Chasing His Rejected Luna

Liam finally turned his eyes to her, "you couldn't get your wolf. I can't have a Luna without a wolf so therefore I, Alpha Liam Watson of Blood moon pack rejects you, Scarlett Osborne as the mate I was supposed to have. Olivia is now my mate. I have marked her and she would be having her Luna ceremony in three days time"

Everything slowed to a stop for Scarlett as his words washed over her. She felt like the weight of the world was pressing down on her chest and she couldn't breathe as she fell to the ground.

***

What was supposed to be the best day of her life became the worst day when Scarlett could not get her wolf. It became even worse when she injured the soon to be Luna and was banished from her pack by the man who was supposed to be her mate.

Broken and in pain, Scarlett wanders around until she comes to a stop in a human town. All she wants now is to heal and try to forget about her past. Easier said than done especially when she finds out that she is pregnant. Pregnant from the one time she gave herself to alpha Liam.

Rejection

"Wh..What's going on?" Scarlett finally cried out as she looked down at herself to see what was happening but everything was how it used to be..

She was supposed to be morphing into her wolf not standing still like a soldier at attention. The clock had already struck twelve, twenty minutes ago and she was already twenty one. By right, she was supposed to have morphed into her wolf twenty minutes ago and by now she would be having her Luna ceremony but all of that was not happening.

Scarlett looked around with wide eyes and the look she saw on the faces of her pack members made her heart stop beating. When it did start beating again, it was fast like she was running a marathon.

Her breath clogged up in her throat when her eyes fell on her boyfriend and Alpha. Panic filled her and she felt like she couldn't breathe anymore when he shook his head then turned around to disappear into the dark of the night. The woman who had been standing beside him gave Scarlett an evil smirk before turning to follow after him.

She couldn't possibly, no, she couldn't possibly be among them right? When she did not get her wolf at age eighteen, the pack was happy. It only meant that her wolf fell into the category of stronger wolf's who could only get their wolves at twenty one.

Her eyes frantically searched the crowd and when it rested on her father's face, Scarlett nearly collapsed to the ground as what was happening finally registered in her head.

"Oh moon goddess, Scarlett is wolfless"

"That can't possibly be true. She is supposed to be a beta female"

"Oh please, can't you see? It's been twenty minutes and no one have ever delayed that long in getting their wolf unless they can't get a wolf"

" This is so sad. And to think that she was supposed to be Luna. Now we are stuck with evil Olivia"

" No no, that's not true. I'm not wolfless, my wolf is coming it's just taking a lot of time" Scarlett screamed frantically as she tried to assure the pack? Or herself?

Scarlett shivered as the cold wind blew, scattering her hair and blowing it forward to cover her face. She pushed it back as she closed her eyes and tried to concentrate and block out the pack's voices.

Scarlett tried to remember all the lessons she has been taught and she braced herself for the pain she has been told that comes along with getting one's wolf.

Nothing

Like before, nothing happened. There and then, Scarlett finally realized that everyone was right, she was wolfless. When she opened her eyes, she could see that some people were already leaving while some were giving her mocking eyes and others were throwing pitiful looks her way.

Scarlett grabbed her white gown and ran over to her father who was standing with his face white and pale with shock.

"Dad, it's a lie right? My wolf is coming" she grabbed his hands and shook his as her eyes frantically searched his, looking for assurance but he continued to look at her just like everyone else. With pity.

Her chin began to wobble and her eyes clouded with tears, "Dad, answer me!!" Scarlett burst into heavy sobs when her father did not respond and she collapsed to the ground, "it's a lie right? It's just a dream right? I'm still going to be Luna right?"

