Ch. 56..60: Reclaiming My Broken Luna Chapter 56-60

Chapter 56: Crimsonbane’s Alpha

Giselle's POV

My footsteps echoed swiftly down the grand hall as I hurried towards the Packhouse's drawing room. The omega followed behind me in haste, trying to match my footsteps.

My heart raced with a mix of annoyance and unease - The Alpha of the Crimsonbane Pack had arrived unannounced. I don't even know what he is doing here.

I gritted my teeth as anger coursed through me. Why does he even have to come here?! He doesn't even have any business with the Silvermoon Pack.

If he came here to ruin things for me, I swear I'm going to kill him.

"How long has he been with him?" I demanded in irritation without stopping on my tracks.

"For about thirty minutes," The omega answered unsurely for she's only basing her answer on her own gut.

I rushed my pace as I gripped the hem of my clothes tightly. He's been here for almost an hour and I have only known that he's here just by now?

I need to hurry before he speaks of something that Killian shouldn't know about.

I paused momentarily to collect myself together when I finally reached the ornate double doors.

The omega pushed the doors open and I was welcomed with the plush velvet furnishings and the sparkling crystal chandeliers of our Packhouse's drawing room where we meet our most esteemed guests.

I clenched my jaw in anger when my eyes landed on Alpha Damien, the one and only Alpha of the Crimsonbane Pack.

He flashed a lazy smile on his face as he stared at me with the same deep and empty eyes.

He still looks the same as I remember him. His sharp eyes are tilted upward like a predator. His features are angled and chiseled, the product of lineage steeped from the ways of the wolf.

"Giselle, long time no see," he spoke with his voice devoid of superfluous emotion.

I forced a smile on my face since Killian is here, watching what my reaction would be.

"Alpha Damien, you should have told me you would come," I spoke in a tight voice as I tried my best not to voice out my annoyance.

He shouldn't have come here at all. He knows that he is not welcome here.

"Why didn't you tell me that you know Alpha Damien? How did you know each other?" Killian asked amicably as he directed his question on me.

"Giselle, you never told him about me?" Damien asked me with a fake surprised look on his face.

I just wanted to punch him in the face and push him out of this Pack.

"It was too long ago, Killian, so it never crossed my mind. I only stayed at the Crimsonbane Pack for a while when I left the Pack. That's just how we knew each other," I told him half the truth. Damien, who rarely showed any emotion suddenly snickered on his seat when he heard my answer. My heart burned more in anger because of this.

"I see," Killian slowly nodded his

head in response. I'm just glad that he ignored Damien's reaction."

our Pack owes you, Alpha

guess ou

Damien for taking care of Giselle on our behalf."

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A rumbling, resonant chuckle

emanated from deep within Damien's chest. "I'm not asking anything in return, am I?" Damien sounded so offensive that I felt the

tension rise inside the room

"You don't have to owe me anything. I helped Giselle because I want to. If you were to pay for that, then the kindness I've shown Giselle would be credited to you," Damien added softening the tense atmosphere.

Killian smiled at his words. "I'm sorry, I haven't thought of it that way."

Damien flicked his eyes towards me ignoring Killian's reply. "The news I've heard is true. You really are pregnant," he spoke coldly with his eyes on my baby bump.

A chill went down my spine as my hand involuntarily covered my baby bump. I swallowed hard at the intense look that he is giving me.

"How far ahead are you now?" He questioned emotionlessly.

"It's been three months," Killian answered for me when I fell in silence.

Although I've been pregnant for only three months, my baby bump has grown big already as a werewolf, our pregnancy are shorter than it is for humans.

"Three months," Damien enunciated each words as he looked at me in the eye.

A sweat formed on my forehead as my heart rang inside my ears. Three months, he knew that he could be the father of my child.

"Is there a problem, Alpha Damien?" I lifted my chin as I challenged him.

Damien fell quiet, not expecting my confidence.

He thought I would get scared by him? Then he doesn't know me that well. I gave him his chance, yet he pushed me away and chose somebody else.

He has no right to interfere with my new life after he has made that decision.

He can't ruin the life I worked hard for after he pushed me away from his life.

Damien just clucked his tongue and turned his gaze away. My heart swelled with confidence when he failed to say a word against me.

"Oh Giselle, I forgot to say that Alpha Damien didn't receive any invitation from us," Killian spoke up.

