"Everyone seems to be here now" Alex says as he looked at the crowd.
"We are all gathered here today to witness the trial of Aria Crystal, former Luna to the Winter pack" He added as his eyes scanned the faces of everyone present in the courtroom before landing on me.
"Swear Aria, Swear that you will tell the whole truth during this trial" Alex says. Our eyes met as I stared into those Blue piercing eyes of his. Those same eyes that hunted me.
"I SWEAR!!!" I said, loud and confident.
"And how do you plead, Aria?" Alex asks.
"Not guilty" I said loudly as my heart was pounding a lot.
** 3 Weeks Earlier"
"I got a girl pregnant " Alex told me.
I was nothing but shocked. My own mate, the one who is supposed to be the love of my life was telling me he got another girl pregnant. I could not believe he got someone else besides me pregnant.
It was so painful, like I got stabbed in the heart. My inner wolf howled out in pain.
This was the same man I had given everything to. This was someone I suffered for and here he is, standing in front of me, telling me the most heartbreaking news of my life.
"Why did you do this to me?" I asked as tears started rolling down my cheeks .
" I owe you no explanation" Alex says. "You couldn't even bear a child for me as my mate, as my Luna. Stop acting as if this is a surprise. An Alpha heir is needed by the pack and we both know you're incapable of doing that."
His words hurt, they stunt and pierced my heart as I continued to listen to them.
We have be official mates for 5 years and yet I could not bear him a child.
It's not that I didn't want to, but ever since we found out about the mate bond, he has been distant. I've tried to get close to him but to no avail. He was not interested in me anymore, that was clear and we were only together because I am his rightful Luna.
But I also knew something, something more painful than the news.
I knew the woman he had impregnated, I knew his mistress Leah.
Leah and Alex were close before we officially mated. He loved Leah more than he loved me, I could see it. He was obsessed over her, looked at her as if she was the moon, but looks at me as if I was nothing. How I detested that. But I still had hope, a dream that someday when I give him an heir he'll then come to me and love me just as he loved Leah. In-fact even more than he loved Leah.
I went to the pack doctor after failing to conceive a child after almost a year of being mated. And I heard it , a disheartening message, I was BARREN, unable to conceive a child.
The news shattered me, all my hopes to get Alex to love me was gone. I was deeply hurt.
But fortunately the news of me being barren was known only by the high ranks of the pack.
My dad, the beta was really hurt after hearing this news.
I tried everything to make Alex still focus on me.
I lost weight, always looked pretty and sexy for him.
Kept my duty as the Luna. We were the most successful pack thanks to me.
And although I did all this, hoping I'd be paid in kind by Alex, he didn't.
In-fact, as time went on, the colder he became as well as distant and more aggressive to me.
Anytime he laid with me, it felt like a job and not something he actually enjoyed.
But after he found out I was barren, it completely stopped, no more visiting, no more touching, no more anything. Our mate bond was now a position, rather than actually being in love.
Though I still crave him, his scent always finds a ware to turn me on. The curse of the mate bond I presume.
"But I still love you, why do this to me?" I said to him as my heart became heavy my legs started to shake. I couldn't even stare at him as I talked.
"Don't be silly, you should be glad I even did what I did and you should be thankful to Leah. She's still the only reason why you're still Luna. She still wants you to hold that title for some reason. "
Alex says.
I flinches at his words.
"However " he continued " I and Leah's baby will be the rightful heir. The high rank officials have approved this given the circumstances. They know how important the baby is for the survival of the pack."
I bowed my head to him, being submissive as tears continued to roll down my cheeks.
I had to go, to get away from him but I was held in place by his presence. After everything I've done for him, this is how he repays me?
I wish I could leave him forever but the bond between Luna and Alpha was strong and it made me love him even if he was aggressive towards me. I felt like screaming at him and hitting him, I just couldn't.
"They'll be a pack meeting tomorrow morning by 9. Don't be late" he said finally before walking away. He didn't even glance twice before he left.
No sympathy, no sign of remorse, no nothing.
Alex would prefer to see me suffer than express his love for me. I was Luna, his Luna and a queen in the eyes of the pack but he still didn't care about me.
I ran outside into the woods and immediately transformed into my wolf. I ran and ran faster with every step I made.
I gave my wolf full control as she needed this. We were both trapped by our position, our mate, our duty. After all we have sacrificed, it was all in vain.
Even if I had the chance to hear him a child, I wouldn't. Because now he would be discarded, thrown aside. It was better to be barren than give this family a child.
I've been put in an impossible position. I just wanted to run away, leave this place but I couldn't because I know my pack needed me. If I leave, that Leah girl is going to take my place . Imagine that, someone with no training as Luna? She's going to burn the pack to the ground.
My wolf continued to run as I continued my internal debate but I knew it was time to return so indicated to my wolf but she refused and I couldn't blame her. She has been through a lot as well.
And so we ran into the woods a little longer and it was fun. Her white fur moving in the opposite direction to the wind and also keeping us warm.
After an hour of running, we decided to head home as we didn't want Lucy to get worried.
But on our way home we noticed a tall figure standing behind the trees with black hair. It was obviously a woman but who was she?
What was more surprising is that we didn't capture her scent even though she was a few feet away from us.
My wolf let out a warning growl but she didn't flinch. So we decided to do the only thing left.
We ram towards her but she simply turned her back and disappeared, leaving no scent.
"What did I just witness?" I asked myself "and how did she get pass border patrol?"
"Maybe I am just hallucinating as I've been through a lot today" I comforted myself as I turned back and headed home. I thought to myself, maybe I should raise an alarm and signal border patrol but I decided not to. I was sure the news about the baby had spread and what if the border patrol look for this lady and don't find her. People would think I've run mad.
It wasn't worth the hassles so I just ran home.
I transformed back and got into my dress but a familiar scent caught my attention.
"I know that scent" I said to myself.
It was Leah!