"Why?" Liana's eyes widened, "What happened?"

I kept crying and sobbing pathetically as I told Liana whatever happened last night. She started with being furious at Adrian, and then slowly grew concerned and then straight away panicked. I could see all the emotions running across her face.

I couldn't help but think that this was all my fault. I should have found out a way to stop Mercy from entering the kitchen.

"What?! So that means now Adrian knows about Mercy being Theo's mate and also that she's pregnant, and that he's definitely going to tell Theo and that there's a possibility that they are on their way here?" She babbled, her mind going somewhere distant as she processed what this all could mean and how she could prevent it from becoming a disaster.

I just nodded. I was still crying for a reason I did not know; maybe these were just my overworking hormones that were making such a mess of my emotions. Liana took one look at my condition and then shook her slightly. Even she knew that we had no time for comforting hugs or group sobbing.

"Can we..." I sniffled and then wiped my nose. "Can't we just use our Luna Orders or something like that to stop him from reaching her?"

Even though I wanted Theo to know about Mercy's child, this was not the way I reckoned it would happen. I wanted Mercy to go to him herself and tell him about the baby.

She shook her head and frowned, "No. They won't work here as effectively. And most importantly, like Adrian had said, a pup is more important than any duty and any rank. A Luna Order or an Alpha Order is not going to stop him." She let out a defeated sigh.

I hadn't even blinked once after she finished and I heard a loud slam in the living room.

Our eyes widened and we immediately rushed to the main entrance of the house before anyone could reach Mercy. The slam was loud enough for even our neighbours to hear, and the loudness also meant that someone was really, really furious at the moment.

"What's happening?" Kia came rushing out of the bedroom, her brows furrowed in confusion. Of course, she had no idea about what was happening.

"Theo is here." Liana murmured, "Don't let Mercy come out of the bedroom. She doesn't need to know what's happening outside."

Kia just nodded and went back inside. Both Liana and I rushed again and found just what we were expecting.

Theo - the man who had always been a calm and composed Beta King for me - looked like he was seeing nothing but red, and both his arms were restrained by Jaxon and Adrian. His eyes were dark and his face was a mark of desperation and fury. He roared loudly, struggling against the hold of his two Alphas, looking as if he would destroy the house if he was let loose. The scene was horrifying in itself, and my heart pounded in my chest as I imagined what would happen if they released him.

God, my house! I would have an emotional breakdown if something happened to it. It was the last memory of the one woman who reared me from my childhood till she died.

"Stop!" My voice was loud and firm, even though I was sure I was pale and was panicking on the inside, "I want the three of you out of my house before you harm it and the people inside.If you want to be here, behave yourself. This not your pack ground when you can run and rampage."

Theo's eyes fell on me, and he snarled menacingly, "My mate is in here, and my pup! There's no way I'm going to leave without taking them back with me."

Liana and I took in deep breaths and looked at each other. Then she said, bluntly, crossing her arms, "Mercy doesn't want you here. And like she said, behave yourself. There are other women in this house."

Hurt flashed in the poor man's gaze and for a moment he looked at both of us with desperation, which I could only describe as his longing to see his mate. He had weakened by then, and sensing that he wasn't going to struggle anymore, even Adrian and Jaxon had released his arms.

It was in just that moment that fury flashed in his eyes, again, and he charged, knowing fully well that there was no one to restrain him in such a short time. He went straight for my throat, and with his fingers wrapped tightly around it, he snarled, "I will break this little neck if you don't -"

My body felt paralysed at the sudden movement. I was so scared for my life that I could have almost peed in my pants, because Theo looked like he would actually snap my neck in just a few moments.

He was pulled off me in another instant, and I saw Adrian looming over me, protectively, his gaze dangerously dark and threatening. He grabbed Theo by his collar and spat in his face, "It's your Luna Queen you're threatening to kill!" His voice was loud and deadly, and there was no hiding the hidden Alpha King order in it.

It didn't change anything in Theo, though.

"Then tell her that she should let me meet my mate and my pup!" He spat back defiantly, "She's keeping them away from me!"

"You're... " I coughed slightly, my throat feeling sore. I was numb with fear, the image of him jumping for my throat running through my mind in an endless loop. "Theo, none of us is keeping her from you. It's her fear that you will leave her and her pup again." I explained, in the softest and kindest way I could manage, with my cracky voice.

He stilled completely, and then looked at me with a pale face. His once furious eyes were now hardened and sad, and I scooted closer to him so that I could keep a comforting hand on his shoulder.

That gesture, however, was something Adrian did not like; the way he growled threateningly giving away his displeasure.

"She told me that you left her so that you could put in more efforts to be a better Beta King. But you do realise that you should have put some effort towards your mate, too?"

He nodded, and my heart broke when he fell back on the floor and his eyes filled with tears.

"I don't know what reasons you had to abandon her, but it has instilled fear in her. She is afraid that you will leave the baby just the same way you left her. You have no idea how elaborate situations she made up just to avoid you and telling you about the pregnancy all the time. Now, tell me, Theo, if I let you see Mercy, will you leave her and her baby again?"