" Scarlett"

Scarlett felt a soft but familiar pair of arms wrapping around her. It was her best friend Willow and she was also crying

Scarlett turned around to grab Willow. Her eyes that were blurry with tears searched Willow's "it's a dream. I will wake up soon, right Willow??" She cried

Willow shook her head. Her body was also shaking as she cried alongside Scarlett, "I don't think it's a dream but I also wished It is. You couldn't get your wolf Scarlett"

" No," Scarlett yelled vehemently as she pushed Willow away like she was the curse of her problems, "It's all a lie. You are all liars, my wolf is coming, it's just taking time. I'm still going to be Liam's Luna, he promised"

Everything was going good for Scarlett. Before tonight, that is. Her father was the beta of the former and late alpha of the pack. She was her father's only child and was supposed to inherit his ability and have a beta wolf.

As she grew up, she took her fighting lessons seriously and she was amongst the hundreds of women in the pack that wished they would one day catch the eyes of their brooding but incredibly handsome alpha, Liam.

Scarlett nearly went crazy and she threw a small party at her house when she caught his eyes in the training field one day and when he asked her to be his girlfriend, her life was set. She was supposed to be his Luna and everyone was waiting for her to get her wolf.

Liam threw a big birthday party for her on her eighteenth birthday and the celebration exploded when she didn't get her wolf. It only meant that her wolf would come when she was twenty one and that she would be stronger but why was any of these not happening now?

In the history of werewolves, only one percent of them couldn't get their wolf. It rarely happened and the last time it did, it was over a thousand years ago.

Willow moved forward on her knees and grabbed Scarlett again in her arms. The best friends hugged themselves as they continued to cry.

Scarlett's eyes lit up with hope when she saw Liam coming back again and she didn't even notice that he now had Olivia hanging onto his arm like a leech nor did she notice the bright red stain of blood on his lips.

Scarlett shoved Willow aside and rushed over to him.

"Liam, it's not possible right? I'm getting my wolf soon and then I will become your Luna, right?" Scarlett asked as she tried to stare into his eyes and find the assurance that she needed but he was refusing to meet her eyes.

"I don't think that will be possible Scarlett" Liam told her

Scarlett felt her heart freezing with fear at how cold his voice sounded, "Wh… what do you mean by that?"

Liam finally turned his eyes to her, "You couldn't get your wolf. I can't have a Luna without a wolf so therefore I, Alpha Liam Watson of Blood moon pack rejects you, Scarlett Osborne as the mate I was supposed to have. Olivia is now my mate. I have marked her and she would be having her Luna ceremony in three days time"

Everything slowed to a stop for Scarlett as his words washed over her. She felt like the weight of the world was pressing down on her chest and she couldn't breathe as she fell to the ground.

Scarlett

remained on the floor, cold and numb as Liam turned away and left with a smiling Olivia. She was still there after everyone left.

Olivia is pregnant

Everything felt so surreal as Scarlett watched Liam leave with Olivia. Her father was that one that walked up to her and picked her up. She remained quiet and still all the way home.

She was still quiet even after her father brought her to her room and dropped her on her bed. Quiet, when Willow helped her pull off her white gown and wiped her of the dirt that clung to her when she dropped to the ground. She had been like that for two days. Just lying on her bed and saying nothing.

“There's nothing really wrong with her. She is just in shock. This phase will be over soon. maybe you can just tell her things you feel like would make her want to wake up” Scarlett could hear a familiar voice telling her father.

“Thank you doctor” Scarlett's father, Aaron thanked the owner of the voice before turning to look at Scarlett who was on her back and staring at the ceiling.

After the door shut behind the doctor, Aaron walked over to the bed and sat down. He took Scarlett's hand in his, “Scarlett, you need to wake up. With your mother gone, you know you are the only one I have now. What will I do if anything happens to you?”

“You need to come back to our sense's Scarlett. You can't remain here like this. Olivia is going around the pack, mocking you. She's telling everyone that she would be Liam's mate as our Luna” Willow poked Scarlett's face with a bony finger.

“Don't tell her that, Willow. She won't want to wake up” Aaron rebuked Willow.

She shook her head, “I think it will work just fine. I think it's even working” Willow said as her eyes dropped onto Scarlett's finger that was now moving.

“She's…she's coming back?” Aaron stuttered in surprise as his eyes also latched onto Scarlett's finger.

