Chasing the rejected Luna

42: Heavy request

"What?" I could hardly believe what I was hearing from Alpha Ryven as I stared at him from across the room.

His anger had not subsided since he dragged me away from Ava's house, humiliating me in front of all the servants and guards. But I was least concerned about that and the deep bruise that his fingers left on my upper arm.

He crossed the room, his face mere inches away from mine as he glared hard at me, the Amber's in his eyes almost setting me on fire. But I didn't give a damn about his anger. I was more livid and shocked at his utterance.

"You're not serious. Are you?" I asked again when I saw he was unrelenting in his words and glare. I didn't back down but at the end of the question when I found out he was dead serious about it.

"Do it. I won't repeat it," he sneered, the sides of his jaw twitching violently.

"You're insane. This is more reason I regret being here with you. I will never do it even if it's the only request for me to be alive. I'd rather die than hurt the baby growing inside of me."

"I won't have a bastard under my roof!" He shouted at me, his saliva flying into my face. I took a step back from fright because of the crazed look in his eyes.

I felt this had more to do with the fact that I was pregnant with Alexander's child. There was no way he would be so livid at the information. A small part of me guessed it had something to do with me being a descendant of the moon goddess.

I clutched my stomach as if to shield my baby from him. I'd finally come to accept the truth that I was indeed pregnant for Alexander. Maybe I had already accepted it a long time ago but was just waiting for the right moment to tell myself.

The signs were all over the place; I missed my period on the day it was supposed to come and I had morning sickness for a week. The doctor wanted to run a test on me when he came over to check on me. But I was scared of what Alpha Ryven would do once he found out.

My fears were not unfounded though as the beast stood in front of me like a man who had escaped the seven Gates of hell. I shuddered involuntarily.

"Then let me go," I whispered, afraid that if my voice got any louder, he would snap and do what goddess knows what. "please."

"No. You belong to me now. And nothing of you should belong to that sick Alpha," his eyes went from crazed to confused. I had to blink twice to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.

He began pacing, "How did this happen? No, I took precautions. How? That means you were pregnant this whole time and you kept it from me?" He stopped and looked at me while I took another step back.

"I didn't know."

"Liar! Then why weren't you surprised when I asked about the pregnancy?" He continued pacing, the lines between his eyebrows deepening with thoughts. "I thought you didn't know. But you bloody knew this whole time! How long did you plan to hide it from me?"

I took in a shaky breath as my legs hit the edge of the bed. We were in his room and the huge room became unbearably small for me as I was getting out of oxygen. It was hot. I knew it wasn't me. But it was caused by Alpha Ryven. His gaze was sharp and piercing as it gazed at me with so much intensity it felt like a caress.

If only.

But it felt like little needles that pricked my skin.

"Answer me!" He barked with his fists clenched while I swallowed with my eyes wide. My hands stayed by my side, scared that any little thing would make him kill me.

And I knew nobody would miss me. That thought hurt more than the realization that Alpha Ryven had only cared about what I was. Although a little part of me still clung to the hope that he once cared about who I was.

"I don't know," I released the tears that I had been holding on to for so long. It choked me, while I coughed, bending down and clutching my stomach. In a way, it was a reflex action as I knew I would protect my child even if it meant dying.

"You are playing with me. Does this merry-go-round go round? I thought you were a virgin. The way you acted so innocently. Not knowing you are a bitch who spreads her legs for any man. Who knows if it's only Alexander you had sex with? Or if you're not carrying a disease," he spat with disgust.

Blood drained from my face as I slowly looked up at him. "I can't believe you would say this. Out of everyone, I trusted you. I thought you cared about me? What was it you said days before? That you cared about me. And I am no whore!"

"Then how can you explain the pregnancy? It surely wasn't a mistake." Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"It wasn't. If I was given the opportunity a second time, I would gladly give myself to Alpha Alexander," I said, breathing hard from the emotions that racked me.

"It's Alexander to you now. I'm your Alpha," he racked his hand through his hair which had overgrown more than its usual length, and laughed.

The laugh was mirthless. And it carried a tinge of maniac. I was stunned into silence as I watched him. The laugh soon blossomed into something real. I could feel it and it made my blood run cold.

Then he suddenly stopped and looked into my eyes. "A real fool. That's what you are. I have never known someone to be as foolish as you. Alexander rejected you. Brutally, from what I gathered and you still had sex with him. Was it because of pity? Was it because of the words he told you? That he would forever love and cherish you?"

"You can't break me more than the way you've broken me," I choked as I hugged myself, the room going cold with my blood.

He was right in what he said. It's unfortunate. Alexander did say something similar to those words. I was a fool. I knew that. Not because I allowed Alexander to lure me into having sex with him. But because I was almost lured into having sex with Alpha Ryven because of the words he uttered.

Hearing him saying my thoughts out loud hurt terribly as my heart squeezed in my chest. I felt like I would die from the pain.

"How can I break something that was already broken? Even if you don't want me, you can't leave because you don't have a choice. I think you do not understand what it means by you belong to me now," he walked closer to me and I involuntarily moved backward which made me trip and fall on the bed.

But my eyes never left him.

He stopped just at the foot of the bed, looking down at me. "It means you were traded over like a commodity. And because I bought you, you can't go back to your old life. If I can, I could brand my name on your forehead to show everyone that you belong to me now. And even if I kill you, no one would question me because the stupid Alpha of yours who's the father of the bastard in…"

"I will tolerate you calling me names. Do whatever you plan. But I won't stand if you call my child names," I growled, surprised by the anger that overcame me.

"It's a fact. Your child is a bastard. And it's time you say goodbye to him," he smirked and walked back away from me.

I somehow knew what he meant by the last sentence but I still didn't fully know until I heard the door close and the door lock from the outside.

I rushed over to it as I was almost paralyzed with fear. What was that maniac planning? I asked myself while I repeatedly tried to open the door with brute force. But it wouldn't bulge no matter what even after transforming partially.

I ran to the window in hopes of escaping. The look I saw in Alpha Ryven's eyes just before he left the room made alarm bells ring in my head.

This was bad.

Very bad. I could feel it in my bones. Everything wasn't right. From the way he reacted when he found out I was pregnant to the way, he looked just before he left the room. Looking down at the window, I knew jumping down would be suicide. So I did the only thing I could think of - I knelt and prayed to the moon goddess to protect me and my unborn child.

I wasn't exactly a believer of prayers but at that moment, that was the only thing I could do. I couldn't face off an Alpha.

Alphas were stronger than any wolf. And it didn't matter that I had special powers. They wouldn't help me. Alpha Ryven would kill me and probably dump my body in the woods for wild animals to feast on. The thought made me shudder in fright. If I had known, I would have taken Ava's advice and left when the opportunity was presented to me.

The door clicked, making me know he was back. I smelt him and the liquid even before he stepped into the room and my blood chilled in my veins.

My inner voice told me what he planned to do even before he entered the room, locking the door and placing the key in his pockets. He turned to me with a can of water in his hand but in it was the unmistakable gold color of wolfbane.

He would force the liquid into my mouth. What baffled me was how confident he felt as he didn't bring a guard with him.

I readied my fighting stance with fear rattling my bones. There was no going back. Even if it meant my death, I would fight him on this.

With slow steps and a ghost of a smirk, he stalked toward me while clutching the can.