The Alpha's Discarded Mate
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Chapter 6 Flight or Fight img
Chapter 7 Awakening Storm img
Chapter 8 The Choice img
Chapter 9 Point of No Return img
Chapter 10 Into the Depths img
Chapter 11 The Devil's Choice img
Chapter 12 Song of Darkness img
Chapter 13 Blood and Betrayal img
Chapter 14 The Hunter's Game img
Chapter 15 The Real War Begins img
Chapter 16 The Matriarch's Prison img
Chapter 17 Into the Heart of Darkness img
Chapter 18 Awakening in Hell img
Chapter 19 Breaking Point img
Chapter 20 Darkness Rising img
Chapter 21 What Sleeps Beneath img
Chapter 22 Reunion in Light img
Chapter 23 The betrayal's face img
Chapter 24 When gods Bleed img
Chapter 25 The New World Order img
Chapter 26 The Ancestor's Gambit img
Chapter 27 The Birth of a Dark God img
Chapter 28 The Architects' Judgment img
Chapter 29 The Memory Thief img
Chapter 30 The Story Writes Itself img
Chapter 31 The Bleeding Stories img
Chapter 32 The War for Worth img
Chapter 33 The Children's Crusade img
Chapter 34 The Jailer's Revelation img
Chapter 35 The Board Meeting from Hell img
Chapter 36 The Ultimate Choice img
Chapter 37 The New Reality img
Chapter 38 The Test of Trust img
Chapter 39 The Harvest Begins img
Chapter 40 The Ultimate Revelation img
Chapter 41 The new beginning img
Chapter 42 The Authors' Rebellion img
Chapter 43 The narrative underground img
Chapter 44 Dreames of liberation img
Chapter 45 The Weight of Choice img
Chapter 46 Back to the beginning img
Chapter 47 Return to Reality img
Chapter 48 Sister's Desperation img
Chapter 49 Blood And Betrayel img
Chapter 50 The Reckoning Begins img
Chapter 51 Secrets Unveiled img
Chapter 52 Alliance and Preparation img
Chapter 53 The Day Before img
Chapter 54 The Grand Council img
Chapter 55 The Truth is out img
Chapter 56 The Final Blow img
Chapter 57 A New Era img
Chapter 58 Returning to Silvermoon img
Chapter 59 Shadows of the Past img
Chapter 60 The Trial has come img
Chapter 61 The Rogue Army img
Chapter 62 The Alpha Stone img
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The Alpha's Discarded Mate

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Chapter 1 Perfect Life, Perfect Lie

Luna's POV

"Luna, you need to eat something," Marcus said, his voice carrying that Alpha tone that usually made my knees weak. Today it just made my stomach churn harder.

"I can't keep anything down," I muttered, pushing the plate of eggs away from me. The smell alone made bile rise in my throat.

Marcus sighed, running his hand through his dark hair-the same gesture that used to make my heart flutter. Now it just looked impatient. "The pack doctor said morning sickness should be getting better by now. You're almost four months along."

Four months. Four months of carrying the child I'd dreamed about for three years. The heir that would finally prove I belonged here, that I was worthy of being Luna of the Silvermoon Pack.

"Maybe I should see Dr. Hendricks again," I suggested, wrapping my silk robe tighter around my still-flat stomach.

"No." Marcus's response was sharp, final. "He's busy with more important pack matters. This is normal."

More important than his pregnant mate? I bit back the words. Marcus had been distant lately, always busy with "pack business" that somehow never included me anymore. Gone were the days when he'd seek my counsel on everything, when he'd tell me I was his partner in leading our people.

"Where are you going today?" I asked, trying to sound casual as he adjusted his tie.

"Council meeting with the Northern Territories. Alpha business." He kissed my forehead absently, the way you'd kiss a child. "Stay in bed. Rest."

I wanted to remind him that I used to attend council meetings, that before our mating ceremony I'd been the head healer of my birth pack. But pregnant Luna apparently meant fragile Luna, meant useless Luna.

After Marcus left, I wandered through our massive house feeling like a ghost. The pack members who used to greet me warmly now barely met my eyes. Even Rosalind, Marcus's mother, had been colder than usual.

"Luna needs to understand her place," I'd overheard her telling her daughter Lydia last week. "Being pregnant doesn't make her any less common-born."

Common-born. After three years, I was still just the healer's daughter who got lucky enough to catch the Alpha's eye. Never mind that I'd helped build this pack's reputation, that I'd saved dozens of lives, that I'd loved Marcus with everything I had.

My phone buzzed with a text from my sister Celeste: "Missing you! Can't wait to see you at dinner tonight. Have news to share!"

At least Celeste still treated me like family. She'd been visiting more often lately, which meant everything to me when I felt so isolated. My sweet little sister who'd always looked up to me, who'd been so excited when I became Luna.

I spent the afternoon in what used to be my office, trying to organize medical supplies. But even that felt hollow now. Marcus had quietly reassigned most of my healing duties to other pack members, claiming I needed to focus on "growing our child."

By evening, I'd managed to keep down some crackers and was feeling slightly more human. Marcus still wasn't home when Celeste arrived for dinner, looking radiant in a flowing blue dress that made her silver-blonde hair glow.

"You look beautiful," I said, hugging her. She'd always been the prettier sister, the one who could have had any Alpha she wanted.

"Thank you," she said, her smile seeming different somehow. Secretive. "Is Marcus joining us?"

"He's at a council meeting. You know how it is."

"Actually, I don't think he is." Celeste's voice was soft, almost pitying. "Luna, there's something I need to tell you. Something you deserve to know."

My blood went cold. "What are you talking about?"

"I saw Marcus today. He wasn't at any council meeting." She reached for my hands, her touch surprisingly cold. "He was at the Moonlight Hotel on Fifth Street."

The world tilted. "That's impossible. He said-"

"I know what he said." Celeste's eyes filled with what looked like tears. "Luna, I'm so sorry. He wasn't alone."

The room spun around me. "You're lying."

"I wish I was." She pulled out her phone, and my heart shattered into a million pieces.

There on her screen was a photo of Marcus entering the hotel with a woman. A pregnant woman with long auburn hair and a familiar laugh.

Someone who looked exactly like me, but wasn't me.

"Who is she?" I whispered.

Celeste's grip on my hands tightened. "Luna, I'm so sorry. I didn't know how to tell you."

But I already knew. Deep in my bones, I already knew my perfect life was about to become my perfect nightmare

            
            

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