From Broken Mate to Alpha Queen

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When I was eight months pregnant, I walked in on my Alpha husband Kael having sex with my adopted sister Lila.

When I caught them, Kael glanced up at me and frowned impatiently.

You can't satisfy me while you're pregnant. Lila's kind enough to help share the burden. What are you making a fuss about?

I couldn't help but slap him across the face, screaming at him, "She's my sister! How could you do something so disgusting!"

But Lila knelt before me and said, "Elara, don't blame Kael. I was the one who seduced him. I like him."

I was so angry I went into premature labor right there.

Kael left me stranded in the wilderness and took Lila shopping instead.

That night, rogues attacked the Pack border.

Trembling all over, I begged him through tears,

"Kael, come back! The rogues broke in! The baby and I can't hold on much longer!"

"Enough. Stop using the baby as an excuse to throw a tantrum. I'm busy comforting Lila. I don't have time for your drama."

He hung up directly, then blocked me.

The rogue's claws kept scratching at the tent door.

I hugged my belly, curled up in the corner, tears silently falling to the ground.

In that moment, I finally gave up completely.

Kael, I don't love you anymore.

The moment I pushed open the door, the intimate atmosphere in the hunting tent hit me in the face.

Kael was sitting on the sofa fastening his belt. His collar hung open, and the hickeys covering his neck stung my eyes.

Lila leaned against him disheveled. When she saw me enter, not only did she not panic, she actually snuggled closer into Kael's arms and smiled at me smugly.

I froze in place, all the blood in my body turning ice cold in an instant.

Kael glanced up at me and frowned impatiently.

"Why are you back? Didn't you say getting the anti-miscarriage medicine from the doctor would take until evening?"

No explanation, no guilt, just irritation at being interrupted.

Lila pushed him away half-heartedly and stood up supporting her waist. Her legs were still trembling, her voice soft and weak.

"Elara, don't misunderstand. I just saw that Kael has been so tired from work lately, so I came over to give him a shoulder massage..."

"A shoulder massage that ended up in bed?" My voice shook uncontrollably, tears falling without permission.

Kael laughed mockingly, stood up and walked over to me, his fingertips casually brushing away the tears on my face.

"Elara, can't you be more understanding? You're pregnant, so I can't stay pent up forever, right?

Lila is one of us. She's considerate and willing to help me release my needs. What are you making a fuss about?"

"I'm making a fuss?" I looked up at him in disbelief. "Kael, she's my sister! My sister who I raised for over ten years!"

"So what?" Kael shrugged. "Look at yourself now. Where's even half of Lila's gentleness?

If it weren't for the fact that you're carrying my child, I wouldn't even want to waste words on you."

His words were like a hunting knife coated with wolfsbane, stabbing viciously into my heart.

I endured the pregnancy swelling alone to queue at the hospital, get blood drawn, and do prenatal checkups.

I was nearly hit by an out-of-control rogue outside the hospital.

And I was still making excuses for Kael, saying he was busy with work, so it was normal he didn't have time to accompany me.

But I never imagined he was having a great time with my adopted sister in my bed.

Kael crossed his arms and leaned against the sofa with a condescending air of having already compromised.

"Alright, Lila and I have done it many times already. Crying about it now won't help."

"I know you're upset. Whatever you want, limited edition jewelry or company shares, I'll give it to you. Let's just turn the page on this. Don't let the whole Pack know. It's embarrassing enough."

He spoke lightly, as if the affair was just a small matter that could be glossed over with some gifts.

I trembled with rage, staring at him with red eyes.

"Kael, I don't want any jewelry or shares. I want you to kick Lila out of the Pack right now and cut ties with her completely!"

I thought my absolute bottom line would make him restrain himself even a little.

Instead, Kael actually laughed out loud, as if he'd heard the biggest joke.

"Elara, has pregnancy made you stupid? I'm giving you a way out. Take it. Don't be shameless."

"Kick Lila out? On what grounds? She's someone the Elder Council is focused on cultivating now."

"Besides," Kael looked at me with an ambiguous smile, "if she leaves, can you satisfy me while you're pregnant?"

He grabbed my chin, his grip so hard it hurt.

"Let me tell you, without me, you're nothing. Do you think your biased mother will take your side? If this gets out, you're the one who'll be humiliated. You're the one people will laugh at. At worst, Lila will just be called inconsiderate for a bit, and I can still protect her."

I tried to raise my hand to hit him, but he grabbed my wrist.

