NovelEnglishGoddess’s Design His Fated Mate by Pooja
Goddess's Design His Fated Mate by Pooja Chapter 1
Betrayal
Willow
“It can’t be my baby!” Reuben tossed the pregnancy report onto the bed where I
sat, my eyes wide with shock.
“What do you mean?” I stammered, my voice hardly escaping my throat. My
heart sank as I watched him deny his own fiesh and blood.
“I returned from the pack after two months, and now you’re tellingyou’re
pregnant? Does that even make sense?” Reuben’s growl was filled with
frustration. My mind went blank as I stared at my soulmate. I had anticipated
his return with excitement, expecting him to embraceand share in the joy of
our first child. I had imagined he would be overjoyed to know that he was going
to be a father. However, I never expected Reuben to react with such rage to the
news of my pregnancy, indirectly accusingof infidelity and rejecting his own
child.
“It’s our baby, Reuben,” my voice shook, “Have you forgotten that you showed
up in my room two months ago when you were in a rut? We made love the
whole night without protection.” I tried my best to remind him of that night,
desperately seeking Reuben’s soft, love-filled eyes, but all I got in return was
sternness and growing bitterness.
“So you’re using my rut as an excuse?” he growled. “I was in rut, but you were in
your senses, right? If I hadn’t used a condom, you could have used the morning-
after pill or birth control to prevent this from happening. Or at the very least,
you could have toldabout our mistake that night.”
“A mistake?” My heart shattered into tiny pieces at Reuben’s heartless comment.
Every moment I had shared with him that night was precious to me, but he
reduced them to a mere mistake. I bit my l*p and continued, “When I woke up
that morning, you were already gone to the neighboring pack to deal with rogue
matters, and our pack was in lockdown. I couldn’t leave the territory in these
two months. If an unmarried she-wolf had gone to the pack doctor for birth
control or the morning-after pill, the news would have spread to every pack
member within minutes. Do you think I was ecstatic when I found out I was
pregnant?” I choked on my own words due to sadness.
Getting up from the bed, I took slow steps closer to Reuben, who did not tear
his eyes away from me. “I was scared, Reuben… I was so scared. If someone
asked who the father of the baby was, what was I supposed to answer? But I
love our child more than anything else because this baby is a sign of our love.” I
smiled weakly, placing Reuben’s hand on my belly.
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However, I didn’t realize that my actions had somehow triggered Reuben even
more.
“Sign of our love?” He pulled his hand back with an angry growl that startled
me. I looked at him with a pale face. He had never acted violently towards me
before, but today… he was different. “This child would expose our mate bond to
the pack members, Willow! They will find out I’m mated to you, an Omega,” he
grabbed my arms and pulledcloser to himself, “Was I not clear when I told
you that we have to keep our mate bond a secret until I take over my father’s
Alpha position?”
Reuben Emerald was the son of the Alpha of Emerald Bright pack and I was
Omega, lowest in the pack. Moon goddess matedto an Alpha, my secret
crush was already surprising for me. Reuben and I were like sky and ground
from the beginning.
My eyes watered up slightly, but I blinked away the tears to control my emotions
as I spoke, “I know… but it just happened…”
“Don’t giveexcuses!” he gritted his teeth, releasing my arms angrily. “I can’t
believe you’re using this baby to manipulateinto marrying you, Willow.”
Reuben clenched his fist, his eyes now filled with a hatred forI had never
seen before.
“Trick you with the baby for marriage?” I couldn’t believe my ears. He accused
gain power and status. “I can’t believe you think so little of me, Reuben,” my
emotions finally broke through. “For the sake of our love and mate bond, I
patiently waited for a year for you. We mated on the day we recognized each
other as mates, but I never asked you to markor reveal our mate bond. I did
everything as you wanted. Now, as the moon goddess has blessed us with a
baby, shouldn’t we accept it?”
My voice echoed in the room as he looked atwith tear-filled eyes.
“Blessing? You already decided it’s a blessing, but did you ever think about me?
Did you consider whether I want a baby or not?” He and his wolf spoke in
unison. I froze in my spot in surprise. Somehow, I felt myself growing distant
from him. It was as if the Reuben I knew had disappeared, as if he had become
someone else. This feeling was frightening for me.
“Reuben, don’t talk like that. Of course, I care about you,” my voice was like a
whisper as I stepped closer to him, but his stern glares tookaback.
