1: His Return

ROSHIDA

If I’d known earlier that my mate would come back with a woman, I would have gone on my knees and begged my mother to make another choice.

A little introduction before we get into it.

My name is Roshida, the late Alpha's daughter and I'm wolfless.

My mother arranged for me to marry a Beta three months ago.

I'd married him without a second thought three months ago because she wanted me to. It was her dying wish and how could I say no to my mother? And I have always trusted her choice.

I felt like that decision would make me closer to her after her death.

I couldn't exactly say I'd married him because he didn't even attend the ceremony. He'd been called to fight some war and I had to stand there like a fool at the altar, saying my vows into thin air.

I didn't know what was more pathetic between that and having to act like I was happy with everything.

Now he came back from the battlefield not only with a promotion to be Alpha, but a woman he claimed to be his father mate.

What a joke.

It was a hot sunny afternoon in the middle of June when he casually strolled into the house.

His mother had thrown a tantrum earlier and had forcefully made me carry her down the stairs to sit on the verandah. I'd called for the guards to do it but she said that guards couldn't touch her so only I could carry her.

She was still recovering and hadn't fully regained full mobility.

He walked straight to her, brushing past me as though I wasn't there.

“My son!” They embraced each other tightly.

He looked quite different from the last time I'd seen him but then again, war would do that to you.

“I see you're doing well, mother. It's so good to see you this bright.”

I was waiting for him to notice me or for his mother to say that I'd been taking care of her.

But neither happened.

“Mother, for my victory in the war, the Lycan King awarded me with medals and not just that. You're looking at the new Alpha of this pack!”

His mother jumped out of her chair and hugged him.

I couldn't believe my eyes. She'd sworn that she couldn't move her legs earlier and that's why I had to bring her down the stairs.

But now…

“Oh, I'm so happy for you, son.”

He still hadn't looked at me.

“Oh, not just that mother.” He turned around and faced the door. A young lady came in and he put his arm around her “Mum, this is Kelly. Kelly, this is my mother.”

A petite young lady came out from behind Felix. I hadn't known that someone had even been standing there.

Her facial features were the first thing I noticed. Long curly brown hair, moderately big eyes, rosy lips…she was a beauty.

She didn't look like a fighter. She had a soft gaze and a pretty smile that she extended towards Felix's mother.

Kelly smiled lightly and shook his mother's hand.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, ma'am.”

I suddenly felt sick to my stomach. What the hell was going on?

“We fought on the fields together. You should have seen her, mum. She was superb. You know, once I saw her in action, I knew there was something different about her and just like that, my wolf agrees with me. She's my mate, mum. She's the woman I've been waiting for.”

The woman he's been waiting for?

That bile that had been rising in my throat finally made it to my mouth and I had to push it back down.

“What?!” His mother exclaimed “Your what?”

Good! I was not the only one who found this insane.

How could he bring some random woman back home from nowhere and calimnshes his mate?

What was I supposed to do? Bow to her?

“My mate, mother. Isn't she beautiful?”

Beautiful? Well yeah, she is but-

“She’s a delight to look at. You're welcome to my home.”

She had to be kidding me. Did she hear what he had said? His mate?

The fact that I was still standing there with no on even realizing my presence amazed me.

He called a couple of guards, telling him to take her bags upstairs and help her settle into her room.

My eyes met with her once and she gave me a smirk.

What was that supposed to mean?

As she walked past with the guards, she bumped her shoulder into mine, making me stumble a bit and I heard her giggle. The little bitch…

When he was done speaking to the guards, I approached him carefully, wondering whether I should even say anything.

Whether my words would even have an effect on him.

When he turned around and saw me, he didn't even give me a second look before brushing past me and walking away.

Maybe he didn't see me.

“Wait, I want to speak to you.”

He had stopped just a few feet away from me, and he was still backing me. He didn't have the same smile on his face as he had when he was talking about her.

“What do you need? I'm busy.”

That was it?

“Congratulations on your victory. You really-”

He finally turned around to face me.

“What do you want?”

Ouch.

I took a deep breath with my heart beating quickly in my chest. Why?

Shouldn't he be the one scared?

“Before you left, we got married. Do you remember telling my mother that you would have just me as a mate? You told her that there will be no issues. Who's that's lady you brought home?”

For the firsy time in my life, I felt like a wife asking her husband to explain.

I hated the fact that I was having to ask for an explanation. He didn't even feel I needed one.

He sighed and rolled his eyes.

“Last I checked, I'm the man and as you said, I'm your husband so I don't explain myself to you. Besides, I'm sure you weren't deaf to everything I said.”

Who on earth was this man and what had he done with the Felix I'd met a few months before?

I held his hand back as he wanted to leave again and the look of disgust made me drop my hand.

“Please, just tell me what's going on. I deserve that much.”

He sighed heavily.

“She is Kelly and she's my mate. If I'd known that I'd find her this soon after marrying you, I wouldn't have made such a stupid mistake. I couldn't deny my wolf what he wanted. He saw her and he said that she was our mate so I had to do something. She's everything I ever wanted.You knew we weren't mates so this shouldn't come as a surprise to you.”

Could he hear himself speak?

Our marriage was suddenly a mistake?

She's now the woman of his dreams?

“Listen, this might be a lot to take in so I'll give you time but you have to understand that Kelly is going to be the new Luna, my actual wife.”

I pointed to myself.

“And me? What will happen to me? What about me?”

“You…youll serve beside her. I mean, we can't have two Lunas and since shes my actual mate, it's the right thing to do.”

The fact that I wasn't even able to cry meant that I was just too shocked.

“Don’t get me wrong, we're still married but you're not just my Luna. I won't reject you though and no one has to find out about your little secret. If you know what I mean.”

I wanted to call him a bastard, to tell him that he was a two faced, son of a bitch.

But my misery wasn't over.

And then his mother had something to say.

“Why’re you explaining anything? Get used to it, because you're going to be planning the wedding.”