"No...way..." His voice broke, and tears we're now running down to his cheeks, "I can never leave her and our pup that way again. I have already repented long enough and tried to find her... I never knew she was our Pack Healer. I don't know how she managed to do all of that. Please... Please, can I see her?"

I turned to throw a questioning look at Liana and the look on her face told that she was thinking along the same page that I was.

We needed Mercy's permission.

I turned back to Theo, "Your mate is resting at the moment, and along with her, your pup is probably sleeping, too. Can you please be a little bit patient and wait for her to wake up? Even if you are her mate, I want you to respect her decisions and her privacy. Can you do that for me?"

"What is going on here!?"

At the voice that came out of the blue, all of us turned around to look at the gorgeous, pregnant woman standing in the doorway, staring at the sight in front of her.

"I'm so sorry I couldn't stop her!" A panicked Kia followed her, "She -"

"- it's alright." Liana told her, softly.

Theo, who was still right in front of me, sat frozen on the ground and was staring at his mate as if she was the most beautiful woman on the earth. The barely suppressed awe, the appreciative gaze, the overwhelming possessiveness and the abundant love that filled his eyes made a deep pang of envy hit me, and I wished I had someone who would genuinely look at me the same way.

Not because of a stupid mate bond he was forced to follow.

"Theo...?" Mercy whispered, one hand on her bulging stomach. Her other hand covered her mouth, and she stood there, completely scared, and shell-shocked. Her eyes then flitted to me, as I was sitting on the floor next to Theo, and then flew towards Liana who was standing a couple of feet away from me.

"What are you doing here?" She whispered out.

Out of fear, she took one step back.

She glanced at me - my tear streaked, pale face - and I mouthed, "I'm sorry, Mercy."

After all, it was my fault that all of this had been sprung up on her so suddenly without her knowing. Now, looking at Mercy's face, I couldn't decide if what was happening right now was the right thing or not. She had so many emotions running in her mind, I wished I could comfort her the way I could if we had been in the Werewolf Kingdom. In fact, I could have calmed down the atmosphere of the room.

Right or wrong, this whole scene touched my heart in more than one way. It was something I could never have: pure love, reunion of two lovers, the wonder in the eyes of the man who was seeing his mate pregnant for the first time.

My heart twisted with envy, again.

Mercy's hand was on her pregnant belly, protectively, and she took one step back in fear. It made Theo growl out in resistance, and he immediately stood up and caught Mercy in her place by her waist. His action was swift, and even though he had done it so that Mercy wouldn't run far away, he didn't realise that it had caught her off guard and had scared her.

Mercy being Mercy, she fainted.

We all moved towards her in panic but Theo was faster than us who scooped her in his arms before we all could even blink. His face was pale, and the earlier anger in his features had completely faded away to give way to panic at the sight of an unconscious Mercy. He looked like he would faint if the situation wasn't rectified soon enough.

He looked at me urgently.

"Luna, please tell me where the bedroom is."

"Go straight down the corridor you'll find it." I told him. He was just about to move when I stopped him again, "You can stay with her in there for as long as you want, but don't go touching her without her permission." I warned him, darkly.

He nodded and then walked carefully where he was told to, continuously glancing at his mate who was unconscious in his arms. Even though she stirred restlessly, she still remained close to Theo's chest, curled up towards him.

Once they had disappeared down the corridor, I had sighed in relief. Things were well settled now, and Mercy was going to have to face Theo when she woke up. Personally, I thought it was the best thing to happen at the moment.

Slowly I turned towards Liana and gave her a nervous smile. While I had been quite vocal with wanting for Mercy to clear things out with Theo, Liana had never really put up a suggestion towards the matter. So it had been difficult for me to presume what her stand was, and now after everything happened, I was still unsure if she was in favour of the situation.

She grinned back at me excitedly, and at that moment I knew that she and I had shared the same thoughts. Of course, had Mercy not been pregnant, things would've been completely different.

A figure appearing at the door caught my attention. We all turned our heads towards him, and immediately Adrian and Jaxon were standing right in front of us with a protective stance.

"Vincent?" I asked, confirming if it was the same guy from last night, the one Kia was talking about. If he was, then I had a feeling that Kia was not going to stay here for long.

I got off the floor and both men turned towards me, "You know him?"

Adrian growled even further, "What is he to you?"

I rolled my eyes and that was when Vincent stepped inside further.

"You didn't recognise me, Alpha Adrian?" There was a teasing lilt in Vincent's voice, "You forgot Vincent Wiccan so soon?"

Their eyes widened at his words, and suddenly Adrian chuckled, "I didn't recognize you at all; you were a kid when I last saw you!"

Vincent stood a head taller than me with wide shoulders, thick muscular arms, blonde hair, and green, bewitching eyes. Of course, he had to belong to someone as wonderful and talented as Kia, but it was such a pity that he had no idea what he had been missing for so long.

It was obvious that he looked older to me. And it meant that if Adrian thought of Vincent as a kid, then he perhaps thought of me as a kid, too.

Maybe that was the reason he couldn't love me the way I wanted him to - it wasn't my fault that I was born so late that he had to find someone else to replace me.

