IANNA’S POV
“It’s time to go now, my friend.” Christina said looking breath taking in her nude dress. It sat perfectly on her curves and blended perfectly with her skin tone. “You look beautiful Christina.” She smiled at me.
We walked out of my room and down the stairs. My mother was the first person to see us coming from the front door. Maybe she just sent Lissa off. “Well, I hope you know what you are doing borrowing this girl your clothes.” She looks me up and down.
“Dressing up a pig will not stop it from being a pig. Remember when you lay with dogs you get up with fleas.” What she meant was that I was like a flea who transmits disease through my bite including plague.
In plain English my mother was calling me a plague that was going to infect my friend if she was not careful. “Sometimes pigs and dogs are useful.” Christina said then pulled me by my arm out of the house.
She then turned to me. “Please tell me that is not your mother.” I sighed. “She is my mother, but don’t blame her for treating me that way, she has her reasons.” Christina gave me a sad look.
“It doesn’t matter what her reasons are, no mother should ever treat her daughter like that.” she sighed. “Let’s go have fun and forget all about this for the evening.” I nodded, forgetting would be nice.
We got into the car and her driver drove us to the venue. I was nervous, I have never attended events like this. “Would you stop pulling on your fingers? Everything is going to be alright; don’t you worry, I am here with you.” Christina assures me.
I offered her a smile with my heart settling. “Thank you for all this Christina. For the first time in my existence, I am going to a party wearing new clothes. Right now, I feel like Cinderella, and you are my fairy god mother.” Christina took my hands in hers.
“I am no fairy god mother; you are my friend and friends do things like these for one another.” Well, I wouldn’t know, I never had a friend.
When we got to the venue, we got out of the car, and everyone looked exquisite in their evening gowns. My nerves started but Christina took my hand, and we walked forward. People kept looking at us.
Am sure they were shocked to see me there and looking this beautiful. For the first time in my life attention was not on me for the wrong reasons. And for the first time, I held my head high as I walked among them.
“Wow, look at you Ianna. You almost look like a normal person and if I didn’t know better, I would have been fooled into thinking you are a good girl but I know better.” Pamela said and her friends laughed.
“Jealousy is not a good look on your Pamela, you invited me here and I don’t like how you insult my plus one. It’s not classy for a host.” Christina said and pulled me away from Pamela and her friends.
“Thanks Christina, but you don’t have to stand up for me. Just ignore them.” She sighed. “I just can’t stand people like her and your sister. They are so narrow minded it makes me sick!” I never knew better so, I wouldn’t know.
People have always treated me badly, my mother included, so to me this was normal. “You said we forget tonight, and we are having fun.” I reminded her.
“You are right, today we are having fun.” We walked forward, the looks did not stop. “Hey Christina, can I have a word with you?” Luka asked after scanning both Christina and I. “I have nothing to say to you Luka, but am sure Pamela is looking for you, wherever she is.” Christina said then we walked away.
I liked how bold she was. As we walked around with drinks in our hands my wolf Sandra became restless. ‘What is going on?’ I asked her but she said nothing. As we walked further with Christina talking while I was distracted.
I smelled the sweetest scent, it was like nothing I have ever smelled before, it called to me, drew me towards it. I turned and followed the scent. “Ianna where are you going?” asked Christina following behind. “I don’t know, can you smell that?” she sniffed the air. “Nothing, what does it small like?” I could not describe it. “I don’t know but I want to find it, I feel drawn to it.” She looked at me weirdly, well, that’s what she gets for being friends with the cursed girl.
I followed the scent through the woods with Christina following behind in silence. The closer I got the stronger the scent was, and I hurried my steps. When I appeared, a rumble escaped my lips.
I quickly covered my mouth with my hands, but it was too late, the culprit already heard me and turned. It was Jeyden with my sister. He looked at me then frowned.
I on the other hand kept looking at his hand that was intertwined with my sister’s. “Mate!” I said and Jeyden, who had taken a step towards me, stopped in his tracks.
He had a deep frown on his face like he could not believe we could be mates. But there was no one who was more shocked than my sister. She was seething with rage where she stood.
“No! you are not his mate, Jeyden is mine. You go away from here you evil child!” I ignored my sister and kept my eyes on Jeyden who was still looking at me. I wanted to hear what he had to say.
But he said nothing, all he did was to turn and walk away. Lissa glared at me before running after him. “Oh Ianna, I am so sorry.” Christina said. “Am fine Christina, he didn’t reject me, so maybe he just needs time to process this.” But my heart told me that he was going to reject me.
He was the alpha’s son and I the pack’s plague and curse.
