Chapter 7: His Mistress

Killian and I have established a relationship, although it's just between us. I can't help but be envious of the couple standing on the makeshift stage, happy and excited while trying to pop a gender-neutral color balloon.

They look so perfect. It was like they were royal highnesses, the king and queen. The pack members cheer on them despite being divided in their guesses.

"Aren't they so cute, Rain?" Kaila asked me, smiling.

"No, they are not. I would rather say we are lovely if I were that woman," my wolf answered. 

Thankfully, Kaila can't hear, or she will wonder why my wolf said that.

"Yes, they are," I replied, faking my smile.

"Isabelle is a kind woman, Rain. She will be a good luna for us," Kaila added.

My wolf didn't like what she heard, and she growled, protesting.

"Did you two talk?" I asked her, pushing my wolf to the corner of my mind.

"No. Never," I answered.

"This woman is disrespecting us, Rain! Tear her to shred and burn her! Show her her place! How dare she praises the fake Luna when facing us, the rightful Luna!" my wolf barked at me, displeased by Kaila's words.

"Relax," I replied, calming her down. "She doesn't know anything. She wouldn't praise her if she knew the truth," I added, trying to make her relax. 

Her pride was already wounded when Killian got another she-wolf home, and to make it worst, he got her pregnant. The only thing calming her down is that Killian ensured us to be his Luna after Isabelle's delivery.

"We should tell her that we are Killian's mate to shut your best friend's mouth. I don't like what she is saying," my wolf told me.

"If we do that, Killian will be angry towards us. Killian will never like that," I replied.

"This is your idea, Rain. I would have fought tooth to tooth that night when we learned that Alpha Killian was our mate. If you had let me take over our body, Isabelle is already dead by now and claimed what is rightfully ours. But no, you choose to be like this, a mistress. If I tell you the truth, I don't like this. Why must we be a mistress when we are the legal ones?"

Ah, this again. My wolf would always say this whenever I was trying to be rational than acting by instinct. I get it. It was my idea why we became like a mistress to Killian. I would instead choose to have a secret connection with Killian over going rogue. 

"We have to be patient. Isabelle is carrying Killian's child. What do you think Killian would do if we killed Isabelle and their unborn child?"

My wolf didn't respond, and I continued what I was saying.

"We need to be optimistic about this matter. All we need to do is wait."

My wolf looked me in the eye. She has been with me since I was a baby and I know her very well. She always knew what was good for us. My wolf would often give me advice and encouraging words whenever I was down; when we discovered that Alpha Killian was our mate, seems like her rational thinking had gone. But I don't blame her or anything; we are talking about once in a lifetime fate. A mate only comes once. And it matters a lot to her and me.

My wolf turned her back to me with a huff.

"I suppose I can wait a bit longer," she told me. "But make sure, as my human, you have to do everything to please him for us not to get rejected. Otherwise, I'll take action on my hands whether you like it or not and with or without your consent. I'll take over our body," my wolf said before walking away and curling herself in a ball to her favorite spot in my head.

The crowd applauded sound brought me from my thoughts, and my eyes drifted to Killian and Isabelle.

"It's a boy! Our Alpha and future Luna's child is a boy!" the emcee, Kaila, happily announced to everyone after the couple popped the balloon.

Killian and Isabelle laughed wholeheartedly and held hands while gazing at all the happy wolves.

"Congratulations, Alpha and Luna!" 

I would be a liar if it didn't pain me a bit. The scene right before my eyes is an example of two wolves that love each other even though they are not mates. And what about me? Am I someone who is fated to the wrong ones? I heard my wolf whining. She must have been watching like me and seeing our hearts shattered. This sweet scene made me question if Killian is still aware that I am right here and watching them.

Suddenly Isabelle cupped Killian's face and kissed him, and Killian didn't think twice about kissing her back. I don't know if my eyes couldn't contain my tears as the pain eats my heart.

My heart sank as I watched those agonizing seconds of their kissing before I gathered all my strength to separate myself from this place. As my heart clenched, I desperately wanted to run away and needed to put some distance between me and the couple.

As the whole pack gathered around them, I took my chance and disappeared behind. Surely no one would notice me with all the excitement going on. I started to pace quicker until I reached my car. As I stretched out my right hand to grab my car's driver's seat handle, a voice caught me off-guard, sending a wave of panic through me.

"Where are you going?" an unfamiliar voice called out. "Are you leaving?"

I quickly looked into the owner of the voice direction and saw Isabelle with a smiling face on her face staring back at me.

"L-Luna?" I was startled, but I managed to smile at her. My wolf ears perked up as she watched the Luna as she wanted to tear her to shreds. I don't like the idea she's sending me, so I shut her thoughts down.