Chapter 2

Viola's POV

"Alpha, when did you get those tattoos?” I asked again as I shook Alpha’s body a little harder.

Alpha, who had his eyes closed a moment ago, slowly turned to face me. Maybe he was quite surprised by what I had just done. I felt guilty because I should have let him sleep to rest after a long day.

I could see the shock on the Alpha's face. He couldn’t stop looking at me. He looked me over from head to toe.

"Who are you?"

The baritone voice sounded so loud and booming in my ears, making my body feel stiff. I stood still for a few moments, staring at the man who was now under the same blanket as me.

How could he not recognize me?

"Alpha, I'm your Luna. Don't you recognize me?" my voice trembled, as my confusion grew.

I took the Alpha by the shoulders and directed his body to face me. Our eyes met, and I hoped to find some answers behind that cold stare. He just looked at me with slightly raised eyebrows, as if I was a stranger to him.

"Luna? What the hell are you doing? I'm not even married," he replied in a flat yet firm tone.

My heart ached as if it were being sliced by a rusty knife. How could he say that?

We had just said our vows tonight, under the full moon. I could feel the mate bond between us, the bond that strengthened each Alpha and his Luna. But why didn't he remember any of that?

"Alpha Edward, I am your Luna, Viola. We just got married earlier tonight. You can't have forgotten that, right?" I asked softly, begging him to remember the memories that should still be fresh in his mind.

His face did not change; it remained calm, like still water, and there was no hint of recognition in his eyes. He even chuckled, a laugh that was not friendly at all.

"Don't talk crap! I'm not Edward, I'm Evan, the Alpha of pack Bloodwind!"

My eyes widened. My body moved backward, along with my racing heart. I yanked the blanket up to cover my half-exposed chest.

"Evan?"

"Yes."

This is impossible!

How could my husband claim to be someone else? I was certain that he was Edward, my husband, the Alpha of the Winterblood pack. I knew every inch of his face, every movement of his body, and I couldn't be wrong. But that look in his eyes, that tone of voice, it all felt foreign.

But one thing left me even more stunned. I looked again at the tattoos on his muscular arms. I was again shocked and saddened because, from what I remembered, Edward did not have any tattoos on his arms.

"This... This has to be a joke, right?" my voice was almost inaudible.

I hoped there was a logical explanation behind all of this. I wanted him to explain everything. However, he just looked at me with piercing eyes.

"I don't know who you are but don't ever claim to be my Luna again. I don't have a Luna, and I've never been married. All this time I've only slept with bitches that I paid to satisfy my desires. So if you're that bitch, you'd better get out of my room now or I'll fuck you again!" he added coldly, dismissing me coldly, choosing to close his eyes again.

His words made me even angrier. He had indirectly insulted me and called me a bitch. Angrily, I pulled the blanket off Evan's body tightly.

“Damn it! You were the one who came into my room and asked to sleep with me! Now you better get out of here, because this is my room. And you're in my palace!"

"What the hell?"

Evan got up and approached me on the bed. We were still both undressed, and there was only a blanket covering both of our bodies.

He looked very angry as he approached me. Without warning, Evan suddenly grabbed my neck. He was strangling me!

"Don't ever blame me, if you also enjoy playing with my body! I have the power here because this is Bloodwind's palace. Bitch!"

"You... You’ve got it all wrong. This is not your palace, but Edward's Winterblood palace!" I argued in a choked voice, as I could barely breathe due to Evan's strangulation.

"What?" Evan widened his eyes, and I could see a very clear look of surprise on his face.

All of a sudden he released his grip on my neck, then pushed me onto the bed without care. His face was suddenly panicked, and before long I saw Evan get up from the bed. He hurriedly got dressed.

"Oh shit! I entered the palace by mistake. I have to leave quickly before Edward comes."

I heard Evan muttering to himself. I got up slowly, as my body felt weak after being strangled by him.

"Hey, where are you going?" I shouted when I saw Evan open the door to the room.

"I'm leaving. Forget everything that happened tonight!" He ordered sternly.

"Wait!"

However, Evan had already left my room just like that. I got off the bed with the blanket wrapped around me. I was furious at the way he treated me, he didn’t even apologize to me at all.

"I don't know who that jerk is. But I really can't accept being treated like a bitch by him. He didn't even apologize to me for what he did."

Overcome by feelings of anger and resentment, I wanted to chase after Evan and hold him accountable. But just as I was about to open the door to the room, the door suddenly opened from outside and a man appeared who looked surprised at me.

"Viola, what are you doing in this state? And where are your clothes?”

The man's voice surprised me. I immediately looked at my body, and there I just realized that my body was currently naked.