Chapter 2

Elara 

His ravenous mouth savored every inch of my shoulder, taking advantage of my off-shoulder gown. I shamelessly held my head back to give him more access to my body. 

My body seemed on fire, with every single touch of his skin. His flawless hands grabbed my breasts and my breath hitched for a minute. 

I wanted to adore his gorgeous face that was hidden under the hoodie he wore from the moment he entered my room, he practically broke into my room. 

My body was enjoying the pleasure of his sensual touches, wet kisses, and the thousands of feelings he made me feel that I was unknown about existed within me. 

His athletic palms were molded perfectly to fit the size of my breasts. As if it wasn't enough, he licked my earlobe before nibbling on it gently. 

I was under the abrupt strike of sensations and he was my killer and rescuer. The need for his mouth on my lips prompted me to hold his face that was still glued to my neck below the earlobe. 

His sharp intake of breath already made it tough for me to stand straight, my knees weakened and I clutched on his hair for support to stand still. 

As he understood my need, he pulled my hips closer before lifting me in his arms and sliding my legs on either side of his hips. 

The skin-to-skin contact overwhelmed me. I gasped when I felt his erection brushing against my belly. My hands went deeper into his hair and it was a good opportunity to see his face, see this stranger who was probably my mate but my wolf resisted it, as always the horny one to focus on the pleasure only. Selfish bi-ch!

'His face doesn't matter, his body is hot and sexy,' my wolf commented and for once, I agreed with her. 

I moaned loudly when his hands found the zipper of my dress and pulled it down, leaving me just in my corset. Wasn't I wearing just a corset? I thought but the cool wind stroked my skin, distracting me and making me feel needy and greedy for him more.  

"What the fuck are you dreaming, princess?" A familiar voice stunned me and I opened my eyes to find my hands holding my enormous pillow and sleeping technically with it. 

'How was it? Did you like it?' Liv, my nasty wolf, smirked and started a slow dance. 

'Fuck off! You made me sleep and have a wet dream,' I complained, glaring at her in my mind. 

She smirked slyly, 'that doesn't mean you didn't like it. Get ready, princess, we'll probably find our mate.' 

"You're blushing, Elara," she pointed out. Lucy, my best friend, was the only one who knew about my fantasies for my mate. I always pretended that I didn't care about my mate, but I did. Not as much as Liv but I had a few hopes from him.

The princess in me was too proud to accept that while the innocent girl was having millions of dreams about her mate. 

"As always, my stupid wolf's tantrums and the same dream," I stated as the matter of fact and shrugged before grabbing my gown and slipping into it. 

Lucy came forward and helped me zip it up this time. "Your wolf is insane. Why don't you tell your mom about your wolf's stubborn desire to come out only when she senses your mate?" 

I sighed, the thought of explaining it to everyone else exhausted me. "No, Lucy. They'll think that I'm crazy or I'm lying to assure her that I have a wolf." 

I loved that matching sheer jacket, I slid my arms into it and smiled at my reflection in the mirror. My mate should get prepared to see his mate slaying in this cherry red evening gown. 

The mere thought of my mate made me blush and Lucy slapped my arm. "Everyone already knows that you have a wolf, you have a strange power within you and everyone is aware of that." 

"Oh! By strange power you mean, seeing through the darkness without a wolf and my amazing fighting skills, don't you?" I wriggled my brows, it was common, nothing fancy. 

"Here, you are! As simple as ever. I didn't put that makeup and accessories for a show, honey," my mom exclaimed as she saw my reflection in the mirror. I met her eyes and smiled at the tenderness of her eyes. "You're looking as gorgeous as ever, too." 

She smiled and applied light makeup on my face whilst Lucy helped me wear the necklace laced with gold chains and argyle red diamonds in the middle, making a pretty flower of the red diamonds, and the matching earrings outlined with the gold lines and the same argyle red square diamonds in each earring. 

"You're looking incredibly beautiful, sweetheart," my mom embraced me before praising me in a murmur. "Now, let's leave, everyone is waiting for your presence." 

Lucy winked at me, mouthing sexy and I waved her off. Grabbing the soft fabric of my gown, I started walking out of my room inhaling a breath. 

