Naya's POV
The place is crowded, everyone is wearing black and holding glasses of champagne in their hands. I'm wearing black jeans and a brown hoodie. I am out of place, but I stand right behind so that no one notices me. The girls from the school almost look my way, but I duck. The last thing I want is for them to cause trouble for me.As I slowly walk through the crowd of people, I strain my neck to catch a glimpse of what's happening in the middle of the room. Everyone is so quiet, I wonder what they are all staring at. Finally, I see it– or am I supposed to say him?I see the new Alpha, Erus Bloodton. He is standing right there in the middle with his mother, Mrs. Bloodton. My lips part as soon as I see him, it's him! It's the same rude handsome man I saw! He is easily the tallest person in the room, his mother looks so small beside him. He has a buzz cut and his eyes are a kind of piercing brown. The girls are right, he is so handsome. He is wearing a black suit, hands in pocket and shoulders stiff. He doesn't look like someone whose father just died, he has such an expressionless face.A woman, who is recognized as a seer, is holding tied incense that is glowing as white smoke dances around– she is blessing him.“May your reign be greater than your father's.” She mutters. “You will lead this pack to greater heights. May the rogues be far from us..”He looks nonchalant, slightly annoyed like he doesn't want to be there. Quite a strange boy. Something jerks me and I remember why I am here.I quickly take out my phone to make a video of him. Sherry owes me one for this. I concentrate on making the video, making sure to zoom in on his face.Suddenly, the seer stops halfway, closes her eyes, and inhales dramatically. “Oh, the moon goddess, she has a message for you…” she breathes out.Alpha Erus glances at his mother, I know she is the reason why he is tolerating this. His mother bites down her lips and takes a step closer to the seer.“What does she say, great seer?” she asks.The seer opens her eyes so widely that I fear her eyes will fall out.“His mate. His mate is in the room with us.” The seer nods with vigor.Everyone in the room immediately gasps. Wow, this has just gotten more interesting. I see parents snap their fingers and their daughters run toward them. They adjust their hair and dresses. The young Alpha rolls his eyes and I almost laugh. This is premium gossip, Sherry better buy me lunch after I have shown this to her.The seer starts to walk around, her lips moving as she speaks words not understood by any of us. She is barefoot, her dress is so medieval, nothing like what any of us are wearing.Her hand shakes as she moves around the room, she is turning around in a slow circle. I see the way the faces of the girls fall with disappointment as she passes them. Who is she going to be? If it's a girl from our school she will be so popular by tomorrow.The seer keeps moving, and she comes closer to where I stand. I focus on the video, I want to capture the face of the girl when the seer chooses her.“Show us, moon goddess! Show us the chosen one!” The seer shakes with spiritual craze.Suddenly, her shaken finger stops. She doesn't move again. I hear a gasp, like someone bursting with relief. A girl has been picked. She is shaken with uncried tears and excitement, she grabs her mother's hand as her face turns red.“Is it me?!” She asks in a shaky voice. “It's me!”“No, child, it's not you.” The seer shakes her head. “It's her.”The men standing in front of me give way immediately and boom, the spotlight falls on me. Me. Naya Woods.I don't know what to do, so I quickly drop the phone into my pocket. I look behind me, but there is no one there. I'm the one who she is pointing at.“Me– me?” I touch my chest.“Yes, you, my child.” She affirms. “The moon goddess has chosen her, she is the destined mate to the young Alpha!”Loud murmurs fill. the crowd, it's probably because they don't even know who I am. I'm not an “official” member of the pack, my mother and I.This has got to be a silly mistake, what's happening to me? I want to run out of here, but my legs won't move! I am standing there, watching everyone looking at me, Erus Bloodton is looking at me.I see his jaw tighten and his eyes look like they are burning holes through me. He doesn't like me, I can tell immediately. This has got to be a bad dream…wake me up. My anxiety rises in my chest, I feel like I'm about to faint.“Naya!”Everyone turns to the door. My mother is holding our cleaning equipment, she looks bloody pissed at me. She's going to kill me.