Luna's Rejected Vengeful Mate
Luna’s Rejected Vengeful Mate Chapter 38

On the plane to Italy

Natalia

I boarded the plane, blinded by tears, and took my seat at the window.

How could Blake do that to me?

Emma was pregnant with my husband’s pup.

I couldn’t judge him because of his past relationships, but why had he reacted that way when Lucas mentioned how I might react to the news Emma had given my husband?

Why didn’t he tell Lucas how wrong he was?

“Stop torturing yourself, Nat. We will figure things out when we land in Italy. Something doesn’t seem right to me.”

Leia popped into my mind, interrupting my thoughts.

“Leia, where on earth have you been when I needed you the most?”

“Why didn’t you read Blake’s or Emma’s minds while they talked? It would have made things much easier for me. Look at the condition I am in.”

I verbally attacked my wolf, who had gone missing at such an important time.

“I am sorry, Nat. I wasn’t feeling myself today. An upset stomach and an unforeseen weakness made me sleepy. I was in a deep slumber.”

Leia’s reply was full of guilt and remorse.

“Forget it, Leia. I am too tired to continue this conversation. The damage has already been done,” I replied. Stressed out, I sent a message to Fabrizio about my arrival, asking him to keep it a secret from Lisa, and closed my eyes.

I didn’t want to spend the rest of the flight thinking about Emma and Blake.

It was a ten-hour flight and some sleep would do me good. I needed to calm down and think straight. I needed to have a rational mind and not become a wreck before I met with my friend.

“You need to handle our issue promptly, Natalia. Postponing it doesn’t mean it will go away,” Leia said to me and suddenly went silent.

I didn’t react to Leia’s words. Deep down, I knew my wolf was right.

My wolf was in low spirits, and that depressed me.

I would check up on her when I landed in Italy and request Luna Isa’s guidance if necessary. I didn’t know what to do to ease my wolf’s discomfort and help her recover from her condition.

I felt exhausted and slipped into a deep slumber.

The flight attendant’s mellow tone asking if I wanted something to eat awakened me halfway through our trip.

My stomach growled, and I accepted the snack she provided.

Blake’s face popped up in my head, and it didn’t take long for my tears to start running again.

What was wrong with me?

I acknowledged I was a strong woman. I had been through a lot, which helped me handle the obstacles that appeared before me.

Why couldn’t I contain myself today?

I started my marriage with Blake with extortion and ended up caring for him passionately. He was so tender with me, contrary to the blockhead he had been on the phone the first time we spoke.

And now, Emma’s pregnancy has turned into a bad joke between us.

“Natalia, please stop crying, sweetheart. I feel awful as it is. Your crying makes me feel worse because I wasn’t there for you. I will make it up to you, I promise,” Leia grumbled inside my head.

I felt sorry for my wolf and forced myself to stop crying.

“Let’s spend the rest of the trip figuring out how to help Elisa, Leia. That would make us forget our worries,” I suggested and my wolf agreed without hesitation.

I had to tread cautiously with Lisa. She was in a fragile state of mind after discovering that I was a werewolf and she was pregnant with a werewolf’s baby.

My friend had to make a wise decision and not rush.

I knew Lisa well.

She was hot-tempered and acted based on how she felt at certain times.

I knew I had to sweet-talk her so that she could forgive me. Lisa was not a bad person and didn’t hold grudges.

I spent the rest of the flight planning with Leia and didn’t notice we had arrived in Italy.

Stepping off the plane, I took a long deep breath. Italy was my second country. I grew up, studied and made new friends and family there.

Forgetting my sorrow, I was excited to return to my second home.

I felt safer there. I knew every road, and every corner of Rome, Milan, Florence, and Isola.

Leaving the airport, I found uncle Fabrizio waiting for me outside.

He looked tired.

A broad smile appeared on his face when his eyes landed on me.

Fabrizio opened his arms wide and I ran to him. When he hugged me, all my emotions erupted like a volcano and I wept holding him tight, not letting go.

“Hey, baby girl. I know I am handsome, but you will make other men loathe me thinking that I did something to you,” he teased me and hugged me tighter, patting my back in a fatherly way.

I smiled.

Fabrizio had that effect on me.

He always found a way to make me feel better even in the worst of moods.

“Hello, uncle. I missed you so much.” My voice was still trembling.

“Hello, my dear. Did you have a pleasant flight?” he asked, still smiling.

“A tiring one, but I am fine, uncle. How is Elisa?”

