The novel also has another title: My Pregnant Luna I'm Harper, Alpha's daughter. After a night that I could hardly remembered, I'm pregnant and was forced into an arranged marriage. What could be worse than being forced to marry a stranger that you don't love? I have no choice but to say yes to survive... ***Author name: Rainbow Bubbles Copyright belongs to: Ideaink Six Cats
Chapter 1
Harper's POV
I knew it was bad news when Daddy called me into the office to talk.
When we want to discuss something nicely as a family, we do it around the dinner table. We don't get called into the office unless we are in trouble. As I followed Beta Zack through the pack-house, I felt that heavy sense of foreboding weighing me down. I saw a sort of pity in Zack's face when paused to let me catch up, and glanced back at me. I was already searching my mind, trying to think of what I might have done to get myself in trouble... but I'm really a pretty boring girl. I couldn't think of anything that might have triggered my father so badly that he would call me into the office...except for that accident.
We came to a stop in front of the heavy oak door. Zack knocked twice, and my father promptly called,"Enter!"
Zack opened the door, and stood aside for me to precede him into the room. It was so formal, it felt all wrong. And then he closed the door again, shutting me inside with my father. Daddy was hunched at his desk, and he didn't look happy. His handsome face was haggard,and somehow, he looked older today than he had just a few days ago. "Sit down, Harper."
I limped to one of the leather wing backed chairs that faced his desk. I didn't limp because I had bad legs, just because I'm still having a hard time with the morning sickness.
I sank gingerly down on the leather,sitting on the very edge,because somehow it didn't feel safe to relax. Daddy wasn't looking at me... he was looking at papers on his desk.
He cleared his throat several times, as if he was struggling to find the right words. When he looked up, his face had hardened, and when he spoke, he spoke with his firm Alpha voice. Not his Daddy voice. That made me shrink back further into the chair.
"Harper, as part of the treaty negotiations with the River Bed Pack, I have agreed to a marriage alliance. You, Harper Laurier, will marry the Alpha's son, Wyatt Elliot on the next new moon."
I felt like someone had punched me, knocked the air out of me. "What? Daddy! How could you??" I ,whispered in shock. Arranged marriages were an archaic thing of the past. Nobody did that any more,did they?
My father's expression turned pained. "I did it for the sake of our pack, Harper. I tried to protect you, but you're having their Alpha heir. We are small and vulnerable, and we can't say no to them...This political alliance will ensure our safety and survival. This is a good opportunity for us..."
I felt so many emotions whipping through me, I couldn't grab a hold of them.
"But I don't remember what happened that night! I just want to raise my baby alone. If you want to take advantage of this chance, you have other options..." I had one older sister, who was smart and strong, and was the heir of Alpha. Neither of us had found our mates,we were all single and available.
I was almost sure if the Alpha had ever seen the three of us, he wouldn't choose me as his heir's mother. I am the most ordinary, nondescript, and insignificant of the Alpha's daughters...except for my fault. It hit me like a slap in the face.
Without my father answering me,I knew why he had sacrificed me. I'm the weak one. I'm the expendable one. And I'm the one who lost her virginity and became the humiliation of the pack...
"Its not what you think, Harper." My father said quietly. "It has nothing to do with your.. condition." He never knew quite how to refer to my fault but I knew everyone in my pack have cursed me behind my back. My father didn't elaborate further, and that irritated me.
"Don't I get a say in this? Don't you need my consent before you sell me off "for the sake of the pack"? What if I refuse?"
My father's face blanched for a moment, and then darkened. "If you refuse, I will disown you, and you will be exiled from the pack for your premarital preg."
His words hit me like a slap in the face. My own father would throw me out of the family and out of the pack and make me go rogue? Who was this man, behind the desk? Surely this wasn't my Daddy. He wouldn't have done this to me.
I felt a hot tear run down my cheek, and I could only think, if Mama had been here, she never, ever would have allowed him to do this to me. But she was locked up in her room a long time ago, and I haven't seen her for a long time.
For a few moments I seriously considered the option of refusing and being exiled. I didn't really stand a chance, as a lone she-wolf without a pack. I wasn't physically strong as usual with this baby, but more importantly...I couldn't stand the idea of marrying a stranger. That night was chaotic and I was drugged, I don't know anything about this Alpha.
This thought broke my heart. His responsibilities as Alpha had to come first... even if it meant sacrificing his own daughter. Although everything inside me was raging against it,l had to obey his order. Not only for him, but for the pack that I loved.
My shoulders slumped forward in defeat. I could no longer meet his eye,and stared down at my toes instead. I couldn't find the words to speak, so I simply nodded.
I didn't see his face, but I could hear the relief in his voice. I wonder if he'd secretly been worried that I would actually choose exile over a forced marriage. But when he spoke, it was the heartless, stern, Alpha voice again. "You will pack up your things. You will leave tomorrow in the morning."
My head jerked up. "So soon? But you said, on the new moon?"
"I said the marriage would take place on the new moon. The alpha has requested you to come immediately. Emma will come and help you pack" He shuffled the papers on his desk, as if they were suddenly more important than his daughter. "You are dismissed."
