Chapter 2

IVY'S POV

I can’t stop staring at my mate. He halts in motion and just fixes his gaze at me. My whole body isn’t responding anymore and it seems as though we are the only people around.

He immediately proposes a truce and moves towards me. My heart tingles as I am too anxious to stay and so spontaneously, I slip my way out from his presence as he advances.

“Hey, hey” he calls out, but I am too busy running away to even pay attention to him calling me.

“ why are you running?” Sabrina questions me but I don’t even know why I’m running, but I keep on running. My heart drums hard but finally I reach my home.

I press my back behind the wall of my room and my right hand on my chest. I really can’t believe that I just met my mate. I gasp for air and bend my neck slightly.

“Why are you running?” Sabrina asks again.

“I actually do not know” I say to myself and shrug on realization that I have no reason to run.

“Oh my goodness, I can’t believe this” I cover my face after blushing and collapse on the bed. Now I know what it means to have butterflies in your belly because I have it now. My heart is sprinting faster than usual. I wasn’t expecting to see my mate, but I just did. At some point, I didn’t even think I had a mate. 

“He is so strong and handsome,” Sabrina whines inside. I chuckle and just keep blushing and grinning .

“The best gift ever the moon goddess has given to me on my birthday” I stand up from the bed and break a deep sigh. I spread my hands wide and make a twirl.

But then I am uncertain if he is going to like me back because of my scar. As soon as this hits my head, the smile on my face immediately withers away on staring at myself in the mirror. Who is going to like a scarred woman? 

I raise my right hand and brush it on the path which my face is scarred. Tears forms in my eyes and I just wish I never have this scar.

Stream of tears flow down even though I try to hold it back. I know I have been strong for myself and since I have no one else to stand by me than myself, but my scar is the only thing that breaks my resolve.

My heart hurts so bad and I can’t control the tears that flows from my eyes. 

“Ivy, get grip of yourself!” Sabrina growls inside. 

“Don’t tell me you want to be a barrier between me and meeting my mate?” She snaps inside. She nearly rends me with the loudness of her voice in my head.

“But he isn’t going to like me with my scar” I mutter in a soft voice. My hand is trembling and now my head down. 

“I think you should give him the chance to make his choice. I know they are going to like us.” She says.

I raise my head up and sigh. Afterall, what’s the harm in trying. 

“Yes, I am going to meet him tonight” I affirm and broaden my cheeks in a smile. I am anxious as well but then I need to do this. Sabrina cheers in and I can’t help but keep simpering. Sabrina is more than just my wolf, she is more like a best friend to me. At least the best friend I didn’t have due to the discrimination from other girls, I got her within.

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It’s evening time and I am already dressed and prepared to go see my mate. The thing that is making me happy is the fact that he is so strong and handsome. His chestnut eyes and black beards were so luring. Gosh, I couldn’t take my eyes off his well sculpted face when I saw him. His muscles stood out and his eyes were mystic. 

I sigh and smile as I stare at myself in the mirror. I am fully ready for this because I already made some food that I will share with him when I meet him.  I look in the mirror and I am wearing my best dress, which is a sleek black gown. 

I walk out of my room after gathering courage. A smirk is permanently on my face as I stride downstairs.

“And where are you going to?” My mom's voice startles me. I roll my eyes not knowing what to tell her because I don’t plan on telling her the truth, of course not now. I twitch my eyes and turn frantically . She stands behind me with an unsmiling face. 

“I umm want to umm” I stutter and surf my eyes around, thinking of the right lie to tell her.

“You know what, I don’t even care where ever you go to. Just make sure you come back home before nine PM or else you know what’s happening to you” she bawls and walks away. I exhale and click my teeth seeing that my own mom doesn’t even care about me or even cares to know where her daughter is going out to.

I walk away with a morose countenance.

I finally reached the mansion of the blue moon pack. I walk in without hesitation. The blue moon pack is the strongest pack in the whole region and I hear that the offspring of the alpha lineage has an additional power which was given to them by some witch. I am not really sure though, but it’s just rumour.

I roam around in the large house, staring around and gushing at how beautifully the house is built and furnished.  Those around just smile at me and allow me to tread, maybe they think I am one of the cooks, I don’t know but neither do I mind. Anyways I don’t care about that, but I just follow the scent I get. As much as I am scarred, my scent is so strong that I can pick the scent of someone miles away and not talk to of my mate. At least I am not bad in all.

I head towards a passage where his nosegay gets stronger. His scent gets stronger and stronger when I advance a room. The door is slightly open and I am certain that it is his room. 

“It’s about time”I whisper to myself and sigh deeply before I make the step of my life. 

On reaching the door, I peep a little and my hands quiver at what I behold, with tears rolling down my eyes. Asher, my mate is kissing Taika. 

“I accept you as my mate, and I’m going to announce to the pack tomorrow” he smiles at her and kisses her on the forehead with his hand wrapped around her neck.

My eyes widen as the one person whom I thought would be mine isn’t mine. I am now sure I’m cursed…