The Alpha's Exchanged Mate
The Alpha’s Exchanged Mate – Chapter 17

Edwina’s POV…

I woke up feeling like a different person, like a woman who had just cheated on her husband and actually enjoyed it, I felt disgusted by my actions, and I never wanted to enjoy s*x with a man who was more like a stranger to me than my husband, I felt like I had betrayed the love I had for him and not just him, but my sister. So when I woke up and Alexander was trying to make a conversation with me, that was where my head was at.

“Ma’am, would you be taking your shower now, or do you want to later?” Becca asked, interfering in my guilty thoughts.

“Becca, you can just call me Edwina. No need for all the formality”, I replied, quite tired of her politeness and cautiousness around me.

I stood up from the bed and wrapped the robe around my body, and sat on the long red cushion in the room.

“The moon goddess forbids ma’am, you are now the Luna and I dare not disrespect you,”

I sighed. What is it with all these people and the so-called moon goddess and her influence on their choices?

“Okay,” I simply nodded as I was in no mood to go anywhere.

“So, ma’am, do you want me to introduce you to the people of this pack house?”

That was the last thing I wanted, to get introduced to people in this pack who certainly did not like the fact that a woman with no wolf came to marry their Alpha. But Becca would keep disturbing me if I didn’t decide to do something, so I instantly decided to go and visit my sister. I needed to know if she was aware of the marriage or if I was in the clear.

“I think I want to go and see Sonia,” I finally replied to Becca. She was anxiously waiting for me to make my decision. I could see her eyes widen when I told her that. That was definitely not the answer she was expecting me to give.

“Ma’am, do you think that is a good idea? Is she aware of the wedding?” She inquired curiously.

“I hope not,” I replied, “I instructed that she got limited access to information and all that, but you know, in a prison cell such as hers, people tend to talk, and I don’t know if that is something I can control, but I just needed to know.

” I just hope she doesn’t replace out because Luna Sonia can be vicious sometimes,” she blurted out, and I cast a glare. “Respectfully, though.” She added.

“Can I ask you something?” I asked and stood up from the cushion. I headed to my wardrobe where my suitcase was and placed it on top of the bed as I began searching for the outfit I would be wearing out.

“Yes, sure you can,” she responded and headed to where I stood to help me search for the appropriate cloth to wear, although I doubt she would be of any use.

“When Sonia was Luna, what was she like?” I asked, placing a black gown on the bed, “I think I like this one,” I muttered.

“No ma, this is too ordinary, you are the Luna,” she replied and placed the black gown back in the bag, ” You need to be more specific with your question ma’am, what exactly do you want to hear so I can provide you with the right information, in regards with that,”

“Well, I mean, how was she like with Alpha Alexander and also, how is she like with the people? Was she good to them, kind and nurturing?” I asked. Deep down, I knew some of these answers, but I think it would be good to get someone else’s perspective on matters such as this.

“Hmmm,” she sighed, and a frown formed on her face.

“Ma’am, I don’t know how to respond to most of these questions,” she stated with a serious look on her face as I couldn’t imagine what was going through her mind.

“Please feel free to talk to me Becca, there shall be no repercussions whatsoever,” I tried to assure her.

“Hmmm,” she sighed again and exhaled. “Luna Sonia and Alpha Alexander started off first on a good note, you could almost swear that they were in love but soon that love turned into something dark and bitter,” she paused, exhaled, and continued, “I found it relatively bewildering to see people shift so quick from love into something dark and shallow,”

“Were their lack of affection so obvious to everyone?” I asked. I needed to know because if it were that obvious and once upon a time there existed love between them, how much of me with no love whatsoever?

“Well, it wasn’t that obvious, till the screaming at each other started, the fights and soon the sleeping in separate rooms,”

I gulped in at the mention of her last statement, I had just requested the same thing from him, and he didn’t bother to mention the perspective people would be seeing it from because I am sure he knows about the gossip that was going around when he was still with Sonia, my sister.

I scowled at Becca as she brought out a long red gown, “I am unquestionably not wearing that,” I said to her.

“Why is that?” She inquired.

“That seems like a lot. I am just going to visit my sister in the prison, remember, not going from some sort of royal charity ball,” I replied, and she grimaced in amazement.

“But you are the Luna. You are supposed to dress a lot. Looking good is basically part of the Luna’s job description,” she teased, and I let out a hearty laugh.

” Remember I am trying to stay low-key when it comes to my sister, I don’t want her suspecting anything through my dressing,” I cued her.

“That’s a fair point,” Becca acknowledged.

“So how was she around people, how did she treat the staff, and did she have any friends?”

I don’t know exactly what I was looking for, maybe I was searching for any hint on how Sonia started getting so close to my ex-husband, and I was so blind not to know that whenever she came to visit in my rare house, she would act so casual around Benedict, sometimes she would even throw some shades at him, and I had this general belief that Sonia didn’t like him. It then came to me as a shock to replace out that they had been screwing behind my back, and not just that, she had gotten pregnant. It came to me as a shock and also indicated how foolish and gullible I could have been not to even see a hint of it. It took me quite a while to come to terms with it and also to forgive them.

Forgetting what they did to me is something I still struggle with, but I am learning to live with it.

Becca dropped a grey gown on the bed.

“I think this is perfect,” she said with a smile. I picked up the dress to view a three-sixty overview of the dress.

“I also think so too,” I replied with a smile of victory.

“Sonia wasn’t the kindness or nicest but she was firm and courageous, and I think that is a quality all Luna should have,”

I gazed at her as she outlined the quality of a Luna. I knew I had nothing of that quality. I have always been the kid that was bullied when I was young and talked down to, so being courageous is never part of my strength, and neither was being firm.

I breathed out and made a vow to start putting on the mask of courage because I wouldn’t let the bullying continue.