My Miracle Luna
Chapter 41

{Keaton's

P.O.V.}

It's been two weeks since I sent out the paternity test, and I was supposed to be getting the results today. I hated having to wait, but my friend in Canada said that it takes time and that was something I didn't have. I was running out excuses to avoid holding Killian. I was pacing in my bedroom waiting for the results when there was a knock on my door,

"Who is it!?" I asked annoyed. I didn't want to see or speak to anyone.

"It's Kendrick," I opened the door and my brother stood there with a hard face.

"What?"

"Why are you acting like this? You said you would take care of the pup, yet you haven't even held him," I glared at him, and then pulled him into my room, slamming the door shut and locking it. "Keaton, what the hell!?"

"I'm not going anywhere near that pup until I know for a fact that he's mine!" I tell my brother.

"Then why not get a paternity test one?"

"I am! I'm supposed to get at the results today," he looked at me surprised.

"Wait, when did you have time to get a test done if you haven't even gone near him?"

"I sent out the test the day he was born using his umbilical cord. I got it out of the tray when no one was looking," "What do you mean by sent out?"

"Remember my friend from Canada, Gavin?"

"Yeah,"

"His mom is a doctor and knows how to run DNA tests. She's supposed to email me the results today,"

"Why did you send it to an external party? Dr. Andrews would have been more than happy to run the test for you,"

"I don't trust the hospital here! I also don't trust anyone not to f**k with the results," Kendrick looked as if he were about to say something when my phone pinged. I grabbed it and opened the message. I read the message and then showed it to my brother. His eyes turned black and I ran out of my room in search of my father. I knew that he was probably with Terrine in the living room. Kendrick wasn't too far behind me, and sure enough, we found with Terrine with my dad who was holding the baby. "Dad!" Kendrick called out.

"Dad, give the pup back to his mother," I said gritting my teeth.

"Keaton, what is the meaning of this?" my father asked.

"I SAID GIVE HIM BACK TO THAT b***h!!!" I roared making the baby cry.

"Keaton, that is no way to speak to the mother of your pup!"

"Are you going to tell him Terrine, or should I?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said taking her pup and trying to calm it down.

"Tell him, or I will!"

"There's nothing to tell! Why are you being like this! You have no right to demand anything from me! You're the one who refuses to hold their own child! It's been two f*****g weeks since he's been born, and you've never once even bothered to call him by his name! He's your son!"

"HE'S NOT MY SON!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Keaton, what is the meaning of this?!" my father exclaimed.

"Dad, Melody, and I told you that we had a feeling Terrine was lying about the paternity and turns out, we were right," Kendrick said. I turned to look at him. They questioned it too, and yet he had the nerve to try and get me to bond with it.

"YOU KNEW!?!?!" I shouted at him and shoving him away from me.

"We didn't know for sure, but we had a feeling, or at least, Melody did. That's why she was on your side when Terrine was giving birth,"

"STOP IT!!" Terrine screamed as she put her pup down. "KENDRICK HOW DARE YOU AND YOUR b***h OF A MATE QUESTION MY PUP!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!!"

"I have every right! I'm the Beta of this pack! And Keaton is my brother! You lied about being impregnated by him!"

"YOU HAVE NO PROOF!!!"

"YOU WANT PROOF!?!" I shouted. I pulled out my phone and showed it to her. She grabbed it and read it, and immediately tears formed in her eyes. But these weren't tears of hurt, these were tears of rage.

"YOU DID A PATERNITY TEST BEHIND MY BACK!?!?!"

"It's a good thing I did," I spat. I saw her rummage with the phone trying to delete the results, but before she could, I grabbed the phone from her. She kept trying to reach for it, but I was a lot taller than her and kept it out of her reach. I used my free arm to shove her away from me. "Keaton, where did get the test done?" my father asked.

"Gavin's mom," I could see my father's anger rising. He knew Gavin's mom was a well-respected doctor, so he had no reason to question the results.

"YOU!!" my father shouted at Terrine and grabbed her the throat.

"Dylan, please, it's not..." she stopped midsentence when my dad tightened his grip on her throat.

"YOU LIED TO ME!! YOU TRIED TO TRAP MY SON!!! DID YOU THINK YOU COULD PLAY ME FOR A FOOL!?!?!" he roared in her face and then threw her across the living room.

"Dylan! Please! I love Keaton!! Killian is his!"

