My Alpha Husband Made Me the Hunt Prey

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My Alpha husband Orion's first love, Beatrix, suddenly had a depression episode and committed suicide by arson.

In his fury, he brought meeight months pregnantto the hunting grounds during the Hunt Festival and made me prey for the werewolves to chase.

If you hadn't deliberately provoked Beatrix, why would she have had a depression episode and tried to kill herself by setting that fire?

I was still carrying our child.

Through my tears, I admitted fault and begged him to spare me, promising I would never appear in front of Beatrix again.

But he only shook his head coldly.

"Seraphina, for the child's sake, I won't reject you."

"But the pain you caused BeatrixI'll make you repay it a hundred, a thousand times over!"

After throwing me into the hunting grounds, he turned and left immediately.

As more and more werewolves chased me like prey, I struggled and screamed in terror.

During my escape, a rush of hot liquid burst from my body.

Three days later, he finally remembered me, the one he'd left in the hunting grounds.

"Seraphina, Beatrix is fine now. As long as you kneel before her and apologize, I'll let you out of the hunting grounds."

What he didn't know was that I had already died in the hunting grounds.

Even the child he had longed for had been flung from my body during my escape and turned into a pile of bloody pulp...

"The doctor called me this morning and said Seraphina didn't show up for her prenatal checkup. What kind of stunt is she trying to pull now to get my attention?"

As Orion spoke, his brow furrowed tightly, a flash of disgust in his eyes.

The old butler's face went pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "Alpha Orion, Luna Seraphina doesn't seem to have been released yet. And she's eight months pregnantwhat if something happened?"

Orion waved his hand dismissively. "It's just the Hunt Festival. Besides, I had the witch put a protective spell on her. The werewolves in the hunting grounds can't actually hurt herthey're just scaring her. I'm not really trying to kill her. It's good for her to learn some fear. Maybe next time she won't dare bully Beatrix again."

Hearing this, the old butler didn't dare say more.

But Leo couldn't help interjecting, "But three days ago, at the start, Luna Seraphina was crying her heart out. Then later there was no sound at all. She's still carrying your childyour own flesh and blood. Maybe you should go check on Luna Seraphina..."

Orion's expression instantly changed from understanding to contempt.

"I knew it. Even her screams were fake. How could someone being chased by werewolves make no sound at all? Seraphina is as cunning and scheming as ever. If that's the case, let her stay in the hunting grounds one more day. Tomorrow I'll bring her to Beatrix to kneel and apologize, and then we'll be done with this."

With that, he waved his hand to cut off Leo's next words and walked toward the bedroom.

Orion still thought I was in the hunting grounds.

He didn't know that I was actually already dead. After death, my soul automatically drifted to his side, and I couldn't go anywhere except near him.

At that moment, my soul floated in the air. I saw that in the bedroom, Beatrix was lying half-naked on my marital bed, her body still wrapped in burn bandages from her failed suicide attempt.

Orion walked gently to her side. His Adam's apple bobbed, and the next second he pressed his lips to her swollen ones.

The person on the bed let out a soft moan and opened her eyes. She gently tried to push away the Orion on top of her. "Orion, this is your and Seraphina's marital bed. Seraphina will be heartbroken if she finds out."

"And about what happened before, OrionI just loved you too much. I thought if I died, Seraphina wouldn't fight with you because of me anymore. I never meant for you to punish her for my sake. Why don't I go apologize to Seraphina?"

Beatrix bit her lower lip, looking sad and guilty.

Sure enough, seeing Beatrix like this, Orion couldn't hold back any longer. He set the porridge aside.

His large hand roughly kneaded Beatrix's chest as he flipped over and pressed her beneath him. "Beatrix, you're just too kind. If it weren't for you all those years ago, I would have died at the hands of those Rogues. When I think about how gentle and kind you are, and how Seraphina drove you to attempt suicide by fire, it breaks my heart. If there's a next time, even if she's carrying my child, I'll make her pay with her life..."

Orion kissed the minor burns Beatrix had from the fire, his eyes full of heartache.

Yes, because Beatrix had saved Orion, Orion fell in love with her. Beatrix was also Orion's first love.

Orion, Beatrix, and I all attended the same werewolf academy. Back then, Orion was still the Alpha heir.

In his school uniform, he was sunny and handsome. I'd had a crush on him from very early on.

When I turned eighteen, I discovered that Orion and I were fated mates. I was so happy. Orion also agreed to date me, but I didn't notice the confusion written all over his eyes at the time.

Looking back now, Orion must have been sad about Beatrix breaking up with him and going abroad.

I thought that after all these years together, and being fated mates, Orion would surely fall in love with me.

But then Beatrix returned to the country, and I overheard Orion coaxing her, "I only married Seraphina because marrying a fated mate would help me become Alpha of the Ashpelt Pack. Deep down, I still love you, of course."

