As I joyfully awoke and made my way to my vanity area, the hands of the clock ticked, indicating that it was now 9 in the evening. I took a seat and I could not help but gaze at myself in the mirror until my hazel blue eyes landed on my face while I brushed my fingers through my waist lengthy sandy blond hair.It is now finally the mating ball where everyone has a chance to find their mate- and I was so excited to wear my long gold gown hanging on the wall. It was adorned with fake diamonds which shone brightly whenever they hit the light.But sadness visited my face as I remembered my mom who passed away many years ago. According to my aunt, my mother left this sophisticated gold gown for me for the mating ball. I touched it gently as if I were touching my mom. My aunt said she died in a mysterious way and protected me while my father was killed by a mysterious Alpha. As I put on my gown, I stared at myself but something was missing. Damn! The necklace that my childhood friend named
When I saw her, my face started to blush. "Cindy, it's been a very long time! You looked stunning in your dazzling red gown!"I embraced her with enthusiasm but did not let her know that it was my birthday today.She flashed a smile. "How are you?" she asked while we were still hugging each other.I slipped from the hug and answered her. "I'm okay! I'm so glad to meet you again!"Her eyes sparkled with joy. "The feeling is mutual. Are you still with your cruel aunt?"I let out a frustrated sigh. "Well, that's a good guess!""Really? But they are so cruel to you and treat you like trash! How can you still live with them?""Have you forgotten that I must spend the rest of my life paying off a significant debt left by my parents?"Cindy gave me a pitying look. Are you willing to be their slave till you die? Are you comfortable with this kind of arrangement?I gently curled my lips into a smile and responded, "I came to the mating ball to meet my destined mate who will change my life fore
"Tonight, we have with us," she roamed her eyes as if she is looking for someone. "A shining hidden diamond among us!"Everyone started looking at each other in shock. The Moon Goddess shifted her gaze from her feet and began looking around. The murmurs grew louder as they are waiting for the Moon Goddess to reveal what she is talking about."Do you know what she is talking about?" said a familiar voice behind my back then stood next to me."Cindy? I thought you are with your friends?" I asked in wonder.She took a sip from the wine glass she is holding. "I was quite bored in my area and the view of the hall is much better here. Seriously, I am wondering who is she referring to?"I flinched, "I honestly can't say!""The one that will shine today is no other than," her eyes suddenly landed on me and she grinned. "Rhea!"My head just turned around and looked at the Moon Goddess. A feeling of fear mixed with shock gripped me. She put a smile on her face. Damn! This is so awkward and I ju
My cheeks reddened in excitement when he grabbed my hand, "hold on a second, where are you going to bring me?""Isn't it obvious? You are not welcome here anymore so I need to bring you to a safer place!" he said, tightening his grip on me.He opened his car and gazed at me, "Please get in the car while my father is still inside! If he caught us together, it would be a total mess!"I went inside his fancy car and he got in the driver's seat. He started the engine of his car and we got off the mansion quickly. He turned his gaze to me and gave me an apologetic grimace."First of all, I would like to apologize because of what I said earlier! Truly I tell you, there was not a single day that I missed thinking of you. Ever since we got separated, I was all by myself alone in my room while thinking of our memories together!"His pleading eyes make me forget what he said to me earlier. However, curiosity filled my mind."Why did you leave me without saying goodbye?""My father forced me to
I turned around and I saw his father glaring at us.I watched Matthew's father rush towards us."Rhea, hide on my back, I am the only one who can confront my dad!"I hide on his back and he bravely confronted his father."How did you find us?" he asked his father."Do you really think I'm stupid not to trace your location? I know that you were sneaking into this place these past few days and that alone is enough for me to effortlessly find you!"All Matthew can do is let out a frustrated sigh."What do you think you are doing, Matthew?" Lorenzo said with a deep and serious voice."Please, I cannot simply let go of my fated mate. She is my childhood sweetheart and I wanted to be with her for the rest of my life!""Let her go! I cannot afford a cursed Omega to tarnish the reputation of our family!""You don't have any right to tell me what to do," Matthew exclaimed. "Haven't you heard what the Moon Goddess said? She is my fated mate and it won't change! If you separate us, it would be a
RHEA POV"I Matthew, the soon-to-be Alpha of the Shadow Pack," he began, and my heart pounds in my chest. When his eyes landed on mine, I have come to realize how serious he is, "Hereby rejects you Rhea as my mate. You are a cursed Omega who does not deserve mercy from me," he continued with a straight face. I felt like he stabbed my heart with a knife. The pain is damn unbearable, I could not even stop myself from crying in front of him. He strolled away from my side to stand next to his dad who applauded him after what he just did. Standing before them, I looked so pitiful, still hoping for Matthew to take back his words. I did not prepare for this night only to be rejected and humiliated. "Stop making that pitiful face, you piece of shit!" Matthew said, "Accept that nobody wants to be mated with a witch like you, Rhea."I gathered my strength and spoke bravely, "That ain't true! I, Rhea of the Light Pack do not accept your rejection!" I replied out of desperation, wanting him to
