Chapter Three

(Lena’s POV)

True Mates didn’t need wedding ceremonies to make things official, but Alpha Damien was not my mate. Our wedding came only three days after my father had shared the news to me, unknowingly to me, my father had gone behind my back and accepted the marriage proposal without even asking me, he knew one way or the other, this would end up going his way as they always did. 

My mother made sure my face was caked up with layers of makeup, in an attempt to make me look a bit older. Alpha Damien was thirteen years older than me, I was only nineteen.

I couldn’t believe my own parents could do this to me, I couldn’t even bring myself to think about our wedding night.  

I couldn’t. I couldn’t marry Damien.

I had a plan, I would not go through with this wedding, I had to escape. I had already gathered up my savings, it was all in my purse, It wasn’t much but enough to start up a new life, of course my father would have my card blocked if he discovers that I took it along. I knew out there was scary, but nothing was as scary as living with Alpha Damien as his wife, of course I knew he wouldn’t see me as his wife, but a whore he could use anytime he pleases, he would see me as something to break into submission. My father had given me a choice, it was either I marry Damien or I’ll be banished from the pack, but knowing my father, I knew he would make sure I pay for disappointing him, so I had to make a choice on my own.

“You look beautiful Lena” my mother said with an almost- genuine smile on her face, I knew they were both happy that I would no longer be their responsibility and they would gain an alliance and good cash from this marriage. I couldn’t help but wonder what Alpha Damien saw so special in me that he was willing to go through all those terms just to get me, I was sure that I had never seen the man face- to – face. Why couldn’t he have chosen another girl, out of the thousands, but of course, I doubted he had been the one to come up with the bargain, I wouldn’t put it pass my father to go running to the Black Moon Pack, offering his virgin daughter for alliance.

“Mother, please...”

“Shut up Lena. Don’t you dare go behaving like a bitch to Alpha Damien, you have to be submissive, never fight him, let him have whatever he wants from you, if he brings you back due to your bitchy attitudes then I would make you regret your own existence. Understand?” she asked, her smile gone from her face.

I didn’t give her a response and that irritated her, she glared down at me. “Understand?” she asked again and I gave a curt nod. “The sooner you see that this is the best thing that could ever happen to you, the better” she said before walking away.

My parents were sending me to my own grave and they knew it, still yet they didn’t care.

“The Omega’s added the finishing touches to my dress, casting me pitiful looks, they knew that I was being sent to my grave, everyone knew that.

Next a brunette woman with a stern look on her face came in to check on me, I was sure I hadn’t seen her before, but she reminded me so much of my own mother, they had the same stern looks and I hated it.

“I am Claudia, the wedding organiser and also a distant relative. Your mother asked me to give you this few tips.” She paused as if waiting for my input, I was sure she knew that this wedding was only arranged by my father and forced on me, my input in this didn’t matter.

She continued, “As she has already told you, you need to be submissive, it would be painful as it is your first time, but it would get better as the years go on. Hold those tears in, don’t spoil your immaculate makeup and worst of all, he doesn’t have to see it, you are not allowed to go close to any other man, even if he is not willing to fulfil your desires or he chooses to be with other women except he commands you to do so” she said and I snorted at that, rolling my eyes, she ignored that and continued. “No matter the injuries you sustain, cover it up and walk with your heads high, after-all you would be the Luna of the Blood Moon Pack. Your father would be here soon to lead you to down the aisle, be a good girl”  

I turned away from her, staring outside the window, she released a frustrated sign before leaving me alone in the dress-up room.

The window was too far from the ground, I wouldn’t get away easily. I stared at the door, my father would be here soon, I only had minutes, no one would think I would escape, not on my own wedding day and not when I was getting married to Alpha Damien. I dashed for the door, my dress trailing behind me, the wedding ceremony had already started, meaning they were fewer people down the hallways, making my escape a little more easier. I headed towards the second entrance, the moment the breeze hit my skin, I couldn’t help but smile. My father would have discovered I was missing by now, I had to move faster.

Then I heard the deep rumble of engines as it neared me. I was sure the black Mercedes Benz was following me, I ran with all I had but it met up with me easily, cornering me before the car stopped.

My heart pounded, threatening to escape my ribcage as ‘he’ walked out of the car. The man I was to marry. Alpha Damien, I saw him for the first time.