Chapter 2
When I opened my eyes again, I found myself lying in the ICU, wearing an oxygen mask, unable to make a sound.
The attending doctor rushed over from his office the moment he heard I had regained consciousness.
“When you rolled off the car, the vehicle right behind you almost ran over you. Fortunately, the driver managed to swerve at the last moment and avoided a catastrophe. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”
The doctor said I was lucky to have escaped with my life.
Instinctively, my hand moved to my
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stomach. The little life growing inside me… was it as fortunate as I was?
But in the next moment, I saw the doctor lower his gaze.
“Luna, I’m sorry to inform you that you lost the baby. We’ve already contacted Alpha Vucevic. He’ll be here shortly.”
I stared blankly at the IV drip hanging above me as silent tears trailed down the corners of my eyes.
My wolf, Elias, did his best to comfort me, suppressing his own grief. “Ariel, don’t cry. You have to be strong…
But how cou
I be strong? Only I knew how
much I had been yearning for this child.
And now… the child was gone.
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What good would it do for Alpha Vucevic to come now?
At the critical moment, he had chosen to abandon me and our child…
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, but even the act of breathing felt excruciating.
Just then, the door swung open, and Alpha Vucevic walked in.
There were dark circles under his eyes, evidence of sleepless nights.
“I’m sorry, Ariel. This is all my fault. I had a tracker installed on the thug’s car. You shouldn’t have been hurt. I didn’t expect him to be so insane.”
He turned his eyes away in pain, as if he
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couldn’t bear to look at my battered body.
A bitter laugh welled up in my chest.
Didn’t expect it?
He wasn’t facing this thug for the first time. He should’ve known the nature of someone like him.
By handing me over to such a ruthless criminal, he should’ve anticipated things turning out like this.
Not only has he wronged me, but he’s also wronged our child!
“Child…”
I whispered the word, my heart heavy with grief at the thought of the tiny life that never got a chance to grow.
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Alpha Vucevic, however, mistook my words. He thought I was talking about Violet’s child, and a slight smile of relief tugged at his lips.
“Violet just got a bit of a scare, but the baby is fine. Everything’s okay.”
Everything’s okay.
Hearing his words, the tears I had been holding back finally broke free, soaking the pillow beneath me.
“The one you’ve truly wronged is our child.””
I ripped off the oxygen mask and glared at him, my eyes filled with venom, like I was staring at my enemy.
Alpha Vucevic froze for a moment, then impatiently pressed his fingers to his
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temples, his voice low and heavy.
“We don’t have a child, Ariel. I understand you’re angry with me, but don’t lie to me about this. You know how much I hate being deceived.”
The doctor standing by frowned, glancing at me with a look of pity before he spoke.
“Luna suffered a severe blow and miscarried. The fetus was barely over a month old.”
As he spoke, he handed the medical chart to Alpha Vucevic.
At barely two months, it had hardly even begun to take form, too small to see the world before it was lost.
Alpha Vucevic, usually so composed, stood frozen as he looked at the miscarriage
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results on the chart. His body trembled violently, and his eyes widened in shock as they moved from the paper to me, slowly shifting to my stomach.
“We… we really had a child?”
I couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh. “Yes, we did. But just as you wanted, it’s gone now. Its father gave up on it himself.”
Alpha Vucevic’s controlled expression shattered in an instant.
His hands, hanging by his side, clenched into fists, the veins in his arms standing out as if he were fighting back overwhelming pain.
“Ariel, I didn’t want this. I couldn’t just stand by and watch Violet and her unborn child suffer. I owe her and her son.” His voice was strained, filled with guilt.
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“And what did my child do wrong?!”
I yelled at him in fury, but the pain from my wounds caused me to wince, tears of agony spilling down my face.
But that pain… it was nothing compared to the hurt in my heart.
“You owe her and her son, but what about us? Why did we have to sacrifice for you? Haven’t I been patient enough?”
Alpha Vucevic, always so busy with pack affairs, often came home late and barely had time for me.
Yet when Violet claimed she was feeling down, he would drop everything without hesitation to be with her.
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I understood, really. Beta Felix was like a brother to him, and Violet was the wife and child of his late friend. He couldn’t just abandon them.
But Violet monopolized all his free time, and I -his Luna–felt like an outsider. Sometimes, I wouldn’t see him for days, sometimes weeks.
Even when my heart couldn’t take it anymore, I couldn’t show it.
Wasn’t it enough that I had done so much for him? Why did I have to sacrifice our child too, just to appease them?
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