Chapter 2

Ariel

I could hear voices in my head and I woke up sweating profusely. My heart was racing as I got up, I felt I was in bed, the surface I laid in was just that....

I was really confused as my gaze instantly went to my torso area where I was just stabbed, I stared at my stomach for a while. 

I was okay, which was strange. I was supposed to be way dead or somewhere in between but here I was, breathing

Or was I dead!?

No I was not, death can feel like my room, i was just having a bad dream. 

I thought about the dream that I just had and the setting and I could hardly get myself to figure out what was happening.

Then I remembered the voice that I heard in my head just before I woke up.

"It could not be but have I been reborn?" The thoughts rang in my head and my heart froze almost immediately.

Wait what!

I stood up immediately in shock and stared at the room; my room. 

I remember the design immediately. It was changed just after the death of my father but on my request, it was removed in three days.

It was beginning to dawn on me as I could easily predict the events that were going to take place.

My heart froze almost immediately, an awful truth that I just learned about.

I could feel the pain of the past now. The hot air of betrayal. The lies that he told me and the way that he pierced the dagger into my stomach With a single trace of mercy in his eyes.

I could feel tears forming in the corner of my eyes. If anyone had ever told me that he was going to Betray me in such a manner that he did, I would never have believed it.

But now that I had gotten a second chance at life, I was going to make sure that he pays for every single lie.

I brushed up my face as a flush of anger flushed over me. But first I had to remember the exact time that I had been reborn

"And make sure that you use this second Life of yours wisely." The voice rang in my head.

Then I heard a tap on the door. I drew down my Shirt immediately and I was beginning to wonder who that could be.

"Who is that?" The words shot out of my mouth.

"It's me, Jennifer." Whoever was at the other end of the door returned to me.

She parted the door open and immediately I stared right into her eyes, the only thing that I could see was the hate and everything that has happened in my past life.

My face squeezed into a frown as I drew over to her and I stared at her right in the face.

"What's happening?" She inquired, staring at me but the frown hanging on my face tightened even more.

"What's happening? You are a traitor and a liar." I fired at her.

"I don't understand what it is that you are talking about. I guess that you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

"And you will be on the wrong side of life if you don't get out of this room right this moment or you will have me do something terrible to you," I yelled at her and seeing the seriousness that was written all over my face, she pulled away from the door I closed it firmly behind her and I returned to the bed and fell face up.

"This is not how to do things, Ariel. Bite into Their skin slowly." My subconsciousness yelled out from the inside of me.

I thought about it for a while. Maybe this was the perfect idea and I would have a whole lot of time to reveal the truth about that thing that called himself my mate.

While I continued to think, the door parted Open and I looked up slowly and I noticed that it was Gulther.

There was a worried look on his face as he drew over to me. "Is anything wrong?" He Inquired staring right into my eyes.

But I could not even hear a single word of what he was saying because I was staring at the paper that was right in his hands. I remembered it perfectly from my past life and I got to know the time that I had been reborn too.

It was right after the death of my father and I had assured him that he was going to have it. Two days later, he brought the blueprint to me to sign the first part of it and I signed it later that evening after a Party.

"I might be a fool in my past life but I am certainly not going to be a fool in this life." I thought in my head.

"Ariel?" He called out to me, snapping me off from my thoughts.

"Is there something that you are not telling me about that you wish to inform me about?" He Inquired but I shook my head almost immediately because I had decided to play along in this crazy game of theirs.

"I think that I just woke up With a slight headache but I will be fine. What's that in your hands?" I Inquired.

"Remember the paper that you are supposed to sign. Just as you said." He added.

I took the paper away from him trying as much as I could to control my rising anger as I threw it into the drawer.

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

"I think that the headache is getting pretty worse and I will not be able to look through it now, Maybe later," I explained to him, falling back down to the bed.

He stared at me for a while. I could hear the surge of anger that he was trying to control.

This was something that I didn't notice in my former life because I was so lost in love or so I thought until I came to discover the truth about it.

He kissed me on my neck and he cuddled me for a while before leaving and my face squeezed into a frown hanging.

"Keep on deceiving yourself. When I am done with you, you are going to regret ever knowing me." I growled in my head.

I laid down on the bed trying to figure out the next event that was going to take place in my head.

But before I could get to do anything, the door parted open and my step sister Walked into the room

"Hey sister, since father died a year ago and mother ran away. We are alone together. I know that I have been doing a lot of things wrong and I want to plead that you forgive me." She said to me and I remembered the exact moment that this had happened in my past life and after this, I had given her the warmest hug ever.

