Crap, a few days? I’d forgotten that we were staying here for 5 nights because a few of the Alphas were in negotiations with the King.
I looked at Scott angrily. How was I meant to avoid him?
I ignored Scot and focused on the cue of Lycans, werewolves, and a few witches in line for a shuttle bus that would be delivering guests to the large pack house tower in the center of the city.
I saw it all lit up last night before I went to sleep. It was beautiful, and I couldn’t wait to visit. It would be a welcome distraction from the disappointment that was this day.
Sky magically found herself sitting next to a very handsome Lycan in the shuttle, but he didn’t seem very interested in her with the way his eyes swept over Scott, who was sitting in front of them.
Finally, we reached the tower, and the excited buzz in the air was intoxicating and for a moment I forgot how depressed I was.
Everyone looked so lovely in their gowns and tuxedos and even the dragons who preferred no clothing at all, were in very lovely, if not a little too revealing for my taste, dresses and suits.
Sky patted down her dress and checked her makeup before linking her arm with her brother and walking inside among the sea of guests.
We slowly made our way into the various elevators and up to level 24 where the ballroom was. It took up an entire floor with a massive balcony and a small garden that wrapped around the entire level.
My jaw literally dropped when we wandered out of the elevator.
We were greeted by servers in golden suits all holding drinks trays with various beverages. I took a lemonade, I wasn’t thirsty, but I liked having something to do with my hands.
I followed my Alpha and Luna passed a golden archway and out onto a stunning black glass floor. Millions of sparkling lights hung over my head, making me feel like I was in the stars themselves. There were also golden, black, and red balloons around the rooms, along with other decorations. In the center of this part of the floor was a large bar where about a dozen bartenders were mixing drinks and chatting happily with other guests.
Alpha Troy led us towards some tables, and I could see a band playing soft music in front of an open area, which I assumed was for dancing, though no one was using it yet.
More waiters were walking around with trays of food and more drinks while several guards stood at attention throughout the rooms, just keeping an eye on the guests.
A strange but wonderful scent flowed all around me as we turned past the tables and further into the room where a few other werewolf Alphas and their mate’s were standing around talking.
I stopped in my tracks and looked around for an explanation of the smell, but the room was filling up fast and I couldn’t pinpoint it.
If I hadn’t already found my disgusting mate, I’d have thought that scent came from him. It smelt a million times better than Scott’s scent.
“Madelyn, keep up.” Alpha Troy scolded me when he realized I’d stopped.
“Sorry.” I began to look around the crowd again. Where was that delicious smell coming from? It smelt like all my favorite things all rolled into one.
Chocolate and rain and something else I couldn’t identify.
“I thought I smelt.” I shook my head and turned back to Alpha Troy and Luna Morgan, who were staring at me with strange looks. “It doesn’t matter.”
“Do you smell your mate?” Luna Morgan asked excitedly and looked around the area as if she’d seen someone who is holding a sign declaring themselves mine. “Is that what you smell?”
“No!” Scott surprised me and stepped closer. How dare he get jealous by that question when, for years, he knew we were mates and still slept with whomever he wanted.
“No, Luna.” I responded and looked back at her, “It’s nothing. I don’t have or want a mate.”
“Well, then stop dawdling!” Alpha Troy scolded me again and once more began to lead us to the others.
I took another scan of the room before I realized Scott was still glaring at me, so I quickly followed after his parents, not wanting to be alone with him.
For the next half an hour, I watched Sky getting introduced to several Alphas and their sons, but with each new guy she met, Sky was getting grumpier and grumpier. It was obvious she wanted to meet her mate tonight, but she wasn’t having any luck.
I on the other hand, kept smelling that scent throughout the crowd of guests. Every time someone would move past me and stir up the air, I’d get hit with it again.
“Excuse me, Luna.” I gently tapped her shoulder to get her attention. She was speaking with a very pretty Lycan woman in a silver strapless dress. Lycan’s really was so beautiful.
“Yes, dear?”
“Is it alright if I explore and get some fresh air?”
“I don’t know, Maddie.” She said nervously and looked around the crowd, “There are a lot of strangers here. You should stay close.”
“Oh, come now, Morgan.” The Lycan woman waved her hand, causing her diamond bracelets to sparkle in the light, “We have guards everywhere. The girl will be safe. Let her have some fun. Don’t you remember what it was like at her age? She must be so bored cooped up here with all us elders.”
“Oh, alright.” She gave in, and I smiled for the first ted and headed away from everyone. I was getting sick of Scott glaring at me and I had to get away from that smell that was torturing me.
However, I only made it passed the dance floor and a few feet towards the open wall leading to the balcony when a large hand wrapped around my upper arm and pulled me in.
I gasped angrily as Scott spun me back towards him.
“Scott, get off of me!” I snapped as he pulled me further away from the crowd to a corner of the room.
“No.” He said as his grip tightened, “Where are you going, to find that guy you smelt earlier?”
“I don’t know what you are talking about now get lost!”
“What do you think happened?” He stepped closer and leaned down. “The goddess gave you a second chance mate. If you think I’ll ever let you go, you’re crazy!”
“You’re the crazy one.” I snapped, but I froze for a second when I smelled that amazing scent again, only this time it was stronger.
“Why must you be such a b*tch all the time!” Scott asked. “You are mine. I am not letting your f*cking rejection stop me from having what I’m owed, I will take Brianna as my chosen, but I will not be denied my mate. I will move you to a cabin in the woods, and you can be my mistress.”
“Your what!” I snarled and tried to rip my arm free. “You’re insane, I would never.”
“YOU DON’T GET A CHOICE!” He cut me off and gripped me even harder.
“Scott, get off. You’re hurting me!”
A loud growl echoed out and several guests that had been around us jumped back in fear as the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen marched over to us and grabbed Scott’s wrist and ripped him off of me.
“GET OFF MY MATE!” The stranger yelled.
What? This wasn’t possible, but I knew it to be true. This man carried the intoxicating scent I’d been smelling, and my heart raced in delight.
He was perfect.
MADELYN’S POV
My heart was racing, this couldn’t be happening, this gorgeous man could not be my mate. I already had a mate. Scott was my mate.
I looked over at him in complete shock, and he was absolutely stunning. He towered over me, I literally only came up to his shoulder, and he was very muscular and wide set. His brown wavy shoulder-length hair was pulled back into a ponytail at the back of his head and his eyes were dark green with hints of silver specks. I’d never seen anything like them.
He was dressed very elegantly in a jacket less suit that fitted him perfectly, but he’d rolled up the sleeves to his elbows and undone a few of the top buttons to reveal a light layering of chest hair and a second tattoo that I couldn’t make out properly. His other tattoo was on his throat on the opposite side of his marking area.
My mouth was literally drooling as I stared at him, but when he looked back at me, I blushed and looked down at my feet.
I couldn’t be so stupid to think that this man wanted me, Scott was only half as attractive and half as powerful as this man felt, and he didn’t want me unless it was to be his s*x slave. Why would this stranger want me?
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