a meeting unplanned

Third person POV

Luckily for Haven, the preparations for the ball kept her dad busy till it was finally the day for the ball.

She stood at a distance as she looked at Raven get dressed. Raven was heartless and cold, but she was a very beautiful girl, one who could sweep anyone off their feet, even ladies were attracted to her.

She was still looking when her dad pulled her hair from behind, startling her.

“You bitch you think you can slack away just because I haven't had your time”?

He spoke and Haven shook her head.

“I'm… I'm sorry”.

She said. All of the commotion drew Raven's attention, causing her to walk towards them.

“What's going on, why are you both by my door”?

She asked and Haven's heart began to beat so heavily. She could tell that she was in a lot of trouble just by the smile on Raven's face.

“I found this rat stealing glances at you”.

Her dad said and looked at Raven with a smile.

“It's been a while, what do you say we have a little bit of fun before the ball”?

He asked but Raven hissed.

“I'm not in the mood, you go ahead”.

She said, surprising both Haven and her dad as she turned and began walking back. But when she got to a bit of a distance, she turned with an evil smile plastered on her face as she charged at Haven, kicking her so hard she was sent flying downstairs.

Raven kicked her from the third floor, causing her to break her neck as soon as she landed on the floor.

Raven looked at her dad and they both laughed before jumping down from the third floor to the ground floor where Haven was lying lifeless.

They stood there for a few minutes and soon, Haven was back to life.

“Took you long enough”.

She heard her dad say before he pulled her by the neck of her shirt, causing her to stand up.

She wasn't fully healed yet, so she was still bleeding from the back of her head but her dad didn't care at all as he slapped her hard on her face.

He kept hitting her over and over again until there was nothing but weakness written all over Haven's face.

He was about to hit her once more when Raven held his hand, stopping him.

He raised his head and looked at her.

“The ball is in a few hours, let's leave this until we get back".

She said and he looked back at Haven before he nodded.

“You just wait till we get home tonight”.

He said and moved his face so close to Haven's, making her see what true evil looked like.

“I'll make sure you forget just how many times you die tonight. Next time, you'll know to stay in your place”.

He said before pushing her back to the floor.

Haven remained on the floor for a little while before gathering enough strength to go back to the basement. As soon as she got into the basement, she fell to the ground and cried.

She cried like this was the first time. She cried so much it felt like she had lost her voice. She knew they could hear her, she knew they would be jolly, feasting from her sorrow but she didn't care.

It hurts… she was hurting and there was no way she could hide it anymore and for the first time since she was informed about Urian, she suddenly wished deep down that he'd actually pick her even though she knew that was impossible.

She knelt down and spread out her hands, ready to pray to the moon goddess but no words could come out. Her hands fell in defeat as she spoke.

“What's the point? You never answer me anyways”.

She said as she fell back to the ground.

She wasn't really sure what she had done to annoy her dad so much this time around but she thought about it and said.

“It's not like he's ever needed a reason”.

Urian was contemplating on going for the ball or not. He wanted to focus on finding this mysterious girl but since he was already expected as the supreme alpha, he decided to go even if he wouldn't stay long.

After a while, he and Simon got into their helicopter and they were on their way. Valerie was supposed to go with them but Urian instructed that she stayed back and tried everything she could to find the girl. For all they knew, she could be a witch, just like Valerie.

It would have taken about four hours for them to reach the Golden pack, but with the helicopter, they were there in less than one hour.

Since they arrived when the ball had already started, the sound of the door drew the attention of everyone in the room as they all turned to look at the two good looking godlike men who just walked in.

“My goodness, the supreme alpha is as heavenly as they describe him”.

“I see why they are brothers, they look like fallen angels”.

“I hope one of them chooses me as their mate tonight”.

There were so much whispers and admiration in the hall as every lady present was drooling over the two lycan brothers. But as soon as Urian walked in, he felt his heart seize for a moment and then an unexplainably pull as he raised his head to look upstairs. But as soon as he looked up, the pull was gone.

'what was that'?

He thought to himself but got distracted by Alpha George who walked up to them to greet as well as the other alphas from other packs who had arrived earlier.

“It's good to see you outside your pack alpha Urian".

Alpha George said and Urian simply nodded.

Suddenly, a smell intruded his nose and his wolf almost came out, startling the men who were around him.

He looked at them and immediately spoke.

“Excuse me”.

He said as he began going upstairs. The more he moved, the heavier her scent filled up his nostrils. He could feel her so closely. Close enough that his wolf wanted to jump out in the next minute.

'will I recognize her in this crowd? Is this truly happening or is the moon goddess playing tricks on me'?

So many thoughts filled up his mind as he kept moving upstairs.

While walking up the stairs, a lady slipped and just when she thought she was going to fall down the stairs, Urian caught her just in time.

He looked at her, wondering why a woman would be so clumsy but as soon as the hood from her cloak fell off and he saw her eyes, his eyes opened wide.

“You…”