"The Alpha would like to see you," a maid told me the next morning, "He says it's important and you should hurry,"
I waved my hand dismissively.
"Tell him I'm worn out from last night and I'll meet him once I'm properly rested,"
The maid's mouth fell open, shock spreading through her features.
"A-are you ill my Luna?"
I smiled but it didn't reach my eyes, Had I lowered myself so much that the only way I could refuse the alpha's summoning was If I was physically unable to move?
"I'm not ill," I told my maid,my head pressed back against the pillow. She stood rigidly for a whole minute before slipping out of my chambers.
Not long after I heard pounding footsteps approaching my room. I braced, sitting up just as the door was thrown open nearly flying off the hinges.
"What is the meaning of this, Lyra?"
He threw a document on my lap over the duvet.
I held it up with pretentious confusion before saying blandy, "It's a mate bond annulment form,"
His face flushed red.
"I know what it is!"he snapped digging his fingers through his hair. "Was this because of last night? did you really get your feelings hurt because Of a silly game?"
The me of before would have exploded into a violent sobbing mess, but I had cried out all the tears I had left for him last night.
"You know exactly why I filed for this, clearly i'm in the way of you and your true love. Decided it was about time I stepped back And let your romance blossom,"
The veins in his forehead grew visible one after the other until he buried his face into his palms and took a deep breath.
"Alright, I'll accept that last night was too much for you to handle," he sat on the bed and I recoiled from him.
A flash of hurt passed his eyes before he cleared his throat.
"Our anniversary is a week from now isn't it? How about we go to the Alpha cabin to celebrate it? Just the two of us?"
I swept off the duvet and slid off the bed because my stomach had begun to churn.
That day wasn't our anniversary.
Rather it was Ravenna's wolf shifting day, he had mixed up the two.
Not that it made any difference because Ravenna was always the center of attention.
A week went by in the blink of an eye, and I was in the passenger seat completely disconnected from this marriage and just waiting for the paperwork to reflect that.
"Could you wait for a second?"Colt asked unlocking the car door.
"I forgot something inside the Packhouse, I'll be back in a moment."
I gave him a passive shrug of acknowledgment, he sighed but still exited the car.
All week he had been nothing but nice to me, almost to the points that's I was starting to second guess myself.
Was his relationship with Ravenna that bad? Or was I really as insecure as they all claimed?
Before the thought could even settle as though the moon goddess herself was trying to steer me right, I saw his phone light up hit with notification after notification and my instant yelled at me to check.
I'm glad I listened.
It was easy unlocking the phone, the password was written after Ravenna's favorite flower lilies.
I had not forgotten the grin that went from here to ear when he first told me that he had used MY favorite flowers as his password when it was the one he usually gifted her.
My chest had caved in but I made no complaints.
I thought things would change.
And even though it was a little foolish I had hoped something changed this week.
The first text I saw was a message from a groupchat called 'Boys will be boys' coming from his beta Jaden.
It read; Bro, how can you even get it up when she eats like a whale?
And below it was a picture of me having a meal.
A chill ran from my fingers to my spine but I kept reading.
Another message from his Gamma Rake.
They say Omega women with differences and I thought they meant it positively guess I was wrong.
This time there was a picture of me changing and still half dressed.
And the worst of them all was a nude pic taken from the back. My face was covered but I couldn't say the same for my dignity.
She said; Colt as your brother, I'm willing to sacrifice myself so you'll know how it feels to touch a real woman.
And in all of this Colt never defended me, the best he would do was to tell them to 'cut it off' or 'tone it down' while he pumped the group chat with more vulnerable pictures of me.
If there had been any affection in my heart left for that man it was scalded to the ground.
"Did you miss me?"Colt said as he beamed at me so broadly I nearly punched him.
I didn't respond I just leaned against the windscreen, his scent of rain and musk that calmed me now stirred my wolf with discomfort and I counted the seconds until I would not have to be suffocated by it.
The car rolled into a stop in front of the cabin and no sooner had I stepped out before someone threw their hands over my neck.
"Oh my goddess would you look at that?"it was Ravenna and thankfully she backed away before I made her.
"It's such a coincidence where you guys are using the pack cabin too so were we,"
I already knew she would be here, I had read it off from the group chat along with the other horrific messages.
"Really? Such a coincidence, guess there's no problem making the most of it right?"
He looked at me for approval, and I just shrugged from the corner of my eye I watched as his smile felt even as his 'brother' Ravenna embraced him but all I could think about was how the cabin seemed... Off?
Ugh, this is going to be a long weekend.