Chapter:- 4

Lucus peeled off his clothes, folded them carefully, kept them in his usual place, and shifted into his wolf form. He sniffed the air with his wet snort and started running towards the woods. The morning sunshine was peeping through the trees, touching the ground, and the more he ran away from the city, the more nature looked beautiful. The green leaves, dark brown earth, and wetness under his claws felt so amazing that he could almost forget his cruel destiny.

Moni.

The girl had beautiful eyes. Lucus first love and maybe his last too, Lucus remembers when he first saw her. Out of all the beautiful omegas, she was outstanding. Out of all the beautiful omegas, she was outstanding.

They became friends when Lucus saved her, and one night Lucus couldn't stop himself from asking her hand for a dance. Eyes fell on them; everyone knew about their friendship, and they somehow saw them as a couple.

That day, Lucus let her fly through the air, taking her gracefully into the hall. Her eyes never left his; something was sparkling at the end of their dance. Lucus proposed to her, and then they kissed. Her lips were so soft—thin but soft. Pulling her into his body, he kissed her slowly, letting the desire of his new pheromones take over. When he let go of her hands that night, he asked her to go on a run.

Let him catch her.

That's how the wolves let their inner wolves get connected. The omega, or the one with the lower rank, went on a run, hiding their scent with mud, and the one with the higher rank caught them. If they could, they started taking steps toward a new journey.

Even Moni already accepts him, but Lucus wants everything, especially his Omega. So he started courting Moni. Even when they entered university, most omegas, betas, and even alphas dreamed of being in her place, not only because of Lucus's status and money.

The best unmated one, but Lucus only had his eyes on Moni. Accepting each other, they started to write a great love story together, making others bless them with their own hearts.

Until that one day.

When his family knows about them, they try to stop Lucus, but Lucus never stops. He thought that day that his family understood him. But he is so wrong. They want him to mate with Emma James, whom he hates the most.

And at last, Omega accepts him as her future Alpha, even though he clearly rejects her. Maybe she is doing all this on purpose; maybe she wants to hurt him again. Maybe she wants to make him feel small again.

He really hates Emma James from the bottom of his heart.

He cried. As an alpha, he couldn't let his tears fall, so he gulped his sobs down and let his heart cry. When he saw Moni's eyes turn dark red, he knew that she had been crying too. Lucus still had to marry Emma.

"If you don't marry Emma James, I will kick you out of my family and my business." That's what his father said to him when Lucus tried to talk to the Alpha.

Lucus tries to talk to his brother and his mother, but nothing works. He is going to marry Emma James within two days, and he can't do anything. He even can't leave his family because Moni made him promise; she doesn't want him to leave his family for her.

Lucus cared for that someone; he felt pity and guilt, and moreover, his heart was weeping for his omega, Moni.

"I'm sorry, my love." A sad howl left his mouth while those long, strong legs took the wolf far and away from the city.

What's not yours isn't yours. It's as simple as that. But Lucus couldn't care less about it. His Moni, who once was his beloved omega, was still his. He coerced him into his arms again, and he

wasn't letting go. He was obsessed.

'I could stare at your back all day, And I know I've kissed you before.'

Their downfall was his. He'll forever regret tattooing scars on his omega's back. The inked shapes of a little start from its slumber every month, symbolized the many times in a month he

let Moni down before he showed up for the next one, slaughtering another unfinished phase of an ambiguous relationship.

He threw them under a train wreck and didn't care to check on the pieces that bled, outlining scars. With scars, the Omega learned to balm, bandage, tattoo, clean, and hate showing them to prying public eyes.

His Moni had always hated attention, and it was another push to their ugly drowning since the alpha was tracking a path to himself. Certainly, he woke up drenched in sweat after so many sleepless nights, fearing the sigh of Moni packing and leaving him in the dark.

He would check his right side and howl when he found it empty. Did he rip the sheets apart? He did. Did he flip the entire bed? He did. Did he break every piece he assembled from scratch with his Omega? He did. Did he sleep on the floor for almost two days'?

He did.

It was entirely his fault. He realized that. Every fiber in his burning, aching, boiling system surged with that fact. He drove them apart, set their broken pieces on fire, and fueled them with gasoline.

