ARABELLA.
“You slept with your best friend’s boyfriend?! You should be ashamed of yourself!” I yelled at Lily as I rummage through my wardrobe. She laughed, finding what I said funny but I didn't. My best friend was a cheat and I didn't know until now.
“That guy is my mate now, you should be happy for me.” Lily laughed again.
“Josh has liked me since second grade!” I countered, still rummaging. Today was a special day for me. A day that I would be with the love of my life forever. After today, I will be happy forever.
“And now he is a grown man that's in love with me, stupid girl!” Lily laughed again. She was just telling me about her mating experience and how it had been the best thing so far in her life. I am happy for Lily, she was my best friend and so was Josh.
“Tell me you are not looking for the purple dress we bought yesterday?” Lily asked, and I nodded.
“You took it to the bathroom this morning, remember?” Lily asked, putting me off my misery. I groaned and quickly went to get it. Thirty minutes later, I was done dressing with the help of Lily.
Perhaps I shouldn't be happy like this, I should be scared and sad and filled with anxiety but after meeting with Rhys yesterday, he assured me he will choose me as his mate no mother what. We had sex and he enjoyed it like I did. Today, nothing will ruin my happiness.
We got out and Josh was already waiting for us with his Lexus car. Everyone on the street was ready for the moon goddess festival, they were all happy and giddy like me. Our happiness was different though. Alpha Rhys was going to choose me even though I was only seventeen. He said he didn't care if I wasn't his mate, he loves me and would choose me over and over again.
In remembrance of his words and the way his eyes glistened as he spoke the words, goosebumps grew on my body.
“You look stunning, girl.” Josh turned to the both of us before igniting the car. Then I saw Lily frown beside me.
“I am your mate, you should compliment me differently!” She tapped his shoulder and I laughed.
“And I am his childhood girlfriend.” I chipped in,
“Crush!” She corrected with a playful grunt.
Soon, Josh rode us to the venue. The venue was the town square. The Alpha wanted a venue that could fit everyone without anyone crashing into another. The place was quite large and I did not expect to bump into my sister and her best friend.
Just like my sister, her best friend Rose did not like me at all.
“Where did you get your dress?” She asked with an eye roll. However, I wasn't in the mood to respond to her. My eyes were scanning everywhere for Rhys, I wanted to see his handsome face before he announced me as his mate by evening.
“Probably from the two cents store.” My sister, Mia, mocked me. Lily who was beside me glared at them, she was ready to fight for me anytime and day. Every day I wondered why Lily wasn't my sister instead of Mia.
“I need some fruit wine, I don't want my perfect day to be ruined,” Mia started and then dragged her friend away with her.
“Thank God they are gone, I cannot spend another second looking at her!” Lily groaned and I laughed.
“What perfect day was she talking about?” Lily asked. I heard her as well but whatever perfect day she was having, it could never ruin mine.
Mine was the perfect Cinderella fairytale. A life every maiden in a frostbite pack would kill for.
An opportunity presented to me and me alone. There was no doubt that I was the perfect Barbie in every fairytale - that got everything everyone wishes for.
“Nothing can ruin a day like this. Not Mia. And on a brighter note, I will soon be free from her.” I twirled around and Lily giggled, running to me,
The ceremony began soon, everyone was excited to see the Alpha. He was a handsome and strong man, every woman wanted him. He announced the beginning of the ceremony and we all jubilated.
I looked at his eyes, hoping he’d share with me a beautiful glance like he always did even before he became Alpha but he didn't.
There was a gloomy expression behind his eyes each time, it sent hot shivers down my spine. I wondered what was wrong with my Alpha Charming. Pack duties must be worrying him again. I cannot wait to be by his side and help him. Later in the evening, it was time for Alpha Rhys to make the special announcement.
My heart bubbled with so much joy but at the same time, I was anxious. Lily wasn't back from getting fruit wine with Josh. I know he was making her fruit blossom somewhere. My cheeks heat up at the thought of I and Rhys doing the same tonight in his gigantic room. I'm a lucky little she-wolf.