IANNA’S POV“We can leave if you no longer feel like staying.” Christina my good friend said. “No, we came here to have fun and not find mates who don’t know what they want. So, let’s go have fun.” She gave the widest smile ever and I smiled back.She took my hand, and we walked back to the bonfire. There were many others around the fire laughing, talking, and drinking. I smiled feeling like I could have fun after all and forget about what happened with Jeyden.What matters is that he did not reject me, maybe because he was with Lissa that he could not say anything. We still had time. We went and stood by the others but just as we were starting to get comfortable Lissa yelled.“Ianna, why are you still here?” At that moment, the fire suddenly went out and it was pitch black. At this point, the others started to complain, "Sure enough, Ianna you are such a disaster! Such bad luck who can even put out fires just by appearing, what a devil."I was devastated and couldn't take the humilia
IANNA’POVWell, for starters, no one knew where I was, not that my mother or sister would care. But Christina would, she would not leave that party without knowing where I went. I don’t want her to worry and blame herself for bringing me to the party.“I have a friend who is waiting for me back at the party, she will be worried if I don’t show up soon. I left without telling her anything because I wanted to be alone for a while.” He nodded.“Let’s go then but I hope to see your again tomorrow with your training clothes.” I nodded looking away from him. Damn it, I think I should stay away from men, its quite clear that I cannot handle being around them.“Pay attention now, I don’t want you getting lost and not finding this place when you want to come back.” he was right, I started looking around as we walked and taking note of everything.When we got close, I saw thick black smoke and I knew we have arrived. He stopped walking, “I think you can find your way from here.” I nodded “I can
IANNA’S POV I struggled getting up from the ground and wiped the corners of my mouth that were bleeding. I looked at my mother and I only saw hatred in her eyes. It hurt to see that; I should be used to it by now, but I am not.Every child out there longs for the love of a parent which I never got; every time I wish my mother could show me some resemblance of love but each time she never does.“Mom, I never asked to be mated to Jeyden…” she cut me short so rudely. “What do you know about mates, huh? You think the Moon Goddess would bless someone like you with a good mate like the alpha’s son? How delusional.”Well, I guess she was right, Lissa was the good one, the one who deserves all the good things, and I don’t deserve anything. “You will stay away from Jeyden, and you will not tell anyone he is your mate.”What good will it do to stay away from him? The mate bond is already there, and it will keep pulling us together, what do I do then?“Mother, what do I do if…” she cuts me shor
AEGEN’S POV“This person is supposed to be my protector and be by my side at all times. But Aegen is always away from this palace, and no one knows where he goes. I would not be surprised if he is working with our enemies to bring me down.” I heard my brother the crowned prince says.“Big brother, don’t you think you are being too harsh? Aegen has always been there for you when you need him. He never complains about anything. Doesn’t he deserve to have a life of his own?” My little sister defended me, and I love her for that. but it never ends well.“Christina, you should be focusing on finding your mate or better yet, choose one from a good kingdom so that we can make a good alliance for the good of the kingdom and leave your brother be. If you follow on Aegen’s footsteps you will end up with nothing, like him.” My father said.I walked in and took my seat by my brother’s side as his protector. “Good morning,” I greeted and dished myself breakfast. “Where have you been?” father asked
IANNA’S POVBy the time I got to school on Monday everyone knew that someone had beaten me up. But the reason was that I tried to bewitch someone at the bonfire and that person beat me up badly.Some say it was Jeyden who beat me up after I tried getting close to him. Some say it was my sister Lissa who beat me up because I tried to seduce Jeyden. I did not care what any of them thought.I knew the truth and what they were saying did not matter. “Hey Ianna, is being a plague and curse not enough for you. Did you have to go seduce your sister’s boyfriend too, did you really think Jeyden would be seduced by you?” Pamela said, her friend and other students laughed.She spoke loud enough for everyone to hear. I ignored her and waited at the gate for my friend. “She is not answering because she knows the truth. If I were you, I would hide my boyfriend because it’s clear no one is safe with Ianna.”Said pamela clinging on Luka’s arm who looked like he was not enjoying that at all. I wanted
IANNA’S POVThe week went by fast, with Lissa making sure that Jeyden and I didn’t cross paths. Like on Wednesday, I saw them coming our way during lunch. As usual Christina and I were having our lunch at the football field.When Lissa saw us, she said something to Jeyden, and they turned back and left. I wanted to talk to Jeyden so badly. I wanted to know what he thought about us being mates and what he was going to do about it.I refused to believe that he was going to reject me, not after putting it off for so long and if he wanted to reject me then he would have done that by now. It’s the end of the week and he has not said anything.It did not help that Lissa was doing all she could to keep him away from me. At home, no one talks to me, I know that is not something new but this time it feels different.I almost went to find Jeyden myself yesterday, but Christina talked me out of it. She said maybe Jeyden still needed more time to think and that maybe he had not had the time to do
AEGENAll the two days I was away with my brother I was distracted. My mind was always consumed by the images of Ianna, so much that my warriors noticed. When they asked, I told them I was uneasy by being at the fairy kingdom.They understood as they were uneasy too, but who were we to refuse to go? We were only servants of the crown, and we went where the crown sent us. With no questions asked. I could not wait to come back. And then as if cursed. The days dragged on, making me snap for no reason.When we left, I was worried about what my brother and father were planning. I wanted to know what their end game was but when I got there. I forgot all about it. My brother asked me not to join the meeting.That is why I started thinking about Ianna, what she must be doing and always checked the time and imagined what she must be doing at that time. When it was time for us to train then I would imagine her in our spot throwing her fists around or laying on that log she loves so much.I was
IANNA’S POVI was sure that Aegen would want nothing to do with me after seeing my wolf but that was not the case, instead. He was more interested in knowing me, the real me and not what people say I am.He was the second person to want to get to know me and disregarded the rumors being spread around about me. Not sure if he knew about the rumors or he heard and like Christina. He did not care what others said. He wanted to know me beside the rumors.When I got home, I still received the silent treatment from my mother and sister. I did not mind it anymore because that meant I was spared from insults. My mother just looked at me with disdain when I arrived.She no longer asks where I have been, it’s not like she cared anyway but she would ask not because she care but because she was hungry and angry that I would be starting cooking late.I did my chores with a song on my lips. Things were starting to change for me. People were starting to take an interest in me despite what was being