Clink-clink-clink
The emcee of the occasion who was dressed in a white tux with a mask that complimented his outfit clinked the wine glass he held in his hand with a small spoon, calling the attention of the many guests who were gathered in their different tuxedos and ballgowns, their faces shielded by masks of various shapes and sizes. Ava was there too, wearing her gown and a peacock-feathered mask Lucas put on for her before the ceremony. Thanks to the help of Nani and the event planners, the hall where the ball was held was dazzling with gold decorations, fabrics and accessories, an ice sculpture of the treaty stood bold on the stage near the grand piano, everywhere looked spectacular, all the alpha’s thought this as they arrived, they knew they never made a mistake whenever they chose the decision to vote the dawn pack as the host every year.
Alpha Lucas had never looked more charming dressed in his polish black tux, his rich dark hair was waxed backwa
‘You're in love with him!!!’ This can’t be happening, it wasn’t supposed to get to this point, the mate bond was one thing, love was another, but even though the mate bond was stronger, it didn’t come from her heart, but love did. Ava gasped, she had never felt love before, it was such an exciting feeling she regretted that she almost didn't want it to go away, the reason why it was almost was because these feelings in her heart, were for the last person she ought to feel for, the one who should be her number one enemy, her kidnapper, her abductor, the one took her away from her responsibilities, he took her, he took her wolf and now he’s done the worst of all; he’s taken her heart. This is not good, it’s not good at all because she doesn’t want to leave now when she ought to, if word got out that the moonlight pack’s supposed Luna was here instead of fulfilling her responsibilities, it would not be good at all for Ray because everyone would e
“Would you like to dance with me?” Of course, she wanted to dance with him, she wanted that more than anything in the world at this moment, all she wanted was to be as close to him as she could, because she knew that their time together was soon drawing to an end. Her expression gave him the answer as he took her hand and led her back into the hall, slow music was now being played by the orchestra and couples were in two’s dancing slowly to the rhythm. They both walked until they reached the center and Lucas wrapped both his hands around her waist, looking into her eyes as Ava circled her two hands to rest on his shoulders, the mask he wore did nothing to shield the longing she saw in his eyes, but what was he longing for? The both of them kept on moving slowly together to the soft rhythm, even when the music stopped, they didn’t move away from that position still holding each other’s gaze even though they’d stopped dancing, all eyes were now
***TWO WEEKS LATER***“Psst… hey did you hear the rumors circulating round?”“They aren’t rumors Kain, sadly they are true. The messenger even delivered the news round the territories same time it happened.”“But how come?”“No one knows, maybe the moon goddess’s protection has left that pack or something, so much bad luck going on over there.”“I feel so sorry for them though, the moonlighters, losing their future queen first and then losing their alpha about a month later. It must be devastating for the leadership.”“Let’s just hope that they appoint a new alpha on time before those rogues show their ugly face.”“They already have one appointed, I heard the beta is taking over since the late alpha bears no offspring.”“The beta? Well, that’s good then, just hope that he’ll be able to take up the responsibility. The w
“DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!!!!”The words stung hurt worse than a bee sting. It reminded him of the way Amelia spoke to him on the night she and his son died, she neglected him, she revealed her hatred for him, and now Ava was doing the same thing too.“Ava…”“What Lucas? WHAT??? Haven’t you ruined my life enough already? Why couldn’t you just leave me alone in the first place? Everywhere I went, you kept on coming after me… Even after I rejected you…. You chose not to leave me alone, and now look at what’s happened… Because I wasn’t there to protect him…” SNIFFS, “he’s gone now because of me…” she whimpered, letting the tears run freely this time.He tried reaching her again. “Ava … I know you don’t mean what you’re saying, I know it’s because you’re angry…”“For the goddess
Ava laid there in that position, letting the tears run freely. Why had she said those words to him? And since when did it become a Luna’s duty to protect her alpha? She just said anything that came to her mind at that point, most of which didn’t make sense. She’d even lied that she was in love with Ray, when she knew the person her heart really beats for. But she didn’t choose any of this… she didn’t choose Lucas to be her mate, she didn’t choose to fall in love with him.‘You didn’t choose Ray to be your betrothed either.’‘Not now Layla, please not now.’The sobs continued, she said terrible things to him he didn’t deserve at all, she asked herself the reason for saying those words, maybe its because her she didn’t want to accept the fact that she was in love with the man who abducted her, the man who wanted to change the course of her destiny she’d prepared her wh
Nani went to the table and dropped the tray, before coming back to where Lucas was, she took his hands in hers and shook him a bit.“Lucas!!! Lucas!!! Please listen to me… Can you hear me? Are you okay???”Lucas opened his eyes and took his hands from Nani’s. “Relax Nani, alcohol does nothing to wolves, else I would’ve taken so much more.”“Thank the goddess!” Nani said, letting out a sigh of relief, thank the goddess she came on time before Lucas tried anything worse to himself to try to take away the ‘hurt.’Lucas couldn’t have felt any worse in his life, before when he had feelings similar to this, Vivian and Ria where always there for him, before Ava came along and the feeling of being with her superseded the way he’s ever been with any other woman, and now, he has no one, no one here to comfort him. He felt someone hold his hand again, turning his head in the directi
“What are you doing here Ava? And where have you been?”Ava ran with open arms to hug her friend, as she did her face burst to release a fresh wave of tears.“What happened Ava?”She wiped her eyes. “It’s a long story, but I heard about what happened and that’s why I came back, where is Ray now? I want to see him, and I want to know what happened to him.”Nicole sighed, sitting Ava down on the living room couch.“You can’t see him anymore Ava, his body has been cremated this morning.”“I-I-I don’t understand. Since when did we start cremating bodies?”“That’s the new law under Ethan’s reign.”“Ethan? Ethan is the alpha now, but how did all this happen so fast? There should have been a ceremony where leaders from around the world would have gathered to witness the appointment of the new alpha,
Ava’s eyes doubled as they slowly fluttered open. It took a while for her to drift back into consciousness because of her pounding headache from the blow, she couldn’t remember much only that something terribly heavy hit her on the head, and when her eyes finally cleared, she realized she was tied up to a chair, in a dark room dimly illuminated with a small white bulb. She tried shaking to get out of the restraints, but whoever it was that tied up these knots meant serious business as it was impossible for her to get free.Seeing as she couldn’t get herself out of the situation, she tried calling for help.“Hello! Can anybody hear me??? Hello!!!!!!” She yelled to the best of her ability.The thud of footsteps she began to hear above her made her realize that she was in a basement, but whose basement? Who did this to her? The basement door creaked and let in the very answer to the question she asked in her min