After discovering that she’s pregnant, Luna Deandra of the Dagger Pack throws her husband a surprise party to break the news to him but instead of the happy ending she had been expecting, she gets her heart broken when she receives evidence of husband’s infidelity with his childhood friend.

Heartbroken, Deandra drinks herself to sleep after crying and wakes up the next morning worried about her child’s life. On her way back from the hospital, she runs into a mystery man who saves her from a public confrontation with Daniel, her husband and his childhood friend, Hope.

He proposes a possible alliance and promises to help her get back at Daniel and Hope for the betrayal. But Deandra doesn’t know him and is worried about his intentions. However, after facing further humiliation from Daniel’s family and Hope, who is also pregnant with his child, she makes up her mind and aligns herself with the mystery man who turns out to be Daniel’s estranged half-brother, Ryder.

Years later, Deandra is now a mother to three children and is married to Ryder, who is now Alpha of the Stone Pack. She is back and ready to get her revenge on Daniel and Hope and Ryder is more than happy to help her as well as get his own pound of flesh.

But will Daniel simply accept defeat or will he fight to get Deandra back? And what will happen to the Alpha title of the Dagger pack? Who will become the Alpha int the end?

Deandra’s POV

“Congratulations, Luna, you’re pregnant,”

I blinked a few times after that announcement and took a few deep breaths but nothing could quell the rush of emotions inside of me at that statement.

Who would believe it?

I had been feeling pretty sick for weeks now and if Daniel hadn’t pushed me to do this, I probably wouldn’t be here right now, receiving the best news in my life. For three years since I had been married to Daniel, Alpha of the Dagger pack, he and I haven’t had a child in all those years.

It wasn’t as if we never tried, it was just that we never could have them. Daniel always joked that maybe it wasn’t our time but secretly I could see that he wanted a child just as much as I wanted one.

“Luna, is everything alright?” The head doctor at the pack clinic asked to pull me out from my reverie and I shook my head in the negative.

“I’m fine,” I assured her. I was more than fine, I was happy. This news meant so many things and the point at the top of the list was that I wasn’t barren and could actually have children. It also meant things between Daniel and I could get better than before and we could become a real family.

Before it was just two of us but now, we’d have a mini version of us running around and hopefully before long, we would have another.

“Just make sure you get lots of rest. I can’t over emphasize how important that is right now,” The doctor continued and I was forced to keep my mind still and my thoughts centered on the present moment.

“You have to be careful about what you eat, your diet matters, now more than ever. Whatever you eat, drink, whatever goes into your body now affects your child more than anything so you need to watch out. No alcohol, minimize the coffee…”

As she made a list of pregnancy dos and don’ts, I zoned out again but this time I was seeing what my future with Daniel would be like; a child of our own with us celebrating birthdays, major milestones. It was such a happy moment.

“That would be all,” The doctor summarized just as I came back to the present again. She smiled as she saw the look on my face. “Don’t worry, you’ll love every moment of this experience. Remember not everyday would be fun and heavenly but I promise you it will all be worth it when you hold your baby in your arms.”

I nodded and rose from my chair trying to catch up with her as she made her way to the door. I didn’t doubt that the pregnancy would be challenging but I also knew that I would cherish every minute of it.

“Please send the Alpha my congratulations.” She told me as she waved me goodbye at the car pack a few minutes later. I nodded and started the engine of the car, riding back to the pack house with so much joy and gladness in my heart.

When I arrived back at the packhouse, my personal maid and closest friend, Layla received me at the door. Seeing her brought back all the emotions I had been keeping at bay and I hugged her, shocking and startling her.

“Oh my, what happened? Are you okay?”

I chuckled and pulled back, brushing back tears so I wouldn’t alarm her. “I am fine Layla and I just had the most wonderful idea.”

Somehow, I had picked Daniel’s birthday as the day I got the news of my pregnancy, life couldn’t get more exciting than that so what better way to break the news to him than to throw him a birthday party?

Layla agreed with me and immediately we got to planning. It wasn’t easy since it had been a spur of the moment decision but when I put my mind to something, I always saw it through. Once I had finished decorating his office which I chose as a last-minute venue, I invited some of his friends and got to work on preparing all the food for the party.