"Are you deaf or are you stupid!?" I shouted at her. "He's not mine! He doesn't have any Beta DNA in him! He's a lower-level Omega! Just like you!!" She stared daggers at me. "And let's not forget the fact that he has blond hair! While my entire family has black hair, and you're a f*****g brunette!"

"WHAT THE f**k IS GOING ON DOWN HERE!?!?!" we heard a massive roar.

"Alpha," we all said and bowed our heads. I saw Rylee behind with him, with Melody, Jason, and Milan following. "Luna," we all bowed our heads to her as well.

"Milan, find an Omega nanny to take the pup to Terrine's room," Rylee said. Milan mind linked a nanny, who came in no time at all and took Killian. Terrine was back on her feet, and her anger was radiating in waves.

"Someone better f*****g explain just the f**k is going on!" Wyatt commanded in his Alpha.

"It's nothing Alpha, it's just a misunderstanding," Terrine said to him with the utmost confidence.

"You're lying," Rylee said to her. Terrine glared daggers at her which earned her a growl from Wyatt.

"DID YOU JUST GLARE AT YOUR LUNA!?!" Wyatt shouted at her.

"Wyatt, Keaton has proof that Terrine has lied about the pregnancy the entire time," Kendrick said to him. Thank the goddess for my brother. If there's one thing he could never do was lie, especially to our Alpha, who is also his childhood best friend. "STOP!!! YOU'RE f*****g RUINING EVERYTHING!!!" Terrine shrilled at the top of her lungs. All of the fighting and screaming was starting to draw the attention of other pack members. But Milan didn't like spectators.

"UNLESS ALL OF YOU WANT TO END UP RUNNING TWENTY MILES FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, GET LOST!!!" she shouted at them and all the spectators immediately disbursed.

"EVERYONE, IN MY OFFICE, NOW!!!" Wyatt commanded in his Alpha voice. No one could disobey Wyatt, so we all went upstairs to his office. When we got there, Wyatt sat at his desk with Rylee to this left, with Terrine and me in the two guest chairs. My dad, brother, Jason, and Milan were standing around us.

"Alpha, if I may..."

"Silence Keaton," he said to me and I lowered my head. "I'm going to ask this one, and only once Terrine," he said to her. I could see her fidgeting with her fingers. She may have had the nerve to talk s**t to everyone when she was pregnant, but she knew talking s**t to the Alpha would get her banished or even executed. "Is the Keaton the father of your pup?"

"Yes,"

"You're lying," Rylee said, and Terrine glared at her again.

"TERRINE!!!" Wyatt slammed his fist on his desk and stood his feet. "If you glare at your Luna one more time, I will not hessite to kill you! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?"

"Yes, Alpha,"

"Keaton,"

"Sir,"

"Do you have proof of the paternity?"

"Yes,"

"Show me," I pulled my phone and went to hand it to him, but Terrine snatched it out of my hand.

"What are you doing!?" I shouted at her.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS! I WON'T LET YOU!" she kept the phone close to her.

"Go ahead, delete the results. It doesn't change the fact that your pup isn't mine, and your actions only prove it," I tell her without any remorse. "Besides, I made sure that my friend's mom also forwarded the results to the Alpha," her eyes widened in shock. Wyatt looked at me and then immediately checked his email.

"NO!!" Terrine shouted. Wyatt read the file and immediately looked back at Terrine.

"TERRINE FIELDS! YOU ARE HEREBY BANNED FROM THIS CASTLE! YOU WILL LIVE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE PACK TO THE SOUTH! YOU AND YOUR PUP ARE TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!!!" I looked at him in dismay. He wasn't banishing her. Why was he letting her stay in the pack? She lied about the paternity, that's grounds for banishment.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS!!!"

"MILAN! GET YOUR BROTHER AND OWEN IN HERE!" Wyatt demanded. Milan's eyes clouded over as she mind linked, Angelo and Owen. They showed up within a minute. "Angelo! Owen! Take Terrine to her room to fetch her pup. She is banned from ever entering the castle, and she is to be detained in the far south of the territory!"

"Yes, Alpha!" they grabbed her and dragged out kicking and screaming. Just as the door was closing, she said one last thing,

"ALL OF YOU ARE GOING PAY FOR THIS!!!" When the door closed, I looked back at Wyatt.

"Alpha, why didn't you banish her!?" I asked.

"Yeah Wyatt, what she did is grounds for banishment," my brother said just as confused as I was.

