~James~“Now bounce; otherwise, your head would not make it alive with your body.” I warned him, my eyes darkening, and my claws started to grow out, ready to pounce.Staring up at my figure, he instantly stumbled away in panic, and I turned my attention back to Audrina, my grip on her arm firm but not harsh."Listen to me, what’s your name again? Audrey, yeah," I began, my tone serious as I looked into her eyes."You need to understand the weight of your position as Luna. Your actions reflect not only on yourself but on our entire pack. If you do anything to embarrass us or bring shame upon our name, I won't hesitate to take drastic measures."Her eyes widened in alarm, and I could see the fear flickering in them. She knew the gravity of my words and knew that I wasn't one to make empty threats."Are you also here to threaten me? You were just on my side, and you saw everything that unfolded," she responded, her voice trembling slightly.“Yeah, that was just a front to push him off,
~AUDRINA~Once those words slipped from his mouth, I was astonished, to say the least. He wasn’t as bad as I thought he would be, especially his last phone call with his mother when I was present. Maybe he finally saw as much good in me as I did in him.But then again, he might be pretending, so I didn’t want to delude myself to the point of repeating my past mistakes like I did with Nicholas. Speaking of the devil, my face would have needed urgent surgery if his fist had come into contact with my jaw.He deserved to rot in hell, and if he ever dared to come anywhere near me again, I wouldn’t hesitate to abuse my Luna powers against him. And as for my prince charming, who had saved a damsel in distress, I couldn’t help but repay him by being so loyal and obedient.What more could I ask for? And to think that he never judged me for being so unfortunate with my one-night stand says a lot about him. The case wouldn’t have been the same if it were Nicholas; my ears would have bled more th
~AUDRINA~As the crowd waited for the person to speak, someone finally stood, and I had never met him before in my place, but I had to stay calm so we would get to hear what he wanted. And if he was someone paid by my sister to destroy my little progress in happiness, then she would face a bigger disgrace in front of everyone present than me.This curly blonde guy measuring about 18cm approached us, and my eyes kept racing fast as he looked at me with a sense of recognition. I kept repeating the question in my head over and over again: did I know him? Maybe the drug of that night was making it difficult to remember the man I slept with.The few seconds that passed were nothing but torture to my ears. The once silent crowd suddenly started whispering amongst themselves, and the harsh words were all directed at me.“I knew something was fishy about that girl.” One of them said:.“You’re absolutely right, and I felt the same from the minute she delayed the ceremony; imagine the disrespec
PAIGEAnger moved through me sharper than a knife as my jaw twitched in fury.“I belong to James; he is the one that I am getting married to, and you are ruining my wedding.” She said, and I wanted to throw something at her.Which day was it that I had her in my clutches? She was in my power, and everything was going well.“I think it's time for you to leave, sir,” she said in a voice that was so meek. The more I heard it, the more I wanted to throw up from it.She was a pretentious whore with nothing that she ever deserved.I was tempted to stand up and leave, but if I did that, then she would know that I was here.“I love James, sir,” her voice echoed.I sat with my mouth agape and my hands crossed at the front of my skirt.“She would make a loyal queen,” I heard someone say, and I wanted to rip out his tongue along with the old woman who agreed to what he was saying by nodding her head.Was this what everybody thought?Was this what they meant by saying she would be a good queen,
~AUDRINA~I sighed in happiness as I finally got the confused stranger to mellow down and allow me to have my day in peace.“We should continue,” the pastor said, clearing his throat. I looked back at the crowd I had just addressed, and my eyes caught something that made my skin crawl. At first, I wanted to make sure what I was seeing and thinking were two different things, but they weren't. The longer I squinted into the crowd, the more I wanted to run out.If I didn’t know any better, I would have said that the lady with a net hat, very inappropriate for a wedding, looked a lot like Paige. However, I didn’t want to point fingers in a crowd or accuse someone falsely.I decided to turn around and do what I wanted to do.“Is everything okay?” James asked me, and I nodded my head as I fastened my hand in his, and he squeezed gently.I was actually going to get married before everyone—before the people, before my father, and before the goddess.It wasn’t what I had previously wanted with
~AUDRINA~"You disgrace me! You embarrass me! In our home and now outside? You are an embarrassment.” My father spat as he sat down at the front of the pew with his hands crossed in front of him, anger sitting in his eyes.“Father,” I started to say, but he raised his hands in the air and stopped me from saying yet another word."Oh, I don’t want to hear another word from your lips,” he said, silencing me instantly.“How dare you?”“How dare you even think that for a small second I would allow you to call me father? Or call me anything affectionate, for that matter?” he said, and I started to shrink back into my shell.“I am appalled to even call you my child. Left to me, you don’t even exist, and I can see all the reasons why this makes a lot of sense,” he said, and I wanted to ask him why he was also adding to my misery when I was currently fighting Paige to let me go.“Father, Paige is lying about all of this,” I said, trying to even save my skin, even if it was a little bit, but n
~AUDRINA~I watched with horror as Paige struggled to stand up, and when she eventually did, blood was coming out of different angles of her mouth."Paige!" I screamed, but the more I screamed, the more blood poured out of her mouth."Ryan," I breathed, trying to remember clearly what I had just seen with my own two eyes.Paige had told him that she was not going to stop to get access to me after she had insulted me. She had made me not only lose our father but also ruined my wedding.I didn’t know what to do or whom to help, given that I had just witnessed an act of brutality from a man who didn’t have a single fighting bone in his body.Paige stood up after what seemed like ages, and her mouth licked all sorts of liquids, from saliva to blood and back to both, mixed."Paige?" I asked, concern lacing my voice as I tried to reach her, but she stood up and held her hands in front of her, making me stop in my tracks."Don’t act like you care about me," she said, instantly hurting me wit
~Audrina~We all waited in the banquet hall. The tension was on everyone. What was he going to look like? became the disturbing question that pricked my heart. I could clearly hear the gossip from the exotic guests who kept staring at me."I heard he is very ugly; it's such a pity." I heard a voice say, but I remained calm and told her not to have heard a word."Perhaps that's why he always wears a mask. I feel pity for Audrina; she deserves someone far more handsome than an ugly prick," another voice said.I turned around and locked eyes with the very people who gossiped with reckless abandon."Why don't you wait and see what he actually looks like before opening your mouth to speak ill about him? Pity your words before my future," I said with a clenched fist.James walked in and everywhere became dead silent; his presence brought a different aura, and of course, everyone, including me, was eager to see the face beneath the mask. My skin itched to touch his face. He slowly walked to