CHAPTER FIVE

I couldn't believe what I had heard and stood straight, my ears perked up, ready to detect any movement. 

"Mate?" I asked and she growled again. 

'Mate.' 

This would ruin my plans. I didn't want a mate and I surely wouldn't accept one. All I wanted in this new life was revenge. To destroy everyone who aided in destroying my life in the past. I decided to leave and walk back to the venue but my wolf was strong and resistant. 

She kept pulling me backwards, commanding my body to move in the direction of my mate. It was now I realized the mate pull is so strong and weird. Even though I didn't want to go, I had no choice as my senses were heightened and they were in control at the moment. The closer I got to meeting my mate, the more my heart raced and my body tingled. My body felt like it was on fire and the new excited feeling felt really weird to me. 

My wolf continued to howl frantically pushing me to go forward. I couldn't control her. 

I had given up on getting a mate in this life. And if I was to have one, I didn't care who it would be as long as it wasn't Leo. But a mate from the moon goddess appearing out of nowhere was something that didn't happen before and it made me feel like it would hinder my plans. 

I finally came face to face with my mate and I opened my mouth in shock when I saw the person. 

Nick Carter is a devil. A cold hearted murder who wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone who got in his way. They say his eyes are cold blue because of the innocent lives he had taken and his wolf was huge and intimidating because of the innocent blood and flesh he had eaten. He was as handsome as the devil and tricked women into his arms before he devoured them like desert. 

Rumour has it that he was cannibalistic and would usually eat some of his fellow wolves. 

As our gazes met, my heart began to pound not out of excitement of meeting him, but out of fear. If the rumors were true and he was truly cannibalistic in nature, haven't I run into the wrong arms? 

What was the moon goddess thinking when she gave me this type of mate?

Every member of Nick's pack was vicious and I was sure it was as a result of training from the evil man. In my past life, I had no contact with him and only heard rumors about him here and there. 

But with the things I knew, it was obvious he was a brutal man.  

He walked towards me clearly under the influence of his wolf as I could see the curious look in his eyes. He trailed his eye towards my small figure and arched his brow. His cold blue eyes stared into mine and he stopped when he was a foot away from me. While I tried to properly breath and not be overwhelmed by his presence. 

Perhaps I should have listened to my aunt earlier on and began finding the witch in me. I could really do with a spell to help me vanish from his presence at the moment. 

"Little girl, what is your name and the name of your pack?" 

I swallowed hard as the fear gripped me. Just his height was intimidating enough. But then, almost everyone looked intimidating when I viewed them from my 5'2 self. "I…I am Dennis Williams. From Pack Gunta."

He absorbed the information as his gaze landed on my lips before moving back to my eyes. Resisting the urge to bite my lips as I felt a different rush of excitement run through my body. 

This scene didn't happen in my past life and I never even met this man before. But I couldn't control the present so I gathered my courage and decided to go with the flow. 

"We are mates." He announced as if he thought I hadn't figured it out. 

"I know." 

He leaned forward a bit, leaving our faces with barely two inches. "You are quite small." He comments.

Feeling like he was invading my personal space, I pushed him away and took three steps back. "Don't get so close to me. I just met you." I managed to say pouting my lips and frowning. 

I had expected him to get mad and treat me viciously like the man he was described to be, but I became shocked when I heard him apologize. "I am sorry, I didn't think you would feel uncomfortable." He cleared his throat and stretched his hand forward for a handshake. "I am Nick Carter. Alpha of the Carter Pack. Nice to meet you mate." 

It seems that Nick easily accepted the fact that we were mates but I was still trying to process it. He didn't know it, but he was like a bug in my system. He was not even supposed to appear according to scenes from my past life. 

How did he get such a major role when I didn't even cast him? 

"I..I know that we are mates but I am sorry I don't think I can accept you." 

He growled and retracted his hand while I placed mine behind my back. I stared at his expression and found him glaring at with evident frown lines on his forehead. "Why? We were chosen as mates by the moon goddess. Why do you want to reject me?" 

There was no way he could understand even if I explained so I simply told him. "I don't need a mate. And so I am rejecting you." 

He released a deep growl from his throat and I took a careful step back. I knew he was controlling himself from getting angry and keeping a leash on his wolf. "Your excuse isn't tangible. Why do you want to reject me?" 

I released a sigh and tried to think of something else to tell him. "Listen, I simply don't…" I stopped when I sniffed a third familiar scent. Turning my gaze to the left, I was shocked to see Leo staring at Nick and I with obvious confusion and betrayal.