Chapter 3

Moon's POV

Mine? Did I just hear him call me mine? I gaze at him with my brows scrunched at him in confusion and although I do feel a deep sense of connection and familiarity as I stand close to him. I am about to say something but the group of men I walked past earlier appear right in front of me. I hastily dash behind the young man for safety.

"Hey, it is Alpha Liam." I hear one among the group of men whisper to his gang.

Alpha Liam? Is it the same Alpha Liam I know? Alpha Liam of the Blood Moon pack? I sneak a glance at the young man and he has a poker face on.

"Stay away from her now!" The young man says in a commanding tone. Surprisingly for me, the group of men bow their heads in respect and hastily scurry off. Wow, did they become scared just by the sound of his voice?

"Are you alright?" He turns to glare at me with a concerned look on my face. I nod my head remaining fazed at what just happened. 

"I am Alpha Liam and I am deeply sorry about bumping into you earlier." He says with a small smile on his face.

"Alpha Liam of the Blood Moon pack?" I ask with a brow raised at him in curiosity. He nods his head in agreement and mutters "I see that you have heard of me." 

"Of course I have. I am from the Silverstone pack, I have heard a lot about you." I say taking a few steps backward. The Blood Moon pack is a rival pack to our pack. Our Alpha has told us several times about how ruthless and manipulative the Alpha of the Blood Moon pack is. We have also been warned to never associate ourselves with them. Judging from the few minutes I have spent with Alpha Liam, he does not match the criteria of a ruthless and manipulative Alpha.

"Oh, I see. The Silverstone pack? What a shame." Liam says shaking his head in disappointment.

"A shame that?" I ask.

"That my mate happens to be from a rival pack." Liam replies with a stern look on his face. I sigh heavily, did I just hear him address me as his mate? How and when?

"I am sorry but I am a little bit confused here. At first, you addressed me as yours which I chose to ignore because I thought that I probably misheard you but now you just called me your mate. That is not a coincidence right?" I ask.

Liam shakes his head in disagreement. He smiles at me and says "I can feel this connection with you, I know you can feel it too. This type of connection only means one thing." He pauses to clear his throat "A mate Bond." 

He is not lying though, I feel this sense of deep connection around me and as much as I want to deny it, I am very sure that it is evident.

"I think you might be getting ahead of yourself. How can you be my mate when I know nothing about you? We have never even met before." I say.

"Exactly, that is why Fate brought us to each other." Liam says. I roll my eyes, I just got rejected by Aiden and now the supposed ruthless Alpha of the Blood Moon pack claims to be my mate, is this some kind of trick just so he can infiltrate our pack and destroy every one of us?

"I am not falling for that. Also, fate did not bring us together. We only happened to meet by chance. I needed fresh air so I went outside for a walk." I say. 

"It is dangerous to go outside for walks by this time. Did your Alpha not emphasize deep on that or was he too stupid to remember to warn his pack members?" Liam retorts with an irritated look on his face. I scoff and shake my head "Actually, I was the stupid one for not listening." I say.

Liam sighs, places his hand on my shoulder, and says "I can feel that your wolf is troubled. What happened?" He has a concerned look on his face, although his concern is mixed with worry.

"Nothing, why would I even talk to a stranger that I know nothing about aside from the fact that he is manipulative and ruthless." I say.

Liam chokes out a small laughter and I can not help but admit to myself how charming his smile is.

"Those are all just rumors. You do not think I am ruthless, do you?" He asks placing his hand on his chest in fake hurt.

I shake my head in disagreement "No actually. Even though we have only just known each other for like ten minutes or less." I say.

Liam nods his head. He turns to me and grabs my hand. The feeling of his touch on my skin makes electricity course through my veins and the butterflies in my belly rise. I suddenly feel safe and warm knowing that I have his hands intertwined with mine.

"How about this? You tell me what is bothering you while I walk you back to your pack house. How does that sound to you?" Liam asks. It sounds nice actually. I think what I needed was some company, all I needed was just a friend.

"Okay, fine but you have to promise me that you will not mock me for what I am about to tell you." I say as we slowly walk. His hands remain intertwined with mine and he strolls beside me while sneaking glances at me.

"I promise. Before you talk about any of that. I just realized that you never told me your name." Liam says with a questioning look.

"Moon." I reply. 

"Very beautiful name. That was my mother's name." Liam says with a sad smile. The smile on his face makes me understand that his mother is probably no longer alive. 

"Anyways, back to you! What is that you think I would mock you for?" Liam asks changing the subject. I am glad he did because I am not really good at giving condolences to people. 

"Apparently, I have this friend. His name is Aiden. I thought he was my destined mate so I confessed my love to him right in front of everyone at the dining hall." I say using my other hand to cover my face to hide the embarrassment.

"He rejected you? That is great." Liam says. I glance at him in shock and he has a big smile plastered on his face.

"I mean if he had accepted you then I would have never met you, Moon, it is sort of a win for me." Liam says. I scoff and shake my head at him but at the same time, I can not help but smile.

Throughout my years of living, I have never felt loved before, Aiden's rejection made me feel worse and it made me believe that I could never be loved but hearing Liam talk today, makes me feel happy.

I think I might be able to give love another chance.