I walked out the room flustered with my mom happily chatting beside me. My brothers looked disapprovingly at the dress I wore while my dad looked stunned and overjoyed. "Does she need to wear such a short dress?" I pulled my dress down trying to cover myself. I felt exposed in this dress.
I turned away from my brothers who were arguing with mom about how the dress is too provocative. "You look beautiful," Aaron complimented while looking down, I nodded shyly and looked away. Luca cleared his throat and pointed at us, stopping all the bickering. Arthur and dad fumed while mom seemed pleased. Luca said nothing and grinned slyly.
"My my, they look prefect together." Dad and my brothers got protective instantly over mom's words. "They don't mother, they aren't a good match," Luca commented with a sinister gleam in his ash eyes. "Honey, you're mistaken. Luca is right on this," dad cleared his throat and gave Aaron a threatening glare.
"But father, the moon goddess wouldn't agree on your point." Arthur smirked with a mischievously and gave us a quick wink. I groaned and was about interject when Aaron bowed. "Mr and Mrs Jude, I know you might think a beta like me is not a suitable mate for your daughter but I assure you that I will do everything I can to keep her happy." My jaw dropped and I face plammed hard.
I rolled my eyes and tilted his head up slowly, he got confused by what I was doing. I cleared my throat before speaking up. "As you can see Arthur already did a number on him so please don't do anything more," I pointed out and let go of his chin, my brothers looked like they were contemplating something while dad looked stunned.
"Very well but you must move in and join our pack. We don't want you to get hurt or killed by other packs," Dad ordered and turned to mom who gave him a small peck on the cheek. She gave me a small wink and warning dad about being nice to Aaron. Luca shrugged and shot me a cautious look before walking away while Arthur walked up to me and took my hand in his.
"We need to get ready for the day you join the pack. You have to get used to it," Aaron followed us as Arthur dragged me through the pack house. Members of the pack stared and whispered, their eyes full of curiosity. We stopped in front of a white door which was locked. "What room is this?" I voiced out my question meekly. "It's your room, we kept it for you in hopes you'd return."
I smiled bitterly, guilt was wrecking me internally. What would they do if they knew my true motives? "I'm getting a little tired, please leave me be for awhile," I muttered and dragged my guilt wrecked self into the room. The room was decorated in white and black, there was a picture of a child which I assumed was me. A huge queen size bed sat in the middle of the room. There was a bookshelf littered with books from all kinds of authors, it was organized and well kept.
What caught my eye was this balcony which gave me a perfect view of the front. The sun was setting, the sky dazzled in astounding colors. It was truly stunning but something just didn't feel right. Deep down, I felt a mixture of feelings that was new to me. Guilt for what I'm about to do to this family and remorse for what the outcome would be like.
I cursed to myself, reminding myself why I was really here for. I wasn't here to bond with them, I wasn't here to live with them. I was here to kill this family, ruin this pack. They mean nothing to me, I just need to kill them and save Kai. I have to stop this guilt and focus on the task in hand. But why?
Why am I regretting this now?
I need to save him, I need to save Kai so I can't fail on this mission. After I save him, I'll leave this country. I don't need family, I don't need a mate. I just need him, I just need my little brother. I just need to save my Kai and it'll all be over.