ATLAS POVThe forest was alive with the sounds of birds humming. They provided the calmness in me as I move to hunt in the middle of the forest. It was time to find a snack for tonight inside my own territory- to a place where I rule alone. I weaved through the forest effortlessly avoiding trees and acquiring over my carefully hidden traps. Anyone who dared to step inside my territory will find themselves in great danger. I'd been rummaging through my nose but couldn't find anything to eat. And this makes me realize that someone else could be hunting here beside me. The moment they fall into my traps, it would be too late for them. The river of Gilgamesh came into view as soon as I reached the forest's edge. Crossing it may lead me to another bald woodland where a tremendous fight occurred. I sniffed and roved my eyes till I traced the scent of fresh blood to the cliff, which was where I came from. I dashed towards the place, which led me to a girl who had been savagely beaten. S
ATLAS POVThe shattering of my cabin's door left me drenched in sweat. Three figures stormed into my cabin. Judging by the footsteps, these three unexpected visitors were my cousins coming after Rhea. It has been a long time since their last visit to my Cabin.We simply hated other werewolves to death because we are rogues who separated ourselves from the Crimson pack after the great war. However, I have never anticipated that they would smell her from their Cabin. And the fact that I brought Rhea here only means I am the only one who can defend her. Immediately, I sprang to my feet outside the Cabin. I saw my three cousins glaring at me. Then Jared- my closest cousin who is the same as my age blurted out hateful words. "How stupid are you to bring a werewolf?" he growled at me. "Believe it or not, I saved her out of pity. She ain't a dangerous she-wolf so why are you bothered anyway?""Have you forgotten what they did to you? My cousin replied, glaring at me. "I have not forgotte
RHEA POVAfter the wedding and even during Saturday evening, everything seems so calm. The people who died on the battlefield was also given their respective funeral. We honored their bravery regardless of whether they are rogues or allies. But just like the rest of the days, we have to move forward with our lives. A lot of things have happened and I could no longer afford if something like this happens again. Just looking at the family of the victims hurts me from inside. What more if the person I love were on that situation. I could not imagine it to happen. Today is Sunday, and this is the day we have been waiting for. And right now, I must say that I am the most excited human being in the planet, knowing that this is the day of my marriage. Right now, Matthew hired five people for me to help me wear my while long gown. It was adorned with real diamonds and other gems that my eyes sparkled upon seeing it even though I have seen it several times. Even the helm of the gown, it loo
RHEA POVSuddenly, Matthew looked at me. "Rhea, I would like to apologize to you as well. You have been so kind and understanding of me.""As you have said, let us put everything behind the past. For now, I am truly happy to see both of you reconcile.""Matthew, please do the honor of guiding Rhea to walk downstairs.""Of course. Please have a sit on the table beside me and Rhea, I do not want you to be left out so Zeus was there. He is my youngest brother. As you have heard, we are not blood related but I treated him like a real brother. He is a kind person and open minded."Atlas just smiled at Matthew and then he headed downstairs. And when he was gone, I turned my gaze on Matthew. "Well done, I fell in love with you even more when you started hugging him. Although I also understand that you were jealous of him from the first time you heard of him.""Rhea, you are already mine so I am not worried about him anymore. So now that you see me already changed, I guess it's now time for
RHEA POVTomorrow morning, even though Matthew has not recovered just yet, he still throw a party for us. And today, the set up inside their mansion was no different from the mating ball last time. There are a lot of wines being served in the round tables. A lot of foods to choose from. There are so many balloons pinned on the wall. Red petals have been scattered on the ground. The chandeliers are illuminating so brightly up in the ceiling. And wherever I laid my eyes on, I could not see anything sad. All of them are beyond happy with what is happening right now. It seems like we have not encountered a war yesterday. Or maybe I was just assuming things. Right now, I went back to Matthew's room and changed my outfit to red in order to match the event. I also put my lipstick and made my hair curly. Just this once, I would really like to be hailed as the most beautiful woman in the eyes of Matthew. As I was looking at myself in the mirror, someone started knocking on the damn door,
