The journey had gone on forever, the driver hadn't spoken to me. The radio wasn't even on. It was crazy.
Whoever the man was, he had never introduced himself. He had a cool aura and I never looked at him. Just stare out the side window for hours. That was a really great job. My boredom knew no bounds.
When we finally arrived I was so relieved. The driver remained silent and got out. Wonderful, the man was very friendly. An incredibly joyful soul. You had to meet such a nice person first.
I got out the same way, grumbling. I was in pain all over and the ride had been torture.
I stretched my legs and looked around. What the hell? This wasn't a house, more like an estate or a castle. Well, a powerful alpha had more money than anything else when he had a giant pack.
At least I wouldn't starve here. A small consolation in the whole thing, you should try to see everything positively.
Two employees approached me. A woman about my age. She had blond hair and brown eyes and looked very friendly. Finally a friendly face. I was worried that everyone would be like the driver.
She greeted me with a big smile and introduced herself: "I'm Melody and this is Paul." I greeted them both nicely and introduced myself as well. Paul smiled at me and nodded in greeting.
Melody explained: "I'm responsible for you from now on and Paul is..." She thought about the right words and he answered: "Basically the keeper of the house."
They both laughed and I tried a smile. No matter what I felt like, if other people were polite to me, then so was I. Also, I should try to make friends.
"OK good to know."
Moment.
Melody was responsible for me? What was that supposed to mean? Was I a problem, which is why she was responsible for it? Or I had a personal clerk. Which I found strange. Although, if you looked around, it's quite possible that an employee was put at my side.
It was beyond crazy. Alpha Blackmoon must have many more employees in the huge castle.
Paul took the big suitcase and the big shoulder bag. Melody picked up the small suitcase and I continued to hold my purse.
I offered my help, but they didn't want it. It probably wouldn't be appropriate to have the leader's wife-to-be dragged.
I followed the two and tried to process all the impressions. I had no idea what else to do with me anyway. I still looked around as we walked up the stairs in front of the house.
The front yard and driveway were huge. A meter high fence was erected around the property. Here one was very well protected.
Did this kind of man even need it? Well, the mightiest pack had more enemies than friends. It could never hurt if you took protective measures.
This was really more of a castle or estate. Whatever you call it. Sure, my father wasn't poor, but that was a completely different class.
I better not ask where Alpha Blackmoon was. I wasn't that keen on getting to know the monster. No, that could wait. Maybe I was a coward, but I wasn't keen on his company.
Melody asked in a good mood: "How was the trip?" A nightmare, of course I didn't say that, I was too polite for that. "Good, good. But it was a long drive." "Yeah, eight hours, right?"
She had obviously gotten some info about me. I kindly replied, "Yes, exactly."Paul opened the front door for us and we went into the building. So this is where I would live in the future. I saw the round, no, something like that was unknown to me. It all looked classy and expensive. How could one live in this house? I didn't feel particularly good.
What did my father do to me?
You had to tilt your head back to see the ceiling at all. I can't believe what kind of house that was. It saw everything, no, I couldn't find the words. That overwhelmed me way too much.
You could see it because Melody was like, "Don't worry, you get used to it. It's no different when you first enter this house." I would trust her words that I would eventually get used to this environment.
The front door slammed behind us and Paul unlocked it with us shortly afterwards. They headed for a flight of stairs and I followed like a lost puppy. In fact, I actually was.
My room was on the first floor, second door on the left. I had to remember that well. I could easily get lost in this house.
I was very excited about the room and I was given the right of way. I walked past Paul with thanks and looked around.
Paul came in behind me and left the suitcases by the door. However, I no longer gave him my attention as I wanted to survey my surroundings.
My so-called room was huge. A big bed, nothing was missing. There was a large desk and chair, even a dressing table and a very large mirror.
A door led into a bathroom, since it was open, you could immediately guess what was in it. I would like to take a closer look.
Once there, I walked a few steps into the room. Everything was new and state of the art. Everything was kept in light tones, which made it look friendlier.
Beautiful.
