TYLA'S POV“That is for you to find out sweetheart” Lilian said with a wink.“No no no Lilian, you can't stop there please.” I said desperately.I have heard stories about the night of a mating ceremony and I was nervous.“My dearest Tyla…you know I would tell you everything in a hurry without concealing anything from you but this particular one, is for you to find out for yourself and besides, I don't think it's something that you haven't done before.”“Actually…” I began as I bit my lips.“Wait a minute!! Are you a virgin Tyla??!!!” Lilian screamed.“Keep it down Lilian!!! The entire pack could hear you.” I said.“Oh sorry…sorry.” Lilian said as she giggled.At that moment I felt extremely embarrassed as I covered my face with my hand.“What's the matter??” Lilian asked.“I feel extremely embarrassed Lilian…it's going to be my first, that is if it happens and I don't know what to do.” I said.Suddenly the thought of Lilian and Thane being intimate seeped into my mind and my facial e
THANE'S POV“How do you feel about this whole thing, Thane??? it's the night before your mating and Luna ceremony to Tyla.” Rico asked.“Honestly, I don't even know.” I said as I ran my hands through my hair repeatedly.“You don't know??? It's your ceremony, Thane you authorized it so what don't you know??”“It was my Mother and not me.” I said.“Your Mother?? I don't understand your words.” Rico said with a confused look on his face.“She blackmailed me into agreeing to perform the Mating ceremony.”“Wait a minute!! Your Mother blackmailed you into agreeing to your own mating ceremony???” Rico asked as he burst into laughter.“There is nothing funny about what I've just said Rico…absolutely nothing.” I said.“I am sorry about that…it's just that it sounds funny…can you tell me everything that happened??”I careful narrated my ordeal with my Mother and how she planned with the pack elders and fixed a date for the ceremony and also how she threatened to end her life if I didn't agree
TYLA'S POV“What are you doing here???!!” I exclaimed loudly.“Shhh…keep it down Tyla.” Aurelius said as he held my mouth and pushed me inside, shutting the door.I was supposed to be scared on a normal day that someone who wasn't my mate was inside my room at that godly hour of the night but I wasn't.I pushed his hand off my mouth as I glared at him.“What do you want?? You aren't supposed to be here.” I said.“Tyla, I am terribly sorry for coming at you like this but I just couldn't help it anymore…these past few days have been excruciating for me and I just can't stay silent anymore.” Aurelius said.“What are you saying?? You are speaking in riddles.” “Tyla, don't you feel it???” Aurelius asked in a low tone as he walked closer to me.“Feel what??” I asked in a hushed tone.“The connection…. don't you feel it??? I know you have a mate already but I don't understand this weird feeling I feel when I am around you Tyla.”“Aurelius please don't…my mating and Luna ceremony is tomorrow
TYLA'S POV“Aurelius may be your second chance mate.” Lilian said as I suddenly burst into laughter.“Why are you laughing Tyla,what is funny??” Lilian asked as I stopped laughing.“Aurelius? My second chance mate? Lilian, that’s impossible! You’re joking, right?”I suddenly could tell from the weird expression on Lilian's face that she was dead serious about what she said. “I’m not joking, Tyla…Second chance mates are rare, but they’re not impossible and given the circumstances, it makes sense.” Lilian said.I stared at Lilian as my mind instantly began to race.“But… how? Thane marked me.. Doesn’t that mean I’m bound to him forever?” I asked with a confused expression on my face.In all my life, I have never heard of second chance mates and that was the reason why I didn't want to believe Lilian's words at that moment.Lilian shook her head gently. “No, Tyla…A mark only holds power if the bond is accepted and nurtured…Thane rejected you, and you accepted that rejection…. The mark
TYLA'S POVI woke up gasping as my heart pounded so hard it felt like it might burst out of my chest. The dream, it was still so vivid and so real. I could see the two paths clearly now in my mind as I was fully awake.One path was smooth and golden, bathed in sunlight, and the other rough and shadowed, tangled with thorns and mist. That voice… it had been so commanding and so certain. What did it mean? Why would I choose the harder path when the other one looked so inviting? I sat up in bed, clutching the sheets tightly. I needed answers and I needed someone to help me make sense of this as today was my mating and Luna ceremony.Without thinking, I threw on a dress and hurried out of my room. The packhouse was quiet, the early morning light barely filtering through the windows. My feet carried me to Lilian’s door before I even realized what I was doing. I knocked softly, hoping I wasn’t waking her up from sleep.To my relief, Lilian opened the door almost immediately. She wa
THANE'S POVI stormed out of Tyla’s room, my chest heaving and my mind a chaotic storm of emotions. “What the hell had I just done? I hadn’t planned to kiss her… I hadn’t planned to walk into her room at all but when I saw her standing there, half-dressed in that crimson gown, her skin glowing in the morning light, something inside me snapped.” I couldn’t explain it and not even to myself.The way she looked at me, the way her breath hitched when I touched her… it had awakened something primal, something I’d been trying to bury for weeks. And then I kissed her….I kissed her like a man possessed, like I was claiming what was already mine. I clenched my fists as my nails dug into my palms as I strode down the hallway. The packhouse was beginning to stir, the faint sounds of footsteps and voices echoing through the halls. Today was the mating ceremony and Today, Tyla will officially become my Luna.But it felt like I was walking into a trap.I reached my study and slammed the doo
