Chapter 3

ELENA

The pen almost slipped from my fingers as I'd finished placing my signature on the divorce papers between Henry and I. Finally, we were separated. Lola assisted me in packing up my luggages to leave.

A knock sounded on the door grabbing both our attention. “Lola, help me check who it is” i said to her, relieving her of the work. Lola left immediately and returned a few seconds later Dave, My bodyguard.

I was the only one who knew him so Lola was confused. I'd hidden my identity from everyone ever since I came to this pack as a Luna. What Henry and everyone of his pack members saw was that I am just an orphaned Luna with no family or back up.

But in reality, I owned a pack of my own. Inherited from my father. I was hoping to give Henry access and make him the next Alpha last night during his birthday, but he'd disappointed me and showed me his true self.

I was glad I never did. “Ma'am, we're ready to go now. The car has been set to take you back to the pack” Dave informed me, Lola moved her glances simultaneously from Dave to me.

I understood that she was curious so I didn't say anything to her yet. “Lola, I will explain the truth to you one day I promise” i said,

She assisted me in taking my luggages outside with Dave and we headed straight to the Lamborghini packed outside the mansion. “Dave, I told you not to bring an expensive car,” I cautioned him.

“Luna, I'm sorry. This was the cheapest car we had in our collection” he explained, tilting his head slowly. I tightened my fist on the door as I pulled it open. Staring back at the mansion, the place where I had so many memories with Henry. Never did I ever imagine that I'll ever get divorced from him..

“You will regret this, Henry” I vowed to myself before getting into the car.

The flight took hours but we arrived at the North Pack soon using my private jet. I commended Dave for being efficient. The pack house was a few steps away from where I stood in the villa, staring at the huge mansion in front of me, I couldn't help but stare down.

“Father, I've failed you” I said in a breathless whisper before heading inside.

I abandoned my pack for three good years in order to focus on a deceitful marriage where my husband never loved me for not being his fated mate. I thought that I did the right thing by marrying the man I love, hoping to get my pack the best Alpha.

My father's study room was the first place I visited, I missed him. When I was a teenager, he'd call me into his study and explain things to me, teaching me how to rule the pack when he was no more. But I had disappointed him by not doing the things he'd always wanted me to.

I married wrongly and now I'm atoning for it. If only I'd listened to him and married the man he wanted me to from the very beginning, maybe , he would've been perfect like my father stated. Maybe I wouldn't have gotten my heart broken, just maybe.

I held the portrait image of my father, rubbing my fingers on the glass frame. “Dad, I will make you proud, I promise. I'm sorry for taking so long” I found myself apologizing to him. Our pack used to be the best pack in the city, everyone wanted alliances with us.

If only I used any of that to my advantage in order to revive our heritage.

My head spinned as I'd fallen asleep on the desk, holding my father's portrait in my arms. I raised my gaze after being called twice by someone from sleep. It turned out to be Dave and he was worried for me.

“Luna, you've been in here all day, why don't you go to your bedroom and rest first. Tomorrow is another day to catch up with all you've missed” he explained to me.

I wanted to decline his request so bad but I was very stressed out and needed to rest

“Fine, I will do that” I said to him, and with his assistant, I got up from my father's seat.

I arrived at my bedroom which was similarly decorated to my fathers’. I've missed this place so much and it's been so many years already. I wished I never left, maybe a lot would've changed about me. I walked right towards the mirror to glare at my reflection. I looked old, my hair, tacky and I was losing my features.

I had invested three good years of my life trying to please Henry. But that was no longer going to happen. I am a free woman now, free to take over my pack again and get married to whoever it was my father wanted me to be with in the beginning.

I wasn't too sure that he'd accept me, since I had already been married to another man. But I was going to try, at least, to fulfill my father's one last wish.