Chapter 3 - His Chosen Mate

AURORA P.O.V

I made my way to my room on the first floor, and I heard Lola speaking to Linda again in her mocking tone.

"Wait a minute. Do not tell me that Aurora is now a prophetess. Hahaha!" Lola laughed heavily, and I glanced back as I stood in the corridor leading to my room. She was clutching her belly. However, I caught sight of the little pup she carried, unaware.

A vision came to me, and I froze as I saw my older brother, Kaleb, fụcking Lola in his room.

"Damn it, Lola! You're Kaleb's mate!" I growled. Lola stilled and turned to me in horror.

"How did you know?" Lola looked terrified, and I laughed, then walked back into the living room to face her.

"Do you now believe that I am a prophetess or not? Oh no. Poor pup you carry in your womb. Unfortunately, Kaleb is not ready to accept you as his mate. He fucks you for free and looks for a higher-ranking she-wolf since you're an Omega like me."

I smirked. The color fled from Lola's face, and she looked like she had stumbled upon a ghost.

"How did you know that Kaleb is my mate? Did you catch us mating?" she asked, panicked. Linda's eyes widened in shock at Lola's question.

"Wait a minute, Lola. So all those times you claimed that brother Kaleb asked you to bring his meals to his study, you two ended up fụcking?" Linda looked shocked because Lola had never told her this deep secret.

"Yes. Kaleb's my mate. But he said he will make us official once he becomes the new beta after his father," Lola said, crossing her arms.

"And you believe him?" Linda asked, shocked.

"I do not have a choice. Kaleb's my mate," Lola repeated, her pride crumbling.

"And the baby? Does Kaleb know you are pregnant?" Linda asked, her voice trembling as I stood watching them.

"No, no. I am not pregnant!" Lola cried out, and I laughed.

"Well, you are. Get ready for Kaleb's rejection, and do not say I didn't warn you. It's best that you run away with your pup, or he will kick it out of your womb. You know how furious brother Kaleb can be," I said with a smirk and walked back to my room.

"I don't believe anything Aurora says!" Lola shrieked, but Linda tried to pacify her.

"Aurora could be a prophetess for real. She knows that my father is desperate for a son, and now she says he will bring his mistress home," Linda said, both of them doubting me.

However, I went to my room, shut the door, and asked Malani, "Are you a prophetess?"

"Haha. I am not. But it is part of your gift to see. My own duty is to guide you and strengthen you," she said.

"Alright. But I will learn not to tell everyone what I see, before they suspect that I have you. My family wouldn't change even if they learned of you. They might become worse," I said, my voice quavering, and Malani advised me.

"Have hope," she said, and I felt better.

Climbing onto my bed, I rested my head on the pillow to sleep. However, while I lay asleep on the bed, Malani stayed awake, keeping guard and watching over me.

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ALPHA XANDER P.O.V

"What took you so long to arrive, babe?" I asked my girlfriend, Quincy, as she arrived at my father's Alpha mansion late.

"I am sorry, babe. Something came up at home. Aurora stole this lovely Jade earrings that you bought for me on my 19th birthday," Quincy said, showing me the earrings on her ears.

"Aurora stole from you? How dare she? Did you punish her?" I asked firmly, pissed that someone dared to steal from my girlfriend.

"Of course, Alpha Xander. We had Aurora punished," Beta Adrian Stanley said. He was my father's beta and Quincy's dad.

"Good. Let's go in. The birthday has already started, and I just stepped out to find out what's wrong," I said, and I led Quincy back into the house.

However, I drew close to Quincy and sniffed her neck, and she froze.

"What's wrong, Xander?" she asked, shocked by my behavior.

"Nothing. Just that you smell so different. Like Jasmine," I said, because that was my mother's scent, and she was called Jasmine too.

"Oh, really?" Quincy purred, before a deep scowl settled on her face.

"What's wrong?" I asked her as we walked into the hall, her family following behind us.

Quincy shook her head and said, "Nothing. Actually, I just remembered that I bought a jasmine perfume at the market today. But I didn't know if you would like it. I mostly love to wear marigold scent," she said, and I nodded.

"I know. It's just that this Jasmine reminds me so much of my mother. You know how much I have missed her," I said, taking Quincy's right hand once more as I sniffed more of the jasmine scent.

"You should wear this often. Come on, let's go in," I said before leading Quincy inside the celebration hall.

"Alpha Xander, about your mother, when will she recover?" Quincy asked, as the Luna position was still vacant. My mother was mentally ill and could not function as the Luna, so that fell to my younger sister, Bailey, to fill the Luna position.

Bailey found her mate two years ago, and she is married with two pups. Her mate is Steven Edmond, my Gamma. So he allowed Bailey to fill my mother's role.

"Let's not talk about my mother. Today is about me and you. I want to marry you, even if you are not my real mate," I whispered into Quincy's ears, and she blushed.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Let's join in the activities first," I said before holding her right hand, which held so much of the Jasmine scent that I liked.

"Attention, everyone," I said to the gathered crowd — elders, young men, and beautifully dressed women — all here to witness my 27th birthday celebration.

"Thank you all for taking the time to come and celebrate me, your future Alpha King," I said, and my father smiled at me proudly.

"I promise to lead this Autumn Pack well. Also, I have made up my mind to choose Quincy Stanley here as my chosen mate," I announced, and everyone clapped. However, my father's deep voice boomed from the front seat where he sat in the celebration room.

"No way, Xander. You cannot crown an ordinary woman as your Luna. She will become as mentally ill as your mother. Only your real mate is allowed to sit on that Luna's chair or wear the Queen's crown," my father declared, and I scowled.

I knew that my father and my mother dated and gave birth to me and my sister, before my dad officially became the Alpha King. When he crowned my mother as his Luna, she went mad. To this day, there has been no cure. We invited many healers and herbalists, and they said only the new Luna can cure my mother. So far, I didn't have a real mate. This has held me back from getting Quincy pregnant because my father is against it. In short, he believes we are under a curse: if I don't find my real mate — just as he rejected his own real mate for my mother — then I will not be able to have an heir.

"Dad, this is bullshit!" I snapped, fury surging through me.

"I announced Quincy as my Luna, and no one else is fit to wear the crown but her. I am ready to marry Quincy. If you are afraid she might go mad or sick, then she will not wear the crown, but she will be my wife," I declared, and my father scowled.

However, before I could finish my statement, the chief priest, Wise one Jeffrey Miles, walked in.

"Wise one," we bowed at him, because he was over 100 years old. Yet he appeared ageless and fit, walking without a cane and possessing a youthful glow.