Luciana's POV
“Luciana Hart, your smell is horrible and as the Alpha King of this pack, I prohibit you from coming close to me because I reject you.”
Today is the most important event of my life as I am about to step into the new chapter of my life, which is finding my fated mate. My friends and I are now ready to attend the ceremony, wearing our dazzling ball gowns.
Calista, one of my friends, looked at me with awe, and her eyes almost sparkling.
“Wow, you are so beautiful with that pink dress, Luciana. I know men will drool seeing you tonight!”
The smile on my face faded and was replaced by worries. I am aware that I have looks, but there's something in me that my friends know.
“Luciana, you shouldn't be sad. This is our night. We will be meeting our fated mates at the ball tonight and you should be happy. Don't worry, the perfume will cover everything. Just trust us,” Aurora mumbled, while smiling widely.
I smiled back at them, forcing myself to smile because my friends were right. This is our night. This is my night and I should enjoy this.
After talking to my friends, we decided to come out of our boutique to go to the venue where the event will be happening. We just walked the way there because the venue is not that far from our place. I was happily talking to them and even laughing at their jokes, but that very moment will end too soon.
As we reached the entrance door of the venue, I could already see the group of women, led by the beta's daughter—Scarlet Evergreen.
She's sneering at me, her eyes burning with hatred. Her friends at the back started covering their noses as if there's a stinky smell about to pass. I let out a deep breath, facing my bullies with courage.
“Look who's here. The beautiful and horrible girl in the pack, Luciana Hart. What brought you here, Girlie?” Scarlet muttered, her insecurity is evident from her face.
“We are not here to fight, Scarlet. Just let us pass.” Calista explained, but the woman just glared at her.
“Shut the f*ck up, Calista. Your father is still indebted to us!” Scarlet responded and then she looked at Aurora. “And you're not even entitled to speak, Aurora. Your father is the head warrior of the pack. I can tell my dad to fire him if I wanted to.”
I shut my eyes, while taking a deep breath when Scarlet began to attack my friends. She really hated me to the bones. I understand that so well. She doesn't like my presence, but this won't give her the authority to speak to us like that. This is not even her pack. She's not the Alpha King's child.
“Leave my friends to your problem with me, Scarlet.”
The woman turned her head at me, and then she burst out into laughter.
“Finally, the poor and cursed baby has finally spoken. I thought you'll stay mute just like how you used to do?” Scarlet muttered, and she looked at me from head to toe. “You're not rubbish tonight. But even if you wear the most beautiful gown in the world, you still couldn't change the fact that you're a curse of the pack. I heard some rumors that anytime soon, you will be thrown away from the pack because of your—”
“Just shut up, Scarlet! We will not let you bully our friends. Attacking her just proves how insecure you are to her beauty. We all know who has the most gifted beauty of this pack!” Aurora yells.
Scarlet gritted her teeth. She was about to attack us, but her friends stopped her.
“We can't fight them here, Scarlet. Your image will be destroyed in the eyes of the future Alpha King. Remember, you are being handed to him?”
As I heard these words from one of Scarlet's friends, I just felt my breathing become shallow. The mention of the Alpha King makes my heartbeat fast for no reason.
“Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that. Tonight will be the revelation that I am his fated mate. I just need a formal announcement.”
My brows curled as I looked at her. Confusion started to cover my face.
“You're the Alpha King's mate?” I asked, but Scarlet just smirked at me.
She didn't respond and just turned her head away. I froze from my direction, my heart almost sank with the thought of Scarlet being the fated mate of the most powerful being in this pack.
“Nah, let's not believe in her. Nobody knew who the Alpha King's mate was until tonight. She's about to be revealed tonight, so let's hope that it will not be Scarlet. That woman is just so arrogant,” Calista mumbled.
A sigh of relief escaped from my lips after hearing those words. There is a part of me that celebrates because I still have a chance to be chosen even if it's impossible.
I know it's impossible but I am keeping my hopes up until I find out about it.
“I hope she's kind-hearted,” I muttered, while we're walking inside the hall.
My friends turned their heads at me and smiled.
“It's for sure. The Moon Goddess will definitely give the Alpha King his deserving mate,” Aurora replied, and that made me smile.
My friends and I just keep on walking. We looked for an area for the three of us. Those who know me keep their distance away. Nobody wanted to socialize with me except these two wonderful women beside me now, which are my friends. They stood by me despite the rumors circulating about my identity.
Fortunately, I used some herbs to cover my real identity and I didn't create a commotion inside. No guards forced me out.
At this point, I started to narrow my eyes inside and then I found Scarlet. She really made sure she stood up in the center of where the royal family would walk. I just shook my head and kept her out of my head.
And then, the most awaited visitor has finally arrived. The family is respected by many, the leaders of our pack. I stood up straight in the corner, my body started to freeze when the pairs of my eyes saw a handsome man in the center, his eyes locking onto mine.
“Damn! It's the Alpha King!”
