Chasing the rejected Luna novel Chapter 36

Sophia's POV

"How do you feel now?" I asked the lady in front of me. She gave me a shy smile as she nodded her head. 

For the past hour, while I worked on her, I wasn't able to get a word out of her. But I was doing my best for her. The disease in Alpha Ryven's pack was communicated. But somehow, I wasn't able to be infected with the disease. 

When I asked Alpha Ryven about it, he attributed it to the fact that I was a direct descendant of the moon goddess and was immune to it. 

I still haven't forgotten about what happened the last time I was here. About the way, Alpha Ryven treated me like I was nothing. Maybe it was because of the way I am useful in the pack now that I know I was no longer who I used to be before. 

And that included getting my wolf. One thing I had come to learn about my wolf was that she was a very quiet and observant wolf. I talked with her. Apparently, her name is Athena. A very unique name and she also appears to be filled with wisdom. One she wasn't willing to share with me. 

Hours passed while I worked on different people with the Beta's gaze still on me. I often wondered what my fate in this pack was. Although I was given special treatment by Alpha Ryven which was a stark contrast to what I was given in my former pack, I still didn't feel like I belonged. 

At first, I thought it was because of the looks I got from the people. But I think it has something to do with what Ava said some days ago. 

I had woken up in her room and she spared me no breathing moment to bring back her offer. But this time, she was frantic. I didn't know why. Which led me to think there was more I didn't know about. 

"You should get some rest," the Beta's voice startled me out of my thoughts. I have grown so accustomed to healing the people, that I could do so with my eyes closed 

"Just for a little bit and I will be out of here," I said to him. Somehow, these days I hardly get tired except in the mornings when the sun hasn't come up. And during those times, I felt a little sick. 

"Alpha Ryven said to leave at exactly five o'clock. And that's what the time says now," he pushed on. 

"I know!" I snapped at him. "Just for a little while. And I can take care of myself. Alpha Ryven knows that. And you should also give in to that knowledge," I said annoyed that he was always following Alpha Ryven around like he doesn't have a life of his own. 

After some silence passed between us, I felt bad about the way I spoke to him. I knew nothing about him apart from his name. Didn't he have a family? He looked young but some men his age already had a family of their own. 

"Do you have a family?" I heard myself asking when the silence was becoming unbearable. 

"Yes," he said. But something happened. I could feel his pain. I didn't know how to feel about that. Maybe the work was getting to me and I needed a good sleep and some food. I pushed aside the thought. Or the feeling. 

"How are they?" I asked, feeling like a fool. I was so bad at making conversations, that the air in the room fell a little down at my feeble attempt at making one. 

"They are fine," he said respectfully. I didn't have to look back at him to know he was standing still like a statue with an expressionless face. He was always like that. 

Sometimes I wondered if he was that way with his family too. The thought of family made me remember what Ava had said and my heart lurched in my throat. She couldn't be right. 

As much as I tried to assure myself that she was playing a stupid prank on me, I knew she was dead serious. She would gain nothing from playing a prank on me. And more, she didn't strike me as the kind of person who would play a prank on anyone. 

Which made a stupid little part of me believe she was right. But if she was right, that meant I was in deep trouble. 

It didn't stem from the part where she thought I was pregnant but from what would happen if I was pregnant. And only one word came to mind - Alexander. 

I had sex with him. It was one of those days when you wake up and feel like everything is a dream and go back to being normal. It was a fling. A real one. I could barely remember it because I willed myself not to. 

And that day, he was being like someone different. Someone that only existed in my fantasy. I unconsciously touched my stomach. 

"You need to eat. You'll need the energy to take on more patients later," he said to me thinking I touched my stomach because I was hungry. 

"I'll soon be done," I said, wrapping a bandage across a man's head. This job seemed as if I was born into it. 

And even if I hated to admit it to myself, I love to do it. It gave me a feeling of importance. 

The man thanked me and left and I was done for the day. I looked at my feet as they throbbed under me. I had been sitting in the same position for hours without standing up. 

And if I really was pregnant, I needed to take care of my health and my baby. I couldn't do that without having any money. I wondered if Alpha Ryven planned to pay me for the job I was rendering.