Her Unloved Mate

Leah's POV

I hesitated for a moment, clutching the doorknob tightly, before knocking softly on Aiden's office door.

"Oh, moon goddess, please help me," I silently whispered, waiting to get permission to enter.

"Come in," He called from inside. I shivered a little when I heard his voice but tried to be calm.

"It's now or never, Leah," I said to myself. Nervously, I opened the door and stepped into the dimly lit room.

Aiden looked up from his desk with a grim expression on his face.

"What are you doing here, Leah?" he asked in a cold voice.

Taking a deep breath, I finally mustered the courage to speak.

"Alpha, I need to tell you something," I said, my heart racing at how he would react to the news I was about to break to him. Oh moon goddess! Give me the courage to continue.

"What is it? I don't have all day," he said, and resumed work. As the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, he was a very busy man.

With teary eyes, I looked at him and announced, "I am pregnant."

The words hung in the air, leaving a heavy silence between us. He suddenly stopped what he was doing and paused. After one long minute of silence, he finally looked at me and burst out laughing.

"Is that the best you could come up with? Pregnancy? You think you can maneuver your way into my life through pregnancy? You think I would make you Luna because you said you were pregnant?" He asked mockingly, staring at me with disgust.

He continued, "So, after I rejected you as my mate, you decided to come up with this nonsense, right? How desperate and shameless can you be, Leah? If you wanted to be my whore, you should have simply said so, even though I know you do not deserve to be one."

Tears streamed down my face as he hurled insults at me and made me feel worthless.

I started recalling the painful memories of how he rejected me when I found out he was my mate, his words pierced my heart and left me sad and heartbroken.

I was Aiden's personal servant, and I must confess, working with him was not an easy task. He was arrogant, cold, and often looked down on people. He was renowned for his cruel ways of punishing his enemies. Other Alphas avoided him like the plague.

On my Eighteenth birthday, I was given the day off to celebrate my birthday and also to shift to my wolf. I was so excited and went to the forest, where I would be experiencing my first shift.

However, I forgot my good luck pendant at the pack house and ran back to get it. I didn't want to experience my first shift without it.

That pendant was the only priceless possession I had from my late parents. My late father, who was the gamma to Aiden's father, was killed in a gruesome war. My mother couldn't bear the pain of losing her husband and took her own life.

With no one to care and cater for me, Aiden's parents, who were the Alpha and Luna of the pack before he finally assumed the title, decided to take me in.