The Alpha's Regret, the Luna's Rise

Elara’s Pov

The day I was going to tell him about our baby, my fated mate, Alpha Dominic received the news:

his former fiancée, my elder sister, Amelia Quinn, was finally awake from her coma.

Dropping me in the middle of nowhere, he immediately rushed to the infirmary. But before I could find my way back to the packhouse, a hound of rogues caught me.

"Hurry up, bitch. Call your mate." They sneered, throwing a communication device in my trembling hands. "If the Blood Alpha pays up for you, we will let you be."

My glassy, wide eyes quivered as I quickly took the communicator as if my life depended on it.

“Dominic-”

"Ahh! Oh fuck! The alpha… oh, he is kinda b-busy…" On the other end of the phone, my sister Amelia was panting hard and intermittent moans could be heard.

I froze instantly, my hands holding the communicator trembling slightly, as if a fishbone was stuck in my throat.

It was then I heard my own soulmate’s voice echoing in the background "Who is it?"

A pause. A wet, smacking sound. Then Amelia's voice again, sweeter than poison:

"It's just a lowly maid asking if we need new sheets.These are completely soiled by my juices…"

My knees buckled as I clutched the wall of the warehouse for support, fingernails scraping against concrete as bile rose my throat.

Alpha Dominic, my beloved mate

And my older sister, who used to gently stand up for me when I was bullied.

Were having sex.

Then farther from the phone but still audible, Amelia's voice whimpered between lewd kisses. "Dominic, my womb is full of your seed…if this carries on, I can conceive your child in a month.

Are you sure... I should take the morning-after contraceptives after this and not worry about carrying your heirs?"

Large tears tumbled down my eyes as I shook my head…sobs wracking my body.

“Elara is already my breeder. Since pregnancy is risky for you, no matter how many children you want, I can keep getting her pregnant year after year until you are satisfied.”

My vision blurred as hot tears slid down soundlessly.

A….breeder?

Dominic…He…told my sister that I was a whore for his entire pack…not his luna or wife but the pack’s breeding slut?

I staggered, clamping my mouth shut as fat tears rolled down my cheeks in disbelief. My heart clenched painfully as the line disconnected, leaving me no better than dead.

"Phit." A rogue spat on my face angrily, his saliva dribbling down my cheeks, mingling with my hot tears.

"We went through so much trouble to kidnap the wrong woman! The Blood Alpha doesn't give a fuck about her-"

“You think he would care about a fucking whore? Even if rape her, he might not even bat an eyelash...”

The rogues encircled me, their leader’s yellow canines sharpened in a horrifying sneer “But the pup swelling inside her belly might be a different story."

My heart lurched as if lightning had pierced my soul.

They knew?!

"Don't you dare touch my baby!"My entire being shuddered as I thrashed against the restraints, my wrists tearing raw.

Biting my quivering lips, I frantically tried to reach out to Dominic one last time through the mindlink that he kept rejecting till now.

“Dominic, please don't disconnect! I am kidnapped by the rogues, I am pregna-”

"Elara, wasn't occupying my life for five long years not enough?!” A wave of burning irritation burst through the link, suppressing my wolf into submission.

“Stop throwing these pathetic tantrums just to grab my attention!"

I shook my head desperately, trying to utter a single word…. to scream for help for the sake of our baby before he blocked the mindlink shut.

In that instant my entire world came crashing down as blood rushed to my skull, blurring my vision.

“Get rid of her seed.” Rough hands pinned me down before I could even breathe.

Gutwrenching cries spilling down my lips as I wailed like a caged animal, throwing threats, before going as far as to plead my assailants.

“Do whatever you want to me, but please spare my baby!” I withered. Thrashed. Bit and clawed at anything before the unthinkable happened.

A rogue held my hips tightly, sitting on my stomach, his weight grinding my belly like a crushing boulder.

The very next second, dark red liquid trickled down my thighs…. With each drop of blood I died little by little.

My body laid paralysed, unfocused eyes staring blankly at the ceiling when my assaulter rode my skirt up to look at the mess between my legs.

"What a waste of time." Then kicked me away.

Minutes bled into hours as I was laid crumpled on the ground, dust mingling with silent tears until the loud sobs tore free, echoing throughout the warehouse.

What a good sister, what a loving mate! I regret loving you Dominic, I regret it so much!

