Faking Amnesia Cost Him Everything

My beta mate, Kyan Hopkins, got injured in a rogue attack and lost his memory.

He forgot about me, pregnant with his pup, and marked another she-wolf, Gamma Evelyn.

Kyan claimed Evelyn was his true mate, saying an omega like me wasn't worthy of him.

As he wished, I ended our mate bond.

Later, at my bonding ceremony with the Alpha King, Kyan's eyes reddened. "You're marrying someone else with my pup?"

I touched my flat stomach and replied calmly, "Of course not. Your pup is gone."

1

On the day of my prenatal checkup, my beta husband, Kyan, didn't show up.

He chose to pick up his ex-girlfriend, Evelyn, and bring her back to the pack instead of going with me to the hospital.

On their way, rogues attacked them.

When I rushed to the packhouse, worried, I caught Kyan kissing Evelyn passionately.

"Kyan, what are you doing?" I couldn't believe it.

My mate, who once swore loyalty to me before the Moon Goddess, betrayed me!

"Who are you? I don't even know you," Kyan said, staring at me blankly.

I soon learned from the pack doctor what happened.

Kyan got a head injury during the rogue attack and lost his memory.

I was stunned. "How could this happen?"

Kyan remembered everyone except me, his pregnant mate.

Evelyn tried to comfort me, but her tone was sharp. "Sweetheart, you can't imagine how terrifying it is to face rogues. After all, you're just an omega who can't do anything."

"I'm marking Evelyn. She's the she-wolf who saved me on the battlefield," Kyan declared.

"I was the one who saved you," I said, my heart breaking.

"Don't lie, Violet. You're just a lowly omega. How could you possibly save me?" Kyan's gaze was full of disgust. "Even if I was blind back then, I'd know it was a strong she-wolf like Evelyn who helped me!"

I never told Kyan that our first meeting was on the battlefield.

He got injured in the eyes, and I shifted, carrying him across the snowy mountains to a healer for help.

I didn't want him to love me just out of gratitude.

But now, Evelyn took credit for my actions and was stealing my mate!

I couldn't accept this.

To help Kyan remember me, I ignored the discomfort of early pregnancy, traveled across the five packs, sought every wolf healer, and even turned to a witch.

When I returned to the packhouse with a hard-earned potion, I overheard Kyan talking to his friend Boris. "Kyan, you didn't lose your memory. Why not just reject Violet outright?"

"Violet would never accept rejection. She's too vain, clinging to her place in the beta's house. Faking amnesia is the only way to get rid of her," Kyan replied.

Boris warned, "She's carrying your pup."

"Evelyn got injured saving me on the battlefield and can't have pups. Violet's lowly omega blood might taint my pup, but if we take it, Evelyn will raise it to be a fine heir," Kyan said.

His words stabbed my heart like a knife. "Once Violet gives birth, she'll be banished from the pack."

I felt the world spin and covered my mouth to keep from vomiting.

Kyan revealed how he and Evelyn rekindled their romance behind my back.

I realized they'd been together for years.

Kyan often used pack business as an excuse to sleep with her, promising to bring her home if she got pregnant.

But Evelyn couldn't have pups.

So they targeted my womb.

Kyan didn't love me anymore. He just wanted me to bear a pup for him and Evelyn.

I didn't know how I managed to stay silent and leave the packhouse without a sound.

I pulled out my phone and dialed my brother's number, which I hadn't called in ages. "Carlos, I regret it. Take me home..."

Before I heard a reply, sharp pains shot through my stomach.

Pain and panic drained my strength, and my phone crashed to the ground.

I looked down as warm crimson spread across my white dress, staining it red.

I got rushed to the hospital.

The doctor warned, "Ma'am, your condition is critical. You need surgery immediately. Get your mate to sign the consent form."

"I'll sign. I'm her brother," a deep voice said.

My brother, Alpha Carlos, took my hand. "Don't be scared, V. I'm right outside waiting for you."

Carlos's warmth and support made me feel even more ashamed.

Three years ago, I chose Kyan over my Alpha family.

That decision broke their hearts.

I got wheeled into the operating room.

On the cold surgical table, memories of my five years as Kyan's mate flooded back.

I wasn't born an omega's daughter but the daughter of the Alpha of Silvermoon, the strongest pack.

The moment I saved Kyan on the battlefield, I fell for him instantly.

I cared for him quietly for three months while he was blind and escorted him back to Stonepack.

Kyan vowed to repay me and gave me a moonstone bracelet.

It was the only valuable thing he owned.

His sincere promise still lingered in my mind.

Back then, Kyan wasn't a beta, just an ordinary wolf.

My Alpha family didn't approve of him and opposed our bond.

But I believed I could make Kyan love me for who I was, without my family's status.

Using a potion, I disguised myself as an ordinary omega and stood by Kyan through his toughest times.

While Evelyn abandoned him for power, I spent all my savings on him.