"Want to teach me a lesson?" Kael sneered and flung my hand away. "Are you worthy? Just give birth to the child obediently and be a good Luna. I'll still give you some dignity. If you insist on making a scene, you'll only end up humiliating yourself."

In the struggle, I touched something in the sofa cushions.

It was Lila's underwear.

The underwear was torn to shreds and still carried Kael's cedarwood scent.

I felt my brain buzz, and everything before my eyes began to blur.

Kael snatched the underwear from my hand and casually tossed it on the table. "What's the big deal? Yesterday you said the fetal movement was uncomfortable and told me to sleep next door, so I tried it once with Lila on the sofa. Pretty exciting."

"Ugh"

I couldn't hold it in anymore. I rushed into the bathroom next door and threw up violently until even bile came out.

Lila's falsely sweet voice came from outside the door.

"Elara, are you okay? Don't get upset, you still have the baby. Kael just said that next month when I get my official position, he'll take me to the Far North to see the aurora. Elara, if you want to go, we can take you along too."

That nauseating feeling nearly swallowed me whole. I leaned against the wall, clutching my swollen belly in despair.

Why? Why would Lila do this to me?

Since childhood, I'd always given in to her.

Academy recommendation slots, my room, even my inheritance rights and company shares.

I treated her with all my heart, and she turned around and climbed into my Alpha's bed.

I glared at Lila with red eyes. "What did I ever do to you?"

Lila hid behind Kael, scared, holding out a bowl of herbal medicine.

"Elara, drink some medicine to calm down. It's all my fault. Don't get so angry it hurts your health..."

I raised my hand and knocked the ceramic bowl away. The scalding medicinal soup splashed all over her hand.

"I don't need your fake kindness!"

"Ah!" Lila cried out in pain, tears instantly falling, looking utterly aggrieved.

"Elara, are you being completely shameless?" Kael quickly grabbed Lila's hand, his voice ice cold.

"Lila kindly made you herbal medicine, and instead of appreciating it, you hit her? Look at yourself acting like a shrew. Where's even a trace of the only daughter of White Pack's Alpha?"

"Your mother was right. You're just bad-tempered, malicious by nature, and can't stand seeing others do well!"

I looked at Kael with red-rimmed eyes, finding it utterly ironic.

Since childhood, my mother always saved the best prey, the best room, the best things for Lila.

My friends would eventually all become Lila's friends. Things I liked would eventually end up in Lila's hands.

When I was desperate and depressed, it was Kael who held me and said,

"Even if the whole world favors Lila, I'll always stand on your side."

But now, he was scolding me for Lila's sake.

He glared at me viciously.

"I'm telling you, if anything happens to Lila, I'll make sure you and the baby in your belly suffer!"

Lila leaned in his arms looking at me, the corners of her mouth curling into a provocative smile.

I stood there, trembling with rage.

I was pregnant with his child, betrayed by him and my adopted sister, and in the end, I was the one in the wrong.

"I'm taking Lila to the doctor to treat her burns. You reflect on yourself! When you've figured it out, then you can come out!"

Kael slammed the door and left, driving away with Lila.

I collapsed on the cold floor, my pregnant belly making it hard to breathe. Soon I heard the howls of rogues in the distance.

I dragged my heavy body and called Kael over and over. He rejected every call.

Until the last one, he finally answered. His voice was full of impatience, with Lila's flirtatious laughter in the background.

"What are you fussing about now? Lila's hand is blistered from your scalding. I'm buying her gloves to make it up to her. She cried the whole way, kept asking if Elara hates her. She cares about you so much. Can't you be more understanding?"

The rogues' roars had already reached outside the tent. I trembled all over, begging him through tears.

"Kael, come back quickly! The rogues broke in! The baby and I can't hold on!"

"Enough. Stop using the baby as an excuse to throw a tantrum. I'm busy comforting Lila. I don't have time for your performance."

He hung up directly, and then he blocked me.

The rogue's claws kept scratching at the tent door, making piercing sounds.

I hugged my belly and curled up in the corner, shaking all over.

Tears fell silently to the ground. I finally gave up completely.

When I woke up, every bone in my body felt like it had been crushed.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw my mother, the current Luna of White Pack, sitting by the bed.

I grabbed her wrist, choking back tears despite the pain.

"Mom, Kael cheated on me with Lila. They left me in the wilderness. The baby and I almost died."

I thought she would at least curse Kael for being a bastard.