Dismissed? I don't ever remember my father speaking to me like that...like I was some underling to order about.
I made my way back to my room in a stupor, passing pack members in the hall but not really seeing anyone, or hearing their greetings. I shut the door in my room and managed to lean back against it before the strength left my legs and I sank to the floor. Being forced to marry a stranger was bad enough,but it had deeper, more far reaching implications.
I would be forever tied to a man I didn't love,and I would never get to experience the joy and completion of finding my mate.
That's what every wolf longed for, as soon as they came of age. To find your goddess-given soul mate, the magical person who would complete you and make you whole. All happiness and satisfaction was tied up in that one, fated person. And I would be denied it, forever. Great big tears of self pity rolled down my cheeks as I absorbed the unfairness of it all.
After awhile a knock came at the door, and Emma, a sweet little omega who worked in the pack house poked her head in. "I was told to come assist you, Miss Harper." I sighed and hauled myself to my feet. I might as well resign myself to my miserable fate.
"I need to pack,"' I said dully. "I'm leaving in the morning."
"Oh, of course." She was too submissive to dare to ask where or why. I wondered if my sisters knew already, or if they were being kept in the dark too. I wasn't sure I could face themn right now. I pulled two suitcases out of my closet that I had only used once when mother took us on a trip to Mexico. "What exactly do you want to pack?"
I sighed and pulled open my drawers."Just the absolute essentials Emma,"I said,pulling out my favorite clothes and throwing them on the bed. I was a no-nonsense kind of girl when it came to fashion. I wondered idly if there would be a real wedding dress for this farce of a marriage, or if we were just going to stand before the officiant in our street clothes while it was made legal.
I looked around my room,trying to gauge what other things I needed to take. I slipped my mother's delicate porcelain jewelry box into the bag. There was my leather bound journal,and my laptop. Other things seemed too childish to take to your marriage home.. like the old, worn stuffed bear that had graced my pillow since I was six years old.
After adding in the practical toiletries and other necessities,l sighed and declared the work finished. I felt a little sad that the entire of my 19 years of life could so easily be condensed into two suitcases, and another fat tear rolled down my cheek.
I'd never felt so worthless and unloved in all my life. But now I had to face the facts. My own father considered me expendable. The River Bed Pack had demanded a bride with their heir, and I had been,quite literally,thrown to the wolves.
I thanked Emma for her help, and quietly closed the door behind her. My suitcases were standing neatly by the door. I grabbed my old, well loved teddy bear and curled up on the bed,and tried to shut my mind to all the hurt and all the worries that were eating at me. My mother would have said,"Chin up,sweetheart. Face the world head-on."Thinking of my sweet mother only made me cry harder, until I fell into an exhausted sleep.
At one point we were both abandoned in the woods. Our meeting started with distrust. His wounds were more than the gnashing scratches of the wilderness, it extended to trash his memories and kept him from truth more than once. Her wounds were more than the bruises of the poisonous wilderness, it extended to crush her security and increased her self doubt. It was an exile that led a prideful yet underestimated prince and an tortured daughter of a successful merchant. Our tale only began when we acknowledged our desires, yet the world around us conspired to thwart our every step. The both of us didn't want to doubt, yet, would our resilience and trust be enough to navigate through the jungle of doubts?
She was wolfless. All her life, Holly Ambrose had been longing for her family to reciprocate the love she had been working hard to get from her father and her sister, Irina. Unfortunately, they only saw her as an embarrassment to the pack and used her instead so that Irina could refuse to marry Alpha Evander Edgerton: the ruthless and cold-blooded Alpha of the Blackwood Pack. Thinking that it was the only way to escape them, Holly accepted the proposal. Alpha Alec, her former mate and her sister’s fiance begged her not to. He confessed he still had feelings for her and wanted her back as his mate. Too late because there was no stopping her from having her freedom. But would Holly be truly free if Irina had no intention to stop destroying her life after Alec left Irina to claim Holly back? Would she stay with Alpha Evander even after she found out that his former mate came back and was pregnant with his child?
His body collapses into mine as my back slams on the wall. “You were touching yourself because of me weren't you” his musky scent suffocating me. My core immediately picks up a heart beat with our proximity as he pins my hands above me on the wall. My bare nipples harden at his touch. I can only think of two words at this moment. Touch me. ***************************************************** Never in Ivy Carter's life did she ever think that she'd fall for a man she couldn't have,especially when the man was not only her professor but also her new step brother. Caden's heart has always been where his pack is, gilded by the pack's legacy but the minute he lays eyes on Ivy Carter his walls come crashing down. But he can't have her even though she's his mate. Their worlds collide with an irresistible force and it's only a matter of time till they cross the line, breaking all restraints with an unholy attraction.
