MICHELLE’s POV.

As soon as the doctor’s words filter into my ears as I sit in front of him , my heart skips a beat. This is not the kind of news I am expecting, how can my baby be in danger now when i just conceived. My heart is shattered into a thousand pieces and I can feel the tears falling from my eyes.

“You need to put yourself together, Luna” the doctor says again and I sniff back a tear. I need to be strong, this is not the time for me to cry. Crying won’t solve what I am already going through.

“Tell me” I finally find my voice, “what are the chances?”

“Well” he leans forward towards me, “the tumor can be managed with medication but i am not sure for how long ma’am”

“I will keep the baby” I announce and a small frown appears on his face.

“What do you mean? Didn’t you hear me, Luna ? A tumor is..

I immediately interrupt him, “I have been craving a child for the past three years, doctor and I can not throw this one away because of a tumor. Since it can be managed by medecine, I will go with that. My baby should be given a chance to live right?” I force a smile on my face and my mind drifts off to Nicholas for a moment. He is supposed to be here with me, he is supposed to be giving me the emotional support that I need but instead he chooses to stay with her and now.

I clean the tears falling down my eyes and force my smile to widen.

“I do not know for how long we have to rely on the medication, Mrs Michelle”

“I am willing to take the risk” I tell him, “I am willing to do anything and everything to protect this baby . Please help me” at this moment, I don’t care if I am the almighty Luna of our pack. I just want my baby to be fine and that’s all”

“Okay then” he finally agrees, “if you are willing to take the risk, I am willing to help you all the way.

“But one thing” it suddenly occurs to me, “you must not mention anything about my pregnancy or the tumor to Nicholas”

“Why, Luna?” The frown on his forehead intensifies, “I think your husband ought to know”

“I am ordering you as your Luna, doctor. You can not breathe a word of this to him, okay?”

He lets out a heavy sigh, “I will do as you say, ma’am”

“Hmmm”

Bracing myself, I push my body out of the chair before sniffing back another set of new tears that forms In my eyes.

A lot is going on in my head but I have no one to share it with. Just one day and my sister has ruined everything for me.

“I will take my leave now and I will keep in touch”

Saying that, I make my way out of the office and slump on the chair just outside the office.

It feels like my whole world has come to a standstill and I am about to lose everything I have worked for for the past three years. How can Nicholas do this to me? How can he make a mockery of me in such a way?

“Until when will you keep beating yourself up?” My wolf asks inside of me but I completely ignore it and bury my head in between my palms. I am already feeling nauseous and dizzy, I just don’t know what to do.

“You should go and talk to Nicholas” my wolf tells me again, “he needs to know what is at stake”

I sniff back a tear, maybe it was right. I need to talk to him, I need to speak to him.

With this at the back of my mind, I spring up from the chair and make my way outside where my car is parked.

“To Nicholas’s office” I tell my chauffeur and he nods before zooming off.

*****

“Nicholas..” my voice trails off when I push the door open and I find the two of them in the most compromising position ever. Natalia is sitting on his glass table while Nicholas’s hands are wrapped around her waist and they are both kissing. I almost lose my footing seeing them like this but I hold onto the door frame and steady myself.

The two of them gently pull away from each other and I can see how disappointed he looks when his gaze rests upon me.

“Can you not knock?” Natalia inquires while rolling her eyes at me.

“Is this what you are doing?” I can’t help but ask, “I have not even signed the divorce papers and you are already doing this in the office?”

Nicholas gently holds onto her hand and smiles at her,

“This is the cue for you to sign the papers dumbass' ' he growls, “and I will not be asking you anymore. I have already asked the servants to prepare your luggage and I have sent a hundred million dollars to your account. You can stay in the house in Beverly Hills until you want to move out. I think I have done more than enough for the relationship we have shared for three years. Michelle” his eyes are full of hatred towards me and tears well up in my eyes. How did everything go wrong?

“I have a baby growing inside of me” I also want to yell, “our baby is on the verge of dying” I want to tell him but seeing how lovey dovey he is with Natalia, I can not help but feel disgusted. It is so easy for him to let go of everything we have shared for the past three years. Guess he never loved me.

“I think you should sign the papers now, Michelle” Natalia tells me, “haven’t you been humiliated enough? What more do you want?”

Sniffing back a tear, I throw my bag open and bring out the papers.

Pressing them on the table, I scribble my signature on it and leave it on the table.

