Chapter 1 STABBED

SELENE

Alpha Lucas was going to be overjoyed once I told him the good news that I was pregnant.

I knew that I was the Luna and that meant that I had to carry myself with grace but I was so happy, so excited that I half ran, half walked as I made my way to his study.

Usually, I didn't disturb my love when he was there, it was his personal space but this news could not wait, I could not wait to tell him he was going to become a father!

I pushed open the door without knocking, "Darling, you are not going to believe what I have to tell–" the words hung in my mouth as my eyes widened.

Alpha Lucas' pants were around his ankle and he was balls deep inside another woman, his naked butt clenching viciously as he thrust into her.

The bottle of champagne that I had brought for us to celebrate with fell from my hand and smashed to pieces at my foot, sending glass and red wine flying in every direction.

I looked on, and squinted my eyes, refusing to believe what I was seeing.

The woman was lying with her back on the table and her legs hung around his shoulders.

"Babe!" he stiffened and quickly reached down and pulled up his pants.

I shook my head and stepped backward out of the room and slammed the door.

No, this could not be, I did not just see what I thought I saw, my whole body felt like I was on fire despite being in an air-conditioned hallway.

My heart was beating in my chest furiously and now tears were starting to well up in my eyes. Instinctively, my hand went to my belly and then I ran.

It was as if the hallway walls were closing in on me, trying to trap me within them, I couldn't spend another second here, I needed to get out.

"Honey!" I heard his voice calling me from behind but this just made me run even faster, I needed to put as much space between us as I could.

Oh my goodness! My love did this to me?

How? How did he violate the mate bond like that? I should have known something was wrong, how didn't I? Did the pregnancy somehow affect my ability to sense his emotions?

How could he do this to us, to me, and his baby? This was the highest form of betrayal.

Now the scent of that strange woman was burned into my memory, I could never forget it.

I kept running until I ended up in the woods far beyond our pack. I didn't want anyone to see me cry, as soon as I was certain that I was alone, I broke down and tears flowed freely from me.

This was supposed to be the happiest day of our lives, this was not supposed to be happening, not to me, how could Lucas do this to me? We loved each other more than anything, didn't we?

I had begun to doubt everything.

"There you are!" he said, panting heavily.

I turned around startled to see him there, "Get the hell away from me!" my voice was mingled with grief and anger.

"Babe, babe, please, just let me explain okay, it is not what you think!" he took a step forward.

My eyes widened, "It is not what I think? You were balls deep in another woman! What the hell do you want to explain about that?" I yelled at him, the veins straining in my neck.

Alpha Lucas shook his head, "You weren't supposed to see that babe, I am sorry you had to see that!"

I scoffed in disbelief, "You aren't even sorry, are you? You are just sorry you got caught!"

"Babe, please, forgive me, I promise you, she meant nothing to me," he kept approaching me.

"Stay back!" I warned, raising my arm to keep him at length, "Did you even ever love me?"

"Of course babe, I have loved only you," he said ignoring my warning and coming closer.

I shook my head, "You are a shameless liar, and a cheat, you are not fit to be my alpha!" I sniffled.

"Don't say that babe, I'm sorry, please, give me a second chance!"

I shook my head more furiously, "Fuck you Lucas, fuck you, I am not going to let you hurt me like this and get away with it. The council must hear about this!"

The sympathetic look left his face and his eyes became serious, "What?"

"I am going to dissolve our marriage, you are not fit to be alpha!"

"Babe," there was a dangerous edge to his voice now, "The council does not need to get involved, we can work through this, just give me a second chance!"

I felt so overwhelmed I thought that I was going to pass out at any moment, "I can't deal with you right now."

I walked past him but then he viciously grabbed my arm.

"Let me go, Lucas!" I warned.

"Don't tell the council babe, please."

"Get off me, you and I are officially finished!" I said with finality.

His grip on mine loosened and I freed myself and kept walking out of there, sniffling and pulling myself together, I knew what I needed to do.

I heard his footsteps behind me obviously, he was coming to plead again, I didn't want to hear what he had to say, he had broken my heart, my trust, and our bond.

Without warning, Lucas ran up from behind me and then stabbed me in the stomach.

I gasped as a piercing pain shot through me, Oh No, My baby! I thought in panic.

As my hand went defensively to my belly, I heard him whisper in my ear, "I am sorry," and then his blade cut my throat.

As I lay there bleeding in a pool of my own blood, scared and alone, I muttered a silent prayer.

"Oh Moon goddess, please I do not want to die here like this, please not like this, not when I have been wronged so badly, please, do not let me die here!" I prayed as the life drained out of me and I faded into blackness.