"Oh!" My eyes widened in horror. "That couldn't be, I made sure I sent invitations to all Packs," I lied with fake look of concern on my eyes.

Damien just shook his head quietly. He knows I did that in purpose.

It is exactly the reason why I didn't expect to see him here. I purposely didn't send him an invitation for I do not want to be connected in any way with him again.

I wonder where his news are coming from since I never even sent him any invitation and I never told him or anyone connected to him about my pregnancy.

Chapter 57: The Past

A FEW YEARS AGO... Giselle's POV

My heart felt empty as I stumbled aimlessly through the dense, unfamiliar forest. Dried tears streaked my reddened, swollen face as my tears finally dried up from my endless crying. Still, my feet carried me forward, not knowing where it was taking me as my heart

continued to ache in despair.

I sniffed as I clutched my broken heart as I limped weakly across the forest, my eyes empty like a madman.

I was just exiled from my own Pack, and I have nowhere to go.

Alpha William, Killian's father, gave a cruel decree to remove me as a member of the Silvermoon Pack.

I am now a werewolf without a Pack to call home, turning me into a rogue.

I've never done anything wrong or broken any rules of our Pack. My only fault was to fall in love with his son during the time when he still hadn't even met his mate yet.

Killian and I are high school sweethearts. We were so deeply in love that we were convinced we would turn out as mates in the future.

When things didn't turn out as we thought they would, Alpha William thought it would be best to remove me from his Pack and away from his son to avoid any complications to Killian's relationship with his mate.

He exiled me without a reasonable explanation. Killian tried to protect me and fight for me, but he was powerless against his father. The Pack Warriors dragged me out of the Pack until I felt the connection I had with the Silvermoon Pack snapped.

Now, alone and afraid, I had to trudge on, every step growing heavier with exhaustion. Thirst parched my throat, hunger gnawed at my empty stomach, and my body ached with strain.

My whole life, I never stepped out of our Pack. I don't even know where I am now.

My body froze in fear when I heard movement in the underbrush. My heart pounded inside my chest when I noticed feral eyes gleaming in the shadows.

There's no doubt that a pack of rogues like me are there to hunt me like helpless prey.

Without much thinking, I ran as fast as I could, which was my first instinct for survival. However, my weary limbs betrayed me; it didn't even take that long for the rogue to catch me.

Just as the snarling beast pounced, a blur of motion emerged, and a powerful figure interposed itself between me and my attackers.

My eyes widened in surprise as I stared at the biggest wolf I'd ever seen in my life.

His coat of fur is as grey as an angry cloud. His back is turned on me as he bared his teeth at the rogues.

I felt the wolf inside me whimper when the huge wolf accentuated his imposing power. As my wolf tucked its tail between my hind legs, the rogues who wanted to kill me did the same, too. Their ears and tails were pressed down so tightly as they ran away for their dear lives.

Seeing that they were finally gone, my knees buckled, making me slump to the ground, and relief coursed through me.

I groaned as a wave of dizziness flowed through me after the adrenaline fled my system. Before I could vanish entirely, I saw a handsome man with angled and chiseled features hovering over me.

I blinked as the man's face swam in my vision. I felt like my head was underwater. I couldn't fathom the words coming out of his mouth.

Before I knew it, my eyes slid shut, and I collapsed, succumbing to exhaustion.

When I woke up, I found myself in a strange room that I'd never seen before. Fear coursed through me when I couldn't remember how I ended up here.

However, when I saw the handsome face, which was the last thing I had seen before I passed out, my tense muscles started to relax, and I remembered how he had saved me.

That's how Damien and I met each other. He saved me and welcomed me into his Pack, and from then on, the two of us grew close to each other.

At first, I never paid him any

attention. At that time, he wasn't the

Crimsonbane Pack's Alpha yet. I thought he was just a Pack Warrior

who happened to be on duty, and that's why he was there to save me.

His father was the Crimsonbane Pack's Alpha, However, his father died when he was just a teenager, so their Pack's Beta had to serve as their acting Pack's Alpha until Damien was ready to take the position.

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Damien never mentioned his identity as the real Alpha to me. I have always been curious about where his power came from ever since saw it manifested when he saved me. I knew he was too powerful to be a simple Pack Warrior, but the possibility of him being an Alpha never crossed my mind.

Even though he saved my life, I always found him annoying, for he bothered me. He always appears out of nowhere and pesters me wherever I go.

