Gianna POV
Alpha Axel. Proposing marriage to him wasn't entirely out of desperation to escape Alpha Nathan. Although I was desperate, I knew what Alpha Axel wanted. In the past, he had a relationship with Quinn because of my family bloodline, thinking that Quinn was my parents true daughter, not knowing that she was adopted. In the past, because of how dangerous Alpha Axel is, I made a deal with him because of Alpha Nathan, back when he was my husband, to stop Alpha Axel from destroying the pack simply because he felt deceived by Quinn. I had to let him study my bloodline and take samples of my blood; Nathan didn't allow me to do anything more than that.
"Is she ready?" Camilla asked; she was Alpha Axel's mother, but she looks nothing like her son.
"Yes, ma'am," the maid who was dressing me up in my wedding gown said as she zipped up the gown quickly.
"Come on, dear, I'm here to escort you to the ceremony." Camilla said sweetly.
Only a day had passed since I got to Moonlight Pack, and Camilla hadn't done anything to make me want to stay clear of her; still, I couldn't shake off the gut feeling I had that I needed to be wary of this nice woman. It was strange because she was Axel's mother, and she was so nice to everyone.
Alpha Axel wasn't kidding when he said that our wedding will be held as soon as possible. As I walked down to the altar where Alpha Axel was already standing, waiting for me, I searched around the crowd hoping that I could see a familiar face, even if it was just one, but there was no one from my family, no one from my pack. My wedding with Alpha Axel wasn't only rushed, but I had no one to support me. Most of Axel's pack members didn't show up, and he didn't care. Those that showed up had a questionable look on their face; some of them didn't bother to hide their frown. They probably didn't approve of the stranger their alpha had brought into the pack to be their Luna, but no one could stand against Alpha Axel's decision to marry me, not after he had quickly announced to everyone that I was his mate after bringing me to the pack. Although this wasn't my dream wedding, I needed the safety that came with marrying alpha Axel. I held my chest as Alpha Axel took my hand on the altar. This wedding didn't mean anything to the both of us; still, I couldn't push away the pain I felt from being alone, from having no one to stand by my side. A part of me wished my parents were here, even though I knew that my silly wishes were dreams that would never come true.
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alpha Nathan POV
Quinn grabbed my face and laid little kisses on my cheekbone all the way to my lip. I pulled my face from hers; I wasn't in the mood. She didn't give up and continued trailing kisses on my skin. She kissed my neck, my chest, and down to my waist. She wanted to unbuckle my belt, but I stopped her.
"Okay, what is wrong?!" Quinn asks in frustration.
"Nothing is wrong." I lied, "A lot is going on in my mind; that's all."
Everything felt wrong; I didn't understand what was wrong with me; perhaps I was acting like this because I was still in shock because Gianna rejected me. I thought she was deeply in love with me and that no matter how much I screwed up behind her back, she wouldn't stand up to me. Everyone in the pack knew who Gianna was. She wasn't feisty; she wasn't bold either. Her personality was the type that was willing to please everyone, regardless of who they were. But yesterday, my Gianna was a completely different woman.
"I heard news from Moonlight Pack that my sister is getting married to that man today."
Quinn sat down on my lap and rested her body on my chest. She was in her lingerie, but I felt no lust towards her body like I always do. Knowing that my mate was getting married to another man broke a part of my heart, and I didn't understand why, because I have never wanted her; I have always been sure that I have never wanted Gianna ever since I found out that she was my mate. The only reason I couldn't reject her all this while was because of the relationship her parents had with my father; being with Gianna had always made me wish Quinn was my mate instead of her.
"Why are you being so quiet?" Quinn asked in a playful tone, "I thought you would be overjoyed because you finally got rid of her."
Quinn's words made me feel nauseous: "Get up." I pushed her away from my lap and took a deep breath. My fingers ran through my hair in frustration as I questioned myself, 'What is wrong with me?!' I wanted this. I have always wanted Gianna out of my life, yet when she rejected me, I couldn't bring myself to accept her rejection, almost as though I didn't want her to leave.