I can shift ever since I was a little, I'm different from everyone else because werewolves shift at age eighteen. The thing was that I wasn't eighteen yet but as much as I wanted to be eighteen and find out if he was truly my mate, I didn't want it.
The fear of him not being my mate eats me up each time but knowing he hasn't found his mate yet and his assurance has kept me this far. even though maybe the moon goddess kept him waiting for me until I turned eighteen. Eventually, he came on stage, every woman looked at him but he looked at me alone.
“Today, I am going to introduce to you all, my mate and your Luna. You all should accord her the same respect that you owe to me.” He started, his voice nourishing my insides. Blood rushed up to my cheeks and I began to blush stupidly.
“Her name is Mia Wolfhart!” He yelled and then my sister walked past me - toward the stage.
It felt like my eardrum was damaged. Perhaps I was dreaming. It was the name he mentioned, right? My blood streamed as I saw Mia walk to the stage and then Rhys took her hand.
What is happening?
Am I dreaming? This has to be a dream.
I punched the side of my arm hard, so hard my nails burst my skin open. I saw blood on my finger and it showed me this was reality.
No. No. No.
It can't be. I fidgeted.
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ARABELLA. My sister, Mia got on stage and then wrapped her hands around Alpha Rhys. He too wrapped his hands around her and they kissed. Everyone cheered for them, noises went on and on. The noises felt like my inside was being blended. Hot breath rushed out of me, and my entire body rumbled. I had never felt so many emotions at once in my life until today. Watching them caused anger, turmoil, and apprehension in my entire body. Tears clouded my eyes, and my lips became shaky. I couldn't watch anymore so I turned and ran away while everyone else was celebrating. I found myself heading to the deep bushes. My entire thoughts were clouded by the betrayal that I had just faced. Rhys slept with me the other night, he took my first time as a bond between us that he would never leave. Suddenly, he invited my sister on stage beside him as a mate. Without blinking, he kissed her in the crowd. No wonder he hadn't been looking at me with affection like he used to do. Now I can only guess
ARABELLA. Another laugh fell from my mouth, it was quite funny. I thought I was going to be his Luna, but he told me that I would be his Luna, but now he offered me a mistress position. I took the bottle and drank all of the liquor in it. I shouldn't be drinking but I couldn't help it. There was nothing else for me. Nothing left for me. The man I want to surrender my life to has left me for someone else.The next moment, I heard the sound of someone walking into the house. My sister, Mia, her scent was scattered around the house. Anger bubbled in me and I dropped the bottle of liquor. She hadn't been home since she stole my man from me. Funny enough, it had been a whole month since my life was ruined by her. “Hi, sister. I am just going to carry some of my bags to the Alpha house” She waved at me and I rolled my eyes with contempt. She was trying to make me jealous. To laugh at my face and tell me she has all the things I have worked my whole life to get. “You stole my man!” I yell
MIA. “When are you going to crown me as Luna?” I asked, kissing his lips and sliding my hands down his chest. I had to spike his coffee to get him to this point, to touch me and allow me to touch him. Yet, he kept mentioning her name. He thought that I was Arabella. “Next week.” He raised my head and kissed my neck, sucking my skin and where my mark was supposed to be. I moaned, wanting more of him. However, at the same time, the door flung open, and Arabella’s scent wafted to my nostrils. He got away from me very quickly and then turned to her. I groaned at the sight of her. Dramatically, she ran away and I rolled my eyes. Rhys rubbed his forehead and then took a look at me again, probably confused about the reason there were two Arabella. “Fuck!” He groaned when he saw me and then wore his trousers properly before running after her. I sat up with a deep growl. She just had to come and ruin everything for me. I wore my dress well and ran after them. It took me a while to find o