Scarlett blinked slowly as she returned to her senses. She has been drifting in a cloud of unconsciousness. She was aware of most of the movements that had been going on around her, but she couldn't bring herself to move. Willow's words triggered her to move.

“Oh my God, Scarlett? Thank God you are back. I was beginning to think that you were planning on staying like this on your bed forever," Willow was smiling with tears in her eyes as she tried to make light of the situation.

“Scarlett” Aaron called

Scarlett ignored her father and focused her attention on Willow, “Is what you said true? Is Liam really going to make Olivia his Luna? Did he really mark her?”

The light in Willow's eyes faded and was replaced with sorrow, “Sadly, it's true. The ceremony is tomorrow” she pursed her lips.

Scarlett threw the covers away and jumped down from the bed, “I can't let that happen. I have to speak with Liam. This is not what we planned”

Aaron jumped up and tried to stop her, “You can't do that, Scarlett. The alpha is not going to be happy. The elders tried to oppose the idea of making Olivia his Luna, but he was adamant. He has already picked her and there is nothing we can do about it”

“No one wants Olivia to be his mate. She is going to oppress the people and I can't allow that to happen. Liam loves me and once I speak with him, we will be able to solve this'' the image of Liam rejecting her in a cold tone appeared in her head, but she shoved it down along with the ache that rose in her chest.

“Liam doesn't love you enough to make you his Luna, Scarlett. Don't you understand? You are wolfless, and no alpha would want a wolfless mate not to talk of Liam, who feels that the most important thing in the world is power!” Aaron thundered in anger when he saw that his daughter was not listening to him.

Scarlett gasped in shock, and the room went silent at her father's word. Yes, she was wolfless, but she did not expect her father to day it out like that. She saw regret fill his eyes and he made a move in her direction, but she shook her head, scrambled off the bed and rushed out of the room.

Tears of betrayal filled her eyes and her chin wobbled as she rushed out of her house in the direction of the pack house. She could hear footsteps behind her, and she didn't need anyone to tell her that it was Willow rushing after her.

“Scarlett slow down!” Willow yelled as she ran after Scarlett. She has not gotten her wolf either, she was among the werewolves who got their wolf at twenty-one and her birthday was not until a few month's time. Scarlett has always been known for her speed and even if she was wolfless, she was still as fast as ever.

In her haste to meet with Liam, Scarlett did not pause when she got to the pack house and ran up the stairs. Just as she was about to enter the long hallway, she slammed into a soft body and the two of them stumbled to the hard ground.

“Oww, the fuck” the soft body moaned under Scarlett

“I'm sorry, I…” Scarlett was about to apologize when she recognized who the voice belonged to, "Olivia" she called grimly as she stood up but did not stretch out a hand to assist Olivia up.

“Where was Missy wolfless rushing to in a hurry? Are you looking for your wolf?” Olivia taunted as she helped herself from the ground.

“Don't you dare say a word again, Olivia or I swear to God….” Scarlett started but was immediately interrupted by Olivia who raised her chin in the air as the look in her eyes hardened.

“You are going to do what? You better watch your tone with me. I'm going to be your Luna tomorrow, and you don't want to get in my bad book's. Now, kneel and apologize for bumping into me, and maybe I will spear you”

“Kneel, you say? I would never kneel for you, and you would never be my Luna” Scarlett snapped. Liam might have rejected her yesterday, but she was not going to allow Olivia to walk all over her. She would find Liam and speak to him. They would find a solution together, they always do.

A wicked smirk appeared on Olivia's face as she walked closer to Scarlett, who stood her ground and refused to move. Olivia might have gotten her wolf and might be stronger, but Scarlett was not scared of her. She has been training to become Luna for years now, and she does not bow to anyone.

“Should I tell you a secret?”

