Chapter 2

Lyra’s POV

"Are you there? Hello?" I could hear someone's voice as I opened my eyes carefully. Weirdly, I was on something very soft and comfy. From the feeling, I noticed it was a bed or something and not on the hard grounds of the castle.

"Hello , Can you hear me? I looked up to see a girl, blue-eyed, with a round face and cheeks as big as eggs. She still had her hand waving over my face when I jumped away from the bed, looking at the surroundings. I was in someone's house.

"Oh, finally, you are awake." I gazed down at my body to find myself in clothes just barely enough to fit me.

"Who are you? Where am I? What did you do to me? How long have I been asleep for?" I questioned while shouting like a mad one, heading backwards, trying to find a gasp in the situation.

"Calm down with the questions, Miss. First, I would really appreciate a thank you instead of the questions."

"A thank you?"

"Yes"

"Why would I thank you for what I don't even know about?"

"Are you always like this?"

"Like what?"

"Not being appreciative of things?"

"I don't even know you, and you expect me to thank you. I demand an explanation of how I got here !!" I reverted back. With my hands clenched at my sides, I was on high alert. From the palace grounds to an unknown room. Nowhere was safe for a weak werewolf.

"I see," she said as she walked towards a chair at the other end of the room. Opposite the chair was a table the length of the chair, holding a handbag on its surface. She turned the chair around to face me and sat down.

"My name is Sasha Copperman."

"Copperman?" I murmured bluntly while nodding. I don't know why.

"Yes, Copperman, my family was part of one of the most blessed packs in the whole of Oceania."

"I am really sorry to abrupt you during this whole copper thing, but that's not what I asked you. What am I doing here? Am I dead? Is this the afterlife?. "

"I am really sorry. My apologies. I tend to get distracted sometimes. The chief maiden said to attend to you, and when I was done taking you home, I didn't know where you lived, so I brought you here. You were out cold, all curved up like monkey tales, and no, you are very much alive," she said with a chuckle.

"The chief maiden?" She was the one who knocked me out in the first place. It's very obvious that this girl was lying. She would never do something like that. Care for a weak one.

"Seems so."

"I don't believe you."

"No one would; even I myself couldn't believe it when the chief maiden asked me to take care of someone like you. Well, from my analysis so far, I have discovered that you are unable to take the werewolf's form or the final form."

"My head fell as she said those words. "You examined me?" 

" Yes. Apparently because of how weak you are. Your regenerative cells are really slow. The force of the attack broke most parts of your body, especially your spine. If she had left you there to heal, you would have died before you even started healing. Without her, I don't think you would even be alive, standing right here, standing opposite me.

"She was the one who put me in that position in the first place! She should have just left me to end this miserable life of mine!! " I shouted as I dropped tears. The weak ones meant nothing to the pack, so ending it was the solution.

"I know all about it; she told me everything. Just seeing you, I know what you have gone through. You expect to see a prince charming at the ceremony, right? You kept talking about it in your sleep.

I threw my head up, immediately wiping my tears. I wouldn't want to miss my own mating ceremony; no one would. "The ceremony... Omg, I am going to be late. I haven't even picked a dress yet. I looked down at the little oversized dress I had on me.

"My maid's dress. Can I have it back?" I had to finish business with the mysterious Sasha quickly so I could head on to the ceremony. I didn't even know the time. Now that I had calmed down, I could see the room more clearly. It had the structure of a hospital ward, only having a bed, a set of tables and chairs, and no windows. I couldn't check what time it was.

"Oh that? It wouldn't be necessary anymore. You will find out why soon enough. Do you really want to get a mate that much?

The maid's dress was something I had always had to wear in the palace; losing it could put me in even bigger trouble. Her telling me that it was necessary didn't make any sense.

"Can I ask why it won't be necessary anymore? I need it," replying, not answering the question about my mate.

"You will know soon enough, Miss," she replied calmly as she rose from the chair and walked towards me. Her eyes have changed in color.

"Right now, all I need from you is..."

I didn't wait to listen to the rest as I raced towards the door.

"Stay still, miss. It's not going to hurt you." No one had to tell me she was planning something with those words. Passing by the edge, I made my way to the door.

"Just a little more, almost there." It felt like my mind was running on a hot volcano. I couldn't understand what was going on. She helps me. And now her eyes change, and she tells me to stay still. No one in his or her f*cking mind would want to wait after seeing and hearing that.

I stretched my hand, grabbing a hold of the handle, and used my shoulder to push my weight on the door. The door fell off with a huge crash, dishing out a lot of dust.

It was quiet. The dust cleared, and I could smell the scent of people around—the werewolf scent. I was in luck. I stood up, wiping the dust off my body, ready to run again, when I was presented with the whole town looking at me.

I was in the palace and in the very center of the ceremony.

"It has been chosen; she's the Alpha's Luna."