Chapter 9: Her Ex Mate

It was an hour ride from Moonstone Pack to Crestwood Pack, where the ball was going to take place.

As the car pulled over in the parking lot, another car in which Adrian's guards were also pulled over, and with that four armed guards made their way out, and without hesitating two of the guards rushed towards Adrian's car and opened it so that Adrian and Mara could come down.

As Adrian and Mara were making their way out of the car, another car also pulled over, followed by two other cars from which five different guards in black suits made their way and without hesitating, they rushed towards the first car and prostrated their heads in respect as the car pulled open, revealing the man whom Adrian detested the most Alpha Derek, accompanied by a beautiful lady who was no one else than his mate.

Immediately Mara saw him; she immediately grasped Adrian's hand as if she was scared of being hurt by the man who had just emerged out of the car.

Turning his gaze towards Adrian and Mara, a warm smile spread across the Alpha Derek's face as he caught sight of Adrian glaring angrily at him.

"And who do we have here? Alpha Adrian of Moonstone and my traitor Mara Jones. To be sincere, Mara, I never knew you had high tastes for Alphas. After betraying me, you ran to the Alpha of Moonstone Pack, and who knows what you told him that made him take you in?" Alpha Derek of Red Moon Pack, said to Mara with a mockery smile.

"Alpha Derek, I will advise you to be very careful about what you say to Mara because she's not just my mate but also the Luna of Moonstone Pack," Adrian said to Alpha Derek with a defensive tone, and with that Alpha Derek smiled mockingly at Adrian before shaking his head in disbelief.

"Wow, I never knew that Moonstone Pack is now a pack where any werewolf or shewolf can escape to and the alpha won't even care to know the reason why they left their previous pack before integrating them into his pack.

Since Mara is not just a member of your pack but also the Luna of your pack, I won't seize her just like I had planned to; after all, I won't want my pack to get into a war with your pack because of a she-wolf who isn't even worth my effort, but I pray that sooner or later she does the same thing she did to me to you," Alpha Derek said to Adrian before taking a look at Mara, who was now panicking in Adrian's arm, and with that he wrapped his hand passionately around the waist of the lady who had came out of the car with him and started making his way into the ballroom but was immediately interrupted by Adrian's voice.

"And what is this crime that she committed against you, because according to what I heard, you were the one who mistreated her until she ran away from your pack?" Adrian said to Alpha Derek, who immediately turned around and looked at the lady who was standing next to him, and with that, both of them bursted into a round of laughter, including some of Alpha Derek's guards.

"Adrian, please don't listen to whatever he has to say; he's nothing but a liar," Mara, who already had a panicked facial expression, said to Adrian as she clutched herself to him.

"Well, since you didn't try to find out what crime she committed against me before accepting her into your pack, why do you care to know now? Just as I said earlier, I pray that she does whatever she did to me to you," Alpha Derek said to Adrian before turning and walking away with his hands still tied passionately around the waist of his mate and behind him his guards.

"Babe, please don't pay attention to whatever he said. Remember I had told you earlier that he was surely going to say something to create issues between both of us? That's what he's good at. I have seen him do that countless times, and that's why I was very sure that he was going to try to repeat the same thing with you," Mara said to Adrian, who had a doubtful look written all over his face.

"Don't worry, babe, I knew very well that he was lying; if not, why didn't he make mention of the crime that you committed against him?" Adrian said to Mara, and immediately her panicked facial expression was replaced with a smiling facial expression.

"Thank you so much for trusting me as always," she said to Adrian as she kissed him tenderly, and with that both of them started making their way into the ballroom.

As they got into the ballroom, Alpha Mark, the Alpha of Blue moon Pack, who was discussing with some of his friends, excused himself and walked towards Adrian, accompanied by his beta.

"Daddy!!!" Mara screamed as she ran towards Alpha Mark and hugged him tightly.

"Hey, my little princess, how are you doing?" Alpha Mark asked Mara while hugging her tightly.

"I'm good, Daddy," Mara said to his father, who turned his gaze towards Adrian.

"Hi Alpha Adrian, how are you doing? Alpha Mark asked Adrian with a cheerful tone.

"I'm good, Alpha Mark. What about you?" Adrian asked him.

"I'm good too. Sorry for the way I treated you in the beginning. I thought you would mistreat my daughter just the same way Alpha Derek mistreated her and even refused to come and apologize to me," Alpha Mark said to Adrian.

"Well, it's a good thing you have noticed that I'm completely different from Alpha Derek; as long as Mara remains loyal to me and doesn't run away like my previous mate, I will continue to treat her well," Adrian said to Alpha Mark as his hand was around the waist of Mara, who had walked back to him.

Meanwhile, Dave, the beta of Alpha Mark, couldn't help but clench his fist angrily as he watched Adrian holding Mara's waist passionately while discussing with Alpha Mark.

To be continued...