Layla insisted on doing it but I was too excited to let her do it. I asked her to arrange for a small birthday cake instead, one that was shaped in form of a baby. My request seemed odd to her but she followed through and did as I had asked. I wanted so badly to scream my news from the top of the highest building but I wanted Daniel to be the first one to know.

Perhaps my baby cake would be a dead giveaway of the surprise but at least he’d be the best to hear the actual thing from me.

***

The party had started half an hour ago but Daniel was still nowhere to be found. I had called and sent him tons of texts but I got no answer back. I was sure they delivered though because of the double tick on each message which made me wonder why he was ignoring me.

Had he gotten so tired of waiting for me that he just moved on without telling me? As soon as the thought popped into my head, I pushed it back out not wanting to harbor negative thoughts on such a happy day. Today all my dreams of being a mother have finally come true, so what more could I ask for?

“Relax Andra, he’ll be here soon.”

I looked up as his best friend and one of my close friends, Elliot walked up to me and handed me a glass of wine. I started to shake my head to reject the glass when I realized no one except me knew about the baby and then I collected it. big mistake because I wasn’t supposed to be drinking because of the baby.

I collected it for show in the beginning but after holding it for a while as I waited for my husband to call me or show up to his own surprise party, I took sips from the glass.

“You have a new message,” Layla told me, handing me my phone back. She had seized it when she noticed I had been fussing over it as a mother would do over her child as I waited for Daniel to text me back.

“It must be him,” she assured me and I nodded, unlocking my phone, my heart filled with hope.

I wished I hadn’t opened the message though because what greeted me left me shattered and sent my heart crashing into the pit of my stomach.

“Andra, are you okay? Say something you’re scaring me.” Lyla requested.

Deandra’s POV

I was so sure that I was dreaming because there was no way that these images on my phone were real. There was no way Daniel would betray me like that, or at least that was what I told myself as I scrolled through the five pictures I had received from the unknown number.

In all five pictures, Daniel was there with his childhood friend, Hope, which was nothing out of the ordinary since they were usually inseparable. Rather, it was what they were doing that was completely shocking and took my breath away. In the first picture, Daniel was caressing Hope’s protruding belly and they both had wide grins on their faces.

Again, this picture would have been completely normal if Hope wasn’t wearing a sash that read “Mom to be” around her body. Daniel had a matching sash around him too but his read

“Dad to be”.

The second picture was even more heartbreaking and showed more evidence of what was happening in the first picture. The two of them were holding an ultrasound picture with big smiles on their faces.

My phone fell on the floor with a thud alerting everyone around me that something was amiss. It was Layla who reached me first. She held my hand and shook me a couple of times before bending to pick up my phone when I didn’t offer any reaction.

Her scream of shock jolted me from my thoughts and I crumbled to the ground, the chair I had been sitting in, crashing to the floor beside me. Layla reached for me immediately but I refused to be consoled.

I knew it would have been frustrating waiting for three years without a child but it took two people to make a baby! Did he really have to do this to me?

“Everyone, sorry but the party's over. Thanks for coming and make sure to grab a souvenir on the way out.” I heard Elliot say and I would have offered him my thanks under different circumstances.

Every part of my body hurt and I wasn’t injured. My heart was the most affected. That tiny organ that is responsible for pumping blood had stopped and I didn’t know how I was still alive because it hurt too bad.

“Come on Andra, let’s get you to bed.”

I shook my head but got up anyway. Instead of following him upstairs to the bedroom I had shared with Daniel for the past three years, I walked to the refreshments table and grabbed a glass of wine. I knew I wasn’t supposed to be drinking but I didn’t care about that at that point.

All I wanted was to numb the pain I was feeling so I drank, and drank until I couldn’t stand on my own two feet.

Elliot grabbed my hand as I tried to reach for another glass and lifted me up in his arms, bridal style. “I think that’s enough now.” He carried me out of the room as the last of the guests rolled out of the room and I saw Layla look at the door before we left the room completely.

I woke up the next morning with a nasty headache and a mountain of regrets. I know I was in a bad place but I still had my child to think about. Why did I have to drink so much? As soon as I woke up, I ignored how I was feeling and got dressed hastily, driving myself to the hospital before I could attract attention to myself.

