.
That is how I became his "mystery Luna".
The pack only knows that he has a Luna, but no one knows it's me.
When I gave birth to our pup the next year, he showed no interest in the slightest.
When a lupine maid brings the newborn to him, he glances at the pup with disgust and turns away. "Let's hope he's nothing like his mother—scheming, manipulative, and a disgrace to the pack!"
I lie in bed, weak and exhausted, but the tears won't stop.
…
Today, David's childhood friend, Sophia Sinclair, returned to the pack.
The moment he heard the news, he lit up with excitement. That night, after coming back from Sophia's place, drunk out of his mind, he pulled our pup into his arms.
My son, Joseph Hayes, was over the moon.
He snuggled closer to him and whispered to me, "Mom, he hugged me on his own… Does that mean he accepts me now?"
I held him tight, tears stinging my eyes. "His mate has come back. We're leaving the pack."
What he didn't know was that the healer had already told me I have Wolf Spirit Degeneration, which leaves me only three days to live.
Before I die, I'll take Joseph to my parents, where he'll be loved and cared for, and not hated and abandoned by his own father.
In three days, David will never see me or our pup again—and for the rest of his life.