Scarlett wanted to ask her to shove her secret down her ass, but she found herself saying the direct opposite, “Let's hear what you've got to say”

Olivia gave an evil cackle as she walked around Scarlett to stand on the stairs. She leaned over to whisper into Scarlett's ear, “Do you think Liam was faithful during your relationship with him? Liam is someone who always had a plan B. We have been fucking behind your back and let me tell you, he is mighty good in bed”

Scarlett swallowed thickly as she tried not to get affected and provoked by Olivia's words. She was sure that Olivia was just lying and saying all this to provoke her. She was not going to lose her cool or fall into her trap. Liam was faithful. He never looked at any other woman except for her.

“Oh you don't believe me?” Olivia cocked her head to the side as a sly smile appeared on her face, “If he was truly faithful, then how come he moved on so fast from you to me? He didn't even wait to think, and guess what, he already marked me and I'm pregnant for him. Little Liam is right here” Olivia smoothed her hand over her stomach where a small bulge appeared.

Scarlett's eyes widened a fraction as it dropped onto Olivia's stomach, “That's a fucking lie. Liam would never sleep with you” even as the words came out, they sounded unsure, and her voice was shaking.

She quickly processed everything that Olivia had said, and she felt betrayal hit her hard. It knocked the breath out of her, and she couldn't breathe properly. She saw red as she advanced onto Olivia in a fit of rage, “You were the one who seduced him”

The expression on Olivia's face changed to one of fear, and her hands flailed in Scarlett's direction as if to ward her off. “I didn't seduce him. He's the one who wants me. Please don't hurt my child” she cried in fear and threw herself down the stairs.

Willow and Scarlett gasped in shock as they both watched as Olivia tumbled down the stairs to land on the floor in a mess o

f disjointed limbs. Scarlett snapped out of her shock when she heard a cold voice behind her.

“What the fuck have you done?”

Hospital

“I didn't touch her, I swear. She was the one who threw herself down the stairs” Scarlett briefly explained when she spun around and saw Liam standing behind her with hardened eyes.

Instead of replying to her, Liam shoved her out of the way and raced down to where a now bleeding Olivia was. Scarlett stumbled from the force of his push and would have fallen to the found had it not been for Willow, who caught her.

Scarlett watched from the top of the stairs as Liam gathered Olivia into the arms he always used to hug her in the past.

“You better pray to God that nothing happens to both her and my child” Liam told her before rushing out of the pack house.

Scarlett froze, and her mouth dropped open in shock at Liam's words. When Olivia told her that she was pregnant with Liam's child, she thought it was a lie. Liam couldn't have cheated on her, but hearing it from his mouth now, she knew that it was true.

She collapsed to the ground as hot tears filled her eyes. She suddenly felt like she had been living a lie. How did everything suddenly take an U-turn? This wasn't how it was supposed to be.

Willow knelt down and grabbed her shoulders, “Scarlett I don't think you should be crying right now because he is with Olivia. I think you should be praying that Olivia doesn't lose her child”

Scarlett's eyes widened exasperatedly," I should be praying that she doesn't lose her child?” She asked incredulously," I will be the happiest woman alive if both she and her child dies”

Willow shook Scarlett with wide eyes, “you don't mean that, Scarlett. That's not just Olivia's child, but also the alpha's child and heir. The pack might not like Olivia, but they will turn against you if they were to find out that you killed the Alpha's child, and I think that's what Olivia wants. She purposely threw herself off the stairs because she knows that the people want you to be Luna and not her”

Scarlett's eyes popped open as the full impact of what Willow had just said hit her, knocking the breath out of her. Olivia truly planned everything. She must have seen Liam coming from behind her. If not, why had she suddenly pretended like Scarlett was going to attack her and throw herself off the stairs. Olivia was truly vicious. She didn't even consider her child before doing what she did. Olivia really wanted the position of Liam's Luna and the people's support so bad.

Scarlett scrambled to her feet, “we need to find Liam now. I need to make him understand that I did not push Olivia down. She fell by herself because she wanted to use it to rope me in"

Willow watched Scarlett rush out with sadness in her eyes. Scarlett was a good person, but Olivia was not. She was scheming and manipulative. For her to have done what she just did: throwing herself down the stairs, Willow would not be surprised if she also lost her and Liam's child.

