Eero's perspective
When a child loses their mother, in the blink of an eye, the world becomes a strange place in their eyes, but if it's a mother who loses her child, not only does it become a strange place, but for them, the world will stop completely.
Cielo sighed, holding a tray in her hand, while the one that she served me for lunch remained untouched by me. I knew that she was getting déjà vu.
“You were like this when you first got here. You don't talk to anyone, and you never eat your food.”
Claudius walked in. It felt like seeing him for the first time after we had buried our firstborn pup.
“Leave us alone, Cielo,” he said. Not only did Claudius grow cold and distant towards me. He was doing the same thing to Cielo.
“Alpha Claudius…"
“Do you want me to banish you from my pack, or you'll do just as I say? Have you forgotten, you were at fault too? If you didn't fall asleep. Perseus wouldn't be taken away and killed!” He hissed at Cielo.
I looked at her and nodded my head, stating that she could leave me with Claudius.
“You should stop dragging Cielo with what happened to us. None of us wanted for that thing to happen.”
Claudius smirked at me. He took a threatening step and I gasped as he roughly clutched my jaws.
“But it could have been prevented if only the two of you used your brain, Eero. You knew that you were in an unfamiliar place. You could have asked her to stay awake and look after our son.”
“I already told you that Vera used a potion to put us in deep sleep.”
“I know that doesn't take away the pack that she was able to sprinkle those potions around the two of you because you were already sleeping—”
“I was tired! I just gave birth. I needed that rest. We went through so much that day. We were abducted.” Claudius gripped my jaw even more.
“I already stopped you from coming to that part of the town, but you insisted. If you stayed in this fucking house like I first asked you, none of this would have happened, Eero!” He growled angrily before he let go of me.
He was right. I never wanted all of this to happen, but because I was stubborn, and I never listened to him anymore, these happened. It was my fault.
“What are you going to do?” Claudius had ripped his shirt and pulled off his jeans.
“What do you think? My first heir died because of you and I still need one, so I need to fuck you until I got you pregnant again.”
Tears formed around my eyes.
“I don't feel like doing it at now, Claudius. I just lost my first pup. If this was painful for you, imagine how hard this is for me—” I shrieked in fear as Claudius pressed me down the bed and choked me.
What he did alerted my wound and it already wanted to take over my body and defend me, but I didn't allow it.
“Outside of this room, you are still the Luna of the Blood Moon Pack, my second chance mate, but in my eyes and in this room, you're back to being my worthless breeder, my whore and if I want to fuck you, you will let me. You have no right to say no,” he said in between gritted teeth, before he pulled me towards the edge of the bed, forcing me to open up my legs after he stripped my clothes.
“Claudius, no… please don't do this to me!” I begged, but he was deaf to all my pleas.
He continued to heartlessly ravish my chest, biting and sucking my nipple with lust and anger, that it started to bleed.
He wasn't touching me like he used to. His touches made me feel how angry he was with me and that he had lost all his affection.
“Moan, Eero! Moan my fucking name!” Claudius demanded as he continued to thrust, pinching my clit and harshly slapping the side of my boob while he pumped in and out.
I closed my eyes. I would rather not see how beastly his eyes looked while he fucked me.
I felt the pleasure. My body was reacting to his cock, and to the way his tongue teased my skin, but I disliked it, for this was against my will and he was violating me.
Claudius forced me to have sex with him every night, and he didn't mind whether I was begging for him to stop, or I was sobbing secretly. He continued to devour me until he was sated and until all his semen was filling me to the brim.
***
“You're still so good at this,” he complimented me after he pushed me off him.
Claudius got up and dressed himself, leaving me naked in bed like usual.
“You better dress yourself up. Our ship will reach the port any minute from now,” he said to me before he turned his back.
Claudius decided for us to finally set foot on the howling island. He said that he could no longer waste more time waiting for me to get pregnant again and give birth to another heir, so we finally sailed our way to Regulus, this island that was owned by Luzeres Cormac, his father.
A woman who was about Claudius' age awaited us at the port.
I was sure that it was their first time meeting, but the way she looked at Claudius, and he looked back at her felt like they had known each other for years.
“Who is that woman, Cielo?” He asked.
Cielo squinted, and then her lips opened a bit.
“I think she is Adeline Morrell. She was the daughter of Luzeres' dear friend, Ivo Morrell.”
“So, this Ivo is still alive?”
“I am not sure, Alpha.”
“Why are you showing interest in the woman?” I found myself asking. Claudius came here to get the realm and the Regulus pack back, but it felt like he had forgotten about it upon seeing the woman.
“You're smart, Eero. I bet you know the answer.” I closed my eyes.
“S-She was your true mate?”
“Surprising, isn't it? I'll find my true mate while our relationship is rocky and unstable.”
Claudius lifted my chin.
“If our son didn't die because of you, I'd ignore and reject my true mate right away, but you know that I loathe you now, right?” Claudius playfully flicked the tip of my nose.
“I think I won't be sleeping with you for a few nights. Don't worry, you'll remain my Luna, even if I choose to keep my true mate. Just so I'd have options whenever I get sick of fucking you since it literally feels like I am fucking a corpse. I am sure that this setup wouldn't be unfair to you anymore, right?” He whispered, and I watched him make his way toward the she-wolf that he was first fated to be with.