But she just pulled her hand back impatiently and wiped the spot I touched with a handkerchief.

"Making a fuss over such a small thing. Which Alpha doesn't have a bunch of Omegas around him?

You can't satisfy him while pregnant, and you won't let him find someone else?"

My emotions surged. "But he cheated with Lila! My sister!"

"I know."

I looked up in disbelief, meeting her calm gaze.

"Lila is sensible and gentle. She helped you keep your Alpha's heart steady. Instead of thanking her, you blame her?"

She had absolutely no intention of speaking up for me, only annoyance at my lack of understanding.

"You knew?" I grabbed her arm, my voice breaking. "You knew and you watched them together?"

"What are you shouting about?" She shook off my hand. "Since childhood, haven't you always given in to her? Now it's just one Alpha. What are you competing with her for?"

I looked into her eyes. There was no guilt whatsoever, only dissatisfaction with me.

"You can't keep your Alpha's heart. Who's to blame?"

One casual sentence, pushing all the blame onto me.

In the afternoon when Kael and Lila came to see me, my mother deliberately stood up to give them her seat.

As soon as Lila entered, she rushed to my bedside crying. "Elara, I'm sorry. If I hadn't left you alone in the tent, you wouldn't have been attacked by rogues. It's all my fault."

She cried hard but deliberately dangled the wolf-pattern necklace Kael bought her in front of my eyes.

I turned my face away, not even bothering to look at her.

She cried even harder, then turned and threw herself into Kael's arms, tugging at his sleeve coquettishly.

"Kael, is Elara mad at me? I'm so stupid, I don't even know how to apologize. I can't make Elara feel better."

Kael reached out to pull her into his arms, patting her back gently to comfort her.

"It's not your fault. She's just petty. It has nothing to do with you."

After comforting Lila, he finally turned to look at me. His expression instantly darkened, his tone full of impatience.

"Elara, didn't you hear Lila apologize to you? Who are you making that face for?"

I looked at Lila in his arms, tears falling uncontrollably.

Kael probably felt he'd gone too far. He casually pulled out a small doll from his pocket and tossed it on my bed.

"Alright, I know you were scared. The doctor said you and the baby are fine.

This is a snow rabbit doll Lila specially brought for you and the baby. Don't be ungrateful."

That crude doll wasn't even as good as what street kids played with.

I stared at him and asked, "Kael, what capacity are you speaking for her in? As her brother-in-law? Or as her lover?"

Kael's expression instantly turned cold. He sneered.

"No wonder your mother doesn't like you. Lila is still gentle and understanding. Unlike you, covered in thorns. If I were your mother, I'd favor her too."

I broke down and grabbed the doll from the bed, hurling it at them. "Get out! Both of you get out!"

Perhaps out of guilt, when Kael came the next day, he finally placed in my hands the wolf-pattern necklace I'd begged for over a year.

His tone carried condescension. "Elara, stop making a fuss. I bought you the necklace you wanted. Let's turn the page on this. We'll live a good life from now on."

The necklace lay in my palm, cold as ice.

I'd begged him for one year and three months. He never took it to heart.

Now that I'd caught him cheating, he brought it out to placate me.

I threw the necklace back in his face. Looking at his stunned expression, I said calmly, "Kael, let's get divorced."

My mother exploded instantly, pointing at my nose and cursing.

"Are you crazy? Who'll want you after divorce with a child? Without Kael, you're nothing!"

But Kael pulled out a divorce agreement he'd already prepared from his pocket and threw it on my bed.

"I've been waiting for you to say that."

I looked up in shock, only to see joy on Kael's face.

"Here's the agreement. If there's no problem, just sign it. After all, it doesn't look good for Lila to be with me without a proper status. After you divorce me, give your official Elder Council seat to her as compensation."

"Don't worry, you're still my person. I'll support you and the child in the Pack."

Only after I signed did I realize what he'd said.

"Kael, do you still remember what you promised me?"

Kael paused, as if trying to recall.

Clearly, he'd forgotten.

Back then, to give birth to his child, I gave up my inheritance rights as White Pack's heir. He promised me,

"Elara, you sacrificed so much for me. When the baby is born, I'll personally send you to the Elder Council and give you a seat that belongs only to you."

Now he wanted a divorce and to give my Elder Council seat to Lila.

Before I could speak, Lila walked to my bedside with a fake smile on her face.

"Elara, it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you and Kael wouldn't have fought like this.

If you really don't want to give me the seat, I'll tell the Elder Council I don't want it anymore."

