Her Second Chance novel Chapter One

OCTOBER 13, 2019.

Thunderclaps resounded outside the Crescent pack.

Raindrops splattered on the window.

Inside the pack house, two arguing voices was heard.

"No, Xavier. You can't! You can't leave me in this manner!" Claude yelled as she gripped the shoulders of the young man in front of her.

"Are you going to stop me? Do you have any right to?" The young man whom she referred to as Xavier asked, his face a mask of menace.

"I'm not stopping you. But, you can't just leave us-"

"Us? What business do I have with your child? And you?" Xavier pushed her hands away, and turned his back on her.

"Don't tell me you are denying your child, your own flesh and blood, Xavier?" Claude forced out the words as her heart clenched in pain.

She held the hem of her dress tightly, in an effort to stop herself from running over to hug him.

"My flesh and blood? Stop being ridiculous, Claude! The child in your belly is a bastard, and I won't allow you pin the responsibility on me!" Xavier spat out the venomous words which stabbed right into Claude's heart.

She fell to the floor weakly, and gazed at his back view.

How could he say such mean things to her? Did he even care about her at all?

Claude chuckled in self mockery. It was ridiculous, how he could say such hateful words without blinking his eyes at all.

Who was the man in front of her? He was definitely not her Xavier... He wasn't the one she had grown up with... Not her childhood playmate, and definitely not her very own mate...

She felt a heavy weight on her chest blocking her breathing vassals. She closed her eyes in pain.

"Abort it." He commanded after being silent for a while.

She raised her head sharply, and forced herself up. Was he out of his mind?!

"What did you just say, Xavier?" She walked closer to him with slow steps.

With each step she took, she wished he would turn around, and tell her he was joking.

But he didn't... He remained stoutly in his position with his broad shoulders in place.

She walked right to his front, and raised her tear filled eyes to look at him.

"I should abort our child? Really and truly?! Are you even human, Xavier?!" Claude thundered at him.

His words were like an exploding bomb to her ears. Did he know the implications of his words?

Was he out of his freaking mind?!!

"You must be stupid, Claude. No, very dumb I guess." Xavier narrowed his eyes, not minding the tears that was cascading down her cheeks.

He wasn't in anyway moved... He felt disgusted even.

"Stupid? How dare you say that to your mate?" Claude raised her head in disbelief as she forced back the tears that was threatening to spill through her eyes.