When I got back into the room, Paul was nowhere to be seen and Melody was busy opening my bags.
As I approached her, I said, "You can leave the unpacking to me. That's no problem for me." I meant it kindly, but I didn't want to bother her.
In a good mood, she replied: "No, I like doing that and it's my job. Take a look around first. With a brand new room you have to burn for it."
"All right and thank you." Still, it was strange that she was in charge of me. Melody dismissed that with a wave of his hand.
I followed her suggestion and went through the other door. As I had imagined, it was a walk-in closet, which was well stocked.
Without looking around, I came back into my bedroom and asked, "Why is the closet already full?" I furrowed my eyebrows and looked at her in confusion. Melody met my gaze and started to laugh. I don't know why funny, but I'm sure she'd tell me that soon.
When she had calmed down somewhat, I got the answer: "It's all yours. It was set up for you. I hope I met your taste." Still irritated, I asked: "You bought that?" "Yes, on orders from the Alpha." I shook my head, never expecting to be met.
She gave me a friendly smile and said, "Don't worry. Of course, we'll put your things in the same way." I didn't feel like smiling, which is why I nodded.
It was all weird and I was nervous. I was feeling uneasy, but couldn't place it. Ever since I got out of the car, that feeling has only gotten bigger.
Then I heard Lilia, finally, I was already worried about her. "He's here." Now she answered the phone again and then came some nonsense. With no further logical explanation for what she was saying.
I immediately asked: "Who?"
"mate."
After that, the connection to Lilia was severed, but she too was restless. I couldn't have missed that.Mate? You weren't serious? Where? Or rather who? That was the purest nightmare. I had been sold and this is where I was supposed to meet my mate. My situation got worse instead of better.Hopefully Lilia was wrong and our mate wasn't around. It would be torture if I saw it every day but belonged to another man.Melody stayed with me in my room and helped me unpack. She said that was her job and she was very friendly. We got along pretty well, got to know each other and had a lot of laughs.Finally the question came: "I don't want to offend you, Layla. But why did you agree to this?"She mentioned earlier that Alpha Blackmoon didn't want a mate. This was apparently common knowledge. The man made no secret of it.I didn't even feel uncomfortable with the question, so I answered truthfully, "My father is an alpha from a smaller pack and there are some imbalances between them. Before my
It was a huge house, but I still remembered the way. To get to my room I just had to go into the left wing and the second door on the left. At least that's what I noticed.I hurried down the aisle, quickly wiping away another annoying tear running down my cheek.My mate and that had been our first meeting. Alpha Blackmoon didn't want me, even though I'd dreamed of my mate since I was a little girl. Now I got the cold-blooded man who didn't want me.Was that a bad joke?I didn't really start crying until I was in my room and the door slammed shut behind me.I sat on the floor and let the tears flow. My heart contracted, that was probably lovesickness and it was strong.It would be a cruel pain to be rejected by your mate. He would reject me and that made it a thousand times worse. A wonder he hadn't done it immediately.If I was lucky, I could go home afterwards. With bad luck I was killed or imprisoned. Don't expect too much from a beast.A sob escaped my lips and I clutched my heart.
