Chapter 2

Ariel

What?

I stare at the man in disbelief as my heart threatens to burst out from my chest. He carries himself with dominance and his presence reeks of power.

Fuck me.

Goddess, I can stare at him all the time and never get bored, I wish my beasts were present.

"Where is my baby?" my mother's fake voice interrupts the beautiful moment as she hurriedly approaches my bed followed by two men.

Looking at their red eyes, it only means they're vampires. What is my mum doing with vampires?

The first one has short blonde hair with a lean figure and his friend is more masculine and has black hair.

"And what do you mean mate?" she harshly snaps at the wolf who still has his eyes on me but now with an emotionless face. What changed?

"She already has a mate, him" her voice brings me back to the conversation, and I sceptically watch her point at the one with blonde hair.

His sharp jaw perfectly draws the beauty of his face, even though I can't feel the mate bond right now, I know he is not my mate.

I haven't seen the vampire in my entire life, why is my mum lying anyway?

The wolf caught my attention though, he looks damn strong and no one would say no to that.

He has long jet-black hair flowing freely on his shoulders, his jaw is so strong and clenched am guessing from anger.

His broad shoulders add to his perfect physique with a firm hard body. He has deep grey-bluish eyes that holds no ounce of emotion.

Without being told, this wolf is not your soft kind of guy.

He is the type everyone drools over but he doesn't give a damn.

I always see past my mum's fake smiles every time she looks at me. I have no idea why, but I think she's up to something.

When I shifted, I was sixteen and I badly wanted a mate.

Later on, I started having doubts about hybrids being mated.

I have been spending most of my time hidden. Most powerful people are out for my blood, especially vampires and in a situation like this, I have to be brave.

I won't let another vampire lead me to the same position am in right now. Not even the one claiming to be my mate.

There are very few hybrids in existence, and our blood has various importance to the supernatural. It heals every kind of injuries, no matter how worse they might be.

Vampires use our blood to gain more strength. Most persons in power use hybrids for breeding purposes because they desire strong bloodlines.

And my supposed father confirmed he's using it to gain wealth, so pathetic.

"Take her Alex," mother says nudging her head towards the blonde. So he is Alex?

He is about to grab me when the wolf mate growls angrily and tackles him to the ground and both men end up in a deadly brawl. Each defending what they believe is there's.

My wolf and vampire are docile so I can't tell who is right and who is wrong, but there is no way I have two mates.

The wolf pins Alex down raining blow after blow at him while he struggles to keep up. He must be an alpha wolf because an ordinary wolf won't handle a vampire like that.

"This is bullshit, what are you even fighting for?" the woman I call mother inquires, disgust clear in her eyes.

Why are they even here if they can't get me out of this bed?

"Look at you, what did he do?" she whispers staring at my unmoving body with what I assume is concern

" Am sorry I couldn't protect you honey" she holds my hand in hers and I wonder since when she started caring.

She's always out travelling to moon knows where.

Unlike most pack members, we live in our own house. Mostly, when she's not bringing a man home, she is out instead.

Sometimes I wonder if she even misses her dead mate, who I believed was my father all this while.

"Alpha Lance?" another wolf enters the room and his voice holds surprise as he looks at the men on the floor, so the wolf is the infamous sadist alpha, Lance.

Fuck. just hearing his name makes a chill run down my spine. Of all the people it had to be him.

I have heard a lot about Alpha Lance, but never got a chance of meeting him. He's the alpha of the black moon pack.

I heard all his pack members have black souls as the name suggests.

The alpha who never smiles and derives pleasure in hurting others.

He growls loudly getting up and Alex follows suit, both men glaring at each other is distastefully.

" Refrain yourself from going near or touching my mate, or I will drive a stake right here" he threatens in a deadly voice placing his index finger on Alex's chest, right where his heart lies.

Wow! that makes me feel better. Maybe he isn't bad like they say.

Alex chuckles bitterly sizing him up and down " She's mine, and am going nowhere" he challenges through clenched teeth and they are about to go at it again when the man intervenes.

"What is happening here?" he asks placing his hands on their chests and pushing them away from each other.

"She's my mate," they both say at the same time and he looks from them to me stunned. " No way" my mother declines standing up.

"Am not letting a sadist alpha claim my daughter, so you better get going" she shoos lance with her hand " I already told you Alex is her mate" she says and Alex guy smirks.

Weird.

I wish I could move, did Alex offer her money so she could sell me? I won't even be surprised if that happened.

Alpha Lance moves to my mum and menacingly stare at her with flared nostrils and she doesn't back down either.

"Let's get out of here Ryan" his gruff voice declares and my heart drops.

Please don't leave me.

I stare at him longingly as he walks to the kids and setting them free.

When they walk out of the door, I don't miss the satisfying smirks my mother shares with Alex.

Or did I imagine it?