Chapter 3

Kit’s POV

                Thankfully, my sister’s party went on, and Dom and his cascade of she wolves disappeared for the rest of the night, leaving me to somewhat enjoy the rest of the party. Of course, my sister’s successful union was a reminder of my failure to the family, but I was happy for her as long as she was happy.

                As the night died down, and the guest began to leave, the few she wolves that lingered began to speak of tomorrow night’s ball, while the men were off talking, I assume business. The ball was the main ball of the year, where all the most eligible and wealthiest among all the packs in the regions would be attending. The she wolves of our pack would go all out for this event trying to snag themselves the wealthiest, highest rank mate, and this year proved to be the same, as I listened in on the conversation among those, she wolves that remained.

                For the last two years I have been of age to attend, but I had no desire to attend or find a mate. Suppressing my wolf was hard enough, and being in a room full of male wolves searching for a mate didn’t seem like a good idea, especially on a full moon, and honestly what was the chances of finding a mate that truly wanted me for me, and not my looks or status.

                “Katrina, will you be attending the ball? I am sure that you will be the gem if you do.”  My head turned as I looked to see who had spoken those words, to see an older woman sitting next to my sister. I believed she was my sister’s mate’s aunt that she had introduced me to earlier.

                “No ma’am. I will not be attending the ball.” I said to her kindly, not wanting to offend her by asking.

                “And why not? I do believe that our very own Alpha to be had an eye for you earlier.” She now said, and I wonder if she knew the two of us had history or if she was observing what happened at the dinner table when I ran off and we both disappeared for a short period of time.

                “I can assure you that there is nothing between the two of us ma’am.” I told her, because it was the truth there was nothing left between us.

                What the two of us once had was gone forever, and it was clear that nothing was ever going to bring back what once was between us. When I first left, I dreamt that he would come looking for me, and beg me for my forgiveness, but that never happened. And as time went on, bitterness towards him set in, and so did hatred. I had no love left in me for the man that he had become, and the boy that I once loved was no longer who he was.

                “I heard the Alpha from our rival pack will be here this year, and that Domonic is all worked up about the competition.” A younger she wolf said sitting on the other side of the table, and I turned in her direction as her words got my attention.

                Call me petty, but in the last five years, I have done nothing but think about how I could make him feel, the way he made me feel when I saw him with that other she wolf. Never did I think that I would have the chance to make him feel that way, that was until now. If what this she wolf was saying was true, and if the Alpha of our rival pack truly was coming to tomorrow night’s ball, this was my only chance of ever making him feel the way he made me feel.

                “Do we know the name of this rival Alpha?” I ask, and my sister looks at me, and I know the look that she is giving me, but I ignore the look, because I am going to do what is in my head whether or not I have my family’s approval.

                “His name is Alpha Jace, and he is beyond dreamy. He already took his father’s position and hasn’t taken a mate yet. Rumor has it, he is planning on coming here to find his Luna.” The young she wolf tells me, giving me even more information than what I needed, but the more she talks about him, the more I find myself intrigued.

                “I heard that he doesn’t believe in taking more than one mate.” Another one of the she wolves at the table chimes in, and the more I hear about Alpha Jace, the more I’m beginning to think, that just maybe there is a reason that faith brought me back home after so long.

                Seeing Dom after five years and rehashing all the old pent-up feelings I had for him might have been what I needed tonight, to make me see that I needed to move on, especially seeing him once again with other she wolves. Plus, now there was the fact that there was a rival Alpha coming to the ball, that didn’t share the same beliefs as our Alpha. It was as if our Moon Goddess was giving me a sign.

                Maybe it was my time to come out of my darkness and into the light and find my own happiness without the forceful hand of our Alpha. The contract was no longer valid between his son and I, and I was free to do as I pleased. The only reason I hid my wolf for so long was because I didn’t want to be forced into another contract bond, but tomorrow night, I could seal my fate in a whole different light, a light that I had dreamt of.

                Turning to my sister, whose eyes are still on me, I say to her, “I think I need a dress.”