Moni's words for eternity will shrink his limbs and climb acid in his mouth. "I was picking out our pieces like you were entirely my universe. But you shoved a galaxy of dust over us. When you know what you've lost. It'll be too late. I've loved Alpha. I did. Now. Please leave."

But Lucus came back again and again. He can't leave his Omega; he knows Moni had no one but him.

Goosebumps bloomed under his skin. He bit his lips, swallowing the threatening urge to cut the distance between them and wrench the omega from his arms. Even Moni wore a scent blocker, yet Lucus could taste Moni's ripe strawberry scent under his bud. He licked his teeth.

He did.

His stomach churned in anticipation, getting addicted to the idea of winning his omega all over again. He would do it right this time. He'll damn well build a pathway of roses dipped in gold for his made-of-heaven omega to walk on. Alpha Lucus will have Omega Moni.

As he stared at the sleeping beauty in his bed. The emitting scent of raw arousal and the mouthwatering aroma of ripe strawberries drive his alpha crazy. He subconsciously growled, nuzzling his omegas, painted by the goddess herself, back. He licked the outline, admiring the light whimper of the squirming omega. "Mm alpha. Stop it. I'm tired." The alpha chuckled, tracing the phases with his trimmed nails.

He watched in a fascinating manner as shivers took over Moni's arched back.

The garden of Goosebumps made him lick his lips. He really had no idea how he flipped Moni on her stomach and climbed over her, bringing both hands behind his back. Moni moaned so loud, going slack, euphoric bubbles of strawberries clouding their little serenity-frowned-upon relationship.

Lucus growled, biting the shell of Moni's red ear and sucking the flesh. Moni was moaning feverishly, squirming in the heat of arousal. "Alpha. More. More. Please." She sniffled, pushing the arch of his back to meet Lucus. To feel its curve pocking her bared-ass cheeks.

The alpha bit the pulsing, obvious vein next to the omega's flattering scent gland. He caressed the skin with the tip of his tongue, releasing all of his affection. "I could stare at your back all day. I know I've kissed you before. But I didn't do it right."

Moni immediately tensed up. Her scent soured a bit with a pang of distress. Despite having the alpha work its thorny way back to Moni's heart, It still wasn't an easy topic. Moni made him sleep on her knees. She rocked him to the bottom of hell and pulled him to forgive the alpha. Moni's loving side was an easy task to show. But once she dared to summon his most powerful words, "Touch me, and I'll burn even your aches again," Not even the moon itself would bow to ask for forgiveness.

However, Lucus marched through it and kissed the fire.

Therefore, the shift in Moni's scent was expected and acceptable. He only pumped calming pheromones, remaining to rain kisses all over Moni's glistening back. "Can I try again, try again, try again?"

He had no idea when his vision got blurry until he noticed the wet drops sliding down Moni's back. There were so many of them. For how long did he pour them?" Try again.

Next Morning:

Moni was always so good at cooking, and Lucus smiled, taking a bite from the meat and looking over the lamp at her face. Both of them were smiling through the sadness. They knew they had to do this—let go.

"Alpha."

"Yes babe." Moni stood up and came to him. Lucus, already reading her mind, pushed back his chair, letting Moni sit on his lap. She is beautiful. Like always.

"You are getting married tomorrow, and I know you don't want to do this, but you don't have a choice. But Lucus, will you forget me? Will you stop thinking about me?"

Lucus smiled more and pecked her knuckles. "I will never forget you, love. As a married man, I shouldn't be thinking about you, but you know I wouldn't. I won't stop thinking about you. I will let Emma know who you are, and then you are going to keep seeing me without her knowing?"

Lucus just smiled when Moni's eyes sparkled. He pulled her by her neck and crashed their lips together, letting Moni run her hands under his white shirt on his back.

Things started getting heated when Lucius phone buzzed. "It's ok, Alpha. We knew this was going to happen soon." Moni said, patting Lucus back, while the man hugged her more, kissing her face slowly.

"You have to go."

"But I don't want to. I want to be here with you."

"Alpha. go. Don't create any problems, and let your father come at you. We will talk later. Go." She didn't wait any more and pushed the alpha away and stood up. She left the man there, walking towards her room and letting tears wet her cheeks. Lucus knew his Omega heart was breaking inside her.

And he promised himself that Emma James pain for all this wo

uld make her life a living hell.

'You want me as your Alpha; I will show you how bad an Alpha can be.'