Looking at her pretentious act, I couldn't help but speak up.

"Lila, stop pretending in front of me!

You climbed into my Alpha's bed, took my position, and now you want to take my Elder Council seat. How can you be so shameless?!"

"Elara!" Lila's eyes instantly reddened, tears falling like broken pearls.

Kael immediately shielded Lila behind him.

"Elara, what are you going crazy about? Lila kindly brought you herbal medicine, and instead of appreciating it, you curse at her like this!"

"I don't have a sister like this!" I trembled with rage, supporting my pregnant belly as I stood up.

"She's just a homewrecker who steals other people's men and things! Who in the whole Pack doesn't know she climbed into your bed?"

I raised my voice. The Pack members nearby all looked our way, their eyes full of mockery.

Kael's face burned with embarrassment. He completely lost his temper and shoved hard on my shoulder. "Shut up! You're making a scene!"

His strength was immense. I fell backward violently, my belly hitting right on the corner of the stone table.

"Ugh."

A sharp tearing sensation came from my lower abdomen. Warm blood instantly soaked through my nightgown.

I curled up on the ground in pain, my vision going dark. I could only see Kael frantically shouting for a doctor.

In the last moment before darkness took over, I saw eighteen-year-old Kael kneeling in the snow, putting a wolf-pattern ring on my finger.

"Elara, I'll treat you well for a lifetime."

Turns out a lifetime is so short.

The baby was born two months premature. Even his breathing was weak.

Kael stood by the bed, hypocritically holding my hand, his eyes red as he said,

"Elara, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to push you. Don't be angry. After Lila's inauguration ceremony, I'll cut ties with her completely and live a good life with you, okay?"

I turned my face away without looking at him. Tears silently soaked the pillow.

After leaving the hospital, I was locked in a villa by Kael. He even hid my phone.

"Kael! Let me out! What right do you have to lock me up!"

He pinched his brow while applying medicine to me, his expression helpless. "You're too emotionally unstable right now. Lila's inauguration is tomorrow. I'm afraid you'll go out and make a scene, ruining her reputation. She just came of age and finally has this opportunity. Can't you be more generous?"

My mother chimed in from the side. "Exactly! Lila's inauguration is a great occasion for our Pack. If you dare go out and make a scene, I won't acknowledge you as my daughter anymore! Just stay inside obediently. We'll naturally let you out when the ceremony is over."

For Lila's glamorous ceremony, they locked me and my weak premature baby in a room without even heating, not even giving us a sip of hot water.

Yet Lila enjoyed everything that should have been mine.

The baby beside me suddenly started wailing. I touched his burning forehead, my heart twisting like a knife.

"Kael! Open the door! The baby has a fever! Open the door and save him! I'm begging you!"

I banged on the door hysterically, my fingernails scratching out bloody marks.

The crying finally brought Kael.

"What are you fussing about now? Not letting people sleep in the middle of the night?"

I knelt on the ground holding the baby, begging him without dignity.

"Kael, I'm begging you, please open the door. The baby has a fever, a very high fever. If we don't get a doctor, he'll die!

I promise, I absolutely won't sabotage Lila's ceremony. Please open the door and save the baby, okay?"

Hesitation and conflict flashed in his eyes. "But..."

My mother walked over and said coldly, "Don't believe her! She just wants to trick you into opening the door so she can disrupt Lila's ceremony. Children get fevers all the time. Just give him some fever medicine. How could he die so easily?"

Kael looked at the baby in my arms, a trace of hesitation in his eyes. But thinking of Lila, his expression instantly hardened.

"Elara, that's enough! Stop using the baby as an excuse!"

I laughed, my whole body shaking. "I should stop?"

He didn't understand. "Lila is your sister. Why can't you be more generous instead of making trouble at her important moment?"

Just then, he took a phone call, his face breaking into a smile.

"Mom, Lila's inauguration ceremony is about to start. Let's go."

I looked at the baby in my arms with his flushed face. As if feeling no pain, I desperately broke through the door.

But covered in blood, none of the Pack members passing by dared give me a ride.

I finally ran to the hospital. The doctor shook his head helplessly.

"Why didn't you bring him earlier? The baby was already premature. How could you be so careless as a mother?"

Holding my baby's cold corpse as I returned to the territory, my heart turned to ashes as I set fire to the room.

In the firelight, the drone of a helicopter was particularly harsh. Leon slowly walked toward me.

"I'm sorry. I came too late."