ARABELLA. A thin line between breaking and getting yourself back. Rhys was my thin like. His saying the perfect words would have made my day better. Perhaps him choosing me over everything else would have made me float in the air instead of this heartbreak. He kissed me, and this made me think that he was ready to choose me over anything else. “I have duties to this pack.” He reminded me that the pack was more important. He said that choosing Mia - his right mate - was for the betterment of the pack. He said he could not reject her and again, I should be his mistress. My ego would not let me accept to be his mistress so I ran - I ran into the forest in my wolf form. All I could think about was how life had defeated me once again.My mother - the woman I thought loved me turned out to be a fake. She wasn't my mother and she hates the gut out of me. Mia took Rhys away from me and the one man I have ever loved wanted me to be his Mistress. My wolf whispered as we walked through the for
ALPHA RHYS. I walked back and forth in the meeting room. I held most of my meetings and disputes right here. I had never thought that one day, Arabella would be the reason for a meeting in this room. Every part of me wanted Mia’s words to be a lie. A big mistake that I would overlook very quickly. The next second, she was pushed in. Craig shoved her into the room. It seemed she was struggling to come in and he had no choice but to shove her into the large meeting room. Mia walked in after them, she came to stand beside me. Arabella’s eyes rounded at the edge. She glared at Mia and the latter did the same without a care in the world. Arabella’s eyes eventually stopped on me. “Why am I here?” She asked, her voice lower than normal. It was different from the woman I used to know. “You killed his father!” Mia was quick to answer. Anger oozed out of her. She sounded in pain. Of course, father was always on her side. I had only accepted her as my mate because of him. This makes me thi
ARABELLA. The day was gray and murky. All I wanted to do that particular day was sleep until my eyes became arid. However, this was until some men walked into my room forcefully. Although I couldn't see them clearly, the aura coming from them made it obvious that they were from the Alpha. “Where are you taking me?” Two men grabbed me by the arm and shoved me out the front door. The bright sun got in my eyes and I winced before docking. “Don’t say any more words.” A masculine voice sounded in my ears. I kept quiet after that. I wasn't in a good shape to argue much. My memories were parched though, I could hardly remember anything that happened before now. Soon, we got to the pack house. Everywhere was colorless. I had been here a couple of times and I know they had some bit of color to them but this time, they were gone. No, it had to be the drugs I had been using. They were fucking with my head. The men by my side only stopped when we got to the Alpha meeting room. Alpha Rhys
ALPHA RHYS. Her eyes wouldn't leave my memory. It was as though she was right here, beholding me and begging me to believe her. I want to. Every part of me wants to turn deaf ears to the evidence. To the proofs. To her marks which lay claims on my father’s corpse. To ignore the words knocking at the edge of my heart. To believe her alone. Yet it was hard. The evidence was clear. I didn't want to be blinded by love. I didn't want to make a mistake. I hissed and took the dangling glass to my mouth. It was filled with an amber drink and when it touched my tongue, it ran down and burned my throat. It was just what I needed to remind me of reality. To not be blinded by sweet feelings. Anyone could turn evil. We are all capable of evil only some of us have more self-control than others. And when we lose everything holding us back, we delve into it hungrily like a starving wolf. I heard the door open behind me and then soft footsteps followed. Her scent spread across the room. I didn't
ARABELLA. He let go of my neck yet I felt like he was still strangling me. I coughed out and it felt like my lungs had been wrung. I just stared into the air, tears pooling around my eyes. His words hurt too much, it felt like my heart was shattered into two. They were like spades, dividing my timid heart into two. The same man that promised me heaven on earth. It was the same man I thought I would end up with. My dirty cunt? The words were so thick, that I could almost taste them. I stayed in the position for many hours. There was no need to count the time, I would be here for a while. However, I did know when it was morning and night. Another two days passed. No one came to my dungeon. There was no food or water. At some point, my mouth went dry and I could almost not feel my tongue. I knew that Mia was behind it. The bitch would do anything to make me suffer. Right now she was in the upper hand. And she got Rhys on her side as well. On the third day, I knew my death was ap