“I have always looked up to you Nicholas” I start to talk, “but I can see that you were not worth it even from the beginning. I did everything to make this relationship work but I guess..

“You don’t need to talk much” Nat continues, “no one actually needs your lectures”

I smile through tears, “I can not say I wish you happiness because I hope your life is full of problems and pains for what the two of you have done to me”

Not bothering to wait for any of their responses, i turn around and walk out of the office. The tears are falling in torrent but it is the end now. I have lost everything I have worked so hard for.

Just as I get to the door, her voice reaches my ear again.

“If you at that angry, you shouldn’t take what Nicholas is offering you” her voice is lace with mockery and sarcasm,

“I mean he gave you more than enough for three years”

“I do not need anything from him” i turn to look at him for a moment, his eyes glued to the lady in front of him, which breaks my heart the most.

Sniffing back pain and tear, I slam the door close behind me. The pain is too much for me to bear, in feels like I am about to lose my life. The pain in my chest was too much and I can not breathe.

“Luna '' my driver calls as I walk to the car, “are you okay! Don’t you feel fine?”

“Adrian” I gently call out his name, “can you book a hotel for me?”

His face scrunches up, he is definitely confused.

“But..

“Do as I have said Adrian” I tell him, “I really need all the rest I can get now”

“Of course Luna”

He helps me into the car and in no time he zooms out of the premises.

As I press my head against the headrest and close my eyes, the tears continue to fall.

MICHELLE’s POV.

As soon as I lower myself on the bed, my mobile begins to beep. Seeing it was one of Nicholas’s lawyers, I let out a heavy sigh before clicking on the receive button.

“Hello”

“Madam, sir Nicholas sent over the divorce papers via email. I think we should meet and discuss how to settle this. He want to add more alimony for you”

“You can go ahead and process it. Mind you, I am not in need of the alimony, he can keep his money for all I care”

“Why don’t you tell me your location, I will come over”

“You don’t have to meet me, Mr Smith” I tell him, “just do as Nicolas has told you, I am not in the mood to meet anyone from his side.

I immediately end the call and I fling the phone on the bed as my mind drifts off to Nicholas again.

All my life, I thought I married the perfect gentleman and alpha. The man who was rude to others but gentle with me. I saw Nicholas as a god and this is what he does to me. The more I think about it, the more angry I get.

I gently hold onto my tummy and let out a small sigh, I have to do everything to make sure my baby lives. I can not lose this baby now.

My thoughts are interrupted again and I was thinking it was the lawyer but it was Nicholas’s sister. One of the best persons I have come across in my life. She treats me far better than her brother even if she was lower in rank than him and he also loved her a lot.

But right now I am not sure why she is calling me. I don’t know if she will actually take her brother’s side. I want to end the call but on impulse I stop myself before clicking on the receive button again.

“Luna” her voice reach my ears, “where are you, Michelle? I came over to the pack house and you are not here, you are not at the mansion either. Where the hell are you?”

“Are you that worried about me?” I can’t help but ask her, how I wish Nicholas is the one looking out for me like this, how I wish he is the one worried and not his sister.

“Of course” she snaps out, “i saw your sister though”

My heart skips a beat, I am not sure if Natalia has told her everything.

“You met her? What did she say?”

“Just tell me where you are, Mish. I will come to meet you, I will only feel better when I see you with my eyes.

I roll my eyes, I am actually not in the mood to see anyone right now but if I keep refusing her, she might actually suspect something.

“I am at the royal oaks hotel, I will text you my room number”

“You do that”

As I end the call and press my head against the pillow, tears well up in my eyes again. I can not stop crying, not after what Nicholas has done to me. How can he do something like that to me?

He allowed another woman to come between us and that is something I will not be able to forgive him for no matter what.

My thoughts are interrupted when my mobile begins to beep. Seeing it was Nicholas, I push myself to a sitting position before picking up the phone.

For a moment, I continue to stare back at the screen, unable to decide if I should pick the call or not. How dare he call me after what he has done?

“Won’t you answer?” My wolf asks me, “don’t you think this is an opportunity for you to tell him everything?”

“How sure are you?” I mutter under my breath and sniff back a tear.

Bracing myself, I click on the receive button and press the phone against my ear.

“Hello”

“I can see how shameless you are, Michelle” Natalia’s voice reaches my ears, “you think going around and telling Nicholas’s family will change a thing?”

“What rubbish are you talking about?” I ask her with a frown on my face.

