PREGNANT AND BANISHED

Lana's POV

Pregnant? I was Pregnant? I couldn't believe it.

"Where's that stupid little bitch?" My stepmother suddenly screamed from across the hall, jolting me back to reality.

I looked up in panic as my step mother's fist began to furiously pound on my bedroom door, almost pulling the hinges off.

"Lana!" she screeched with impatience and disgust. "Get out here now and wash your sister's clothes! You lazy, good-for-nothing-"

I rushed to lock the door with trembling hands, only barely managing to slide the bolt into place before pressing my body against the wood to stop her from coming in and seeing what I was doing.

My heart was pounding against my chest, not just from fear but from the anxiety eating at my insides.

"Please ma'am, I-I'll be out soon," I stammered, hoping to calm her down, though I knew better than to expect any sort of kindness from this woman.

My step mother's shrill voice boomed loudly. "If you don't fucking hurry up and do as you're told, we'll throw you to the rogues and let them kill you, just like they killed your useless mother!" She screamed but I wasn't even paying any attention to what she was saying.

Normally, hearing her insult my dead mother would usually upset me, and her threat to throw me to rogues would normally fill me with a fear that kept me submissive, but not today and not right now.

Today, I had bigger problems to worry about than how wicked my stepmother was.

I looked down at the small white pregnancy stick in my hand, and hot tears filled my eyes.

This little stick had just sealed my fate. I looked at it again and two pink lines stared back at me, clear as day.

I was Pregnant, and there was no doubt about it.

I looked down at the other five tests scattered across my bedroom floor, all confirming the same thing.

A wave of sadness crashed over me, and it was so powerful that my legs crumbled and I slid to the floor, with tears streaming down my face.

This wasn't supposed to happen. I wasn't supposed to be pregnant now.

I'm only eighteen, and I'm still just a common wolfless Omega maid that the whole pack loved to abuse and humiliate. I've been bullied and beaten my whole life for not having a wolf, and now...now this? Pregnant without a mate, money or husband, I was doomed.

I hugged my knees to my chest and started sobbing uncontrollably. How could I bring a child into this kind of life? A life where they would be ridiculed, abused, and treated like dirt for being born to someone like me?

If only things were different, if only my mother hadn't died protecting me, things would have never turned out this way.

Ever since my mother died in that rogue attack, so many years ago, everything in my life had fallen apart.

Firstly, All my fathers love for me turned to passionate hate when he began to blame me for my mother's death. He said she died because she was trying to save me so it was my fault.

My mother was his whole world, and when she was gone, all his love went with it. He constantly beat me for no reason, and always cursed me for taking her away, and he then married that monster known as my step mother.

Unfortunately for me, she brought with her, her vicious psychopathic daughter Amelia into our lives. Together, they made it their mission to make my life hell.

And they didn't stop there. They also turned the whole pack against me when they revealed my biggest secret: that I didn't have a wolf.

The trauma of watching my mother die had scared my inner wolf into a darkness I could not reach, and that left me weak, pitiful, and an easy target for all the bullies.

Even though my father was the Beta of the pack, the pack members demoted me to an Omega, a maid at the bottom of the pack, and they never missed a chance to remind me of how worthless I was.

The constant bullying and abuse seemed to never end, and only reason I ever survived this long was because of Jasper, my kind hearted best friend, and Asher, the one and only love of my life.

And it so happened that Asher, who also the Alpha's son was now the father of my unborn child.

Because his father was the Alpha and mine was the Beta, we had known each other all our lives. I'd loved Asher ever since we were kids. He was my strength, my purpose, my everything, and he felt the same way about me too.

We started dating because he was just as obsessed with me as I was with him, and he was the only one who ever made me feel loved.

And just a few months ago, he had made me the happiest woman in the world by asking me to marry him, and for the first time in years, I felt a glimmer of hope for my future.

But since everyone in the pack would have disapproved of our relationship, Asher begged me to wait until his father retired and he became Alpha, so that no one would dare question our marriage.

And since that was going to happen soon, I agreed to wait for our future together.

That night, when he proposed, we made love for the first time ever and it was magical. Asher touched me like I was made for him, like he'd known my body for years and knew how to please me all along.

