Chapter 10
The next morning Drake woke up earlier than usual.He was still feeling gloomy because of the monotonic text he received from Ancia. He wanted to meet her, drown in her scent, touch her, embrace her and god knows what else. But because Ancia told him that she would be busy today , he was controlling himself to see her.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Drake knew who it was without seeing.
"Come in, Edward."
The door opened with a swift motion and Drake saw Edward with a gloomy face and a pillow under his arm. Just by one look Drake knew the reason, after all his own face was similar.
"Did you have a fight with Linda?"
"....to fight , there needs to be two people. Linda alone starts the fight and she herself declares the result." said Edward with a pout. Drake made some space on the bed beside him while asking his not so happy beta about the reason for his sadness.
"What happened?"
"...I don't know...I honestly don't know...One moment she and I were cuddling together and the next she kicked me out of the bedroom. No matter how much I banged the door, she didn't open . So, I went to sleep in the living room but the sofa there isn't helping much. In the end, I decided to come here to have shelter." said Edward while climbing on the bed next to his friend and alpha.
"....It's 3:25am , Ed. After 3 hours, it's our usual time to start the day. You could have endured this much instead of coming to your Alpha's room with a pillow to sleep." said Drake while laying on his stomach on the bed.
"But I need to sleep."
"So do I."
"You were already awake before I knocked at your door."
"Still doesn't change the fact that you should not come to me like this.You should keep on either banging your own door or apologize to Linda."
"I am tired."
"She is your mate. You should be in each other's arms rather than in my bed."
"...Well, I was but apparently she didn't like it."
Drake sighed and decided not to indulge in their matter.
"Alpha."
"Mhnm."
"When will you bring Luna to the pack."
"..Soon."
"OK. But you do need to tell her about our existence before that."
"..I will. She is just not ready yet. I mean we have only known each other for less than a month and she is a human."
"I understand. I mean she is so gentle and pure."
"Yes, exactly."
"...But since the moon goddess has chosen her as your mate and our luna. I am pretty sure that she will accept you and us in the future."
" Yes, you are right..... I am planning on telling her about us by the end of this month." said Drake after hearing Edward's reasoning.
To be honest, Drake was a little anxious about revealing his identity. In Drake's eyes , Ancia is the purest and gentlest woman alive. She is a little clumsy and shy but he loves that about her. He hasn't even marked her yet but he could already tell that he is in love with her. Deeply. The day they spent together was so perfect as if in just a matter of a few hours they have become so much closer. Drake knew he wasn't the only one who felt it, Ancia did as well.
"So...17days?"asked Edward
"Yes. 17 days."
Drake was excited just by thinking about it. His mate in his arms , in his home...their home. It was enough to keep him going. Soon, he felt his eyelids falling down and with a small smile Drake embraced the sleep. This time he dreamt of his life with Anica.
Meanwhile Ancia was having a different night….a very different night.
Ancia was sitting in front of her mirror gazing at her own reflection.
"I hate you." she murmured.
"I hate you the most." her eyes started to glow with a strange glow.
In the mirror, Ancia was wearing a long lavender night dress with a silk night robe. Her hair was braided with a red ribbon. Her lips had a red glow and her face was looking so angelic with her fair complexion. To anyone else she would look like a nymph who was full of mystery and beauty but not for Ancia. Ancia hated her reflection in the mirror.
"..Does he find you beautiful?... Of course he does. This sinful appearance." scoffs Ancia and the next moment she starts to scratch her face with her nails. Blood starts dripping down from the deep wounds but before the blood drops on her night robe, Her wounds starts to heal and in less than a blink her face looks untouched as before.
Ancia scrunchies her face in a painful expression and tears start streaming down her glowing eyes.
"Ancia ! I have never seen someone as beautiful as you." said a handsome boy with a big smile.
"Look at her eyes! She is no human…. No wonder all the men are bewitched by her. She is a witch! A witch!" screams a woman.
"See! We told you she is a witch but nobody listened to us. Now, she has even turned a handsome man into a monster."
"She turned him into a monster because he rejected her love."
"Poor boy!"
"She seduced all men in the village with her looks. No wonder her own family dumped her into that god-forsaken forest."
"Do you know she was planting some magical herbs to make magical potions. I bet it was to keep everyone under her spell."
"How wicked."
"So wicked."
"Burn her!"
"She needs to be punished for her sinful deeds."
"I didn't know that you were such a low woman. With your appearance you seduced my lover and when he rejected your love. You turned him into a monster. When in reality you are a monster. So beautiful from the outside yet so ugly inside."
"Kill her."
"Burn her."
"...I hate you." Ancia sobs and hides her face in her palms.
"...Dra..Drake." she whispered as she took a glimpse at her appearance once more.
"If only ..you could be mine ...only mine….. But you will wake up from your dream soon too….If only ...if only I could make you mine. Completely." And her face showed a painful expression.
"Dead or alive…. be mine."