The Alpha Can’t Sense His Mate

ITHRA’S POV

It’s been three months.

Three months since he visited me, promising to return and save me from this insanity.

Every day I woke up with hope, waiting for him to save me like he promised – only to be disappointed when night fell and there was no appearance of him in my room or the Moonlight pack.

A lot happened this past few months. After my sizzling night with him, I decided to prepare. I woke up that morning, wore my clothes and pretended I couldn’t feel the ache or hollow between my legs that yearned to be filled by him.

I went about my life like a docile bride, doing everything within reason to convince Cole I had submitted to him. The first few weeks were tricky, seeing he didn’t believe my act and thought I had something planned.

However, as we approached the third month, Cole was convinced of my acts and took every opportunity to show me off as one whom he managed to bend to his standards. Kissing up to Cole had its ups and downs.

For starters, I was no longer held captive in my room and freedom privileges to roam about with a personal guard was given to me – A glorified prisoner if you ask me. The downside was that Cole was slowly and surely crossing his limits with me.

The other day, he got drunk and thought it wise to attempt to force himself on me. I taught him a cruel lesson that brought him on his feet and temporarily got me back to my cell, after which a backhanded apology and promise never to cross the lines were tendered.

Today was another day. I was dressed and led to the training ground by my guard to meet with Cole and Athaliah who managed to grab the Beta position of the pack. Other than that, she was significantly closer to Cole, so much so it was perceived they were an item.

I knew they were fucking but I didn’t care about that. As long as he kept his dick far away from me, I was good. In fact, I was glad she was giving it to him in that regard, it gave me one less thing to worry about.

For the past few weeks, there’s been a change in my body. I felt bloating and sometimes felt so irritated and disgusted at the slightest things. Food, odours and everything else triggered me to puke, but I refused to let anyone notice as I masked everything I felt – waiting for him to come.

I got to the field, tired and drowsy, but kept my head up.

“Luna!” Cole said with an excited grin. These days, that was what he called me, including the entire pack. “Welcome, I was just thinking of coming to get you myself.” He said and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

He embraced me and I stood stiffly, holding myself from puking. His smell was one of my triggers and like the good woman I was, I endured it, pushing out of his hold after a solid three minutes.

“Luna.” I heard her voice before I saw her. Athaliah.

She stood smug, eyes watching me with interest. She didn’t buy my act. That bit was clear when she visited me, asking the reason for my turnaround.

During the early times of my act, she watched me like a hawk, waiting for the other shoe to drop. With time, she reduced her strictness and watched me from afar. It was clear she was unconvinced I had decided to live here, so she waited, lurking around me in a not-so-subtle manner.

I knew she was not to be ignored and while I waited for Zadok, I didn’t leave any stones unturned and covered my tracks and emotions expertly. “Today you will officially begin training with Beta Athaliah,” Cole said to my horror.

Athaliah’s gaze was on me, waiting for a reaction that I refused to give. “Why? Don’t you have enough people protecting me?” I asked softly, stroking his ego.

“Of course I do. But like the beta said, it is best to be a walking weapon. I have a lot of enemies and it will help me sleep better if I know you have the skills to defend yourself in time of need.”

I knew pushing further would lead to suspicion and that was the last thing I needed. I nodded, feeling squeaky and praying to the gods above that I came out of this one unscathed.

“Perfect!” Cole clasped his hand. “I will leave you both to it then.” He said, stepping away from me.

Athaliah stood in front of me with a smirk. She saw right through me, as she spoke. “Welcome back, Luna.” Her tone dripped sarcasm. “Before we start, I’ll just see how far off you are so we know what we need to work on.”Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

I swallowed, nodding my head.

“Try to block this.” Without warning, Athaliah came at me with a series of kicks and blows which I blocked till I felt my eyes turn.

“Wait!” I said in the middle of her attacks but she didn’t relent.

“You’re strong, Luna.” She said with a smile, continuing her assaults. “Stronger than I thought.”

I held back the urge to puke as I blocked her last hit, exhausted. “You-” I swore with rageful eyes as my body shook. “What are you trying to-” Before the words could finish, I felt weak and everywhere became dark.

“Luna?” I heard the concern in her tone. “What’s wrong with you?” she asked but I couldn’t answer.

I slumped to the floor feeling drained and let the darkness consume me.

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“What do you mean she is pregnant?!” I heard the distant voice of Cole as I stirred awake.

“She’s coming around.” A voice said as I opened my eyes, seeing the rage on Cole’s face.

I was pregnant? My heart skipped at the thought.

“Tell me!” Cole roared, leaving no room for refusal. “Who is the owner of that bastard growing inside of you?”

I shut my eyes, unable to speak.

My eyes were forced open by a slap on my cheeks. “Talk to me!” He roared, looking berserk. “Was it the guards?” His eyes searched around the room I recognised to be mine. “Who was it?!” He threw a punch in my face when I didn’t speak and I spat out blood.

“Alpha.” That was Athaliah. “Calm down. We would get to the bottom of it.” She said but I didn’t care.

I would breathe my last before I told them who it was. A bloodied smile graced my face as I realized it was not a dream. Zadok had truly been here and he left me a pleasant surprise as proof.

My hands covered my stomach protectively and that only triggered Cole the more. With one punch, I felt my vision fade and darkness surrounded me.

“I want that baby out of her system. Take her to the dungeons. She gets neither food nor water until I know who dared to cross me.”