She gathered herself together and ran after Scarlett. She knew that Scarlett must have gone to the pack's hospital. When she got to the hospital, she stopped at the door of the visitor's waiting room when her eyes fell on a crying Scarlett who was pressed to the wall by Liam who glaring down at her.

“You didn't touch her, yet she fell down the stairs, huh? Do I look stupid to you?”

“ I didn't touch her. This is all her plan to make me look bad. How many years have you known me, Liam? Do you think I will push anyone down the stairs? It's a fucking stair we are talking about, Liam!” Scarlett cried furiously. She had run after Liam, hoping to explain everything to him, but before she could say a word, he grabbed her and shoved her against the wall with his hand curled around her throat in a tight grip.

She saw him deflect and his hold on her neck loosen for just a split second before it tightened again and his eyes hardened.

“You surely would, of course. You would do it because I chose her over you, Scarlett. It wasn't my fault that you couldn't get your wolf, nor was it the fault of my innocent child. You should have stayed in whatever hole you crawled into after I rejected you that night. You better pray that Olivia and my baby are alright” Liam spat the words before releasing her and walking away.

Scarlett slid down the wall to a heap on the floor as she watched him leave. She did not have more tears in her eyes to cry out. No matter what she said, Liam wouldn't believe her. It was almost like they had turned stranger's in the space of three days, and it was all because of her. All because she couldn't get her wolf. It was all the moon goddess's fault. If only the moon goddess gave her a wolf, all this wouldn't be happening. She and Liam would still be so much in love, and she would have been crowned as his Luna by now.

After some time, Scarlett stood up and began to walk home like a zombie. She could hear the pack members whispering as she walked past, but she couldn't hear what they were saying. Scarlett knew that the news must have spread around from the hospital nurses about how she tried to kill Olivia and the Alpha's child, as the looks she received were not the friendly one she was used to.

“Scarlett, what have you done?!” Aaron yelled when Scarlett got home.

“ I did nothing, father” Scarlett replied as she walked past him to her room

“What's going on, Willow? How did Scarlett push Olivia down the stairs?" Aaron turned to Willow when it looked as if he wouldn't be getting any response from Scarlett.

“She didn't touch Olivia. Olivia….” Willow went on to explain everything that happened and when she was done, Aaron's face was white with fear.

“Oh moon goddess, why is this happening to me?” Aaron cried as he collapsed on a sofa in his living room and Willow went to console him.

Approximately an hour later, there was a loud knock on the door and Aaron went to open it. Three men who worked as Liam's bodyguards were standing outside.

Aaron was surprised to see them. He forced a smile on his face, “Hello, gentle….” Aaron started, but was rudely interrupted.

“Where is Scarlett? The alpha needs her in his throne room now”

“ She is inside her room and…”

Aaron was rudely shoved aside by the men, who immediately rushed into the house to find Scarlett.

“What do you think you are doing?” Aaron yelled angrily as he turned and ran after them, but they had already found Scarlett's room.

“Leave me alone. Don't you dare lay your hands on me!!” Scarlett yelled. She had been crying in her room since she got back from the hospital. She was surprised when these three men she now recognized as Liam's men barged into her room and hurled her up from the bed.

“The alpha needs you in his throne room now” they ignored her protest and dragged her outside.

“I can walk by myself. Let me go!!”

They ignored her screams and continued to drag her with them. Even Aaron could not stop them. People from the pack came outside to watch as Scarlett was dragged to the pack house, and girls who also wanted to be Luna were glad to see her in this condition. Most of the pack members who wanted to see what was going on ran after them.

“What's going on, Alpha? What is the meaning of this?” Asked Liam when they got to his throne room and Scarlett was thrown at his feet. He had his back towards them and they could not see his face.

