Chapter 1: He Is Your Enemy!

“I reject you, Lily!” Alpha Dylan spat, his voice echoing through Fireflies Pack.

Lily’s world stopped at that instant, and in the next seconds, the whole mating ceremony was filled with whispers of confusion. Lily’s widened eyes were glued to Alpha Dylan, the love of her life and the mate of her dreams. “You have got to be kidding, right? The chiefs asked you to mark me. You are to mark me! Go ahead!” She pleaded, trying so hard to swallow the embarrassment she felt from what he had just uttered, but her words were met with an icy glare from him.

“Alpha Dylan, did you just reject your Luna to be? If so, what are your reasons?” One of the chiefs demanded.

“She is impure and unworthy to have me as her mate and Alpha.” He spat again. This time, it struck Lily’s heart without restraint.

Her tears were already streaming down her cheeks. “We are in love, Dylan! You wanted me last night so badly that I gave in, and this is what I get? I’m not worthy of you? How?” She muttered and tried to get close to him but ended up on the floor.

He just pushed her!

Lily couldn’t stand the humiliation. This was supposed to be her mating ceremony. Her day of joy! She tried to stand up but got kicked down, and this time not by the Alpha, but by her mother. “Mom! Mom, please!” She cried and quickly got up and tried to hug her mother.

“You are a disgrace to me! I raised you better than this.” Her mother yelled with so much anger. Lily couldn’t believe her ears. She grabbed her long white hair in frustration. “You aren’t pure even after all the values I threw your way? Disgusting child!”

“But he is responsible…”

“Shut up!” Her mother screamed at the top of her voice and stormed out of the mating ceremony ground. Lily got it! Her mother didn’t think she could stand the shame that came with this public rejection, so she decided to publicly isolate herself from her.

Silence followed right after as everyone kept their gaze on her, wondering what she was up to. “You used me, and now you have rejected me. Please don’t regret this.” She muttered quietly, staring into Dylan’s red eyes with so much hurt and pain in her sparkling green eyes. She didn’t think he had a good reason to do that. He just wanted to be as evil as he had always been. “Goodbye!” She spat, turned, and slowly staggered out of the ceremony ground in shame and under the judgmental gazes of everyone present.

“End of celebration. Everyone go back to your various duties,” Alpha Dylan ordered confidently as though nothing just happened and stormed into the palace building.

Lily couldn’t feel herself anymore until she got to the border of the Fireflies Pack. She stopped and looked around the whole pack. This was Fireflies Pack, a town nestled in the heart of the Lunar Mountains, home to the ancient Fireflies werewolf pack. This used to be her home but not anymore. There was no way she felt she could breathe in this pack anymore. Her tears wouldn’t stop falling, and her wolf was threatening to come out, but she had to suppress it. Why bring it out? There was nothing to fight! Lily walked out of the pack without looking back and made her way far away to places she had no idea about.

It was midnight already, and Lily was very tired. She was in the middle of the forest already but stood in a clearing. There was a warehouse very close to her, but fear wouldn’t let her step closer. “I will just rest here,” she muttered in her heart and lay on the bare ground, hoping to continue her unknown journey the next day.

She opened her eyes the next morning and was met with black eyes staring into hers. Startled, she sat up and curled up in a corner. “Who are you? Please don’t hurt me!” She begged weakly as she shivered just by staring at this strong-looking man with a dangerous aura similar to that of Alpha Dylan.

“You have already been hurt. No need to touch you further. Get up and follow me,” he spat, and that went straight for her heart. She got up and followed him weakly until they got to a border with a huge sign board that read “Blood Moon Pack.”

This was the enemy of the Fireflies Pack.

Lily froze.

She hesitated to cross into the pack, but this man wasn’t interested in her feelings as he grabbed her hands and threw her into the pack. She followed him all the way to the huge palace similar to that of the Fireflies Pack. The moment they got in, Lily realized that he was the Alpha of the pack. That got her really stunned. He must be Gabriel! She thought and looked up at him, managing to stare at his face. “I know you hate Alpha Dylan. What do you want from me?” She asked him the moment he led her to a chamber.

“What do I want?” He replied and sat on his throne. “I heard what happened and sent my warriors to track you. You might be useless to Dylan, but you aren’t to me. He humiliated you. He is your enemy! Do you agree with that?” He asked her, and she raised her head and nodded. “Do you want justice to be served on your behalf someday?” He asked again, and she nodded in agreement. “Well, only you can give yourself that justice that you deserve, and that can only depend on how hard you work from today.”

“I am weak! Please help me!” She said and ran closer to his feet, begging.

“You aren’t. You have your unique abilities. The priestess of this pack will be here first thing tomorrow morning. Prepare to see her,” he said and signaled for a maid at the door to take her to an arranged room.

Lily sat in her room all day, doing her best to get over the hurt that was burning the whole of her. She got served twice that day but couldn’t eat. Sitting on the bed, she curled up and stared out of the window till it was midnight. The next morning, she got tapped, and when she opened her eyes, it was the same maid. “Good morning! The Alpha just sent for you,” she told her, and Lily yawned and got up. “You might want to clean up first,” the maid said and left.

After getting cleaned up for the day, she opened the wardrobe and was surprised to see several female warrior’s outfits. With a chuckle, she wore a green outfit that matched perfectly with her eyes and walked straight to the chamber to see the Alpha. “Here is the priestess,” he muttered and pointed towards an old lady. Stunned, she tried to act like she wasn’t scared as she then went closer to her.

The old lady grinned and turned to look at the Alpha. “You have got a star In here.”

“Leave, Lily!” He suddenly ordered, and she ran out and stood outside the chamber without knowing what other conversations they had. An hour later, the Alpha stepped out of the chamber and tapped her on her shoulder. “Meet me at the field!” he ordered, walking, and she ran after him. The moment they got to the huge field at the Blood Moon pack’s palace, he brought out his mighty sword, attacking her instantly.