Luciana's POV“W-What?”As Massimo stuttered, I realized the recklessness I've done. And because of this, I immediately left the room without further ado. When I reached the hall, someone suddenly grabbed my hand. I know who that is and I never hesitated.“Wait, why are you leaving so fast, Luciana?” Massimo asked upon reaching me. I gritted my teeth, and pulled my hand from his grasp. When Massimo released my hand, I never hesitated to slap him across his face. He was stunned, his eyes glistened.“Don't touch me!” I exclaimed. Massimo furrowed his brows, staring at me deep within my eyes.“It's really difficult to predict your emotions, Luciana,” Massimo blurted, making me chuckle.I even smirked before responding to him. “It's because you will never have the chance to know me. You will never be able to win me over, Massimo. Just so you know, even if I agree with your plan, it doesn't mean I will accept you,” I muttered, staring at him. Massimo just smiled, and there's no hint of
Luciana's POVThe moment my body pressed against Massimo, I couldn't help but to feel a mix of emotions. His warmth gives me a chilling sensation, making all the strands of my hair stand up.My heart was beating so fast when the hotness of my body could be felt already. Despite the thickness of our shirt, his warmth can still be felt. I couldn't believe that I am feeling this to him.This is not right. I shouldn't be feeling this thing now, but instead of doing something to cut this, I stayed behind him. I remained hugging him until his body tensed.“L-Luciana, what are you doing?” Massimo asked, his voice almost losing.I bit my lower lips, trying to control the pounding of my chest.“Massimo, how's—”I immediately moved away from Massimo when I heard someone speak from behind. It feels like my world almost stumbled down in nervousness for the unexpected visitor that we have inside the room.“Klein,” Massimo blurted. “Why aren't you knocking on the door?”Klein looked at Massimo in h
Luciana's POV“W-Where am I?”My voice is shaking when I speak. Massimo's brows were furrowed as he looked at me. He didn't answer me when he rushed to the table to get me some water.When he returned, Massimo offered me a glass of water. I looked at it first, thinking whether I should accept it or not. But his chuckle woke up my blood.“I am not going to poison you. Just drink the water to help you feel better.”I rolled my eyes, and despite what I feel right now, I still have the gut to be irritated with Massimo.“You're not answering me,” I mumbled.Massimo sighed. He occupied the couch, and looked at me.“You passed out when we were still at the enemy's place.”“I know, but who brought me here? Was it you?”Massimo took out a deep and heavy breath before responding to me. He even looked me straight in the eyes as if he wanted us to look at each other when he spoke. I rolled my eyes again, and then tried my best to control myself.“I did. I took you from Klein, and he didn't have a
Luciana's POVAs Massimo hears the woman's words, he suddenly lets out a cold sneer. I furrowed my brows, while looking at him.“So, it was you who was behind the incident in the pack, Cassandra?”Cassandra chuckled, “What makes you so long to realize that, Massimo? I told you before that I will get back to you when the time comes, didn't I?” Massimo gritted his teeth, his face darkens. He's still tied, and I felt that he has no plans of unleashing himself.“I made a mistake of not thinking about the possibility that you can do this. After all, you're an Alpha's daughter, and your family is wealthy. Unfortunately, they are dead now for betraying us. Your family was the reason for my sister's death, and you know that.”I stood up straight upon hearing these words from Massimo's lips. He looked at me, still wearing his usual aura. My heart started pounding so fast as well.“It's because your sister doesn't like me for you, and she's the cause of the war, Massimo. Everything was—” Cass
Luciana's POV“Luciana!”I heard Massimo scream, moving closer to me. My eyes widened upon staring at the fiery, huge ball coming into our direction. I know that we couldn't escape from it anymore. This might be the end of my life now, as I can't control it anymore.I closed my eyes, while waiting for the fiery ball to hit my face. But before it totally hit us, I felt a strong hand hugging my body, and then everything turned blank.The next moment when I opened my eyes, I realized that I was no longer in the scene where the explosion happened. I was already in an empty room, with only a light on the ceiling.My body started trembling when the situation began to flash into my head.“M-Massimo…”The person I first called was Massimo. I know that we were together during the explosion, and I could still remember how he hugged me before our eyes turned blank.I narrowed my eyes inside the empty room, and then I found him, not far from me. Massimo was tied on a metallic leash, his body cove
Luciana's POVI gritted my teeth with Massimo's words. My heart started to be relieved when he asked me if I like Klein because I thought that's already a sign that he will give up on messing up with me, but I was wrong. Massimo doesn't have a plan of letting me go.“I don't know, Massimo. I really don't know what else to do with you,” I responded, shaking my head. Massimo grinned, his arms were crossed as he looked at me.“Don't be confused, Luciana. Just trust me, I will do my best to make it up to you. You will no longer see Massimo before because you've changed me. You made me realize that hurting a woman has bad karma,” Massimo responded, and that made me furrow my brows. I raised one of my brows, my lips curled into a knowing smile. “So, you've admitted to me that you received karma now?” I asked, without looking away. ‘You're wrong, Massimo. Your karma hasn't come yet. I'm about to give it to you. As of now, I will be nicer to you, to make you fall deeply. And when the perf