Chapter 1: Skyscraper- Moon Valley Pack

City San Zero

Rowan

I stepped out of the blood pooling under my shoes as the dead body is being dragged out.

“Alpha, here.”

I take the napkin from my beta, Elias, cleaning blood off my hands as I watch the city night view from the balcony of my skyscraper.

“That is the last time I’m going to deal with a human pretending to be an Omega to avoid getting their liver from being harvested. I hate these casualties,” My tone is firm with disappointment.

This is the eighth time this month.

“I apologize Alpha, it won’t happen again.”

“It shouldn’t,” I placed a cigarette between my lips, flicking my exclusive made lighter with an orange hue, sucking the smoke with steady lungs, “I won’t stop myself from killing them when I find out and that equals me losing both goods and money.”

“I will look into the evaluation team again, Alpha. I will personally look at the process and report the results back to you. Please calm down and also…. Your father is requesting you for dinner tonight. He also invited your fiancée, Charlotte as well.”

I clenched my jaw, hating how my father, the Alpha King, tries to play family with me when we are far apart from that.

I gestured my two fingers in the air as a signal for him to leave me alone if he was done with his report, taking another drag of my smoke.

“There is something else, it’s about that person, Alpha.”

My heart begins to race involuntarily, something I cannot always control even if I wanted to.

“What about him?”

“He is going to open the Hall of Vintage Collections today and he is launching a new collection of handmade suits and shoes. Also, tonight his grandmother is finally going to name him the next CEO of Emerald Enterprise. I made reservations at their finest seats for you there, Alpha.”

I take the red envelope and pull out the golden tickets.

“You should go and cheer for him, Alpha.”

“As always,” I chuckle sadly, rubbing my thumb over the name Jaylene Nakul in italics. That is exactly what I have been doing for the past twelve years and two months.

Watching my fated mate from afar because of the old ways and the prophecy of the Moon Goddess.

A prophecy which is given to every born of the Moon Valley Pack when they bloom and receive their wolf form from the Moonlight.

Mine wasn’t just a prophecy, it’s a harsh punishment I don’t deserve.

With just a simple one line of sentence in a large scroll.

[Du wirst deinen Partner treffen und du wirst dich ihm nicht nähern, weil du sein Verhängnis bist.

You will meet your mate and you will not go close to him because you are his doom.]

I couldn’t believe my eyes that day and I will never forget how everyone in that council room looked at me with pity.

Tch

And I have been doing just that, staying away from Jaylene.

“Send him a bouquet of pink orchids,” I pressed my unfinished cigarette on the ash tray, “Those are his favorite flowers, he will smile at it,” The corner of my lips curves at the thought of the image.

I was only 13 years old when I realized that Jaylene was my fated mate and he was only 9 years old.

I have been watching him ever since then, through every season, through every single stage of his life.

I know everything about him but… I’m just a stranger he never noticed, not even once.

“Why are you not going there yourself, Alpha? You are always around him, watching him from afar. You are always in the crowd supporting him even if he never notices you, you have saved his life so many times I could count, you always protect him even when he is not watching… Are you still angry that he started dating again?”

I glared at Elias warningly.

He lowers his head and clears his throat, “You are just angry because a few days ago while you were stalking him you saw him kissing his new boyfriend and now…”

“Enough, Elias!”

“I’m sorry, Alpha.”

I let out a deep sigh, shutting my eyes.

Do I deserve to be angry or jealous?

I don’t know, I don’t care.

I walk back into the penthouse living room, taking off my bathrobes, “Send the flowers and a congratulatory card for his new position, make sure to buy off every vintage suit, shirts and shoes he is putting on sale today.”

“As you wish, Alpha.”