2. Silver Moon Pack

~Hazel's POV~

I knew coming here was a very bad decision... Oh goddess, why do I always end up listening to Scarlett?

Firstly, I shouldn't be in a place filled with all the werewolves of our pack, and secondly, this dress... This dress was so fitted that people were giving me uncomfortable and awkward glances. I don't know what they were thinking of me.

Though the dress reached my calves, still everyone around me was giving me glances because of the fit of this dress.

It was a black bodycon tulle dress with some brown patterns on it and the thinnest straps on the shoulder with a deep back. Though my long brown hair was open, still I could feel people's penetrating gaze on my back.

"Hey," Scarlett said while walking towards me with two glasses of red wine.

I sighed after seeing the glasses in her hands and shook my head, I can't drink. Not in a big party like this. People already treat me like shit, I don't know what they would do to me if they found out I was drunk as well.

"Come on, one glass won't hurt you," She insisted.

"It wouldn't have, but since..." I lowered my voice and head and shut my eyes hard, I hate admitting that I am a wolf without a werewolf.

It takes a lot for a werewolf to get drunk, but a normal person like me... No... I don't want to take any risks.

"Hey, it will be fine... I am sure all of them will get a job," She growled while looking around us.

People around me averted their gaze from me, and I sighed, I am glad Scarlett is the pack's head warrior's daughter. Otherwise, they would have tried to drag her down with me.

"Are you sure that I look fine?" I asked Scarlett still unsure about how I looked.

"You look amazing... I don't know why are you so concerned about people's thoughts about you. You should be you... Do you like how you look?" She asked while taking a sip from her glass.

I nodded my head with a small smile on my face. I admit that I am concerned about what people think of me but I can't deny the fact that I am feeling alive and beautiful after so many days.

After so many days, I dressed up the way I wanted to and did my makeup and hair. The last time I did all these was the time I swore to myself not to attend any party or event in the pack, but here I am... attending one more party... I hope things won't be as bad as the last time.

"Hey, I know what you are thinking, but trust me, everything will be fine. This is Alpha's party and no one messes in Alpha's party. You are safe here," Scarlett smiled at me.

I nodded at her with a smile on my face, "By the way, where is the alpha? Wasn't he supposed to be at his party?"

"Today is his mom's birthday so he went to pay her a visit," She smiled.

"In the..." I whispered.

"Yeah..." She shrugged.

I haven't met or seen the alpha in the last three years as first, he was out for training and studies and then I chose to stay as far away from the packhouse because of all the shitty werewolves around it. But I heard that he lost his parents in a car accident right before his eighteenth birthday. Since then, he always visits his parents in the graveyard.

Though I know nothing about him apart from this, I still connect with him somewhere because our parents died the same way.

I know what it feels like to live without parents... But, at least he has a loving aunt and pack to look after him but I... I have no one in this crowd except for Scarlett to call mine.

I closed my eyes as I started to feel uneasy with a lot of gazes coming my way and wiped the sweat from my forehead.

I shouldn't have come here... No one was saying anything to me but their eyes were enough to tell me how disgusted they were by my presence around them.

I... I... I should leave.

"I'll see you around," I said to Scarlett and quickly moved out of the living room before she could say anything.

I kept my pace fast until I reached the big black gates of the packhouse and once I was out of the big gates, I ran. I ran for my life as if it was the last day of my life.

My heart kept pounding in my chest rapidly and my breaths became so heavy that I found it very difficult to breathe even in the middle of the streets.

"Fuck..." I exclaimed and fell to the ground on my knees with one hand on my chest and the other on my head.

I don't know why I feel this way... I don't know what was wrong with me... I... I never felt conscious of myself before. It felt like I was under the spotlight even when I wasn't.

My hands were still sweaty and my breaths were heavy... There was something inside me that was trying to tell me something but I couldn't figure out what it was.

I...

What is this?

"Hello?" I said as I slowly stood from the ground while looking around me.

I am sure I heard the snapping of twigs...

I heard footsteps approaching me from behind, and I bawled my hand to throw a punch at the person if he tried to harm me.

I swiftly turned around to deal with the person with my hands bawled at my sides, but my eyes widened as I saw the most handsome man in front of my eyes.

His jaw was sharp and his cheekbones were shining under the moonlight. His thin pink lips were curled into a small smile and his light brown wavy hair made him look perfect... Just like the heroes in movies.

I took my gaze to his eyes and the moment our eyes met, my heart skipped a beat. His brown eyes were looking at me with... Affection... The affection that I longed to see in my mate's eyes for me.

"Perfect..." He whispered while looking at me with a beautiful smile on his face.

Oh, goddess... He... He...

I took a strong whiff of his scent and found myself losing all my senses with just one whiff of his refreshing mint scent.

Damn... He... HE IS MY MATE!

"I didn't know I would meet my mate in the middle of the street," He smiled at me.

His fingers touched my left cheek, which made a soft sound come out of my mouth, and I found myself giving into his touch, which was filled with tingles.

Goodess... Finally... Finally, I found my mate!

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are crying? Did I hurt you?" He cupped my cheeks and looked into my eyes for some answers.

"No... I... I am so happy to meet you finally. You don't know how much you mean to me," I admitted while holding his hands which were on my cheeks.

"I am not going anywhere... Neither I will let you go... We are meant to be together. You don't know how hard I have fallen for you... Already," He said while caressing my cheeks, and later on he kissed my head.

His gentle kiss on my forehead made me feel so protected... Finally, I felt at home and safe.

"You don't know how much you and this one gesture of yours means to me..." I whispered.

"You are mine... My mate..." He said while looking straight into my eyes.

"I am..." I nodded with a bright smile on my face.

"Mate... You are?" He asked.

"Oh, how silly of me. I am Hazel Adams and you..."

"You don't know me?" He asked with a raised brow.

"I don't know a lot of people in the pack," I whispered in a low voice.

"Why?"

"Story for another time," I smiled at him.

I closed my eyes as his touch kept shooting me in the best possible way but... Umm... His energy... He...

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Why do I feel like you are the authority?" I added.

"Because I am," He chuckled.

I looked at him with furrowed brows and was about to say something when he placed his finger on my lips and said, "Let me introduce myself, Ms Hazel Adams. I am Liam Wright, the alpha of the territory we are standing on, the alpha of the Silver Moon pack."

What the heck? He is the alpha? The alpha of my pack?