"Is that our Luna Prime standing right behind you?" Vincent raised his brow at Liana, who crossed her arms and said, "No."

Right at the same time, Jaxon had muttered, "Yes."

Vincent looked slightly confused, "Well, whatever problems that are going on between the two of you, make sure that you sort them out soon." He let out a pained sigh, "You're lucky that you at least have each other, while I'm wandering around, carrying with me a curse, so that I would never know who's the woman for me."

The words he said hit me hard. It wasn't difficult to realise how it must have been for Kia, to have Vincent standing right in front of her but never being able to tell how she felt for him. Again, how hard it must be for Vincent, to look at every woman and not know who was the one made for him?

"Enough about that. I heard congratulations are in order, Alpha King. The Luna Queen is pregnant!" He beamed and held his hand out to shake Adrian's hand in congratulations.

It felt like a knife stabbing me right in my heart and my gut when Adrian proudly shook ?Vincent's hands. The last string that was holding me together broke and I abruptly stood up, ready to flee and sob my heart out.

Goddess, when did I become such a sensitive bitch?

"I'll get Kia for you. But please let her stay until Mercy wakes up." With that last weak plea, I rushed towards the kitchen where Kia had rushed to when Mercy had fainted.

I didn't know what was happening behind me. All I could hear was Liana saying something along the lines, "I think she's had enough for the last two days. Please, leave her alone." Her voice was surprisingly gentle and polite, with no intentions to piss Adrian off.

"You guys sit right here while I check out on all the girls. You don't mind, do you?"

I didn't get to see or hear the response because I had entered the kitchen by then.

"You look upset," Kia noticed the moment she saw me, but then shook her head and corrected herself, "You have been looking upset for a good amount of time with an obvious reason. Why am I even asking?" She chuckled, nervously.

"It's alright. Actually, I wanted to tell you that Vincent's here for you... I guess. Just make sure you don't go anywhere before you talk to Mercy." I told her.

"Yes, Luna!" She chirped back, "But do I have to leave so early?" She suddenly frowned, "I thought I had asked for more time."

"Are you girls alright?" It was Liana, entering the kitchen with a worried frown on her face. She immediately pulled Kia and I into a hug, and patted our backs, "I almost thought Moon was going to burst out crying at Vincent's question. When you left, Alpha Adrian suddenly thought of how you must have felt and immediately turned towards you when I stopped him." She told me.

"Thank you so much, Liana. I don't know what I would've done without you." I sighed and buried my face in her shoulder. "Are you alright, though?" I asked her back.

"Of course, I am, because Jaxon definitely did not act like a dickhead outside." She had a slightly dreamy look on her face, and I knew she was slowly giving in to him and his efforts. "I'll take Kia outside. Till then, forget what that asshole said."

I chuckled, "Yes, Mom."

She grinned and winked at me, returning to the living room with Kia in tow.

I then headed toward the bedroom in which the four of us had slept last night, realising that I didn't brush my teeth yet. I went into the bathroom, and had just begun brushing my teeth when I looked into the mirror and found a large figure of a hulking man standing right behind me.

"Can we talk, please?"

I looked at myself in the mirror, wondering from which angle did he find me in the state of talking and gossiping with someone. I still had a red, tear streaked face, with dried up tears on my cheeks.

Did I want to talk to him?

No.

But did I have any other option?

Duh. No.

So I just kept brushing and nodded at him. He gathered my hair at the name of my neck, and pushed them aside, and then he leaned in to press a soft kiss in the pulse fluttering beneath the skin.

"I'm sorry." He said.

I just nodded for him to continue.

"I know you're tired of me saying sorry again and again, but you need to know that I mean it everytime I say. I wish I could make things better for both of us, so that I can be with you, and things wouldn't be so complicated-are you even listening to me?"

By this time, I was wiping my mouth clean. At his question, I turned around and nodded, "Yes, I heard what you were saying. Keep going on." I said, as if he just wasn't talking about a serious matter.

He held my shoulders and made me face towards him. He cupped my face, and ran his thumbs along the dried trails of my tears. A frown appeared on his face and he focused on wherever his thumbs went, his frown deepening.

"I made you cry." He stated.

"I had a nightmare." I told him.

"I left you, again, didn't I?" He completely disregarded my answer, "I should have stayed with you longer... But... I needed to tell Theo as soon as possible." He stepped closer to me.

I gave him a small, fake, smile and said, "I know where I come in your list of priorities, and trust me, I'll get used to it. It's my hormones," I gulped, stepping away from him and his frowning face, "And they are making me too sensitive. So... You don't need to explain things to me time and again. I understand."

At the same moment, Liana burst inside the room, "Mercy woke up and she wants us to be there with her."

I threw another smile at Adrian and strode towards Liana, thankful to her because I couldn't hold in the sob longer.

At least now, I got the time to breathe.

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I know this update is very very late and I'm very sorry for that!

The next update will be in the first week of February, and When I will update next, the draft of this story will be completed.

By then, how do you want me to keep thsobspdate schedule.

1.Daily.

2.Alternate Day

3.All in one day.

Love,

M