Chapter 33
“She’s a werewolf,” Liam replied, beckoning for me to go
to him. I went to his side and he snaked a n arm around my waist, pulling me closer
to him. Salina scoffed and rolled her eyes.
For a second, I thought I misjudged her, o r maybe it was
because I was taking Liam from her. If the person I love was snatched away from
me, regardless of the reason, I’d be bitter too. So, I understand where she was
Liam’s hold tightened around me as if assuring me that
everything was alright. I hoped it was or a t least would. At this moment, I
trusted him with everything – mine, and ours. He had the power to take what he
wanted in any manner he wished, and I trusted that we were in the same boat.
“She doesn’t smell like a werewolf,” said Salina, her tone
Salina, her tone
dry. “She’s human.”
“She’s a werewolf and she’s my mate. I found her on the
day of the mating ceremony which means the terms of the agreement must be
off.
I managed a small smile on my face. He just called me his
mate. He called me his mate! And he saw me as a werewolf? Me, the wolf-less 1
one, the oddity, the one in a billion rarity of the bad kind.
Pride swelled in my chest and my insecurities didn’t
matter anymore. Liam saw me as one of our kind and had fully epted me as his
mate. I didn’t care that I wasn’t as beautiful as Salina. I didn’t care that Aunty
I thought I was a recement. I didn’t care that Alpha Myron disapproved of
care that Alpha vyron disapproved of
1. me. I didn’t care that Salina judged me.
I had once hoped for my mate toe to find me and take
me away from my old pack. I had once dreamed that my mate would look at me and
find me suitable for him – that he would ept me for who I am and not reject
1. me. I once prayed to the Goddess for a mate who’d treat me kindly. All these…
because a small part of me wanted to use my mate if I ever had one. Use him to
get out. It was a horrible motive, but I was imprisoned. Bound to a promise,
held down by guilt.
Liam did all of it. He took me away from there, he
epted me, and he treated me like I was worth it when I couldn’t even find it
in myself. I was using him. When I started to feel this way towards him, I
couldn’t pinpoint the exact point in time. But I wanted this, now more than
But I wanted this, now more than
ever.
They were discussing, more like debating about the
agreement. I couldn’t hear them. My thoughts were on him, all I could see was
him – his face cid, his hold on me tight
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The world faded around me and he was the only clear
picture. My mate, my Alpha. The one person in the world who could gather my
broken pieces and put them back together. The man who brought out the best in
me, the real me. It took me some time to realize that he meant what he said
then.
You are my Luna…
It was so simple to him. I was his mate and so I was his
Luna. My position, my condition, never mattered to him. The logic was simple.
mattered to him. The logic was simple.
Did I oveplicate things that didn’t need much thinking?
He knew what he wanted and how he wanted it and he had the
power to take it. I now know what I wanted, and I’d gamble my heart again to
get it.
I couldn’t hear him now. All I saw was my mate… and his
soft, beautiful lips.
My hand reached out on its own and touched the side of his
face. He stopped talking, startled and looked down at me. I pulled his face
towards mine as I stood on my toes to kiss him. It felt right. This was right.
His soft lips and the sparks that lit up within me were
proof enough. The arm around me that pulled me closer to him was proof. He was
mine, and I was his.
Alpha Myron and Salina and the rest of
ha Myron and Salina and the rest of the world seemed so
far away. It was now just Liam and me. M y other hand went to the back of his
head to deepen the kiss. He dominated m y mouth, using his tongue to explore
every deep crevice, seductively sliding with mine. I moaned into the kiss,
letting go of the butterflies that were trapped in my stomach. They fluttered
all over the confined space inside of me, their wings pleasantly tickling me
all over.
Liam pulled away and I gasped for air. His eyes were soft.
They looked at me with a newfound twinkle and they darkened with desire. He
desired me… the girl who got rejected, the girl who was disgraced. Heat crept
up my cheeks. I didn’t care.
