Chapter 2

Nora's POV

“You better get lost, you hear me? Don't you dare bring shame to our people. Look at yourself; you're just an ugly cow. You ain't ever going to find a mate like me. Now get the hell out of here and stop burdening our pack.”

These words kept ringing in my head as I ran deeper into the woods. I couldn't go home, nor did I have anywhere to go. My two favorite people are the strangers I just found in bed together. Jake was mine; Maria stole him from me.

He rejected me without remorse, forgetting all the promises he made to me. Ignoring all the praise he gave me He had promised that I'd be his Luna, right by his side, when he was crowned Alpha. And Maria had promised to be our children's godmother. She promises to spoil them completely.

But the two people I saw in that room just now weren't my favorites; they were strangers and new enemies. They deliberately ripped my heart from my rib cage. They did it on purpose; they hurt me on purpose.

I fell to the ground as I screamed,

“No!!!” 

The pain is unbearable; I cannot help but scream some more. I have been fooled by them both, Jake. My own Jake, whom I had been dating for three years, claimed he loved me. He didn't just say it; he showed me. I felt his love every day. Wasn't that anything to him?

“Moon Goddess, why did you do this to me?" I yelled. I didn't care if someone else was in the woods; I just wanted to give her a piece of my mind.

“Isn't mate supposed to bring comfort and love? Why is mine the opposite? Why can't I be loved, for fuck  sake?"I yelled again. I cried for a long time before whispering to the moon goddess,

“You better fix it,” I thought I wasn't loud enough; she wouldn't hear me, so I screamed,

“You better fix this! You better fix my broken heart! You better fix my life!"

After screaming for a long time, I lay on the ground, ignoring the cold and discomfort. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

The next time I woke up, it was already sunny. I had no idea of the time, but I remained on the ground, staring at nothing. I didn't feel like getting up or going back home. I don't want to go back home, either.

As I lay there, staring at nothing, I remembered the day Jake asked me to be his girlfriend. He sounded really sure of what he wanted. He wanted me, and he was sure of it. He had promised to make me Luna when I said yes to his proposal. It was a dream come true for me. The only assurance we were waiting for was that of the moon goddess, and I knew she would give us her blessing because we were like the best couple ever.

When did all this happen? How come I never noticed before that Maria had always been in the picture?

I cried some more, talked to myself, talked to the moon goddess, and slept. I didn't know how many times I slept or how many times I dreamt, but when I woke up again, it was nightfall.

Hunger had pushed me to get up and get something to eat. I struggled to get up before walking slowly around to get food.

At first, I saw a monkey, and my eyes narrowed. Is there a monkey here in the woods? Does it not like its life? Well, I don't care. It was food.

I transformed into my weak wolf form and rushed to catch it, only for me to catch a big wood instead. I turned around, searching for the monkey, but it was nowhere to be seen.

Just as I was about to sigh and give up, I saw a large whale walking to the other side differently. Again, I frowned. A walking fish? Do I care? No. I was hungry, so I went for it.

Immediately, I was about to catch it; it spoke to me.

“Hey, what are you doing here so late at night?” My eyes widened, and the fish was talking too. I quickly transformed back to my human form, only to find a fine man standing in front of me.

I moved closer to him and touched his cheek; he chuckled and then touched mine too. I cocked my head, and he did the same. Was he a fish, or was he a man? I wondered as I stared at him.

I touched his chest, which was covered in his shirt, and he touched my boobs, causing electricity to run through my body. I loved the feeling and wanted him to touch me again, so I touched his chest again. Like before, he touched my boobs, and I giggled.

This time, I placed my hands on his chest, and he did the same with a chuckle.

“I like it,” I said to him, and he said the same words to me. I closed my eyes and shook my head. I must be hallucinating, because what would a very handsome man like this be doing in the woods at night?

My hands slowly moved from his chest and curved around his neck. If it was just a hallucination like the monkey and the whale, there should be nothing wrong with having some fun with my hallucinated handsome man.

Slowly, I took in his lower lip with mine before sucking on it. His hands moved from my neck down to my back and my lower waist. He kissed me back, and I felt myself drawn to him.

Without thinking, I began to rub my lower, naked body against his covered groin. He groaned and pushed me to the tree behind us. The minute my back hit the wood, I lost control of myself as I began to tear off his shirt with his help.

Under the moonlight, we both fanned out the heat we felt within us.