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Stumbling out into the cold night air, each step felt like I was walking on thousands of needles, and yet the pain in my body was nothing compared to the agony suffocating my heart.

Alpha Dominic Vale was my childhood bestfriend, the man whom I loved since forever.

I was eight when we first met, eighteen when my wolf finally whispered ‘mate’ until Dominic broke our mating ceremony without a second thought.

‘Elara, you are the legitimate heir of White Luna pack. You have your parents' love, the pack's loyalty, a future as Luna.

But Amelia has nothing. She was a human adopted by your parents as a charity case! I cannot abandon her just because you are my mate. Since human life spans are short, you must wait for me patiently.’

I had already prepared myself to live unloved, even going as far as to accept an arranged marriage.

But when Amelia fell into that coma and he asked for a chance, I mistook his convenience for love… and handed him my heart anyway.

When I finally reached the packhouse, Beta Jayden was pacing at the entrance. The moment his eyes fell upon me, his face drained of colors.

"Luna! What happened to you?! You look like you will collapse any moment-"

"I am fine." I clenched my jaw, lying, despite the shaking tremors in my voice. "Just… take me to my sons."

He hesitated, guilt flickering across his face. "The Alpha has ordered me to bring you to the elder ceremony immediately. There is a big announcement for the pack. He said… from tomorrow, everything will change."

Not having any will to argue I just nodded, following him.

When the gates opened, I found Dominic already seated at the Alpha’s position as if waiting for me.

The moment his eyes fell upon me, the indifferent face that was always set into stone, broke like shards of glass as if we were transported to our childhood when he blew on my wounds carefully.

“Elara, what happened to you?”

My lips parted with a rueful smile. I was on the verge to tell him about the rogues and my poor child, seek answers before asking for a proper divorce.

But before a single word could leave my lips, his expression hardened.

“If your wolf went for a hunt.” he said coldly, straightening his sleeves “then you should at least learn to return in a presentable state Elara.”

The words landed heavier than a sledgehammer.

“Look at yourself.” he added, his gaze flicking over me with faint distaste. “You are the Luna of this pack. Don’t embarrass me like this again.”

A lump lodged in my throat, thick and suffocating.

“Why has the Alpha called me here?” I asked quietly.

Dominic did not answer immediately. Instead, he raised his hand. A soft golden light flickered above my head and then the Luna crown materialized, hovering in the air for all the pack to see.

Silver and sapphire, heavy with the title I had carried for five years.

Before I could even speak, he tore off the Luna crown over my head infront of the whole pack.

"Elara…..Amelia’s condition is fragile. She cannot know that I married her younger sister and even allowed you to carry my legitimate pups.

It will be better if you step down from the luna position.”

His eyes briefly glanced at my pale frame. For a moment, a flicker of guilt seeped into his tone, quieter now:

"And..do not carelessly call me husband from now on. Amelia might misunderstand."

My throat constricted violently, as if invisible hands were strangling my neck.

The entire pack held their breath, waiting for me to fall apart.

“Oh my god, is Alpha throwing away the mate the moon goddess gave him for a human?”

“Shh… what do you know?! Amelia is his childhood sweetheart, who knew that at eighteen, his wolf would recognize that childhood love’s younger sister as his mate.”

“Yes, he vowed to marry Amelia but after she fell into coma, her parents offered their younger daughter as a replacement to bear his sons….Why else do you think he kept impregnating Elara every month, even when she miscarried nine times in a row…”

Nine miscarriages. The words stabbed deeper than any blade. I had buried nine children before this one. And now a tenth.

“Even the two sons Elara bore are still not registered under her name. Do you understand what that means? Alpha planned to hand them to Amelia from the very beginning."

“Shh! This was bound to happen. Everyone knows he only took her as his mate because her pure omega blood can produce a white wolf heir."

Each word landed softly, and yet it felt like my heart was peeling away from my chest, layer by layer, until there was nothing left but raw, bleeding flesh.

Dominic heard the jabbing murmurs before looking at me with a haze of suppressed pity, that was gone as soon as it came.

“Fine.” My lips parted as I saw my own crumbling reflection in the eyes of the man I had loved for fifteen years.

In that moment, I completely let go of the matebond I had carried like a chain.

"From this moment onwards, I will never call you husband."

From this moment onwards I will consider as if you are dead to me!