"What are you doing here?" The Alpha asked, his jaws clenching as he eyed the omega. His Beta, Calvin, was right beside him—staring at the omegas uninterested.
"I-I... W-we were just—" Evelyn stuttered not knowing what to say. Rain quickly moved and found a safe spot behind the girl.
"Who gave you permission to go out?" The Alpha asked, taking long strides towards the omegas.
"N-No one, I-I didn't k-know I had to ask—I'm s-sorry." Evelyn nervously chewed on her lips. The flower petals falling from her hair as she lowered her head in submission.
"Don't repeat this next time when you step out of the Packhouse." The Alpha scolded as he glared at the omega.
Evelyn just meekly nodded in reply, afraid to speak up. Keiran shifted his gaze to the boy behind her.
"You're hanging out with him?" He huffed staring at the omega hiding behind Evelyn. Rain looked down, not daring to meet the Alpha's eyes. "What a perfect combo," Keiran let out a sardonic chuckle. "The weak and the weakest." He mocked the omegas. Evelyn watched as her mate's face settled on a distasteful expression.
Rain whimpered hearing the Alpha insult them. Even though he's been hearing this for years, he still couldn't get used to the pain it caused him.
Evelyn wanted to run off from there. Every insult her mate threw at her was piercing her heart like arrows. Soon it will break into tiny pieces that can't be put together.
"You're going to meet the elders in the evening. Be ready, I'll send someone to bring you when it's time." He said before walking away from the omega.
Evelyn dumbfoundedly stared at her mate as he walked away with his Beta. She was confused about who the elders are but didn't dare to question the Alpha.
"Luna.....Don't the Alpha like you?" Rain's soft voice snapped her back into reality.
Evelyn sighed and mustered up a small smile that didn't reach her eyes. It wasn't that hard to see the pain she's trying to hide. "It seems like he's not that fond of me,"
"But why? He's your mate.... Don't mates love each other? " The boy asked confused. From what he heard, mates are every wolf's biggest blessing.
"I-it's like that sometimes.....It's because he's the Alpha.... a-and a weak mate is a b-burden for him," Evelyn looked down in an attempt to hide her watery eyes from the boy.
"T-Then what about me? Will my mate h-hate me too? " He stuttered out making Evelyn's eyes widen.
"No! It's not like that, oh goddess, that's not what I meant—" She said hastily. Evelyn didn't want the boy to lose his hope in being happy with his mate. She cupped his face and made him look up at her. "—not everyone's like that. Your mate won't hate you. You're too cute for that." She smiled.
Rain flushed red as he heard the words. Not a lot of people complimented him like this.
"Hey! You two!" A high-pitched voice made the omegas turn around to see Amelia walking towards them followed by a familiar curly-haired guy. "Alpha was looking for you...... Did he come here? "
"Yeah..... He left a few minutes ago."
"What did he say to you?" Amelia asked the omega, her voice laced with both curiosity and worry.
"Something about meeting the elders in the evening," Evelyn fought a frown as she said it. "Who are the elders?"
"Elders are people who make important decisions in the Pack. They are a group of people which includes former Alphas and Lunas, and former Betas and their mate. Currently, our elders are Keiran's and Calvin's parents and grandparents. Keiran has to seek permission from them when making important decisions like choosing the next Luna, adding a new member, and attacks." Amelia explained as Evelyn listened to her attentively. "If he wants you to meet the elders, it must be to discuss you becoming the next Luna." The doctor smiled.
The new information only helped to make Evelyn even more nervous. Her mate said she can't be the Luna. That must be what he's going to suggest to the elders. And if they agree...... then Evelyn would have no choice other than to watch her mate be with someone else.
"What are you thinking?" Amelia questioned making Evelyn look up at her.
"Nothing.... " The omega smiled and waved it off, not wanting to continue the discussion about her being the next Luna. Evelyn turned around to look at Rain who was a blushing mess as he talked to the curly-haired guy.
"That's Josh, my cousin." Amelia introduced the guy, making him look at them.
"Hello Luna, I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself to you the day we met," Josh said smiling at her. Evelyn didn't try to correct the guy about him calling her Luna. She knew it will be of no use as everyone continued to call her that even after she said not to.
"That's okay, I'm Evelyn." The girl said remembering that she never introduced herself too.
"Why is Rain so red? " Amelia suddenly said, drawing everyone's attention towards the omega who flushed even more.
"Because he's a living tomato," Josh said and ruffled the omega's hair, making him pout.
"I'm not a tomato!" He huffed as he covered his red cheeks. "It's because he was making fun of me!" He pointed to Josh who laughed causing Rain to pout even more.
Amelia shook her head with a small smile playing on her lips. " Boys, you can bicker later. Now, let's go inside and eat something, I'm starving." She said as she walked towards the Packhouse. Evelyn followed Amelia with two bickering boys trailing behind her.
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Evelyn sat on her bed, dreading the moment her mate is going to reject her. She was neatly dressed, waiting to meet the elders. It was evening—3: 43 to be exact.
Evelyn sat there and thought about everything that could happen in a few hours. She knew the Alpha can't reject her as his mate but he can he reject her from being the Luna.
A knock on the door made Evelyn jump in surprise. She hurriedly went and opened it to see a smiling omega.
"Good evening, Luna. Alpha wants to see you." The omega said.
Evelyn greeted her back and tried to muster up a small smile but failed miserably.
She took a deep breath and tried to push down all the bad thoughts running through her mind before following the omega upstairs.
'Please give me the strength to endure whatever that's going to happen today.' The girl silently prayed to the Goddess as she walked to her mate.
