Chapter 5

Mira's POV

I shoved my phone under my pillow and jumped out of bed to close the windows as if that would somehow keep whoever knew my dirty secret away.

No one could find out about this and yet someone knew. Hadn't we been careful enough?

I leaned against the window practising simple breathing exercises as my mind raced with different scenarios all of which ended in my mother being disappointed with me.

Tears welled up in my eyes and I suddenly burst out laughing, the ridiculousness of the situation hilarious.

“What kind of sick game are you playing with me, moon goddess?” I wshoepred too scared to scream for fear someone outside might hear.

I had just done a very disgusting thing and even if my mum found out, she'd never forgive me.

This was the first man she finally found happiness with after my shitty ass father almost ruined our lives.

Granted Alpha Remy wasn't her mate either but at least he cared enough about her to stay.

Jumping onto my bed, I grabbed my pillow and screamed into it in frustration.

What was I going to do? If there was someone that knew about us then I had to reject Kayden and debunk the story fast so that when the person eventually came out to tell the tale, they'd look like the idiot.

Even if the person had clips from when he kissed me at the wedding, we could deny everything and say that was before I knew who he was.

We could blame it on the mate bond and point out that we'd rejected each other afterwards because we placed our parents' happiness over ours.

Their happily ever after mattered more than anything we could wish for.

“Yes that's what has to happen,” I whispered to myself as tears began rolling down my cheeks.

Kayden and I had a whole unique situation that had to be dealt with with maximum cautiousness.

We were still very young and would have no problem meeting other people in our lifetime and finding love.

My mum and Alpha Remy on the other hand were at a critical point in their lives where they couldn't just find someone else well my mum more than him because she was an older woman and men never really went for women with kids.

Alpha Remy had probably only been attracted to her because she had kids just like him so they found a common ground on which their love grew.

And it wasn't a lie, Kayden had rejected me but our wolves were fighting against it hence the intensity of our attraction everytime we were two feets apart.

But we couldn't let our wolves, the animalistic sides of us dictate what happened in our lives.

We had to be the rational ones and make up our minds to do the right thing by our parents.

Our parents have made several sacrifices for us up until this moment so if this was the one thing we could do to pay them back then surely it wasn't so difficult?

Sobs wracked my body and I gave him crying my eyes out.

I don't know how long I was in my room for and I must have fallen asleep because the next time I opened my eyes, someone was banging on my room door loudly.

“Mira! Wake up sleepyhead,”

Groggily, I made my way to the door my mind foggy and unclear.

Openings it, I found myself staring at Zane. Immediately the haze passed and I frowned.

“Finally,” she rolled her eyes, sarcasm dripping from her tone. “How could you sleep so deeply?”

“Zane? What are you doing here?”

She shrugged as if her standing outside my room was the most natural thing. “Am I not welcome here? Is that it?”

I rolled my eyes and stepped aside for her to walk in. “What are you doing here Zane?”

“No reason bestie, I just missed you so much,” she hugged me and I narrowed my eyes.

Something was definitely wrong.

“Zane honey,” I starred as I pulled away from the hug and looked at her. She was a few inches shorter than me which gave me an advantage. “What's wrong? Did you and Cameron have a fight?”

“Of course,” she replied too quickly and shook her head, confirming my suspicions.

My protective instincts kicked in and I quickly led her to the bed so we could talk about whatever it was. “Come here babe,”

She didn't resist and together we sat on the bed. I winced as a sharp pain in my hip prevented me from sitting properly.

“What's wrong?” She asked, jumping to her feet. Quickly she scanned my body with her eyes while her hands double-checked.

When her fingers grazed my hip once more, I hissed in pain and she gasped.

“Oh my God you have an injury,” she touched it again and this time I let out a piercing scream. “Oh dear, what happened?”

I cast my mind back to the events of the day and what could have caused this.

Images from when I fell in my mother's bathroom after Kayden proudly announced how he has rejected me flashed in my mind and I shook my head, feigning ignorance.

“I have no idea.” I lied through my teeth and she sighed. “But it's fine. I'm sure it'll disappear in a couple of days.”

She narrowed her eyes at me. “Young lady, that isn't fine. You're in pain. Wait, why are you naked?”

I flushed and looked down at my body and sure enough, I hadn't put clothes after everything that happened earlier.

My mind began racing as I remembered the anonymous text but I schooled my expression not wanting to give anything away.

“Alright get up, we're going to on an adventure but in this case to the pack clinic.”

Immediately I declined. “It's not that serious Zane, I think you're overreacting.”

She scoffed and got up from my bed. Without saying another word, she walked to my closet and began pursuing through it, trying to find me an outfit.

“Seriously Zane there's no need for…”

She held up her hand as she turned to face me, one of my sundresses in her hand. “Shush. You're not getting out of this one so easily. Now stop being stubborn and put this on. Or would you prefer I call your mother?”

That got me jumping off my bed instantly. I didn't want to worry my mother with something so tribal.

“I hate you,” I whispered as I slipped into the dress.

“I love you bitch,” she chuckled and helped me get dressed.