Mated To The Enemy Alpha

    Scene 1: The Contract Celebration

The Blackthorn mansion was very big and very rich. Lights shone everywhere and the floor was gold. 

The walls were silver with big g glass chandeliers hung from the ceiling. They sparkled like stars.

The whole place smelt of sweet, they smelt like roses and power.

The top clans were here tonight and witches in long black dresses. 

Vampires with red eyes and sharp teeth. Alphas in dark suits with proud eyes. 

They laughed, they whispered and they showed off their power. They drank glowing wine.

They all came to see me.

My car stopped outside the mansion and a servant opened the door.

I stepped out slowly.

Flash. Flash. Flash.

Camera blinded me and I didn’t blink, I didn't wave and I didn’t smile.

I walked straight, like I didn’t see anyone. I was cold and calm, like a king.

Inside the ballroom, the air was thick. It smelt like old magic and fake smiles and saw her right away.

Selene Aldair. My fiancée.

She was tall, pale, and perfect. Her dress was ice-blue, it was soft like water and her lips were painted red. Her white-blond hair was tied up like a crown.

She turned her head and looked at me like I was already belonged to her.

“Lucian,” she said with a smile. “Try not to look so angry. You will ruin the photos.”

I didn’t answer.

I looked down at her hand and a silver ring shone on her finger.

It was the binding ring.

I felt it pulling me like a heavy chain and my chest felt tight.

Her father stood beside her. Lord Aldair. He led the High Council. He was the most powerful man here, right after me.

His smile was cold and they were full of secrets.

“Tonight,” he said, and placed a heavy hand on my shoulder, “is the beginning of a great future.”

I nodded and I said nothing.

I have learnt how to smile when I want to scream.

Jax, my Beta, walked up to me and he leaned close and whispered, “Council spies. At least five.”

“I see them,” I said.

A waiter passed with a silver tray of glowing drinks and I grabbed one. I drank it so fast and it burnt my throat.

Selene watched me and her smile was sharp.

She thought she had won and I felt like I was already trapped.

I held my phone to my ear, and I pretended I got a call.

Then I turned and walked away, I was quiet and fast. I pushed open a side door and I stepped outside.

The cold air hit my face and I breathed in deep and finally I could breathe well again.

The stars were high and clear and the sky was black and wide. I looked up at it like I wanted to run away into it.

Then something changed and I smelled it.

It was a pine tree, smoke and something wild and a male.

My wolf inside me lifted his head and he growled.

What is that? Crash!

A loud sound behind me.

A tray fell to the floor and I spun around when a man stumbled out of the service door.

He froze when he saw me and I stared at him.

He was tall, broad and his dark hair was messy.

 His face was sharp, but there was a scar down one side of his cheek and one of his eyes was gold and the other was green.

It was strange, beautiful and dangerous.

He looked straight at me and I felt it.

Then my heart stopped and my wolf growled low.

Mate.

I stepped back and my chest jumped.

No. No. This isn’t right, he is a man.

The waiter lifted one eyebrow. “Problem?” he asked, but I didn’t speak.

He walked forward, slow. He was calm, too calm and too close.

He placed the tray down on the ledge beside us.

Then he stepped closer, I mean too close.

“Go,” I said quietly.

“Why?” he asked in a soft voice.

He walked past me, and when he brushed by, our hands touched.

It was just a second.

But then… I felt it.

A spark.

And a burn hot and sharp.

Like fire moving under my skin.

My breath caught. I gasped.

The mate mark.

It flickered right there, glowing faintly under my skin like a hidden flame.

I stepped back, feeling light-headed.

“What… what trick is this?” I whispered. My voice shook.

He didn’t answer right away.

He only smiled. Not a cruel smile. A calm one. Like he already knew something I didn’t.

“You tell me, Alpha,” he said, voice low and steady.

That was when my wolf growled.

Loud.

Deep inside my chest.

It wasn’t just a sound, it was a pull, a need. My wolf was pacing now, restless, ready to break out.

No.

This was wrong.

This couldn’t be real.

I was not supposed to feel this.

I was not supposed to feel anything for him.

I was engaged to Selene.

She was inside the hall, smiling, waiting.

There were cameras.

There were spies.

There were Council members watching everything.

But right now... none of that mattered.

Because my wolf had already chosen.

But right now, I couldn't think about anything else again, Jax’s voice is close. I hear footsteps coming.

And I grabbed the man’s wrist and pulled him down a dark hallway.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“I am Kai”

His eyes shone in the dark. “What magic is this?” I whispered.

He leaned in near, it was too near.

“I didn’t do anything,” he said and his voice was low. “You felt it. Didn’t you?

Because I did feel it.

Every part of me felt it.

I slammed him hard against the wall and my hands gripped his coat. My breath was also fast.

He didn’t blink, he didn’t move, he just stared at me like he already knew me.

“Say something,” I whispered. “Lie. Deny it.”

He leaned in close and his lips brushed my jaw. It was so soft and so warm.

“I would,” he said. “but your wolf already claimed me.”

I froze and then I kissed him. It was hard, it was like fire, like war, it was like I couldn't stop.

And maybe, I didn’t want to.