Banishment

Liam did not turn around to face them, “what is going on is that Olivia lost my child, and she is in a critical condition right now”

As the words about Olivia having a miscarriage sank into Scarlett's brain, she froze in shock. She recovered almost immediately and scrambled towards Liam on her hands and knees, “you know I could never push anyone down the stairs. I didn't even know that she was pregnant. Liam, believe me, I did not touch her”

She was almost close to him when Liam's men caught her and pressed her down. She struggled, but couldn't release herself from their stronghold. It was useless. They were not just werewolves, they were trained fighters, while she was just a regular girl without a wolf. She could not escape from them.

When Liam finally turned to face her, his face was cold and devoid of any emotions. He had never been one who smiled nor was one who expressed emotions, but Scarlett had never seen his eyes so cold before. She shivered as fear ran down her spine.

“You have been banished from this pack, Scarlett. The only reason why I'm letting you go is because of our past relationship and because our parents were close. Drag her out to the pack's border” Liam said the last words to his men before walking away.

Everywhere was silent for a second and when the words Liam said finally registered in everyone's head, there were gasps of shock.

“You can't banish me, Liam!!” Scarlett screamed with a crazed and frightened expression as she struggled to stand up and run after Liam, who had already disappeared out of the door.

“Let me go, you fucking bastard!” Scarlett yelled as she pounded on the back of one of Liam's men, who picked her up and threw her over his shoulder like a sack of rice. Some days ago, he wouldn't have laid his hands on her. They always bowed and treated her with respect, but all of that was gone now.

Tears poured out of her eyes as she was out of the pack house and shoved inside a waiting van. Scarlett was on her feet almost immediately. She tried to run out of the van to her father, who was held down by over five men to stop him from going after her. The van's door was shut, and she was pushed back to the floor, but not before catching a glimpse of Olivia's father. He was smirking at her.

By the time they got to the pack's border, which was not far from the pack house, Scarlett was a mess. Her face was streaked with tears, and she had snot running down her nose. Her breathing was coming out heavy and quick. Her eyes were red and her face, pale.

The same way she was dragged from her house to the pack house was the same way she was dragged from the van to the edge of the border. Scarlett did not struggle this time, as she had no strength left.

“The alpha wants you to have this. It's always given to anyone who gets banished” one of the guards threw a bag at her feet before all of them got into the van and drove off. Leaving her cold and alone.

Scarlett raised her hand to slap the bag away and scream that she didn't need their help but paused with her hands still raised. She did not know what was inside the bag.

She was out here in the cold without any money or extra clothes. She picked up that bag and tore it open. What was inside was a blanket and some money.

Scarlett turned around and took in her environment, all she could see was trees and snow. Fresh tears filled her eyes as she realized that she was alone. She was not going to be a rogue because she had no wolf, she was a normal human.

**

It's been four days since Scarlett was thrown out of her pack. Four days of her walking around and wandering alone without food or water.

As one who has never been out of her pack before or subjected to any form of suffering, Scarlett was already at a breaking point. She had spent her days and nights walking through the woods and wishing she could get to the end of the forest.

Throughout these four days, she tried hard not to think about her father and how he must be feeling right now. He had warned her and also tried to stop her when she wanted to leave the house, but she had refused. At that time, she only wanted to meet Liam and get them to solve their problems. She never thought that she could bump into Olivia.

She tried not to think about how her life which was set suddenly became like this; not finding her mate and getting banished from the pack. Even as she trudged through the forest, hungry and cold to her bones, she realized that she might die in the forest. She might never meet her father again.

Liam always told her that she would start attending meetings with him as his wife in the human world once she became his Luna. All of that was lost now. She would never become his Luna or travel out with him.

On the fifth day, Scarlett could not move anymore. If not for her series of training to become a Luna, she would not have gotten this far, but nothing could have prepared her for this. So far so good, she has not encountered any deadly beast or rogue in the forest. The luck that had deserted her in the days before her banishment came back.

Scarlett was grateful because she knew that she wouldn't be able to defend herself. Scarlett was almost at the point of giving up; falling to the ground and sleeping forever when she heard a sound: the sound of a moving vehicle, and Scarlett knew that she would soon find help.

The sound fueled her with determination to keep going, and when she saw that she had gotten to the end of the forest, she nearly collapsed to the floor to weep for joy.

