“NOOOO!!!”I was jolted upright, awakened from a horrible nightmare that made my heart feel like it was going to explode in my chest. I was breathing hard and fast. Bullets of sweat trailed from my forehead and trickled down my chin. I was shivering. I was confused and terrified and my eyes were blurry for the first ten seconds, scared to know if I was still inside that awful dream or if I was really awake."Holly.” Evan frowned, pushed himself and sat beside me after he saw the terror reflected in my eyes. I couldn’t respond at first. His voice seemed so distant to my ears until it became louder and louder as he shook my shoulders, gentle at first and when I didn’t respond, he held me tight into his arms.“Holly, what happened? Did you have a nightmare?!” Evander asked, his voice full of trepidation as he held me in his arms. He pushed himself a little so he could look unto my face and then he cupped my face with his big hands and said, “Holly, please tell me something! Are you alri
I couldn’t believe it was happening.My heartbeat was wild insided my chest. I didn’t slept well last night due to huge anxiety that overthinking about the things that could happen today. I asked Alpha Evan to just make the event as small as possible. But I guess we have a misunderstanding what small meant to him.Last night, he assured me that he only invited the people that are important to the alliance and the pack. And of course, family and friends. But those people belonged from the richest clans all over the continent and that only made my trepidation worst.The ceremony would start at four in the afternoon, before the sunset. The venue was at one of the most luxurious hotel in the city which belonged to the Edgerton siblings.“I can’t believe I spent the whole morning for the make up and hair dressing,” I complained softly at Shei who I asked to be my bridesmaid for my special day with her brother. Well, Shei was my best friend. And embarrassing to admit, I really had no one el
I couldn’t breathe.Once they opened the door, I would see my mate standing at the end of the aisle. I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know whose other faces were behind those doors but there was one thing for sure.I would finally become an Edgerton. I would finally and completely become Evander’s wife. His Luna. His strength.I wanted to become his everything.“Deep breath, Holly. Just focus on Evander. This day is yours.” Shei smiled at me as she squeezed my hand. I could see the pure happiness in her eyes. I felt so grateful that Shei accepted me for who I was, despite my miserable past with the family that was supposed to take care of and protect me.She and Evander were the only people I cherished most in life.I could hear the beating of my heart louder and louder in my ear. My body shuddered, and my stomach fluttered. My throat constricts as I hold back my tears from falling down my face. But those were not tears of sadness and grief. At that moment, my heart was so full
“Here! Here is the proof!”Cindy showed a picture in her hand to the people sitting near her and some gasped and looked at me despite. I frowned, confused by what was happening. Was that a picture of me she was showing? What’s in that photo that made people glare at me?Evander probably saw it too, because he stiffened. His hands were in his pocket but I saw his shoulders tensed. He refused to look at my direction and that’s when I started to feel alarmed. What was Cindy doing!? What was in the picture?!I was about to step down the platform when Evander lifted his hand, telling me not to go anywhere close to Cindy and her mother. I didn’t care so I shoved his hands away and took a good look at the photo.“No…” My eyes widened, stunned at what I saw, “I-I can explain—”“And you think you can keep this a secret from Evander?” Cindy smirked at me with that viper look in her eyes. “I know everything about you, Holly Ambrose! You can’t hide your filth from me!”It was a photo at the mall
“This isn’t fair, Evander! There is a rule that only from the higher rank in a pack should an Alpha choose a girl to become the Luna of his pack! A higher rank to carry a strong offspring and continue the bloodline of his clan!”“Enough Nora!” Beta Kian hissed threateningly at the old lady and Nora just galred at him with her lips curled in a snarl.I didn’t know why Alpha Evander just let Nora and his former mate stay in the hall. Then I realized that the more they tried to ruin Alpha Evander’s reputation, the more the people in the hall believed that the Yorks were really desperate to destroy Evan’s name.But then Nora was right about the rule that an Alpha should choose a high-ranking Luna for his pack.“Holly Ambrose is my fated mate, Nora. And that means she’s excluded from the rules.” Alpha Evander’s snarl rippled in his throat.Everyone was silenced.Goddess. I wanted to run away and leave! I wanted to tear my dress and just f*cking get away from all of them but Alpha Evander’s
I couldn’t look him on the face.Charles Wakeham. That was the Alpha King’s name. He looked young for a fifty five year old he-wolf. When the wedding was shortly paused by the Alpha King, thanks to Cindy and her mom ruining everything for me and Evander, the Alpha King asked my mate and some of us to have a short talk. I didn’t know what he meant about the ‘talk’ but Sheiyan whispered to me that Alpha Charlie wanted to make a private announcement to everyone of us.“Is it okay that we leave all those people in the wedding hall?” I asked Sheiyan with anxious face. She was still upset about what Cindy did and if only killing was not a huge crime, Sheiyan had already ripped Cindy and her mother’s throat.“They have to wait in Alpha King’s request, Holly. Don’t worry. Evander knows what he is doing. He already have an idea why the King wanted to talk with us privately.” She held my hand and squeezed it tight as she gave me a reassuring look, “Everything will be alright, sis.” she smiled.
“No! That can’t be true! That’s f*cking ridiculous!” Cindy York cried like a five-year-old child, with the sentinels still suppressing her from stepping closer to the gazebo. Only her mother looked back at her with a pale face, still unable to believe what was happening.I swallowed hard, lost for words, because my heart and mind were in chaos about how I would react to all of it.“And if it wasn’t for Alpha Evander’s huge help and his perseverance to find you, I would have forever succumbed to the darkness that almost destroyed this kingdom. I would have given up my faith to see you and hold you again.”Alpha Charles looked at me with fatherly eyes and longed for his child. I met his gaze and saw thousands of emotions swimming in it as he reached for his hand, asking for me to hold it. To feel that I was real. That I was alive and not just a hallucination—a dream that he thought would never come true.I looked at Evander first and he murmured to me so softly with a smile on his lips,
I couldn’t believe my father knew the truth and didn’t tell me about it. Why did he hide everything from me? To make me stay in the Ambrose manor so I will remain their slaves as long as they could? Were they trying to rebel against the Alpha King? The crown?The tips of my fingers were cold and I was numb all over. I didn't know if I should be happy that Randalf Ambrose was not my biological father but dad and I—we had wonderful days together. Before Irina was born. Before he realized that I was not the one who was really important to him, but his lovely Irina. HIs real daughter. And I… I was a mistake. A baby he thought was his until he decided to keep me from my real family to make the Alpha King suffer for years.My eyes widened a bit.I turned sharply to look at Charlie Wakeham’s face and I saw menace in them. His sharp eyes glared past my face and I knew what he was thinking. There was revenge in his hazel brown eyes. There was death in there. Death for Randalf Ambrose.“It is n