Chapter 1

"I will be joining the pack relocation," I said with a shaky voice to the person on the phone.I felt like a cold bucket of water had been dumped on me. On a relatively hot night, I shivered slightly. What is all this? Alex's laptop was filled with pictures of a young female wolf, Elsa, his first love. In some of these pictures, he smiled at the camera. I went through picture after picture, and I could not breathe."What about your bonding ceremony with Alex in a few days? Are you not supposed to become his mate?" The person on the phone asked."It seems I will not become his mate," I said in a shaken voice and ended the call.In our eight years as a couple, Alex never took one picture with me. There was always an excuse of some sort. It was shameful to say that I did not have one picture with him. I had excused this because Alex was naturally cold and indifferent. Many times, my wolf would ask whether he was the one that worth my love.My hands shook. Was he cold and indifferent to o

Chapter 2

On the way home, Alex's phone pinged. He had a message. I did not need a prophecy to tell me it was probably Elsa. She was probably asking Alex if he had gotten him yet.Suppressing my discomfort, I picked up the phone to answer her when I saw it. A message that chilled my heart. "She has not been back for years now. All I have left to play is a sudden Marking Ceremony. Don't tell anyone it's just a fake Marking Ceremony." The text said. I found it hard to breathe at that moment. Even after I thought I had calmed down, I could not stop my body from trembling. Tears stung my eyes. I had waited for him for years only to be bait for his true love? No wonder he suggested out of the blue a few days ago that we should finally bond and become mates."I hear she is in the werewolf school group chat. Just leak some small information about it so she can see it," Alex had texted his friend this.So it was all a plan. My waiting, my patience, my love for him, and I was only good enough to be bai

Chapter 3

I was going to relocate with my pack, so I needed to handle my work transfer. It was late at night before I could return home.The moment I walked into the living room, I smelled the aroma of food. I assumed and looked at Alex, who had set the table and was waiting."You took quite a while in the office," he commented before gesturing to the table of food. "I made something for you. You looked so thin in your dress today. You need to eat more."His words reminded me that I had not eaten much since he asked me to be his mate, as I wanted to fit into my dress."You can eat. I am tired. I will go rest instead," I told him and walked upstairs.He must have smelled the blood on my chapped heels because when I walked upstairs, he followed me with a first aid box.For a monster, I was not sure what to do. In eight years, this was the first time he had ever shown me any kind of care.The sudden care made me uncomfortable, so I told him the wound had already formed a scab. It seemed he was det

Chapter 4

The thought of cutting all ties with him still hurt deeply. It was as though a knife had been used to carve out my heart.I had switched my phone to airplane mode and boarded the plane to have some peace.During the ten-hour flight, I spent half the time with my eyes closed, thinking about the eight years we spent together.The moment I stepped foot on foreign soil, I met up with the rest of my pack. My mother, the Luna of our pack, was shocked to see me. "I thought you would stay back with that man of yours," she said."And leave you behind? Never!" I said, and she hugged me. It was good to see the pack again. Not as an outsider that never participated in anything, but as an active member. It took all day to unpack and move into a small cottage in the pack 's new territory.Just as I turned on my phone, the first call I received was from the frantic matchmaker, who sounded as though she had lost almost half her life."Miss Aria, what is going on? I had brought the oracle as you and

Chapter 5

I knew he was trying to reach me, but all I wanted to do was drink. Alex hated the smell of alcohol and never drank, so the first time I had seen him drunk, he was in the arms of another woman. Because he did not like it, I never drank. But today, I just wanted a drink.I took one drink after another till I passed out. When I woke up, it was to the sound of knocking on my door. I got up to check and found my mother at the door."Why do you smell like rubbish?" She asked."Just took a small drink," I answered."Did you and Alex break up?" She asked me."You heard from Hannah?" I asked."His mother...the hill pack Luna called. She asked, What was going on?"Hearing her words, I frowned. Alex's mother never really liked me. Why would she care?"She said something about oaths being kept. Did you make an oath?" My mother asked."No! Why would I? He never liked me. And she never liked me either. So, why the sudden..." I started to say."Aria, how many people did you tell you were a white wo

Chapter 6

I was in the hospital for a few days. For humans, such an accident could have killed them. But I healed up in just a few days and was fine to go home. My mind was preoccupied as I walked into my room one day to find the stranger that had saved me sitting by the window. I jumped in fear. He had been coming around as of late. I had learned his name was Daemon. He was an alpha from an ancient clan. Being an Alpha, it was very hard for me to pick up his scent. He was quite the apex predator and could hide his scent easily. Then I realized he was the one in my room; I let out a breath."What are you doing here?" I asked."I came because I heard you were a bit of trouble," he said, and I paused.I looked at Daemon incredulously. What trouble? The only thing I could think of was Alex and his family, but they had been quiet recently."In trouble?" I asked."You should meet my family," he said, and I turned red. He surely was a handsome man. His dark eyes always made me shiver when he raked