“Nonsense,” he growled, turning on his heels to leave. His cold demeanor
alarmed me. He was walking away. The distance between us seemed to be
growing larger, to the point where I could no longer see the love I had once seen
in his eyes.
“Reuben, wait! Don’t go,” I ran after him and held his hand tightly. I couldn’t bear
to lose him. My voice shook, barely audible. “Let’s take a break and deal with
the situation together, okay?” I forced a smile to hide the pain and fear that was
rising in my heart. Reuben had never walked out on our conversations before,
and it scared me.
“Together?!” Reuben snapped, pulling his hand out of my grasp. “I’m thrilled you
even know the meaning of ‘together’ when you decide to becpregnant
without my knowledge,” he accused.
“Reuben…” I couldn’t hold back the tears and broke into sobs. How could he say
such things? Why couldn’t he see that I was also in pain? I could no longer see
warmth and care in his eyes. The happiness I had stored in my heart and
planned to share with him seemed to have vanished. “Please…” I moved closer
to him until our bodies touched. “Please, don’t do this to me. Let’s talk, okay?” I
cupped his face with my cold, trembling hands.
“There’s nothing left to talk about, Willow,” Reuben pulled his face out of my
hands. “I don’t want to see you,” his face showed no emotion as he mercilessly
crushed my heart with his cruel words.
“What?” I bit my l*ps, tears streaming down my cheeks. He did not want to see
me? He hatedthat much? As he turned to leave again, I cried, “Reuben,
please, no…” I tried to follow him.
“Don’t follow me!” he growled in warning and stormed out of the house.
I stood in the middle of the living room, a crying mess. My sobs were covered by
the sound of pack members eagerly shifting into their wolves and heading into
the woods to play and hunt. It was a full moon night, and the whole pack was
waiting for the moon goddess to rise full and bright in the dark sky and bless
them.
I gazed at the wide window where the full moon shone brightly. I touched my
belly. I couldn’t give up. My baby was also a blessing from the moon goddess,
and there was no way it could be unwanted. Wiping my tears away, I left the
house to catch up with Reuben.
He was my soulmate, my lover, my everything. I knew he was angry, but I
believed that once we talked, he would understandand our situation. No
matter how upset he was, he couldn’t ignore his child. He couldn’t ignore the
emotions and feelings of a father. I put on a smile and left my courtyard,
“Willow, where are you going?” My best friend Ella meton the way. She was
heading to join others.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“I’m going to see Alpha Reuben,” I began, but she cutoff.
“Wait, are you also going to visit Alpha Reuben’s fiancée?” She smiled. “She is
really beautiful! No wonder, Alpha fell for her at first sight,” she giggled as she
gossiped.
My face turned pale. “Fiancée?”
Ella nodded, “Yes, Alpha Reuben brought her with him. Didn’t you know…”
“Ella, con! The moon is about to rise. Let’s go into the woods!” She was
about to say more when someone called her name.
“Coming!” she shouted back, shifted into her wolf, and hurried away.
I stood there, frozen in shock. “Reuben… fiancée?” I gasped for air as I found it
difficult to breathe. I had never paid much attention to the rumors about
Reuben’s arranged marriage with the Alpha’s daughter that had been circulating
in the pack for months. I had dismissed it as just another rumor, but it had
turned out to be true. Reuben was… marrying someone else.
I fell to my knees on the ground, tears streaming down my face. From the
beginning, I was well aware that an Omega and an Alpha were impossible
together, but I had held a glimmer of hope in my heart that one day Reuben and
I could be together. I had hoped that all the patience and penance I had shown
towards our mate bond would eventually bear fruit. But now, all my hopes and
dreams were crushed by Reuben’s hatred towards our baby. The child that was
supposed to bring a new beginning to our lives had becthe end of our
mate bond. Reuben had chosen another woman over me. He betrayed me.
Betrayed our mate bond.
I stayed in that sposition for hours, listening to the howls of the pack
members as the moon shone brightly in the sky. I waited, desperately hoping for
Reuben’s return, but he never came. I was abandoned and indirectly rejected.
I clenched my chest, my wolf cried in pain in my head. Now, in my pregnant
state, I had neither a soulmate nor a pack.
Heartbroken, I returned to my house, packed my belongings, and left the pack
forever.
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