****My mum and I are sitting in Mrs Bloodton's office, we've been here for over an hour. My mother has been staring at the wall, she hasn't spoken to me, looked at me, or even touched the mountain of food that was brought to us.“Mum,” I touch her hand, begging her to speak to me.She doesn't react, she is pretending like I'm not right here.“Mum, please say something.” I croak with built-up tears. “Please, anything.”“I told you to go to the car, Naya.” She looks at me with pain. “Why don't you ever listen to me?”I know she is right. If I had gone straight to the car, this would have never happened. Another girl would have probably been picked, we would have gone home and at least had some steaks for dinner with what we'd earned.The door suddenly opens and Mrs Bloodton walks in. My mum and I immediately stand up. Mrs. Bloodton is a fucking legend around here, seeing her up close makes me shake. She is very beautiful, she is the Luna of this pack, and she also co-owns the Bloodton empire with her now late husband. She is beautiful, she smiles brightly at us and I melt.“I'm sorry Luna, my daughter was supposed to go straight to the car, we didn't mean trouble.” My mum begs.“Oh, come on, Miss Woods, I'm sure she is just being a normal teenager.” Mrs Bloodton laughs as she touches my mother's arm.I'm stunned. I would have sworn that this woman would have never touched my mother with a ten-foot pole.“Please, sit.” She gestures to the couches. “I've kept you here too long, let's just go straight to the point.”My mother and I glance at each other as we sit gingerly. The pretty couches aren't worthy of us.“I'm sorry about what happened, the seer is probably too old. We should appoint a new one.” She chuckles and waves off. “So, I guess it's best for all of us to just get over it.”I inhale calmly.“So, this is my offer.” Mrs Bloodton adjusts on her seat. “I will make you both official members of the pack, Naya here gets a scholarship till she is done with school, and I will give you a new house and ten million dollars. All you have to do is to accept the young Alpha's rejection.”I almost smile. All of that just to accept a rejection? Count me in! I saw the way the young Alpha looked at me, he didn't like me even a bit and even though he is good-looking, I would rather eat sand than be his mate.I'm bubbling with excitement, this is the best day of my life! Me and my mum aren't going to be poor anymore!“Mum!” I whisper to my mum with a smile on her face, but it quickly goes away.Why does she look so tense? Why hasn't she accepted this offer already? She sighs as she looks up at the Luna, Mrs Bloodton.“Why does she have to accept a rejection of it was a mistake?” She asks. “If it's a mistake, that means she isn't his mate, right? Or is she really his mate?”Mrs Bloodton laughs nervously. “Miss Woods, that's not important. This is a win-win situation. We will all be happy.”“I'm sorry, Luna, but my daughter won't be taking this deal.”“What?” Mrs Bloodton frowns.“What?” My heart falls.What's my mother talking about? Is she crazy? “Mum, what are you doing?” I ask her.“Let me handle this.” She tells me.Mrs Bloodton stands up with her face screwed with anger. She is vexed that my mother is rejecting this offer. “You do realize what you are throwing away?” Mrs Bloodton scoffs.“Yes, I do. That's why we don't take it. Thank you for everything, I will be back to complete the cleaning job tomorrow. Alone.”My mother grabs my hand roughly and hoists me to my feet. I try to protest, but my mother's stern face makes me shut up.“We will leave now, Luna.” My mother bows slightly. “May your husband rest in peace and may this Alpha's reign be prosperous.”*****My mother has refused to say a word to me or explain why she rejected the Bloodton family's offer. She knows that we need the money, and she knows that I need the scholarship, so why did she do something as foolish as rejecting it? She has taken my phone and also refused to explain herself to me. She also made me skip school for two days and it's been absolute torture.Finally, she has agreed for me to go back to school, but not after she has warned me not to speak to anyone about what happened at the Bloodton mansion.She drops me off at the school and zooms off. I inhale deeply, gathering my strength as I walk into the school.Everyone is looking at me weirdly, but I push it away. It's normal, they all hate me. I have barely gone to my locker when Sherry grabs my hand and pulls me into the bathroom.“Ahh, what are you doing, Sherry?” I groan.