Audrina, a powerless omega, becomes entangled in a web of deception created by her own flesh and blood. Her crafty stepsister sends her into the arms of MistyMoon Pack's Alpha, James, where she meets a guy whose icy demeanor conceals his powerful and fair character. With chiseled features and a stare that could melt steel, James is both hot and gorgeous. Their one-night affair suddenly blossoms into a lifetime commitment with the news of a kid on the way, leaving them divided between desire and danger. But behind the surface of their undeniable mate bond, there lies a hidden identity and buried truths that could ruin the spark that was just beginning to ignite.
Aurora Everley has always been the overlooked daughter, the one that gets shadowed by her sister Margot. She thought that once she turns eighteen and meets her mate, she would have someone whose attention would just be on her. But she is wrong. Because her mate happens to be the one her sister brings home, introduced as her boyfriend and Alpha Heir, Mason Chase. Now, she has to sacrifice herself again. She has to sever their mate bond, even when her heart screams not to do it. But what happens if someone else is waiting at the sidelines for her? Someone who's been watching her every move, desiring her in ways no one ever did before?
Leaving everything Lily had behind, she moved to a far countryside Pack and made sure no one would be able to find her anymore. Her perfect life back then turned upside down raising twin children with her under a small Pack a kind-hearted stranger brings them into. She was determined to live her life being tied and stuck to her poor situation when out of nowhere her ex-boyfriend, Wade, whom she left hanging years ago when she ran away came to visit the Pack she's currently residing in. The worst part is that he will spend his stay under the same roof with her. Would their interrupted love rejoin this time around? Or the bitterness of the past will prevail.
There was only one man in Raegan's heart, and it was Mitchel. In the second year of her marriage to him, she got pregnant. Raegan's joy knew no bounds. But before she could break the news to her husband, he served her divorce papers because he wanted to marry his first love. After an accident, Raegan lay in the pool of her own blood and called out to Mitchel for help. Unfortunately, he left with his first love in his arms. Raegan escaped death by the whiskers. Afterward, she decided to get her life back on track. Her name was everywhere years later. Mitchel became very uncomfortable. For some reason, he began to miss her. His heart ached when he saw her all smiles with another man. He crashed her wedding and fell to his knees while she was at the altar. With bloodshot eyes, he queried, "I thought you said your love for me is unbreakable? How come you are getting married to someone else? Come back to me!"
Her fiance and her best friend worked together and set her up. She lost everything and died in the street. However, she was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, her husband was trying to strangle her. Luckily, she survived that. She signed the divorce agreement without hesitation and was ready for her miserable life. To her surprise, her mother in this life left her a great deal of money. She turned the tables and avenged herself. Everything went well in her career and love when her ex-husband came to her.
"Please trust me, I didn't do anything." "I don't believe you. I am rejecting you as my Queen and giving you the punishment of death." Alina was living outside her pack for five years. Her parents didn't try to contact her and always ignored her. Her best friend convinced her to go back to their pack and she agreed. But she had never imagined what was waiting there for her. She never thought she would meet her mate and had to face betrayal from everywhere. She had to pay for the crime which she never committed. Aaron Robertson is the king of Lycans. He is a very dominant and powerful King who not only rules Lycans but also rules other ranks of werewolves. Everyone is afraid of Lycans and he is the king of them. But who knew that he would get a mate who was just a simple Omega with no powers and strengths? He called her weak all the time but little did he know that his weak Omega would give him the biggest betrayal of his life for which he had to give her the sentence of death.
Linsey was stood up by her groom to run off with another woman. Furious, she grabbed a random stranger and declared, "Let's get married!" She had acted on impulse, realizing too late that her new husband was the notorious rascal, Collin. The public laughed at her, and even her runaway ex offered to reconcile. But Linsey scoffed at him. "My husband and I are very much in love!" Everyone thought she was delusional. Then Collin was revealed to be the richest man in the world. In front of everyone, he got down on one knee and held up a stunning diamond ring. "I look forward to our forever, honey."
Rumors said that Lucas married an unattractive woman with no background. In the three years they were together, he remained cold and distant to Belinda, who endured in silence. Her love for him forced her to sacrifice her self-worth and her dreams. When Lucas' true love reappeared, Belinda realized that their marriage was a sham from the start, a ploy to save another woman's life. She signed the divorce papers and left. Three years later, Belinda returned as a surgical prodigy and a maestro of the piano. Lost in regret, Lucas chased her in the rain and held her tightly. "You are mine, Belinda."
"You're the moon wolf, Lola. You're the wolf with the power of the Moon goddess", Serena said and collective gasps were heard in the room. After being rejected by her mate in Moonlit pack, Lola escaped on a full moon only to enter the territory of the next Alpha King who also happened to be her second chance mate. Adrian is the next Alpha King but he hasn't been able to assume his role because he needed a Luna by his side. A rogue that trespassed on his territory, whom he ordered be killed turned out to be his mate leaving him in a dilemma. Will Adrian reject Lola because she came into his territory as a rogue? Will he overcome what happened to him in the past and give Lola a chance or reject her and go ahead with Fay as his chosen Luna? What will happen when everyone finds out just how much power Lola wields and how she's supposed to protect her kind in an oncoming war? Find out in Lola - The Moon Wolf!