In that moment, I heard the sound of my own heart breaking.

My soul floated in the air, watching Orion and Beatrix have sex on my marital bed.

The wedding photo on the nightstand shook.

Looking at myself in the photo, so affectionate, and at the cold Orion.

Only then did I realize that souls can cry too.

But Orion, there won't be a next time.

Because...

I'm already dead.

At the time, I was so frightened I wanted to run away. He watched with his own eyes as I clutched my eight-month pregnant belly and fled like a headless fly.

In the end, he ordered his guards to drag me back. Having lost his patience, before throwing me into the hunting grounds, he had the accompanying witch cast a spell on me.

My body began to twist and deform. Antlers grew from my forehead, and brown fur covered my skin.

I transformed into the shape of a deer.

He waved his hand coldly. "Starting now, you're the prey for the Hunt Festival."

I was pushed into the hunting grounds. The werewolves behind me caught the scent of prey, and their eyes began to glow red.

I ran desperately, but my body, eight months pregnant, was unbearably heavy.

The howling of wolves behind me grew closer and closer.

I cried and told him I couldn't run anymore. I begged him to save our child.

He hesitated for a moment, but Beatrix, who had just been rescued, reminded him weakly from his arms, "I remember Seraphina's due date isn't for another week, right? But she does look really scared. Getting this frightened before it even startsmaybe we should just forget it. I'm fine..."

The next second, Orion's face filled with disgust. "Seraphina! You're revolting. You're even using our child as a bargaining chip to compete for favor. Stay in there and reflect on yourself!"

In the hunting grounds, the cold wind made my teeth chatter. My stomach hurt more and more.

I ran desperately. The werewolves behind me chased closer and closer.

A werewolf pounced. Its claws tore through my hind leg. Blood gushed out.

I fell to the ground, then struggled to get up again.

Another werewolf charged. Its fangs sank into my shoulder.

I screamed in pain, desperately shook it off, and kept running forward.

Until a third werewolf pounced and slammed hard into my abdomen.

Intense pain struck. A rush of hot liquid burst from my body.

I looked down. Blood ran down my legs, and a tiny body fell from beneath me.

I couldn't even see clearly whether my child was a boy or a girl.

The next second, the wolf pack behind me swarmed forward, fighting over that mass of flesh and blood.

I screamed in anguish and lunged forward, trying to retrieve my child.

But the werewolves knocked me aside. I could only watch helplessly as that tiny body disappeared in the werewolves' struggle.

My blood spilled onto the dirt of the hunting grounds, staining a large patch red.

I stopped breathing amid my agonized screams.

And what was Orion doing at that time?

He had summoned the most authoritative werewolf doctors of the Ashpelt Pack, all to prevent the shallow burns on Beatrix's arm from scarring.

He bought countless roses and bid on globally unique jewelry to present to Beatrix, hoping only that his frightened white moonlight wouldn't be afraid anymore.

And when someone tried to report news about me to him, he impatiently interrupted, "Even if she died, she brought it on herself."

...

"Alright, it's almost her due date in two days. Bring Seraphina here to apologize to Beatrix. She's been in the hunting grounds so long, she must be filthy. Have her wash up before coming."

Orion held Beatrix on his lap while working.

Beatrix's hand kept drawing circles on his chest. "Why don't we just forget it? I believe Seraphina didn't mean it. At the end of the day, I shouldn't have come back. But I just wanted to be by your side. I really didn't mean to make you two fight because of me."

Orion indulgently caught her wandering hand. "Beatrix, you're my savior. Just for that alone, I'll protect you forever. She's my wifeshe should be tolerant of you along with me. But instead she deliberately targets you every time, provoking you."

"I can't even imagineif the fire hadn't been put out in time, I might never forgive myself for the rest of my life."

Hearing this, a flash of unnaturalness crossed Beatrix's face. She shrank her neck and said nothing more.

A bitter smile escaped the corner of my mouth.

Half a year ago, Beatrix's fated mate died, so Beatrix, who had been staying abroad, suddenly returned home.

Orion said she was alone and helpless. Without even giving me a heads-up, he brought her back to live with us.

At first, I didn't think much of it. I thought Beatrix had long since stopped liking Orion. I even felt sorry for Beatrix, an orphan, and took care of her in every way.

Until one time, she poured a glass of red wine over her own head, then knelt down and begged me to leave her alone.

After that, Orion started looking at me strangely.

That day he wouldn't listen to my explanation at all. He threw me in the confinement room and starved me for three days, warning me viciously, "Seraphina, you've disappointed me so much! Beatrix's significance to me is beyond your imagination. If you target Beatrix again, even if you're my wife, I'll make you pay."

Things like this happened repeatedly after that. Orion's gaze toward me grew colder and colder.