“Why haven't you replied to any of my texts or my calls?” She flicks her finger over my forehead.“Ouch! My mum took my phone!” I hit her shoulder. “What's up with you? Why are you so weird?”My heart drops as I see the look on Sherry's face. Something isn't right.“I told you not to come to school in the texts I sent.” She sighs. “Don't worry, I will drive you back home.”“Woah, what are you talking about?” I narrow my eyes with confusion.She sighs as she palms her face. She can't even look at me.“I heard what happened with Alpha Erus. Now he has placed a bounty on your head. Anyone who can get you to accept his rejection is going to be handsomely rewarded.”Naya’s POVMy heart crashes to the ground, what's she talking about? I wait for her to laugh and slap her knee. I want her to pull my cheek and tell me that I'm so easy to prank, but that doesn't happen. She is telling the truth, Alpha Erus hates me so much that he has placed a bounty on my head. “Oh my God..” I walk around with my hands pressed over my face. Why is this happening to me?! It's not like I chose to be mated to that Alpha, I mean I don't even have a wolf in the first place. Is there a glitch or something? Why won't my mother just allow me to accept the rejection? I don't even want to be with the guy and he hates me already. Look, he has placed a bounty on my head. I'm feeling lightheaded, so I press myself against the wall. I don't even know what to do. “Naya, are you listening to me?” Sherry raises my chin. “I will protect you, I will drive you home.” “I can't go home,” I say. “I have a math test today.” Sherry looks at me as if I've gone crazy. “You realize that
Naya’s POVMy body is still hurting, but my mother asked me to get into the shower and take a bath. Afterwards, she sits me down in front of the dresser and starts to apply makeup on my face. She takes her red lipstick– which she hasn't used in years – and she applies it on my already pink lips. “Mum, mum, you said that this wasn't okay.” I stammer. I don't understand why she has just suddenly agreed to the deal with Mrs Bloodton. I thought that she said that this is not a good idea? “The deal she is offering is not bad anymore.” She smiles thinly at me. “But, you said that it's not a good idea.” She holds her chin up and dabs some more powder under my eyes. “Naya, you are young, you are not going to understand. One day you will see that this is all good.” She puts my green dress on the bed and adds my good sandals to them. I don't have any accessories, so my mother takes off her earrings and drops them into my palms. At this point, I start to cry and shake my head. My throat
Naya's POV He hates me, I can tell. He was staring at his phone the entire time that I was with him and he left after five minutes. But his mother said that he and I were supposed to get personal, we were supposed to get to know each other. We are supposed to be married for goodness sake! My eyes water in the car as I am being driven home. Was it something that I did that has made him mad? Do I call his mother and ask for her to beg her son for me? After a long drive , the car pulls up in front of my house, the door opens immediately and mother steps out with eager eyes. She is going to be horrified when she learns that I did terribly and the Alpha doesn't like me. “Excuse me, miss. The Alpha said to give you this. Consider it as a small token to get yourself something nice.” The driver says. He is handing two bundles of money to me. I don't understand, why is he giving me such a huge amount of money? “What? The Alpha asked you to give this to me?” “Is there a problem, miss? D
Naya's POVI hold on to the strap of my school bag very tightly. What's going on here? Why have they all waited for me? “Boys and girls, let's give it up to welcome the fiancée of the Alpha, Naya Woods!” The claps are so loud that my ears are almost exploding. I walk amidst the clap. Trying my best not to trip over my trembling legs. They are all smiling, waving at me as if we have all been cool from day one. The truth is that I've never known peace since I stepped foot in this school. I was a scholarship student, that means that if not for my brain, I wouldn't have had the chance to attend this school. Their expensive school. The rich kids hate me for this. They hated that a peasant like me should be in the same classroom as them, drinking from the same fountain of knowledge. It was unhinging to them because I drank better, I was at the top of the class. So, excuse me if I find their smile a little too ominous for my liking, if I found the friendliness of their eyes too vague.