CINDY POV"I guess that is what you called karma. After everything that you have done against others, this is what you get! Now, you are now a pathetic human being. A powerless individual who is now on the run because you have so many enemies chasing after you."Suddenly, he pinned me on the wall. "How dare you say such a thing like that huh? I am still the Alpha of my pack! And my powers alone is more than enough to prove that I'm still the mightiest being on this land.""Really? Then why don't you use that so called power in order to gather your supporters huh? I am so sick of you bossing me around these past few days, promising something and looked, it did not happen! So now that you owed me your life, you should know that doing this does nothing but shame on yourself."He let go of me. "I swear, I will return to the mansion and everyone is going to kneel down before me. They can have their celebration as of now. But I'm gonna take back what they stole from me... even if I do it
CINDY POVI am facing the mirror right now. I still could not believe that I've got severely wounded by that damn pest who almost killed me. If I had not pretended I died, she would sure have eliminated me completely. This battle which I thought was on our favor does not happen exactly the way I want it. And it would definitely take a lot of time for me to recover. Damn that girl, I'll make sure that the second time we'll see each other, she'll be as good as dead.Suddenly the door opened and Alpha Lorenzo came in. He was full of bondage of his body because of the wounds he sustained from his fight."If it was not for me, you are as good as dead Alpha Lorenzo!" I said while approaching him. "So you'll have to thank me first."He gave me a menacing look but I was not afraid of him in the slightest."I owed you nothing Cindy. I could easily escaped that prison without your help but since you already arrived, I just go with the flow.""Still, I was the one who saved you. So you still o
RHEA POV"Rhea, you have more than enough reason to unleash your powers. If just in case he went here, then put in your mind that he is our mortal enemy."I looked at Zeus and sheepishly smiled, "Thank you for the information Zeus. I really appreciate it, I am saddened with what happened but there is no reason for you to assign guards here. I don't think Alpha Lorenzo is ready enough to come back here considering that he already escaped. He is also weak like the rest of us. And that person who helped him out will surely not coming here since that person's priority is helping him escaped."He smiled at me and leave without saying any words, then I closed the door and locked it."I have a plan Matthew," I said as I was approaching him. "And what is that?" he asked. "Why don't we make our wedding a secret instead? At least in that way, we can make sure that we are going to have a successful wedding.""What are you talking about huh? I will never do such a thing! Of course as someone wh
RHEA POV"While I agreed with you, I think we should not focus on that one. As they say, while the iron is hot, we have to use that opportunity to marry. Because I don't want to waste anymore time. I wanted to have a family with you Rhea."I suddenly turned paled upon hearing what he has to say. While I admit, I am ready to get marry to him, something does not feel right. I think that we should spend time together, creating memories, and enjoy on each other's company.He held my hand and gave me a questioning look, "What is taking you so long to decide huh? Don't you agree with what I say? I thought you love me Rhea? So what gives?""Well... not unless your wounds have already healed, we are not going to marry just yet. So you have to promise me that you will recover as soon as possible.""Of course," he said, giving me a wide smile, "My body will recover as soon as possible and if that happens, then we are going to get married.""But before that happens, can we go to some place? I me
RHEA POV"You have a point there. None of these would have happened if my husband was a nice guy.""We cannot do something about that. But I am hoping that he could still change. After all, he is still the father of Matthew. If he asks for my forgiveness and change his way, then I am going to put all of these behind the past."She started to grab my hand and gave me a rakish smile, "Well thank you for doing that. Now I have come to realize that you are really such a kind person. You may be a witch but you prove to me that not all witch are bad. There is someone like you who exists.""By the way, what happened to Matthew while I was gone?""He was always thinking about you in his room. And he treated Cindy coldly. On the other hand, Cindy was so nice to him and she was so clingy. Matthew was irritated with her but decided not to speak up because of his father. However, I should have done something in order to prevent that from happening. I love my son so much but I have never fought fo
ZEUS POV"I see..."She looks so sad about the news that I gave her. "He asked me that you should go there and visit here. He won't be entertaining any guest aside from you."She started looking at Atlas who was lying on the bed, "But Atlas also need me by his side. I don't know if I can visit him right now. Atlas has not fully recover yet. He still needs my blood.""But my brother is still weak right now. He said that you should prioritize him because he is your fated mate. Just try to visit him first. I am so worried that he won't eat his food. Just a few minutes, leave Atlas to me, I will guard him and when he woke up, I'll explain everything to him later.""Well... Hannah is coming later, she will bring some food for Atlas. I have to be here while she is not around.""Wait... what is the relationship of Atlas to her though?""She loves Atlas but he did not love her back. But now, I want to find a way for them to be together.""Okay fine! I will explain everything to her later. Ju