"Because there's something else I need to get to the bottom of before I can do that," he said calmly. We all looked at him, and I could see Rylee biting the inside of her cheek.

"Rylee?" I said and got her attention and she just shook her head.

"Look, I'm not going to lie to anyone, but I need everyone to sit down," Wyatt said. My dad took the seat next to me, and everyone else sat on the couch in Wyatt's office. He let out a big sigh, and Rylee put her hand on his shoulder.

"Wyatt, what's going on?" My dad asked.

"It's serious, and it affects everyone in this room, especially you guys," he says to me and my brother. Kendrick and I just looked at each other confused. "Rylee heard Terrine's thoughts when she was in labor, and Terrine admitted to something very heinous. But, even though she technically admitted it, we need proof,"

"Admitted what?" my brother asked. Wyatt closed his eyes and let out another sigh.

"Terrine admitted to killing Lizzy," before we could even register what he said, my dad was on his feet and holding Wyatt by the collar of his shirt.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN TERRINE KILLED MY LIZZY!?!?!"

"DAD!!" Kendrick and I were trying to pry him off of Wyatt.

"It's okay, leave him be," Wyatt said to us.

"TELL ME WYATT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TERRINE KILLED LIZZY?!?!" my dad was near tears. The only time he ever cried was the day our mom died after being poisoned.

"It's exactly what it means Uncle Dylan, Terrine is the one who poisoned Aunt Lizzy," Wyatt said without hesitation.

"WYATT!!! IF THAT b***h KILLED OUR MOM WHY HAVEN'T YOU HAD HER ARRESTED!?!" my brother screamed.

"I told you, we need to find the proof,"

"But Rylee heard her thoughts! That's proof enough!!"

"It's not, and you know it's not. I'm sorry, but we have to conduct a thorough investigation before I can sentence her and bring her in front of the Elders. If she did in fact kill your mom, which I have no doubt she did, then she's going to be executed for murdering a ranked member,"

"Why?" I asked softly, tears in my own eyes. "Why would she kill our mom? What did mom ever do to her!?" my dad fell to his knees and cried. So did Kendrick. Melody kneeled next to him and held him. What I would wish to have Irene with me. Just then, there was a knock on the door,

"Come in," Rylee said. The door opened, and the sweet scent that entered the room caught my attention. I looked and saw Irene.

"Irene?" she didn't even say anything and ran into my arms. I held her close and cried into her shoulder.

"What's wrong?" she asked softly.

"She killed her,"

"What?"

"Terrine, she...she...she killed her,"

"Killed who?"

"My mom," I felt her body tense and she immediately tightened her grip around me.

"Ummm...Did I miss something?" I heard Milan ask.

"Irene is his mate," Rylee answered.

"WHAT!?" I heard everyone shout.

"Wait, aren't you the young she-wolf from that night of the Luna ceremony?" Milan asked.

"I am, Gamma, and I'm sorry for keeping our relationship a secret, but I couldn't let him go. I refused to let him reject me, and I was not going to reject him," she answered while still holding me. "Wait, how are you here?" I asked her lifting my head.

"The Luna mind linked me asking me to come to the Alpha's office," I turned to face her.

"Thank you,"

"She's your mate, and she's family," Rylee said with a sincere smile.

"Dearest, you knew he had his mate all along?" Wyatt asked her

"Yes, I did, and I promised him I'd keep it a secret for the time being. But now that Terrine is gone, he's free to have his mate,"

"Wait, Terrine is gone?" Irene asked.

"She is. I got the results back today. You were right baby; the pup wasn't mine. She was lying, and now she's been banned from the castle to the south of the territory,"

"So, we can officially be together?" she asked with excitement in her voice.

"Yes," she hugged me tightly and I hugged her back. After holding each other, we turned to face everyone. My dad was back on his feet, as well as my brother.

"Beta, it's good to see you again," she said to Kendrick. He smiled at her and nodded his head. She faced my dad not knowing what to say. My dad looked at her and studied her. His mind was all over the place, but he still kept his composure in front of her. "Irene is it?" he finally asked.

"Yes, sir,"

"When did my son mark you?"

"Three weeks ago,"

"You marked your mate while you were still with Terrine?" he asked me.

"I was never with Terrine, and she doesn't matter anymore. She's gone, and my mate is here,"

"I told you that you were to reject your mate if she ever showed herself,"

"And I told you that was never going to happen, and I'm glad I didn't listen to you. You and your f****d up way of thinking almost kept me from my mate, and almost had me stuck with mom's murderer!" hearing that fact made him flinch. He didn't say anything after that and just stormed out of the room slamming the door behind him.