Naya's POVHearing that Brie Catelle’s family has been thrown out of the pack and the city comes to me as a heavy shock. I don't know what I expected, many people have bullied me and gotten away with it. I didn't expect Brie’s bullying to be the one to suffer consequences. Erus Bloodton is nonchalant, he didn't even look like he liked me, but he is going hard on people that have wronged me. Mister William sees the shock on my face and he waits for me to recover. It takes a while. “But how is that possible?” I murmur. “Brie's father is the head of the biggest bank in the city, they can't just be kicked out like that.” “Miss Naya, I don't think that you understand how important you have gotten. The Alpha, Erus, is really serious about you. And we all have to respect his wishes.” I nod, feeling a dryness in my throat. I think I'm getting dizzy or something. “Thank you, Mister William.” I say. “You are very welcome, ma'am. Please put in a good word for me when you see your fiance,
Naya's POVThat shatters my poor heart! Haven't I had it bad enough?! Why are they trying to take my mother away from me so early?!“That's not right, no I refuse to accept that! I need to talk to someone, Alpha Erus, his mother, I need to talk to someone!” I yell. “Hush, baby, it's okay. You are going to be fine, you are a big girl and can do it on your own.” My mother kisses my cheek. She is hiding her tears from me, she knows that I will have a total breakdown if I see her cry too. She tells me goodbye and Lance is even kind enough to ask another driver to drive her home in a different car. He drives me into the compound and I view the paradise with tears in my eyes. If I was told that I would one day be moving into a place like this, I would have called bluff. Lance drops me right at the door of the house and when he opens the door for me, he gives me a small smile. He helps me take my stuff out of the car, and he rings the doorbell. We wait for about five seconds and a ser
Naya's POVI have never experienced something like this. I am so conscious of my bare body and I have suffered from body dysmorphia and I hate being naked in front of everyone. She doesn't mind that I'm shaking terribly, she keeps her eyes on me and even shakes her head as she amuses herself with the sight of me. “You haven't answered my question, girl. Don't you know that it's rude for you to keep your Luna waiting for your answer?” This is a very personal question and I wish I am in a proper state to answer it. Perhaps we can discuss this at a more proper setting, but she is not giving me that chance. She wants the answer now. “Are you a Virgin, Naya?” “I– I don't know.” I shiver. “What are you? Dumb?” She barks at me. “It's a simple question! Yes or no! Don't waste my damn time!” I shut my eyes, but I can hear my own teeth chattering with fear. Do I have to live with this woman till when?She comes into the shower, my heart is thumping more than ever. She turns on the water
Naya's POVLuna Bloodton is not happy because she wanted to deal with Marcus very well, but I intervened and ruined everything. Her idea of a punishment for me was to invite the family doctor to give me a thorough examination in her office. I was asked to take a bath prior to the doctor's arrival and as soon as the doctor came, I was asked to lay on the table table as my privates were touched and examined. After the most excruciating ten minutes of my life, the doctor is done and declares me to be a virgin. It doesn't change anything for Luna Bloodton, she just shrugs as if she had expected me to be a virgin the whole time. I am ordered to go to my room. Two days, it's been five days since I have moved into the Bloodton mansion and it has been some of the craziest days of my life. I am having different kinds of lessons as Luna Bloodton is trying her best to shape me into a wide for her son. Before he comes back from this trip of his. My legs are shaved. My eyebrows plucked. My