"I was so stupid back then," I growled in my head.

"And what made you realize this all of a sudden?" I inquired, staring right into her eyes.

"I just realized that you are the only one that I have in the world." She returned to me with her tear-filled eyes and I smiled back at her.

"I have always wished that this day was going to come," I said With a smile hanging on my lips.

He hugged each other, and after that, she pulled away from me and stretched a letter over to me and I shot a really weird stare at her.

"And what is this for?" I Inquired.

"A party for Alpha. Since Father died a year ago, we have been confined to the pack house. So I discussed With Gulther and he loved the idea. We could go to this party just to have fun. I already made reservations." she said to me and I nodded my head.

"So thoughtful of you sis," I remembered with a hateful glare hiding right under it.

"Then that's a yes. I will go over to Gather and inform him about your decision right away." He mumbled as she swept off from the room.

I stared at the invitation for a while. There was something strange about this Party.

After I came back from the party in my past life, I was acting weird and I didn't even notice when I signed the documents.

I thought it was out of love but something else had happened to me that night.

I had to find out what the heck it was that they were plotting to do to me and I also had to do that as soon as I could.

I drew off from the bed and I walked outside. It was going to be difficult for me to search for them without sighting me.

"So what are you going to do now?" My subconsciousness yelled out from the inside of me.

I called out to one of the servants in the pack house and he walked over to me as soon as he could.

"Princess Ariel." He greeted me With a slight bow.

"Did you see where my Mate Gulther goes?" I inquired, staring right into his eyes.

"Hmm, I saw them walking off to the guest restroom." He replied to me and I walked away from them as soon as I could.

I walked over to the resting room and just as I had thought, they were there, talking in whispers.

"What if she decides not to sign it? I know my sister and she can be strong-headed." He returned to me.

"But she loves me and she is ready to do anything for me."

"You are such a bad ass aren't you." My step-sister noted as a burst of dark laughter escaped from her mouth.

"But being serious. I know that the fool loves you but we have to take measures and that just lays all our hopes on what she feels about you." She returned

I clutched my hands, grinning With so much hate and anger.

"So we have reached a decision. We are going to intoxicate him and when she returns, she will barely realize when and how she signed it." He laughed

That was exactly what I needed and I pulled away from the door as soon as I could

I returned to the room. "Let's see who is the Fool here." I thought in my head

The time finally came for the party and I was all dressed up. The guard drove us to the venue of the event and I sat right beside Gulther.

"Hope you are doing fine now my princess." He inquired.

"With you by my side. I will always be fine." I lied to him.

When we got there, we sat on the seat that they had reserved.

I sat there but I didn't drink or eat anything.

"Ariel. Wait here while I go and get some drinks for us." He returned to me and he came back a few minutes later with my best-flavored drink, strawberry.

I remembered gulping it down without a second thought. I stared at him as he pushed the drink over to me.

"Thanks." I appreciated him.

I was about to take a sip and I noticed that they exchanged Swift glances and I had to drop the wine back.

"I will have to go and ease myself. I will be back as soon as I can." I returned and I could see the disappointment written on their faces and a dark smile hovered on my lips, exactly what I wanted.

I Walked outside to ease the tension but while I stayed there, something really strange happened to me. I began to perceive an odd scent of Cinnamon mixed With ginger.

I was really confused and I didn't know exactly what was going on.

"Mate! Mate!" I heard my wolf screaming inside of me and I froze right on the spot.

In my past life, I always thought that Gulther was my mate until he revealed to me by himself that he was never my mate.

I could feel my heart racing and my feet shivering and on the floor.

Then, I saw him walking towards me also shivering. I recognized him almost immediately.

Darius, the Alpha of the Mage pack. The darkest and also the strongest pack in the whole of the werewolf packs.

But why did it have to be the cruel Alpha of all Alphas? I was not the gossip type but the news about him and his cruel activities never seized in my ears.

"Mate!" The Words shot out of his mouth.

I thought about my past life, the Betrayal of someone so sweet and I thought that I loved.

I already faced one heartbreak and I could not face another. That was going to tear me apart.

I did not need anyone in my life. I was going to be an independent Alpha Queen and when it was time to have a child, I was going to find a male Alpha.

I know it had never been heard of but I didn't care. I could not go for love. Rather, I was going to face my revenge and after which I was going to build my pack.

I was rejecting him.