Celia had to commend herself, she got into a pack as dangerous as the Alpha king’s with little to no effort, but then again, everybody was busy or rather distracted by the ball.
It had already started, in fact, it has been going on for some time now. Slow songs were playing and women and men were lined out across the floor. Celia stayed in the corner, her eyes fixated on the man sat on the very top of the podium between the previous Alpha king and the former Luna.His eyes swept across the floor, his hand holding up his chin. According to Celia, nothing about him changed, his hazel orbs were still as captivating as the very first time she looked in them, and everything else as well.His whole physique had her in chains and even though many scents floated across the room, his was the strongest…It kept tempting her, making her want to go to him and the fact that her wolf kept whispering ‘mate’ in her head made the situation even worst.Back when she had first met him, she wasn’t able to scent out her mate since she wasn’t of age, but now she had passed twenty one and his scent was killing her…It clogged her nostrils, filled her lungs and now instead of blood, all that ran through her veins was a need to be right next to him. She wanted to touch his face, hold his hands, kiss his lips, wr—Celia gripped the purple dress she wore, biting her lip as she looked away. She couldn’t let his scent get to her or his beautiful features, she was here to watch if he’d betray her, not run to him.Sinking even further into the walls, Celia thought back to the time when her twin sister told her that he was capable of treating her like a queen. She wasn’t lying, for Celia knew Xavier cared for Celeste with a heart bigger than the world. That was probably why he didn’t want her, but she deserved to be unloved, didn’t she?The moon goddess had a way of punishing the wicked, and this was her punishment. She shouldn’t have done what she had. Celeste was her twin sister for Christ’s sake, and yet, she had aimed to take as much as her mate from her…Because she was weak…Because Celia thought she was pitiful…But now, Celia was in her position…she knew now how it felt to have a mate who’d choose your twin over you right in front of your face. She now knew how heartbroken Celeste had been, how much pain she had felt.This was something she never thought she’d ever have to experience. She was always given all the attention since she was a kid. Her parents preferred her because she was a beta; strong and confident and at school, she was popular…But she had to pay a price for her popularity, and unfortunately that price was abandoning her sister. All the boys wanted her, and even though she slept with more than a handful of them, she only wanted one.Zillon…She knew Celeste wanted him too and not wanting her ‘weak’ and ‘vulnerable’ sister to have him first, she approached him, using the words her sister had said to him as a child to sway him…It was the most disgusting thing she had done in her life, she’d say it was worth it, but she couldn’t say that now…not after witnessing the outcome…For she was abandoned by both Zillon and his brother or, as it was previously revealed, cousin Xavier and now both boys were in Celeste’s palm. She could do whatever she wanted with them and Celia… Celia was just left behind; nobody wanted her, nobody but her parents and her sister who she had wronged…Pitiful, wasn’t she? But as she said before, she deserved it…after all t—“Been watching you since you walked into the room…”Celia’s eyes glided up, finding a man seeming to be in his early 20s. He was smiling at her, eyes gentle. “You seem shy too and your scen…”Celia stiffened, then chuckled softly with the aim of not looking suspicious. “Don’t mind me, I’m not shy and about the mask… I had to put it on in order to step out of my parent's house…if not, I wouldn’t be here now.”A lie, she had always been good at telling them.The man laughed. “Well then, I’m glad you wore it.” He stretched out his arm, offering her his hand. “I’m Kail, the alpha king’s second son.”Xavier’s real brother…?Celia reluctantly took his hand, smiling awkwardly. “I’m Celia, nobody spectacular…”He laughed again, shaking her hand twice before letting go. “You do look spectacular though, you’re beautiful.”“Thank you.”“How about a dance then? You and I seem to be the only lonely people here.”“I don’t dance…well, I do, but this type of dancing isn’t for me, too slow and uninteresting.”“Then you’re the party type, you must sneak out of your parent’s house a lot.”