This wasn't the first time that it happened to me. Killian was like that, too, when he fell in love with me. I knew he had a crush on me based on his actions, but he's not by my standards.

I wanted to marry someone rich or powerful. I would never settle on a mere Pack Warrior. Damien is handsome, but he cannot fulfill my ambitions.

I don't want to waste my beauty on lowly and poor beings when I could fetch a better, rich, and powerful person.

 

Chapter 58: Special Guest

PRESENT TIME

At the Silvermoon Pack's Drawing Room

Giselle's POV

"Mistakes happen," Damien responded nonchalantly after I lied about forgetting to send the invitation.

"It's okay if you forgot to send me an invitation. It doesn't mean I'm not invited to your wedding, Am I right?" Damien asked shamelessly, knowing too well that I didn't want him to be there at my wedding or anywhere near me at all.

Killian smiled and nodded at Damien's words. "Of course! You wouldn't need an invitation to come to our wedding at all. You can also bring anyone you want to our wedding. This offer is going to be available only for you," Killian replied amicably. Damien sighed. "I don't think I could bring anyone with me on that day."

"Oh really!" I spoke up as I took my seat beside Killian. "What about Luna Vanessa? She had always liked parties. I'm sure she's going to agree to come with you if you ask her."

Vanessa is Damien's true mate and his current wife. She is the woman that Damien chose to replace me.

"Vanessa is not the same person as you knew her before. She had changed ever since she became Luna. She had become more mature," Damien explained, which made me bark out a laugh.

I doubt a woman like Vanessa would ever grow mature.

Vanessa is the spoiled and only daughter of Damien's Beta. She grew up having everything that she wanted after her father raised her like a spoiled princess.

When she was just the Beta's daughter, she ruled around the Crimsonbane Pack like she owned the whole damn place.

No one ever stood up against her. She was the most popular and powerful woman in the Pack. Anyone who gets to her bad side will have to go against her father, the Pack's Beta himself, who also served as the Crimsonbane Pack's Alpha as well. Vanessa's father was just the acting Alpha, yet they acted like they were the true Alpha of the Pack. Vanessa, in particular, bossed around the Pack as if she was going to inherit it in the future.

While Damien, who was the real Alpha of the Pack, was so humble. He even worked as a Pack Warrior along with the other low Pack members of the Pack as if he were one with them.

Even though Damien is the Pack's Alpha, he has no control over Vanessa. Vanessa simply fears no one because she is too spoiled. It's just her personality. Whenever she didn't get what she wanted, she would throw up a fit until she got what she desired. Meanwhile, his father just adores her so much that he does everything to please her.

"Yes, that's true," Killian covered up for me. "When I wasn't yet the Alpha, I used to play around. Anyone would mature really quick once they are given a serious and hard responsibility they have to handle."

Damien smiled at Killian's agreement.

"Speaking of which, where is she right now?" I asked out of curiosity.

I wonder if Vanessa knows that I'm getting married or if I'm pregnant, just like how Damien does.

I doubt Vanessa knew a thing about me, though. If she knew just one of those things about me, I doubt that Damien would be here just on his own.

Vanessa hates me so much, and when she hates someone, she doesn't stop until the person she hates suffers and lives a miserable life forever.

If she knew my fortunate situation,

I'm sure she's going to ruin things for me it's best if she doesn't know a thing, and it would be better if Damien kept his life out of my life as well.

"Vanessa is at home to take care of the Pack for me," Damien answered.

I doubt Vanessa is taking care of anything in the Pack. For sure, her father is doing things for her.

"Alpha Killian, I was planning to stay in your Pack for a week. I hope you don't mind," Damien spoke kindly to Killian.

My eyes widened. Is he going to stay here for a week? No way! "What for?!" I blurted out in a surprised voice before I could stop myself.

"I just want to take a visit around your Pack and hopefully rest for a short vacation. One week is not too much, right?" Damien directed his words to Killian.

"No, not at all," Killian shook his head.

As an Alpha, Killian gave Damien the special treatment as a special guest of the Pack, and I don't have any say about it.

"I believe one week is just enough

for you to go around our Pack," Killian adds. "I wish I could personally see you around our Pack, Alpha Damien, but as you know, my schedule is really hectic. I need to face a lot of important matters at hand, and with our wedding coming around-"

"I understand, I understand," Damien assured him.

"If it's okay, Giselle can show you around since you already know each other." My eyes widened at Killian's offer.

He didn't even ask me if I was okay with this.

