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Immediately she got to her room, she sighed. She couldn't understand why she had so much fear for Joseph even when she first met him but at the same time, there was Damien, who had the same aura as his beta and probably was more dangerous than

him.

Anyways, there was nothing she could do, escaping was not an option even if it was the only way she could get away from Damien.

With lazy steps, she went to get her comfortable bed and bounced on it. She saw sleeping as her only way to escape the nightmare of an arrangement.

" Why can't he just get a real mate? " she mumbled but at the same time, her thoughts diverted to Gabriel, her dream mate. When she thought of how he had betrayed her, she couldn't blame Damien for not having a mate. Wolves are not to be trusted.

He might had also been betrayed in the past or was it because of his face?

"His face, " she gasped, she had forgotten the face of the person she had posed as his mate. She saw his face as the highest factor that could hinder him from having a mate, she wouldn't blame any wolf that would decline to be his mate.

" Why …how could someone survive such fatal

scars ?" she asked herself and when she thought of it, it still looked new. Does that mean he just fought with another wolf?

She sighed, the better she stopped thinking about it, the better it would be for her. Her main concern was how to convince Damien's uncle that she was his mate. Halfway through her thought, she dived into dreamland.

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Again, Joseph was there to wake her from her slumber. He could be seen giving her stares that had the same effect as real knives as she maintained the same position she had when he saw her in her room back at her father's house.

' Pathetic ' he thought.

" Wake up !" he yelled as he aggressively tapped on her body.

Earlier, the moment Joseph opened the door, his aura woke Hazel up. When she noticed who it was, she chose to pretend to sleep, she didn't have the courage and strength to face him at the moment but from the look of things, he didn't seem like he would leave until she woke up so she flung her eyes wide open only to be welcomed by the angry look on Joseph's face.

" Have you forgotten the arrangement you have with Damien and his family, " those were the first words that left Joseph's mouth the instant he saw that she was awake.

Hazel let out an irritable sound out of impulse, it seemed sleeping was not a good idea as she felt tired to attend any gathering. Joseph, who had noticed her reaction, felt irritated. If he had expected any reaction from her, then it was certainly not the one she had just pulled.

" Are you opting out ?." He asked Hazel to immediately yank herself off the bed, she knew what was next after that question and it was something that she couldn't afford. For an unknown reason, she felt that Joseph wanted her to say 'yes'.

" No, I'm up !" she said.

" Damien is waiting for you, one thing you should know" He traced her body from head to toe with his eyes before entering back at her eyes " never keep him waiting, " he said for Hazel to form an apologetic look.

" Take your bath and there is a dress in the closet, you will know it once you see it, you need to dress as someone suitable for being Damien's mate. He continued as he rudely sized her from head to toe, again. With no one saying anything to each other, he left but not without glancing at her one more time and hissing.

Hazel did nothing other than watch as he left. She finally decided not to get bothered by his behavior as long as she had not done anything wrong to him. If he hates her then it was his business but at that moment, she needed to get rid of any foreign thoughts and prepare herself for the possible outcomes of the night

After taking her bath, she went to the closet, and just as being told, she easily recognized the dress Joseph had talked about because of how outstanding it was. It was a plain white gown with a picture of a rose at the breast level but anyone who had seen it would be able to figure out that a huge amount of money was spent to acquire that dress.

She gasped when she stood at the life-size mirror that stood close to the closet. She couldn't understand how a plain dress could look so beautiful and at the same time comfortable.

" Bang !." She gasped.

The door flew wide open, she wasn't given the chance to fully appreciate the dress Damien had brought for her. She had thought it was Joseph since he was the only one that had entered her room which she was still uncomfortable with but when she saw Damien through the mirror, she stiffened.

She instantly averted her gaze the briefest moment their eyes came into contact through the mirror. She still couldn't bring herself to look at his face. At first, she had thought she would be more comfortable with Damien than with Joseph when she had not seen his face but now that she had it, she preferred Joseph without care about his attitude towards her.

" Why are you wasting my time ?." He asked.

" I'm sorry, I'm ready," she said still not turning around to face him which Damien was not stupid to not realize why she hadn't faced him but he cared less if she was going to stay in his house than she must get used to his face

Without saying anything, he hurriedly walked up to her and aggressively dragged her out of her room.

" You need to get things straight, you are not here for luxury, just do your job and I will have no need of

you ". He said as he entered the living room. At that moment, Hazel didn't know what she should do, was it to cry or scream?

After a moment of silence, he took her by the and led her to the car.

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" Remember, don't say anything to anyone and everything will go as planned, " Damien said halfway through the journey.

Hazel said nothing other than to look at him, for someone who was rumored to be cold and fearless, he seemed to be nervous about meeting with his uncle, or was he scared that she was going to mess everything up, she thought

" You don't need to worry about that, I also want to go back to my uncle, I will try my best," she said for Damien to blankly stare at her since he had no response to her words.

" We are here!" Joseph, who was also the driver, broke the awkward silence.

" Remember, don't say a word !". With that note of warning, he took her by the hand as he brought her out of the car.

She gasped, when Damien had said they were going to meet his uncle, he didn't tell her that it would be at a party. One thing she hated was to be in a gathering with a lot of crowds. If there was a crowd, there would certainly be attending, and being Damien's mate was enough to draw attention to herself. That was the reason why she only attended gatherings hosted by her pack.

" Hello, cousin and this must be …?" Davis, one of Damien's cousins, startled Hazel. From the little features she saw in him, she was able to reduce that he was probably younger than Damien and at the same time awed by his facial characteristics.

He was the direct opposite of Damien, unlike Damien, he had a perfectly smooth face, pointed nose, and flattened jaw. everything about him was …perfect ! or would Damien be as good looking at him if not for the scars ? she thought.

" My mate," Damien said as he fired cold stares at Hazel since he had noticed the way she had looked at his cousin. One thing she needed to know was that mates don't appreciate other wolves especially if their mates are closeby

Davis's eyes widened. He probably wasn't expecting Damien's answer, he had thought of Hazel as one of Damien's harems because the last time he checked, Damien was still mateless two days before, so how did he get a mate in such a short period?, he thought.

He turned his attention to Hazel whose nervousness was already kicking in. She hadn't even met his uncle and she was already behaving this way.

" Where's uncle, I want to get things done, " Damien said and walked past his cousin who seemed to have blanked out from Damien's shocking revelation.

The moment they got inside Seth's mansion, Hazel was stupefied by the number of people that were there.

" What sane person would allow this amount of people in his house or are his pack members this much?" she mumbled but Damien didn't fail to hear

it.

" Yes !" he said. Before Hazel could say anything more, she heard a deep masculine voice.

" Hello, son !".