Originally, I planned to ask Orion for a rejection after the child was born.

But I never expected Beatrix would suddenly attempt suicide by fire.

And the culprit behind her self-immolation was supposedly the abusive messages and vicious voice recordings I had sent her.

Those words were indeed hard to accept, but they weren't said by me.

But Orion didn't believe me.

He felt so sorry for Beatrix that his eyes turned red.

He didn't even care about our soon-to-be-born childhe just wanted to vent his beloved's anger.

"Alpha Orion... Luna Seraphina, she seems to... seems to... You'd better go see for yourself."

Orion was startled.

Then his face filled with impatience. "After all this time, she still dares to throw a tantrum?!"

Beta Leo hesitated, but finally said with difficulty, "No, Alpha Orion. It's Luna Seraphina. We found her, but... but she... doesn't seem to be breathing..."

Orion's hand, which had been holding Beatrix, froze.

After a few seconds of silence, he laughed dismissively.

"Her methods of escaping punishment are getting more sophisticated. To avoid kneeling and apologizing to Beatrix, she's even thought of playing dead?!"

"Tell her that even if she dies, she has to apologize to Beatrix first! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Cold sweat began to bead on Leo's forehead.

He wanted to say something more, but seeing Orion's furious face, he ultimately withdrew.

Beatrix lifted her head with an innocent expression. "Orion, why don't we just forget it? Even though Seraphina doesn't like me and makes things difficult for me everywhere, she is your wife after all. As long as I can stay by your side, I can endure it."

Orion held her even tighter. "Beatrix, you don't need to be afraid of that petty woman Seraphina. She's not worth a single strand of your hair. This time I have to teach her a lesson so she'll behave in the future."

"But..."

"Alright, listen to Orion. You can't go wrong."

A teardrop fell on the back of my hand. Only then did I realize that at some point, tears were streaming down my face.

So, souls can feel heartache too?

Orion said nothing more, but during his next hour of work, he was constantly distracted.

In the span of an hour, he inadvertently glanced toward the door no fewer than ten times.

Finally, he slammed his laptop shut and irritably ran his fingers through his hair.

Having completely lost his patience, he gently coaxed Beatrix, "Beatrix, I don't know what kind of trick Seraphina is playing. I'm going to drag her here to apologize to you right now."

Arriving at the entrance to the hunting grounds.

He strode inside.

Before he got close, he saw the dirt stained red with blood.

The smell of blood in the air hadn't yet dissipated.

He covered his nose. "Why does it stink so much? What the hell is that woman Seraphina doing?!"

Hearing this, cold sweat poured from Leo's forehead. "Alpha Orion, maybe you should just see for yourself..."

He stepped aside.

Revealing me, covered by a white cloth, and a small white bundle next to it.

Orion's hand moved back and forth between the two white cloths.

Before he knew it, his brow was furrowed in uncertainty. He seemed hesitant.

I clutched my chest. Knowing what he was about to see, my heart ached unbearably, yet I couldn't bear to look away.

Finally, he reached his hand toward that small bundle.

He had just lifted the white cloth when a sharp cry came from behind him.

"Orion, why did you bring a dead cat corpse over here?! Did you forget? I'm allergic to cat fur! I hate stray cats the most!"

Beatrix shrieked and burrowed into Orion's arms.

Orion's panicked expression froze. He quickly seemed to come to his senses and kicked my child's corpse away with one foot.

He then ordered people to bring over several wild dogs. The beasts, smelling meat, swarmed forward.

I screamed and lunged forward, but I couldn't do anything.

I questioned him frantically, bit and clawed at him, but it was useless.

I was just a soul now. No matter how much pain I felt, no one could see it.

But I truly wasn't willing to accept this. What did I do wrong?! What did my child do wrong?!

Looking at the ground full of scraps, a flash of malice crossed Beatrix's eyes.

Orion frowned.

"Stop playing tricks. Where's Seraphina?! Where the hell is she?!"

"Driving Beatrix to attempt suicide wasn't enoughnow she's using a dead cat corpse to scare Beatrix! I never knew she was so vicious!"

"Seraphina! Aren't you the one who values the child most? If you don't come out, once the child is born, we're getting divorced and breaking the mate bond! You can't win custody from me! You'll never see the child again for the rest of your life!"

I sat dazed on the ground, crying and laughing.

Yes, my parents were already gone.

Orion had betrayed me too. What I valued most was this child.

But he was killed by his own father, and in the end, not even his bones remained!

Orion! You will definitely go to hell!

He shouted angrily, demanding that I come out.

But no one responded.

Finally, Leo steeled himself and walked over. While slowly lifting the white cloth covering my corpse, he said tremblingly, "Alpha Orion, Luna Seraphina is right here! As for the child, you just fed him to the wild dogs..."