Chapter 3

~ZARA~

The curtains are drawn open and I’m standing in the direction of the spotlight focused on me. He’s looking at me expectantly, I could sense the trails of helpless hope he carried within. Like he was desperately pleading that I honor moon goddess wishes.

However, he’s perfect at masking his hopelessness with a daring stare. I let out a sigh, and take my first steps in. Today is the day when I finally put to an end this nightmare. The crowd is hooting and howling in excitement and for a nanosecond, I wonder if George would be doing alright. He’s not here. The light pack are not friendly to vampires. Funny how I have always known that Alpha Pedro was my mate.

Yes, I’d realize this from the first day I ran into his chambers pleading for help, when he gazed at me, even when his hands grazed my skin. I could feel the tingles and spark shoot through my spine. Fortunately, I had fallen in love with George . The kind stranger who was quick to offer me assistance when I needed help.

I hadn’t bothered to take any rash decisions then because I knew Alpha Pedro had a mistress, Lia. But as the days approached, and however he found out, he had me vrou6to his chambers and now here we are.

He holds his palms out for me to take it, it was a tradition that we would do the first dance as a couple before he asks me to be his mate in front of all these people. Hesitantly, I place my hands in his, letting him sway me back and forth at the sound of the music.

I hold one of my arms around his neck and let’s his strong arms hold my other hand. I use the opportunity to take in his full features. He has deep black eyes. As dark as the night. His gaze boring into mine sends a quick shiver down my spine. His hair is laid back and only a portion of it is let out, his lips are full and his nose are sharp. He has a chiseled jawline that crowns his facial features. I couldn’t help not noticing his hard rock chest when my hands fall softly on them. He’s handsome.

And I still don’t mind. Tonight was going to mark an end to whatever he thought. He couldn’t read my thoughts anyways. I’ve mastered mother’s spells in shielding my thoughts from a werewolf if I wished.

“What are you thinking about?” Pedro Wade asks, narrowing his gaze to meet mine and I shrug, mirroring his expression.

“Is there something you should be worried about?”

The music stops abruptly, but I hear him whisper underneath his breath, close to my ears, “you better don’t try anything funny today, mate.”

My blood boils with a seething rage.

Alpha Pedro Wade knows I hate him and he’d do more and more to get on my nerves by adding the stupid mate to whatever he tells me. I let out a low scoff and await for him to begin his speech.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it is time—” he turns to me, taking my hands gently. The daring look is gone and now replaced with one of soft warming gaze. “I Alpha Pedro Wade accepts you, Luna Zara WilGeorge s to be my mate.” He says. The crowd howls in excitement and I grimace.

He’s awaiting my acceptance and my mind immediately cast back to the incident of four years ago. My parents, his outright rejection— my fist hardens as I look up at him with a glare.

The nerve of him to toss me aside and afterwards pretend like everything is fine, expecting me to run into his arms just like that.

“I Zara WilGeorge s, with all fiber of disdain in me, reject you, Alpha Pedro Wade as my mate because I believe moon goddess must be playing a sick joke on me right now to let me have you, a coward as my mate.” I announced and for a second, I feel a sharp pain shoot through my spine.

The crowd is rooted in shock. And I dare to meet Pedro Wade’s gaze. He is as fiery ad a burning furnace. Like his eyes are literally blazing in anger.

“What?” a low growl resounds from around me and I quiver, taking a moment to realize that the sound erupted from Alpha Pedro. I take small steps backwards.

The gasp of shock and dread from the crowd, a low mumbling whisper which would obviously reach through the whole of almight town, Pedro’s hot glare on my skin like it could actually pierce through me.

I’m done for.

He won’t let it go. Never.

I take his rooted shock as my cue to dash out if the building, Until I hear him order the Wolfgang, “Get her! Don’t let her leave this building!” he shouts.

Immediately, some beta wolves grab my arms, pulling me towards where I do not know. I grapple and try struggling away from their grip firmly on my frame. I quickly mutter some spells that makes them fly off from me. I quickly dash across the woods.

A déjà vu

I’m running as swift as possible and in no time, I get to where George is. He looks up startled by my presence.

“George —” I softly call. I’m not panting from the race. Just exhausted as I fill him in on the details is why I’m being chased. The anger on his face is visible.

“What the hell, Zara. He’s your mate? You mean Pedro Wade is your mate?” he yells in out right anger.

I grasp his hands to steady him, looking up to meet his gaze, “we need to do something about this George . Right now, Pedro is after me and we need to hide somewhere.”

“Let’s run away.” He suggest and I shook my head in disagreement just before he beats me to it, “listen Zara, if we stay here, Pedro’s will come after us so let’s run away.”

This is my birth city, memories of my parents are still buried in this city yet, George ’s right. If we stayed here, Pedro would come after us. So I agree to his plan and we quickly pack up our things. I could sense Pedro’s men hot on my tails. We quickly gather our properties and again we’re running. This time towards the west which leads to the borders if almight town. On crossing the borders, a sharp pain shoots through me and I feel myself collapse into George ’s arms. My eyes close slowly as he calls my name frantically.

The last thing I could hear was George , he is shaking frantically, scared to his wits that I may have died or something. I feel his hands wrapped around me, holding me closely to his body while he yells my name. The thoughts of him are replaced with a blurry backtrack.

The announcement…

Pedro…

Mate…

Wolfgang after me

The boarders…

The pain…

And immediately, I jerk up roughly from my faint slumber.