Craved By The Lycan King; Now My Ex-Husband Wants Me Back

EVELYN

Four months.

It had been four months since I stepped foot into the whitestorm pack. My hand still ached from the hundreds of documents I’d signed in the North, but I didn’t care.

Mike had sent me there, saying it was for the good of the pack. He told me as the last of the Estefan bloodline, my signature was needed to merge our lands and secure our future. I wanted to make him proud, so I poured my energy into that duty.

I wanted to show him that without a wolf, I could still be a perfect Luna.

And whilst I was there, I still managed some research about why I hadn't found my wolf yet. The response I got was just like I'd expected.

“ You're perfectly fine.”

“ You just need to be patient and wait for the Moon Goddess.”

But my patience was wearing thin. I was already twenty-six. Most late bloomers got their wolves at twenty but here I was, six years later, with nothing to show that I belonged to the pack.

Thankfully, Mike had been very supportive, he didn't pressure me, he didn't hate me. He told me he loved and treasured me and I clinged to that reassurance even though somewhere in the dark part of mind, a thought that Mike would leave me for his fated mate lingered but I chose to ignore it.

Because he told me he loved me and I believed him.

“ Luna Evelyn, We're here!” My driver called, his voice cutting through my restless thoughts.

I needed to think good thoughts.

Today was a good day.

I was finally home to my husband and best friend who missed me like crazy and that was all that mattered. I stepped down from the carriage and smiled. I had the signed Treaty of succession in my bag. I was bringing Mike the ultimate gift, total control over the territory my father had built.  

I mumbled a quick thank you to the driver. He helped me carry my bags from the back as we walked into the house.

The entrance was oddly empty, usually they had guards there but I guess they'd made some changes whilst I was gone. I pushed through the doors, running through the halls as I made for the office. My heart racing in anticipation, adrenaline rushing through my veins.

My fingers braced the handle and I pushed the door open. “ Surpri...” I stopped when I noticed that it was empty, files sprawled over the table.

Maybe he was in the bedroom.

My pace slowed when I saw two unfamiliar looking guards blocking my driver from coming into my bedroom. “ The Luna had asked me to bring her bags to her bedroom,”

“Alpha Mike is busy currently and he wishes not to be disturbed.” One guard stated plainly, shoving my driver back. He staggered, my luggage falling to the ground.

Increasing my pace, I reached the door, a frown etched in my features. “What are you doing? He's my driver? I asked him to put my things in there!”

“Excuse me, who are you?”

I scoffed. “ Who am I? I'm Luna Evelyn. Wife to Alpha Mike.” This time, one of the guards scoffed, whilst the other chuckled, the sound rather mocking than amused.

“You? Luna? Do you think we're foolish?” The one laughing said as his face slowly turned cold. “ We know our Luna and it isn't you, so get out.”

“Who are you to speak to me in this manner?” Rage was running through my veins. “ I am Evelyn Estefan, the daughter of Alpha Estefan. I am the Luna of this pack.”

“ You are not our Luna and you'll be escorted out immediately.” They both came for me, gripping me roughly by my shoulders. My driver charged forward, nudging one of the guards to the ground, the other threw a punch his way, and a crack sounded from his jaw. His body crumbled to the ground unconscious.

Their firm grips found me again, as they attempted to drag me out once more but then the door opened revealing Mike, his hair slick with sweat, his chest bare, a towel hanging around his waist. Chest heaving softly as though he'd just finished some kind of workout.

“ Sir...” They called, distracted, I took that to my advantage and snapped my hands away from them, running to Mike. I pulled his body into an embrace, letting his warm scent rush through my nostrils but he remained stiff.

“ What are you doing?” The sound reverberated through me, cold and emotionless. Slowly, I pulled away, meeting his gaze.

“ Wh-What are you saying? It's me... Evelyn, your...”

“ I know who you are,” He cut me off, his hard eyes fixed on me. “ What I'm asking is why you're here?”

“ I'm your wife! Don't I have a right to come home?”

“You’re supposed to be in the North,” he gritted out. “I made sure you’re supposed to be…..”

“What do you mean?” I whispered. “You asked me to come back once I have the Treaty—”

The sound of footsteps interrupted me, followed by a very familiar voice. “Honey, who's at the…” Something sharp stabbed through my heart, the one person I hadn't expected stood there, clad in nothing but the silk sheets of my matrimonial bed. “ Door.”

Vanessa.

My best friend was sleeping with my husband.

“What are you doing here?” She asked but I ignored her, tears burning at the back of eyes.

“What is this Mike? Tell me what on earth this is!” I snapped, my breaths were heavy, my chest heaved so hard it hurt.

“What do you think this is?”

I shook my head, the truth burned but I refused to accept it. I gestured between them with trembling fingers.

“ You, Nessa, You're...”

“Fated mates?” Vanessa said, “Yes Evelyn. We are.”

I knew this day would come, the day he would abandon me for his fated mate but I hadn't expected it to come this soon. I prayed that the moon goddess was delaying my wolf so that when I finally had it, it would strengthen our mate bond and our already existing feelings but I guess this was the harsh reality.

I was the wolfless Luna cast aside.

And my best friend was the strong willed, intelligent Luna that the pack needed.

But still I couldn't accept this.

Not like this.

“When did you know?” My voice shook, my vision slightly blurred.

“Well, I've known since..”

I shot her a glare, “ I wasn't asking you.” I faced Mike who'd been silent, his eyes which once looked at me with love and adoration now burned with hate and disgust.

“Three months before you left,” he said, with no trace of guilt in sight. Which meant he'd been doing this, whilst I was stupidly giving my body to him.

I closed my eyes, the pain cementing itself into my chest. “ So you'd just been using me? Till you found your fated mate?”

“ Exactly,” his gaze moved to her, his fingers touching her chin. “ Who knew she was right beside me all along?” She responded with a chuckle, planting a peck on his lips. “I only needed your name to secure the throne, and now that I have it, I have no need for a woman who can’t even shift.”

My sadness twisted into confusion. “What do you mean?”

Vanessa leaned forward and snatched my bag from my hands. She pulled out a brown envelope and smirked. “A wolfless Luna is a liability. Thank you for transferring the pack to us, Evelyn. Guards!” She yelled. “Escort the stray to the border.”