CHAPTER 3

WILLIAMS

What is she doing here?

I asked myself as her scent was too much for me to withstand, and I was inhaling them all to myself trying to force it out of me but all to no avail.

'She is here, our mate, I can smell her.' Ian, my wolf jumped happily as the scent kept getting stronger and too intense for us.

‘She is no longer our mate remember? We rejected her.’ I reminded him if he had forgotten, he better not cause it was the truth.

‘You rejected her and not me, you did the rejection and I did not accept it.’ He growled so loudly to my ears that I pushed him far back out of my mind and looked at them.

She stood right there at the corner of the living room with her eyes bugged out as she looked at me, shock filled those huge eyeballs of hers.

There is something so different about her, maybe it was the way that there was no mask on her face and she looks exceptionally beautiful that I felt my feet dragging me towards her. 

“Liam, come see your bride and her family that I have been telling you about?” My father alpha Henry of Moonshine Pack said, and I nodded, my eyes still on her, I walked to where they stood.

“What a handsome son you have.” The man who looked like her father said and all of them nodded.

Her head is bowed, and she has refused to look at me after that first encounter as I walked in here.

What tricks are they playing right now?

“And you must be the bride that is so beautiful they have been talking about?” I asked, a swift smirk curling on my lips as I said directly to her.

She raised her head and looked at me, and I was taken aback by the impact of her eyes on me.

Those tender and soft moulds of huge eyes looked at me so hard that I felt the flinch on my chest and the way I couldn't take my eyes off her. Maybe it's  the way her face molded together to give it this beautiful face that I was looking at.

I looked at the side that had the mask and nothing, there was not a single scar that showed she could have worn a mask.

Does that mean they were lying, and she was pretending to have a scar all along? At this point I don't know what to believe anymore.

I felt my heart twing with so much distrust as I looked at her.

“I am the princess of DarkEast Moon pack Elodie Martin.” She bowed a little and not only I but everyone in the room seemed to be erupted by her soft speaking and the calm way she carried herself.

I blinked twice and again, there was no way this was the same girl that I had seen, that one had a mask and…

This left me with so many questions that I won't sit until I find the answer.

“Very well then. We are to be married, and yet, we know nothing about each other?” I looked at her and saw the way the fear passed through her eyes, and I smiled softly to myself.

“I don't think that is necessary right now, this evening, you two shall be wed. This is what our packs need.” Father said as he looked at me.

I heaved inside and nodded before I walked away from the crowd.

It is obvious her family doesn't want me to know the truth about her which is why they don't want me to have a one on one moment with her, but I must definitely find out what they are hiding, I must find out.

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It was the evening of the same day, and we were officially married.

You can see the fear in her eyes when we were proclaimed man and wife and oh I was having fun with that very little reaction.

She now stands with her family, who seem to be telling her something.

I could see from their body reaction that they did not care that she would stay in this pack and was no longer living with them. It was funny, but I couldn't stop watching. In their eyes it was like a burden has been eased from their chest, and she was that burden.

“Please take care of our princess okay?” The mother said as she held my hand and I looked at her and wanted to shrug off the hand so bad.

I did not care about her, nor did I give a damn what would happen to her.

“You bet,” I said and moved away as they entered their car and drove off.

She was standing right here with me now and couldn't look at my face as their car moved on.

“Are you going to stand here all day?” I looked at her and walked away immediately, not giving a care in the world if she was going to get lost since she was new to this place.

'What are you doing? I don't care that you rejected her but right now, you are married to our mate, and she is the Luna right now, treat her well' Ian scolded me, I would rather not respond to him, so I walked as fast as my legs could carry me into the car that will take us to my home.

She followed me, and as soon as I got into the house she was there beside me as she looked at me, with that tenderness of her eyes that melted into one.

“What is your family playing at? Because you were not the one I was meant to marry.” I looked at her with a disgusted feeling inside my chest.

I regarded her once more and then took a little step as I filled her space.

She took in a deep breath, her hands shaking a little as I could feel the way her body tensed.

I inhaled her, she smelled of cinnamon, her scents were intoxicating, and I just wanted to grab her and feel my body deep inside of her.

I want to touch her, feel her body pressed against me, and melt her luscious lips with that of mine as I teach her the way her lips should be wrapped in mine.

Reminding myself where I was, heaved a sigh and leaned back, shaking myself from the world that I have been imagining.

It was the bond, the one the both of us shared even when we rejected each other.

The moon goddess is so cruel for making us have this bond even when we were no longer mates.

'She is your Luna now.' Ian said, and I rolled my eyes as I looked at her again.

“I don't care that we are married, I will have nothing to do with you, make sure you get out of my space and I will do the same, I would rather not see you everywhere in my house, do know that and get the fuck away from me.” I spat and walked out on her as soon as the car stopped moving. I saw a tear drop from her eyes but that was of no concern to me, it wasn’t.

My chest hit me with the most stupid feelings that I should not be having now, but leaving it just the way it was, I walked away and never looked back.

I just don't care about her, and that is all I know, and I will never care for her, never. I promised myself, but how can I do that??