Arianna's POV
“Mate” I heard myself whisper, and my eyes widened before I slapped my mouth shut with both hands.
“What?”
What the hell is wrong with the moon goddess mating me with Lucas Ramos, one of the Alpha brothers? They are the wealthiest and most handsome men in Dark Wand pack. Why won't they be? They have the Alpha's blood flowing through their veins.
“Mate?” I heard Alpha Lucas ask me as he turned fully to meet my eyes. I gulped before shaking my head negatively. He slowly began to walk closer to me in an intimidating manner, while I walked backward.
We were all in the mating ceremony, and I wasn't expecting one of the Alpha brothers. Yes, I expected to be mated as I had just turned eighteen, but an omega should know her place, mated to an Alpha? How dare me?!? What courage and audacity.
The crowd couldn't stop whispering, they were whispers, but it was loud. Someone from the crowd made a statement that caused me to freeze with my heart pounding in my chest,
“Wow, only one of the Alpha brothers got mated. The other seems to still be waiting”.
I watched Lucas's face slowly change into a wide smile. He placed his hand on the side of my neck as he gently pulled me forward to him and opened his mouth,
“My mate”
My heart jumped up to my mouth with wide eyes. He accepted me? He did. He smiled so genuinely at me that I teared up and didn't know why.
I'm an omega and was clearly expecting a rejection when I found out he was my mate. But he accepted.
He turned to the crowd while his brother watched him, with a genuine smile on his face, he raised my right hand which was intertwined with his fingers,
“My mate, your Luna!”
The crowd went haywire with cheers and dancing. Lucas slowly dropped my hand as he turned to me,
“What's your name?” He asked. His breath caressed my cheeks, his face was just few inches away. My face had turned hot and flushed.
“Arianna Ray,” I stuttered. I swear I saw his eyes twinkle as he asked,
“Can I kiss you, Arianna Ray?”
I gulped, I was about to nod when I felt those soft lips on mine, causing my heartbeat to increase. It wasn't up to a second, I melted in his arms as I reciprocated the kiss.
I have never been kissed in my entire life. It was intoxicating that I felt myself pushing myself further into him, forgetting that I was in front of the crowd.
When we finally broke the kiss, I saw the crowd laughing. I looked at the ground, feeling embarrassed, I had totally forgotten that I was in front of so many people.
“Arianna and I will be officially getting married tomorrow at sunset”
The screaming continued as I moved my wide eyes from the ground to meet Lucas's eyes. He smiled sweetly at me before he pinched my cheek,
“Yes baby, we'll be getting married soonest!”
I swear I felt my heart skip multiple beats when he called me baby, and also when he said we would be getting married the soonest.
Alpha Brian, the other Alpha brother, came to congratulate us. He had a wide grin on his face as he shook hands with Lucas,
“Congratulations man, you did find your mate” Lucas gave him a firm handshake. Brian moved his hand to shake mine, and I reached for his also.
“Welcome to the family,” he said. The minute our hands touched, I felt an electric shock that made me gasp and pull my hand away. He raised his brows while I smiled awkwardly.
Alpha Lucas pulled me to his side while Alpha Brian made his way back to his former position. Lucas didn't say anything to me after Brain left, his eyes were fixed on the crowd that kept cheering for us.
“You'll be staying with me in the pack house tonight” he instructed and all I could do was nod. Those eyes kept pulling me to him again and again.
He pointed somewhere in the crowd and said into my ears,
“Why don't you go over there and have some fun? Those are my friends. They'll definitely treat my mate as their Luna. Have whatever you need to have, food, drinks, enjoy yourself. It's your last night as a single werewolf”
A smile creep into my face as I blushed hard. I swear his words and how he says it caused me to grow wet. I nodded at his words before making my way to where he had pointed.
I watched as he also left into the crowd to goddess knows where. I wish he was close, I miss his scent and the feeling already.
“Hey, over here” one of his friends called, and I turned my eyes away from where Lucas must have disappeared to only to meet his friends who were waiting for me.