My mother and Lucy gave me the side where the stairs started to see the crowd in the hall. They practically poked me at the predator as if I was prey and they waited for me to take a step forward so they could follow me.  

Flashing a smile towards my mother and best friend, I again took a look at the crowd and found my father standing at the end of the stairs holding his head up in pride, flickering a smile in my way. 

'This is going to be the best day of your life, happy eighteenth birthday, Elara,' Liv wished me with a frown on her face, the effect of my last reprimanding.  

'Thank you,' I giggled at her before smiling and descending the stairs with my mum and Lucy following me, being my back. 

My father extended his hand and from here, I walked hand in hand with my father towards his throne. 

"You look so lovely, Elle. I can feel the Queen in you." He kissed my forehead before sitting on his throne and announced, "let's start the celebration!" 

With his announcement, the music started playing. Everyone out there in the hall paired up with their mates except those who were underage to find their mates. 

I stared at my parents jovially, they were still madly in love with each other besides their age of playing with their grandchildren if they had any obviously, they still played with each other and my father loved making my mom blush by his flirting. 

Lucy nudged my shoulder. "Here, you're staring at the most lovely couple and the other bachelors' eyes are on you." She meekly smiled, urging me to look at the crowd. 

Okay. I was the center of attention for two reasons- my birthday and my being mateless. 

"That's the son of the Alpha Zachary of Blue Moon pack, and that's the son of the Alpha-" Lucy started pointing at a few handsome Alphas but I cut her off, "stop, Lucy. Just half an hour until the moon shows up and I'll be able to find my mate with the blessing of the Moon Goddess." 

She raised her hands in the air in defense before chuckling. "Good luck with that and I'd love to send my brother in front of you first of all." 

I couldn't help but giggle at her words, everyone wanted this, didn't they? Klaus mouthed pretty when I found him standing beside his sister. Lucy must have called for him. 

My father was so eager to make me the Alpha of our pack and my mother wanted to see me happily married to my mate so they invited almost all the packs' Alphas, Betas, Gammas, and all the elites to provide me with an opportunity to find my mate easily because according to him, my mate was from the other pack. 

"Moon is up in the sky," the butler proclaimed and all the males went to a different hall to shift into their wolf forms and keep their stuff safe there whilst women shifted, too, in privacy. 

They came back and gathered in the front yard garden and howled, keeping their heads up towards the Moon Goddess. 

A tremendous howl gained everyone's attention. I turned to see who it was, the golden pair of eyes flashed at me before going to the male's hall and coming back in a tuxedo, followed by his people. 

"Welcome, Alpha Ralph," my father said and he smiled, nodding as our pack members, too, returned from the male's hall. 

"This is my son, Ezra Sinclair. I heard that you're in search of a suitor for your daughter." He said to my father. That was blunt.

Alpha Ralph emitted arrogance, the way his brows arched and the smirk squirmed his lips, I  concluded that he wasn't going to be on my good list. 

"You heard wrong, then." My father snickered and finished, "it's mate, not a suitor. It'll be the Moon Goddess to decide who'll be the luckiest wolf in history to get my daughter."  

I met my father's eyes and could see the pride in his eyes for me, the way he puffed his chest while mentioning my name showed how much he loved me. 

"Well, then, I'd like to ask for your daughter's hand for my son, Alpha Arthur." Alpha Ralph's words weren't a request, it seemed more of a challenge.

Being a werewolf, and an Alpha princess, I could hear their chattering from a far enough distance, too. 

The fragrance of cedarwood and honey filled my nostrils which triggered me to find the owner of this scent, making me forget everything else, even the important conversation between Alpha Ralph and my father. 

My legs and wolf led me to the backside of the mansion. The shafts of moonlight shimmered in the backyard making it look heavenly, I closed my eyes to let Liv lead me in the direction of that pleasant scent. 

A masculine rough hand yanked my waist and threw me against the oak tree, making me open my eyes and the smile vanished from my face replacing it with a deep frown. 

"Ezra Sinclair, how dare you?" My palm contacted his right cheek. Maybe I would have to be the rule breaker and start the ritual of rejecting the mate if he was a piece of sh-t.