“You must have sounded so pathetic I guess” she scoffs, “but let me tell you something, you can not get Nicholas anymore. No matter what you do, he belongs to me now. I will suggest you stay away from him and make sure to use the alimony well. I don’t want you coming back for more”

I don’t even bother to answer her before ending the call. Natalia would never change despite being the eldest.

I quickly send my room number to Nicholas’s sister before making my way into the washroom. I can not keep crying over the fact that I am already divorced. I have my baby to protect now and I am going to do that with the last drop of my blood.

*****

I am not sure how long I was in the shower but when I walk out of the bathroom, Lucy was already sitting on my bed. I guess I forgot to lock my door.

“You forgot to lock your door again, Luna” she says out loud, “how can you be so forgetful, Michelle? How do you even cope with such things?”

“Why are you here, Lucy?” I ask her while lowering myself on the couch opposite the bed, “you don’t have to be here”

“I came to check on you, Luna”

The name Luna suddenly cringes me out, this is a name I have loved to hear from the mouth of the pack members for years now, I suddenly hate it. How can things change so fast? How can everything become so different in just a day?

I let out a heavy sigh, the moon goddess sure knows how to make a mess of everything she created.

“Luna…

I immediately interrupt her, “don’t call me Luna, Lucy. I am sure you already know that I have already signed the divorce papers. I am no longer married to your brother and I am no longer the luna of the pack”

“You moved on so fast, Michelle”

“I did?” I scoff as I take my fingers through my hair, “shouldn’t you be telling this to your brother? The one who brought his ex-girlfriend into our matrimonial home?”

“You have known Nicholas for three years, mish” Lucy continues, “you know what kind of person he is, I think you should…

I cut her short again, “and Natalia has known him longer than that” I blurt in anger, “don’t you think you are being biased right now Lucy? Your brother is the one who brought her back into our lives. Our three years meant nothing to him. You should be reprimanding him and not me, it is my fault. The only thing I did was love him and be there for him these past few days. I never for once complained about how he handles the pack? I always supported him and this is how he pays me back?”

“You speak like you know Nicholas in and out”

“I am surprised you are taking his side this time, Lucy” I am getting more frustrated than I should be. She should be taking my side, why is she supporting her brother?

“Natalia is pregnant for him, Michele” she says, “even if I don’t like that bitch, I can not deny the fact that she is carrying the future alpha of our pack. Nicholas has wanted a child for years now, I am sure you understand why he did what he did”

“What?” I tug at my already disheveled hair, is she being serious right now?”

“I actually thought you were worried about me, I guess the baby on the way is what all of you care about”

“You know how much I adore you, mish. I think Nicholas is just being sensitive right now. I will talk to him and you both can…

“Get out!!” I am done listening to her speak so highly of her brother. I have always seen Lucy as the elder sister Natalia was and I learnt a lot from her as one of the strongest betas of our pack, I didn’t expect her to switch sides so soon.

“What?” Lucy looks suprised, “i should get out?”

“If you are going to keep singing Nicholas’s praises, I think you should get out” i half yell while glaring at her, she shouldn’t be doing this in the first place. I am the one who was wronged, how could she? I also have his baby growing inside of me don’t I?

“Leave Lucy, you deserve to be with Natalia and not me, I mean nothing to you after all”

NICHOLAS’s POV.

I have just finished reading the document on my study table when my door pushes open and Lucy saunters into the room. She has a gloomy look on her face and I am guessing the meeting with Michelle didn’t go as she wanted. I had told her not to but my little sister is stubborn, I am glad she learned the hard way.

“I am busy, Lucy” I tell her, “why are you here?”

“You don’t seem bothered about Michelle?” She asks while lowering herself on the chair in front of me, “I met with her and she was extremely angry, I don’t think..

I cut her short, “do you think I am doing this because I still love Michelle but I want to keep my baby with Natalia?” A frown appears on my forehead as the words spew out of my mouth.

“Isn’t that what this is about? Lucy asks further, “you have always wanted a child and she has not been able to produce one for you. I understand that you want to be with Natalia because she is carrying your baby but.”

“I love Natalia, Lucy” I tell her, “I love her so much and I have loved her right from time. I am not with her only because I want the baby. I am with her because I want her and the baby too, do you understand what I am saying to you? Michelle has been a thorn in my flesh and I am happy to get rid of her, do you understand me?”

“You…

Her voice trails off when the door opens again and Natalia saunters in. A sweet smile is lingering on her lips and she has a tray of coffee with her.

