Vengeance: The Alpha Who Stole My Womb

I grew up alongside Griffith, the Alpha of the Avalora Pack. Everyone said I was the luckiest woman in the entire kingdom of Mycintia.

Griffith rejected the mate bond arranged for him by the Moon Goddess to be with me. He declared to the world that I was his one and only love.

But after my miscarriage, I accidentally overheard him speaking to the healer, "Find a way to drug the Luna and remove her womb. Make sure she can never bear children again."

Then, I saw him gently caressing another woman's stomach and saying, "Give her the best prenatal medicine. I want her to give birth to the strongest and most intelligent child."

I knew that woman. She was Giselle, the fated mate the Moon Goddess had originally chosen for him.

Griffith's voice turned grave as he issued his next command. "The Luna must never find out about this. And you must take care of her health at all costs. Otherwise, you'll suffer the consequences."

Pain sliced through me. I had never imagined that the man who once swore he loved me more than life itself could betray me so cruelly.

In the end, I left without a word. Since they wanted to be together so much, I stepped aside to let him and his destined mate be together.

Yet, he told me later that after losing me, he lost the ability to love.

On the way back to the castle, I accidentally bumped into someone, but I was too dazed to even offer an apology. My legs carried me forward, but my mind was trapped in the scene I had just witnessed. Griffith who once held me like the most precious treasure was now planning to cut my womb out of my body.

But he knew—he had always known—that my greatest wish was to have a child of my own.

A group of young women by the roadside cast envious glances my way.

"That's our Luna," one of them whispered. "The Alpha chose her over his fated mate. I heard that when she fell ill, the Alpha gathered the best healers from across the kingdom to care for her day and night. And when he needed a rare herb to heal her, he climbed a volcano on the verge of eruption without hesitation."

There was a time when I would have been thrilled to hear such words. But now, my throat felt like it was closing around a hard lump, and shame threatened to bring me to tears.

Before I even stepped inside the castle, I heard Griffith's furious voice echoing from within.

"You useless fools! She disappeared right under your noses, and none of you noticed? If anything happens to Ellia, I swear, I'll have every last one of you buried!"

Griffith was usually refined and composed. It was rare to see him lose his temper. The last time he had been this angry was when I burned my arm during the ritual sacrifice. He had nearly