I ate my breakfast peacefully, my hand tightly curled around a bright yellow mug as I took a sip of the orange juice that seemed tasteless to me and gulped it down.

The sound of the Omega's whispering behind me, made the hairs on the back of my neck rise but it didn't anger me - I could only focus on last night.

I inhaled shakily as I felt a sudden pressure on my lower stomach, my hand protectively flew over my flat stomach and gently rubbed it, but I couldn't even look down to check if I was alright.

"Are you done, Princess?" One of the Omega's kindly asked, but I could sense the force she used to let out the words; her sweetness was just as fake as her personality.

"Um, yes I am." I replied in a whisper, not even bothering to look at her as she nodded and took my empty plate away - my hand still curled tightly around my mug which was now flat on the table.

I heard light, clacking footsteps as someone entered the kitchen - without Lia, I couldn't really figure out who it was unless I turned around to see for myself.

My shoulders hunched in disappointment as I remembered the loss of my wolf, my stomach dropping.

"Give me two plates filled with berries and eggs on a nice platter, right away!" The annoying sound of Lexie's high-pitched voice rang in my ears, I fisted my hands over the wooden table.

"Oh, look who it is, the little Princess whose Rank only matters around mommy and daddy." She suddenly stated making me growl lowly while turning my head to the side - looking at her from the corner of my eyes.

"I would watch my mouth if I were you Lexie, wouldn't want a replay of what happened the last time you used that smart mouth of yours." I said harshly, standing up from my chair and swiftly turning around to face her - she held a tight smile and an even tighter, ginger bun.

"Well, someone grew a backbone recently." She remarked with a smooth roll of her eyes, I inhaled shakily; trying to ease my growing annoyance and anger, she noticed and let out a breathy sigh with an pleased smile.

The Omega's silently worked in the kitchen area while we glared at each other, hoping one of us looked away and submitted - until a gust of air suddenly hit me and sent my scent her way, she slowly inhaled the air and growled in disgust; her eyes extremely wide and feral.

"What is my Mate's scent doing on you?!" She asked angrily, her cheeks crimson and her hands fisted tightly; I gnawed on my bottom lip nervously, placing my hand over my hip as some sort of instinct for motherly protection - but I knew I needed to hide the fact that I could be pregnant.

"He is my Mate, Lexie and I could have my Mate's scent on me whenever I want." I felt disgusting while saying this and I felt a shiver crawl down my spine making me subconsciously shudder, because the thought of willingly being with Dustin was utterly ridiculous to me.

She huffed out angrily and stomped her foot, sending an impatient glare at the Omega's who were fixing up what she wanted and innocently trying to eavesdrop on our conversation.

"No! No you can't! He loves me, he told me so this morning! He wants me and you're nobody! All you can be right now is his lifeline - literally, because he needs you to stay alive, so that he could too! And anyway, whats that saying? 'there's strength in numbers', well Celine, you are that strength for him - well, more like your bond and other then that, you genuinely mean absolutely nothing to him." She protested strongly, her words were meant to mock me but the fact that they were realistic made my blood boil - she noticed and chuckled dryly before scoffing.

"You will do what I say right now Lexie and stay here! I will take the platter that carries the food you wanted to Dustin's room for you - it's time my Mate and I had a little talk." I ordered lowly, exhaling deeply to try to calm myself down - I could sense the upcoming mood swings that were about to hit and I needed them to stay perfectly hidden.

"What? No!" She yelled out whiningly, I chuckled while stepping closer towards her; my eyes morphing into a glare to show her that I wasn't playing around right now.

"Be a good little pup Lexie before I get you thrown into a dungeon or better yet made an example of, remember who I am because my Rank actually doesn't only matter around my mommy and daddy - it matters everywhere." I reminded with a raised brow, my eyes glued onto hers as she evidently debated on acting out or actually being civil enough to not get herself killed by me.

"Good girl." I whispered before turning around to face the sneaky Omega's who were full on watching Lexie and I's encounter, I growled at them and they all flinched and turned around quickly.

"H-here you are Luna." One of the Omega's said while bowing her head and handing me the platter that held the food Lexie previously asked for; I smiled grimly while clenching my jaw and swiftly turned around, I sent Lexie a glare who watched me hopelessly before I slowly walked out of the kitchen with my hands tightly clenched around the ends of the metal platter.

I walked past some people and sent them small smiles, they all greeted me back with a nod of their heads - a bow to be exact because I noticed how they all sensed a powerful aura radiate off of me.

"Princess." They all said at once making me freeze in shock, my eyes wide and my knuckles white from how tightly I held the ends of the platter - they all smiled happily my way, a group of others sent disgusted looks but I shrugged them off as I continued walking.

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Once I reached Dustin's office, I inhaled deeply; the memory of when I last came here sent shivers down my spine, I couldn't help but remember finding that chained up man here as well.

