Making A Big Mistake On The Most Important Night Of Her Life.

She stepped onto the high platform in the forest, almost cowering at the heavy dominance she could sense from the large crowd that had gathered around here tonight. Many important guests had attended this ceremony, mainly for Alpha Kodiak's sake, and it only added to the pressure she was feeling at the moment. 

Her Luna smiled warmly at her as she took a blanket and a set of clothes from another woman, placing them on the platform. She said to her. “Don't be nervous, Anna. Just remember your Alpha's words. You should do your duty as a member of the Stark Pride pack, so don't let us down.”

“Yes, Luna.” Anna lowered her eyes at the same time she remembered her alpha's words listing the advantages of choosing Alpha Kodiak. Everyone wanted to use her situation to their advantage, but no one was worried about her heart. 

Once the Luna had left the scene, she began to feel the churning feeling in her guts and the uncomfortable, slow heat that spread through her body. She was filled with so pain that she thought she was going to die as her limbs went out of shape. 

A few minutes later, a weak howl was heard throughout the pack. 

Alpha Kodiak's eyes furrowed as he unconsciously took a step towards that direction, but a hand stopped him in time. He growled at the person at his side, unhappy about not being able to help his mate. “She might need my help, Zayn. Let me go.”

“No, she has to do this to prove herself as a worthy Luna for your pack.” Zayn's icy blue eyes met his own as he confined him to that very spot with his hand on his shoulder. He was about to growl at him when he saw him look above his shoulder as he said. “Look, she is already here.”

Kodiak whipped his head to see her coming out of the forest with a blanket covering her naked body. Both and man were instantly divided upon the sight, the former reacting out of lust while the other was filled with concern. He wanted to take her in his arms and check on her condition, but he couldn't move. 

Because this was the time he had been nervously waiting for. It was time for her to choose her mate. 

Anna's eyes scanned the crowd, glazing over the Dark Edge alpha like he wasn't there until she found the person she had been looking for. Darius was standing in a corner with his friends, looking at her with expectant eyes. 

Kodiak's eyes widened with fear and panic when he noticed the strange expression on her face. When their eyes met, he shook his head slowly with desperation. 

He whispered under his breath. “Please, don't do this….”

“I choose Darius as my mate.” Anna's words were like a hot knife that had sliced through the silence in her surroundings. Several gasps of shock were heard when they heard her words, but she felt lightheaded from wasting all the courage she had gathered here to announce her decision. 

“NOOO!!!” A loud growl was heard followed by her words as a large wave of dominance hit the pack by surprise. The submissive wolves in the area had already fainted from the heavy, overwhelming outburst that had repressed the whole place. Alpha Kodiak roared at her with the same eyes as the moon above her, dark red eyes with the color of blood. “HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!”

“What are you still doing? Since she has chosen someone else, shouldn't she be entering the mating chambers already?” Zayn sneered coldly at the Stark Pride Alpha and his Luna. He seemed to have already expected this outcome, so he quickly subdued his twin before he could lunge at her. 

Anna had not expected this situation at all, but she hardly had time to process it as her pack Luna grabbed her roughly by the arm towards the mating chamber. Unlike the gentle treatment she had received in the previous months, she could now sense the hostility from everyone around her. 

But she didn't care. Because she had finally gathered the courage to choose her heart. 

She was thrown into a dark room with only the moonlight coming through the windows enhancing her vision. She was feeling a bit cold from the night breeze, but she needed it to remain clear-headed since she was a bit dizzy. A few minutes later, she heard the door open, so she quickly went closer with excitement. “Darius, is that you?”

“Yes, Anna.” Darius stepped back as he stared at her with an unnatural expression. 

“We don't have much time since the red moon is about to disappear. We should complete the ceremony as soon as possible. ” She couldn't hide the smile in her voice when she told him. “Acknowledge me as your mate. ”

“I cannot do that. I am sorry, Anna.” Darius's quiet words broke through her fairy tale imagination. She thought she had hallucinated the things she had heard, but her newly acquired vision told her otherwise. 

He was wearing a guilty expression. Now that she was carefully accessing him, he looked disheveled and messy, like he had been beaten by someone. 

“I-I don't understand.” Anna brought out a letter and waved it to his face. “You sent me a letter. You confessed your feelings for me, you said you loved me back!”

“It was all a lie.” Darius exhaled, trembling as he told her the truth. “It was all a stupid bet made by my friends. I just wanted to prove to them that I was no longer a boy, I wanted to show them that I was good enough to win a girl from that arrogant alpha.”

“You son of a b*tch!” Anna lunged at him with gold-colored eyes, allowing her wolf to take control as she brought her claws. She aimed it right at his face along with all the pain and madness she was feeling already, causing a blood-curdling scream in the room. 

She was instantly flung to the other side of the room, hitting the wall with the back of her head. Blood trickled down her face, but the last thing she felt while Darius furiously swore at her in the background, was the wet drops of tears from her eyes.....