Melody kept me company during dinner. She had told me about the castle and everything there was. The property was huge, there was a lot to see. For today I was banished to my room, but she promised to show me around soon.It seemed to be the beginning of a friendship. It would certainly do me good if I had at least one girlfriend. Otherwise I would be completely lonely.Melody was assigned to me anyway, so we would see each other more often. It was an advantage that she was very friendly and helpful. That should make it easier for me.I didn't want to envy the alpha, so I stayed in the room as he instructed.I had just said goodbye to Melody and closed the door behind her.My first step was to grab my cell phone and there were a few messages listed from the Finns. Apparently he had been worried for a long time. So I decided to call him.As the bell rang I threw myself onto my huge bed and it was as comfortable as it looked. It must have been bloody expensive, but that's what everythin
I was like a pillar of salt, I hate to admit it, but I was terrified of him. I did my best to cover it up and tried to suppress the feeling.However, Alpha Blackmoon sure could smell my fear. Werewolves and their sensitive noses. Sometimes a curse could do that, which wasn't always ideal.The fact that I was his mate changed everything. After all, I was the one person on this planet he hated the most and wanted the least. My fear was rational.I pulled myself together, cleared my throat and asked politely, "How can I help?" My voice was at a normal volume and firm. It was questionable how I had managed that.He looked quite angry and asked, "Who was that? What man are you talking to so happily?" Thanks to this question I had my answer. He had heard Finn's.Was Alpha Blackmoon jealous? That was hard to imagine.Well, but it would be kind of understandable, he bought me, I was his. However, he didn't want me. So it was absolutely none of his business who I talked to.Still, I gave him a
I hardly slept that night. I couldn't get Alpha Blackmoon out of my head and I was heartbroken.Then he took my phone from me. The Mindlink no longer worked at this distance, even though I was still in my father's pack. Luckily I wasn't included in Alpha Blackmoon's pack, that was the last thing I wanted. Not at all after the last experiences.In the morning I stayed in bed because I had lost my motivation. I was practically finished. Who would have thought that the Mateband could get you down like that. Well, you only knew that when it happened to you.My thoughts were interrupted by a knock, and I automatically called out, "Come in!" I looked at the door, expecting Melody, rather it was a great hope in me.A little relief flooded through me when a smiling Melody walked through the door. So I was right."Good morning, Layla." Her voice mirrored the expression on her face. She seemed to be in a good mood and I kindly replied, "Good morning Melody." I tried a smile, but it never reache
Melody took me through the garden and it was beautiful, no question. But I couldn't concentrate. My mate was constantly on my mind. The whole thing bothered me and I was much too restless inside.I didn't catch what Melody was talking about. It was more of a background noise for me. Her good mood didn't reach me one bit.Since it was a huge garden, it became a long walk. At least the fresh air was good and stretching your legs was just as good.Lilia struggled through and it was already annoying me. "Layla, the garden is endlessly boring. I want to see Xavier."I gritted my teeth to keep from completely freaking out. Controlling myself, I managed to calmly ask, "Do you have brain trauma? The man doesn't want us anywhere near him. He'd probably rather die than see us."I got the following convincing answer: "That's not true and you know it. He just doesn't handle feelings well. Xavier has to get used to it first." Could you kill the inner wolf? Yes, I was ready to ask myself this ques
My heart was pounding in my chest, I'm about to have a heart attack. I was afraid of what to expect. You didn't want to face an angry alpha. I had to do this to myself.I shouldn't get my hopes up too much. Our first meeting had gone very badly. It couldn't be any better when Alpha Blackmoon was upset. Basically I could only pray that he wouldn't do any violence to me. I felt these chances to be small at the moment, so something was definitely coming.Melody accompanied me into the house. We walked up the stairs and neither of us had said a word. She felt comfortable with me or was afraid of punishment herself. It was probably both and I could understand her.At least Lilia didn't fight her way through. There was a good chance she was a little uneasy herself. Her presence would have made things worse.Melody and I reached my room faster than I would have liked. The door was open and Melody stopped a few steps away. I looked at her and she looked worried.I nodded to her to let her go.
I didn't really want to be a submissive puppy, but this feeling that I had for him. I reacted very differently than usual and practically submitted to him. Fear was certainly part of the blame.I didn't dare walk right next to him, so I stayed just behind him. In a cold tone he said, "Stop calling me Alpha Blackmoon. Xavier will do just fine."Actually, I hadn't wanted to climb this personal level, but with this man, it was better to follow orders. I liked to call him by his first name.I quietly answered, "All right, Al... Xavier." That just went well. I should call him by his first name in my mind as well. Maybe it hammered that into me to avoid mistakes.We went down the stairs and neither of us said anything. Xavier looked strained and serious. I had trouble keeping up with him, he was much taller, my legs were shorter than his.I was thankful for the silence between us. Something friendly would certainly not have come from him. I shouldn't expect that even in my wildest dreams.H