"That's great! Giselle and I have a lot of things to catch up on as well, and I really needed a guide who knows a lot about your Pack," Damien replied happily.

On the other hand, I could only feel dread of being left alone with him.

"Then that's settled! I will go have

your room ready by tonight, Alpha. In

the meantime, Giselle can show you

around the Packhouse to acquaint yourself," Killian answered amicably.

 

Chapter 59: Narcissism

A FEW YEARS AGO....

At the Crimsonbane Pack

Giselle's POV

It was by accident when I found out that Damien was secretly the Alpha of the Crimsonbane Pack.

At that time, I was working as an omega at the Crimsonbane Pack's Packhouse. As a newly adopted member, I needed to start low in the ranks.

I was demoted to the lowest position. I had to clean around the Packhouse and do menial work as the Packhouse's Omega.

When I was living at the Silvermoon Pack, I was never treated as a servant. We are way higher than omegas and even above the average werewolves. You could say we are the Pack's nobles without official titles. Since I was born into the Silvermoon Pack, I had my own privileges. However, I lost all of that when I was exiled and turned into a rogue.

I could only say that I'm still lucky that I didn't stay as a rogue for a long time. It would be much better to become a Packhouse's omega than to be a lone rogue without any friends and without a pack that can provide for me. Although I lost all my privileges, everything that I had was removed from me. There was one thing they would never be able to take away from me, and that was my beauty and my power.

Although I worked as a rogue, they can never deny that my wolf's strength is still above average.

I could be a slave doing menial jobs, but they can never take away my wolf's power. My wolf can force weaker werewolves than me to bare their neck and lower themselves down into submission.

As for my beauty, the moment I became an official member of the Crimsonbane Pack, I was instantly popular.

Men from different statuses were all entranced by my beauty. Damien, in particular, is the person who really fell hard for my beauty and charm. Wherever I went, he followed me around.

He was always concerned with my well-being and always did things to make me happy.

At first, I did not like him, even with his charisma and handsome face. I would marry an old raisin man as long as he is rich and powerful, but I would never marry a poor man just for his looks and even character. Little did I know that Damien was actually the prince charming that I was looking for, someone who would save my life and take me out of the miserable life that I was living.

While I was cleaning the Packhouse's hallway, I noticed that the office of Alpha Julian, Vanessa's father, was slightly ajar.

I peeked in out of curiosity without any expectations in me, only to see Damien and Alpha Julian talking to each other.

Curious about what they were talking about, I eavesdropped on their conversation. Damien is just a mere Pack Warrior, and I was surprised when I saw how close he and the Alpha looked.

As I listened to their conversation, I finally found out Damien's true identity. My jaw just fell open in shock. I felt so stupid that I didn't even recognize Damien as the real Alpha the whole time.

I felt regretful because I avoided him, and I always pushed him away, not knowing that he was the guy that I was actually looking for.

My jaw just fell open when I found out that Damien is the Alpha and Vanessa's father was only filling that position for him.

From then on, I started to act nicer towards Damien and gave small hints that I also liked him back.

I've been through this before with Killian. With my experience, I knew exactly what to do to make him fall hard for me.

All this time, he had no idea that I knew about his secret. He thought I fell in love with him for who he is as a being.

I acted that I was in shock and disbelief when Alpha Julian finally announced to the whole Pack that Damien is the real Alpha of the Crimsonbane Pack and that he is going to ascend as the Alpha soon now that he is ready to take the title

after gaining his experience.

In order to not arouse any suspicion from Damien, I even pretended that I was angry at him for hiding such a huge and important thing about his identity.

I gave him a hard time, and he chased after me, asking for my forgiveness and giving me an explanation without knowing that I was planning to forgive him in just a few days.

On the day I was about to forgive him, he prepared a special surprise for me. I will never forget that night when he called me out to the forest through the sweet, handwritten letter that he made for me.

When I arrived, Damien surprised me

I

with a romantic date. He was

holding a flower in his hand, soft lights shimmered in the background, and a table that was just for the both of us stood at the center with flower petals scattered all around.

The moon was there as a witness when Damien promised me that he would reject whoever his mate was and make me his Luna. He swore by the moon's name that he would never break his promise, and I believed him with all my heart. I believed that I would be his wife. I believed that I'd become the Crimsonbane Pack's Luna, but I shouldn't have relied only on his words.

From then on, I realized how things could happen quickly. I learned that words alone shouldn't be trusted. I should have pushed for the title when I got the chance.

