The Alpha's betrayal - An obsession unleached

Lyra’s POV

My knees felt cold due to the bathroom tiles beneath them. I could feel the chill creeping up my legs, but I couldn't move. I didn't blink. I just stared in disbelieve

Two red lines. Bold. Final.

The stick slipped from my fingers and clattered against the tile.

I was pregnant.

And I was alone.

My hands trembled as I reached up to wipe the back of my mouth. I had thrown up five minutes ago. I thought maybe it was the stew from the Omega kitchens. But deep down, I knew better. I had known for days. My scent had shifted. My skin had flushed warm at strange hours. My wolf stirred differently now, protective, curled inward.

I heaved a sigh while closing my eyes. I rubbed my stomach and whispered, " You came at the wrong time, little one."

The tears didn’t come. Not yet. I was still stuck between numbness and disbelief.

How stupid was I?

How stupid… to believe I was different.

My mind spun back to the first night; gods, I didn’t even realize it had become the night. I had just come of age, barely introduced to the ranking packs at the Ceremony of Blooming when I felt him.

Draven Kael Blackthorn.

The Alpha.

He stepped down from the raised platform, flanked by enforcers, his dark eyes scanning the crowd like he owned the room, and he did. Even the Luna candidates fell quiet when he moved.

Then he looked at me.

And he didn’t just look; he scented me.

He broke protocol and walked right up to where I stood. The other Omegas backed away instinctively, as if they felt what I didn’t understand yet.

He lowered his head, close to my neck, and inhaled. My breath caught. The ceremony halted around us. The music faded. The chatter ceased.

Then came the growl low, feral, and mine.

That night, he took me. And then the next. And the next. I became his secret, his obsession. I thought I was the exception to his rule everyone said Alpha Draven never slept with the same Omega twice.

But he kept coming back. I always melted into him when he kissed me, like I'm the only thing he ever wanted

When he held me, I believed. He was dominant, yes, but tender in ways no one else saw. He called me little flame when we were alone. He traced my spine like it mattered. And when I asked him once just once if he’d ever take a Luna, he kissed my lips and said, “I’ve already chosen.”

god, I was so stupid.

The whispers started last week. That a union between the Blackthorn Pack and the Eastlands was being arranged. That Alpha Draven was set to mark the East Alpha’s daughter Aria in a formal bond. I didn’t want to believe it. I couldn't.

So, I went to him.

I waited outside his chambers, heart in my throat, hands shaking. I held the test stick in my pocket. I was going to tell him. We would figure it out. He loved me. He had to.

But when the doors opened, it wasn’t Draven I saw first.

It was her.

Tall. Regal. Golden.

Aria.

She was in his arms. Her neck glowed, still fresh with his bite mark. His true mark. Not the temporary ones he gave me. Not the ones that faded.

This one was forever.

And I… I was nothing.

Nothing but an omega whom he had bedded for several nights without truly claiming me.

All the promises he made were all lies.

I didn’t even knock. I turned away, bile rising in my throat, legs heavy, mind blank. The stick in my pocket burned me like fire.

I had no idea how I got to the end of the city or crossed the gate. everything happened in a blur.

I just remember the trees. The night air. The silence.

And then I saw them.

From the forest, I had the perfect view of the Blackthorn Castle. A party was held with music and celebration.

They stood at the window; the full moon shone brightly on them.

Alpha Draven kissed Aria passionately like his world depended on hers.

I pressed a hand to my belly.

My baby kicked for the first time.

And I broke.

The pain wasn’t just in my chest. It was in my bones. In my wolf. She howled inside me, wounded, betrayed. I had given him everything. My first shift. My first heat. My heart.

My boots crunched different twigs, but I didn't care; I took a step back, every part of me screaming at me that I should run.

But where? I had no one outside the Omega quarters. My parents were long gone, and the pack didn’t care for girls like me girls who thought they could rise above their place.

A gust of wind carried their scents to me. His cedar and smoke. Hers roses and snow. I hated how they blended.

The mark on my neck still tingled, even though it was fading. Even now, my body wanted him. It made me sick.

I made my way deeper into the woods; my heart pounded loudly against my chest

I had to go. I had to disappear before he realized what I carried.

Would he even care?

Or worse… would he try to take my pup away?

The thought made my wolf rise again, baring her teeth. No. He would not touch this child. Not now. Not ever.

I don’t know how long I walked. The moon had climbed high by the time I collapsed near a stream, breath ragged, tears finally falling. "I won't let anyone hurt you." I muttered, rubbing my stomach.

The stars blinked above me, quiet witnesses to the moment I stopped being a girl who loved an Alpha and became a mother who would burn the world to protect her own.

A twig snapped behind me.

I froze.