GILBERTI have been hearing rumors about my wedding with Kate and I knew the rumors did not start without my mother and Kate being involved. A few elders congratulated me during meetings while others gave me approving smiles. At first, I was worried about the rumor becoming real but decided to ignore it, since my mom had not said anything to me yet. "It's a good thing the Alpha is finally settling down" I heard one of the elders whisper to another at one of our meetings."I think so too. We will be getting the heir to the pack soon and we can put our minds at rest""I do not know our meetings are now for cheap gossip" I answered."We are sorry, Alpha. We are just very happy you are finally getting married" one of the elders said.I groaned slightly."I am not getting married" I muttered quietly.If this is what I will keep hearing, I think I should better end the meeting. I thought, standing up."This meeting has been adjourned," I said walking out of the hall.Arden followed me behin
I sighed. Arden seems to be making sense. If I can't show my mate to my mother, I can as well please her by pretending to accept the wedding proposal with Kate. But how can I pretend and for how long? I wondered."Do you have any suggestions?" I asked Arden who seemed focused on a magazine on the table. I waited for his reply which never came. After a few seconds, I tap him slightly."What?" he muttered."I can't believe you haven't been listening to me""I was listening""But you were staring at that magazine while I was talking to you?""I wasn't staring at the magazine. I was just quiet because you weren't saying anything""But I have been talking to you for a while now. Was I still not saying anything?""Fine. I was distracted a bit. I am sorry"I sighed. "Do you have an idea on how to pretend to accept the wedding proposal, because I do not know how"He shrugged. "I do not have any idea," he said and I blinked.He doesn't know how and he suggested that I pretend."You mean you h
XAVIATalking with the Alpha was surprisingly nice and interesting, unlike what I had expected. I had known him to be cold-hearted and not friendly. A few of my encounters with him were not friendly. I could still remember our last conversation and how he had treated me. Not to talk about my first encounter with him after we were taken captives.He had asked that they lock me up in a room without food and water when I had done nothing wrong, but with the help of Alaila, we both ended up in a room and we were not locked up. We were also given food and water until the Lycan King came to rescue us.Our chat got interesting, though I did most of the talking, the look on his face made me know that he is interested in whatever I had to say and that got me talking. At some point, his lips curved into a smile. It was quick but genuine. That was my first time seeing him smile.Kate, his supposed wife-to-be, showed up and that ended our conversation. I groaned sadly, wishing she had not shown u
The Alpha was in a meeting, so we waited outside the meeting hall. Kate ordered them to tie me up just in case I decided to run away and I found that odd. I was sure she knew I could not run away even if I wanted to because that would be me asking for death."Make her kneel" she ordered and the guards made me kneel in front of her.There was silence as I listened carefully to the meeting going on in the hall. Hearing the Alpha's voice made me remember our conversation and my lips curved into a smile.The meeting was taking longer than Kate expected cause I could see the impatient look on her face. She began to pace around the hall, groaning slightly."I did not know the meeting was going to take this long" she muttered, brushing her hair backward.She should have thought about that because bringing me here. I thought."Guards, lock her up in the cell until the Alpha is ready to punish her" she ordered and I stared at her.Why does she want to lock me up?Without losing my hand, the gu
GILBERT When Kate walked into my room, I knew she wanted something or she might be here, to disturb me. With the look on her face, I concluded it has to be a request."You are not here to make a request. Are you?""Of course I am. And you have to do it""I am not carrying out any of your requests""Well you will soon have no choice"I scoffed. "You can make use of the door, please""I am not going to leave until you listen to me""Fine! What do you want?""I want the slave girl"I furrowed my brows. "Slave girl? Which of the slave girls?""The one you were talking to in the garden"I batted my lashes. "Xavia?""Wow, you know her name. Well, that doesn't matter. I want her to work for me and you will have no say on whatever I do with her or how I plan to punish her when she offends me""I did not tell you I am giving her to you""You do not have a choice. If you don't give her to me, the Luna would""You won't dare to tell the Luna about her""You don't threaten me. Let's see who will
There was silence for a while."I heard Kate wants her as her slave. What would you do about it?" he asked."You knew that too?""Is there something I do not know? Tell me what you intend to do?""I do not know""You do not intend to give her to Kate, do you?"I shook my head. "I am not giving her to Kate. I can't. She already thinks I am favoring her. She is going to make her life miserable""I know that and that is the reason I am worried about her. You might not want her as your mate and might have rejected her in your heart but your wolf will not be happy seeing her being mistreated by Kate. Will you be able to cope with that? " I shook my head in disapproval." But you know Kate will always get what she wants""I know and I am worried about that. She even threatened to ask the Luna directly""You can't let her involve the Luna or your mate will end up in her hand and you will not be able to do anything about it""Do not call her my mate""Well, she is because you haven't rejected
XAVIAToday is the Alpha's wedding with Kate and everyone should be there by now. I saw a few ladies dressed in beautiful clothes and adornments, walking past the garden."I wished I could take a peek at the wedding ceremony," I said to myself but I knew that was never going to happen, not after Kate had given the order.I wasn't allowed to partake in the wedding food or drinks too.How long would I go on with this? I wondered. How long will I have to accept being treated like this without saying a word?I stared at the flowers in front of me. These are my only sources of hope and joy. Katherine who is my friend has stopped visiting me and that has got me wondering if we are still friends or not, or if work has been too much for her and that is the reason she hasn't shown up.If Alaila was here, she would not have left me to this kind of fate but would have come to the garden with me. I thought. We would have gone through all these together.This thought made me miss her so much.I sh
I was surprised to see Jason standing in front of me. When I saw him at the wedding hall, I was embarrassed. I wished I would not have to see him again. I did not notice Alpha Axel at the wedding hall, though I wouldn't have looked him in the face if I saw him, I would have shrieked in fright."Xavia?" Jason muttered and I blinked back to the presence. "Look at you," He said as he opened his arms for a hug.I stared at him for a while and without having a second thought, I ran into his warm hug."It's good to see you, Jason" I muttered. "It's good to see you too, Xavia," he said.I pulled away from the hug after a while and smiled at him."Alpha Axel did not come to the wedding?" I asked."You still remember him?"I nodded. Can I ever forget a monster like him?"He could not make it to the wedding" he answered. "How have you been?""I've been fine. How are you? How is the Lycan Pack? How is everyone? I have missed them"He smiled. "Why did you not visit us if you missed us that much"