Naya’s POV
I wonder if I get to meet with Selene.
Would I be angry at her for making me the chosen one?
Or would she be angry that I couldn’t do the sole thing that she chose me for?
To protect her people.
When all the swirling and turning finally stopped, I pried my eyes open.
Shock rushes through me as I take in the sight before me. The scene before me is nothing like what I expect the afterlife to look at.
Instead, it was a scene that I knew too well.
Remembered too well.
Was the moon goddess trying to remind me of the day that I had made the worst mistake of my life?
Of the day that I said yes to the monster that had taken everything from me?
As I stare in the mirror, staring at the wedding dress from that day, my fists clench tightly.
Wait…
“How do I still have my body?”
“I was wondering when you were going to realise it, silly,” Elisa’s familiar voice rang out, and I froze.
“Lisa!”
“What’s going on?”
“We seem to be back in time, only that I don’t remember anything else from before the surgery…” she paused, her words hanging in the air.
“I’m guessing we didn’t make it through the surgery. For a time reversal to be granted by the moon goddess, you must have died.”
A part of me is tempted to tell Elisa everything that happened. But she had never really liked Liam, and I couldn’t bear to tell her that somehow, because of my silly decisions, she had been taken from me.
“There’s something you are not telling me…” Elisa said, catching on very quickly.
“No, no, I’m just surprised that the moon goddess did it. Does this happen to everyone?”
Lisa scoffed slightly.
“How could it? You are the person she chose. Until you complete the mission, it’s impossible for you to go to the afterlife.”
“You are lucky she granted you a time reversal, though, because there are other means.”
A loud chime stopped me from replying and I grabbed the phone that was in front of the dresser.
Just like in the past, Sophie had sent that same message.
Sophie— Naya, I have some trouble with my dress. I will join you at the county office.
I can’t help my lips from curling in self mockery.
How had I not noticed it?
Liam had come to pick me up about an hour late, and Sophie had been waiting in the court despite finishing late.
To think that I had been so blind.
I glanced at my reflection one last time before standing up.
Since the moon goddess had given me the opportunity, then it would be a shame to waste it.
Every single one of them would pay!
However… Liam seemed to have been working for someone.
I couldn’t help but recall the last conversation that I had heard.
I had to be careful about dealing with him. I could not allow him to know that I knew.
But most importantly, I could not allow myself to be married to him one more time.
As I walked out of my apartment, I flagged a cab, gave him the address to the court, and then sent Liam a message.
“I’m at the County Clerk’s office now. Can’t wait to become your woman.”
If I were right, he wouldn’t see it now. Because right now, he would be balls deep in my best friend—Sophie.
My game plan was weak because I didn’t have enough time. All I could do was try to wait long enough at the court and then throw a fit when he came.
If I could postpone the wedding. Just enough to make my Dad come to the city here. That was more than enough.
I needed to make him think that I was still in love with him.
I was still that girl who could give up her kidney without asking questions just to save him.
Like always, Sacramento was bustling, and what should have been a ten-minute ride ended up being twenty.
In my eye-catching white dress, I got down from the taxi and walked into the County Clerk's waiting room.
It was a weekday and surprisingly empty. Aside from me, two men were sitting side by side.
Dressed in expensive suits, one of them was a sight for sore eyes, and I knew for certain that several human girls would be mad at him for being with his partner.
The taller man glanced at me, his gaze lingering a lot longer than normal before turning to the man beside him.
“Is this her?”
The other man glanced down at his phone once and then looked at me before nodding his head once.
I’m slightly curious, but today is important, and I couldn’t afford to let anything mess it up.
So, instead of starting a conversation, I simply take my seat opposite them.
Just like I had guessed, Liam hadn’t seen my message. It’s been half an hour since I sent it, and there’s been no reply from him.
Did they think they were having their parting sex? That after getting married to me, he would never go back to her?
“Are you sure you want to settle for Liam? Look at that man opposite us. Why can’t you choose a better person?” Elisa grumbled in my head.
Her words lightened my mood, and I couldn’t help but smile. If she knew what my plan was…
“Dad would kill me if I got married to a human.”
“He would kill you when he finds out about Liam, too. You might as well pick the better option.”
“Besides, I don’t think he’s human.”
I want to reply, but one of the men standing up got my attention.
“Since the girl he chose couldn’t make it, tell him not to mention marriage for the next four years.” The taller man instructed as he turned to leave.
The other man, who I’m starting to realise seemed more like an assistant, stood up too.
