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I decided to live with my mom after I was discharged from the hospital.
Just when we had arrived at the house, I was hit with a strong pungent smell. The twins sensing something was wrong started crying.
“Serena, just stay in there darling.” My mother urged with her face pale.
“Mom, what’s the matter?” I stepped out of the car with the twins tightly wrapped in
my arm.
My blood ran cold when I saw a mauled deer with his organs mutilated lying on the front porch.
My first thought was to dismiss it with an animal hunting but the cruel and monstrous way in which the deed was done was clearly someone threatening our entire family.
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Along with the rotting corpse there was a short noted stuck on the front door.
I took a shaky breath, my body quivering with anger and trepidation creeping in my heart for my newborn sons.
I fought a strong urge to vomit in the awful stench as I took my children away from the site, calming them down before calling Alexander who picked up on the very first. ring.
“Come at my mom’s home.” I hung up and he arrived quickly, elated that I approached him, still hopeful that we would be back together.
“Baby, have you forgiven me?” he wanted to speak more yet his smile turned to a deep scowl when he saw my ashen face and trebling body as I clutched my children terribly close like I was protecting them.
“What happened? Are you alright?” I let Mom carry the twins while I guided my ex- husband to the front porch.
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His eyes widened as he gritted his teeth in anger.
“WHO?!” His wolf surfaced as he growled
angrily only for me to shake my head at him in disappointment.
“It’s your mistress who else!”
Finally, I found some peace. But that
peace
was interrupted one day when I received a package.
“Tiffany did all this? Serena she cannot-” I raised my palm stooping Alexander.
“Alpha Alexander, I can care less if you believe me or not, but this is my last warning to you.” My eyes flickered to golden as I bared my teeth to my ex- husband who was taken aback by my raged wolf surfacing.
I can suffer all the pain in the world but if my children are threatened like this again, the next corpse you will find will be of your mistress!”
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“No, Serena, baby calm down.” I smiled at my mate of five years and looked him dead in the eye.
“I, Serena Stone, reject Alpha Alexander Newman as my mate and husband. Your presence only disgusts me!”
The rejection hit both of our bodies with excruciating pain, fire burned my heart and the overwhelming sadness could not be deciphered, Alexander went on his knees gasping for breath with tears trailing his eyes.
“Rejection…no..no.
Serena there is no going back on rejection, oh lord.”
My body quivered but I answered firmly “You chose this so sign the divorce papers.
and send it to me tomorrow.”
I glanced at the man I once loved beyond words could decipher, his devastated stature as he stared at our children and me
was heart wrenching, yet I could never
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forget how he betrayed me.
The marriage I once cherished was now nothing but ruins.
I could have never loved Alexander but for
the sake of my children’s future the chances of reconciliation were always
there but now I would be forever thankful to Tiffany because of whom everything was so destroyed that there were no chances of mending.
The next day the divorce papers arrived. and my fingers trembled when our past. memories floated like a beautiful dream in my head. Alexander’s presence made me warm and mushy.
The property division had been amended with my dowry mansion and the watch separately included reminded me of what we have become.
We were so in love and when I gazed at the papers, tears dribbled down my eyes.
With a firm heart I forced myself to sign
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the papers.
The days that followed were finally peaceful. My mom took care of me whenever I cried, overwhelmed by my situation.
On the first day of snow when I sat on the window lost in my thoughts, my first child babbled his first incoherent words with a smile so beautiful that it took all my worries away.
I named him Gabriel after the archangel Gabriel.
My second son was named Troy.
Gabriel Stone and Troy Stone.
I hoped to raise them to be a much better person than their father.
“Mom, do you like it?”
My eyes lit up as I shared the name with
Mom.
“Yes Serena, my brave daughter, your
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father would have been proud of you all.”
All these days while my mother was taking care of me, I had completely forgotten how close her and Alexander’s bond used to be after my father passed away.
Alexander’s mother died during childbirth. thus when he met my mom he treated her very sincerely and my mom reciprocated. It was only after I miscarried that mom became wary of him.
In this crisis not only have I lost my husband but my mother too had lost a close friend that she trusted.
Trying to comfort her, I spoke softly,
“Mom, when Dad had dementia, do you remember how he used to forget all about. us but surprisingly whenever he saw you, he used to act all shy, and after some days he used to propose to you.
For dad no matter how many choices he had, he always chose you.
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But for Alexander, it’s not the same. From now on I will not keep thinking of what could have happened when it has already passed.
I will live well with you and my children.
I continued, “I used to believe Alexander was honest and loved me, but that was only because he never had the chance to cheat. Once he became successful, it was inevitable. At least I found out now, while my children are still too young to
understand, rather than later.”
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