Lilith's POV
'Slap'
'Slap'
"Wrench!" Cassandra, Raider's new mate, yelled as she kept slapping me, her face pulled together in an angry scowl. I felt my skin sting from where her claws had grazed my skin; the metallic taste of blood seeped into my mouth from how hard she had been slapping me.
"I asked you to prepare the blue dress first so I could wear it to the pre-wedding banquet, and you went to prepare the green dress for me! Are you trying to ruin my joyous day just because you can't have one??" She yelled as she threw another slap in my face. I whimpered in pain, holding back the scream that threatened to fall from my lips.
'I won't cry. 'Not in front of her!' I repeated it and repeated it to myself.
"Pathetic fool!" She yelled into my face as she landed another slap on my face. "The banquet is almost here, and I haven't even gotten halfway dressed because of your clumsiness! Are you dumb? Can't you speak?!" She demanded angrily as I kept silent.
The commotion soon attracted Raider into the room. He walked in fully dressed in a black tuxedo paired with a brown dress shoe. He stood beside Cassandra, his arms protectively wrapping around her waist, as he glared at me.
"What has she done to annoy you again?" He asked as he kissed her on the forehead. She whimpered and pouted while looking up at him with a coy expression. "I asked her to prepare the blue dress you got for me so I could wear it to the pre-wedding banquet, but she prepared the green one instead," she whimpered, and Raider frowned.
"I thought we agreed you were to wear the green one first? And you even made sure to supervise the preparation; she didn't make any mistakes, babe," Raider explained, and Cassandra's face turned ugly the next moment as she pushed him off.
"Are you taking her side right now?! Are you calling me a liar? You are tired of me, and you want to go back to your ex?" She demanded coldly as she pulled my hair, dragging me around as she let out her anger on me.
Raider massaged his nose bridge and let out a sigh. "I'm not taking her side! I'm not! You are the one I love, not her, so why would I want to be with her instead of you? Come on, the banquet is about to start; you can deal with her later," he explained, trying to make her calm down.
With a sneer, she released my hair and pushed me against the wall. "Do you hear that? I'm the one he loves, and no matter what tricks you pull, he can never be yours." She declared triumphantly while looking down at me.
"Aren't you going to stand up and get my dresses ready?! If anything goes wrong with my day, I promise you a life of hell!" She declared as she threw another kick at me, "My heart ached and my blood boiled with rage as she gave me a gloating look, sticking out her tongue in my direction.
Without giving them the satisfaction of seeing me cry, I walked out of the room and immediately went to prepare the dress, only for her to end up wearing the blue dress that I had first prepared for her.
"You are not permitted to enter the hall or go back to your hole until everyone has returned to their homes after the banquet." Cassandra instructed me as I escorted her to the back door of the banquet hall with the rest of the omegas assigned to her for the night.
"I would have loved to see your pathetic reaction as I get married to your mate, but your filthy appearance will ruin my food mood, and I don't want that, so as punishment, you will be waiting here for the rest of the night. You are not permitted to talk to anyone or answer any questions; am I understood?" She demanded with a glare directed at me.
"Yes," I replied, my tone devoid of any emotion. Not that I was capable of having any. I had been completely broken the day I was forced to watch my parents die under the influence of wolfsbane.
It was a slow and painful dying process that had lasted for a while. I had watched for the first time how a father cried after losing his mate, only for him to die not long after.
No other emotion could compare to the pain I felt that night or the days following, where I would dream about the scene over and over again.
I wanted revenge, of course; any normal person would, but this was the last request from my father.
'Forgive them' he had said; no, he pleaded, and despite the pain he was feeling, he never closed his eyes until he heard my promise.
There was nothing else to live for, so what's the essence of having emotions that can easily be manipulated by the people who wanted nothing but to see you crumble, begging for your life?
I thought I had shut out my heart, that I had shut down my emotions. Yet the scent of rain and apples drifted into my nose, triggering all the buried emotions I had awakened with the sleeping wolf.
As the scent drew closer, I felt safe yet anxious.
What is this?
What does this mean for your wrenched moon goddess? Are you trying to make my life a joke?
As I tried looking up to see who the scent belonged to, I felt a slap on my face and noticed Cassandra had gotten dangerously close to my face. "I told you to address me as Luna, you..." Before she could finish her words, a growl resounded around.
"How dare you lay your hands on her!" I heard as my eyes began to blur.
'I'm exhausted'
'I want it all to end here and now' I thought to myself as I felt a strong hand wrap around my waist, the last thing I heard before I welcomed the darkness, a word I never wanted to hear again.
"Mate!”
