Naya’s POV
I wonder if I get to meet with Selene.
Would I be angry at her for making me the chosen one?
Or would she be angry that I couldn’t do the sole thing that she chose me for?
To protect her people.
When all the swirling and turning finally stopped, I pried my eyes open.
Shock rushes through me as I take in the sight before me. The scene before me is nothing like what I expect the afterlife to look at.
Instead, it was a scene that I knew too well.
Remembered too well.
Was the moon goddess trying to remind me of the day that I had made the worst mistake of my life?
Of the day that I said yes to the monster that had taken everything from me?
As I stare in the mirror, staring at the wedding dress from that day, my fists clench tightly.
Wait…
“How do I still have my body?”
“I was wondering when you were going to realise it, silly,” Elisa’s familiar voice rang out, and I froze.
“Lisa!”
“What’s going on?”
“We seem to be back in time, only that I don’t remember anything else from before the surgery…” she paused, her words hanging in the air.
“I’m guessing we didn’t make it through the surgery. For a time reversal to be granted by the moon goddess, you must have died.”
A part of me is tempted to tell Elisa everything that happened. But she had never really liked Liam, and I couldn’t bear to tell her that somehow, because of my silly decisions, she had been taken from me.
“There’s something you are not telling me…” Elisa said, catching on very quickly.
“No, no, I’m just surprised that the moon goddess did it. Does this happen to everyone?”
Lisa scoffed slightly.
“How could it? You are the person she chose. Until you complete the mission, it’s impossible for you to go to the afterlife.”
“You are lucky she granted you a time reversal, though, because there are other means.”
A loud chime stopped me from replying and I grabbed the phone that was in front of the dresser.
Just like in the past, Sophie had sent that same message.
Sophie— Naya, I have some trouble with my dress. I will join you at the county office.
I can’t help my lips from curling in self mockery.
How had I not noticed it?
Liam had come to pick me up about an hour late, and Sophie had been waiting in the court despite finishing late.
To think that I had been so blind.
I glanced at my reflection one last time before standing up.
Since the moon goddess had given me the opportunity, then it would be a shame to waste it.
Every single one of them would pay!
However… Liam seemed to have been working for someone.
I couldn’t help but recall the last conversation that I had heard.
I had to be careful about dealing with him. I could not allow him to know that I knew.
But most importantly, I could not allow myself to be married to him one more time.
As I walked out of my apartment, I flagged a cab, gave him the address to the court, and then sent Liam a message.
“I’m at the County Clerk’s office now. Can’t wait to become your woman.”
If I were right, he wouldn’t see it now. Because right now, he would be balls deep in my best friend—Sophie.
My game plan was weak because I didn’t have enough time. All I could do was try to wait long enough at the court and then throw a fit when he came.
If I could postpone the wedding. Just enough to make my Dad come to the city here. That was more than enough.
I needed to make him think that I was still in love with him.
I was still that girl who could give up her kidney without asking questions just to save him.
Like always, Sacramento was bustling, and what should have been a ten-minute ride ended up being twenty.
In my eye-catching white dress, I got down from the taxi and walked into the County Clerk's waiting room.
It was a weekday and surprisingly empty. Aside from me, two men were sitting side by side.
Dressed in expensive suits, one of them was a sight for sore eyes, and I knew for certain that several human girls would be mad at him for being with his partner.
The taller man glanced at me, his gaze lingering a lot longer than normal before turning to the man beside him.
“Is this her?”
The other man glanced down at his phone once and then looked at me before nodding his head once.
I’m slightly curious, but today is important, and I couldn’t afford to let anything mess it up.
So, instead of starting a conversation, I simply take my seat opposite them.
Just like I had guessed, Liam hadn’t seen my message. It’s been half an hour since I sent it, and there’s been no reply from him.
Did they think they were having their parting sex? That after getting married to me, he would never go back to her?
“Are you sure you want to settle for Liam? Look at that man opposite us. Why can’t you choose a better person?” Elisa grumbled in my head.
Her words lightened my mood, and I couldn’t help but smile. If she knew what my plan was…
“Dad would kill me if I got married to a human.”
“He would kill you when he finds out about Liam, too. You might as well pick the better option.”
“Besides, I don’t think he’s human.”
I want to reply, but one of the men standing up got my attention.
“Since the girl he chose couldn’t make it, tell him not to mention marriage for the next four years.” The taller man instructed as he turned to leave.
The other man, who I’m starting to realise seemed more like an assistant, stood up too.
“Just… just some minutes more.” His assistant stammered while glancing at his watch again.
There was no way to tell exactly what I was thinking, but before I knew it, I was standing right in front of the man with my best-forced smile.
“Do you need a bride?”
“Because I happen to need a groom.”