“You didn’t tell me you sister was here, Nicholas” she says while dropping the tray on the table, “I would have made her coffee too”

“Nicholas does not take coffee” Lucy retorts while rolling her eyes and Natalia giggles lightly.

“Of course he takes coffee, sister in law, he just doesn’t take the coffee that Michelle makes. The caffeine inside his coffee helps to settle his mind, he is a lover of coffee”

I can’t help but look at her with pride. She sure knows me, she knows what I like and what I don’t like. Natalia has been part of my story for the longest of time and having her back in my life is more than a blessing.

If I had known what Michelle did back then, I would have gone to look for her myself.

“You don’t take coffee,” Lucy’s voice jolts me out of my thoughts, “right?”

“Tell me Lucy, why have you come? I am quite busy right now, I think you should leave”

“What?”

“Of course sister in law” Natalia chipps in, “Nicholas is a bit tired now since he had to go directly to the pack house after he left the office, maybe you should come back tomorrow if you so wish”

Lucy clenches her fist but she doesn’t say anything, forcing a smile on her face, she angrily storms off and the smile on Natalia’s face disappears.

“I have a bad feeling about your sister, Nick”

I lean back against the chair with my full gaze on her, even my wolf is pleased to have her back.

“Will you keep worrying about her or come here?” I bit down on my lower lip, “we will be getting married soon, you should get used to be being all clingy”

Another small smirk appears on her lips and Natalia walks up to me. The moment she gets closer, I yank her and she lands on my body, her scent whiffing into my nostrils in the process.

“You have been a naughty boy since I got back, Nick” she whispers into my ears while raking her fingers through my hair, “no wonder I got pregnant at the very first try”

“Of course baby” I snake my hands around and pull her closer, “now you don’t have to worry about anything anymore, you belong in my heart”

“Do you think Michelle will accept this? She left in anger and won’t even meet the attorney. I think she is planning something”

“The Michelle I know will continue to hide, she is not that courageous”

“Hmmm”

She presses a kiss on my lips and just as I am about to deepen the kiss, a knock on the door interrupts me.

“Boss, there is an emergency” Van, one of the men after my heart says from behind the door.

“Come on in” I order and he saunters into the room with a bow.

“What happened?”

“We caught some wolf hunters boss, they were snooping around the pack house”

I let out a heavy sigh, they won’t stop coming no matter how much I send their limbs to their senders.

“Get dressed” i tell Natalia as I press her bum, “I will introduce you as the new Luna of our pack”

Her face lits up, she looks happy and that is more than enough for me. The love and affection I couldn’t shower on her in the past, I will do more than that now.

“Of course baby” she presses another kiss on my lips, “I will meet you in the car”

******

Everyone is gathered in the hall ehen I enter with Natalia’s hands clasped in mine. I can see the suprised expression on everyone’s faces. I am sure they must have heard but they weren’t particularly sure if what they heard was actually true.

I led her to her chair and help her to sit down before returning my gaze to the sea of eyes in front of me, time to burst their bubbles.

“I shouldn’t be doing this because it is not necessary but I guess I should so we won’t have any kind of problems in the future. I am sure most of you have heard by now and yes it is right, Natalia is back to take her rightful place beside me and my mate and the new Luna of our pack”

Their suprised eyes widen more, I guess they were not expecting that much.

“What about Luna Michelle?” Someone asks from the crowd and my gaze darkens, that was a name I never want to hear again.

“Did you not hear him?” Natalia speaks up as she stands up, “you all made a jest of me when Michelle showed up right? Now I have come to take my rightful place at this table and anyone of you who can’t cope with it can leave just like your precious Michelle did”

I couldn’t be more proud of her, if only she spoke up three years ago.

“But master, in front of all of us three years ago, you took Luna Michelle as your mate. How can Natalia come back as our Luna now?”

“Grace?” Natalia scoffs while taking slow steps towards her. Right now I am like a proud husband letting my wife have her way, “since you are a religious follower of Michelle, why don’t you get lost with her? I mean, you won’t be seeing her ever again so you should also go with her. The likes of you are not needed here”

A smile creeps up on my face, Gosh I love Natalia.

“Who else wants to give me a lecture as to why I can not be here?” She asks again, “or you better get used to seeing me every day of your lives now, I am carrying the next alpha of our pack, I expect you all to treat me with utmost care”

Turning around she walks back to me and clasps her hand over mine again,

“I have come to take what rightfully belongs to me” Natalia says again, “and I won’t be letting go this time around”