Asher was my first and only, and I was so glad he'd be my forever and last. After that first night, we couldn't seem to keep our hands off each other, and I knew I had found my forever home.

I didn't mind waiting for him, but now, waiting was no longer an option. If my father ever found out I was pregnant and unmated, he would have me banished out of the pack, and straight into the hands of the ruthless rogues that killed my mother, just like he always threatened to do.

I had to tell Asher now. We needed to speed up the marriage, or else I would be dead soon, and our child too.

Wiping away my tears, I steeled my mind. I had to get to Asher before my stepmother caught me sneaking out.

I took a deep breath and quietly unlocked the door, listening for any sign of My step mother. The hallway was silent so I slipped out, moving as quickly and quietly as I could, until I was out of the house and rushing through the street to the Alpha's house.

When I reached the Alpha's house, I used the secret passageway Asher and I always used to sneak to his room without anyone knowing.

I held my breath as I neared his door, this was a big moment for both of us, but knowing how much Asher wanted to start a family with me, I knew he would be excited.

I knocked softly and waited for his deep familiar voice to welcome me in as usual. But there was nothing. I knocked again, a little louder this time, and still no response.

Something wasn't right. Asher was always alert to people at his door unless something had really taken his attention.

I slowly turned the doorknob and pushed the door open but the sight that greeted me made my blood run cold.

There, on the bed, was my fiancée Asher, the father of my child, passionately kissing my step sister Amelia.

My breath choked in my throat as I watched his hands tangle up in her hair, pulling her closer. Amelia responded eagerly of course, her body pressed against his in a way that made my stomach churn.

"No," I whispered, the word barely audible over the roar of blood in my ears. This couldn't be happening. My Asher wouldn't do this to me. Not him.

I felt the air leave my lungs, and my knees threatening to buckle out under me.

"Asher?" My voice came out as a whisper, barely audible, as if saying his name could somehow make this nightmare go away.

Amelia turned out to be the first to notice me. She pulled back from Asher with a smirk that twisted my stomach into bitter knots.

Asher turned his head slowly, then his eyes widened when they met mine, and for a moment, I thought I saw regret. Pain, even.

"Lana?" He whispered before quickly getting off Amelia and rushing to me. But when he reached out to take my hand, I recoiled, snatching my hand away from him before he could touch me.

"Why?" The word came out broken, my voice trembling as hot tears welled up in my eyes. "Why would you do this?"

For a brief second, his face softened, and I thought maybe, just maybe, this was all some horrible mistake. But then, his expression suddenly hardened, his eyes turning cold and distant in a way I had never seen.

"Why don't you first stop with those pathetic tears, Lana. It's embarrassing for all of us."

I was stunned. This couldn't be the same Asher I'd loved all my life talking to me like this. "Asher, What's gotten into you? This isn't you-"

His harsh laugh cut me off, a sound so foreign and cruel it made my blood run cold. "Oh stop it, like you didn't already know this was bound to happen. Did you really think I'll just stay tied to you while you make me do your bidding?"

I was thoroughly confused now. "Asher what-"

"What's happening now Lana is that my eyes are finally clear. And I've finally realized that as future Alpha of the pack, I can't be with someone as weak and pathetic as you, it's nothing personal, it's just how it's meant to be, I'm sure you understand."

His words were like scorching knives that pierced through my soul. Why was he talking to me like this?

"Asher, I don't understand. But... you told me you loved me. You promised we'd be together. You asked me to marry you Asher!" I cried with tears I couldn't stop from streaming down my face.

Asher just snorted at me." Grow up Lana, I only said those things to sleep with you," he said, his voice void of any emotion. "Did you really think I was going to marry you, a wolfless Omega maid? Especially when I already proposed to my darling Amelia?"

"W-what?" My world crumbled. I couldn't breathe. What the hell was happening?

Amelia, shot me a smug smile and waved her hand, showing off a big diamond ring-his ring. The one that was supposed to be mine but I never got.

"Don't be so shocked, Sister," Amelia said, her voice dripping with false sympathy. "I know you're hurt right now, but you should try to be happy for us. After all, not only are we getting married, but we're also expecting a child and the heir to the pack.

My heart stopped at that very moment, and I could only watch in horror as She took his hand and placed it on her stomach, the same way I'd once imagined doing with him when I told him about our baby. My baby.

