Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Selene’s POV A maid had snuck into my room and handed me a paper with a letter handwritten on it, then told the one who just rejected me.

ΠΕ it was from my mate, At first, I was angry and didn’t want to take it because of how he cruelly rejected me, but she urged me to check it out, to which I agreed.

Words can’t explain how surprised I was when I read what was in it. He even added that he was still waiting for me outside to talk to me.

My thought was right: Diana was behind everything, and she was the reason. I was thinking that my mate was conniving with her, not knowing he was under duress. The witch my father married actually used threats to force him to reject me.

Since she was the Luna of a big pack like mine, it would be easy to do anything to him. I didn’t waste any time jumping out of bed and scurrying my way out to meet my fated mate He said he had something to tell me.

“What was all that you wrote in this letter? How “They are all true, and I feel like I’m dying seeing you go through the pain of rejection. I swear, I love you, and the moment 1 set my eyes on you, it was like I had found that one peace I had always longed for Diana is evil to do all this to you” He began, leaving me blushing already No one had ever said such a thing to me, and hearing it from him was so sweet “But you have already rejected me. Do you plan to revoke it?” I asked under my breath, staring curiously at him.

“Yes! Yes, my love. I want to take you to my pack as my Luna tonight. Please, don’t say no. I love you and can’t afford to lose you. That wicked woman, Diana, shouldn’t be a barrier to tear us apart! Once I take you to my pack, she can’t do anythin again.” He spilled, his eyes so full of compassion that I was almost moved to tears.

Joy coursed through my veins in a rush, sending shivers down my spine. I had to pin dreaming self to make sure I wasn’t It was actually real.

“So, how will you take me away with you?” I asked, my voice low, as a huge smile appeared on my face.

“Tonight, by 7 pm, when everyone is busy rushing home to avoid having any reason to be outside by 8 meant for the curfew. We can use that opportunity to elude. Please don’t say no.” He pleaded, sounding really honest and caring.

I smiled widely and nodded.

He also smiled. “Meet me at the iroko tree in that forest. I will be patiently waiting for you, my love.”

“Okay I almost squeaked, hearing him call me his love almost made my head burst So all hope wasn’t lost, as I thought. The miracle I prayed for was already happening, and before this time tomorrow. I would be in my new pack, not as a member but as a Luna.

“Take care, and please come.” He said lastly and headed back into his cart while I returned to the castle.

It felt like a dream, and just knowing that this was reality made me ecstatic, but at the same time I was sad knowing how Chapter 3 deep Duna’s hatred for nie was going as far as forcing my mate to reject me.

1 literally can’t pin out what exactly I did to her to get such hate. The most likely reason could be that she doesn’t like me because I was a potential heir to the throne over her child, but it was glaring in everyone’s eyes that my father would never pick me over whatever she bore I was not qualified to even be a royal member, not to mention the next Alpha. So why the deep hatred? The best was to elude and stay away from all this because I have no idea what her plan would be next, and living in this house with such an evil women would cause me nothing but intense pain all the days of my life.

The time doesn’t seem to be ticking fast. It was just so slow as I sat alone on my bed, waiting for the time my beloved mate had told me to meet him.

I was just so excited that I didn’t get hungry. I had no appetite to eat, and all that was on my mind was my escape from these shackles. I won’t be seeing Diana again, and that was the most important thing.

All these made me not remember the visit of the Lycan king. Even the curfew s i p p e d my mind entirely.

Finally, after what seemed like eternity, it clocked at 6:40 p.m. Since I had no wolf to shift into and speed faster to the designated place we would meet, I decided to go earlier so I wouldn’t be late. It was going to take me approximately ter minutes to reach I snuck out. Luckily, the bodyguards didn’t ask me any questions, as they would never have imagined I was actually running away from the pack.

It was like a breath of fresh air in my lungs the moment I stepped out of the gate and began to make my way to the forest. The cool breeze slapping my skin only added to the joy brimmed in my heart as they thumped fast.

I quickened my pace, ignoring the long stares from my pack members and the incoherent discussions followed by m u f f l e d laughters they were having behind my back.