I ran around, arranging everything, and got him into the best warrior training camp.

Eventually, Kyan rose to become Stonepack's beta.

On the day Alpha Eva granted him that honor, he proposed to me.

He swore under the Moon Goddess's witness never to abandon me.

That was the happiest day of my life.

Could Kyan and I really never go back?

"The patient's blood pressure is dropping too fast. The baby can't be saved... Prepare for emergency measures!"

"Please, save my child!" I wanted to beg through my tears, but no sound came out.

In the worst pain, words failed me.

The sounds of the operating room grew chaotic as my consciousness faded.

Carlos pleaded through the mindlink, urging me to hold on.

He used my phone, dialing Kyan's number repeatedly.

When the call finally connected, I heard the sounds of intimate gasps from a man and a woman.

"Kyan, stop it. Your mate's looking for you," a voice said.

"Forget that bitch, babe. You're so tight. I'm close," Kyan replied.

The words pierced my ears, and the physical pain paled compared to the agony in my heart.

While my child and I hovered between life and death, Kyan was inside another she-wolf!

The pain lasted three grueling hours.

The surgery ended, but my first pup was gone forever.

I thought I'd cry, but my eyes stayed dry.

Since Kyan faked his amnesia, I had already shed too many tears.

Alpha Carlos gripped my hand tightly by my bedside, and my parents came too.

Only then did I notice how much my once-invincible Alpha parents had aged.

My father's voice was hoarse. "I've sent people to find Kyan. He'll come to the hospital to care for you."

"No need, Dad," I said, resolute. "I'm done with Kyan."

It was time to end this rotten mate bond.

I returned to the packhouse a week later.

The home I lived in for five years looked completely different, with no trace of my life left.

Evelyn strutted in high heels across a new carpet.

She bossed around omega servants, ordering them to fill the living room with lily-scented diffusers.

I instinctively objected. "Lily-scented things don't belong in the living room."

"Don't belong?" Evelyn laughed as if I told a ridiculous joke. "Do you still think you're the lady of this house?"

I asked calmly, "I'm just here to get my things."

Evelyn smirked. "That junk? Thrown out ages ago! Stop making excuses to show up here."

"If it's all thrown out, then where did that necklace come from?" I pointed at her neck.

Evelyn touched the necklace proudly. "Kyan gave it to me, of course."

I locked eyes with her. "Give it back."

That was an heirloom from the Silvermoon pack's Alpha family. I wouldn't let Evelyn keep it.

"You dare order me, you bitch?" Evelyn's hand clamped onto my shoulder.

Her eyes turned red, her hand starting to shift, claws ready to dig into me.

A gamma could easily overpower an omega.

But I wasn't an omega.

I once disguised myself as one for Kyan, but I had no reason to anymore.

The potion's effects had fully worn off.

With a light push, I sent Evelyn sprawling, only for Kyan, who just returned, to catch her in his arms.

Evelyn squeezed out fake tears. "Kyan, don't blame Violet. She's just too emotional."

Kyan looked shocked and furious. "Violet, are you insane? Hurting Evelyn over a necklace?"

See, that was how men were.

The moment you acted like yourself, they called you crazy.

I lost patience. "I don't have time for your games. Hand over the necklace."

Kyan stood angrily, ready to lecture me.

Suddenly, his brows furrowed. He clutched his throat, collapsing to his knees, struggling desperately.

Evelyn froze. "What's happening? Kyan, what's wrong?"

Kyan couldn't speak, his face turning purple.

He looked at me, pleading for help.

Evelyn immediately accused me. "Violet, you evil witch! What did you do to him?"

I raised an eyebrow. "It's not me. It's you. Kyan's severely allergic to lilies."

Evelyn went pale, stammering apologies. "Oh, Kyan, darling, I didn't know..."

"If you really were the she-wolf who saved Kyan on the battlefield and cared for him for three months, how could you not know?" My sharp question left Evelyn flustered.

She turned and shouted at the servants. "There must be medicine in the house, right? Get it now!"

A servant admitted the truth. Evelyn threw out all my belongings, including Kyan's emergency allergy medicine, so nothing was left to help.

Kyan's eyes rolled back as he slipped into a half-conscious state, his hands dropping limply.

Evelyn nearly cried. "I'm sorry! God, what do I do?"

I used to love Kyan so much I couldn't bear to see him suffer.

When I first cared for him while he was blind, I noted his lily allergy.

Over the years, I kept his emergency medicine stocked at home.

I made sure Kyan had the best food, clothes, and gear, while I never bought myself a single new piece of jewelry.

In five years of marriage, the only thing I had to show for it was that Alpha family necklace.

I told Kyan it was my grandmother's heirloom.

Yet he gave it to his mistress, shattering the last shred of our bond.

My heart turned cold.

I felt no sympathy for Kyan's suffering now.

I watched long enough before speaking. "Evelyn, if you want to save Kyan, give me back the necklace."