From Derek's point of viewShit, of all the things I could have heard, Walter's news left me in shock. Was this a joke? Was this man really going to marry Hester?On the other hand, I saw Bennett take a deep breath.I had no idea what was going through his head, but I shook my head.I was worried about Bennett, but, if he reacted in any way, it might even create a war between the two packs.In fact, I knew Bennett better than anyone else. I knew he was hiding his anger. Which is why I feared he would reach his limit and rip Walter's head off in front of everyone.The reality was that many years ago a rule was established: if a head alpha declared a female to be the future moon of his pack, the other alpha could not remove her from the position or forbid the ceremony.Given that, Bennett also had an obligation to make Agatha his moon, as he had declared her many years ago.Thinking about it, I couldn't help but notice that Hester was now destined to be our rival's luna and no one could
From Hester's point of view.I listened attentively to every word the two main alphas said to each other. I was completely taken aback by their reactions.They both seemed to be losing control of themselves, so an idea crossed my mind.I quickly grabbed Walter's arm again and looked him in the eyes with determination. "Walter, calm down... come on"" I said with a confident tone.I couldn't help but notice Bennett's eyes focused on me as the triumphant smile on his face faded. Not giving it a thought, I cupped Walter's hand in my palms and stroked him firmly."All right?" I said again with conviction.After a few seconds, Walter turned to me and let out a sigh. A soft smile lit his lips as he caressed my cheek with his other hand. His touch sent an uncomfortable shiver down my spine, but his voice instantly reassured me."You're right, honey. This is a party, isn't it? We're here to enjoy it. Let's go" he replied, bringing my palm to his face and leaving a soft kiss.I blinked in compl
Just remembering that man made my skin crawl and my heart fill with hatred. Everything that is happening to me in my life is because of him.If the moon goddess hadn't given him to me as my mate, none of this would have happened. He would never have blackmailed me and I would never have given myself body and soul to him. He had no heart. He was a cold man, eager for power and wanted to tie me down like a slut he would only seek for sex. For years, I thought my mate would be the perfect man, but reality played a trick on me. Thinking about it, I clenched my fists tightly. However, just then, a strong hand grabbed my arm and twisted my body sharply. My eyes widened in surprise as I felt myself being pushed to the side and my back hit the wall. "Ahh" I screamed, and immediately a hand was placed on my lips. I almost gasped when I looked up and saw him there, his eyes completely black and fixed on mine. His face was only inches from mine, as if I were his next prey. For a moment I
A smile tugged at my lips as I noticed that she was still reacting the same way as before.It was evident that Hester had not stopped loving me. Her body was screaming it at the top of her lungs. With that certainty, I leaned toward her, caressing her ear with my fingertips and tracing a soft path with my nose on her cheek. "Alpha Walter, he is not the man who deserves you", I whispered firmly. The closeness with this woman was slowly killing me. Her deep gaze made my eyes widen as if I was coming completely back to reality.I shook my head at the sight of her small hands resting on my chest, pushing me firmly. But her strength proved to be in vain, as I didn't even move an inch. On the contrary, I moved closer, cornering her against my chest and the wall. "Get away from that man" I said between my teeth. She was glaring at me with fury, but I didn't care, in fact, if it had been anyone else, I would easily rip her head off. But it was her, Hester Winters. I could never even thi
From Hester's point of view. But what the hell had I heard?"Have you left me alone? Wasn't it you who came here to ask me to call off my marriage? Can't I make my life with another man, perhaps?" I asked again more forcefully. "No. You can't" he answered self-assuredly.My eyes sparkled with surprise. I didn't hesitate when I pushed him with all my strength, but this time he seemed so stunned that he fell back almost staggering."You have no idea how much I detest you. Go and get on with your plans, marry that bitch and live your life. But don't ever cross my path again or even think of touching my man to hurt him or ruin our wedding. If you do anything to upset me, I won't hesitate to tell the whole damn world about your true mate" Grumpy bond feeling the power growing inside my body.For a second I was lost in my thoughts; I still couldn't understand how this man had been able to make me fall in love like that. I almost fell back into his seductive trap and lost my thoughts, but
"Alfa, please let my sister go" Lucas hinted, cautiously approaching us both. Bennettt seemed to disregard and didn't take his dangerous gaze from my eyes. He even seemed to want to reach for my wolf, but I hid her in my chest preventing the mate bond from taking effect. "Alpha, I apologize for what happened, but please don't hurt my sister. I will take care of her" Lucas said in a trembling voice.When I heard him, I felt a wave of nerves invade my chest. It was the first time I had ever seen Lucas speak this colloquially to Bennett. I thought Bennett would react, so I quickly intervened "Lucas, stop it" I said in a whisper. In fact, I hadn't expected Lucas to walk into the room. He had even been humiliated in front of everyone by me and still came to help me. For a second my heart was filled with enchantment, but I shook my head and came back to reality. At first I noticed his attitude change, but I didn't want to show my emotions, so I tried to stay calm. "Lucas, don't beg th