I looked at Asher, hoping for something to prove she was lying -anything-but he wouldn't even meet my eyes. He just stood there, silently watching me breakdown.

Amelia was pregnant. With Asher's child. The same man who was supposed to be the father of my child.

I felt like I was dying, my chest was aching with a pain so deep it was suffocating. This wasn't happening. It couldn't be real. But it was. And as I stood there, the truth was inescapable.

I was pregnant. My sister was pregnant. And we were both carrying children for the same man.

Lana's POV

I was struggling to hold back my tears when Amelia's laughter harsh laughter echoed in the room, sharp and mocking, as if my heartbreak was nothing more than a joke to her.

"Oh, Lana, are you really that pathetic?" she sneered. "You've always been jealous of me, haven't you? That's why you're making such a scene. You can't stand that I have everything you want."

Her words cut deep, because they weren't entirely a lie. Amelia had always taken everything from me. My father's affection, my place in the pack, and now the only man I had ever loved. The man I thought I'd spend my life with. The father of my baby.

Something inside me snapped finally snapped at that moment.

All the years of torment, of being weak, of letting her walk all over me-they boiled over in a rage I couldn't contain and I suddenly lunged at her with fists clenched, ready to finally stand up for myself, but before I could even reach her, Asher shoved me back hard, nearly knocking the wind out of me.

"Don't you fucking dare touch her!" he yelled furiously while I struggled to recover from the shock of what had just happened.

Amelia suddenly gasped dramatically, clutching her stomach like I had succeeded in hitting her. "Asher!" She cried. She's trying to kill our child! She's trying to kill the heir to the pack! That's treason!"

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "No, I wasn't-" I tried to explain, but Asher cut me off, his eyes cold as ice.

"You're just jealous of our happiness, Lana. That's all this is."

"Jealous?" I repeated in disbelief. "Asher, I love you! I would never-"

"Enough!" he shouted, his voice echoing in the room. "Just leave."

Tears filled my eyes as I choked out, "Fine. I'll go." I turned to leave, feeling like my heart was shattering into pieces, but Asher's next words stopped me dead in my tracks.

"I meant leave the pack not leave this room. From today onwards, you're forever banished from the Greymoon pack Lana."

It felt like the floor dropped out from under me. Banished? From the only home I have? No, this couldn't be happening. "What? You can't-"

"Don't make me repeat myself," he said coldly. "You're no longer welcome here. If I ever see you in this pack again, I'll kill you myself."

I dropped to my knees, the cold fear gripping suffocating my heart. "Asher, please! You know I have nowhere to go! I have no money, no wolf to protect me-I'll be killed by the rogues out there!"

Amelia's laughter rang out again, they were cruel and unfeeling. "Maybe that's for the best then Omega," she said. "Good riddance to bad rubbish."

Asher's gaze was equally as cold, and his next words were like the final nail to my coffin. "I don't fucking care what happens to you, as long as you're far away from my wife and child. Get out of my sight Omega."

I couldn't hold back the desperate sobs anymore. "Please, Asher. I'm begging you. I'll do anything. Just don't send me out there. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." I wanted to protect my unborn child, to find some way to make this right. But all I could do was beg.

Asher's only response to my cries was a brutal kick that sent me sprawling to the floor. "Leave by tomorrow morning," he ordered, his voice cold and devoid of any emotion. "If you're still here when the sun rises, I'll have you killed."

Before I could say another word, the guards dragged me out of the house and threw me onto the cold ground outside.

The door slammed shut behind me, and I lay there for a moment, numb from the pain and the overwhelming hopelessness that was threatening to destroy me. Then, like a floodgate breaking, the tears came. I ran, blind and desperate, until I found myself at the stream in the forest, the place where I'd come so many times before to escape my horrible life.

I soon collapsed by the water's edge, sobbing uncontrollably. Banishment for someone as weak as me was a death sentence. I had no wolf, no protection. The rogues would tear me apart, and my baby... my baby wouldn't even have a chance to live.

I didn't know how long I sat there crying, but eventually, I heard footsteps behind me. I looked up and saw my best friend Jasper standing there, His eyes were filled with concern as he looked at me.

"Lana, what's wrong? Why are you out here all alone?" he asked, his voice gentle but urgent.

