Chapter 2

Mia:

***PRESENT***

“It's time, Miss Bennett” the wedding planner said.

I nodded at her and glanced at myself in the mirror. My wedding dress accentuated my curves perfectly.

“Can I get a glass of water?”

I gulped it and set it down, taking deep breaths to calm my nervousness but it didn't work.

I gripped my bouquet tightly, ready to walk down the aisle.

My father was waiting by the door.

“I'm sorry I'm marrying you off this way” he said, his voice ridden with guilt.

I shook my head, letting him know I was fine. I felt happy that I was finally about to leave the clutches of my step-family. Also, I was getting married to my fated mate but another part of me was sad knowing that Alpha Lukas didn't want this. He had angrily walked out back at the party but he could not win against his father.

The wedding was held outdoors outside the pack house with his parents and mine present, some elders from the Night shade pack and Red moon pack and a few other pack members.

I held my father's arm and walked down the aisle as the string up bulbs lit up, creating a soft ambience that contrasted against the dark forest.

Standing at the stage was Alpha Lukas, dressed in a tuxedo.

He exhuded such magnetism that I was unable to look away. He had shiny black hair, chiselled jaw, thin lips and those blue eyes the pierces right through your soul.

My emerald eyes met with his smoldering blue ones, my lips lifted in a soft smile but all I received was a cold, unfeeling glance. Despite knowing we were fated mates, it was glaring that he didn't want to be with me. That fact hit me deep in my guts.

I arrived at where he was standing, my heart beating wildly against my chest.

“Do you, Mia Bennett of the Night shade pack, take Alpha Lukas Hawthorne of the Red moon pack as your husband?”

The elder asked.

“I do”

Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me but I thought I saw him smirk in mockery but it left as soon as it came. I shrugged it off.

“Do you, Alpha Lukas Hawthorne, of the Red moon pack, take Mia Bennett, of the Night shade pack, as your wife”

“I do”

His voice was enthralling but the tone of uninterest was apparent.

Everyone cheered in happiness except my step family.

Luna Lilian and Teresa had angry looks on their faces. I could still remember the look on their faces when my father broke the news of my marriage to an alpha to them.

Jaden, on the other hand, remained apathetic. He looked like he wanted to leave the premises as soon as possible.

Alpha Lukas’ parents nodded in approval.

The elder turned to me.

“You are to take care of the pack like your own and uphold it with the strength bestowed upon you by the moon goddess” He glanced at both of us at intervals.

“You are to mate and bear children who would become the future of this pack and continue our bloodline. Do you understand?” He asked.

I nodded, the weight of my duty finally sinked in. I was to be the Luna of such a great pack. The thought of it scared me.

The ceremony ended and I was escorted back into the pack house by the older women of the pack who prepared me for the mating ceremony.

After that, I was prepped for mating.

Even though I was a virgin, I knew what was to be done.

I took a shower and was handed a lingerie that barely covered my butt. I wasn't even allowed to wear panties.

I held it up. “You want me to wear this?”

“Your job is to pleasure and please the Alpha. You have to make him attracted to you” one of them said and hastened me up.

They finally left, while I sat on the bed, a nervous wreck. My heart raced against my ribcage as I heard his footsteps. It grew louder with each step before it finally stopped right in front of the door.

There was silence for a while before it was pushed open.

I swallowed, trying to cover the part of me that was bare.

For a while, he stared at me in silence. I squirmed uncomfortably under his scrutiny.

With quivering hands, I gripped the hem of my lingerie, squeezed my eyes shut and planted a kiss on his lips. He stood rigid without making any move and I was about to pull back awkwardly when he wrapped his arms around me, capturing my lips in a heated kiss. A moan escaped my lips when he kissed a certain spot behind my ear.

I could feel his member poking my stomach, begging to be freed.

His hands roamed my body and, in one swift motion, tore the thin material that barely covered it.

The world around me spun and I felt my back against the softness of the bed.

He pulled back, his eyes trailed down my body.

My face was beet red and I avoided his eyes, embarrassed.

I was completely naked while he was still fully dressed.

With his gaze, he unbuttoned his shirt.

Slowly and agonizingly.

When he successfully took off his shirt, my breath caught in my throat.

He had a perfectly sculpted body. Tightly knit muscles that rippled with each movement, series of tattoos that added to his charms.

However….his skin was dreadful.

Fear gripped my heart as I stared at the tons of scars on his body. Even though it was healed, I could tell it must have been deep and painful.

My eyes were drawn to a scar on his arm. This one was different. Like his skin was seared by a branding iron.

I looked away. It was a combination of three circles that formed something like a triquetra.

A deep, throaty chuckle echoed across the room.

“Too scared to look?”

For the first time since we met, he spoke to me.

He had a hypnotizing low, soothing voice that sounded like music to my ears.

He climbed the bed till we were at eye level, our faces only inches apart. I looked around, uncomfortable.

“Look at me” he commanded, his voice gruff, his hot breaths hitting my face.

My heart raced madly against my chest.

Damn! His voice was enthralling.

Before I could say anything, he smashed his lips on mine. At first, it was pleasant but it didn't last long.

His tongue probed my lips roughly like a starved animal and surged in.

Our tongues intertwined, his hands caressing my body.

My insides trembled with excitement.

I felt a sticky liquid slip out of my core.

He cupped my breasts, planting feathery kisses on them at intervals.

My mouth parted in sheer pleasure when his warm mouth covered my nipples, teasing them with his soft tongue.

I could hardly ignore throbbing in my lower part.

He trailed kisses down to my stomach until he got to my thighs.

Oh goddess! He was blatantly staring at my core.

I tried to close my legs but he grabbed them and held them in place.

He raised one of his brows.

“You are a virgin” he stated. I nodded.

I gasped when he inserted his long, middle finger, slipping in and out of my throbbing cave.

My hands fisted the sheets till my knuckles turned white.

“Alpha….. ahhh!”

He adopted a second finger, rubbing me rhythmically. My eyes rolled back, barely able to take the pleasure.

“Stop….please” but he didn't otherwise. He kept going till I reached climax.

I gripped the sheets even tighter, my breathing laboured.

He freed his thick shaft and positioned it at my entrance. My body shook in fear as I closed my eyes, bracing myself.

“I'll be gentle”

I believed him and I regretted it right away. He gripped my waist tightly and pushed his cock down to its root.

I let out a sharp cry as hot tears spilled out of my eyes.

“It hurts….”

The remaining words were buried in a kiss. I tried to push him away but he grabbed my hands and pinned them above my head.

My clit squeezed him so tightly that he could not move in or out.

He waited till I had loosened up a bit then began to move his waist back and forth. His pace increased with every thrust.

The pain was still there but it was mostly replaced by pleasure.

I didn't hold back the scandalous moans that escaped my lips as he rammed into me ruthlessly.

“More…. right there…ahh!”

His every move made me feel like I was going insane.

However, the pleasure didn't stop me from recognizing the unmistakable canine teeth grazing my flesh.

He was about to mark me.