The whole room went pin drop silent and we all stared at each other with different facial expressions.Mine being totally and utterly shocked. The room suddenly became too warm for me to stay in."What?" My voice came out squeaky."What? Radiant Bar, few nights ago? Oh come on Tiana, stop playing dumb, the both of us know what I'm talking about." Melanie said, with a sarcastic smile.Oh god.This isn't happening.Everybody in town definitely knows who Radiant Bar belongs to, which means my parents will kill me with their bare hands.Or was this for good?? Maybe Mason would now hate me too much to look at my face, much more marrying him."Tiana, what is going on?? Radiant Bar?? Why are you bent on disgracing this family? What have we ever done to you?! You visited a bar that belongs to an enemy?! Have you finally lost your mind?!" My father was shouting at the top of his voice.Before I could open my mouth to say a word in defense of myself even though I actually had none, my mom added
Meeting Mason was more of a pleasant experience for me, I was pleasantly surprised by who he turned out to be. But that doesn't mean I'm keen on marrying a stranger, regardless of how sweet he was to me, he's still a stranger. Though with the look of things now, it may seem as though, I don't have a say in this matter. My father would rather die than sit down and do nothing while the ripper bastard destroys our pack, and the only solution he had in mind was for us to bond with Rover Pack through marriage.I released a heavy sigh when I realized that shit was getting real, there was no escaping this.My phone suddenly buzzed from the top of the vanity table where I placed it. I got off my bed and went to get it, curiously checking who the caller was.It was an unknown number."Hello, Tiana Thompson speaking." I answered the call hesitantly."Tiana! It's me, Gemma!" A cheery, enthusiastic voice said with excitement from the other side of the phone."Gem, hi!" I smiled, trying to match
I forced my eyes open, but it was proving to be difficult for me. My head was pounding, and I had no idea what was going on. I closed my eyes again when I saw that I was having a hard time keeping it open. I only opened it a few minutes later. This time, I had gotten used to the light coming from the slightly opened window. I looked around me. Besides the light peeping in from the window, the room was dark. Pitch black. Whatever I was lying on was extremely hard. How did I even get here? I tried to remember the events that brought me here. I had been kidnapped as I was on my way back home. The person who kidnapped me...he had said that his name was Tommy, and he had also said that his boyfriend knew who he was. I didn't even have a boyfriend. Who was he referring to? Was it Mason? Everyone knew that I was now about to become his wife, and even though I detested it, everyone else was looking forward to it. So maybe he was talking about Mason? What kind of beef could Mason have
"Touch her if you want to die, Tommy," I would recognize that voice anywhere. It was Alex. He was here. I raised my eyes up to look at him and I was right. He was really here. I had never been happier to see him in my life. Tommy laughed out loud. He looked like he had been expecting Alex. "I knew that you were going to come. What do you think I should do to her, Alex? Should I cut off her head? What would happen if I slash this pretty face of hers?" Tommy taunted Alex. My heart was pounding fast against my chest. I did not want to be caught in their fight. I just wanted to be left alone already. "I.... I really don't have anything to do with this. I think that you should just let me go. Now that he is here, you can talk things out with him right?" I asked in a small void. Both men glared at me at once and I shrunk back on the hard bed I was sleeping on. "Shut up! What do you mean you have nothing to do with this? You are very important to him. So it would hurt him if you're de
"What...what happened to Tommy?" My heart was pounding fast against my chest when I asked this question. I was really scared. I had an idea what had actually happened to Tommy,but I still wanted to hear it from Alex. Alex glared at me. And in fear, I could not help but take a few steps back. "Are you really worried about Tommy right now? What? He kidnapped you and was going to kill you and yet you are worried about him?" He taunted me. "I am not. I am not worried about him. I am just curious about what happened to him. Besides, whose fault is it that I got kidnapped in the first place? Isn't it all your fault?" I retorted. Alex sighed. There was a flash of guilt in his eyes. He probably felt bad because he was the reason I got kidnapped. Alex smirked at me. "You're not an idiot. I am sure you already know what happened to him right?"I swallowed a breath. Yes, I already knew. What was I expecting? "Did you have to...""He was going to kill me. He and his people. I had them arr
Alex just sneered at me. "Yes. I am sure that you trust her. You are sure that she will never do anything to betray you right? But do you really think that it was a coincidence that Tommy knew that you were going to be there? An you were all alone, do you think that it was a coincidence?" Alex asked me.I glared fiercely at him. I was not going to suspect my best friend. She has never given me a reason to suspect her before. I didn't see why I should do that now. She has been the best to me. Even though I've been away for so long, she still did not change her attitude towards me. She was still close to me. I was not going to suspect her. "My best friend has nothing to do with this. Gemma would never try to hurt me. Actually, it's not as if you don't know that all of this is tour fault. It's your fault I was kidnapped. He wanted you and decided to come for me. Don't tell me that you're trying to avoid responsibility by acting like this?" I fired back at him. Alex glared at me. I c