Quinn knelt on the floor between my legs and ran her hand up my lap. I stopped her hands; I needed to think, and she was disturbing me. She gave me a suggestive smile and said in a seductive tone, "My sister is finally gone; this is good for us. Now you can get married to me and make me your lun_"
I stood up from the chair and walked towards the window of my office; just like the door, it was locked. My relationship with Quinn could never be brought out in the open. "I can't get married to you; your father will never approve."
"My parents love me, and they are willing to do anything for me."
I placed both of my hands in the pocket of my trousers and sighed. This whole mess was my fault; I shouldn't have given Quinn hopes that I would marry her if I ever got the chance to.
"Even if you somehow got your parents to agree, what would members of the pack say? As an alpha, I can't bring a bad reputation to my family name; you are Gianna's younger sister."
"They won't condemn you; after all, you are the alpha. You are allowed to do whatever you want, and besides, everyone in the pack knows that Gianna was the one who left you."
"Let me think about it." I lied.
Quinn frowned almost as though she could tell that I was lying.
When I had spoken to Quinn about wanting to marry her instead of Gianna, I thought I meant it, but now, I feel so confused.
Gianna POV“What do you have against Carl?” I asked, swimming towards Riley. She was sitting down at the edge of the pool, moving her legs slowly in the water.Riley was taken aback by my question; her sunglasses nearly fell off her hair, but she quickly adjusted it. “I don't have anything against beta Carl.” She lied nervously.Riley didn't know that I had noticed her sudden changes of mood, along with how she gets weirdly nervous when Carl is around. There is something about him she wasn't telling me; I'm sure of it.I don't know much about Carl, but seeing the way he handled Vera, without Axel and me knowing, must mean that he's not a bad guy.“Since you two are on good terms, I'm sure you won't mind if I call him over to come and hang out with us.” I watched Riley's expression, testing her. I expected her to stop me, but she didn't.“You called for me, Luna.” Carl bowed his head.I put on my robe and turned to look at Riley; she kept her eyes down at the water, her feet had stoppe
Gianna POVI stared at the phone on my desk for the 10th time today, but there was still no call from Axel. Normally at this time he would try to piss me off by giving me more tasks than I could handle, but Axel had been calmed lately; he's not trying to make me quit my job anymore.“I know, it's so vexing, isn't it?” Aurora asked and continued to rant on what I didn't care about.For a second, I almost forgot that Aurora was in my office. Now that Axel wasn't troubling me anymore, I had so much free time that I didn't know what to do with it. In the meantime, Aurora was exploiting my time and thought that the angry expression on my face was a reaction to whatever gibberish she was saying.Riley warned me about getting into a conversation with Aurora; although she was a nice person, she talks too much. Once she starts moving her mouth, no one knows when she is going to stop. And unfortunately for me, I wasn't the only one with too much time on my hands; Aurora too, that's why she was
Gianna POVI was overly self-conscious of Axel's hand that held my waist; he sometimes drew little patterns on my back. We were at the party held in celebration of the company's growth. I was putting on a long black body-hugging gown; the gown was decorated with little shiny silver stones, and the back of the gown was a little open… okay, maybe it exposed more skin than I felt comfortable with, but Riley insisted that I should buy the gown, that Axel was going to love it. I should have known that I couldn't trust her when she convinced me with a mischievous smile plastered on her face.Axel was putting on a tuxedo; my heels brought my height a bit closer to his. Since we came to the party, Axel has refused to let me go; he held me in a way that felt like he was giving a warning to every male werewolf around that I was his. The thought of it made my heart flutter even though I knew that it was wrong because Axel and I didn't share that sort of special relationship.“Where do you think
Gianna POVI waited anxiously outside Axel's office. He was with Dr. Gatlin; I tried listening to their conversation, but their voices were too low for me to hear anything through the door.His office isn't soundproof, so why can't I hear them?! I thought angrily as I leaned my ears closer to the door; they were discussing about me.“Gianna.” Axel called from inside.His sudden voice startled me; I almost lost my footing as I hit my head against the door.“You can come in,” Axel said.I nervously stepped into Axel's office, and Dr. Gatlin sat down on a seat close to Axel, who was leaning on his desk with his arm crossed over his chest. Axel was putting on a blue button-up long sleeve that was tucked into his black suit pants; his suit jacket was left over the head of his seat. Every piece of clothing I have seen him wear looks good on him.“For now, Dr. Gatlin and I have agreed that he is only going to be studying your blood.”I sucked in a deep breath as I took notes of Axel's words