They all see me as a disgrace now, and rumors have spread that it wasn’t clear if I was the daughter of the Alpha, insinuating that my mother had another lover behind my father, which must have caused the moon goddess to kill her.

All these won’t matter to me in any distance because I was going to leave this pack and never come back again.

It was exactly 7 p.. when I got to the Iroko tree. I had smiles all over my face as I exp no one was there.

to meet him waiting for me, but My eye brows arched, my eyes darting through every corner. What is holding him? We need to start leaving immediately before my absence in the royal pack is noticed and they start searching for me.

The wind whistled and the leaves fluttered, leaving no trace of my mate. I stood there beside the tree, my eyes roaming through every corner in search of him. The sun has set, leaving the whole place dim and reminding me of the curfew.

Everyone in the pack who valued their lives must be hurrying back to their packhouse to avoid being outside when the Lycans arrive…

I should also be running back home to avoid getting into trouble, but never did it cross my mind that all my Torian told me was lies and a trick with Diana to actually get me killed by the Lycan.

The day was becoming darker, and it way then that it clicked in my head that he was not coming. He had really abandoned me, so I decided to speed back home. Before it would clock 8, I was sure to have reached home then.

My heart felt really heavy and was aching as I felt like a fool. I just made myself so stup i d. How did I easily believe a man who rejected me at first sight? How did I ever think he really loved me?

F u c k!

Chapter 5 1 cursed under my breath in real pain from betrayal before making my way out, but before I could take three steps forward, three masked men jumped out of the thick bushes.

My eyes narrowed as I darted my eyes at each of them one after the other, unable to understand who they were or why they were here.

“Where do you think you’re going? One of them asked as they chuckled wickedly.

“She was qually about to run back, so she won’t be outside during the curfew” The other said, and they all laughed maliciously, their eyes on me.

“We are lucky to be here earlier, or we would have missed her, and Diana will skin us alive. The last of them added as they began to close the gap between me and them.

I was confused and scared. Although I was yet to know what they wanted to do to me, the mention of the name Diana was enough to let me know I was in big trouble.

She sent them.

But how did she know I was here? Even if she saw me leaving the house, there was no way she would know this was the place I was, and I am very sure no one was following me.

“We have just a few minutes before we leave. Let’s help her wait for her mate longer. Who knows, he might come around 10 p.m.” I heard one of them seethed and couldn’t even determine who it was, as their words hit me like lightning.

My confusion and doubts were cleared as I realized what they were here for, or rather, what Diana sent them to do here. What shocked me most was that they knew I was waiting for my mate, which simply means Diana knew and was the one that told them.

Did my mate not only reject me but also set a trap for me? Did he just connive with Diana to set me up to fall into the danger of the Lycan king?

All these questions battered my head as my blood ran cold, fear sending chills down my spine as my eyes got wet.

The men smiled through the mask, and like a flash of light, they attacked me. Actually, it wasn’t an attack to hurt me, as none of them punched or kicked me.

I only felt tight grips on both my arms and legs, and it was followed by a sting of a syringe into my veins. One of them had carefully traced the vein running through my neck and injected an unknown substance into my body.

They released me immediately and disappeared into the forest just as they came, leaving me falling to my knees.

I was so weak immediately, with my eyes spinning and my legs threatening to give up on me. I badly wanted to lay down on the ground, but the darkness looming in the forest kept reminding me of the curfew.

The Lycan isn’t someone anyone would dare to disobey. Even my father, who is one of the strongest Alphas with hundreds of armies, would never think of going against his order, not to mention me; a weakling.

I could swear he would kill me off in the most painful and slow way. The stories about him are nothing different from the horror ones. He is a demon in human form, and one thing he hates so much is being disobeyed.

My head was banging as I thought of these while struggling to stand and move my body.

Tears filled my eyes as the heaviness in my heart increased upon remembering that it was my mate who caused this. He didn’t only reject me; he went as far as tricking me to my death.

With the last strength left in me, I moved a little distance and fell flat to the ground, everything blacking out immediately.