I couldn't hold it in anymore. I told him everything. About Asher, about Amelia, about the baby, and about how I'd been banished from the pack.

When I finished, Jasper's face had darkened with fury and his fists clenched at his sides.

"That fucking bastard," he spat. "I knew he wasn't any good. I'm going to kill him."

"No!" I cried, grabbing his arm. "It's no use, Jasper. Even if you did, I'd still be banished. I'd still be alone out there."

Jasper's anger softened into something else-something more fierce and protective when he looked at me. "You're not going to be alone, Lana. I won't let that happen. You're the most important person to me. I'm coming with you."

I stared at him, shocked. "No, Jasper, you can't. You have a life here, a place in the pack-"

"None of that matters without you," he interrupted with a firm voice. "I've never cared about this pack, not the way I care about you. I'm not going to let you go out there alone to die. We'll leave tonight, together. Before your sister and Asher can pull anything else."

His words were like the lifeline sent by the moon goddess, something to cling to in this deadly darkness. I looked into his sparkling blue eyes that were filled with warmth and care, and for the first time since this nightmare began, I felt a sliver of hope.

"Ok, let's do this." I said and he smiled, but then he suddenly grabbed my shoulders and made me look in his eyes.

"I'm really glad you agreed Lana, but if we are to do this, then I need you to understand that you can never ever come back here no matter what. If Asher or Amelia finds out that you have children for him, your children would be in grave danger. As we are leaving, I'll have to find evidences to make it look like we died in the wild, it's the only way to keep your children safe. You understand?" He asked and I nodded with tears in my eyes.

"Thank you," I whispered, my voice thick with emotion. "Thank you so much Jasper."

He pulled me into a tight embrace, holding me close as I let out the last of my tears. We were going to run away, leave this nightmare behind, and maybe, just maybe, find a place where we could start over. Where I could keep my baby safe and away from Asher forever.

Lana's POV

8 years later

It was one of those rare, peaceful mornings where everything seemed to be in perfect harmony in my life.

Jasper and I were lying in bed, tangled up in each other's arms, enjoying the quiet before the day really began. His warm breath tickled the back of my neck as he kissed me softly, his lips tracing a line along my skin that sent shivers down my spine.

"I could stay like this forever," I murmured, turning to face him, my fingers tracing the familiar lines of his face. The years had only made him more handsome, his blue eyes still sparkling with that same fire that had drawn me to him in the first place.

He smiled, leaning in to kiss me again. "Me too. But forever might be cut short if your triplets find us."

As if on cue, the door to our bedroom burst open with a chaotic explosion of sound. "Uncle Jasper!" My three boys, Lucas, Mathew and Jacob, practically barreled their way into our bedroom.

Their shouts of battle filled the air as they jumped on my bed, play-fighting each other and tumbling over us.

"Uncle! Uncle Jasper! Get your sword were attacking!" Lucas screamed and I laughed.

"Boys!" I gasped, half-laughing, half-scolding as they nearly knocked Jasper off the bed. "Uncle Jasper has to go to on a work trip, remember?"

"But we want to play with him!" they chorused, all three pairs of eyes wide and pleading.

Jasper chuckled, ruffling the hair of the closest one- Jacob, I think, though it was always hard to tell them apart when they were in full-on chaos mode. "I'll always have time for my little boys," he said, and the way he looked at them made my heart swell with love.

Before I could protest, the boys were on him, a tangled mess of arms and legs as they tackled him with gleeful shouts. Jasper put up a mock struggle, groaning as if he were truly overpowered. "No, you're too strong for me! I surrender!"

The boys cheered in triumph, and I couldn't help but smile as I watched them. My life now was something I could never have hoped to even imagine eight years ago.

It was now full of love, laughter, and the kind of peace I never thought I'd ever find after being banished from the pack. I had finally found my true home.

I leaned back against the headboard, my mind drifting to that fateful night when everything changed for me. Jasper had led us out of the pack, guiding me through the forest with a calm strength that I held on to like a lifeline.

Jacob assured me that he had planted evidence to fake our deaths, so no one would ever come looking for us or my baby. And then, we fled to the human world, starting a new life far from the pain and danger of Alpha Asher and his his forsaken pack.

