Where My Heart Belong

Celia's Point of View

Alpha Kelly's face was filled with anger and panic as he stormed into the room.

“Stop!” he shouted, his voice filling the large space.

I froze instantly. Everyone froze.

I had never seen my fiance with such an angry face before.

Immediately, the doctor stepped back and lowered the syringe as Kelly approached him.

I was annoyed. I wanted to move closer to Kelly, to touch him, to find out how he knew about us.

How did he know what we were about to do to this miserable jungle girl?

But I was stunned.

I could only watch him let out his fury.

“What the hell is going on here?” he growled, his eyes moving between the doctor, the nurses, Luna Catherine, and me.

“Kelly, you need to calm down… we were just...”

Before Luna Catherine could finish, Kelly cut her off.

“You were about to kill my child?” he snapped, his voice thick with anger and shock.

Luna Catherine gasped like a fish battling for air.

“But… Kelly… she is nothing!” she stammered. “She’s just a...”

“I don’t care what you think she is, Mother!” Kelly roared.

I had never seen him that way before.

I couldn’t believe he could act like this for an ordinary jungle girl.

“You can’t decide what happens to my child! It’s my decision!” he said, stepping closer to Luna Catherine.

I was frozen, watching his drama unfold.

Fear and annoyance tangled inside me.

“But Kelly! She isn’t supposed to happen! She has ruined everything!” I finally burst out.

He turned his gaze at me. His stare was deep.

“I don’t care what you think either! It’s my responsibility, and I will deal with it my way!”

I couldn’t believe Kelly could say that to me.

For the first time, I began to think his love for me was all lies.

“This isn’t over, Kelly! You are making a mistake, and I won’t allow it!” Luna Catherine shouted as we left the room.

I stormed off in fury.

.......

When I got to my pack, I saw my mother, Luna Juliana, in the living room, her eyes glued to the television.

She didn’t know what had happened.

“The marriage with Alpha Kelly will not be taking place anymore,” I said.

She turned immediately, shocked.

“What do you mean by that, Celia?”

I clenched my fist, trying to stay calm.

But I couldn’t.

Before I knew it, I had told her everything.

She slammed her hands on the dining table, her face filled with fire.

“This can’t happen!” she shouted.

She began pacing the room.

“We have worked so hard for this, Celia. Alpha Kelly is yours. You will marry him and have everything.... his power, his wealth, all of it from Sunlight Pack. We had plans!”

“I know, Mother. But what do we do now? He’s already attached to the girl!” I said, trying to control my rage.

My mother stopped pacing and stared into my eyes.

“We will call a meeting with the Sunlight Pack. He must send her back to where she came from!”

I nodded quickly. I was relieved she already had a plan.

........

The meeting began.

The elders of the Sunlight Pack sat across from us with stern faces.

Kelly sat on the sofa behind the glass table, his expression unreadable.

My mother spoke first.

“Alpha Kelly,” she began. “This issue with that jungle girl cannot continue.

She isn’t fit to be by your side. She is a nobody from the jungle. You have responsibilities. Send her back.”

I stared at Kelly, praying he would agree.

But when he spoke, I knew he wouldn’t.

“I am not sending Valera back,” he said firmly.

“She is carrying my child. My child deserves to grow up in comfort, not in the wild jungle.”

My heart dropped.

Kelly was defending her.

My mother looked at me in shock.

“But Alpha Kelly,” she pressed, “think about the future of your pack! She isn’t one of us!”

“I have made my decision. Valera stays!”

I couldn’t hold my anger any longer.

“So what is it now, Kelly? You’re throwing away everything we worked for? You want that girl to ruin it all?”

“No, Celia,” Kelly said. “That’s why I have a solution.”

“What solution?” I asked, frowning.

“This will be settled in the traditional way. A fight. You and Valera. I will marry whoever wins.”

I blinked in disbelief.

A fight? For him?

I looked at my mother. She nodded for me to accept.

It was easy. Valera could never beat me.

“I accept,” I said. “I will fight her.”

“Good. The fight will take place in two days,” Kelly declared.

The meeting ended.

I felt both excitement and annoyance.

This was my last chance to get rid of Valera forever.

I would marry Kelly ....but not for love.

Because I had never loved him.

My heart belonged to someone else.

Jeton, Alpha Kelly’s Beta.