Donna's POV
I could feel the taste of blood in my mouth, the pain in my ribs giving me a dull sting throb. My vision was blurred because blood was everywhere.
Selene's heels made sure that it carved bruises all over my body, my surgery marks were already opened and she didn't stop until she knew I had passed out.
I woke up to sense another presence in the room, the air heightened with tension as wolves bowed their heads.
"Lucien" Selene purred, her voice laced with sweetness.
My husband was here. For the first time I felt hope flared inside me, igniting all feelings. He would see me, he would save him. He is here.
I held my gaze up to him, locking his brown eyes with mine. They weren't filled with love or pity as I had anticipated.
"Donna" his voice rumbling with anger. "What have you done?" his face twisted in shock.
"Why? I can't believe that you did this"
Before I could answer, his hand shot out, claws grazing my throat as he wrapped his fingers around my neck. My body lifted off the floor with effortless strength, dangling me like a ragdoll.
The pressure pressed on my neck crushed the air out of me as I kicked my legs helplessly, trying to break free from his grip as I struggled to breathe.
"L– Lucien" I gasped, my finger scratching his hand trying to break free. "I…i…you…you're choking me"
His grip tightened, I could feel my lungs wanting air. My hands fell to my side as I lost all strength to fight back.
I felt my eyes involuntarily closing, and at that moment, I thought I was dying as my body started becoming numb.
He released me and my almost numb body fell to the floor as I desperately gasped for air.
His expression was cold and his eyes– turning red, burning with rage. "You dared touch my doctor? My healer? You killed one of mine after he saved your life?"
Trying to get air into my lungs as I struggled to breathe, I managed to say "I….didn't….kill him." I cough out, my bile rising up.
" Liar" he yelled. His body, trembling with anger.
"No—" I tried to explain what happened with the doctor.
Fresh tears welled in my eyes, I couldn't breathe as my chest ached. "No! No, he didn't die. He was alive! I– only" I took a deep breath. "It was his eyes, I lunged at one of them. The nurses witnessed everything and saw that he was alive." I said.
Crawling towards him, I said "Lucien, our child was alive when I was brought to the hospital"
He laughed hysterically, picking me up again and shaking me like a child's toy, the vein in his forehead bulging.
"I always trusted you to do the right thing, Donna, but what you have done, has shown that you are not the woman I thought you were" his swelled chest, rising and falling. I could sense the disappointment in his voice.
"I didn't–" I shouted, hoping he would hear me now, but the only response I got was being thrown at the wall again, and I could feel my wolf whimpering in pain as well.
My vision blacked out for a second, as I felt my skin tearing from my body. The betrayal I felt at that moment upon realizing my mate had turned his back on me was unbearable.
"Lucien–" I whispered slowly as the pain began spreading inside of me.
"How can the moon goddess make you my mate?" He asked with a mix of disgust and anger. His eyes and expression went dark, the air was filled with his raging emotions as he looked at me laying on the floor.
"The fuck have I been doing with you?" he said through gritted teeth. I saw blood dripping from his hand as his fist hit the wall with so much force . "Why?" He shouted what felt like a roar.
"Lucien, our child. He told me he was dead and I snapped." Trying to get him to understand my anger at the doctor.
"I didn't kill him, the nurses sedated me. You have to believe me" I pleaded with desperation and hope that he may still feel something for me. But I was only trying to feel less alone in this misery.
"You–" his hand landed on my face hard. The slap exploded my skull, blood splashed from my mouth as my head hit against the wall. A loud whimper tore from me as fresh tears stung my eyes from the pain.
I collapsed. My body crumpled on the bloody floor, coughing and clutching my throat. The pain at my jaw was unbearable as my body curled itself, small and beneath the shadow of the man I thought was my mate.
"Lucien" I whispered through sobs, lifting my trembling fingers toward him. "I swear….it wasn't me" I coughed trying to catch my breath.
"He killed our child. My womb too and–" my voice cracked as I lifted my head pointing a shaking hand at Selene. "She ordered it. She said it herself"
Selene gasped in shock, rushing forward and holding Lucien's arm like it was her life line. Fake tears poured out from her eyes as her body trembled as if my words were blade.
"Lucien, don't listen to her" she cried, burying her face in his chest. "She is lying. She wants to drag me into her mess" she said pitifully.
"I loved your child as if it were my own. I heard of his death and rushed here to console her" she paused and looked at me mockingly.
In a very low and sympathetic tone, she continued "You know how excited I was for you both when she got pregnant, how could she accuse me of harming your flesh & blood?" She said while faking a sob.
Her hand slid to grip his wrist, as she forced more fake tears out, her eyes flicked to mine with a victorious smile only I could see.
Then she continued "Ask the others. We came here seeing Donna harassing the nurses while the doctor was laying there lifeless." Selene's lies were infuriating.
I felt a rush of anger at her lies but I could not move as every bone in my body felt broken. My mate, boiling with anger as he digested her lies.
"She was ragging mad and I tried to calm her down but she gutted me, I barely escaped her grip." She held her neck and sobbed onto Lucien's shoulder.
"She resisted and jerked violently at anyone who came close to her so we managed to sedate her." Selene paused and took out the empty syringe to show him.
"I became angry when one of the nurses told me that she killed the doctor and I hit her a little" she said, her tears already wetting his shirt.
His gaze on her softened as he patted her head, pulling her closer for a while.
"No…..no!" I screamed hoarsely, my voice not audible. "Don't believe her! Lucien. She confessed to killing our babies because she believes I stole you from her" my voice broke into hiccuping sobs, my tears running like a river.
"She is jealous that you are giving me your attention, Lucien. You know how much I care about you, I would never hurt, one of your own" she said softly, brushing her lips in his chest, romantically to make me feel jealous.
He didn't even look at me, his gaze was with her. He pulled Selene closer, his arms around her like she was the fragile one who needed comfort. Jealousy curled in my stomach, twisting it as his jaw clenched, comforting her.
"You shamed me, Donna," Lucien said. "I gave you my name, my home, my trust and you repay me with lies, death and more lies."
I shook my head slowly as every movement brought pain, my cries echoing. "No," I said, my voice hoarse.
"She's lying with my name" Selene said, clinging tighter
to him, her lips brushing his ear as she whispered just loud enough for me to hear. "Pathetic loser"