Luna's Regret: Reclaimed The Broken Luna

For eight long years, married under the full moon to Ryder Hale, the supreme and dominant Alpha of Ravenwood, I endured countless trials and tribulations.

My foster Alpha father, drowning in debts to Ravenwood Pack, had nothing left to offer as payment. Instead of silver or gold, he gave me, his adopted daughter, as a mate to Ryder, the Alpha I despise. It wasn't the Moon Goddess who bound us, but a deal struck in desperation.

On our mateship anniversary, out of the blue, he gifted me lilies. Little did he know, it wasn't what I needed then. I was left to suffer in silence, battling for my survival.

As I left Ravenwood infirmary, I mind-linked Alpha Ryder, asking him to cut ties and reject me as his mate.

As soon as Alpha Ryder called, I braced to hear his cold voice. But instead, I was met with his concubine's sobs on the other end, pleading, "Luna Aria, it is my fault. Please don't hold it against the Alpha."

In the background, I heard Alpha Ryder soothing her before saying, "If that's what you want, I'll grant it to you as soon as possible."

It deeply wounded me, but at the same time, I was on cloud nine. At last, I could end this mateship I was pushed into.

Two weeks passed, and Alpha Ryder came home, where we had been living together since our mateship.

Seeing the dining table bare of breakfast, Alpha Ryder shouted at the top of his lungs, issued a command for me to cook, and headed straight into the bathroom.

In the next few minutes, Alpha Ryder descended the stairs, his serious gaze locking onto me as I sat in the living room, doing nothing but completely silent.

In this pack, I was brought in as Alpha Ryder's mate and hailed as Luna, not as his servant.

Forced into a union under the full moon, we had no real bonds at first.

But as the years rolled by, we began to feel the pull of our mate bond.

However, everything crashed when Selene Vale, his childhood sweetheart, reappeared on the scene, slowly shattering our bond.

In the past, Alpha Ryder had bent over backward to grant me every wish. But things had taken a turn, and now he merely handed me dull gifts, hoping to smooth over our old grudges.

When he asked if I liked the lilies he gave, I kept my lips sealed and asked him instead, "Alpha, when will you get around to cutting our ties and rejecting me as your mate?"

As Luna, I understood how overwhelmed he was as an Alpha. He barely had time for anyone, including me. He didn't even take a moment to pick out a gift for our mateship anniversary. Instead, he had his female warrior pick it out for me.

"Stop it, Aria. Selene doesn't know you hate flowers. I won't let her choose next time," he reasoned.

It was no surprise that Alpha Ryder prioritized Selene and his duties over me.

Gossip had it that Selene Vale had been Alpha Ryder's childhood sweetheart, deeply infatuated with him since she was just a pup.

She underwent rigorous training after finishing her degree at the prestigious university in town.

It was well-known that Selene had returned to Ravenwood Pack to serve Alpha Ryder as his female warrior, sticking by his side through thick and thin.

Selene and Alpha Ryder were inseparable, attending gatherings in neighboring packs and sharing the same room, roles I was meant to fill.

With those thoughts flooding my mind, tears streamed down my face. I quickly brushed them away, refusing to let him see me cry.

When Alpha Ryder inquired about our seven-year-old son Zion's recent training, I could only shake my head in confusion.

I never intended to be an out-of-the-loop Luna and mother, but the plain truth was that I knew nothing about our son's achievement.

It didn't mean I wasn't doing my duties as a mother; I was. But Alpha Ryder, his parents, and the elders took Zion out of my hands.

As the successor to the Alpha title, Zion was kept under the wing of the main pack house.

From a young age, he faced tough training and was sent to school to be groomed for greatness as an Alpha someday.

It was almost a real crack-up how rarely I saw Zion, my son. The pack guards at the main house kept me at arm's length, claiming I was a distraction from his training.

All I did was burst into tears, plead, and cause a stir, but no one gave a second thought to my feelings, not even Alpha Ryder, who just called me selfish.

With a sigh, Alpha Ryder shook his head in disappointment and said, "If this keeps up, I'm afraid Selene will end up being more of a mother to him than you."

Right. He reminded me of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see my son. As a mother, I eagerly went, waiting patiently outside the school.

But soon after, Selene called to inform me that the elders had decided she should pick Zion up instead, claiming I was a weak Luna to safeguard him from a rogue's attack.

Despite my position as Luna, Alpha Ryder still sided with her. I even overheard his voice on the other line, asking Selene what she wanted to eat when he was supposed to be on his Alpha duties.

With all that weighing on me, I smiled and retorted, "That's what you want. I'll leave now. Let your new mate handle it."

Alpha Ryder fell silent before suddenly erupting in anger.

"There's a limit to my patience, Aria. Stop causing trouble," he warned, rising to his feet and taking two steps forward.

I responded coldly, "It's too easy for you to say that. Alpha, did you even know how I suffered and how I had a miscarriage with our second child?"