From Hester's point of view. It was the first time I had seen that expression on Lucas. For a second, I felt anger course through his body as he took a step back. In fact, I didn't even see him that upset when Bennett was about to pull him out of Gamma training. At that, I swallowed hard. It was obvious that Lucas had never heard of my arrival at that company. If Lucas found out that Bennett blackmailed me to get him out of his position if I didn't sleep with him, Lucas would get even angrier. Even he might give up his Gamma position! As I rambled on in those thoughts, I saw Lucas' gaze seem to give the green light to his wolf, so in a matter of seconds I ran towards him, but unfortunately Lucas was quicker and ran towards Bennett and grabbed him by the throat."What kind of man are you? How dare you offer my sister to lower herself as your mistress? She's not one of those women you fuck! She's a proper woman and you and your brother broke her heart!" Lucas snarled pouring out al
Just remembering how Hester grabbed his hand and put her beautiful face in his arm, my fists clenched. Thinking about that, I turned my gaze back to Hester, now being grabbed by Lucas. I didn't even stay any longer; I just pursed my lips and walked out of the room to the next one, where I wanted to smash everything in my path, especially with Agatha, the bitch who kept looking for my weak spot. ***From Lucas' point of view. When Bennett left the room, I squeezed Hester's arm and forced her to look me in the eye. I was so disappointed in myself... If I hadn't gone to practice, I would have taken care of Hester myself and she wouldn't have gotten into all this trouble. However, as a big brother, it was my duty to take care of her, but I never thought my own alpha could play with her like that.I had been working for Bennett since I was a teenager and had never seen any woman in his life other than Agatha. From the beginning they were destined to be married, so I thought that was
Derek looked at me with an annoyed expression as he turned his gaze back to Bennett. Immediately after, I saw Bennett too and felt his dangerous aura.In fact, I could sense his intentions. The man was looking at me and ordering me with his eyes not to say anything else and to go back to the room.However, I was tired of all the blackmail and abuse, so I let out a snort and opened my lips to continue speaking, but just then Walter took a step toward me.But when he tried to take her hand, she took a step back. At her reaction, Walter was stunned and shook his head."Hester... Hester, you don't have to be afraid. I've come with my men to rescue you,“ he said.I was speechless when I heard him say that. But he spoke again. ”Come on, tell me how the alpha Bennett forced you to marry him and trapped you here against your will. I promise nothing will happen to you and I'll get you out of this damn place right away!" he said, his sharp eyes fixed on my face.Hearing him, I looked up and wat
Despite my question, both Lya and the rest of the maids remained silent. They all looked away as Lya approached me. “Luna, let me take you back to your room.”“No. I want you to tell me where everyone is,” I said again, clenching my fists.Lya looked at me with a worried expression. "I'm sorry. It's just that... Alpha Bennett told us we couldn't tell you anything about it," she said nervously.In fact, I couldn't force them to break an order. They were just doing their job, and if they disobeyed Bennett, he could even fire them.Faced with that, I just waved my hand. “It's okay. I'll find out for myself,” I said.With that, I didn't wait for a response, but began walking around the first floor of the mansion, checking every room.Meanwhile, I could hear the maids' quick footsteps behind me. “Luna, please return to Alpha Bennett's room. He gave us clear orders: you should not be here!”“Luna...” she continued over and over again.Ignoring her, I continued my exhaustive search. However,
With a sigh, I turned around and scanned Bennett's room. In fact, I couldn't help but remember the first time I set foot in that room.That night, my world took an unexpected turn: I was a different person, who thought that the goddess had a perfect mate waiting for me.In fact, I thought Freddy would be my soulmate and that we would have a happy life, but thinking about it, a flash of anger ran through my body. How could I have been so stupid?Shaking my head, I slowly sat down on the huge bed. My whole head was a mess. Now I was the wife of that horrible man.I had no idea how I was going to live in the future. How much more was the moon goddess preparing to give me a happy life?With a thousand things on my mind, I lay silently on my back on the bed. I wanted to take my phone out of my pocket and check it, but when I saw that it was dead, I quickly put it on the bedside table.***I spent the whole day in Bennett's room. I had no idea what was going on in the huge living room. Howe