After that, Jasper became my solid rock throughout my pregnancy. He was always by my side, doing everything he could to make sure I was properly cared for.

When my triplets were born, Jacob became even more devoted to me, helping me raise them with a love that only grew stronger over the years.

Jacob worked tirelessly, building a business from the ground up that now brought in millions, and he'd sent me to school, supporting me every step of the way until I graduated and became a world-renowned doctor.

Using my medical experience and research, I did something amazing, I revived my wolf! And that was a great miracle I could never take for granted. Jasper was so happy and so proud of me.

In those years, my feelings for Jasper had deepened, evolving from friendship and gratitude into something much stronger. We'd become inseparable lovers, and grown even more closer every day since had been Now, my life was perfect. Truly perfect.

Jasper finally managed to disentangle himself from the boys, looking at me with a grin. "Alright, you little monsters. I really do have to get ready for my work trip."

I checked the clock on the nightstand and gave him a playful nudge. "You're going to be late for your flight if you keep fooling around with them."

He sighed dramatically, ushering the boys off the bed. "Fine, fine. But only because Mom says so." He winked at me, then turned to the boys. "Okay, soldiers, time to let Uncle Jasper get ready. March!"

The boys giggled, saluting him before running out of the room, their energy still boundless. Jasper sat back down on the bed, pulling me close for one last kiss. "I hate leaving without you," he murmured against my lips, his reluctance clear in every word.

"It's only for a few days," I teased, though I understood how he felt. We'd been through so much together that even a short separation felt like too long.

He sighed again, more softly this time. "I know, but I'll miss you. And the boys. I don't want to leave you here all by yourselves."

"We'll be fine," I assured him, my hand resting on his cheek. "Just come back to us in one piece, okay?"

Jasper nodded, but there was something different in his eyes now, something that made my heart flutter in my chest. "Actually, before I go..." He reached into his pocket, and when he pulled his hand out, he was holding a small velvet box.

I gasped as he opened it, revealing a beautiful diamond ring. "Jasper..."

He took my hand, and his voice got thick with emotion. "Lana, you're everything to me. You and the boys are my world. I can't imagine spending my life with anyone else. Will you marry me?"

I couldn't believe it. This perfect man wanted to be with me forever. I had hit the jackpot.

Tears filled my eyes as I looked at him and my heart overflowed with love. "Yes," I whispered, barely able to speak through the lump in my throat. "Yes, Jasper, of course."

Jasper slid the ring on my finger -goddess! It was huge!- then we kissed and the world around us faded away as I felt nothing but pure happiness.

When we finally pulled apart, I literally couldn't stop smiling, even as I helped him get ready for his trip and drove him to the airport:

The drive to the airport was filled with light kisses and a lot of blushing, but as we approached the terminal, his reluctance to leave returned.

"I really hate saying goodbye," he murmured, holding me close one last time before he had to go.

"It's not goodbye," I reminded him, though I felt the sting of it too. "Just see you soon."

He kissed me again, lingering as if trying to memorize the feel of my lips on his. "I'll see you soon," he echoed, finally letting go and walking toward the gate. He turned back again, giving me a wave before he disappeared from sight.

As I drove away from the airport, heading to work, I couldn't stop replaying everything in my mind-his proposal, the look in his eyes, the way he'd held me like he never wanted to let go.

I was soaring on cloud nine, and nothing could bring me down.

But then, something suddenly caught my attention.

There was a black van in the rearview mirror, and I noticed that it was trailing me at a distance.

I turned a corner, and the van turned too. Now I was beginning to worry.

I tried to shake off the unease that crept up my spine, telling myself it was just a coincidence. After all, I was probably just being paranoid.

But as I neared my location, the black van suddenly sped past me, and I breathe a sigh of relief, even though my heart didn't quite settle.

I tried to push the worry away and chose to focus instead on the sick clients waiting at the hospital. That helped to calm me down and brought back my focus.

I walked into my work place and the familiar busy sounds of the hospital immediately surrounded me as I made my way through the halls.

Every single staff member I passed nodded respectfully, and always offered warm greetings. "Good morning, Dr. Montgomery," they said with admiration that I'd grown used to receiving over the years.

I returned their greetings with a nod and a smile, feeling a sense of pride. Being respected in this hospital which was the most prestigious in the city, was something I'd worked hard for.

