"I am not being a bitch, Lewis. I am still at work and have many things to do. We can discuss that through our mind-link, so there is no need to make a fuss."
But the Alpha didn't answer, and he cut off our mind-link. That night, my mate didn't even come. Three more days had passed, but the Alpha still had no presence. Alpha still had no presence. I didn't even bother calling him through our mind-link.
But the next morning, I was taken aback. I saw my mate carrying pieces of luggage. I stopped in the middle of the staircase and looked at my mate with confusion written all over my face.
"What is the meaning of this, Lewis?"
Alpha stopped pulling the luggage and looked at me, "Something had happened, Elysian."
As if on cue, Andrea entered the manor, her eyes bloodshot red.
If Andrea hadn’t returned—if she hadn’t snatched away every bit of Lewis’s attention, It wouldn't cause me stress, and my baby would still be alive. He had been distant before, but now, it was as if I no longer existed in his world. And if my mate saw me as his equal, his Luna, he wouldn’t be so easily drawn back to her, wouldn’t be so blind to my pain.
All I ever did was love him. Lewis—my Alpha, my mate. I gave him everything: my heart, my soul, my loyalty. I wanted to be the perfect Luna, the ideal she-wolf he could be proud of. I worked tirelessly for the pack, for him, for us. But all of it... All of it was a lie, a dream I held onto alone. The truth was suffocating—I wasn’t enough.
My eyes returned to my mate, "Care to explain things, Lewis?" I walked down and stopped in front of them. "Why is she here, Alpha?"
My mate sighed and tried to reach for my hand, but I moved away.
"Elysian!" he uttered in surprise.
I shook my head, "I said, explain everything to me!"
I clenched my fist when Andrea started to cry. Lewis immediately comforted Andrea. I bit my lower lip, tasting my blood. My fated mate is comforting someone else, not even minding that I am his mate and that it might hurt me!
"Andrea's child died, Elysian. She is in pain. That's why I am asking you to stop being a brat! She is mourning the loss of her child. She couldn't sleep, eat, or drink properly. That is why I haven't come home these past few days. As an Alpha, I wouldn't say I like seeing someone in pain, Elysian. You know that I must help everyone, including Andrea. Starting today, she will stay with us."