I needed to know firsthand what my friend had done.

“I haven’t spoken to her yet, Natalia. I left her with Massimo and didn’t call her afterwards. I thought it was best to give her some space to think.

And then you sent me a message about your arrival. So, I decided we should see her together,” Fabrizio told me.

“Let’s go then uncle,” I urged him and he guided me to his car.

As we drove onto the busy roads of Rome, my eyes travelled to the familiar buildings and a warm feeling filled my heart.

“Feeling better, Nat?” Leia asked and yawned. My wolf was a sleepyhead out of the blue, making my need to find out what was wrong with her even more consuming.

Elisa

Massimo left in a hurry.

I was alone at home pondering what he had told me.

The almighty Massimo Azzarello wanted nothing to do with me. His major concern was the baby’s future.

I could tell how much he wanted me to give birth to his baby, to our baby.

How could that work?

Did he plan on taking the baby away from me after I gave birth? Was he thinking of using me as a surrogate mother?

That must have been what he meant when he said he didn’t want to get emotionally involved with another human female.

Where did that leave me?

Sh.it. how could I mess up like that?

God, what was I going to do? What if he took the baby away from me?

Wait! Why was I thinking like that? Had I already decided to keep the baby?

s**t. s**t. s**t.

Ah, Lisa, you are so pathetic. What were you thinking that night, woman? Why did you give in that easily? I scolded myself and went back to Natalia’s room to sleep.

I needed to take it easy and think straight. I didn’t like the idea of aborting the baby.

I lay on the bed and touched my flat tummy. It felt weird to know a small life was growing inside me.

I woke up to footsteps inside the house, low voices and whispers. Who had entered the house with such ease?

My heart thumped inside my chest and my hands protectively covered my belly.

I left the bed and carefully walked to the bedroom door. I could see what was happening in the living room because it was slightly open.

I could see Fabrizio talking to someone.

How did he manage to enter my house?

I used a passcode before opening the door and no one knew it—no one but Natalia.

What?

I rushed out of the room and came face to face with my friend, who stood across from Fabrizio.

I froze. It was as if my feet grew roots in the floor and I couldn’t move.

Natalia looked at me and smiled gently, her eyes full of tears.

“Nat?”

My eyes were playing tricks on me. I was sure of it.

How could Natalia be in the house?

But then again, Fabrizio was with her.

“Hello, Lisa. I missed you, sweetheart.”

Natalia’s gentle voice proved she was real.

“When? How?” I asked, still confused.

“I booked my flight right after you hung up on me, Lisa,” Natalia replied and walked to me, wrapping her arms around me and giving me a tight hug.

The emptiness I felt after Natalia left, vanished into thin air and a warm feeling of closeness calmed my nerves and I felt relaxed and loved. Yes, I felt loved after a long time.

Tears rolled down my face as I hugged my friend back, not even thinking once that she was a werewolf.

Nothing changed the way we felt for each other after Natalia had revealed her true identity.

She was still my best friend, my sister.

“I couldn’t leave you alone, Lisa, not in a situation like that. You needed me, so I came.”

Natalia smiled, wiping her teary face and then mine.

“Hello, I am here as well. What about me?”

Fabrizio complained and made us laugh.

“I know. It’s girl’s chat time. You want me out of here, right? Call me when you need me.”

Fabrizio complained, still smiling and after kissing us both on the head, he left the apartment.

“You must be tired, Nat. Why don’t I make you something to eat?”

My friend took a seat at the table after walking to the kitchen.

She looked tired.

I made her spaghetti bolognese, her favourite.

We ate together and watching Natalia eat so much food surprised me.

She had never eaten that much before.

Maybe it’s the long trip, I thought, and brushed off the incident.

“Why don’t you rest for a while, Nat? We have plenty of time to talk.”

I suggested, and my friend nodded in agreement.

“Will you lie down with me? Like the old times?”

Natalia asked and I followed her to her room, smiling.

Old habits die hard!

Whenever one of us was in a difficult position or feeling bad about something, we shared a bed and that made us feel better.

Facing each other in bed, Natalia told me,

“I will take a nap. Don’t let me sleep long, Lisa. We have a lot to talk about.”

“You will tell me everything about Massimo and I need to tell you about Blake and me.”

“Blake?” I asked.

Why did the name sound familiar to me?

“Yes, my husband,” Natalia replied.

“Your what?”

When did my friend get married?

I sat up in bed abruptly waiting for my friend to explain, but Natalia was already asleep.