He rejected me in public.
He chose another Luna.
He was cheating on me, more than that one time,
He got her pregnant.
And I still loved him.
I hated myself even more for that.
The worse part? I didn’t get to choose the rejection, I didn’t get to walk away from his infidelity. I was practically thrown out and humiliated.
It wasn’t just him, it was the others that were so complacent with this. His future Beta and Gamma who I considered my friends didn’t stop him, his parents didn’t stop him.
No one did.
It wasn’t just his rejection that stung, it was the fact that no one asked him what the actual f.uck did he think he was doing?
Fury replaced my sadness as I took one last look at the place where I grew up, the only home I knew and one until a week ago I was destined to lead.
(Alpha Dracos)
There was something I couldn’t shake about her. I didn’t understand it. I thought she might have been my mate based on the way I’d felt when I looked at her. However, it wasn’t as strong as I had expected, yet it was far stronger than anything I’ve ever felt.
She was beautiful, but it was more than that. Of course, I noticed her stark beauty.
But, It was more than her soft black hair. It was the way it tumbled over her shoulder and I almost reached out to see if it was as soft as it looked.
It was more than the way her wide light green eyes looked when they locked on mine for a second. It was the way I felt my world shift when they did.
She didn’t seem affected by me, not in the way that everyone always was. Even when I reigned in my aura I knew that it was still a lot. She didn’t even seem to notice me and kept looking past me no matter how many times I tried to start a conversation.
She also didn’t throw herself at me like many women I met did, even some that were mated. I wasn’t c.ocky, but I would say my confidence was well suited to how great I was at, well, everything.
I couldn’t help study her, the way that she chewed on her bottom lip and the way that her eyebrows scrunched a bit when she frowned.
How did she not feel it?
When she told me that she was the next Luna I thought she was joking. The classically beautiful blonde seemed to command the attention of the future Alpha Norman, Nolan, Napoleon? I had no idea and I genuinely didn’t care.
Even though I was the guest of honor it was that guy’s birthday and his mate and future Luna should always be seated next to him.
I wanted to stay longer and try to engage her in conversation, yet again, but I got called away for an important meeting with another pack that had been evading me for weeks.
That was an event that I didn’t want to attend in the first place, and I didn’t want to leave. Because of her.
I don’t even know why I attended that event, it was just a birthday of a future Alpha of a medium-sized pack. They were under our technical jurisdiction even though the royals were more of a title, but I never would have come to something that insignificant.
But there was something telling me to go, and I wondered if it was because of her.
But it couldn’t be because she was mated to another and it didn’t matter that I couldn’t stop thinking about her, she belonged to someone else.
I had to know even though it was too late. I had to find a way to get her out of my mind.
So, I accepted the invitation to her Luna Ceremony where they would take over the Alpha and Luna positions at the same time. My heart hurt to think about her officially becoming his, but she already was. She wore his mark.
I just had to see her one last time so that I could show my wolf that it was nothing, that what awoke in me was a fluke, probably from the drinks I had that night.
I just had to put it behind me, I had to see her to do that.
Thoughts of her clouded my mind as I was driven back to The Blue Ridge Pack. How her full lips would taste, how her soft hair would feel tangled in my hair, what she was thinking when she furrowed her brows, what the smile meant that she gave to others that didn’t seem genuine.
What was I thinking? She was mated, about to become a Luna, and I was l.usting over someone that already belonged to and accepted someone else.
Even if it made me irrationally jealous of another man, and jealousy wasn’t a feeling I was familiar with.
“Alpha Hugo, Luna Natalie,” I paid my respects to the current Alpha and Luna, even if they were about to hand it over.
“Alpha Dracos,” They both nodded their head in a partial bow.
“It is an absolute honor to have you here,” The Luna gushed, gripping her mate’s arm.
“I’m sorry I had to leave last time so early, something came up.”
The Alpha nodded, “Of course we understand. We appreciate you coming back again, if you have time later I’m sure my son would love to speak with you about future relations.”
“I’ll see if I can fit it in,”
“Great,” He gave me a tight smile, I didn’t care if he thought I was blowing them off, I was.
I nodded and turned, I wanted to get this over with. The best-case scenario was that what I felt was a one-time thing, but I knew deep down that wouldn’t be the case. What I felt, what I knew wasn’t going to disappear. It would probably only intensify, but I had to know.
The ceremony was the same boring thing I always avoided.
The new Alpha Nolan walked to the stage next to his father. Anticipation built in me as they called the Luna.
My eyes were fixed on the other side of the stage where I assumed she would come up. Every part of me was fixated on it, I didn’t know if it was anticipation or dread, I was worried I would feel those things again.
I had to shake it, but I was already anticipating seeing her raven black hair that seemed to reflect light itself every time she moved. I craved her somehow icy green eyes fixated on me, even though they only were for a brief second.
S.hit, I shouldn’t have come.
I was vaguely aware that they announced the Luna when a figure started walking towards the stage. My heart seemed to stop in anticipation tinged with dread.
I didn’t know if I felt relief or confusion as the tall leggy blonde I remembered thinking was the future Luna the last time I was here walked on the stage.
Her stomach was swollen and she placed a hand over her white floor-length dress. I didn’t notice anything else about her. She didn’t mean s.hit to me.
Was Willa, I found out her name, as soon as I left the pack the last time, was she lying?
She wasn’t sitting next to Nolan at his birthday party but her eyes didn’t leave him for more than a second that night. She said she was the future Luna but was she maybe in love with that new Alpha? Maybe she was his ex who got pushed aside when he found his true mate, I’ve seen that happen before far too often.
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