Chapter 3 Lost Hope

ASTORIA EILISH POV

Rumor as we all knew spread like wildfire, if not faster. It was the talk of the town for a very long period of time that the Alpha king was cursed by a witch who hated him for looking down on her, her curse was he would never find his mate and even if he did, he would never feel the bond.

Alpha Calix stared at me knowing fully that there was no way I wouldn't be aware of this rumor, but was it truly not a rumor?

"Is the curse..."

He suddenly bursted into laughter which put me in a confused position. "Curse? Do you think I was cursed?" He cackled loudly. "I don't blame you, with the brain of an omega, you would only believe in stupid stories."

"This has nothing to do with my rank, I can help you."

"No, this has everything to do with your rank, you can help me? Who the bloody hell do you think you are? Mated to me?" He said with a chuckle. "Attraction can do stupid things to the mind."

"This is not attraction, I know what I felt." I climbed down from the bed with the blanket around me.

"No, the moon goddess could never make an omega a mate to a powerful alpha king, you are nothing but a breeder whom I can never love nor spend the rest of my life with, bare me son and get lost... That's why you're here." He frowned. "Her? My mate?" He chuckled as he walked out of my chamber.

As much as he tried to hurt me with his words, I only felt hurt for him and swore to make him feel the bond no matter what...

For the past few days, we had had sexual intercourse almost every night and he'd send a physician to check me once in two weeks.

As always, he had shunned me whenever I tried to talk about our bond and locked me out of his mind but I would never give up on him.

"My lady," the female physician smiled at me. "Congratulations." She expressed with a chuckle. "You are with a baby."

I felt engulfed by joy as I heard her words. "I am?" I asked just to be sure, tears already welling up in my eyes.

She nodded and I bursted into tears of joy, oh how happy alpha Calix would be to hear the news.

"There is no telling what the sex of the child will be until after delivery but I will come around as the baby grows to make sure he or she is healthy." She assured.

"Thank you!" I beamed at her. "Can you not tell him about this? I wish to do so myself."

"Of course my Lady." She smiled. "Take this herb, it will make you very weak but it is only because you need to rest and make sure you eat before it gets dark or your system will be too weak." She handed me a bowl of green liquid.

I excitedly gulped it down, the bitter taste lingering in my mouth.

Immediately she left, I rushed out to find Alpha Calix and he was in his chamber, the door was slightly opened. As I got to the entrance with a big smile on my face, I froze as I heard his voice.

"That girl, Astoria or whatever she is called, has quite some nerves to think I could ever fall for her, she is a fool actually, with no one to love her."

"But my king, don't you love her?" His King's guard questioned.

"Me?" He chuckled. "She is nothing but a tool to me, I have made it clear to her that once she bears me a son, I will send her back to her home. All I need is an heir from her, after all my efforts, stooping so low to sleep with the likes of her, she still doesn't get pregnant."

"I guess we have to be patient, your wolf already told you to be."

"I can't stand her anymore, she is just a useless omega with no hope in life so she believes that lying to me to be her mate would make me want to keep her. What a dumb creature she is."

I felt anger course through my veins as he kept talking about how useless I was to him and how he would discard me once I bore him a son. I was such a fool to believe he would ever love me. No wonder he got cursed.

I laid my hand on my unborn child, what would be the fate of this child if he were to grow up with a man like that? I wasn't going to let that happen.

The pain I felt was like I was being pricked all over and it hurt like crazy, why did his words have so much effect on me? Was it because I at least hoped he would love me?

"Come on now, let's get going."

As I heard his words, I instantly hid myself and he walked away, not even a hint of a single guilt in his eyes after everything he said about me. He was truly a monster.

As the evening sun was setting, I decided to change the fate of my unborn child and I by abandoning the castle and Alpha Calix, he wouldn't care less since he didn't know I was with his child.

The guards would leave their station to have a meal, the only one for the day so none of them would miss it, it was my golden opportunity and I didn't waste it.

Slipping through the gates unseen, I began running, I had told myself, I would start a new life. I had stolen quite an amount of golden coins from the alpha king but he wouldn't even notice it.

I raced for the woods, sweat trickling down my neck as my breath fell short. I didn't know if I was being chased so I kept looking back continuously just to be sure. Darting deeper into the dark woods, the clouds had been taken over by the dark night sky and my vision was shortened.

I was starting to get dizzy, I didn't eat, I couldn't, the herb was starting to take effect. I fell to my knees, weak, unable to keep going.

The loud neighing of a horse forced me to raise my head, I felt my heart seize as a mighty horse raised for me and I couldn't move. That was the last thing I saw before my vision faded completely and I fell unconscious.