ARABELLA POV“I can’t believe you’re getting married,” Lily said.I turned away from the mirror to face her. “Do you think I could be potentially making a mistake?”Lily laughed and playfully slapped my arm. “Don’t be silly, Arabella. You thought about this for months. You even went through the painful process of telling everyone your identity.”I smiled at the memory of that. “Yeah, it went surprisingly well. People took it in pretty well.”“You know the one they took in the most? The arrest and public death of Mia.”My mood dampened just a bit. My half sister was killed two weeks ago and here I was, getting married to the man she was previously married to. Rhys asked me not to overthink it as he wasn’t even hers to begin with, and I was working towards that step. I turned to Lily again.“Do you think James and Jenny would make it? They promised that they would show up today and they’re not here yet.”Lily slapped her forehead in embarrassment. She’s been slapping a lot of things lat
RHYS POVI stood outside the boys’ quarters, thinking of how best to go over this. If Jack wanted us to talk about whatever he wanted to talk about, then this was a big secret opener. I was dying to see just how much secret he was willing to uncover, and that included Mia.She was dancing when I stepped into her room. As always, it was open and inviting, as if she was waiting for the day when I would finally accept her. Was she expecting that day to be today? Had she done all this just because she wanted me?Yes, dumb ass. Yes.I ignored my wolf voice and cleared my throat. She stopped dancing and smiled brightly at me, as if I was the sunshine at the end of her tunnel.“You’re here,” she said, wiping her brows with a face towel.“And you’re dancing,” I commented. “What’s the occasion?”“You’ve confined me to this mean, smelly place and I have to get used to it, Rhys.” She gulped down a glass of water. “The fact still remains that I’m your wife and I will be until I sign the divorce p
ARABELLA POVI’ve never had so many things happen to me in the space or hours or minutes but it was definitely happening now. First my children gets kidnapped, then after 24 long, excruciating hours, I go to get them and discover they had somehow managed to free themselves. Then I stupidly went into to the cabin instead of running away with them only to get kidnapped again and have a gun pointed at me.“Your children was a handful,” the first man said. “That is not surprising. I see now where they got it from. You do know we can’t leave you alive after this?”I immediately clasped my hands together in prayer. “Please, I’m begging you with the almighty name of the moon goddess, please let us go. I swear I’ve packed all my things! I’m ready to leave now.”He shook his head. “You’ve seen our face, lady. I wish there was some other way to not kill you—”The door burst open, forcing a startled scream out of me. The kidnapper in front of me trembled. I angled my body to the side and shifted
ARABELLA POV“What are you going to do now?” Lily asked me. “Do you have any plans on how to tackle this?”I paused my restless pacing and turned to her. “I’m burnt out, Lily. I don’t know what to do! I’ve tried to think of every possible thing but nothing. Rhys isn’t even helping matters. He thinks Mia is innocent simply because she hasn’t left the house in days!”“And the kidnappers want you to leave?”“Yes! They clearly said no money, that I should just leave. Who else would not want money and ask me to leave?”She cocked her head at me as both of our mind went to Mia. She was the only sworn enemy that I had that would dare though my children and go Scot free. Thinking about it made by blood boil. I wanted to grab her hair and force her head into a hot oven…“Okay, you’re making that face again, “ Lily said. “We just need to think about what to do next, Arabella. I know this must come as a shock…”“It’s quite the shock, Lily.”“But we have better things to do like waiting for the k
