Thallyne's POV

My head throbbed harshly as rays of sunlight hit my face and I groaned in annoyance. I turned to the other side and snuggled into the pillow beside me, a small smile on my face from how comfortable I was. I was sure I slept extremely well.

Which was weird because when have I ever slept so comfortably? The bed was soft. Too soft to be my cold hard bed in the maid quarters. Did I get an upgrade? My eyes slowly fluttered open, and I was met with an unfamiliar ceiling, nothing like the gray plaster I was used to.

The moment I realized that this wasn't the maid quarters and I had no idea where I was, I sat up instantly. Where the hell was I? I remembered the rejection yesterday, I remembered drinking myself into a stupor and then…

I suddenly glanced down at my body and horror filled me in an instant when I noticed I was naked. I couldn't scream. I couldn't remember shit. Oh my fucking goodness. Who the fuck did I sleep with?

I was definitely in trouble.

I scrambled out of the bed, stumbling as soon as I got on my feet and I realized how sore my legs felt. Fuck, I had definitely lost my virginity. I managed to pull my dress over my head and drag it down to fit when the door was pushed open.

My heart pounded wildly in fear and when Axel stepped inside, I froze. Memories from last night began to flood my head and I remembered clinging to him tightly. My wolf had gone into heat for the first time and I begged him to help me. The rest of it was a blur but I remembered begging him to fuck me. I remembered the pleasure of cumming for the first time.

And all of these happened because I begged him to do it.

Way to go, Thallyne, you just proved how shameless and filthy you are.

“You're awake. How do you feel?” He asked, and I realized he had a tray of food in his hands. Did he bring that for me? Wasn't he supposed to be mad that I threw myself on him?

“I'm sorry, Alpha Axel.” I started, shame clouding my expression as I kept my gaze to the ground. “I was totally drunk yesterday and it was very wrong of me. Worse, I made you do things to me…” My voice trailed off and when he said nothing, I gulped nervously.

“I'm so sorry. I promise it won't happen again! Please forgive me. I'll do anything you ask from now on, just don't punish me or kill me.” I blabbered hurriedly and he placed the tray on the table before moving to me.

However, the moment he stepped in front of me, I lost my balance and stumbled backward. He was quick and reached out to grab me, pulling me closer to him. My face burned with embarrassment and images of me begging him for more filled my brain, making me regret my whole life at that moment.

I shouldn't have drunk too much.

“Be careful next time—”

“I'm sorry, Alpha!” I yelled immediately and bolted without looking back. In less than a second, I was out of his arms and out of his room, my heart pounding wildly in my chest. This was a disaster. I fucked my mate's— No, ex-mate's father! The scary leader of Mistveil, I slept with him last night.

I let him take my virginity. And I could tell that everything in me loved everything that we did last night. My wolf was at ease. And for some reason, I felt complete.

“You're insane, Thallyne!” I muttered harshly to myself and suddenly bumped headfirst into someone because I was so distracted with my thoughts.

“Of course, you're insane. Thinking you could take my man from me, right? How fucking stupid.”

Gwendolyn. She was here to make my life worse than before, and I knew she wouldn't forgive me for speaking up to her last night. My days of suffering just got multiplied.

“My lady.” I greeted her and was about to walk past her when she pulled me back, a snarky smirk on her lips.

“Where do you think you're going? I'm not even done with you yet and you're walking away? You're nothing but a rejected bitch. Understood?” She spat mockingly and I bowed in response before moving to walk away again.

She was the least of things on my mind now.

“What? You're silenced now that Drary has rejected you right? I told you throwing yourself at him was stupid—”

“I don't want your man, my lady. If you will, please excuse me.” I muttered, annoyance laced in my tone as I rushed away from her side before she got angry and tried to kill me again. She could flaunt her man elsewhere, I didn't care. His father was suddenly more interesting to me.

“Look who finally showed up. The chosen shameless wolf.” The chief maid mocked me and I simply walked past her like she wasn't there.

“She has been trying so hard to act like she didn't care but we all know that she was so affected. I heard she drank herself into a stupor last night. Did it hurt to be rejected?” Another maid asked but my mind was filled with the horny moments I could remember with Alpha Axel.

I wished I could remember everything, that was my first time. And even though I couldn't remember everything, the soreness between my legs confirmed that he had slept with me last night. He looked comfortable this morning, like he didn't care that I had thrown myself at him last night.

But what if he was secretly mad and plotted to kill me?

“Has the heartbreak messed with her hearing? Or is she acting like she can't hear us? Trying so hard to be strong, Thallyne?” The chief maid spoke up again and I suddenly stood up, my mind racing with thousands of questions.

Why did he agree? Why didn't he just tie me up and lock me up? I was just a slave after all. Why did he give in to my wishes?

“She has gone insane, let her be. I would be madly heartbroken if Drary disgraced me like that in public too.”

They could go to fucking hell. I wasn't a weakling who would break down in front of them just because I got rejected. I had to convince myself that the moon goddess had better plans for me which was why he rejected me.

And who was to say that I couldn't still try to win him over? We share a bond after all and it hasn't been fully severed yet. I would have died if it were that easy to reject your mate and get rid of them.

I had to prove that these maids and Gwendolyn were wrong. And I would make them pay for always looking down on me.

Days passed after my rejection, weeks even. And I started to notice changes going on in my body that I didn't understand.

I woke up to my stomach churning, so I had to throw up in the toilet. I felt dizzy with every step I took and I could barely eat anything without throwing up. My wolf, who was still getting used to being awake in me, was weaker than before, and I didn't understand what was going on.

My face was paler than usual, and I got tired easily. When the symptoms began to make sense in my head, I suddenly realized that the aftermath of the night I spent with the alpha was beginning to take effect on me.

I didn't need to take tests to know that I was pregnant. And Alpha Axel was the one responsible.