“That I do…”“I hope they don’t catch you tonight…” He reached forward, swiping her blond hair out of her face. “All natural and yet so pretty, I lik—”In suddenness, the music stopped and the sound of a mic blared through the room. Both Celia and Kail turned around, spotting the former Alpha king at the very front of the stage.“It’s time…” He grinned, eyes roaming the room. “My son is ready, are you guys ready too?”Almost everybody in the room yelled out ‘yes!’Celia wanted to glare at them all, but what was the sense?“Then all the unmated women line up, the ones I personally selected come to the front.”The women wasted no time, they all went up to the front, lined out like moving statues.Kail turned to Celia. “Are you not going?”She shook her head. “I’m just here to see…”“That’s good, my brother won’t get to steal such a beauty…” He chuckled.Celia chuckled along with him, but her mind was nowhere near where she was…it was all the way up where Xavier was, for he was standing on top of it.Her heartbeat had exhilarated in her chest, her forehead was sweating, her hands fisted…she was nervous and she knew it…But she had to see just how cruel Xavier could be…*******A/N// Dadadeee🚪🚶I'm really anxious guys🤣😭what's going to happen?I can't wait to write this part, honestly💯😩❤️Xavier stepped down from his high seat, walking confidently down the steps at the side of the podium. Without hesitance, he lodged himself before the women who cowered at his presence. Whispers could be heard among the room and yet Xavier didn’t waver, his eyes were so cold, so serious...even as they ran along the beautiful faces of the unmated girls. “You...” He pointed at one of them and with eyes as wide as saucers and a racing heart, Celia watched as the girl he called upon stepped forward. “Yes alpha...” Her voice was soft, her head bowed...it seems she had been trained for this. “What’s your name?” “A-Anna Treston.” Xavier took a step towards her, lifting her chin and Celia’s heart felt as though a rope was tied tight around it. Would he re— “Step aside Anna...I don’t think you’re her...” The girl bowed her head and did as told and Xavier continued onto the other girls. One by one he analysed them until no more was left and only then did he step back. “I choose...” He tra
"You smell like her...you smell so much like her...Celeste my love." His face drew even closer to her neck and on the soft skin, he laid a gentle kiss. "You kinda look like her too or maybe it's just that I miss her too much." Celia's face hardened as she pushed him away, the pain in her heart unbearable. "Don't touch me when you're thinking about someone else, you want nothing to do with me, act like it." She stomped her way towards the exit, but just before she opened up the door Xavier grabbed her. "You can't leave, I'll advise them to kill you if you go out there." "Don't think for a second that it's Celeste you're talking to, I'm a beta, I'm not weak...I survived a war on sheer will power, I can survive anything else." She tried pulling her hand out of his, but Xavier pulled her against his chest. "I'm sure you wouldn't be able to win a fight against Kail if he came out there for you, and furthermore, I chose you...you'll have to stay...you'll have to be Luna." "I did not as
Slowly he reached for her face, wiping the single teardrop that streamed down her cheek. “Don’t cry, at least not because of me...” Celia shifted away from him. “Don’t touch me, you’ve done enough and you’ve said enough too. I swear to god I hate you with every string that makes up my heart and nothing you do will ever change that. I regret coming here, I should’ve stay away from you, but my stupidity apparently has no bounds.” She wiped her eyes and refused to fixate them on him. “I want to go back home, to my people, to Celeste...I shouldn’t have had to lose my old life because of you.” “It’s harsh, but I can’t let you go back...at least not yet...” He grabbed her by the wrist again and continued to pull her down the hall. It seems the ball was over because when they went back onto the floor, only a few persons were inside. Xavier pulled her pass them all and headed up a long narrow stairs. “My room is at the very top, that’s where you’ll be staying and just in case you even thin