ROWAN Jessica handed the phone over to me with shaking hands. "I....I called him. He told me that he's going to be here soon. Are you happy now?" Jessica asked me. I nodded my head. "Yes. I am very happy. You know ...you really didn't need to do all of this. You should have just left Naya alone!" I told Jessica. "You....you have no idea how much I love you! Despite how many times you trample on the feelings that I have for you, I refuse to care about it. I just want to be with you. And yet you treat me like this! You even dared to kidnap me! Let me just make it clear to you, Rowan. You are never going to get Naya back. You are going to find out that you're making a big mistake. The King will never let you take the only person who can save the life of his daughter!" Jessica told me.I rolled my eyes at her. "Do you really think that I care about whoever you are working for? It's none of my busines, and it would have been great as long as you had left my wife out of it. You only h
NAYA I lay on the bed weakly as I watched my blood being made into an antidote for the so called princess. She had looked weak when she first walked in, but now that she had taken the antidote, she looked a whole lot better. The princess smiled at Liam. "Thank you so much for saving my life, Liam. I really don't know what I would have done without you. If it wasn't for your efforts all of these years, I am sure that I would have died a long time ago. I am really really happy that I have you in my life!" She said.I wanted to throw up when I heard this. I had never felt this disgusted in my life before. Liam had a sweet smile on his face, and he looked like he was happy to be doing this. I was shaking in anger as I watched him. How dare this person?! He was using my blood to appease someone else! I noticed that Liam had never looked at me the way that he was looking at the princess. He had never been nice to me. I was sure that he did not treat even Sophie in this way. Was this
ROWAN"Are you sure that she is in here?" I turned to ask Sophie. We were standing in front of a house that was in the middle of nowhere. It was an old neighborhood and I was sure that they were less than ten people who lived here. The people who lived here were also probably extremely old and so even if anything had been going on, I was sure that they won't have been able to notice. Sophie nodded her head"Yes. Do you think that I am lying? I did what you asked me to do. I followed him and this was where he came to," Sophie said. I glanced at Henry and he walked with me into the house. I was about to walk in when Sophie grabbed my arm. "Hey where do you think you are going? We aren't done talking here. You said that you are going to pay me a hundred thousand dollars as long as I got the information on where she lived for you. I did that. When are you paying me?" Sophie asked me. "We haven't found Naya yet. As soon as we find her, I am going to give you your money!" I told her f
NAYA The door was pushed open and my eyes flew open immediately. "Who is there? Jessica? You are back? Let me out of here. Let me go as soon as possible. You are not going to get away with doing this. You are going to regret ever don't this to me. Let me go if you know what's good for you!" I snapped at her. When she didn't reply me, I continued. "Rowan is going to find you, and he is going to make sure that you pay for doing this to me. Don't think that you can get away with this. Even if you keep me here for the rest of my life or even kill me, he's never going to look at you. He doesn't love you. Why is it so hard for you to understand that? I am the one that he loves! Only me!" I stated. "Oh really? You are the only one that Rowan loves? Are you sure about that? Are you really so confident about his feelings for you?" I heard a familiar voice ask me just then. I would recognize that voice even if I was dead. The voice that had haunted me in both lifetimes..Liam! Liam was he
LIAM"What? You went out to meet with him? Are you stupid?!" I yelled at Jessica over the phone. "Well, Rowan called me and he told me that he wanted to see me. He even booked a table at a restaurant. I thought that he had come back to his senses and he had seen that I was the better choice for him. But when I got there, all he did was talk about Naya. I think he knows that I am the one who kidnapped her, but he doesn't have any proof at all. He even knows that I met with yon. What am I going to do?" Jessica asked me. She sounded like she was panicking. .I just rolled my eyes. I had no idea why I was surrounded by all of these dumb women. I thought that Sophie was the worst that I would have to deal with and that since Jessica worked for the King, she would be smart at least. But once it involved the man that she was interested in, she had no brains. She was just so fucking stupid! "Do you really think that he'd come running back to your arms a day after Naya went missing? You
ROWAN "Are you sure that Jessica is working for the Alpha? If she's the one working for him then...it means that she's the one who has been spying on us. When she came here and said that she wanted to take care of you that time ..it was because she wanted to spy on you," Henry said to me. Sophie was gone now. It didn't take much for me to persuade her to find out where Liam had taken Naya. "Yes. I am sure of it. She's definitely working for that person. She has been working for him for a really long time, I am sure. If Liam is talking to her about him then it means that they both know him," I said."Then what are you going to do now? Are you sure that it's a good idea to meet with her? I don't think that she's going to give anything away if she's really working for him," Henry said. I shook my head. "I have to try. I know that she won't tell me the truth but I have to meet her and ask her and see if she's going to let anything slip. I asked Sophie to find out from Liam where Naya