Alpha, Set me Free

Laura's POV

A sharp pain shot through my head and my eyes peeled open instantly.

My body was drenched in sweat, as if I had just got out of a bath and the pain I was feeling all over my body was excruciating. 

I glanced around and realized I was in a dishevelled room with cobwebs hanging around the corners of the wall.

"What the hell am I doing here?" I pondered aloud.

I struggled to my feet but soon fell back flat on my butt as I felt my knees turn jelly. My brain was all jumbled up as I tried to recall the event of the previous day and what might have actually brought me to this godforsaken room.

No matter how hard I tried, nothing came up. I lowered my head, feeling an odd sense of resignation enveloping me but at that same minute, the door jerked open to reveal the handsome face of a man wearing a white suit.

I quickly assumed he was a doctor. 

When he saw me trying to stand up, he ran to me, looking so worried. "Luna, you can't get up yet." 

"What am I doing here?" I asked and my throat burned from the mere effort.

Instead of answering, he handed me a paper. My hands trembled slightly as my gaze landed on the heading written in bold letters.

MISCARRIAGE REPORT!

I felt my heart freeze a hundred degrees as my hands flew inadvertently to my stomach. My baby! No! I screamed inwardly. Nothing could be wrong with my baby.

And now everything seemed to snap back in. The painful memories of yesterday flooded my brain. I had been scheduled for delivery and had asked my husband and the Lycan king of the Crescent moon pack, Julian to accompany me but he had said he was busy.

Then I had gone on my own but someone had kidnapped me and the last thing I remembered was being injected with poison. 

My gaze flew back to the doctor's face. His face looked somewhat familiar, but I was past caring now.

The miscarrige must have something to do with the poison!

"Where did you see me? How did you bring me here?" My words were coming too fast to be steady so I took a deep breath and tried again.

"Doctor, who brought me in here?"

He gave me a warm smile. "Luna Laura, you have to calm down. You were found in the rain yesterday and words were sent to the Lycans king but he claimed he was busy and the hospital wouldn't attend to you until you paid." He paused, looking away sharply.

"So, I brought you to the abandoned pack's clinic to test you but unfortunately, you lost the child." He hesitated now, suddenly picking up interest in his shoes.

I took a deep breath. "Talk to me, what's wrong with me?"

He gave me an apologetic look before speaking. "You've been diagnosed with lung cancer and the possibility of you living up to three months is very slim."

I felt like a sharp knife had pierced through my heart as he finished. How could all this be happening to me at once? The baby was the only hope I had to get my marriage back on its feet.

I had thought if I could give Julian a child, then maybe he could change from being cold and indifferent to how he once was to me. I thought we could go back to being the lovely husband and wife admired and envied by everyone.

But now, even worse than that, I had a terminal illness and could die soon. Just why did the Moon goddess have to make things happen this way?

I muttered a silent thank you to the doctor as he stated towards the door. As he slammed the door shut behind him, so did my heart slam violently against my ribcage. I felt a spasm of pain shoot from my chest to my head and I clutched the bedspread until my knuckles turned white.

When the pain subsided, I looked around for my phone and found it. With trembling hands, I dialed Julian's number but as usual, it kept ringing continuously.

I couldn't shake off the feeling of dread that had wrapped around my entire being. The least he could have done was admit me to the hospital and stay with me through this painful moment.

I crumpled the test results and stuffed the ball of paper into my pocket as I summoned the little strength left in my frail body and stood up. Julian would definitely be at the pack's government house.

He was probably not with his phone. That could be the only reasonable explanation as to why he wasn't answering my call.

I walked out of the abandoned clinic and passed by the pack's hospital. I was crossing the gate when something caught my eye and made me stop dead in my tracks.  

It was a car!

Julian's car to be precise. What was he doing in the hospital? Was he sick? I approached him as a worried frown creased my eyebrows.

Or did he come to see me?

But when I saw him get out of his car, walk around to the passenger seat and help a woman out, a ball of dread dropped into my gut and my mind emptied.

Sarah was back!

I felt a harsh squeeze in my chest as I watched him wrap his arms around her waist and pat her head. He was so gentle to her, something he had never been around me in a long time.

I felt a stinging in my nose as a lump rose in my throat. Sarah was back and that was why Julian had claimed he was busy. He was busy taking care of his first love.

I turned to leave as I felt something moist touch the corners of my eyes. I couldn't break down right in front of him like this.

"Laura!?"

Julian's voice sounded behind me and I froze. I felt like the earth should open and swallow me as I heard his footsteps draw closer to me.

Now, I could feel him so close. His musk drifted into my nostrils and I squeezed my eyes shut to block out the sweet memories of the past between us.

Slowly, I turned to face him, plastering a forced smile on my face. I looked behind him and quickly figured Sarah must have gone inside.

"What brings you here, Alpha?"

An indecipherable expression crossed his features but it soon disappeared as he looked away for a brief moment.

"I brought Sarah for a medical checkup. She' just gave birth." He explained and I felt a pain jab at my already shattered heart.

"What are you doing here?" He added.

I gritted my teeth, trying to swallow the emotions that were gnawing at me. How could he just discard what he'd just said as if it meant nothing? 

Sarah, his first love was back and to make it worse, she had just given birth to his child. Surely, he couldn't bring her for a check-up if the baby wasn't his.

Had they been seeing each other behind my back? How come she had his baby?

I swallowed hard in my throat. "Nothing really. I was a bit sick."

I could immediately detect the flicker of worry in his eyes. I balled my eyes into a fist, trying to calm my nerves down. 

This was it! This was what Julian loved doing. Confusing me every time with his feelings. One time, he's cold and another, he's worried.

Why the heck was he worried about me when he had abandoned me for his first love?

"Let's get a divorce!" 

As the words rumbled off my lips, Julian's face darkened and an almost murderous glint shone in his eyes.