“Here you go,” he stood up from his chair, so I could sit. I felt touched, and I remembered Lucas's words, I'll be treated like the Luna that I was.
Soon, we were toasting to being the mate of Alpha Lucas. Then, we toast again to getting married tomorrow. And we kept toasting to a lot of amazing funny news that made me laugh really hard.
Even when I didn't want any more drinks, they insisted, saying it was my day and I shouldn't refuse. So there I sat, drinking and celebrating with them.
I drank till I couldn't remember what else happened, but I remembered that I was carried by Alpha Lucas. He carried me all the way from the pack mating ground to a room, and he placed me on a bed as he whispered to me, I heard it,
“Goodnight my love” before he left.
I closed my eyes with a beautiful smile on my face as I couldn't ask for anything more.
This is definitely the best gift the moon goddess can give to any girl on her eighteenth birthday. I had prayed before leaving the house not to go back home mateless, but the moon goddess had shone her light on me by giving me the Alpha of Dark Wand Pack.
I didn't know how long I had slept, but I groaned and was about to roll to the other side of the bed when I felt something or someone beside me on the bed. My mind tried to register what was going on.
Did Lucas come back while I was asleep?
Arianna's POVI woke up fully when I heard the groan of a person beside me. My eyes widened, was it Lucas? I pushed myself away a little to see who it was, only to find the other brother on my bed,“Alpha Brian?” I asked. Fear gripped me, what was the other Alpha brother doing here in my room and on my bed? What if Lucas or someone else sees this?I jumped out of bed ready to run and leave him there when I saw the look on his face. He looked weak and stressed, he was in pain, I could see it on his face, so I asked,“What… what is wrong?”He pushed the duvet that covered his body away, and my eyes widened.Blood!How?Cold gripped me, and I began to tremble, as I had never seen this much blood in my entire life. My head was also banging from the too much drink I had taken last night but I ignored the pain.Was he… he was hurt“Al… Alpha…. Brian… are… are you…. Alright?”“He… help” he forced himself to say.Oh my goddess, what do I do in a situation like this? My mind wasn't thinking, I
Arianna's POV“Guards!”In less than ten seconds, more than ten guards came into the room.“Seize her!” Lucas yelled, pointing at me. My eyes widened as I stuttered,“Alp… Alpha Lu—”“You killed my brother! And she is sleeping with my brother, she is cheating on me!”Tears began to roll down my cheeks as I tried to explain that I had not done any of what he was saying. I can't kill a person, I didn't even look twice at Alpha Brian.I don't know how he got into my room. Yes, I drank a lot last night, but I wouldn't kill anyone. I would never do that.“I didn't… I didn't, you have to believe me!” I cried as I saw the guards coming to me. They dragged me from the bed like I was an animal. Falling on the floor, they didn't care but continued to drag me.“I didn't do anything. I didn't, I woke up and saw him on my bed” I tried to explain, but Alpha Lucas shunned me by screaming,“She killed my brother!” I saw him rush to Alpha Brian as he cried,“Brian, get up. Get up, brother. Get up!” He
Arianna's POVI stood there in the dungeon staring at the high window as I watched the sun begin to go down. I have cried, begged, prayed, and cursed too. I have done all I could. No one was listening to me, no one cared if I died or not. I was nobody, just a weak omega.As I watched the sun go down, I fought back my tears, I was tired of crying. I had prayed to the moon goddess to save me. Something supernatural should happen, something unexplainable. So I stood here waiting for what would happen.“Well, if it's not my favorite sister” I heard Nicole as she made her way closer to the cell I was locked in.“Nicole” I spat coldly as I eyed her. She giggled as she fanned herself with her hand.“I'm flattered. I mean, did you hear how you called my name? Exactly how I had always wanted to hear it from you” she smiled. Her expression immediately switched as she hit the cell with her palms.“You think you could get mated to my Lucas?!? How dare you even think about it, Arianna? Lucas is mi