My reputation as one of the best doctors in the field was well-earned, though the name they knew me by wasn't the one I was born with. Here, I was Dr. Kara Montgomery, not Jasmine.

Dr Kara Montgomery was name I had chosen to distance myself from my past life. Only Jasper ever called me by my true name, Lana.

As I approached my office, my secretary, Megan, quickly stood up to greet me. "Good morning, Dr. Montgomery," she said with a smile, taking my bag as I handed it to her.

"Good morning, Megan," I replied, settling into the comfortable familiarity of my routine. "Any emails today that I need to address?"

"Not really, just the usual reports. But you did receive a letter." Megan handed me a crisp white envelope.

I raised an eyebrow, taking the envelope from her. "A letter? That's odd. Who sends letters these days?" I glanced at the envelope, but it was blank, not even a return address.

Megan shook her head. "I'm not sure who it's from. There's no name on it."

Curiosity piqued, I walked into my office and softly closed the door behind me as I took a seat at my desk. The envelope felt strange in my hands, as if it held more than just paper inside. With a slight hesitation, I opened it, revealing a thick letter inside. The moment my eyes scanned the contents, a sudden chill ran down my spine.

The letter was from my old pack.

My heart pounded in my chest as I read the words in disbelief and horror.

Dear DrMontgomery,

This is a formal request from the office of the Alpha, requesting for your famous services as a doctor. We are in desperate need of your skills and are willing to pay any amount you demand.

I stared at the letter and my hands began trembling slightly. How the hell did they find me? I had changed everything-my name, my appearance, my location.

Jasper had been very meticulous in faking our deaths, to make sure that no one in the pack would ever suspect we were alive.

I had stayed away from social media and anything that might be used to track me down. So how could they have found me?

Was this just a coincidence? Or did Asher somehow know that I was alive and that I had taken his sons with me? Was this a disguised threat from him, or was I just being paranoid?

My mind raced as I searched through all our emails, social media, anything that might have mentioned my name or show my face. But after a thorough check, I realized that I was still completely anonymous.

There was no way Alpha Asher could know that Dr. Kara Montgomery was actually Lana, the Omega he had once banished.

With a deep breath, I forced myself to calm down. It had to be a coincidence. They probably just needed a skilled doctor, and discovered that Dr Kara was the best in the field. Nothing more.

Still, I couldn't shake the feeling of dread that had settled in the pit of my stomach, so I tore the letter into pieces and threw it in the trash, vowing to put it out of my mind. I would never go back to that goddamn pack. Never!

A week later

A few Days had now passed without another letter or any incident. I didn't mention the letter to Jasper, not wanting to worry him. He already had enough on his plate with work and taking care of the boys.

Besides, I hadn't received any follow-up letters, and life continued as normal, so there was nothing to worry about.

One evening, as I was preparing dinner, the boys ran into the kitchen, their faces bright with excitement. "Mum! Mummy!can we play in the backyard please?" Mathew asked while his brothers eagerly nodded beside him.

I hesitated for a moment. I really didn't like them playing outside unsupervised, especially with how dangerous the world could be. But the backyard was fenced, and we lived in a safe neighborhood.

"Alright," I finally agreed, "but I'm coming out with you. No going off on your own, okay?"

"Okay, Mom!" they chorused, already rushing toward the back door.

I followed them outside and my eyes scanned the yard out of habit. My boys immediately started playing, their laughter filling the air as they chased each other around the grass. I sat down on a lounge chair, watching them with a smile.

They were growing into really handsome gentlemen, I had gotten my wolf back, and I was getting married to the man I loved, everything was perfect.

But then, it all happened so quickly.

Before I could realize what was happening, a huge shadow suddenly loomed over the fence, and before I could react, big mails figures wearing all black swooped down on us.

We were being attacked.

My blood turned cold and I screamed for my boys to run, but the men in black were too fast, because in a matter of seconds, two berg Strong arms grabbed me from behind, and even though I and my wolf fought with all our might to protect my sons, we were no match for these men.

"Mom!" I heard one of my boys cry out before a sharp pain exploded in my head, and everything went black.

The last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was the sight of my boys being dragged away, and into the van. My heart gave a wretched scream of anger and pain.

And then, I blacked out..