Alpha King's Pregnant Slave

MALIYA’S POV My two hands were tied backwards with a chain as tears streamed down my eyes. I couldn't believe it, it was still like a drama to me. Why on earth will Xander reject me in the presence of everyone and choose my best friend? What offense did I commit that he had to treat me this way? This should be a prank. Not only did he reject me, but he made me a slave. He announced in the presence of everyone gathered from his coronation that I was now a slave in the pack. What for? If this was how it was going to be, why didn't he tell me all these while? Everyone in the pack knows that we are lovers, and they hope that I'll be his Luna—instead, it turned out this way. “I’ll never forget today. The day Xander betrayed and rejected me to be his Luna…the day he enslaved me—"I mumbled beneath my breath. There's no way Mia is innocent about this. I wonder the sort of lies she had told Xander about me that made him change his mind towards me after so many years of dating. I bet she has gotten what she wanted, to be Luna and then watch her friend be a slave in the pack. This is so annoying! “His Majesty is here!” the guard in front of my cell announced. I didn't bother to stand, I was just seated at that position, watching as the cell was opened and he walked in. He came closer to me and squatted. Seeing his face made me recall the past night. I can't just tell what happened precisely, but I know we met at the brothel, arguing only for me to wake up naked before him. Thank heaven that I left before he woke up, or he would make fun of me with that. “How do you feel being a slave?” he stretched his lips into a deadly smile. That infuriated me, but it's senseless. My hands were tied so I couldn't even hit him. “In your next life, learn to always tell the truth….” he continued. My brows arched. “What do you mean by that? Did I ever lie to you?” I shrieked at him. He scoffed. “You didn't! But you hid one thing from me, that you're suffering from a heart disease. What were you thinking about hiding it from me? So I'll become a widower in no time huh?” he bit his lower lips. “I can't have someone like you as a Luna because you'd be too weak to take care of the internal court…” “Is that also the reason you enslaved me? You should have just rejected me and I'll go my way…'' I retorted, grimacing. He shrugged his shoulders. “That's the punishment you get from lying to the Alpha King. In your next world, you should learn to tell the truth—no matter how hard it is.” he snapped back at me and turned to leave. I couldn't hold myself. This is not the Xander I know. “Okay, I understand that I lied to you, and I was scared you would be afraid if I told you ...but is that the reason you rejected me or do you have any other reason? There's no way you'll reject me and pick my friend immediately—something must be going on all these while that I don't know right? How long have you been cheating on me with her?” He turned to me, stared at me for a long time, and ended up leaving without saying a single word to me. He couldn't answer my question. I wonder how difficult it is for him to do that. Mia is my best enemy, I should have known that from the beginning. She flaunts herself around me and acts cool but that's the real her—she's a devil in disguise. Now, I have no family that will play on my behalf, I'll have to be stuck in this place until the end of my life. Recalling the memories I shared with Xander in the past, I couldn't control my tears. I wouldn't have met him at first, it was better not falling in love than loving a betrayer. Hiding my sickness isn't the major reason he rejected me, that's just an excuse. I believe so well that he's been cheating on me all these while with Mia, now he has to use this as an excuse. Does he even know that we had a one-night stand last night? I know he will recall that we met and had a slight argument, it will be better if he doesn't recall whatever it was that happened afterwards. I was dozing off when the cell was opened and two guards walked in. They unlocked the chain tying my hands together and ordered that I follow them. I did as they ordered, walking in their middle until we reached the ceremonial ground. The coronation had already come to an end and everywhere was empty, the only thing dispersed was waste that the guards ordered me to take away. “His Majesty ordered that you tidy up this environment. He already gave you just fifteen minutes to do that, and if you can't meet up with time, then there's a punishment awaiting you…” one of the guards explained. My heart sank into my belly. Why on earth will Xander give me just fifteen minutes to tidy up a large environment like this? Is he as devilish as I thought? Swimming in thoughts will only waste my time, so I began the work. Five minutes elapsed as the guard announced but I wasn't even up to half of the environment. The palace was so enormous that one would think it was a national playground. I was trying my best so I could meet up with the time—but it was all in vain, I could smell that I'd be either whipped or roasted in hell because the guard already announced that I had just three minutes left, and that's when I was just done with half of the compound. “Time is up!” that was the next I heard and then the guards drew me and chained my hands backwards again. “Please give me at least five minutes more, I'll try and conclude everything.'' I pleaded with them, but it seemed I was talking to myself. They were deaf to my request, instead, they dragged me to the front of the big mansion and tied me to the pillar there. I was breathing heavily, still pleading with them. “I never knew you were this lazy, you couldn't tidy up the compound within fifteen minutes—that's what other slaves do..” Xander blurted as he stepped out of the mansion. If eyes were bullets, my glares would take him to the grave. “You're really happy seeing your girlfriend do that huh? Aren't you even ashamed of yourself? Why on earth will you give me just fifteen minutes to tidy up a large compound like this? Can you do it, or will that b***h you cheated on me with do it?" I swallowed hard. I was fuming in anger while he watched me. “Just tell them to get this rope off me so I'll go complete the work..” I slammed angrily at him. After staring at me for a long time, he let out a smile. “Stop referring to yourself as my girlfriend, you're my ex–girlfriend now and I have nothing to do with you. And, you'll be given twenty strokes of cane for not meeting up with the time so that next time you'll be cautious…” he remarked and signaled the guard at his back. The guard walked closer to me and the next was a bottle of water emptied on my body. “This is what it looks like to be a slave—” Xander contorted his face. I let out a deep breath while the guard was untwisting the rope he would use on me. “You'll regret this, Xander!” I uttered, and he sniffed.