“Just… just some minutes more.” His assistant stammered while glancing at his watch again.
There was no way to tell exactly what I was thinking, but before I knew it, I was standing right in front of the man with my best-forced smile.
“Do you need a bride?”
“Because I happen to need a groom.”
Naya’s POV‘Elisa!’Having a wolf that was as strong as Elisa was the envy of everyone. An envy that I had known for twenty-five years before my first life ended.But none of them knew the disadvantages. Despite being my wolf, Elisa could take over my body while I was in human form. And she always did it at the worst timing. Like right now. I gulp as the man’s eyes fall on me; his blue eyes are clear and bright. So clear that they want to pull me in. Yet, there’s a chilling coldness in them that makes me want to stay away. And even as a shifter, I feel like he could be a threat to me. Was this man human? And if he wasn’t, why couldn’t I smell his wolf on him? “You need a groom?” He finally asked.I take a deep breath while trying to find the most logical explanation for what just happened. Yet, in that moment, the struggle for control between Elisa and me is even stronger. Like always, she wins.“Yes, I need a groom.” The man gives me another piercing stare that seems to go o
Liam's POV“Take it easy, Liam. It's nobody's fault,” Sophie says as she gets down from her car and walks to me.I slap a palm onto my face. “Then explain to me, Sophie. You've been designing for more than four years now. Why did you make a dress that is easy to tear?”“I told you to keep your feelings out of this. I told you!”Her eyes widen as she stares at me with surprise. My angry side is something she hasn't witnessed personally.“I didn't make any underhand design,” she argues. “The material, the pattern… all of it was in perfect condition before I handed it over.”“And then it ripped apart while she was coming down from the taxi. Fuck, I should have known something like this would happen,” I rant.I pick up a glass of water and take a gulp. Shouting for the past twenty minutes has really turned my throat sore.“You know what, Sophie? Saturday. You will make another wedding dress before Saturday. Do you understand?”“Darling,” she purrs, resting a palm on my chest, “you're soun
Naya’ POVA magnificent mansion is a few meters away from us. From the distance, it beams of royalty and wealth. Completely different from anything I had seen.“This is yours?” I intentionally ask Rowan who has just shown me that he can stay thirty minutes in a vehicle without saying a word to his spouse.“Yes.”That is all he can say.I sigh softly and manage a smile. “It’s gorgeous.”“Just like you,” he blurts out. It's a beautiful compliment, but it's so plain cause he doesn't even look at me when he says it.I manage to put on another smile. “Thank you.”Some minutes later, our car parks in front of the mansion and Henry rushes out to get the door for me and Rowan afterwards.He whispers something to Rowan and he nods in agreement to whatever it is.Rowan walks up to me and hangs his arm open.“Hold me,” he orders and I do that immediately. We are a newly wedded couple, so it's only natural that we act like one. But it seems a bit weird.The moment Henry opens the door for us to
Naya’s POV I have always hated the smell and looks of hospitals since I lost my mom in them about ten years ago. Because of that, Dad made sure that the recuperation area in the pack's clinic was more like a stop-by inn. It was plain, hardly reeked of medicine and you could see the beautiful scene outside from your bed. The thought of him has my heart aching one more time. Since the last two years of his death, I have come to accept that there was no way I could move on. Deal with the pain and accept it? That was impossible. He has always been an important part of my life for more than twenty three years. And my only family for thirteen. Although he always said he was happy that he was leaving me in the hands of someone who I loved and who loved me as much. It still didn’t make the pain easier to deal with. Sweeping through the empty hallways, I realise there’s no staff around to ask how Liam is doing. Instead of going back, I drag myself to the male section of the clinic.
Naya’s POVI might have pinched myself a little more than ten times in the last minutes. It suddenly seemed like my entire life was falling apart, and as I finally gained the strength to stand up, a familiar scent flooded my nostrils. In seconds, Liam’s familiar figure rushes through the door, only that, he doesn’t stop. He probably didn’t even see me there, and I watched from where I stood by the door as my husband rushed towards Sophie. Sophie no longer had the fierce and aggressive demeanour from earlier. Instead, she has this frail and lost look in her eyes that reminds me of the many times that she asked me for a favour.But what is even more baffling is Liam. He looked nothing like someone who just got a transplant. “L…Liam… I told you that Naya would be angry as soon as she finds out,” Sophie says weakly and then burst into tears.Liam finally glances at my side, our eyes meeting. But it’s not him that’s staring at me. The Liam I knew, the Liam I married, always looked