Chapter 1

Melissa.

He dipped his fingers into my lush hair as his lips caressed my ears lobes. I felt his soft hands massaging my scalp, doing sweet delicious things to my body. His hands moved from my hair to cup my neck and he rubbed it sensually, his thumb massaging the hollow in my throat.

“Kiss my lips, Alex.” I said to him in the most sensual voice I could come up with and he smiled sweetly at me, his brown eyes piercing mine with desire filled in them.

He leaned in slowly, placing his lips softly against mine in a tease. I love it when he teases me like this, because it always made me mad with raw need. Unable to take the tension any longer, I placed my hand on his and lowered it to my breast so that he would feel its weight. As he was about to caress my nipples, someone snapped their fingers at me, distracting my thoughts and bringing me back to my senses.

My eyes cleared up immediately and I blinked at my friend, Chloe as she stared directly at me.

“Were you day-dreaming again?” She asked with an amused look, but I shook my head slightly to clear the thought of the dream away from my head.

“Of course not.” I replied, looking forward to realize that the professor was gone from class and other students were already arranging their bags, preparing to go home. “Great. Class is over.”

“Class was over ten minutes ago.” Chloe said to me, her small lip curling up in a dangerous smile. “You were obviously dreaming, Melissa. And it was a very naughty dream, wasn’t it?”

“Fine.” I replied, standing to join the others in arranging my bag. “I was dreaming about Alex again. We made love for the first time last night and I cannot stop thinking about him.”

“You need to go and see him then.” Chloe said, standing from the table she occupied to face me directly. “Werewolves dreaming about sex during the day is not a good thing.”

“You are right. I should go see him to discuss the mating bond. He says we are mates and I cannot wait to feel it tomorrow.”

“There you go!” Chloe exclaimed, urging me on. I winked at her like I usually did and in no time, all my books were packed in my small bag with the important ones locked carefully in my locker. I waved Chloe off and dashed out of class, ignoring the stares and whistles the arrogant teenager wolves threw my way. As I walked by, they separated in their groups to give way for me in order not to cause any interruption.

Of course, they respected me in River-moon high. I am Melissa Smith, the eighteen year old and soon to be nineteen year old daughter of the alpha of Redmoon pack. Any disrespect towards me meant disrespect to my father and no one wants to be punished by the alpha himself.

I walked out of school, ignoring the car waiting for me at the entrance of the school.

“Your father wants you home, Melissa.” The warrior on the driver’s seat of the car said as he began to follow me slowly by the side while I walked. “There is an important meeting going on in the house.”

“I am going to see my boyfriend.” I smiled at him, looking to the side to see him roll his eyes at me. “I told you to stop coming to pick me up from school. If I didn’t know better, I would think you were obsessed with me.”

He laughed out loud at my humor, stopping the car when he saw that I was determined not to go with him. I looked back and he waved at me before zooming out of the school premises.

Proud of myself for being able yo dismiss him, I strolled to Alex’s house, with the thoughts of making love to him again the only thing in my mind. I was very glad that next day was my nineteenth birthday and would also be my coming-of-age day. Tomorrow, I will finally be able to sense Alex as my mate, so I just couldn’t wait.

I got to Alex’s house and walked in like I owned the place. Since he was the only child and his parents were late, he lived alone in the small bungalow. The butler at the entrance directed me towards his room and I smiled in appreciation, singing happily to myself while I walked. I placed my hand on the door knob of the room and was about to swing open the door when the soft moaning sounds coming from within stopped me.

I recognized the moans to be that of a female, and my mind became alert. ‘Alex was making love to someone that wasn’t me,’ was all I could think of as I opened the door a little to see him on top a fair skinned she-wolf, stark naked and gripping the head board.

I turned my back, wanting to walk away but his words stopped me on my track. 

“This is what it feels like.” He murmured breathlessly. “This is what good sex feels like, unlike the one I had with Melissa yesterday.”

“What? Me?” I whispered to myself, alarms going off inside my head and my heart skipping a ridiculous beat.

“It wasn’t good yeah?” The she-wolf’s soft voice asked him and he groaned, getting my attention again.

“She doesn’t even know how to move her body. Of course, it wasn’t good.”

Alex’s companion chuckled lightly, the sound of her laughter resonating through the door .

“From her sexy looks one would think she would be a vixen in bed.” She said and both of them waited for a minute before busting out into another fit of uncontrollable laughter.

I opened my mouth in shock, unable to believe that my boyfriend; whom I had thought loved me to stupor, whom i thought wanted the best for me, was mocking me in front of another woman.

“I am only being patient with her because she is the alpha’s daughter.” Alex continued to my dismay. “Marrying her would make me the alpha when her father dies. If not because of this, I would have gotten rid of her pretty ass long ago.”

They took another round of disgusting laughter at my expense while pain pierced my heart like an arrow. Without thinking of any repercussion, I slipped into the room, surprising both of them. The young she-wolf shrieked out in horror, using the sheets to cover her naked self, but Alex remained un-moved on the bed.

My heart broke to a thousand pieces seeing the way he reacted but I said nothing and just continued to stare at him in horror. 

“Melissa.” He finally  called softly, but I shook my head at him and held out my index finger.

"Don't." I muttered with shaky breath. Seeing his face made me feel pain than I could ever imagine, so I turned and headed for the door.

"You are just going to leave?" Alex asked, his voice stopping me on my track. My hand gripped the doorknob tightly and I took a deep breath before opening the door.

"Thank goddess that you are not my mate.” Alex called again and this time around, I turned to look at him with a hurtful expression on my face. There were a million things that I wanted to say, a lot if things I wanted to get off my chest but the arrogant and unrepentant look I saw on his face stopped me from saying them.

"Yes, thank goddess that we are not mates.” I whispered, even though I was shocked that he had lied about that also. “I would have rejected you in front of the whole pack if we had been.”

My statement left him speechless and that was the cue I needed to walk out of the room. I left the house in a feeling of both anger and hurt, wiping the tears on my face on my way. When i got to the aloha house, I nodded my head to acknowledge the servants who greeted me as I walked into the house. I made to go up the stairs when the footsteps coming out from the conference room got to my attention and I turned to see the elders of the pack leaving the house.

My father came out afterwards, looked round the house, before signaling to me to join him in his office. The look I saw on his face made me not to question his authority, so I joined him immediately.

“Melissa.” He called to me as soon as I walked in. “I will be getting married to the widowed Luna of Moon-river pack.”