She sat on the floor to rest and also wait if she would see any cars coming. It took her another full day before she saw another car, and she did not have the strength to get up to flag it down.

As the car drove past, her eyes squeezed shut and hot tears began to fall as she cried for the opportunity she had lost because of her weakness. She did not hear the car stop or when it began to drive back. She froze and fear crept up her spine when she felt a hand tap her shoulder.

“Hello, are you alive?”

It was a hard chore, but Scarlett was able to turn her head and open her eyes. A young man was standing over her and peering down at her in concern. She tried to speak, but her mouth was dried and lips patched.

The young man turned and waved at something or someone behind him, “I told you, she is alive, but she can't speak,” the man turned back to her and told her," we are going into town. I don't know how you got here, but do you need help? We can drop you off”

Scarlett nodded and then saw the man bend down and felt herself being lifted and carried off. She lay on the back seat of the stranger's jeep as it sped away from the forest she had been in for days and to a town where she did not know what was waiting for her.

“I wonder how she got there. There are no town or houses around there or even any village”

She could hear the two men discussing her. She was not supposed to sleep. These men were strangers, and she didn't even know them, even if they had just rescued her. They could be kidnappers or even rapists, but Scarlett was too tired to care. She was in a deep sleep minutes later.

Scarlett woke up minutes or hours later, she didn't know when she felt herself being carried out of the Jeep.

The man must have noticed that she was awake because he immediately explained, “we have gotten into town. We are in front of a small hotel now. You look like you need some rest, food, and you need to get out of these wet clothes”

As he explained, he kept walking," we are not staying in this town, we only came to pick up something. I paid for a room for you for a week, and I have asked someone to get you a fresh set of clothes. The people working here would help you change”

Scarlett continued to look at the face of the man, committing it to memory as he carried her into a room and dropped her on the bed. He was still speaking when she felt herself drifting back to sleep.

“Thank you” she murmured – outside or in her head, she didn't know before she gave herself up to the sleep that was beckoning onto her.

Pregnant

It's been two months already since two men rescued Scarlett and brought her to the city. Scarlett never heard from them, and when she asked the hotel's receptionist she did not get any meaningful information about who these men were.

They not only paid for her stay at the hotel, they also asked the hotel to call a doctor for her and also got her new and warm clothes. After three days, she was able to get up from the bed and move about because of her werewolves blood.

Scarlett did not have enough time, nor did she try to create one to sit down and think of her life. She wanted to forget everything like it was a bad memory. It was easier said than done. Not when she sees everything in her dream every time she closes her eyes. Not when every man who had dark hair and green eyes looked like Liam or every blonde-haired woman looked like the antagonist of her life story, Olivia.

The money that was given to her by Liam was only enough to rent a small house in town and buy enough food to last a month, so she had to quickly find a job. Luckily, she got a job to serve customers at the same hotel the men brought her to.

Scarlett, who had never brushed her own hair, had a rough time serving customers. From not knowing how to balance plates on her tray to breaking it and wasting food. Thank God, the owner was kind enough to give her many opportunities.

She spent her days working and trying not to think and then her nights, reading books she borrowed from the library, but in the end, she always ended up having dreams about her banishment.

“A new customer just arrived, and he is asking for you to serve him Scarlett” one of her co-workers tapped Scarlett on the shoulder and informed her

Scarlett rolled her eyes. Since she got here, many of the customers had been trying to get her alone. It was the same with other girls, but she was not interested. She wanted nothing to do with men in general.

“As you can see, I'm having lunch, Mary. Just tell him that I'm indisposed and serve him” Scarlett told the girl and prepared to concentrate on her food.

She did not eat breakfast because she woke up late, which was unlike her and was rushing to work. Now that it was lunch time, she felt like she was about to die. It wasn't just that, she has been feeling dizzy lately and has also been vomiting and having morning sickness. Scarlett just took it as her body system trying to get used to the change of environment and living with humans.