Naya's POV I don't know how long I have been out for, but when I wake up, my nose gets hit with a sharp aseptic smell. I try to open my eyes and immediately feel the needles of pain go through me. I can't move myself, I am in too much pain. I'm supposed to be in a hospital, at least that's what it smells like, but this room is too fancy to be a hospital. Not even the most luxurious one. I hear heels clicking around, I feel someone's warm breath on my face. “She is a pretty girl, I must say, but she is dumb.” A strange woman mutters. “Don't call her dumb, sister.” Erus' voice replies. “It was an accident, and she is fine.” “You are speaking as if the accident is the worst thing that she has done. All this girl has done since she married into this family is to bring trouble to us! She is soiling the Bloodton name and this pack!” Surely this has got to be a psychotic nightmare. Erus doesn't have a sister, and she doesn't hate me so much. I thankfully can't open my eyes, and I ju
Naya's POV I'm so desperate that I get down on my knees and crawl as close as I can to the gate. Yes, I am that determined. It's a fair distance and my entire body is on fire and I'm covered in sweat when I get there. I see Erus from behind the bush I am hiding, and he speaks to the guards at the gate. They say something to him, then he growls and starts to walk towards the house. I wait for him to leave before I stand up to my feet and push my hair away from my face. The guards are startled to see me, but they bow down and won't meet the gaze of my eyes. “Mistress, good evening. Is there something you want us to do for you?” I look over my shoulder. “What did Erus – I mean, the alpha, what did he say.” “He was just asking if you left the house in the morning. We only told him that you are still inside.”Good. I stretch out my hand. “Give me the key to his car.” Their eyes widens. “But Mistress, he is looking for you in the house.” “Stop arguing with me and give me the damn
Erus’ POV Devon laughs, and I have never wanted to hit someone like I do right now. He turns back around, his eyes wrinkled as he laughs and laughs in my fucking face. “You think that I am interested in your wife? I mean, she is beautiful and all, but that's stupid that you think I would want to get with your mate.” Devon says. “Oh, your charm doesn't fool me at all, Fields.” I mutter. “Get any closer to Naya, and I will break every bone in your body.” Devon stops, but he still has a smile on his face. He doesn't even feel a little bit scared by any of my threats. “Days ago, Naya was in my store to do some shopping.” He says. “Wait, I'm just being nice, she wasn't shopping, she was stealing from me.” My heart drops into my stomach. “That's not true. Naya isn't a thief.” “She is my friend, I wouldn't call her a thief, but she did try to steal alcohol from me. I let her go without telling you, but since you think I am interested in her, there you go.” My fists clench. I am abou
Erus' POV Coming back from the neighboring country of Aldonia, and heading straight to the office when I know that I want to go and check up on my wife and daughter, has got to be the most frustrating thing ever. I haven't seen them in two weeks, and it's taking a toll on me…I wasn't like this. I used to travel for months and I never felt bothered at all, but now Jordan has changed my life. I have bought her an insane amount of toys again, even when Naya told me that it was a bad idea before. I have to find a way to expand Jordan's play room…Brandon looks at his iPad and then turns to me. The meeting with Devon Fields is today, sir. “Devon Fields?! He is still in my city?” I mutter. “Turns out that he is, sir.” Brandon adjusts his glasses. “He has been waiting for weeks for you to be available to see him.” I snort with disapproval as I look out of the window. I have an unaddressed grudge against Devon, and the only reason why I haven't killed him is because he is the son of A
Naya's POV Shame sinks it's teeth into me and drags me to the depth of hell. Devon doesn't look so judgemental, but God, I feel so ashamed. I shouldn't have taken the chance by coming to his business in the first place. I grimace and push my fake hair away from my face. With embarrassment, I slowly raise my hand and wave at him. “Hi,” He pulls a chair and sits down with on, as if he was one of us when we committed the crime. “So, what's this?” He asks. “You are trying to get in trouble my stealing liquor.”“We will pay for it, we promise.” Sherry says. “You can hold her hostage, I will go and get the money from the car.” “No, I don't want your money. You want all the liquor here, you can take it, I just want to know why you both turned into petty thieves.” Okay, now he sounds like the principal, and I don't like it at all. “What would Erus have to say about this?” He looks at me, before moving his eyes. “And you too. What's your father going to say about this?” Sherry sudden
