Chapter 4

Alice P.O.V

I felt pain in my head, so I opened my eyes and looked at an unknown ceiling. I glanced at the room and saw all over black and white, it was giving a dark vibe. Black furniture everywhere. From the bedsheet of the bed to the couch, all were black.

"Have you woken up?" Someone asked.

I turned my head to my left side and saw a young good looking man sitting on a chair.

What was happening? Why did today I get to see all the handsome men together?

"Where am I?" I asked him.

"You are safe here, Luna." He smiled.

"Luna?" I asked him with confusion. Then I remembered, before I fainted I heard Alpha Dylan calling me Luna.

Alpha Dylan! How could I forget about him?? He was my mate? Never in my life had I imagined him being my mate. I always thought of him as a villain. People were scared of him for a reason.

But he had not done anything bad to me. Maybe he was not as brutal as people thought he was.

"Luna? Are you okay? Would you like to have a glass of water?" The man asked.

"No, thank you." I replied.

"I'm Jacob. And don't be afraid, I'm the pack doctor. You are in Alpha's room right now." He assured me.

"Where is the Alpha?" I asked shyly.

"Not bad. Not even one day you are here, you already started to miss him?" He laughed.

I was blushing hard. "It's not like that." I replied with a low tone.

"Yeah, yeah. Sure. Let me call him." He said while looking around the room.

Looked like he was talking with him through their mind links.

"He is coming." He said.

I nodded and started to sit up when he helped me to sit.

Suddenly, the door opened. Beta Ashar came in hurry, sat beside me, and pulled my hands into his, and asked, 

"Are you okay now? How are you feeling, Alice?"

I was taken aback but then realized how gentle he was with me on the road. He was a very friendly guy. He was very different from what I heard about him.

Was Alpha Dylan also different from what I heard about him?

"Yes I'm fine Ashar, don't worry." I replied confidently.

I smelled my mate's scent and immediately turned my head. I saw him leaning against the door. He was staring at me with his sharp eyes. I felt my heart start to beat fast.

"Oh, Dylan, you are here. Don't worry. She is fine. She didn't eat anything which made her weak. I am giving her medicine. Just check if she is eating well or not." Jacob said.

He nodded his head and didn't say anything.

Beta Ashar then told me, "Eat well okay? From today you need to rest. I'll tell the maids to prepare dinner for you."

I nodded my head.

"Let's go, Jacob. I think they need to talk." Ashar told Jacob.

Jacob nodded at him and left with him.

Before going out Ashar closed the door behind him, leaving Alpha Dylan and me alone in that room.

I was looking down shyly.

'What should I say? He is my mate. My man, who will always protect me. Will he love me too? Mom told me mates were gifts from the Moon Goddess. Will he make my life happier like before?' I thought.

He didn't say anything, he started to walk. I thought he would sit beside me or on the bed. But he didn't come closer to me. He went to the couch. He sat there, pulled out a cigarette packet, took out a cigarette, and started to smoke.

He had a devilish aura. Danger screamed out from him. Sitting on the couch with such a handsome face and all black clothing and smoking cigarettes, it looked like a dark yet beautiful portrait to me.

I tried to break the silence.

"Alpha Dylan."

I prevented myself from stuttering this time.

He didn't say a word for a few seconds then said in his deep voice, 

"Speak."

"You are my mate." I said shyly.

He looked at me and asked, "So?"

I was taken aback and asked, "So? I mean how is that possible?"

"Exactly this is also my question. How is this fucking possible??" He said angrily.

I was afraid after hearing his reply.

'Is he unhappy after discovering that I'm his mate?' I asked myself.

Then I said,

"But we are mates and we can't do anything about that."

He puffed out the smoke and said,

"Don't worry I won't reject you. You will live here safely. But only with my terms and conditions."

"Terms & conditions??" I asked immediately.

"Yes, you will live here as Luna but don't expect anything else from me." He warned me.

Anything else?

I asked, "What do you mean?"

"You are an Omega. A weak rank in our world. An Alpha doesn't want to be mated with an Omega and here I am the true blood. How can you expect me to accept you?" He asked.

I didn't say anything, I just wanted to know what my mate wanted to say. Yes, I was weak. But did he feel ashamed of me being his mate? My heart was getting numbed with his every word.

"I can't un-understand what you are trying to say." I said sadly.

"You are a weak Omega who can't protect herself. How will you protect my pack?" He asked.

He was right, I didn't have any answer.

'What would I do? He said terms and conditions, if I won't follow them, will he reject me?' I thought to myself but couldn't dare to ask him.

"Yes, you are right. I'm very weak." I let out.

There was silence in the room for some time. Then he started to speak again, "I'll make you my pack's Luna because it's your destiny that you are my fated mate."

He was going to make me his pack's Luna? But he didn't call me 'his Luna'. Why? Did he feel disgraceful?

"But-" I couldn't complete.

"But what?" He asked.

"It's not my fault that I'm your mate." I said sadly.

"That's why I'm not rejecting you. I'm doing a favor." He said coldly.

My mate didn't reject me and that's a favor from him?

He said again, "I saved you from those rogues and those hungry wolves who were almost ready to jump on your body."

I closed my eyes and tried to control my tears. Why was he saying all of this to me?

"You know they killed my father and destroyed my pack. They locked me up in a dungeon for two days and sold me. That was also not my fault." I tried to make him understand.

"I know each and everything about you. Let me tell you one thing. You will live here under my conditions only." He said.

"What conditions?" I asked.

"I will marry you but there will be no love in that marriage, I will mark you only because I want to give my pack their Fated Luna." He said while looking at me.

Marriage without love?

Mate without bond?

What was he talking about?

I tried to get the courage to myself and asked,

"But You purchased me, your mate. Isn't it for our mate bond?"

He narrowed his sharp eyes while looking at me and replied coldly,

"I didn't purchase you for the mate bond,

I PURCHASED MY PACK'S LUNA."