Chapter 2 Death wasn't my ending
Chapter Two
“I’ll make sure to expose you both, let the whole pack know how cruel their alpha is, I would like to know if you’d still be able to keep your position then.” I said coldly.
Mark’s expression shifted instantly. “You won’t,” he said flatly. Flora echoed his words, her smile thinning. “You wouldn’t dare.”
I met Mark’s eyes, really looked at him for the first time without love blurring my vision. “And why wouldn’t I?” I said. My voice trembled, but I didn’t stop. “The council will hear it, the pack, everyone will...”
Mark grinned evilly. “Then I’ll just make sure to silence you before you do.” I turned immediately, and ran.
My heart slammed violently against my ribs as I burst through the door, I didn’t look back. I couldn’t afford to as I could hear the sound of hurried footsteps behind me almost immediately.
The staircase loomed ahead long, spiraling upward, I took them two at a time, lungs burning as panic surged through me.
Run…Just run….
I clutched the railing as I climbed, my legs already shaking, my stomach tightening painfully with every step, making each breath shallow and sharp.
Behind me, Flora’s voice rang out, shrill and furious. “Don’t let her get away!”
Mark’s boots thundered on the stairs, closer than I wanted to believe possible.
There was no time to analyse and access my environment, I needed to keep moving. Hence I reached for the door right in front of me. It was only when I came crashing through the doors that I had time to look around my surroundings and saw I had made my way to the rooftop.
Cold wind tore at my hair, biting through my thin dress as I staggered forward, my legs finally giving in. I collapsed to my knees, rough concrete scraping my skin, but I barely felt it. Both hands flew to my stomach as a sob ripped out of me raw and broken similar to a wounded animal.
“I’m sorry,” I choked, curling over myself as if my body could shield what my heart had already failed to. “Please hold on… my baby..”
My breath came in jagged bursts. Tears fell freely from my cheeks splashing onto the concrete, each one heavy with pain, regret and immense terror.
The door burst open with a loud bang that caught my attention, I pushed myself painfully up, slowly just enough to face them, my body shaking violently.
Flora crossed her arms, her lips curling in cruel amusement. “Look at you,” she said lightly. “Crying over something that shouldn’t even exist, a product of unrequited love.”
Mark’s face was twisted with fury, no atom of remorse in view.“ What is your problem?” he snapped. “This was all caused by you refusing to just simply stay in your place.
A hollow laugh escaped me, cracked and hysterical. “My place?” I echoed. “Is it my place to die quietly? Is it my place to be cheated on by you?”
Flora smirked. “He did you a very big favour by accepting you, so yes even if he asks that of you, and more. So what?” Her gaze flicked to my stomach again, eyes cold and malicious.
“That thing inside you doesn’t change anything. You’re still just a low omega who forgot her worth and bit more than she can chew.”
“Do you know what hurts the most, Mark?” my voice shook, fury bleeding through the tears.
“I gave you everything, my love, my loyalty, my pride and you threw it away without blinking.”
I laughed bitterly. “After all my sacrifices, this is how you repay me? Do you know what that makes of you?” I spat. “An ungrateful bastard. An ingrate. Your heart is black, cold, vile, and hard as stone.”
My words seem to have hit him hard, the next thing I knew, he came lunging forward at me with so much rage in his eyes, I backed away instinctively, the edge of the rooftop looming behind me. I shakily said. “Mark, even if you hate me so much, would you really kill your own pup!”
He rolled his eyes, and said. “Do you really think I care about the pup inside your belly? Flora already has my child, and he’s going to grow much stronger than the pup you’re carrying. Oh right! Since you’re about to die, I might as well just tell you a secret. I’ve been putting seed blockers in your meals. I wonder how you were able to still get pregnant, but it doesn’t matter now.. because this is your end.”
The wind roared in my ears. At that moment, I knew all hope was lost and gone.
“Please, Please, Please don’t…” I begged struggling as he tried to shove me. Flora scoffed. “Do it now Mark, kill her.”
His rough hands struck my shoulder, my balance was wiped out, and the ground disappeared beneath my feet, while time slowed.
Memories flooded in all at once, my mother’s gentle smile, her warm hands brushing my hair as she told me to be kind, to endure, to be patient, to believe love would one day choose me back.
The mate bond once sacred, ended up being nothing but a chain that had dragged me into years of suffering in silence and pain.
The tiny life inside me was the one I felt for the most. It didn’t get a chance at life, a story cut short before it even began.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered again as the air tore the words from my lips. “I’m so sorry for being such a useless mother.”
Pain exploded through my entire being as my body struck the ground, the world fractured.
Sound dulled, fading into a distance as darkness crept in from the edges of my vision. I couldn’t move, each breath burned, wet and shallow.
Above me, the sky blurred silver moonlight swimming through my tears. With the last of my strength, I focused on that pale glow. Moon Goddess, I prayed silently, desperately, if you can hear me… please, I said while my chest ached unbearably, “Give me another chance, even if not for me but for my child.”