On the drive to the hospital, I could only think about my child. Why did I let Daniel get to me so much that I lost sight of what was most important? For three years I had suffered and faced torture at the hands of his family because of my inability to conceive and then when I finally had a chance to, I was going to destroy it because Daniel was being a jerk. Never!

I didn’t even park the car properly before I stormed into the hospital and demanded to see the head doctor at the clinic. Normally, I wouldn’t use my title and the privilege that came with it like that but I was desperate.

Immediately I was sighted, I was taken inside to meet the head doctor who looked surprised to see me.

“Is everything okay Luna?’ she asked, her tone tinged with concern and I shook my head, narrating everything that happened yesterday to her in one breath.

“Is my child going to be okay?”

She shook her head and smiled, sending chills through my body. “Yes Luna, your baby is going to be okay but first I need to run some tests.”

Half an hour later, I walked out of her office with a relieved smile on my face only to run into Daniel and Hope on my way out of the hospital.

“What are you doing here?” Daniel asked, trying to hide the fact that he had been holding Hope’s hand so affectionately but I had seen it. “Is something wrong?”

I almost laughed at his sudden show of affection and if I hadn’t seen the pictures yesterday then probably, I would have fallen for it. “Where have you been? I called and texted.”

His face showed a strange reaction to my question but I didn’t call him out on it. Instead, I started walking away. I would be a fool if I stayed there and allowed my intelligence to be insulted.

Rushing towards the exit, I crashed into someone and almost tumbled to the ground but he caught me.

“Watch where you’re going, woman, wouldn’t want to get you admitted because of carelessness.”

At his words, I broke down in tears which scared him. I didn’t mean to cry, I was just feeling a bit too emotional. From confirming that my child was okay and had survived last night’s drinking ordeal to running into Daniel and his lover who I thought was just his childhood friend.

“Come on, let’s get you out of here.”

As I followed him out of the hospital, I questioned my sanity at the same time I wanted so badly to get away from Daniel who was running after us. In the end, my desire to get away from Daniel won.

***

I don’t know how long I slept for but when I woke up, I found that we were packed outside the packhouse and that he was just sitting in the driver’s seat staring at me. I jolted awake and glared at him.

“Relax, all I did was drive around for a while so you could sleep a bit and so your husband wouldn’t follow you.” He pointed out the window at the packhouse. “And then I brought you home some minutes ago.”

I nodded, unable to do much else and got out of the car at the same time he got out. He was at my side of the car, opening the door before I had time to react. “Thank you,” I mumbled as I made my way out of the car.

He nodded and helped me out when it seemed that my cloth was stuck. I had started to walk towards the packhouse when he spoke again. “I can help you get back at him, you know.”

I spun to face him immediately, shocked by his words. So many questions were running through my mind but one was prominent.

“What do you know about me?”

“Everything there is to know.” He sent me one last smile as he walked back to the driver’s side. He got in while I stood there staring at him.

“Think about it.”

And then he was gone leaving me wondering who he was and just how much he knew about my situation with Alpha Daniel of the Dagger Pack. “Who is he?” I asked myself in deep thought

Deandra’s POV

Daniel was waiting for me when I got back.

“Where were you?” he fired as soon as I walked into the room but I ignored him, my mind swirling with thoughts of that mystery man and just how much he knew about my life with Daniel.

“I’m talking to you,” Daniel yelled and I scoffed, rising to my feet to acknowledge him.

“You shouldn’t take that tone of voice with me, especially since you’re at fault.”

At my words, he frowned but I wasn’t going to give him time to construct words that would soothe my mood like he always did. I pulled the pictures out from my phone, thanking the stars I had bothered to save them.

“How could you do this to us?” I screamed, throwing the phone against his chest.

He caught it and stared at the screen; surprise evident on his face.

“How did you….? How long have you known?”

I scoffed and shook my head. How was that the most important question right now? “is that all you’re going to say about that?” I asked him, the disgust I was feeling evident in my voice.

I expected him to be sober, and sorry for what he had done but instead he was acting like he had done a good thing.

He sighed. “I didn’t mean for you to find out this way,” He tried to look concerned for me but I was buying it. “Hope is pregnant for me and I am sorry I didn’t tell you earlier but you were already stressed with not having kids of your own I didn’t want to put that on you,”

“But it was okay to sleep with her because it wouldn’t stress me?”