Arianna's POVMy screams and shouts, I wasn't sure, left the dungeon because no one came. I cried till the guards finally came to pull me out of the dungeon. It was time. I didn't struggle nor did I cry anymore. I was going to die whether I cried or not.The entire pack had come to gather, in the same place where I was mated just a night ago, I was going to be executed. I watched how people spoke angrily, cursing and swearing at me for killing their Alpha. I wanted to tell them that I didn't do any of those things I was being accused of, but as Nicole had said, no one would believe me.How do I tell the pack that their Alpha had killed his own brother for power? Who would believe me? Instead, that would be added to my crime.I am already a murderer and a cheater in their eyes. I am a criminal, and there was nothing I could say right now that would vindicate me.My eyes made their way to Lucas and Nicole, I could clearly see the devilish smirk on their lips as they watched me being tie
ARIANA'S POV I faked a smile as a crowd, whose eyes were still fixed on me and Brian. Afterwards, he put down my heart, and my eyes went to Lucas again, and I could totally see anger pulsing through his veins. "This is just the beginning. I will make sure you pay for what you did to me and Brian. I'm never going to spare you because you really don't deserve it," I murmured under my breath as I finally turned my glances from him. I finally left the spot to join the little party going on, with Brian who was beside me. And I figured it was time for me to tell him about Lucas' next plans. "You better start telling me how you intend to secure me the throne," Brian turned to me, noticing we were the only ones there at the table while others were busy doing their business. "First, let me start by telling you what is going to happen tonight." I took up a glass of wine from the table, and took just a sip to soothe my throat before putting it back. "I'm still waiting for you to say somethi
ARIANA'S POV I already knew Lucas' plans, so I quickly took some warriors from the Pack house. When Brian left my side earlier, I quickly stopped drinking as I could remember how drunk I was in my former life and what happened because of my drunkenness. So I really had to prevent myself from getting drunk again so that I don't make one mistake twice. I tried to get the warriors to come with me as I could remember the spot where Brian was attacked from my vision. Without wasting much time, we rushed over there, and just as I predicted, Lucas was holding a silver dagger which he was about to use to stab Brian. Brian looked so frightened, his eyes were also shut tightly, and I guess he was already waiting to be killed. "Don't you dare do that, don't use that dagger on him," I screamed, making Lucas stop in his tracks and turn around only to see me standing there with the warriors, who rushed over to them immediately and fought off the men who had held Brian. Releasing him in the proc
"It's my choice. I'm not really interested in being a mate to Lucas, and totally into Brian, so that's why I did what I did," I responded to her questions, even though I knew within me that none of the things I just said were true. But I hoped it was convincing enough for her. "Do you know Brian before now, or have you been having an affair with him secretly that I don't know of?" Nicole asked me, and I smiled immediately as I stared at her. It was so obvious she was thinking that way because that's what she was doing all this while - having an affair with Lucas even though she knew she wasn't his fated mate. But I'm nothing like her and I'm never going to be like her. Honestly, I wished I could just confront her right away and tell her I know how she was sleeping around with Lucas, but I stopped myself before I could say anything. "I'm not the kind of person that has sex with any random man, but I have always admired him, so that's why I chose him instead of Lucas," I finally spok
I watched her leave my bedroom and once she was out of my bedroom I took a deep breath, as I poured out some wine into my glass and zipped it down my throat immediately.I think I will really need to get to work immediately, since she had talked about a new house. Just like she said, Lucas isn't going to be slow in planning how he was going to get rid of me, so I have to also be prepared to defend myself as well.I sighed softly as I got up on my feet. I was so ready to start my search for a new place. We really need to leave the Pack house as Soon as possible, because as long as we are there, we can't start our training without Lucas knowing about it, because he also lives in the pack house too.So I really need everything to be hidden from him, because that's the only way we can really outsmart him. I sighed softly as I finally walked out of the bedroom.I took two guards whom I trusted so much with me, as I left in search of a house. "Do you have any idea about a good place with e