The lesson I learned was to never waste my chances. If a man promised to make me his Luna, I should demand it.

The Luna title isn't just a position

that is given. You have to work hard

for it. I learned that lesson the hard way. That's why I took my chances, used all available opportunities and forced myself to become the Silvermoon Pack's Luna.

 

Chapter 60: Real Father

PRESENT TIME

At the Silvermoon's Pack....

Giselle's POV

I sped off, keeping my distance from Damien as soon as we were out of anyone's sight.

With Killian's request, I took Damien out to help him familiarize himself with the packhouse.

I picked the Packhouse's gardens first to escape the watchful eyes and prying ears of the people.

I crossed my arms tightly against my chest, my fingers digging under the sleeves of my sweater. A huff of frustration escaped my lips as my eyes narrowed into an irritated glare.

I turned on my heel and faced Damien without bothering to mask my real annoyance anymore.

"What are you doing here?" I questioned him with an annoyed tone of voice.

"You left us without saying anything. What do you expect I would feel when I found out you are pregnant and engaged with another Alpha?" Damien shot back.

I scoffed at his words. "Why do you care? My life is not your business anymore ever since you broke your promises and chose someone over me!" I clenched my fists as I held back my anger.

I don't want to be reminded of the past again. Memories of how I missed the chance to become the Crimsonbane Pack's Luna are something I'd rather not visit.

I know that delving into the past and beating myself up for my mistakes would do me no good. Life happens and we need to move on.

I have moved on from my past and chose to learn from the mistakes I made during my stay in the Crimsonbane Pack.

I worked so hard to get to where I am today and lift myself back up after Damien abandoned me and left me with nothing. I can't let him ruin everything especially now that I'm only a step away from my goal.

"I came here to know the truth, Giselle," Damien spoke firmly. "That child! Is it mine?"

I clenched my jaw as I stared at Damien with anger in my eyes. Why does he need to go here? Why does he need to trouble my life again?!

"Killian said you are pregnant for two months. It was only two months ago when you left. That child is mine, isn't he?"

"This child is Killian's! You've made your choice and you didn't choose me. You don't have anything to do with me or my child anymore. Leave this Pack and go back to where you came from!" I pointed my finger angrily outside. Since I'm pregnant, my emotions are all over the place because of hormones. I'm just not ready to face him right now. I need him gone this instant.

Damien's jaw fell open as he let out a breath of surprise. "I knew it! I knew the child was mine! Killian doesn't know it, does he?" Damien took a step forward as he dropped his questions, ignoring what I just said.

"You're so shameless!” I shot back

as I stepped backward with every

I

step that he made. "You have no

shame showing your face to me again after everything that you've done to me! Leaving me alone is the only thing that I'm asking you to do. Just leave and stop asking me these questions!" I yelled at him in

frustration.

Damien shook his head and scoffed. "I will never allow my child to grow up without knowing that I'm his real father. I can't allow another man to take care of my own child!" Damien spoke angrily making me fall into silence. My lips trembled, my hands shook and my shoulders heaved as I held back my distress. Tears welled in my eyes as I didn't know what to do.

"That is my child! I am his real father. I won't accept being not part of his life," Damien declared.

"You've lost your right to become my child's father the moment you married Vanessa and chose her to become your Luna!" I shot back while I was on the verge of tears.

"You've chosen and married

Vanessa already. Why shall you

bother me and my child? Do you

think Vanessa would be happy if she found out that you got someone else pregnant? She would only

think

of my child as a threat to he children's future," I argued with him

as I placed a protective hand on my

belly.

"Go back to your Pack and have your own child with Vanessa and don't come back here anymore," I added firmly.

"Does Killian know?" Damien's eyes

widened when he suddenly realized something "Are you serious rightĕ now? Killian doesn't know anything, does he? He thinks your child is his that's why he's marrying you Damien blurted out.

Damien has always been smart and fast in catching up to things which is why he was a good Pack Warrior and also an Alpha.

My heart pounded inside my chest when he got everything right. He is not supposed to know this. No one is supposed to know about this.

Damien ran down a hand on his face as he wrapped his head around the truth. "What is Killian going to do if he found out that you were fooling him all along? You are forcing a child on him that isn't his." "This isn't right! Killian should know the truth-"

"No!" I shouted, interrupting him. "You are not going to tell him anything. Killian is the father of my child as it should be!"