Daniel scoffed and rose to his feet. “Look Deandra, I’m sorry you had to find out this way about Hope but I don’t see this as a bad thing. If anything, Hope is giving us a chance to be parents since you…” he trailed off but I heard the words he didn’t say, loud and clear. Since I couldn’t have children.

It was laughable because standing there looking at him, I was carrying his child and he didn’t even know it. The joke was on him.

“I need you to start seeing Hope as a sister. Take care of her like you’d take care of Cassie. I didn’t mean for things to happen this way but now that they have, there’s nothing I can do about it.

We simply have to find a way to coexist as one big family. Besides, the mother is so excited for her grandchild.”

I rolled my eyes, of course, Yolanda was excited.

“Where does that leave us Daniel?” I asked the million-dollar question and he stood there staring at me, his mouth opening and closing without words coming out.

“I don’t…” he started to say at the same time I opened my mouth to announce the pregnancy but we were both interrupted by a hasty knock on the door.

“Come in,”

A maid walked into the room, her steps hasty and I frowned.

“What is it?”

“I am so sorry to disturb you Luna, Alpha, but Miss Hope sent me to find you. “she spoke, turning to face Daniel.

“She’s in a lot of pain and might have to go to the hospital.”

“The baby, something is wrong with the baby,” he whispered and ran out of the room, the maid following him from a distance before I got the chance to ask any further questions.

Tears pricked my eyes but I held them at bay refusing to give in to my emotions. They would never see me weak. It’s my fault anyway and perhaps if I had just told him that I was also carrying his child then maybe he’d be just as concerned for my well-being.

Despite how badly I wanted to stay strong, a few stray tears slipped past my defences and rolled down my cheeks. I sighed and slumped on the bed, giving in to them. The sobs racked my body and my heart broke even more with each tear that fell.

I was distracted by the sound of footsteps in the room indicating that someone else had joined me. Wiping my eyes clean discreetly, I rose to my feet and frowned when I saw who it was.

“Hope? But I thought….”

She didn’t give me time to finish before she lunged at me, grabbing me by my hair and forcing me to rise to my feet so she didn’t pull my hair out. “Don’t you feel embarrassed to be living here still when you can’t even have children? Aren’t you ashamed?”

I managed to set my hair free from her clutches and stood straight, glaring at her. I didn’t want to have to put my hands on her but if she forced my hand then….

“Hope, what is the meaning of this? I thought you were in pain.”

“Leave here already, go so Daniel and I can live like a family with our child. Your presence is suffocating.”

I chuckled bitterly and glared at her. “Aren’t you ashamed that you had to get pregnant to trap my husband? Don’t you feel embarrassed that he wouldn’t have come to you otherwise?”

My words got to her and I smirked, glad I had hurt her even just a tiny bit. “I am going to tolerate you for Daniel’s sake but don’t get too comfortable, pregnancies can be lost.” I reminded her as I started to walk away.

“You bitch, did you just threaten my child?”

She tried to reach for me but I swerved out of the way in time and she missed me, her hands falling to her side. She glared at me and made a move to leave but then we heard footsteps, no doubt it was Daniel coming to find Hope who was supposed to be in pain.

“He will always pick me over you, watch, “and she fell to the ground without being pushed and screamed.

I gasped, watching the scene before me in confusion. What did she think she was doing?

“Deandra, what happened?” Daniel asked, his voice full of concern for me until he saw Hope on the ground and his countenance changed. “Did you push her?” And without waiting for a response, he continued.

“How could you do that Andra, knowing that she’s pregnant?”

I watched in disbelief as he bent down to pick her up from the ground with Hope faking an injury.

I felt tears filling my eyes again but I forced them back not wanting them to see how much their actions were affecting me.

“She threatened to harm our child. All he did was ask her to accept me as her family.” Hope cried, resting her head against his chest as she faked a sob.

I shook my head not believing the events that were playing here right before my eyes. Was Daniel falling for this? She wasn’t that good an actress.

“I am so disappointed in you Andra, so disappointed.” He whispered and the tone of his voice nearly broke my resolve but I held it in, refusing to give into my emotions no matter how hurtful his words were.

They were like little knives piercing my heart and yet I refused to give in.

“If you don’t start seeing Hope as part of our family, I will have no choice but to kick you out to protect my child.” I stared at him with a shattered heart.