"Mason...what are you doing here?" I asked, my eyes going wide. I felt guilty looking at him. In fact, I always felt guilty looking at him. Although they were no feelings between us, we were about to get married. So I should be loyal to him. But I could not help myself. I kept meeting with Alex. And I could not even bring myself to stop. I did not think that I even wanted to stop. "What do you think he's doing here? Of course, he's here because he's worried about you. Or do you think that he came all the way here just because he wanted to look at your face? Don't be silly!" Helen, my mother said. I lowered my eyes, not daring to say anything. Mason stood up from the couch and walked over to me. He placed his arms around me shoulder and pulled me closer to himself. I squirmed when he did this. I tried to move away from him but his hold on me was get firm. It was clear that he was not going to let go of me. I just gave up. "Don't be too harsh on her, Helen. You ca
"I was kidnapped," I announced. They all gasped when I said this. Mason was the only one who seemed to be truly worried about me in the room. There was worry on my father's and Helen's face but they seemed to be worried about completely different things. Not about me personally. "You got kidnapped?! How is that possible? Was it the ripper who did it? No ..if it was him, you would have died. Wait, what if he did it as a way of sending us a lesson? He's probably trying to warn us of something?" My father asked as he looked at everyone for answer. No one said anything. "Why couldn't you have kept yourself safe? Don't you know that you are about to get married? You have to know that this marriage does not concern just you. This is the business of everyone else in the pack. They are all looking up to you. As long as you marry Mason and we are strong, the ripper won't dare to attack us anymore!" My so called mother Helen was back to me. She was more concerned about me getting married
TIANAMason dragged me through the woods. I had no idea where he was dragging me to, I just knew that it could not be some place good. "Where are we going? Let go of me! You are not going to succeed anyway! I am sure that Alex is already on his way and that he is going to stop you. You won't be able to hurt me the way that you want to!" I said firmly. "You really do have a lot of trust in that person, don't you? Well, I am sorry to burst your bubble but you are not going to get what you want! You are coming with me and that is the end of it. You know, Tiana, if you just keep your mouth shut and do what I want from you, I can still let you live. You are being such a brat and trying to fight with me. Do you really think that you can survive this?" He asked me. I was not willing to back down and do whatever he wanted. I was never going to be that willing. He continued to drag me through the woods, but someone suddenly jumped in front of us and stopped us. I was shocked when I saw w
GEMMA "I can't believe....I can't believe that your sister would do this! I thought you said that she was on our side and that she was going to support us no matter what. Well, what is this? Is this what support us and being on our side is supposed to mean? She betrayed us as soon as she had a chance! I can't believe this! I am so angry right now!" I yelled at Mason. Mason looked upset but I didn't even care anymore. We were supposed to have achieved our goal by now but things kept getting worse. "Can you please just stop? Please just be quiet okay. Let me think, you yelling like this is not going to do anything at all," he yelled at me. "I can't be quiet. What do you think would have happened if I had not been suspicious of her and sent someone to follow her? We would not have found out about this. She really went to tell Alex all about our plan! She isn't....damn it! I don't know what to say to her. I know that she's in love with Alex but I never thought that she would be
ALEX"What do you mean by you can't find her Sybil? she is supposed to be inside the bedroom. And no one else besides me knows about this place. She could not have left so easily she knows I've dangerous it is right now for her right now. So how come she is not here" I asked Sybil. Sybil was in tears now she shook her head. "I don't know. I really don't know at all. I went to the bedroom because I wanted to talk to her but I was shocked when I got there and found her that she was not there. I have looked for her all over the house but she is definitely not anywhere here. I think that someone must have taken her. There is no way that Tiana would disappear all on our own. someone definitely took her" Sybil told me. I did not want to accept it but I knew that that was the only possibility. And the only person who could have taken her away from here was that bastard Mason. I made sure that you would not know about this location. How did he even find it?!"Mason is definitely the on
