Chapter 1

Alpha 1

Natalia’s POV

The dream felt so real. In it, I let out a moan as he sensually placed his hands on me, breaking our kiss. His electrifying touch sent waves of desire cours

His breath hungrily grazed my earlobe, sending shivers down my spine. But then, in a deep, chilling voice, he said, “Never.”

I gasped, and my eyes flung open. I was alone in the room.

It had been two years since I married Adrian Miller, the future alpha of the Crystal Blood Pack. During our two years together, I had tried and failed to win

I heaved a sigh, sat slowly, and yawned. Then I looked at the clock, and my mouth dropped open.

“Shit! I’m going to be late.” I hastily went to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for my monthly checkup with Doctor Harold Reid at the pack hospital. After quickly putting myself togeth

I loved my husband dearly, despite that our marriage wasn’t perfect. I always hoped that we could have a child, too, and that maybe, with

a child, Adrian would come home more often.

At the hospital, nerves engulfed me as Doctor Reid completed his examination, drawing the blood for the test himself. He left the room afterward, saying he’d r the results soon.

As I waited, I resolved to divorce Adrian and put an end to my loveless marriage if I wasn’t pregnant this time.

However, Dr. Reid returned with a smile. “Congratulations!” he exclaimed.

My mouth dropped. “Really?” I stroked my stomach before naively asking. “There’s a baby?”

“Babies,” he replied.

My eyebrows drew together, and I couldn’t contain my grin.

“Twins,” he confirmed.

Tears welled and then rolled down my cheeks as joyous slashes of happiness.

“But I advise you to be careful,” Dr. Reid said. “Your uterine walls. that you have are extremely thin.

His unexpected words sobered me completely taken aback. The realization hit me that he shouldn’t have said that, and suddenly, a wave of fear for my child

“I’ll take care of myself,” I said, then thanked him before leaving the hospital, wearing a smile once again.

At least until I returned home.

There, I found Adrian with his new lover, Lynda, seated together on

a couch in the living room. I stopped short. Lynda as she was crying, and he was gently comforting her. Seeing him so gentle with her, I was consumed w

Adrian’s anger–filled eyes shifted to me. He yelled, “How dare you come back! How dare you bully Lynda!”

“What? What are you talking about?”

His expression became more ferocious. “Oh, please. You make me sick.”

Unable to bear further humiliation any longer, and not wanting to shed tears in front of another woman, I covered my mouth and scurried to my bedroom

heart.

But I’d been wrong to hope. With my thumb, I stroked the bold characters on the divorce agreement and whispered to myself, “He will never mark me as his mate. He will always humiliate

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choice but through with it for the sake of my children.”

I wiped my tears, signed the paper, then sat on the bed and stared blankly, trying to absorb what I’d just done.

After a few moments, Adrian threw the bedroom door open violently thrown open.

I shoved the agreement into the drawer and stood. “Ad–Adrian,” I said in alarm, while watching him turn the lock.

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Before I could say anything more, he strode to me and pushed me onto the bed. “Do you think you’re going to be the luna of this pack?”

I tried to squirm away from me, but he locked my hands over my head.

“Don’t forget how you set me up to marry

in the first place.” He

began to undress me. Despite being held by his powerful arms, I resisted and yelled.

“No!” I yelled, working to resist him. “Please stop!”

Roughly, he kissed my neck. “You stop! Stop pretending! This is

what you asked for, and you ruined my life.”

As the weight of his accusation settled, I halted my movements and met his gaze. “Then let’s get a divorce.”