Gianna POV“This place is amazing, Anna.” Riley openly gawked at the pack house. Well, the house was more like a mansion than a normal average house.I smiled warmly at the nickname Riley gave me. After becoming friends with Riley, I thought she would get tired of me and leave me after seeing how uncool I was; after all, I was boring; I was not as fun as Quinn, who could make anyone like her. But Riley was still by my side; she hung out with me and treated me like normal. Others at the company got a little tense around me because I was Luna.“This is my first time being inside the pack house; most times, Alpha Axel invites everyone in the pack for an official ceremony; omegas are usually not allowed inside.” Riley avoided my eyes and put her head down. Even though she won't say it, I could tell that she was ashamed of being an omega.Omegas are normally treated differently from other werewolves. I'm not an omega, so I won't even try and pretend as though I understand what Riley had go
Axel POV“Are you even listening to me?” Carl asked in a frustrated tone.Times like this make me question myself if he had forgotten that I was his alpha. If I didn't know how much Carl cared for me, I wouldn't let him raise his voice at me like this. Carl felt like a brother to me even though he's in no way related to me.“Yes, yes, I shouldn't let myself get too attached to my wife.” I replied in relation to Carl's advice and watched him as he paced around my office as though he owned the place. But he was only checking around to make sure that no one was listening to us. Any conversation that had to do with Gianna was confidential; not many people were allowed to know what we were up to.“I'm serious, Alpha. I understand that you want to provide for her and make her comfortable in the little time she had to spend with you, but don't make it any more than that. I don't like the way you act around her; don't forget that we only need to use her and nothing else.”“I asked her for a c
Gianna POV I patted my tummy, hoping to feel that familiar baby bump that I was used to, but it was gone. I was about to wonder where my baby was when I heard a baby cry from a baby crib by the side of my bed.“My baby.” I got up from the bed to carry my baby but stopped when I saw a baby whose face was covered in blood.“You wicked woman!” Alpha Nathan said as he strangled me from behind. “You killed my child.”Quinn snickered as she smiled at me, “This is all your fault, Gianna; you should have signed the divorce papers.” “Gianna! Gianna! Wake up!”A scream came out of my mouth as my eyes snapped open, and I saw Alpha Axel.Where am I? Who is he?“Are you okay?” Alpha Axel tried stretching his hand to me, but I quickly shifted away from him as I remembered Alpha Nathan's hands that strangled me to death.Alpha Axel, I thought as my memories started coming back to me. I was breathing heavily and was completely covered in sweat.‘It was just a dream,’ I told myself in order to get m
Gianna POV“What do you think?” Axel asked. From the look on his face, I could tell that he wanted me to be impressed, and I was. What woman won't be impressed by a man who listens to her and is willing to go this far?“Is there something on the list you don't like?” Axel glanced at the list and glared at Carl, who was responsible for arranging the list.“No, no, no,” I repeated, “The list is okay.” There was nothing wrong with the list Carl made. It literally contains every woman's dream job.Last night I spoke to Axel about how bored I was staying in the pack house all day. I told him of how I would like to do something for myself. I thought he didn't listen to me when I spoke to him last night because he was sleepy, but now I know that I was wrong. Axel ordered Carl to get him a list of jobs that would pique my interest, not as though he was going to introduce me to a place but Axel was going to open a full store for me, and he was also willing to let me start a company of my own i
Gianna POVI opened the door to Axel's office, and just as I had heard from the maids in the house, he was surrounded by naked girls who were barely dressed."busted." His friend laughed at him. "I'm leaving," he said when I threw a death glare his way. The girls who were with Axel followed him out of the door; they didn't care that I was Axel's wife as they smirked at me.Not this again. I thought I wasn't going to let myself go through this again. My experience with Alpha Nathan was enough, and I don't need another."I want a divorce," I said with a strong voice, my hands on my waist as I stared at Axel, who was still sitting at his desk. He had a bored expression on his face and wasn't worried about my impossible request for a divorce; our marriage hadn't been up to a month. Nothing had happened between us; we both slept in separate rooms since I came to the pack. I barely bother to come out of my room. My foolish decision to marry Alpha Axel hits me every day after the day of our