Chapter 1

Ariel

"You don't have to do this." I could still hear the voice of my father as it drained away from my ears gradually.

"But Father, this is the perfect decision. Besides, he is my mate, the one that the moon goddess had chosen for me." I returned to him.

I drew a really deep breath, deeper than I had ever drawn all my life. This was the conversation that had taken place right before the death of my father.

I did not know how he was able to discover that I was about to give the pack over to my fated mate.

He is Alpha of the neighboring pack, they had always been the enemies until he came in and he proposed peace and that same year, I discovered that he was my mate.

I was drawn to him because he was very charismatic and I have to say that he is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me in all my life.

He was head over heels for me and he would do anything all because of our love but there was a problem, a problem that made my father to make me stay away from him and find someone else as my mate.

As an Alpha heir and the future Alpha Queen of my pack, I could not get married to him expecting it was going to make a lot of things go wrong.

One of us would have to forfeit the pack to rule beside the other. But I loved him so much and I could do anything for him.

I could still remember that night I was told about the rule. I sobbed, I cried, I yelled and I kicked and for The first time since we came together, I could not find consolation in his warm embrace.

I could still remember the way that he looked into my eyes with tears in it. With genuine love and affection.

"Don't cry, my queen. I promise you that I am going to find a way around this. I am definitely." He promised me.

Then one morning, he came to me with a proposal. He wanted the both of us to rule together and I would be his Luna.

I was afraid of making the wrong decision but he had assured me that there was nothing that could certainly go wrong. We loved each other and ruling the pack was going to strengthen our bond and make the pack stronger

"Once we have children, they are going to rule the pack separately." He assured me and I nodded my head.

It took me a lot of days and I realized that I could not live nor breathe without him by my side so I made a decision to give him my pack and rule beside him as the Luna of not only my pack but both packs.

The events of the past drained away from my head as a smile hovered on my lips.

"And that is the greatest decision that I have ever made all my life," I said to myself with a smile hanging on my face.

He had been so helpful showering me with love and affection. While I continued to think about him, I heard a cracking sound from the door and I turned around to see who it was.

It was my mate Gulther.

My life was going just perfect. My step sister was the most supportive sibling any one in the world could ask for.

Though we were always at war before the death of my father, after his death, we made up and it was her initiative.

"How are you doing, my princess." He greeted me with a smile hanging on his face

I was so lost in thoughts that I didn't even realize when he came in.

"I'm doing fine." I returned.

"Today, I am going to make you my Luna and be crowned the Alpha of the pack too and we will rule together." He smiled.

He pushed a contract paper over to me and I read through it. It was the pack shifting contract.

I has signed a a part of it before but this was going to conclude it all and there was no going back. But I certainly did not care.

I took a pen without thinking about it twice. He kissed me on the lips so hard and he pulled away. I wished that he never did.

"I love you. So tonight. I will have to go now and make preparations while you sit down here and have some rest as the princess that you are." He said.

"But.." I wanted to say but he would not allow me to spit out a single word out of my mouth.

The time flew fast and it was almost time for him to announce me as the Luna of the pack. I could not wait for him to mark me as his Luna.

I got dressed as soon as the car was ready, waiting for me to be taken.

"But it's still like an hour early Princess Beauty." The head maid said to me but I was just too nervous that I could not wait anymore.

"I just have to go. I can no longer wait to see his face." I returned

I was driven over to his pack where the ceremony was going to take place.

But when I got to the venue, where the ceremony was supposed to take place, something really strange happened. I discovered that the whole place was already so crowded that I could hardly see what was happening.

My heart skipped a beat and I was really confused. "What the heck in the name of ten devils is happening here?" I thought in my head confused.

I edged my way to the front and I saw my mate, my Alpha standing With another lady with a smile hanging on his face.

I was really confused. I noticed that it was my step-sister, she had run away together with her mother a long time ago after she tried to poison my father.

I could feel my heart beating hard against my chest as though it was going to burst through.

I noticed that they turned around towards the crowd. "And I present to you the Alpha and the Luna of the crescent pack and the moon peak pack." He announced.

And my heart sank in the ocean of confusion as the crowd broke into a round of applause.

"What?" I yelled out at the sound of my voice and there was a sudden pause as everyone turned around towards me.

"Gulther, what the heck is happening here?" I inquired, staring right into his eyes.

I could already feel tears forming at the corner of my eyes but I was able to push it backwards almost immediately.

I could not abhor negative thoughts in my head, at least not yet.

