She Took My Son, I Took Everything From Her

Both Theon and Anna turned pale on Thane’s blunt response. Thinking I might dwell on his words and began wondering about their relationship, Anna immediately interrupted, “Thane is such a responsible child. He knows you have important work and he doesn't want to come between you and your work. That's why he isn't forcing you to go with him. How cute! You have raised such a mature kid, Alpha Elena.”

I smiled flatly. I remained silent while looking through their facadary. I stroked Thane’s hair while saying in a gentle voice, “If you don't want Mommy to go with you, I’ll not go.”

“Hurray…” Thane jumped out of excitement, “Aunt Anna, come let's go. I don't want to get late on my first day.”

Theon and Anna looked hesitant for a moment, only looking at me as if waiting for permission. I stepped away from their way and said, “This way…”

Anna then picked Thane up in her lap and placed a soft kiss on his cheeks, saying, “I miss you so much.”

Thane giggled, saying, “I miss you too, Aunt Anna.”

Theon pinched Thane’s cheeks and hugged him from behind even though he was in Anna’s lap. It looked like Theon was hugging Anna, and all of this was in front of my eyes. They then broke their hug. Theon carried Thane and held Anna's hand before leaving, looking just like a family of three. I kept watching them until they disappeared from my sight, not revealing anything I already knew about them. I then went inside to get ready for the meeting.

This had always been the case. Since I foge ignorance towards them, they became bolder day by day. At first, she would discreetly meet with my husband, Theon, while I was out running Pack’s business. Theon would make excuses like taking care of Thane at home and slipped away from my side. My beta mate was too immature to believe I couldn't sniff Anna's scent from him after his foolish trial of removing it. But he forgot I was the Alpha and nothing could escape through my eyes, even his deception and infidelity.

But now, even when I was home, Anna would find excuses to drop by.

"Alpha Elena, I've been trying out new gardening techniques. You have a really huge garden. I want to decorate it with my newly learnt techniqhes to show my gratitude towards you.”

"Alpha Elena, I just got back from a trip and brought some exotic plants for your garden." "Alpha Elena, I'm starting a new charity project and thought you'd be interested in contributing." …

Although I sensed deep down that Evelyn's visits were all pretexts to see Theon, I never confronted her. Whenever she came, I welcomed her graciously. I even agreed to help with her charity project. Theon seemed thrilled with this arrangement. This way, Anna's visits at home could become more often. Whenever Anna visited, his eyes would light up with excitement. Sometimes, he'd even find excuses to touch her arm or shoulder in front of my presence. He dared enough to hug hug her and placed a soft kiss on her cheeks just because she was wearing my clothes that day, and when caught by me he smiled pretentiously, saying, “Oh my God! Elena, you are there? I thought it's you…”

My innocent mate couldn't make up a better excuse. He might forget that we are werewolves and we can sense our mates by smell. There is no chance that we get confused by the clothes.

Even our son grew more and more fond of Anna, going so far as to ask her to pick him up after training everyday. I shook my head. I didn't want to bother about these incidents. I had my faith and nobody could shake it no matter how hard they try.

After a few months when I was playing with Thane, he blurted out about the parents-teachers meeting that was going to hold the next day. I rescheduled all my meetings only to attend the meeting with the Principal of Thane’s School to know his academic progress.

"Principal Thompson?" I asked, extending my hand.

She smiled warmly and took my hand in a firm handshake. "Ah, yes! Nice to finally meet you, Anna... I mean, Thane's mother."

I raised an eyebrow, sensing a hint of awkwardness in her tone. "Anna?" I repeated. "I think there's been a mistake. My name is Elena."

Principal Thompson's expression faltered, and she took a step back, her eyes darting around her office as if searching for an escape route.

"I... I apologize for the mistake," she stammered. "I must have gotten my wires crossed."

“We have been in contact even before Thane's admission. Then, why are you confused with my name?”

Principal Thompson hesitated before responding, "She's... uh... Thane's other mother. I've been meeting with her regularly to discuss Thane's progress."

My eyes narrowed, a surge of anger rising within me. "What do you mean by 'other mother'?" I demanded, my voice low and even.

Principal Thompson's face turned bright red as she realized her mistake. "I... I didn't mean to imply... It's just that Anna has been attending parent-teacher conferences and meetings, and I assumed..."

Just then Thane’s giggling voice sounded from behind, “Mamma Anna, I want Pizza this time. You will take me to my favourite restaurant today, right?”