How the hell was Bennett so calm? Didn't he know what he had done? A powerful alpha like him should keep his word or be exasperated for breaking it, but Bennett acted as if he didn't even care what was happening.As I rambled on, I heard Damian clear his throat. I knew he was trying to calm himself down.“I think it would be best to talk about this calmly. Otherwise, we won't get anywhere if we get angry. The situation is delicate, and we all know it's wrong,“ said the former Luna, glaring furiously at the former alpha.“I think you're right. I know my son has a solution. He'll do the right thing,” said the former alpha.However, a chilling grimace formed on Damian's lips. “A solution? Tell me, would you be silent if Agatha were your daughter? Would you accept this?”At Damian's words, Alpha Bennett's parents lowered their heads as they exchanged glances.***Hester.The expression on Bennett's parents' faces showed that they had both lost the courage to stand up to their son.However
I couldn't understand why they were all repeating the same thing. How could Bennett be forced to marry a woman?I didn't even have time to process his words when I looked at Bennett, who had all his attention focused on Alpha Damian. In fact, he seemed really calm despite Alpha Damian's shouting.“Aren't you going to say anything? What you did is unacceptable. You're an alpha! You should have kept your oath!” At that moment, Bennett raised a hand and waved him off. “Alpha, Damian, you really are very loud. But you want an answer? I did everything I could to keep my oath, but your son left me no choice. Besides, the woman standing next to me is my mate. Do you really think I would let my wife marry Walter?”Of all the words Bennett had said, all my attention was focused on how he referred to me in front of the rest. Had he really addressed me as his wife? This all seemed like a bad joke.However, my thoughts were overshadowed by Alpha Damian's screams.“No! Stop! What will happen to m
When I heard Bennett's father's words, I was completely perplexed. What the hell? Had I heard wrong? How could the main alpha Bennett be forbidden to marry someone else?With that in mind, I turned to Bennett and looked at him with a confused expression. However, just then he fixed his poisonous eyes on his father.“You should have a little more respect for my words. In case you've forgotten, you're speaking before the Luna of this pack,” Bennett said, leaving everyone speechless.His father was stunned by his words. On the other hand, Bennett's mother looked like she was about to explode at any moment. The woman had a sickly expression on her face. In a matter of seconds, she took a step back when she heard her son.I thought she would sit back down, but instead she looked me in the eyes and pointed at me. “This is your fault! You did something to my son! I knew it! I knew it!” she yelled at me.“Mother!” Bennett said in a cold and dangerous tone.But despite Bennett's loud roar, his
I was speechless when I heard him say that. But before I could process it, Bennett spoke again. “I have to admit, I'm not interested in this silly and unnecessary family drama. But since it's obviously going to happen, why not enjoy it? So just pretend you're happy in this marriage, like I told you, and everything will turn out better than expected,” he hinted before winking.What the hell? Maybe he had radon, so I immediately stopped struggling and relaxed. With a sigh, I let go of his hand and we took a couple of steps toward the sofas where everyone was sitting.***BennettI took Hester's hand and stood up before turning my gaze to my mother, who was staring at my hand and Hester's.“Mother, as always, it's a pleasure...” I said mockingly.But before I could finish my words, my mother interrupted, ‘What is she doing here? What's going on?’ My mother looked at me in surprise. A slight smile formed on my lips as I looked into the eyes of everyone in the room.“I'm so glad everyone
On the other hand, when a few minutes had passed, I received an important call. After all, I knew that things would intensify from that moment on, but all my thoughts vanished when I turned around and saw her there, coming down the stairs in a beautiful cream-colored dress, gold high heels, and a neckline that looked like it would open at any moment, exposing her perfect, enormous breasts. For a moment, I thought my bad mood wouldn't change, but when I saw her, I felt like the world had stopped. I looked her up and down, detailing every inch of her body like the perfect delicacy as I felt my heart race. I couldn't deny it, the woman looked like a goddess! I stood still for a few seconds, trying to calm my thoughts.Her thighs, her lips, her skin, shit, I hadn't even noticed that she had chosen that dress, which was, in fact, the same dress I had wanted to see her wear, which surprised me a little. Damn, I missed kissing her white skin and soft breasts so much... However, at that mo
Why the hell did my body keep reacting to this man? "Are you trying to hurt me?", I said, avoiding his gaze.I tried to wiggle out of his grip, but he tightened his hand, forcing me to look him in the eye "Don't try to act any smarter, Hester De la Croix. Try to stay away from Alpha Damien's family and pretend this is the happiest marriage in the world" he said.As soon as I heard her words, I was shocked. "What, why would I pretend that I'm happy in this marriage, are you forgetting that you blackmailed my mother's life to make me sign that contract?" I said sharply.An annoyed growl escaped Bennett's lips. But, before he said anything, I spoke again"I'm not happy about this. You've forced me to..."For a second, I thought he would angrily get out of the car, but, contrary to that, he used his other hand to grab my jaw and squeeze, stopping my wordsI gulped, looking at his face only inches away from mine. His warm breath collided on my skin, while my chest felt like it wanted to