Alpha’s Pregnant Luna - Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Paula
I didn’t know how long I slept for, but the Alpha King who saved me was no longer beside me when I woke up. The last thing I remembered was crying in his arms after I told him everything I went through in the hands of Alpha Xayden. I still remembered that when he had pulled me to him, I let him, surprised that my body didn’t make a perverse reaction to him holding me so close to him
I know I shouldn’t trust anyone even when they give you all the food you’ve dreamt of eating, let you rest, watch over you like a baby and hold you in their arms while you cry, but I can’t help but feel safe with him. Even though I could barely see from my tears when I broke down, I didn’t miss the way his fists clenched, and his face morphed into anger. His sharp jaw twitched, and I could tell he was seconds away from murdering someone.
The thought made me feel good and protected for once in my life.
Even with all that the fear is still there, for now––not the fear of what the man who saved me wants from me but the fear of Alpha Xayden finding me and dragging me back to his pack.
At least now I knew that the Alpha King wasn’t giving me back to him. I was safe…. Even if it was just for now.
The subject of my thoughts walked in a moment later, and I couldn’t control how my cheek flushed down to my ears.
I didn’t expect him to come back again today, as I definitely wasn’t ready to face him yet after baring out my heart to him and looking so vulnerable and crazed in front of him.
Alpha Xayden had called me a dumb, a weak Luna, one who isn’t fit to be a Luna to a strong Alpha. He has said it so many times that I’ve gotten so used to it. It rings in my ears so many times that It has made me hate my reflection in the mirror. I stopped looking for a while now, and currently I knew I looked weak and dumb in the eyes of Frankie.
“Hey”. He said softly.
“Hey”. I replied, watching as he settled beside me on the bed, causing me to sit upright.
He was dressed in a different shirt from earlier and deep blue pants that matched his eyes’ color. His expression was soft and concern etched in bold lines on his forehead.
This man didn’t look soft in the least bit, if anything, he screamed big, bad and powerful, but he looked at me with so much softness in his eyes that I almost melted like butter on the bed.
He ran his hand through his hair and grazed the other on the stubble on his jaw.
“I won’t be able to come here for a while.” He finally said after sitting beside me wordlessly for a few seconds.
“W-why?” I stammered out, definitely not expecting him to start a conversation like this.
Our relationship was still unknown––to me at least, as he claimed I was his mate and I was still bonded to Alpha Xayden, but the thought of not seeing him for a while unsettled me.
“There will be a mate bond trial in a few days from now. And I have to stay away from you by then so you won’t be confused.” He said.
“Mate bond trial? What for?” I asked, confusion evidently written on my face.
“It is to see if the bond between you and Alpha Xayden is broken. I know it is. But I definitely have no choice but to give proof of it.”
“But he mated me!”
“That doesn’t make you his mate! You’re my mate, and the mate Bond trial will prove it. The elders will decide on the date for it.”
This was definitely too much for me to register. Frankie was hell-bent on proving that I’m his mate.
“I really don’t understand,” I confessed. He sighed and leaned in closer, making me suck in an harsh breath.
“Do you want to go back to him?” He asked.
I shook my head immediately as those terrible memories threatened to envelope me once more.
“Then listen to me. The mate bond trial is just a formality. You’re my mate. My wolf and I know it. You’re the only one who doesn’t know it. The mate bond trial is your only shot at getting away from that devil. When the mate bond trial takes place, and you don’t feel a spark for the Alpha, then you are not his mate.”
“What if I feel the spark?” I asked innocently.
His face immediately hardened.
“You won’t.” He answered firmly, obviously so sure of himself.
At this point, I was hesitant at rushing to another’s man arms soon after I escaped from one but I knew I didn’t have a choice. Anything was better than going back to that monster.
“And that’s why I can’t be allowed to stay with you; according to them, you might confuse my concern for love and reject your true mate.” He said.
His phone suddenly rang in his pocket, and he fished it out, looked down at it for a while then frowned.
“I have to leave you now; they’ll prepare you in time for the meeting. I’ll take care of everything. You just need to rest and eat, anything you can do around here, I’ll see you….” He said before making to leave.
I immediately held on to his hands tightly and I could see the questioning and surprised look appearing on his breathtaking features.
I opened my mouth to say something to him but later shut it when I realized that what I wanted to say would just make me more pathetic and weaker than I already seemed.
I forced out a strained smile and told him it was nothing and I could see that he didn’t buy it. I saw he wanted to say something also but soon stopped when he saw I would obviously not budge.
He sighed.
“Goodbye Paula” he said.
“Goodbye” I muttered as I watched his leaving back sadly.
Xayden
My half-brother found her!!
That fucker found her, and I can’t help but wonder how!
He had found Paula
Just like a stupid damsel in distress, that bitch had fallen right in the arms of my most hated person.
None of that news angered me as much as the news of her being his mate. I couldn’t believe it. How could that fragile thing of all people be the mate to the Alpha King?
Damnit!
I had searched every nook and cranny of the pack and beyond for her. I didn’t care if she died or hung herself, but she is pregnant with my baby!
My freaking heir and the key to the throne!
I grunted as I swept all the items on the table in my study in anger
The throne should have been mine, but things have gone down the drain with the whole situation.
Everything has gotten complicated now with the involvement of the Alpha King.
Fuck! Why did that damn girl have to run away under my watch and end right into Frankie’s hands? His fucking mate! My plan to be the one to sit on that throne will fall through with the new developments.
More news reached me that the Alpha King has refused to let Paula go and that a mate Bond trial will be held. A date was yet to be chosen, but I didn’t need to see the trial being held before I knew what would happen. I knew that there would be no spark with that dumb bitch.
I didn’t care about her! I never gave a fuck about what happened to Paula, but the thought of her being the Alpha queen to the Frankie annoyed me so much. She was meant to make me, Alpha Xayden, the Alpha king and the one to sit on that throne, but she made my plans fall through by running from me and falling into the arms of that fucker like the weak shit she is.
But I was not going to give up. It’s just a mere setback in my plans. Paula is mine, and so is the throne, and I won’t rest until I have both wrapped around my fingers no matter what.