Lilith's POV;The bright morning light fell into my eyes the moment I opened them, causing momentary blindness, and I winced and shut them immediately.My eyes fluttered a while later, and I frowned and sprang up, taking in the white, pristine wall of my surroundings. This wasn't my room in the cottage. Even the bed was way bigger than the one in my former room.I stepped away from the bed, my eyes closing as I tried to remember how I had gotten here and, more importantly, where I was.Just then, the door swung open, and my eyes immediately darted to it to meet those beautiful, deep blue eyes. I swallowed hard as my memories came flooding back.Cassandra's and Raider's wedding!Mate!I had fainted!He had called me'mate'; he was my mate! Lexi wasn't on the same page as me; she purred at the sight of him. He was good-looking, the most handsome man I had ever seen, but that didn't freak me out, as I wasn't going to forget everything and accept him. Besides, he seemed like a high-ranked w
Lilith's POV;My mouth opened, and I clamped them shut immediately and shook my head. It was impossible."You're lying—""Then how did you get here? You know that bitch won't let you just leave."It was then that I began to remember. My memories had been hazy, and I wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't, but I was sure that I had seen a look of shock on Cassandra's face."I'll get a maid to be with you shortly," he said, moving to the door."What about the wedding?" I blurted out just before he could leave, and he halted in his tracks without turning around."What do you think?" He said this as he walked out.A part of me felt terrible for the way I had treated him, but I couldn't trust myself around him. Lexi had already melted.Almost immediately, the door opened, and a maid entered."Miss Lilith, My name is Cara, and the Alpha King sent me to cater to all your needs."I nodded and said nothing. "Should I run you a warm bath now, my lady?"I wanted to refuse, but seeing that I ha
Adam's pov;I paced around in my office, pondering over my conversation with her and how strangely she had acted in my presence. I wondered if I was too hasty in telling her to marry me.You ruined it!I sighed and expelled a breath. I told her that I was going to see her after the meeting with a few council members, but now that I think about it, I might have ruined the chance to get her to like me.When she heard that I was the Alpha King, she acted strangely—not like she was scared of me, more like indifferent—and she had agreed to marry me that quickly.I was waiting for Ronan. He was supposed to be supervising the ongoing work at the newly built college, but I needed to talk to someone, and there was no one I trusted more than him.Just then, the office door opened, and he stepped in, his eyes laced with worry, and my brows pulled together into a frown, my mouth parting slowly."How's she?" he questioned beforeI couldn't say anything as he plopped onto the sofa."What's wrong? I
Lilith's POV;A sense of calm filled me as I sat on the bed opposite the window to watch the sunset and marvel at how beautiful it looked.I had been in that position since I woke up from my short nap about an hour ago. I was startled initially and internally cursed myself as I thought that I was late for my chores, and Cassandra was waiting in a corner, ready to pounce on me for daring to wake up late as I thought I was still in Greenforest.All that felt like a long time ago when, in reality, it was just four days ago. I was surprised at Cassandra's outburst, but I knew that woman too well, and I was aware that she was faking it. She wanted to escape being punished.According to Cara, the wedding had been canceled, and I wondered if he had already thought about his earlier decision and decided that he couldn't be with an Omega who is also a traitor.I was almost always in the room, except for times when the Alpha King would tell me to spend some time with him on an evening stroll or
Lilith's POV;Her silky, wavy, fiery red hair spilled out of the hood of her cloak, flowing down her shoulder. She looked angelic with her emerald green eyes, which seemed to light up as they stared into mine. A smile was playing on her full, pink lips.My mouth parted slowly as I stared back at the reflection in shock. I was glancing at the mirror, but the person staring back at me wasn't me; it was someone else.The urge to glance behind me in order to be sure that she wasn't behind me was strong, but I couldn't feel her presence, and I was very sure that I was the only one alone in the room.I closed my eyes and opened them almost immediately to be sure that this wasn't a dream, and to my surprise, she was still there.I swallowed the painful lump in my throat as my curiosity heightened, my heat slamming hard against my chest as a cold, dreadful shiver worked its way down my spine."Who are you?" My voice came out in an unintended whisper, and her grin widened, mirroring the express
Adam's pov;I was in the middle of a business call when someone knocked at the door. My brows pulled together into a frown because I had earlier instructed the guards stationed by the door to not let anyone disturb me.I was pissed off that they had failed to obey my instructions, and I pursed my lips into a thin line in irritation as my jaw clenched.There was a knock again, and I groaned with frustration as I peeled the phone away from my ear."Come in," I called out, wondering who it was to have disturbed me so early in the morning and still annoyed that the guards had disobeyed my instruction.After the incident of the previous day, I was pretty sure that Ben was up to no good, and it scared me to think that he was going to harm Lilith. I figured that she must've been startled and went to meet her later that day, but she was still the same, indifferent, and unbothered. She was like a zombie, only that she wasn't rotting.I was still thinking of a suitable punishment for Raider and
Adam's Pov;With the wedding being just two days away, my anxiety increased as I felt that I was making a mistake.While I wanted her to know that she was mine and to show her off to the world as my mate, I also felt that it was too soon to spring it on her after everything she had gone through at the hands of Raider and Cassandra.I knew that she was scared under the facade of indifference, but I was ready to show her that she could be loved and protected."What do you think buddy?" I asked Ted, my wolf, and he growled."Can't wait to have her."I exhaled deeply. It wasn't like I was expecting him to agree with me anyway.I pushed him out of my head as I decided to focus on the work at hand.A lot of money was missing from the pack's treasury, a whole lot that I wondered how that happened right under my nose.I had to quickly speak to Ronan, if possible, before the dinner.I had asked Lilith to a dinner date earlier as a way to get closer to each other and, just as before, she said y
Lilith's POV;As soon as I got to my room, I began to berate myself for running away.It wasn't like he had done something wrong, but the mere mention of their names brought back those pent-up emotions. And they were going to see me get married to the Alpha king and attain the highest status possible.I felt guilty, but I knew that I couldn't go back to say anything. Lexi purred and I rolled my eyes."No, Lexi. We can't go to him now."I knew that he might be thinking about withdrawing the invitations or even calling off the wedding.That night, I kept tossing and turning and thinking of ways to make him not call off the wedding or withdraw the invitations from Cassandra and Raider."You know you can't keep bottling up our feelings for him," Lexi voiced out, but I ignored her.I hated that I was always flighty around him and I couldn't help it. I could feel my body slowly giving in to the deep feelings that arose within me.Whenever I set my eyes on him, my heart leaped, and when he s