"He hates me doesn't he?" Irene asked.

"No, he doesn't," my brother answered. "It's just that hearing the fact that he took the side of one responsible for our mom's death is probably eating him alive right now, and he has to deal with it,"

"Irene," Wyatt got her attention. "Are your parents aware that you found your mate and that he's of Beta blood?"

"They know I have a mate, but they don't know who he is. At least, not yet," she answered.

"Well, that's going to have to change, as you are now required to move into the castle,"

"Yes, Alpha. I will let them know tonight,"

"Invite them to the castle," he said to her.

"Really?"

"Yes,"

"Thank you, Alpha!" as she was thanking him, Kendrick and Melody came up to us.

"Irene, it's a pleasure to officially meet you," Kendrick said to her. "Welcome to the family,"

"Oh my gosh, we're going to have so much fun together!" Melody squealed.

"I'm sorry you had to witness the drama, but I'm happy that you've been there for my brother throughout all of this," Kendrick said to her

"Beta, it's my duty as his mate to be there for him, but not only that, I love him, and I would do anything for him, even defy your father," "What would you have done if Terrine's pup really did belong to my brother?"

"I would have stayed by his side. Having an illegitimate pup doesn't mean I wouldn't love him, and it doesn't mean that he and I couldn't have been together. It would have been hard, but I would have stuck by him," she said with confidence.

"Good answer," he said to her and gave her a brotherly hug. He brought me in too, "I'm happy for you, bro," finally, everything was right with the world. Even if Terrine is guilty of having killed our mother, I was elated to know that I'd never have to see her again. Even if she was still part of this pack, she was banned from the castle, which means, she would never be allowed in again. She wouldn't even be allowed to attend pack functions. She was essentially an outcast, and I was perfectly fine with that She deserved that and more.

I was able finally to let go of her and her crazy s**t and be with Irene openly. If there was one thing I wanted more than anything was to have Irene mark me as soon as possible. Chase wants that too because only then would be able to fully communicate with Abigail. As soon as Irene moved into my room, we were going to complete the mating process.

{Terrine's P.O.V.}

I was taken to the furthest cottage in the southern part of the territory. I was pulled out of the car with Killian in his car seat. Angelo and Owen pulled out my bag with my personal belongings and threw it at my feet.

"You have been ordered by the Alpha to live here. You are able to roam around the territory as you see fit, but you are not allowed to be within fifty yards of the castle. You are prohibited from contacting the young the Beta in any way shape or form. You are hereby considered an outcast, and you will not be permitted to join any pack functions. If you deviate from these rules, you and your pup will be banished," Angelo said with no remorse.

"The rest of your belongings will be sent to you by the end of the day by Hugo and Maddox," Owen added. Without even giving me a second glance, they both got in the car and drove off. I picked up Killian's car seat and opened the door to the cottage. It was filthy and small. There were cobwebs everywhere and no furniture. I turned on the lights, and they flickered a few times before finally staying lit.

There were dead roaches everywhere and looked as if no one lived here in ages. The Alpha expected me to live here with my newborn. How f*****g cruel could he be? I went to the bedroom and saw that there wasn't even a bed. Was I expected to sleep on the floor? The bathroom was just as filthy and covered in dust and grime. This place was a dump.

I tried to mind link Keaton, but he still had his block up. I pulled out my phone to call him but was immediately met with his voicemail. I texted him only for it to be bounced back as a failed delivery. He had blocked my number. I threw my phone at the wall shattering it. Everything I had done, everything I had planned, all wasted.

Keaton never once questioned the paternity of Killian, so what would compel him to get a DNA test done? It had to be Melody and Kendrick. They told him what they thought, but the timing wasn't right. Keaton stopped paying attention to me and Killian months ago, and the Betas only voiced their concern a week before he was born. Something else happened to make him change.

I was shaken from my thoughts when Killian started to cry and cough. I picked him up and went outside away from all of the dust and debris. I lifted up my shirt and unclipped my bra to feed him. There was no one around, so I had no reason to cover up. As he fed, I couldn't help but start crying. I was alone again, and now I had a pup to raise on my own. I didn't have very much money, but I needed to figure out a way to make this work.

I wasn't going to give up. I was going to raise my son to be strong, and I was going raise him to fight for what is rightfully his, and I'm going to make all of the ranked members pay, especially Keaton.