Chapter 3 All alone in this world

AMBER

I stared at my wrist watch-it was past eleven! I had to go home or my mother might be worried.

I walked out of the hotel and boarded a taxi. At first, I wanted to stop at Cedric's house and get my things but I was too exhausted, I had cried all my strength out.

Soon I reached home and made my way inside. I was a bit nervous for a moment because my mother had witnessed my rejection earlier. She was loving but very bad tempered and I wasn't sure how she would receive me.

I had planned to tell her about my pregnancy and what happened at the hotel but I wasn't still sure if she would believe me.

As soon as I opened the door, there she was standing in front of me and staring deeply into my tear-streaked eyes.

"What are you doing here?" She barked, causing me to freeze. That was not what I was expecting.

"What?" I whimpered, trying to catch my breath.

"Go back to wherever you came from, I don't want to see you!" she growled and turned to leave.

That moment, I rushed towards her and fell at her feet, holding her right foot firmly.

"Mother please-" I cried, "you have to believe me! Cedric lied against me, he and Astrid set me up-"

"Don't you dare lie against Astrid!" She barked, pulling her leg from my grip. "You cheated on your mate and now you are trying to put the blame on poor Astrid?"

"Poor Astrid?" I whimpered, "She's not who you think she is, you have to believe me!"

But she wasn't listening, she turned her back and refused to look at me.

"Sometimes, I wished Astrid was my daughter instead of you Amber." she hissed, causing my eyes to widen in disbelief.

"How could you say something like that? Mother please-" I cried but she didn't answer me.

"I'm pregnant with Cedric." I whispered, my heart raced fast as I stared at her optimistically. Slowly, she turned and glared at me.

"So you have decided to ruin our family's reputation huh?" she growled.

"What are you talking about mother?" I asked, completely perplexed. "I'm really preg-"

"First, you cheated on the Alpha, then you blame your best friend and now you want to pin your pregnancy on the Alpha?" she barked, cutting me short.

I couldn't believe my ears, "Mom-"

"No Amber!" she barked, "you've disgraced our family enough! All these years I thought I had raised the perfect daughter-the perfect Luna. I never knew I was raising a whore!"

"Mother?" I yelled, "did you just call me a whore?"

"Yes you are a whore Amber! Go and look for the fool responsible for that bastard in your womb and never come back!" she bellowed, her voice firm and undeniable.

"Mother please!" I sobbed, holding onto her leg again. "I don't have anywhere to go. I'm your only daughter, your only child please-"

"I don't have a daughter!" My mother declared, staring down at me as tears flowed down her cheeks.

I raised my head in shock, trying to process what she just said but then, she confirmed her words.

"You are no longer my daughter! Get out of my house-you and that thing inside you and never come back!" She growled and turned to leave.

I stared at her coldly as she walked away. I managed to stand up on my feet as she made her way up the stairs.

"Father was right about you!" I yelled, causing her to pause. "You couldn't give him a son because you're a terrible person! The only reason he married you was because he loved you but you never loved him!"

"I loved your father more than anything in this world, Amber!" my mother yelled as she turned to face me.

"Did you?" I scoffed, "You watched him die in that fire and you didn't do anything about it? He was only dead for a week and you were already sleeping with Beta Allen!"

"Watch your mouth Amber!" my mother growled loudly, I could see her wolf trying to force its way out.

"Why mother?" I continued, "the truth hurts doesn't it? I wish my father was still alive."

"That's it!" she roared, "Get out of here right now or I'll make you!"

"I'll leave," I replied, smiling as I stared at her, "but the moment I walk through that door, I'm never coming back!"

As soon as I said this, I opened the door and walked out, slamming it hard.

I walked a few steps then suddenly, I fell on my knees, crying out loud.

"What is this happening to me?!" I yelled out loud, wailing in anguish.

I was completely alone in this world, my mate rejected me, my best friend betrayed me and now my mother had disowned me-all I had left was the tiny life growing inside me.

It rained cats and dogs that night and I was already drenched completely in the rain. The flashes of lightning and the sound of thunder echoed through the night.

I held my belly tightly still crying as I whispered. "We're going to make it."

Slowly, I rose to my feet and staggered through the night, cold and wet. I didn't know where I was going, but I kept moving, determined to survive for the sake of my unborn child.

It was almost midnight and soon, I was the only one outside. I couldn't even take any of my belongings with me.

I stumbled along the high way, not looking back to avoid incoming vehicles. I was so cold and exhausted that I tripped over my own dress and fell.

I wanted to keep moving, I didn't want to give up, but I was too exhausted and at one point, I fell into despair.

I was on a bridge and flowing beneath the bridge was the Gal river. I thought about ending all my miseries by jumping into the Gal.

I was already on my way but then my wolf purred from inside me. I held my belly again and thought about the life growing inside me.

"I can't do this," I whispered, "I have to survive for my child,"

That moment, I changed my mind and decided to keep moving, but as I made my way along the highway, a bright light suddenly flashed from behind.

Before I could turn around to see who it was, the car came along and knocked me to the ground.

I lay there motionless as figures sprinted out of the car to where I laid.

My vision blurred and before I knew what was happening, everything faded into nothingness.