I stared at him for a while waiting for him to give me an explanation

"Oh, you came early. You can join the proceeding." He noted with a gray of laughter hanging on his lips

I stared at him for a while and I had to say that I was even more confused than I had been in the first instance.

I stared at my step-sister who was all smiles and I stared back at him.

"Jennifer? and what is all this Drama for?" I Inquired but immediately I spat out the words from my mouth, his face squeezed into a scornful frown while we Walked gradually towards me

"Luna Jennifer. You will refer to her as Luna Jennifer and I would not have you refer to my mate in such a manner you fool." He fired back at me with a hateful sneer and I could not believe the words that I just heard him saying.

"Yeah you heard him bitch, Luna Jennifer." She growled at me

I froze right on the spot still trying to compensate what was going on in my head.

He referred to me as a fool. Thoughts were clashing in my head. My lips broke into a sad smile as a strand of tears escaped from my eyes.

It was as though I was running mad or something and emotions were beginning to clash gradually in my head.

"Tell me that this is not true Gulther. This has to be some sort of job right? I promise you that I am going to understand." I Said to him but from the look that was hanging on his face, this was certainly not a joke.

"You're that stupid. The only joke here is on you." He returned to me and it was as though he had pierced a glass right through my heart.

I fell to the ground and began to sob. I remember the moment that we shared, they were all gone. He had Betrayed me. All this while, he had only been using me because of what he stood to gain and nothing other than that.

Then it struck me, my pack was all his, and I was left with absolutely nothing.

No, I could not let that happen. Not in this life. I drew a really deep breath and I stood up from the floor that I laid.

"Why did you decide to do this to me, Gulther? After everything that I have already done for you. Is this the promise that you made to me? To always be by my side?" I Inquired staring right into his eyes with tears in my eyes.

"Well too bad, the deed has already been done." He shot the words out of his mouth.

"My father, my people have always wanted your pack which was once ours until your grandfathers took it away from us after the great conference. But when I became the Alpha of the pack, I came up with a plan for what I was going to do. Deceived that I am your mate and I had to consult a diviner for that and a Witch and herb was made for me So that I was going to smell like I was your mate. And too bad for you, you fell for it." A burst of dark laughter from his mouth.

The words that he just spat out from his mouth tore my heart into a million shreds.

So he wasn't my mate all this while and I have always been deceived.

"And you supported him in this madness?" I Inquired.

She didn't say a single work. She raised her sleeve and I saw his mark. I got the message immediately as more tears trekked down from my eyes. She was his true mate.

My legs shivered on the floor.

"After you collided with father to kill my mother saying that she is a witch. What were you thinking that I was going to just seat back and let you go scout free. It was in the moment of my grief that I found him and it turned over that he was mt mate."

"A a perfect match!" Gulther kissed her on the lips.

I stared into his eyes With so much hate and I used that I could just tear him apart.

I advanced slowly towards him to rip him apart but I was held back by two guards.

I tried as much as I could to break free from their strong grip but they held my hands so tightly that my skin cells could hardly breathe.

I yelled, I kicked but there was nothing that could be done.

"I am going to make sure that you pay for this. All of it." I yelled at him and he sneered back.

"Let's see how you are going to do that." He returned to me.

He clapped his head slightly and I noticed that a room was opened, right behind the stage my eyes brightened almost immediately and I gasped. I could not believe what I just saw. It was all the elders of my pack, all down in cold blood.

I spread my hands over my mouth as tears found its way out of my eyes down to my lips

I was lost in a trance. He wasn't just a betrayer, he was a murderer. A Beast. I continued to stare at them and it seemed as though for a while, I was totally out of this world and transmigrated to another.

Then, I felt a sharp pain in my chest and I looked down. Covered in blood as a gasp of pain escaped from my mouth.

I looked up at him still in blood. It was a silver dagger. Before I could say another word, he pulled the dagger out and Stabbed me again.

"Maybe this is where it has to end, but remember that I still love you." He whispered into my ears but I didn't fail to recognize the sarcasm in his voice.

"I hate you so much. So much that I hate the devil or even more." I growled at him as he pushed me away from the dagger and I crashed to the floor.

My death was painful and I was gasping for breath. If I ever had a second chance or another life, I was going to make sure that I made him pay for all of this with his worthless life.

It was the day that her mate was going to mark her as his after she had given up everything for him.

But it turned out that she had this thing for her step-sister and to shut her mouth up, he killed her.