Arabella PovI realized I was vibrating with fear and doom. I needed to calm down, but the thought of my children going through the most traumatic experience of their life was chilling to the bone. Why was it only them that was kidnapped out of all the children coming to school? The kidnappers had technically been aiming for me and my children. I glanced at Mia. It was her. It had to be her. There were no other logic asides the fact that Mia has a vindictive aura towards me and she was not afraid to use them.I turned my back to them and spoke into the phone. “What do you want, please? Can you just let my children go, please? I’ll do anything.”‘Of course you’ll do as you’re told, Dr. Emma, or you’ll never see your children again.”I shivered once more, bracing myself as I asked the most important question. “What do you want then? Is it money? How much would you need to let my kids go?”“You insult us, Dr. Emma. We don’t need your money. We only need you to do one thing and we’ll retu
ARABELLA POVI was very upset, and rightfully so too. I thought about Rhys every day for five days, mostly wondering if he didn’t want to let Mia go. Did he trust her enough to be sure that she hadn’t killed his father? If only I had enough time then to pressure the guy more so he would tell me the truth about Mia. She certainly had more wicked things up her sleeve and I was very desperate to reveal them to the world.“Dr. Emma, you’ve wiped that post four times in a row now,” a nurse said.I jerked back into consciousness and realized that I was in the hospital, wiping a patient’s wrist over and over so I coke inject their antibiotic for them. Murmuring my apologies, I quickly gave them their dose and stood up.“You look tired,” the nurse who had called my attention said. “You can go home; I’ll cover your shift for you. I’m not sure I want to see you dozing off the rest of your days here.”“I’m fine,” I saidSpacing out. I was constantly spacing out because I was concerned for Rhys an
ARABELLA POVI was really bumped and hyped with energy when I took Bruno back to the car. He asked load of questions about why he wasn’t allowed to see the prisoner and I said something in the lines of how his ears were too little to hear all the important details. It would really sick if he had to hear from a strange prisoner that his mother was involved in a crime.Once I left him in the car and locked it, I ran back to the cell. My heart was drumming with excitement. I imagined that prisoner holding Mia’s picture and announcing that she was the one who had made the order. Oh, that would make so much sense! However, when I joined Rhys minutes later, I noticed that he was silent and now holding the picture, having collected it back from the Rogul. The Rogul was snacking heavily on the food I brought, which I now every much regret since the mood wasn’t what I expected it to be.“What did he say?” I asked Rhys, a note of desperation in my voice. “He was holding Mia’s picture, right?”
ARABELLA POVI had a plan. A grand, beautiful plan. Rhys was going to be here anytime soon and he would be solely against it, which means I have to be wise towards it. I knocked once on the children’s door before opening it. They were laughing and walking about, looking for the perfect fit.“Mom!” Delinda cried when she saw me. “Do you think I should wear a dress to the park? I can’t seem to find the perfect fit.”I smiled reassuringly as I remained at the door. “You don’t need to stress to much, my darling. You guys should all wear shorts and shirt—you can wear a skirt, Delinda—and carry a backpack too.”Damon frowned. “A back pack?”“Yeah. It’ll make you looo smart, like a professor.”I knew they would accept readily to what I said, yet I waited on high tension. When they finally agreed to dress like professors and carry their backpack, I grinned. Earlier today in the morning, I came across Bruno’s backpack and I slipped in Mia’s picture in it. At first when I saw her picture lying
MIA POVI paced around my room, completely restless. He hasn’t been sleeping at home lately and now Bruno was gone. When he was brought back from rhe hospital, Rhys took him away and said he wanted to take him to a recovery center. How long do recovery centers usually take? Did Arabella put this idea into his head?Oh, Arabella, that wench!I laughed wildly as I continued to pace around. She thought she won this time, didn’t see? She was the lowly, stupid omega in the past, and now she’s come back a bit chic doctor who’s trying to steal my man? How are people not violent towards this act?! Do I need to start an uproar? She’s not going to win against me. The deadly wench is not going to win me.“You do not get to have the last laugh!” I roared loudly, and then fell to my bedroom floor in a beep.My hair was a mess. With everything going awry, I haven’t give my much thought to how untidy I’d been. That was fine; it didn’t matter what I looked like. I would have every single thing I’d ev