Naya's POV We walk into the mall like two normal girls that want to get over a drunk night. “I've never been to prison. I heard it's bad.” Sherry whispers to me. “Yeah, me too, but we are not going to jail today, don't worry. Maybe we can go another time.” I chuckle. Sherry chuckles back with me, but it's obvious to see that she is very uncomfortable with this. Usually, it's the other way around. Sherry would be the one to push me to do things. Since she is so scared, I give her the duty of distraction, and decide to steal the liquor myself. “Flirt with the lady at the front," I whisper to her. “What?! I'm not even a lesbian!” “Well, you are today. Don't mess this up, okay? I will be back and you will meet me at the back.” I walk away and soon, I find the liquor shelf. I don't think I have tasted alcohol more than a few times in my life, and I am not very proud of that. Because I don't know much about liquor, I just run my hands over the bottles, until I find one that cat
Naya's POV I don't believe her, I snatch the card from her, but the name printed on the expensive card is Erus Bloodton. “Oh, Lord,” I fall back against the bed. “You robbed Erus and now he is going to kill the both of us.” “Relax, he gave it to me.” She chuckles as she lies back next to me. “He came to my house and he apologized for causing the strain in our relationship!” I turn my neck to look at her. “Wait, you're telling me that THE Erus, apologized to you?” “He did.” Sherry nods. “He wants us to be good friends again. I don't know him that well, but I think that he approves of our relationship now.” I roll to get closer to her, and I pull her into a hug, the sting of tears in my eyes. Sherry is the closest thing that I have to a sister, and I have lived a cruel life without her all these years…“Okay, that's enough, I don't want both of us to start crying like someone died. Get into your big ass closet and get you the sexiest fit you can find…” *****We drive in Sherry's
Naya's POV At the end of the longest work day of my life, I pick up my bag and throw my coat over myself. They are talking about me, I see my colleagues in groups of twos and threes, throwing glares my way with their judgy eyes. My only offense is that Erus decided that he wanted to tell everyone that I was his wife, and no patient wants them to treat them. I walk out of the locker room and hurry to the chief's office. I enters into his office without knocking and I quickly shut the door after myself. He is on a call, which he quickly ends as soon as he sees me. “Oh, Miss Woods, I wasn't expecting to see you.” he stands up. “Is this a good time, chief? I really need to speak to you about something.” “Yes, Miss Naya, I was going to ask you to see me maybe tomorrow, because there is something that has been bothering me.” My face falls as I see the look of hesitation in his eyes. He is about to fire me! Yeah, today was a very shitty day, but I still love being a nurse. “Plea
Erus' POV She stops for a while, her hands stuck in the air. “Wait, you are not here to kill me? Instead, you want me to amend the relationship between Naya and I?” “Exactly. Since I was the reason why it was strained in the first place.” I shrug. “Huh.” Her hands go to her waist. “What changed, Alpha? This is very unlike you.” “Yes, Sherry, it is very unlike me, just… Naya gets depressed very easily over simple things, so you should be there to cheer her up.” I say. “She will need her best friend, and you have to be there for her. I have prepared a girl's date for you two. Don't worry, I will be with Jordan throughout the day. You girls should catch up.” Sherry chuckles nervously. “This has got to be a very fucked up dream.” “It's not, Sherry.” I sigh. “Come on, are you in or not?” “Are you kidding me? I'm so in!” She rejoices. “We have a lot to talk about! I have to tell her about the asshole I almost got married to four years ago–” She stops when she sees that one of my ey