TYLA'S POVFear gripped me as soon as Aurelius came out with his outburst and I unintentionally squeezed Thane’s hand. I could feel the tension radiating from him as his body stiffened as his grip on my hand tightened almost painfully. I glanced up at him, and the look on his face made my blood run cold. His eyes were dark, his jaw clenched, and I could see the barely contained rage radiating from him.“Because she isn't yours but mine…Tyla is my mate.”Aurelius didn’t flinch. He stood tall aa his gaze steady as he addressed not just Thane, but the entire pack. “Thane rejected her as his mate, and she accepted that rejection…The Moon Goddess has seen fit to grant her a second chance..a second mate. And that mate is me.” Aurelius said.I widened my eyes in shock as I wondered how Aurelius got to know about that information.The only one I told was Lilian and no one else's.The murmurs started almost immediately and a ripple of shock and disbelief spreading through the pack. I fe
TYLA'S POV“I need to speak with Aurelius and I need to do it alone.” I said.“No, you aren't speaking to anybody.” Thane bit out.“Let the lady speak for herself!! You don't have any right or hold over her.” Aurelius said.Thane’s eyes burned with fury as I made my request. “You really want to speak to him? Alone?” His voice was low, almost a growl, and I could feel the tension radiating off him like heat from a wildfire. “Yes...I need to understand what’s happening, Thane…This involves me too.” For a moment, I thought he might argue. His jaw tightened, and his hands clenched into fists at his sides. But then, without a word, he turned on his heel and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him so hard the walls shook. I flinched at the sound as my chest tightened.Aurelius stood quietly across the room with an unreadable expression on his face as I turned to him, my emotions bubbling to the surface. “How could you do that?” I asked as my voice trembled with a mix
TYLA'S POV“It can’t be…that’s the same time my parents died!!!”“Really??? Do you have any idea how they died??” Aurelius asked.“No…I was too young and I only knew they died alongside my sister.”“I am so sorry about that.” “I am sorry too about your parents getting murdered by rogues.” I said.“It's all good…that experience has only made me stronger.”“Yeah…speaking of rogues, I have been attacked by one before…and as a matter of fact, it happened when I came into this pack.” I said.“Really?? How???”“When Thane brought me here, I didn't want to stay and so I tried escaping and when I got close to the pack border, I met one who bite me by the way.” I said.“A rogue bite you??” Aurelius asked as he burst into laughter.“It's not funny.” I said as I playfully hit him.“I am sorry…it just sounded so funny in my head…I've heard of rogues ripping one apart, using silver stakes but biting?? That's a new one.” “Have you ever been attacked by a rogue before??” I asked.“Not really.”“It
TYLA’S POV“I love your confidence and what you did and don’t worry…I have a perfect plan we can use in getting back at the Alpha.”“Lilian…I really don’t want any of that and besides I was the reason why Thane reacted the way he did.” I said.“Don’t say that..he had no right accusing you of enjoying the kiss anyway when it was Aurelius who started it.”“You think so??” I asked.“I know so…now you are going to do everything I ask you to do okay and you can’t object to any of it…promise.”“Why does this sound like a trap??” I asked with my eyebrow raised.“Do you trust me??” “Of course I trust you Lilian.”“The promise you are going to do exactly as I instruct.”“Alright, I promise.” I said.“First we need to give you a makeover and look for a means to cover that nasty bruise on your stomach before it heals.” she said.“Okay, that’s not bad.” I said with a smile.“And also, Aurelius has a huge part to play in my plans.” Lilian said.“No..no..no…I am done with Aurel…I don’t even want t
TYLA’S POVAfter a while, I picked myself up from the ground as I walked down to the mirror in my room.I lifted my dress up and saw a very horrible bruise on my stomach.It was so bad that it had a mixture of pink and purple colours and it wasn’t healing due to the fact that my wolf wasn’t active and I had not shifted.I knew Thane was cruel and I knew he didn’t love me as much as he said he did but I never expected him to hurt me this way regardless of whatever I said to him that got him angry.I only spoke out of a place of hurt as he had accused me of doing what I wasn’t guilty of hence the reason for my reaction but this pain I currently was feeling was a pain I didn’t deserve to feel.I took off all my clothes and walked into the bathroom to freshen up and feel better but it was only worse because the pain intensified whenever water touched it.The only thing I could do was to sit on the bathtub and just wait till I felt better.After it felt like forever, I walked out of the ba
