Chapter 4

Moon's POV

We come to a stop in front of my pack house. I turn to gaze at Liam but surprisingly he already has his eyes on me. I smile shyly and fiddle with my palms, just the way he glares at me is enough to melt my heart and make me smile.

Liam clears his throat and points towards the gate.

"You have to go in right?" He asks raising a brow at me. With all sincerity, I do not want to. I enjoyed every bit of my time with Liam and I want more. No one has ever made me feel this way before, not even Aiden. I mean I feel loved, I feel like he enjoys my company.

I nod my head in agreement. "Thank you for walking me back to my pack house and for saving my life." I say. I attempt to walk towards the gate but Liam grabs me by the wrist so quickly. I turn to raise a brow at him in confusion.

"Moon. I was going to ask if we could see each other again. I mean just stay friends at least until you agree to accept me as your mate." He says.

I release a heavy sigh, as much as I want to agree to have Liam as my mate. I can not trust him, not when I just got rejected by Aiden a few days ago, everything is still like a surprise to me. I always believed that Aiden and I were destined for each other but after he rejected me in front of everyone and made it clear that I was only his friend and nothing more, I do not think I can trust anyone after that.

"Calm down Moon, I am not rushing you at all I swear. I just want you to know that I am interested in you and your personality." Liam says with a reassuring smile.

I nod my head and say "Well, in that case, I guess we can see each other tomorrow. Although I would have to be careful about it because no one should know that I am seeing the Alpha of a rival pack." I say in a low tone.

Surprisingly, a big smile spreads across Liam's face as he nods his head excitedly. Wow, I did not think I was doing him such a huge favor, that means he must like me.

"Thank you, I will see you tomorrow. Same place yeah?" He asks. I nod my head in agreement. Hopefully, the same muscular men from earlier do not come for me tomorrow.

"Or I could stop by at the front of your packhouse?" Liam asks with a small shrug. I nudge his shoulder and hastily shake my head in disagreement. He could get caught and the both of us would be in trouble for it.

"No, it is fine. I will see you at the same spot I saw you today. Goodnight." I say hastily. I do not wait for his reply, I slowly push the gate open and step into the pack compound. I wait for the guards to snap at me for sneaking out in the first place but surprisingly there is no one around. I take it as a big opportunity for me. I hastily dash into the hallways and make my way towards my room. I push the door open and throw myself on the bed. 

A huge smile spreads across my face and that is when I realize that I might have enjoyed Liam's company way more than he enjoyed mine.

I like him and I think he must be right, we are most likely destined for each other. I just need time, time, and space for myself and I hope Liam can wait for me.

The next day, I do not waste time. Once it is evening, I escape out of the pack house just to see Liam and like promised, I see him waiting for me at the spot we met yesterday. I felt happy to see him and we bonded over a lot of things that we seem to have in common.

It goes on like that for the next few days, I keep seeing Liam until I start to wonder if this might be too good to be real, my mind tells me that this is not going to last for a long while but I find it hard to accept the simple truth, I do not want any of this to end. Not when I am slowly becoming very attached to him, although when has things ever been good for me? I sigh when I realize that every good thing that has happened to me before has always been temporary.

I walk out of my room not after taking one last glance at myself in the mirror. I have been doing that a lot too, checking myself and making sure I look pretty enough for Liam. I do not know when all of this started but I think my feelings for Liam keep intensifying each minute I spend time with him. I do not know if it is a good thing, especially when I have a bad feeling that something is about to go wrong.

I run a hand through my hair in frustration and brush off the bad feeling. I will just see Liam and ask him to be more careful. I walk out of my room and make my way down the stairs. As usual, everywhere is quiet and the guards are not at the gate. That is how it has been for the past few days now, the guards have been leaving the gate and I am starting to think that they might just be neglecting their jobs and drinking their lives away.

Anyway, it is a win for me. I take that opportunity to sneak out. My hands reach for the gate and I am about to unlock it until I hear someone yell my name.

My entire body freezes and my hands become really cold at the familiarity of the voice. I gulp a lump down my throat and slowly turn around to gaze at the culprit. It is no one other than Aiden himself. What is he doing here and why does it feel like he has been following me?

I clutch my chest tight and pause to release a heavy sigh of relief. At least I was not caught by someone in a higher position in the pack.

"Moon?" Aiden calls out my name and I fight the urge to warm him to never call out my name.

"What do you want?" I snap at him with a frown on my face. Aiden slowly walks towards me with his hands tucked into his sweatpants. He finally freezes in his steps right in front of me and sighs heavily.

"How are you? How have you been?" Aiden asks with a genuinely concerned look on his face. What is with the sudden random question? Anyway, I answer him to avoid any suspicions. I do not want him to know that I have been seeing Alpha Liam unless he might ruin everything. I play along and reply. "I have been good, thank you for asking."

"You sure?" He asks. Why is he pushing further? Is there something Aiden is here to tell me? I do not honestly like this feeling, the feeling that he is about to say something shocking.

"Why would I not be? Do you expect me to cry my eyes out every single day just because you rejected me?" I snap at him.

"I see you have moved on." Aiden says rubbing his chin. I stagger backward and gulp a lump down my throat as his next words cause me to shiver in fear.

"I know you have been seeing Alpha Liam of the Blood Moon pack."