Everything was happening according to Aria's plan, and she was ready in her rose dress, which had a big slit on the side of the dress, and she looked like a princess with her curly hair.
The makeup artist was doing her makeup, but Aria was fantasizing about her mate. She thought that if her mate was present at the party, then how would she communicate with him and she would have all the possible thoughts about her mate.
The make-up artist left after doing their work, and everyone thinks that Aria was the most beautiful girl they had ever seen. They all admired her beauty.
"Aria, you are looking like a princess," comes the voice of an old lady named Maria, who had nurtured Aria since childhood.
"Thank you, Maria, and do you think my mate will come to this party?" Aria asked her, and nowadays, this was her favourite topic to talk about, it was always about her mate.
"Yes, my princess, I have an intuition that you will get your mate tonight and come down. Everyone is waiting for you," Maria said to her in a cheerful voice, Aria checked herself in the mirror, and now she was ready to go and find her mate.
She got out of her room with Maria, and her hands were sweating for some unknown reason. She took the first step down the stairs and looked at the crowd there to celebrate her birthday; her brother Aiden was wearing a black suit and looking at her sister admiringly.
Aria looked around and got sad because she did not feel that her mate was there, and sadness engulfed her, thinking that maybe the moon goddess hadn't created her other half. She descended the stairs, plastering a small smile on her face.
Everyone wished for her, and the ladies were getting jealous of her beauty, but this was not affecting her, and she was not at all bothered by the negativity around her.
Soon everyone got busy with their drinks, and some started to dance. Aiden's eyes were stuck on his sister's face.
"What happened, princess? Why are you so sad? This day is special to you," Aiden said to Aria in a concerted manner, unaware of the turmoil going on in her heart.
"Are you sure that you invited every pack in the country?" Area asked him innocently, but Aiden understood that none of the people present at the party was her mate.
"Yes, everyone is here, and you will get your mate soon," Aiden said to her to make her feel confident and motivated.
Aria was going to say something to him, but she suddenly felt a strange feeling settle inside her heart, she knew this feeling, and she understood that her mate was around. She turned around abruptly and looked at the man with a dangerous aura holding a girl's hand.
By the look of him, she understood that he was her mate, but why was she holding hands with another woman looking very pretty in a pearl-white dress.
"Who is he?" Aria asked unconsciously. Aiden saw the direction of his sister's eyes, and his eyes widened when the realization hit him.
"He is our alpha, Lorenzo." As soon as the word left the man's mouth, Aria gasped in fear.
"This can't be possible; he can't be my mate," Aria mumbled under her breath, and then Lorenzo's eyes connected with her, and then the sparks flowed between them.
They were both looking at each other continuously, but soon Lorenzo averted his eyes.
Aria was standing out in the crowd, so it was not difficult for Lorenzo to find out that she was Aiden's sister; when he met her eyes, his wolf howled in excitement, but he loved only Samantha, who was linking her arms to his. He is sure that Aria feels the same too, but he doesn't want Aria in her life because she was a sweet innocent girl, whereas he wants a bold girl.
"Baby, what happened? You are looking tensed" Samantha's soft voice brings back Lorenzo, lost in his loss.
His heart was mesmerized by the beauty of Aria, who looked no less than an angel, but on the other hand, he knows that he doesn't want her.
"Let's have some drinks," he said to her, and they both went to the bar area. Aria kept on looking at them, and her heart was not in the rest, realizing that Lorenzo was in the arms of some girl. She doesn't want him because she was scared of him, but she still felt jealousy in her heart.
She doesn't know what was happening to her, but her heart was unsettled by the thought of Lorenzo being in the arms of some girl.
"Lorenzo is your mate," Aiden said, hoping that he could now get Samantha's love, but he couldn't see the plight of his little sister.
"I don't want him; I am going to my room, and you can send everyone back," Aria said to her brother because she suddenly felt suffocated.
She thought that this would be her best night, and now she loathed this day because she had been the mate of a man she had been scared of since childhood.
"Aria, stop this behaviour. I am only the beta of the Crescent pack, and I can't send them back. Lorenzo treated us as his equals, even though we were not. So, don't do anything fun because I might not be able to protect you then," Aiden said in a cold voice and her eyes brimmed with tears, realizing that her brother was right.
She was the princess in her imaginary world, but in reality, she was at the mercy of the alpha Lorenzo. She was nothing but the sister of a beta of the pack.
Every important member gathered at the party because of Alpha Lorenzo and not her. Tears spilled from her eyes