TYLA'S POV“Thane!!!” I yelled.He suddenly looked at me as I gasped in fear.His eyes were completely dark in colour and it was like I couldn't even recognize my own mate.“I will be back for you.” He said as he turned towards Aurelius.Aurelius suddenly stood up from the ground and Thane hit it again and this time it was harder than the first time.Aurelius hit the ground again as I heard cracks.Thane was not himself and if anything wasn't done, he would kill his own brother.“I thought I warned you to stay the fuck away from my mate??!!!” Thane asked in rage.“She is not your mate!!!!” Aurelius bit out as he attacked Thane.I watched helplessly as both of them got into a tussle and it wasn't a sight to see.Suddenly Thane shifted into his wolf form and as soon as Aurelius shifted too, I ran and stood in between them.“Tyla, get out of the fucking way!!” Thane threatened through a mind link.“If you want to do anything to me, now is your chance because I am not going to allow you a
TYLA'S POV“Don't do that Lilian, please tell me..”“I love you so much Tyla but I can't…you will have to wait to find out.” Lilian said as she winked at me.“Lilian, can I ask you a question??”“Of course…ask me anything.”“What would happen if Thane is removed or dismissed as the Alpha of this pack??” I asked.“Why would you ask such a thing, Tyla?? Don't allow anyone to hear you.”“Well please just answer my question.”“Well, it will be a huge disgrace and shame to not only him but his entire household and since he will no longer be the Alpha of the pack, he might be asked to leave the pack and settle elsewhere or worse case scenario, he would serve as a low rank werewolf, am omega under the current Alpha.”As soon as Lilian said those words, fear gripped me.I didn't understand how Thane could be so stubborn as to do nothing about the current situation even when he was quite aware of the consequences.I had to do something and that too as fast as I could.“Another question, who is
THANE'S POV“What sort of a joke is this??? How can you call us here only for you to apologize to him and retract your verdict??” Emmy asked as I could see the anger on his face.c“Be quiet!!! You of all people do not have any right whatsoever to question our decisions.” One of the elders said to Emmy in anger.“My elders, please do not be angry….he only said that because aside from him, we all are confused about this new development….when the chief elder called for a meeting, he sounded serious about it and now hearing this all of a sudden is somewhat strange.” My Mother said.“We know exactly what has happened and the person we owe an apology to is the Alpha and not anyone else…as the elders of this pack, we have a right to make some decisions and also Change our minds in the same regard and no one except the Alpha has any right to question us.” The chief elder said.The more the elders spoke, the more confused I was because all of time as the Alpha of this pack, whenever the elder
THANE'S POVAs soon as I instructed Tyla to go and stay with Lilian, I went straight into my Mother's chambers.“Son, when did you get back??.” She asked.“A while ago, look Mother first of all, I came to let you know that I am not pleased with what you told me earlier on…who gave the elders the right to decide when I am supposed to have my mating ceremony??? Do they think my life is a joke??”“Thane, you made your life a joke when you rejected the mate the moon goddess provided for you and then she decided to make a joke out of it after sending your brother as her second chance mate.”“He is not my fucking brother!!! I don't know where you picked him up from but you should have let me rot there.”“Mind your words Thane, you are speaking to your Mother.”“Look Mother, I know I made a mistake by rejecting Tyla but I am currently making amends but that doesn't mean I should be forced into doing what I don't want to do.”“What is wrong in getting intimate with your mate Thane??? Or are y
TYLA'S POVI opened my eyes wide open as I realized what I had done.“I am so sorry.” I said almost immediately.“No, I am the one who should be sorry….my attitude earlier on was totally uncalled for and I deeply apologize.” Thane said.“What Is the matter Thane?? Is there something more that you aren't telling me???” I asked as tears gathered in my eyes.“It's not that Tyla…it's just that I wanted to do the mating ceremony with you in a proper way.” He said.“What do you mean by mating ceremony??” I asked in confusion.Thane suddenly burst into laughter.“What do you think a mating ceremony is, Tyla?? It's not necessarily marking one's mate..it's mainly being intimate as it strengthens the bond between mates.”“Oh…I thought it was mainly marking one's mate.” I said.“No Tyla…and the fact that the elders wants me to do it before the next full moon just makes me angry…I don't want to be intimate with you out of your will or because some elders forced us into doing so.”“Is that the rea
TYLA'S POV “Wait Thane?!! I yelled.” “Yes??” “Can I come with you??” I asked. Deep down, I wanted to go with Thane.” “No Tyla, you aren’t coming with me.” he said. “But why?? I want to come with you please ” “You need to rest Julia…you can come with me later or some other time but for now, you aren’t leaving the four walls of this room.” “But I don’t want to stay here.” I said. “Tyla, I thought you wanted to rest?? Why are you suddenly changing your mind???or do you want me to stay here with you??” he asked. “Yes please.” I badly wanted to say. “No…that is not the case..it’s just that I am not feeling tired anymore and so I want to go with you.” “Tyla, I won’t say this again…you are resting and that is final.” He said. He took my hand and gently pulled me to the bed as I pouted and grumbled. After lying down, he covered my body with the duvet and kissed my forehead. “I know you are a stubborn little one but this is not the time for that…I have serious busi