“It's Mr. Bandini and you know he is a big customer. Miss Zelly won't be happy if we offend him” Mary told her.

“Oh hell” Scarlett groaned before shoving another spoonful of food in her mouth and getting up. She covered the food before picking up her apron and walking out.

Miss Zelly, the owner of the establishment, has been good to her, and she doesn't want to offend her, but even if she wasn't eating, she wouldn't want to serve me Bandini. The man wasn't like the other men who wanted to force themselves on her. He was polite and calm, handsome even and rich, but she didn't want him.

She met him in her second week of working in the hotel, and he has been trying to speak with her, but she kept turning him down. She didn't want to be friends, and she definitely did want a relationship.

He was on his phone when she got to his table. She cleared her throat and plastered on the polite smile she used on every one of her customers, “Welcome to Zelly, what would you like to order today?”

Mr. Bandini looked up, and a sparkle appeared in his eyes, “it's so good to see you again. I want….”

Scarlett wrote down everything he ordered before turning away but reached out to grab something when she felt the world spin. She grabbed his shoulders.

Mr. Bandini was out of his seat almost immediately and grabbing her around the waist and shoulder, “are you okay, Scarlett? You look pale”

Scarlett squeezed her eyes tight and when she felt like the world had stopped moving, she opened them and nodded, “I'm fine. I just felt dizzy for a bit”

“ Are you sure? You can sit for a while with me and allow someone else serve me”

Scarlett moved away from his arms and gave him a polite smile, “I'm definitely fine and would be back with your orders in a jiffy”

She turned away from his concerned eyes and walked to the kitchen to deliver the orders to the chef.

Scarlett thought that her dizzy spells would stop after eating her lunch, but it persisted. By the end of the day, she had already almost collapsed to the floor five times.

As Scarlett walked home with heavy footsteps, she gave a silent prayer that she wouldn't fall until she got home, but her prayers were not answered. As the building she lived in appeared in her line of sight, another dizzy spell hit her, and she couldn't stop her eyes from rolling into the back of her head or her heavy body from falling to the cold hard pavement with a thud.

**

Scarlett blinked slowly as she forced her eyes open, but immediately shut it when she was attacked by a flood of blinding light. She tried again until she could finally keep her eyes open to take in her environment.

She froze and her heart sped up when she saw different medical instruments and smelt the disinfectant in the air. She was at the hospital.

“Hey, thank God you are finally awake”

Scarlett's head snapped in the direction of the familiar voice, “what are you doing here?” What am I doing here, was what she wanted to ask Mr. Bandini.

“I was driving home when I saw you walking home. I wanted to offer you a ride, but you suddenly fainted, so I brought you to the hospital”

“Right” Scarlett drawled as she looked up at the ceiling. “So what did the doctor say is wrong with me?”

“I think it would be better if you heard it from the doctor's mouth” he was peering at her with an unfathomable expression that made her uncomfortable.

She was supposed to be scared when he refused to tell her what was wrong, but she figured that nothing more could go wrong in her life after her banishment. Nothing could be worse than that, especially if the banishment came from a man who was supposed to stand with you against the world.

The doctor came in minutes later, and the first question she asked was if Scarlett was married.

“Hello dear, I'm doctor Imelda” the doctor smiled and waited for Scarlett to return it. When she didn't, doctor Imelda continued, straight to the point,” are you married, Mrs. Scarlett?”

Scarlett nearly rolled her eyes. Doctor Imedal asked if she was married and, without waiting for her response, goes on to calm her Mrs.

“I'm not married, doctor. Why? If there is anything wrong with me, just go ahead and tell me” she was so tired that even after just waking up, she wanted to immediately go back to sleep. The hospital bed was much more comfy than the mattress she uses at home, she wouldn't mind staying here for days, only that Miss Zelly would mind.

Doctor Imedal sighed and shot a look in Mr. Bandini's direction. When he nodded at her, doctor Imelda opened her mouth and told Scarlett exactly what was wrong with her, shattering her world in the process. “you are two months and a week pregnant”

All color drained from Scarlett's face.