Chapter 2. Anonymous message

The message was from an unknown number and her heart fluttered as she read the text.

"Meet me backstage."

They were dating for four years and they had planned their lives together. Bobby would study law and complete his football career and Summer would graduate from law as well. They would open up their own law firm and have two gorgeous babies. A huge house on lake Sol with a pool and a rose garden. Her life would be the perfect fairytale, the ones she read as a child.

"This was it." Summer thought," he is going to propose to me. I will be his fiance' and his wife in a year or two." This was going to be her fate, sealed. She did not think that this day would come so soon but it was here and the excitement she felt was unexplainable. She could picture the look on Brooks face, she knew Brook had always wanted to date Bobby, but that was a far fetched dream. Soon she would meet his parents, everything will be official and their lives together would begin.

Summer couldn't believe that Bobby would have such courage to propose on stage in front of all their friends and colleagues. She admired his boldness. He heart pounded in her chest from excitement.

Summer lifted up the front of her dress slightly and charged through the crowd, making her way backstage. She stopped a few steps away and adjusted her hair and dress before walking in. Pulling out her small mirror ,she applied her pink lipgloss and smacked her lips together. She wanted to look perfect. Her curls fell loosely on her shoulders as she adjusted the baby blue butterfly clip on the left side of her head. Summer took a few deep breaths, steadying her heart beat.

She sneaked up behind the curtain,not wanting to startle him,mainly because she still felt a bit nervous.

Standing dumbstruck , she watched Bobby kiss Brook passionately, squeezing her buttocks against the piano.

"No,No,No. This is not it. It can't be " her Luna screamed from the inside. Summer's mind was fuzzy,her heart felt like it was sliced into tiny pieces.

Tears streamed down her cheek as she watched them gliding their hands all over eachother. Brooks mini dress was now looking like a crop top.

Summer had seen enough and turned around,leaving them to continue. They were oblivious to her entering and leaving, lost in the lust of eachother.

As she walked towards the exit, the curtain was raised and everyone gasped. The music stopped and all eyes turned to the show that was being performed by Bobby and Brook.

Summer turned around and looked at Bobby dead in the eyes.

Brook quickly pulled down her dress and ran off the stage embarrassed. Her heels clicking loudly on the floor as all the male eyes followed.

Tyler could not help himself. He had watched his brother play Summer over the last two years and this time he had to expose him for what he is. A liar and a cheat. He could not help himself when he saw the tears fall down Summer's soft white cheeks. The rope was within his reach and he made the decision to raise the curtain. He wanted to be the one to wipe her tears but he knew that he couldn't. Although he had loved her before his brother could court her, he just couldn't start a war with his brother. His non-identical twin was an alpha like their father and he had inherited the genes of his mother. A normal human boy. He was no match for Bobby and decided to love Summer from a distance.

Bobby neatened himself and jumped off the stage. Turning back he motioned for the band to start playing again. He needed to take the attention off him.

Bobby ran to the exit of the hall but Summer was already gone. She disappeared into the night.

He looked outside frantically. This was not how things were meant to be. This was going to be his last fling. But he said that to himself every time he was unfaithful to her.He felt a tinge of guilt which now disappeared when Brook layed her hand on his chest.

She kissed his cheek." We have been doing this for almost a year now. You know I am what you need and want. Why fight this? Now that it's out in the open ,let's take advantage of the situation. It's not like Summer is going to take you back. But I am here."

Her words were true. Bobby somehow felt relieved. He was tired of lying to Summer but he also didn't want to lose her for his financial benefits. He hoped that they could still be friends He knew she was too sweet and gullible. She would soon forgive him.

She licked his ear drawing him in with her fragrance and soon he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the lips. She pouted and made puppy dog eyes and he kissed her more feverishly.

They danced the night away and all Tyler could do was watch disgustedly. He felt really bad for Summer. He knew she loved Bobby with all of her heart and he hoped that she would learn to heal, forget the pain and love again.

Summer took her wolf form and charged off into the moonlit night. Adrenaline coursed through her veins as the gut wrenching images displayed in her mind. She did not want to go home this early ,fearing her always inquisitive mother would pry into her life. She did not need a lecture or some sort of motherly pity. She did not need a forgive and forget intervention or a never go back to him advice session from all her aunt's that her mother would tell her sad story to.

He brown fur blowing in the wind as her hazel brown eyes filled with tears. Finding herself in the dead of night in a secluded park metres away from the school she turned back into her human form and sat on the swing.

Her head hung in sadness and pity as hot tears spilled from her eyes. She opened her purse and took out the handkerchief Bobby had given her that night and wiped the mascara that stained her cheeks.

The foundation had been removed with one wipe and now her freckled cheeks were visible. She looked up at the sky, which was clear a few minutes ago. Now the moon was blocked with dark clouds. Thunder roared in the distance and Summer took this as a bad omen. She felt that the moon goddess was upset as the clouds gave way and raindrops poured down on her. She was now drenched and cold.

She scrunched up the handkerchief into a ball and threw it in the dirt.Her teeth chattered." What have I done wrong , oh moon Goddess?"