What happened to him? I shrugged that thought away as I slowly reached for the knob and opened the door. It creaked open ominously and the hairs on the back of my neck rose.

I sighed when I noticed that the office was completely empty, meaning he must be in his room - I shut the door and walked away, inhaling the air and trying to find his alluring scent.

Once I managed to greedily intake his scent, using whatever heightened sense was left from the loss of Lia - I was able to track down his room, which was located at the end of the hall, with nothing in sight; no picture and no house decor.

Once I stood in front of his door, I stretched out my hand without bothering to knock and slowly opened the door, my heart was beating loudly in my ears and roughly against my chest.

"Who is it?!" Dustin angrily asked, his deep, dull voice made me jump before closing the door behind me, once I was inside I realized that the light was off, and all that was evident was his bed because of the sunlight that shone on it from the slightly open window which also caused a soft breeze to drift against the walls.

"What do you want?" He asked, but this time there was no anger or disgust in his voice, there was defeat and something else, which made my forearms tremble - I gnawed on my bottom lip before walking closer towards the bed.

"I-I came to bring you breakfast." I stated hesitantly, my wobbly knees made it harder to walk closer to him and the scent that I inhaled made my heartbeat faster - his natural scent mixed with a feminine one; with my own.

"I don't need you to bring me anything." He protested, I heard his bed creak as I neared him and the light from the open window suddenly shined brighter once I stood beside him; he sat on the edge of the bed, over the silky crimson colored sheets with his head in his hands and his hair a dark mess angled forwards.

I slowly placed the platter beside him, he didn't move to see what I was doing; he only let out an annoyed huff, making me shrink back quickly.

"Can we talk, Dustin? Please." I asked softly, twiddling with my fingers nervously while watching him with a scrunched up face.

"It's Alpha to you." He corrected hoarsely, I gulped and my eyes widened, a feeling of disappointment made my face fall as I gazed at him in despair. But, did I think this was different? Just because of what we did last night.

"Okay, Alpha can we please talk?" I repeated with the correction he made, the name call made my heart fall - we took two steps forward and ten back, back to the beginning.

He suddenly growled and peeled his hands away from his head, snapping his head upwards so his feral blue eyes could look into my own and scare me away, they almost did but I held my ground - my hands shaking because they wanted to go around my stomach and protect what could be our possible future.

"No we can't talk! Get out of my room Celine, before I forcefully make you!" He yelled out angrily, but like before I held my ground and this time watched him through my glossy eyes - my bottom lip trembled making me drag my upper teeth over it slowly.

"Please, please I need to talk to you and if you won't talk to me, at least eat." I tried to reason, because maybe eating would make him change his mind; it was an odd way of thinking, but what did I have to lose?

He growled angrily and his nostrils flared, as if he had enough of me begging him to talk or enough of me just being in his room, in front of him.

"Whatever you bring to me, is considered poisonous, just like you - I don't want it! And get out!" He ordered angrily, making me flinch and the second I tried to speak he swiftly threw the platter off of the bed making me scream and quickly move to the side, so the plates won't hit me.

I placed my hand directly over my mouth to prevent a sob as the metal platter roughly banged against the ground and the plates broke into a million of tiny pieces - my heart was in my stomach once the room fell into silence, because this exact moment reminded me of when I was captured by Xavier.

Tears slowly trailed down my face as I thought about the future that the child that I'm probably carrying will have. Will Dustin alway be like this? Will this child live knowing that his or her father is a monster? How will I live knowing that I created a child with a monster?

Doesn't matter, because the sudden memory of what the Moon Goddess had previously told me replayed in my mind making a quiet sob escape my lips.

"W-why?" I asked in a whisper, while turning my whole body to the side to look at him - the monster now stood on his two feet, in his towering figure and with a hardened face; blank of any humanlike emotion. The continuous hatred he managed to show made me realize that once again this bond was hopeless.

"Why? Why do you even ask? I told you to get out, that I do not need you here bringing me anything! Yet you're always here! All the time! You never leave Celine! I need you to leave! Or else what happened yesterday, will happen again and this time, I won't hesitate to actually kill you." He stated in his deep, angry voice that I've grown all too familiar with; I let out a dry chuckle at his words.

"And yet I was the idiot who believed what you said last night. I was the idiot who believed you when you said that you didn't want to kill me." I whispered out while shaking my head and wiping away at the tears that continued to fall out of my eyes rapidly and pathetically. He chuckled as if my pain once again brought him some kind of sadistic satisfaction.

"Yes Celine, you were and still are that idiot." He claimed with a malicious smirk on his face, I nodded my head in defeat and placed a hand delicately over my flat stomach before glancing at him once more then quickly running out of his room - slamming the door roughly behind me and jumping at the loud sound.

My heart echoed in my ears and I could feel the bile that rose in my throat, but I could only focus on the tears that rolled down to my neck and into my shirt; my hands tightly pressed against my stomach.

This bond needs to be broken, it needs to be...