A Beta's love~ 03

Hailey.

“I'm so proud of you,” Mom says as she fixes my hair just like old times.

My mother is the Eastern pack’s Beta female and she's my father's chosen mate. Perhaps that's why my father came up with that contract to reject my mate. He thinks we can all find love with our chosen mates. He's not wrong but what's wrong is imposing his beliefs on me. If I'm to take a chosen mate, shouldn't I decide who it should be?

We are having dinner with my soon-to-be mate before the mating ceremony tomorrow. I'm becoming Alpha Sebastian’s Luna and I'm the least excited.

“Mom, what if I don't want to be a Luna?” I suddenly ask and Mom gasps as if I have just said the biggest taboo.

“Don’t let anyone hear you say that. It's always been known that you will be the pack’s Luna. And the Alpha loves you very much. You should be grateful.”

My eyebrows crease. What the fuck? Is he doing me a favour by loving me?

“But what if I don't love him?” I question.

Mom’s eyes widen. "All this time you