TALIA'S POV
I have been threatened by Mr Alonzo for what I did a very long time ago.
Now I have to do every one of his bids just to keep my secrets. He was a good friend that I trusted. I shared all my secrets without hesitation, but I was fooled thinking I could trust him. Now I'm being treated like a pet of his.
I wouldn't let my secret come to light so easily. I have to do anything to keep it out of my son's hearing. I will do whatever Mr Alonzo wants to make him keep his mouth shot. Right now what I did then haunts me but what can I do, I can't let it out if not it will ruin me.
***** flash back******
I was sent a Moon Light pack, to my maternal family as I lost my parents at a tender age. At age seventeen I came back to my parents pack, Bayley pack.
I was supposed to be mated at the age of seventeen but I spent three more years without being mated.
On the next full moon after four years I decided to find a mate for myself as I couldn't be lonely any more.
A feast was being held at the pack hall for the pack members to celebrate their new found mate.
At the feast I met my old friend Alonzo or perhaps I should say childhood friend. He was a Beta. Our friendship continued even when I was back.
On that day of the full moon all the pack members were present at the pack hall.
Then I decided that if I wasn't mated this time then I would find myself a man.
Suddenly my eyes made contact with a man standing close to Alonzo. He was tall and handsome. He had this gentle and kind gesture that could drive women crazy just to be with him.
I was immediately carried away by his handsomeness. I gazed undistracted at him and never realized how lost I was until Alonzo noticed and came close to me and snapped his fingers to my face.
"Talia, what's wrong with you? You looked so lost a while ago."
Alonzo asked as he noticed how lost I was looking at the man.
"Alonzo, do you know him?"
I tried to inquire about the man.
"Yes, I know him."
He briefly said without saying much.
"Could you please tell me about him."
I requested to know more about him.
"What can I say, his name is Lucas the only son of the Alpha. And Talia, he has been mated so you should stay away."
Alonzo said as he sounded more like a warning.
"Too bad, though I never asked if he was mated."
I said to Alonzo as he gazed at me with warning.
"He's not here with his mate, Is he?"
I asked just to receive a short answer.
"No, Talia he's not."
He answered obviously tired of my questions.
"Alonzo, I think I like him."
I said as I opened up to him.
"Talia, didn't you just hear me say he had been mated, as a matter of fact, they had a son."
He responded with a thick voice.
"And so what? Huh, it doesn't matter if he was mated or not. I just like him that's all."
I said as I tried to convince him that I don't have anything else in mind.
"If you say so, Talia, you know I don't trust you."
Alonzo said, looking at me suspiciously.
"Come on Alonzo I'm a changed person, I'm no longer the Talia you know."
I tried to convince him but in truth I'm still the same Talia who gets her hands on anything she desires.
"Alright Talia, convinced me more."
He said as he was a bit convinced
'You were just fooling him, aren't you?'
My wolf snarled inwardly.
'You shot up and let me be.'
I snarled back and she was quiet.
The music started and Alonzo asked me for a dance. When it was time to change partners, I quickly used the opportunity and changed Lucas the Alpha's son to my dancing partner.
"Hello, my name is Talia."
I introduced myself to him.
"I am Lucas, I don't think I have seen you before. Are you from this pack?"
He asked as we continued dancing.
"Of course I'm from this pack but I grew up with my maternal family."
I enlightened him about myself.
"Oh, I assume you just got back."
He asked with a smile on his face.
"Yea, .........."
I smiled back at him as I locked my eyes to him. I stared right into his blue eyes.
'Oh god, he's so handsome with beautiful eyes.'
I said to myself.
"You're handsome."
I whispered into his ears as I couldn't hold myself back any more.
"And you're beautiful."
He said with a good smile on his face.
'What does that mean? Does it mean he likes me too?'
I said to myself happily.
'Don't fool yourself, he said it just like you told him he's handsome.'
My wolf reappeared again and argued with me.
'You good for nothing wolf can't you mind your business.'
We interacted through my mind. I smiled so he wouldn't notice that I had been talking to my wolf.
My wolf never liked the idea of getting another man apart from my mate. She has been angry with me not wanting to wait for our mate.
As my eyes diverted to Alonzo , he gave me a warning smile not to do anything stupid.
I smiled back and he knew those smiles weren't sincere at all.
We continued dancing but suddenly he stopped. He just spoke with someone through a mind link.
"It was nice dancing with you, Talia. I have to go now."
Before I could say a word he was nowhere to be found.
I was so disappointed as I couldn't interact with him more.
I turned around and found Alonzo standing before me with a frown. He grabbed my wrist as he took me outside the hall.
"What was that Talia?"
He asked, looking so furious.
"Alonzo, what's wrong with me dancing with him, Huh?"
I rolled my eyes as I made an angry face as if I was angry with him for falsely accusing me.
"I'm sorry, Talia, but you shouldn't ruin another one's happiness for yours, just leave the young man alone, okay."
He apologized at the same time he scolded me to stay away from the man.
The feast ended late at night. I went back home and walked towards the corridor then to my room occupied with the thought of being with Lucas.
I entered my room and collapsed on my bed breathing a sigh of relief.
I sat up as I couldn't sleep. My mind was filled with Lucas's face.
'He was mated, hmm."
I said to myself feeling a bit at loss.
"But who said I can't have him just because he has a mate."
I said as I tried to give myself hope. I hopped back in my bed and slept off immediately with the hope that I can have him even with his mate around him.