TIANA"What do you mean by that question mark what do you mean by Ceaser is not my father?" I asked. Mason hook his head as he looked at me and laughed."Tiana you really did not know anything at all right? Even if Caesar did not tell you that he was not your real father don't you have any common sense at all? Do you think that he would have treated his real daughter the way that he treated you? It is because you are not his real daughter. That was why he did whatever he wanted to do to you" Mason told me. Tears fell for my eyes as Mason said this. I did not even have the energy to cry loudly. Although this was something that I have not heard before, it was not hard for me to believe that Caesar was not actually my real father. Because he had really treated me badly over the years. It went from him not caring about me in my early years to him being outrightly cold and mean to me. If I was really his child then he would not have treated me the way that he did. But if I was not hi
TIANAWhen I woke up again, I was no longer in the house that I had fallen asleep in. I was in a different room although. I looked around me in shock, wondering what the heck I was doing here. Did Alex bring me to someplace else? That was the only thing that I could think of because I could not understand why I was at a different house when I woke up This room was much more darker and it was eerie. It just made me scared. What was going on? ."Alex?" I called out, hoping that Alex would come out and assure me that everything was fine and that I had nothing to worry about. But he did not come out no matter how many times I called him It was obvious that Alex was not in the same place with me now. I was starting to get really worried. Where the hell was he and where was I?I was still worrying about all of these when the door was pushed open and someone walked in. My heart sunk into my stomach when I saw who it was. Mason! It had to be him! "You....what are you doing here?" I asked
TIANAI swear I was not thinking about hurting him at all. I just wanted to make him pass out so that I could bring him away. That way, he would not be able to tell people that I was the Lycan king and I was also hoping that I would be able to find out why Mason wanted to make you his Luna so bad. You know that your father knows this...anyway, I was fighting with him when someone attacked him from behind. I tried my best to protect him but I could not do that. Your father....he ended up dying. That person tore him to shreds. I tried to fight off the person who did that but he ran away. That person...he was a Lycan like me. But there was no way that he's the Lycan king. When I heard about the killings that happened in the pack, I knew that he was the one doing it. He was just trying to blame me for what he's done. Please, I am telling the truth. You have to believe me" he saidI shook my head. I was having a really hard wrapping my mind around what he was telling me right now. "Wait
TIANAYes... that had to be it. I had imagined it. There was no way that Alex would come save me... right?!I was feeling confused thinking about it. I could not think of any reason why he would come back to save me after all that he did. What was he trying to prove by doing this? I was still thinking about it when the door was pushed open and Alex walked in. There was a resigned look on his face. He sighed as he walked over me. I really did not know what I was supposed to say to this. He had really come to save me after all. Should I be grateful to him for what he did? But he was the one who killed my father....he was the one who killed all of those people that died. How was I supposed to let him get away with all of those things?!"Tiana....are you feeling okay now?" He asked me. He tried to touch me but I slapped his hand away. "Don't touch me," I snapped at him. "Please Tiana. I know that you are angry with me but can you please hear me out? You don't understand what is goi
TIANA"You....both of you....what are you doing?" I asked slowly even though I already knew the answer to this in my heart. How could they do this to me? How could they think about hurting me in this way....I did not deserve this for crying out loud! Gemma smiled and walked out to meet me. "Don't you already know what is going on here? You don't have to pretend as if you don't have eyes. I am sick and tired of you pretending like you don't know anything. Don't you get tired of this act of yours?" She asked me coldly. "I.....you guys....you guys are actually together. If you have been together this whole time, why did you pretend as if you were not? You should have just been together and left me alone from the start! Just what is it that you want from me that you are going this far to do it?! Why can't you just leave me alone?" She yelled at them. "You want to be left alone? I am sorry but that won't be possible. There are so many things that I want from you .....Tiana. You will ju
TIANA"And so what are we going to do then? Do you think that we should just stay here and wait for your death? Even if you don't want to think about yourself, can you please think about me? I am going to be in much more danger if you die. I think that they will just kill me so that anyone wouldn't find out about what they have done to you," Sybil said to me. I nodded my head. She was telling the truth. This was not just about me anymore. Since the second she followed me out of the hotel room, Sybil's life was now in my hands. I knew that I was coward, but I just didn't want to watch her die. "Okay....you know what....stay here. I am going to go outside and check what's going on. I'll check and see if we can actually get out of here without them finding us,".I said. She nodded her head and I set out to sneaking around the house. I walked around, acting as if I was just taking a walk so that it would not be suspicious if anyone saw me. I saw a few guards who gave me odd kills as I