Chasing His Betrayed Luna

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"They are yours!" Andrew gasped, his mouth hanging wide open.

I sighed, "I believe so. She won't admit or explain to me but the boy is a replica of me and that explains why he had been masked since they arrived in my Pack." I facepalmed, digging deep within me to find any residual bond that could connect me to the kids, but again, there was nothing. "I'm in shock and I can't seem to connect the dots, Drew."

My Beta and I were in my home office. Larisa was out of the house doing goddess knows what and I called Andrew to come over to mine after I left the hospital feeling unsure and defeated.

Andrew who had been sitting on one of the couches in the office, muttered in response to my emotional statement, "She must have been pregnant before she left if the kids are truly yours, Raiden. I don't understand why Alpha Tristan would want to raise the twins if they were yours. He must really love Aurelia if he's-"

"He doesn't love her!" I snapped, pacing around the office. "He wants to use them against me. He must be planning to bring me down with my family."

Andrew blurted, "What if this isn't about you at all, Alpha? I know your family has a twisted history but we have to consider other possibilities."

Although I heard Andrew's words clearly, my mind kept going back to the fact that Tristan had stolen my family... My family... Aurelia and the kids are mine. It was bad enough that I hadn't heard from my parents in years and I could barely feel any connection to them. I was alone... Lonely-

"Raiden?" Andrew called me out of my thoughts, staring at me with visible worry. "I don't know what words to say to you and-"

"Tristan has always wanted to be the Alpha King even though the realm has agreed that each pack should be solely ruled by its Alpha. He wants to be the leader of Alphas and we all know I'm an obstacle in his path." I blurted out my thoughts and perhaps mere assumptions. "When he found out that Aurelia was my runaway mate, he took her in, gave her and my kids a new home, and proposed to her just to send me a message. He's playing games."

"What would you like me to do? What have you decided?" Andrew questioned.

He was one to support even my silliest plans. He'd do anything for me but right now, I didn't have any plan. Silly or not.

"I'm in a loop here, Drew. I shouldn't let them leave but I also can't keep Aurelia here against her will like I did in the past. That's not a good way to start afresh." I voiced my confusion to Andrew.

"They leave in thirty minutes according to the information I got, Raiden. You've to make up your mind and know that your decision might lead to a massive war between our Pack and Tristan's. You should ask yourself if what you feel for Aurelia is worth going to war for and If you want the kids-"

"I'd go to war for them, Drew. Having them in my life is worth more than that." I didn't hesitate to utter.

"Then what's stopping you? They are

in our pack. You can give out a command to keep Aurelia and the Kids from leaving. We can

overpower Tristan and make binnet

take an oath that would keep him from provoking a war. He didn't travel with enough men to risk going to war with us, Raiden. Just give us the order and we'll-"

Andrew was spewing facts but my heart ached because I knew what would happen if I was to give that order. "Aurelia won't forgive me if do that, Drew. They will be in my territory but she'd never be mine. don't want that. I love her, Drew, and I want her to love me again."

Silence settled between Andrew and me with my words hanging in the air. There was nothing logical about how I felt. I was an emotional mess and my heart was hurting with every second that ticked away.

I was dreading the minute I'd have to watch Aurelia and my kids leave with Tristan.... Yet, what can I do to stop that from happening?

"Does she know?" Andrew asked with a low voice that had me shifting my gaze to him.

Confused, I asked, "Who?"

"Larisa." Andrew chimed. "Does she know that you are the twins' father?"

"She doesn't," I replied.

I haven't thought about how Larisa would feel about this new development. I haven't even told her about how my feelings for her had died way before she returned to the pack and how I had fallen in love with Aurelia during our marriage but was too angry at the moon goddess to realize.

"Talk to her as the friend you claim she is, Raiden before it's too late. We don't want Larisa and her family as an enemy if we would be going to war with Black Fur Pack. We need them as allies." Andrew advised, leaving his seat to hold my shoulders. He gazed into my eyes and asked, "What do you want me to do for you in the meantime?"

I sighed before responding. "Get the troops stationed at the border. I'll go to Aurelia and try to be diplomatic one last time. If she refuses, we can use force."

Andrew nodded and patted my shoulders again before leaving my office to carry out my order while I took a minute to consider the words I'd be saying to Aurelia when I faced her. I left my home office, stepped out of the mansion, and headed for the apartment Aurelia had been staying.

I let my nostrils guide me to her room and I knocked, praying I wouldn't have to launch the forceful backup plan.

Aurelia opened the door, seething, "What are you doing here?"

"We've to talk. Now."

Or we go to war...