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***Avaya POV:***
I have been watching that bitch from the moment I heard Valenzano had someone in the house. My spies always keep me informed. The information I got today pissed me off. I can't believe this shit, that bitch is Valenzano's mate and she is pregnant. The news I got from my spies inside the pack hurt me to the core. He knew all this time he knew she is his mate.
Her being his mate and pregnant just made my plans to kill her and take him back easier. Once she and their pup are dead, he will have no choice but to choose a chosen mate who is better for the job than me. I will wait until after his grieving period and find a way to bump into him and make him fall in love with me again. Besides, why should she have a happily ever after with him when I am the one who sacrificed everything for him, my true mate, and Valenzano and my pup.
***Flashback***
**25 years ago**
I am on my way back to pack lands. I have some exciting news for Valenzano. We are going to have a pup. I didn't go to the pack doctor because I didn't want word to get out before I told Valenzano myself. So, I went to a human doctor. I know he would be happy. He has always wanted pups and, after 75 years of being together, we have one on the way. I ran into the house and went straight to his office.
"Hey baby", he said as I walked into his office and sat on his lap.
"Valenzano, I have something to tell you", I said in a teasing tone.
"What is it, my love", he said, then kissed my shoulder.
"What rhymes with maybe but starts with a B", I watch as his facial expression goes from confused, shocked to mad.
"Avaya", he says with a stern voice.
"Come on guess", I said so excitedly.
"Just tell me", his mood changed.
"We're pregnant", I said with a big smile, and kissed him.
"Avaya, you can't have this pup", he says with apologetic eyes.
"Why the hell not", I jumped up from his lap.
"You know why. It's not good for the pack", he said, and it broke my heart.
"Then you should have thought about that before you knotted me", I am furious at him.
"AVAYA, THIS IS NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION", he used his Alpha tone on me.
I left running to our room and just cried for what felt like hours. How could he treat me this way? He always wanted pups, and just because I am not his fated mate, he doesn't want me to have our pup. I heard him enter the room and sit on the bed.
"Avaya, you need to take this", I hear the sorrow in his voice. I saw he is holding a vile of wolfsbane. Not enough to kill me, but enough to kill the pup growing inside me.
"Valenzano, please don't make me do this", I looked at him with pleading eyes.
"This is the way it has to be, Avaya, if you don't take it voluntarily by drinking it. You will have to take it involuntarily by injection. The choice is yours", he said, looking just as sad as I am. If he is so sad, why is he making me do this?
"I'm not drinking it! If you want to inject me, then do it, but remember it will be your hand that kills our pup", his face looked as hurt as mine do.
"You know I don't want to do this, Avaya, but I have to think of the pack", he said, close to tears. I know deep in his heart he wants this pup.
"And what if you never find your mate, then the death of our pup is for nothing", I said, crying.
"I promise if I don't find my mate in the next 25 years I will choose you as my chosen mate and Luna", he said, then kissed me as he injected me with wolfsbane.
After injected me with the wolfbane and stayed with me throughout the process. I can still remember the horror and hurt on his face when he saw the pain I went through.
***End of Flashback ***
After murdering our pup, we had to go to a human doctor so I could get checked out to make sure I was ok. Valenzano didn't want me to go to the pack doctor because he will know what we did, well what Valenzano did. It was our secret. He cleaned the mess up afterward and allowed me to bury our pup.
Our relationship wasn't the same after that. I resented him a lot and he stayed with me out of guilt and an empty promise he didn't keep. The day the 25-year time frame was up, I went to him hoping he would make good on his promise. He broke up with me and threw me out of the house. Fina couldn't help but think that if he hadn't found Cleo, he would have changed his mind about us.
I finally reached my destination, who would have thought Valenzano's whore ex-husband is a Hunter. I made enough noise so the hunters could find me and allow myself to get captured and ask for Robert. Surprisingly, they allowed me in. We spoke and discussed a plan. He is a fool.
He wants her back even though she is having Valenzano pups. If he thinks she or her pup will make it out of this alive, he is mistaken. If I am to get him back, I don't need a reminder of his love for her lurking around. I do wonder why he would want the pup. That is something I have to find out.
**Valenzano POV:**
Waking up in the garden with Cleo in my arms is the best feeling in the world. As she sleeps, I listen to our pup's heartbeat. I have to wake her, but the pack doctor needs her medical files to determine the level of care she needs. I wake her up and we shower and head to the pack hospital.
While she was gone, I took all her concerns into consideration and put more money into medical care. She signed the release form the doctor needed to get her medical records. We sat and waited for the doctor to call us.
"Alpha...Luna, you can come in now", the doctor said as he bowed in respect.
"Luna, I am going to give you an ultrasound to see how the pups are doing", the doctor says.
I helped Cleo get on the bed and lift her shirt up. The doctor puts some jelly on her stomach and looks at the screen. She started to cry as we heard the pup's heartbeat. I am standing there, mouth wide open as I see our pups on the screen.
I lived a very long life and never saw anything as amazing as my pups in the womb of my beautiful mate. I don't know which one is the boy, but I can see a bigger one in there, so I guess that's the boy.
"Luna, I looked over your medical records and I am surprised that you are even pregnant. The Moon Goddess smiles upon you", the Doctor says.
"What do you mean Doc", I asked, confused.
"Luna, may I explain to the Alpha", she nods in agreement.
"Well, Luna had a miscarriage at 14 weeks, which is four months of human fetus gestation. And a miscarriage at that stage can cause serious damage to a woman's womb", the doctors say, looking at Cleo and me.
"What are you saying Doc", I asked with worry on my face.
"What I am saying is that being pregnant with one human baby is dangerous....but Luna is carrying three were pups, which is extremely dangerous", he said with worry.
"What can go wrong?", Cleo asks.
"Frankly, you and/or the pups could die during labor if your body doesn't grow strong enough for them", The Doctor says.
"What can we do to make her body strong", I asked, hoping there is a solution.
"You can turn her before the pups are born....but there is also a risk with that because of the pain and fever she will go through", Doc says, as he looks from me to Cleo.
"Is there anything else we can do", Cleo asks.
"The only other thing is for you to mark her. Your energy connected through the mark will make her body stronger for the delivery of the pups".
"How far is she, Doc", I asked.
"Luna is about 3 weeks", Doc says.
"Well, thank you Doc, we have a lot to discuss", Cleo says as she gets up to leave.
After picking up the prescription for human prenatal vitamins and making another sonogram appointment, we walked in silence back to the house. I can see Cleo has a lot on her mind. With all the drama that has been going on, I never thought about turning her. Marking her is something I want to do but she has to allow me to do it because it can be painful if she doesn't.
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