Chapter Forty-eight

Irvette’s words shocked me to the core. Her face held no glimpse of recognition. Did I really look so different?

“Lady?” I quipped, pretending myself that I was meeting her for the first time.

“Lady Irvette, I hope to make your acquaintance,” she smiled graciously at me. She was not the mean Irvette I knew growing up.

“Luna Regina, I am also honoured to meet you,” said Harlin. In Harlin's eyes, however, there was a flicker of recognition but he was not sure how to place my face.

“You are?”

“Lord Harlin, Beta of the …. pack,” he smiled.

“Alpha Dagen, you made it,” my very father, Alpha George appeared before us too. He eyes me with interest, “Your Luna? I must apologize for missing your wedding,” he said and my jaw almost dropped. My own father did not recognise me.

“This is my Luna, Lady Regina, love, meet Alpha George,” said Alpha Dagen. He was watching every twitch on my face but I had long recovered from my initial shock and kept a calm expression.

“It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Luna Regina,” he replied with a wide smile.

The next day Alpha Dagen confronted me about Alpha George.

“Elder Thaddeus must have been mistaken then when he said he recognised you from Alpha George's pack,” said Alpha Dagen.

“I wouldn't remember anyway,” I replied, still adamant that I had lost memory of my life before coming here.

“There's a rumour that he has a daughter named Regina, one that he keeps out of sight.”

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“Where is that bitch? Open the fucking door for me!” Lady Nydia's voice brought me out of my nap.

What was she doing back here and more importantly why was she at my door?

I stood up and walked to my door. I saw that the guards stood between me and Lady Nydia.

“LET ME IN. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TRYING TO STOP ME,” shouted Lady Nydia at the top of her voice.

“The Alpha has instructed us to keep his woman safe,” said the guard who blocked the entrance to my room with his body.

“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”

“I am aware of your person Lady Nydia but the Alpha's instruction is clear,” came his response which elicited a slap across his cheek. The guard took the slap in good faith, he did not even flinch.

“Regina, get out of that room,” she ordered me but I had no intention of heeding her request.

“If you have a request for me my lady, I shall listen to it,” came my response.

“You conniving slut, you just wait. I will ensure Alpha Dagen gets rid of you,” she said in a spiteful tone.

It was like her words brought bad luck to me because at that moment my stomach began to hurt me really badly and I threw up my breakfast.

The next minute was blurry. The guards rushed me and I was placed in my bed. Someone ran to get the physician and he gave me a herbal tea that made the pain subside. When he examined me he said, “My lady, allow me to be the first to congratulate you.”

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Dagen's POV


“I knew this would happen. I knew this would happen,” Nydia kept on repeating as she placed the length of her room.

“Nydia, you need to calm down and act rationally,” I said doing my best not to raise my voice at her.

“I need to calm down. Do I need to act rationally? How can you even say that?” she demanded. I had never seen her like this before. It was as though a demon had possessed my gentle Nydia.

“She's jealous,” whispered Kane.

“She has no reason to be. I love her.”

“Who are you trying to convince? Yourself? or Nydia?”

“You took her to an event filled with powerful people; you allowed her to attend The Meet as your Luna while you kept me locked away at the Garden Palace,” she vented.

“I did not lock you away, Nydia.”

“Is that what matters now? How could you do this to me?” she asked with tear-filled eyes that should have broken my heart but instead, I was consumed with guilt.

“Nydia, you need to understand that I…”

“She's pregnant. Regina is pregnant. How do you explain that?” questioned Nydia.

I was at a loss for words. I had nothing to say back to her.

“You were not meant to sleep with her until she completed her training with Madam Margaret. You were meant to wait but you shared intimate moments so much with her that your servants refer to her as your woman,” Nydia was in tears now but I was incapable of comforting her as my very actions had caused her pain.

“I will not sleep with her anymore. She is pregnant and I do not need her. When I went to her it was solely for my pleasure not because I loved her,” I said but she did not look convinced at all.

“For your pleasure? You can find pleasure with someone that is not me?” she demanded.

“Nydia, you are being ridiculous. I am king, I am entitled to take on many women after I marry my Luna,” if she would not be fine with sharing me then she was with the wrong man. One of the ways the Alphas measured power was by the size of their harem.

“Women that I as your Luna will choose for you,” replied Nydia.

“Nydia, I have not forgotten my promise to you. Once Regina has given birth, I will marry you and make you Luna,” I assured her.

“What happened to, you will kill her when she's had your child? huh?”

“I will, I promise,” I said emphatically.

“I want her removed to the Garden Palace. You do not have to see her anymore, do you?”

“The Royal heir will be born in the Capital Palace. I will have it no other way.”