Chapter-05

“Luna, Alpha is waiting for you downstairs. Guests have arrived and the auspicious time will start soon.” One of my personal maids came to inform me.

Hearing her word, my heart skipped a beat, and it felt like my life is close to its ending.

I wanted to turn around and flee from this place, but I was helpless.

“Give me some minutes. I will be there.” I said, and she left after bowing to me.

In an hour, the moon will be at its highest point and then they will perform the ceremony.

My Luna ceremony.

Which will bind me to this pack and also to Ezekiel.

It will wipe away the power of my mate bond and will bind me with Ezekiel forever.

If I would have been an alpha, this bond wouldn’t be able weak my mate bond.

But Ezekiel’s power is more than mine, so his aura will dominate the aura of my wolf.

I took a deep breath and get up from my seat.

I looked at myself in the mirror for the last time.

From now onwards I won’t be Lilia.

I will be someone’s mate and Luna of this pack.

My existence will be wiped out and I will live under someone else’s shadow.

I was wearing a silver-white full-sleeved gown. Its neckline was also a modest type.

The dress was a mermaid gown, so it was defining my figure perfectly and there was a matching tail that was flowing on the floor while I was walking.

My hair was tied in a bun, and my face was fully covered with makeup.

Though I was looking beautiful, my heart was crying.

With every step I was taking toward this Luna ceremony, I was walking farther away from my mate.

How I could be happy?

But I was helpless.

My entire pack’s life is depending on me.

If I reject Ezekiel I am sure he would take a step that would be bad for them.

He has never mistreated me, but I have seen his ruthless side, too.

My fate was changed the same day my dad lost his pack.

I am being Luna of this pack, but I have become a slave of Pack politics.

 I took a deep breath and look away from the mirror.

I can’t think about this now.

Ezekiel was waiting for me downstairs and I need to fulfill my promise.

The promise will provide the safety of my pack members of Rocky Hells.

I walked out of my room and maids came to help me manage my dress.

Its long tail is brushing on the floor so they hold them and elevate them from the ground.

I walked forward, and they walk behind me.

When I reached downstairs, Ezekiel was waiting there in a white tuxedo.

A beautiful welcoming piece was playing somewhere, and everyone looked in my direction.

Ezekiel was looking handsome like always, but nothing could touch my heart.

When I reached him, he took my hand, and we walked together toward the aisle.

There was time for the ceremony, so the guests were socializing.

Ezekiel and I sit on a couch placed for us so that people can come to meet and congratulate us.

Some alpha came to congratulate us, and Ezekiel was introducing me to them one by one though I barely give notice to what they were saying.

I was absentmindedly nodding my head politely or sometimes passing some smile to convey a thank you.

My mind was occupied with the thought of my mate.

I was feeling both sad and guilty.

What would I do if I ever meet him?

I didn’t want to betray him, but do I have any other option?

My heartbeat was running high with all those thoughts.

Suddenly a wave of air hit me, which bring along a scent that made a shiver run down my body.

It was a beautiful smell that hit me like a storm, and tingles run through my body.

It was the smell of earth after rain.

I really liked this smell, and I used to run in my wolf’s form after the rain in my pack. I was so addicted to this smell.

But during winter, it was almost impossible to find this earthy smell here.

And we were not in the woods, we were in the middle of Ezekiel’s mansion, which was built in the middle of the pack.

Knowing how distant from nature Ezekiel was, though he was a werewolf it was almost impossible to get this smell here.

Then how could I smell this?

I looked up and try to find the source of the smell, but my eyes find nothing but a crowd of people busy on their own.

How could I find someone based on a smell?

I thought it was my mistake and shook my head dismissively.

But then I noticed a person walking forward toward me and the smell become stronger.

He was a handsome, good-looking man with a perfect build.

I didn’t know why, but looking at his Grey eyes my heartbeat paced up.

I could notice his pitch-black hair, which was neatly combed back and a few strands were falling on his forehead giving him a comfortable look.

He was so handsome that I couldn’t look away from his face though I know it was embarrassing me.

And he was also looking at me with the same passion.

But neither he tried to come forward, neither I could walk toward him ignoring all the people present here for my Luna ceremony.

“Go to him.” My wolf was howling in my head and doing some abnormal movement, which I would have thought was a dance of joy if the occasion would be different.

But I ignored her happy dance as I was busy checking him out.

“Lilia, this is Alpha Jordan.” Ezekiel’s voice made me come out of my trance.

I looked away from that handsome man and politely greeted Alpha Jordan.

Alpha Jordan talked with Ezekiel and then leave there making a place for others.

But my mind was sticking to that person and when I looked again, the man was walking toward us.

When he walked forward, my heart was beating as if it would come out of my chest.

My wolf was doing a happy dance. I don’t know why.

When he reached toward us, I thought he would greet Ezekiel like everyone but, instead of talking with Ezekiel, he forwarded his hand toward me.

And I also forwarded my hand as it went on him like a magnet.

When our hands touched, I feel something strange and a shiver run through my body.

I felt sparks where his hand was touching me.

I closed my eyes blissfully and take a breath inside, trying to inhale his beautiful smell as much as possible.

“Hello, Alpha Damien,” Ezekiel said, and I hurriedly leave his hand.

Why I was behaving like this?

I looked downward, feeling guilty as I was misbehaving.

Ezekiel must be thinking bad about us and I didn’t want him to create a scene.

But while holding his hand I didn’t feel wrong.

I felt my hand belonged there.

And those sparks that I felt made something born inside me.

“Hello, Alpha Ezekiel.” I felt his husky voice ringing in my ears like music, and I look at him again.

“Meet Lilia, My…” Ezekiel was introducing me to him like always, but he cut him midway.

“My mate,” he said and I look at him shocked.

My heart stopped hearing his word.

But his face didn’t have any emotion like he didn’t just drop a bomb in the middle of so many people.

What did he say just now?

Me, his mate?

That’s why my wolf was behaving like this and my body was urging me to reach him.

I was confused.

I have heard that when you meet your mate your body reacts.

But from the age of fourteen, I am here.

And I never know how you can know who your mate is.

But my heart was telling me he was telling the truth.

My heart was craving for him, which never happened before.

Ezekiel never forbade me from meeting my parents.

But they never informed me about the signs of a mate bond which can help you recognize one’s mate.

Because they thought I would never need that.

I was betrothed to Ezekiel.

“What the rubbish you are talking about?” Ezekiel’s voice growled in the room and I flinch.

Everyone around the room looked toward us curiously, but there was a deadly silence.

Everyone was waiting for the drama to get unfolded.

“I am telling what is truth.” The man who claimed to be my mate said calmly.

He was looking at me with adoration and passion.

Maybe that is what you call love.

But remembering my situation and the promise that was holding me back made me feel defeated.

This was my Luna ceremony he was attending.

His earnest look made a tear roll down my eyes as I feel I was betraying him.