Evelyn heard the faint murmur of people talking inside as she walked towards the room. To say she was nervous would be an understatement. Evelyn was shaking as she took each step. The people inside that room are the ones who are going to decide her destiny."You can go in, Luna." The omega maid said as she opened the huge wooden door. Evelyn gulped as the voices were now clear and understandable but they seem to be talking about something that Evelyn couldn't quite understand.She thanked the maid before taking a deep breath and stepping into the room. The voices died down as soon as she entered the room.Evelyn looked to her left to see that everyone in the room was staring at her. The omega held her breath not knowing what to do as there was an awkward silence in the room.There were nine people in the room including her mate. They all sat on a big leather couch that was arr
"You'll be the Luna today, yay!" Rain shouted bouncing around."Stop bouncing on the bed, Rain. You'll feel dizzy." Evelyn sighed as she warned the hyper boy. He ate too much sugar today.Rain stopped and took out his fifth lollipop. He carefully unwrapped it and put it in his mouth before continuing to bounce on the bed.Evelyn shook her head as she folded all the new clothes Amelia bought her. It wasn't much, just a few more pairs of jeans and sweatshirts for her to wear."Who gave you all these lollipops?" Evelyn questioned the boy who kept jumping on the bed.He stopped and took the candy stick out of his mouth. "Amelia bought this for me! They're all mango flavored! Do you want one? I also got cupcakes and chocolate bars but they're in my room." Evelyn figured that the omega was sugar high from how excited he was talking."No, I don't want one and th
Amelia and Scarlet helped Evelyn to get ready as the omega didn't seem to know anything about makeup.Evelyn was beautiful even without makeup but a light touch of some blush, lip gloss, and eyeliner did magic to her face. She let her long hair down free as it was more beautiful that way.Evelyn's long golden hair is something that makes people stop and stare at her for a minute. It came down to her hips in shiny wavy curls."Here, wear these earrings," Amelia said as she gave the omega the jewelry. The earrings were beautiful with a long chain and with a simple stone hanging at the end of it."It looks like raindrops," Evelyn smiled as she looked at the jewelry amused." They're sapphire," Amelia said making Evelyn look at her."Huh? " The omega asked, her head tilted in confusion.
Keiran extended his hand for Evelyn to take as she reached the stage. The omega was surprised but didn't make it obvious.Sparks shot through Evelyn's body as soon she touched her mate. His hand was warm and Evelyn never wanted to let go of that warmth.The Alpha retreated his hand as soon as Evelyn got on the stage, leaving the omega disappointed.Evelyn stared at her mate who had an uninterested expression on his face. He looked exceptionally handsome and had a built body that makes women drool over him. The omega wondered why the moon goddess paired her with such a powerful man."Cutt off all the unnecessary bullsh*t and jump straight to the ritual," Keiran muttered to the priest who gulped at his threatening voice.Evelyn looked down. It hurts her to think that her mate really wasn't interested in such an important moment in their life.
Evelyn jumped in surprise when the alpha suddenly burst through the door. His angry eyes traveled around the room to find her standing on the balcony.The omega gulped, her fingernails digging into her delicate palm as she tried to make herself look small as possible. Keiran took a deep breath as he strode towards her. He reminded the omega of a predator that was ready to attack.The alpha gripped her hand, bringing her closer to him while Evelyn let out a helpless whimper. His gaze hovered over the girl like the shadow of a thunderstorm. Evelyn involuntarily shivered at the coldness of it. "Everything happened according to your wish, didn't it? " Keiran's voice was dangerously low. Evelyn could feel that the alpha was gritting his teeth when he said it. "You ruined everything. You. A pathetic creature like you made me put my Pack in danger." He seethed making the omega flinch.Eve
Evelyn squinted as she slowly opened her forest-green eyes. The pain of sleeping in an uncomfortable position last night made her whimper as she got up. The omega rubbed her eyes and let out a yawn before she looked around the room.Reality crashed onto her like an avalanche when she realized that she wasn't in her previous room but in the alpha's. Evelyn gulped and frantically looked around but there was no sign of the alpha. His scent was there but it wasn't as strong as it is when he's in the room.Evelyn slowly walked to the bathroom, standing in front of it hesitantly for a minute before mustering up the courage to knock.There was no answer.The omega heaved a sigh before opening the door and going in.She brushed her teeth and took a hot shower to ease the pain in her body because of her uncomfortable sleep last night. The omega opted
Scarlett took both the omegas to the weapon room. "Come in, " She said as she opened the door. "It's been a long time since I last came here. This is the first time I step in here after Keiran took charge as the Alpha, so that makes it almost two years, " She looked around.The omegas were both awestruck and amused as they saw the collection of knives, guns, and swords. Rain softly touched the shiny blades but quickly retreated because he was afraid of being hurt by them." There should be more, I think the pack warriors took it for training," Scarlett muttered as she walked towards the knife section.The room was pretty huge and the only thing in there were open shelves that had different knives and guns.'And Scarlett said there's more?'Evelyn gulped as she thought about it." Hey guys…
"Can you throw the ninja blades?" Josh asked, showing the blades to the Luna."Umm…I don't know, I'll try. Can you show me how it's thrown? ""Of course!" The beta hurriedly got into position. His left leg stepped forward as he aimed with his right hand up in the air. In a quick wrist movement, the blade flew to the target."Woah! So close to the yellow! " Rain clapped while Josh sighed."I've been practicing for so long but I still can't get it right," The warrior sulked."It's OK Josh, you'll learn it someday, " Scarlett patted his back to cheer him up. "It's not easy to throw knives and blades,""I know, only Alpha, Derek, and some other warriors can do it. The rest of us are still learning,""Who's Derek? " Evelyn questioned, her brows furrowed in confusion."Amelia's mate," Scarlett replied, making