Celia had set a clock in her mind to wake up in the middle of the night and she actual did. She had fell asleep on the floor moments ago and now when her eyes were open, her view was different. She wasn’t on the blankets on the floor, wasn’t covered from head to toe in the sheets she had taken from the closet. Instead, she was wrapped up in Xavier’s arms on his bed. It was surprising, especially since she couldn’t pick up on when exactly he had changed her location, but the wolf within her was glad he did. The warmth that radiated from his body was more comforting than the one she got from the blankets, his scent was even stronger this way too, and tingles ran along her skin like hands. Celia pushed closer to him, basking in the beautiful sensation until she remembered just what she had woken up for. She was going to leave, straight out that window. He really shouldn’t have underestimated her, she could do things that some men couldn’t, and even though she hated leaving, she hated s
Celia didn’t sleep, she couldn’t, her eyes remained open until the sun rose outside. She could see it through the curtains, hear as birds chirped and yet instead of thanking the goddess for life, she was condemning her. Why was she doing this to her? She understood that she had been a wicked little girl in her past, but couldn’t that woman see that she had changed? She had wanted so bad to leave this place last night and Xavier had made a mockery out of her because she couldn’t. She could hear his breaths, his constant sighs, he didn’t sleep either and Celia was glad. Bastard... Sitting up on the blanket, she stretched and forced a yarn for more emphasis. “Apparently there’s no rest for the wicked.” She then stood to her feet and looked over at him. He was laid on his back, sweat dotted all over his forehead as though he was drowning in a fever, Celia could care less, she wanted him dead anyway. “What now? You’re going to leave and latched the door from outside? You’re cruel enoug
“What did you call my son?” His voice was low, but it had this eerily dark chill to it. Celia wasn’t really scared, but she was a little intimidated. “X-Xavier...?” The man’s eyes flashed red and his hand came down heavily on the table almost throwing away the food stashed out across it. “I told you to take this god forsaken creature out of here, I’ll break her neck before this day ends. A rogue doesn’t belong here.” Xavier sighed, looking over at her. “Celia what did I—” Celia interrupted him looking over at his father. “And isn’t it ironic that ‘Xavier’ belongs here even though he was a rogue? I’m not a rogue, stop addressing me as though I’m a nobody because my scent is tainted, I have a pack, I wasn’t kicked out, I chose to leave.” “Then go back and leave my son alone.” “It’s your son that keeps holding me captive, I’d have left if he allowed it. Why don’t you tell him to stop keeping me here against my will? Tell him to let me go hom—” Xavier stood up abruptly, grabbing her
A drawled moan left her lips as he removed his teeth from her neck and his hand dipped even lower beneath her panty, grabbing onto one of her ass cheeks. “All mine now.” And Celia’s wolf howled with nothing but pride in her chest. He licked the tender mark, the sudden action making Celia tremble against him. She felt as though she was living in a world of bliss, her arousal was so thick in the air and slick now coated her walls in gallons. She wanted him, she had wanted him for so long and no— “That was to make sure you stay and this...” He lowered her drawers until it fell down to her ankles. “Is to make sure you stay too.” Celia’s eyes glided up to stare into his, the torn shirt falling right off her shoulders. “Why...? Why do you want me to stay?” “Because...” Xavier trailed off, his dark eyes dropping down to her beautiful firm breast. “Because I can’t con—” Both Xavier and Celia turned towards the door when two knocks sounded from it. Within seconds it was pushed open and Xa
Xavier didn’t come back for a while and Celia contemplated using this time to run away until she eventually found herself sneaking down the stairs. She tried to be quiet and yet every move she made had the freaking steps creaking loudly; damn ugly old boards... The noise certainly didn’t stop her though, what did was a tiny voice that came from behind her when she ascended another floor. “Hey...” Celia turned towards the voice, finding the omega from before standing behind her. She looked so innocent, much like Celeste...but that honestly was what made her a threat, one that Celia had to somehow annihilate. “Hi?” “I’m...I’m sorry about earlier, I didn’t know th—” “I think you did...” Celia interrupted. “Was your nose clogged?” The girl shook her head, her hands clenching by her sides. “I-I...I wasn’t paying attention, I was ju—” Like the bully Celia was, she chuckled. “Yeah right, I bet you wished it was you...but you see, it won’t ever be you.” She turned her neck, showcasing t