Someone cleared his throat in the background.
Oh right, Alpha Myron is here.
Oh right, Alpha Myron is here.
“I can see you two have gotten… well acquainted,” he said.
Salina was gone. The door was left open. I didn’t notice
when she had left.
“The condition has been fulfilled,” said Liam. “I found my
mate within the given time.”
Alpha Myron smiled a calcted smile.” Unfortunately, we
have no way of proving that she really is your mate.”
“I am his mate!” I eximed, a little louder than I
intended.
“Can you prove it?” he asked. “We know little to nothing
about… wolf-less werewolves. For all we know, this is a show, and Liam’s
using you to break off his engagement with my daughter.”
Unbelievable. He just wanted a share of
believable. He just wanted a share of Liam’s power! The
union of the Red w Pack and the Blue Moon Pack would make him almost invincible.
I might not know much about the politics among packs and their Alphas, but 1
anyone who heard him would conclude the same thing.
Arrogant, how his confidence was over the top that he
could get his way.
I intertwined my fingers with Liam’s, the tingles sending
waves of goosebumps on the surface of m y skin. “Liam honored his word. I am his
mate, and he is mine. I have no wolf to confirm it, but I know what I feel when
I’m around him,” I said firmly.
“Why should I believe you?” he scoffed.
“I im Anna Be Fiora as my mate. If you don’t honor
your word, I hope you understand the circumstances,” Liam said slowly.
“Do not im to honor your word without proof, Liam,”
Alpha Myron replied. “You’d orchestrate this fake show just to push my daughter
to the side? After taking her from me, you would dare go this far to reject
Salina?” His fists were balled, and he was shaking in anger.
“Yes, I would,” Liam said calmly. “I would go as far as to
search for my mate.” He looked down at me and tipped my chin. “The Goddess
gave
her to me. The term of the agreement has been fulfilled. Leave, now.”
“Not without a fight,” Alpha Myron said. “There’s only one
way we can settle this.”
Liam still had his eyes on me. “I won’t go there I was
you, Alpha. I won’t hesitate. You may be
Alpha. I won’t hesitate. You may be her father, but I am still the 1
Alpha of this pack.”
He let go of my chin and turned to face Alpha Myron.
“You leave me no choice, boy. This is for my daughters. I
will not allow them to be disgraced.”
Leaving my side, Liam walked up to him. “Then say it,” he
challenged
“I, Alpha Myron Knox of the Blue Moon Pack, challenge
Alpha Liam Rose to an Alpha Duel, for the honor of my daughters.”
My eyes widened.
An Alpha Duel…
“I, Alpha Liam Rose – “
“Don’t!” I shouted. “Don’t do this…”
He ignored me. “I, Alpha Liam Rose of *the Red w Pack,
ept Alpha Myron Knox of the Blue
cept Alpha Myron Knox of the Blue Moon pack’s challenge.”
Alpha Myron raised his arm and Liam sped his hand.
Together, they said the words that would seal the challenge.
“Liam….” I whispered but he was pretended not to hear.
“Under the Goddess’ light,” they said together.
There was no going back now. He had wagered his wolf, his
life, his pack… and me.
Alpha Myron lowered his arm. “I’ll see you tonight,
Alpha.” He went straight out the door with a smirk on his face. Either he was
overconfident, or he could really take down Liam. Can he?
“I’m sorry,” Liam said with his back to m
“Why…” I whispered.
There could have been another way to
ere could have been another way to make Alpha Myron
understand that I was his mate. He didn’t have to take it this far – he had me
now. We could’ve at least talked about this.
A lovely, intricate pattern crawled up his arm. It looked
like a tattoo in ck ink, long lines intertwining and circling around each
other like tendrils. I would’ve admired it i fit wasn’t a timer, of the time he
had left to honor their duel, if it wasn’t proof of his bet, if it wasn’t
death’s mark on him.