Alina's POV:
I sat in the car, tears streaming down my face. The weight of the betrayal was crushing me. The car felt suffocating, like a prison I couldn't escape from. Breathless and out of anxiety, I got out of the car into the windy night.
I drove for around an hour in the streets and nothing could help me ease out the pain.
'Don't be sad now. Both of them don't deserve your tears. ' Sophia snapped at me.
'That bit*h can have James, the useless man. Remember how he couldn't fight one rogue in the battle? ' Sophia laughed at him.
I couldn't stop the grin forming on my lips either and gave in to her silly teasings. But the sour ache formed in my heart again when his cute face flashed before my eyes.
I loved him! Gosh!
I was driving for one hour now and then my car shut down on it's own. In the middle of a road. I tried to move the key with all my might but it won't start.
'What the fuck! I just want to have some peace!' I shouted inside my car banging my fist.
"Do you need help?" I trembled when an older guy around my father's age knocked on the window.
"My car broke down. Is there a mechanic out here? " I nervously asked.
"No, there is no one here. You can get in our car. My wife and grandson saw you stuck here and she never leaves people alone if they need help. " His wrinkled eyes sparkled with joy as he talked about his wife.
They seemed to be normal humans and I wasn't scared of the woods.
I followed him to his car and he pulled open the door for me. I snuck in to check his wife but somebody pushed me in. They tied me with wolfsbane and I couldn't shift either. Before I could scream, two men grabbed me and the older man injected something into my arms.
"Now, she will be ready in a few minutes for HIM. " One of them said.
"Hurry up! He must be going crazy! " The other one said.
I felt my insides shift and a heat formed in my stomach. My thighs burnt from the pressure. I couldn't no longer hear or say anything. I felt them taking me somewhere from the car and then running away after leaving me in a room as they shut the door behind. They had blindfolded me and the wolfsbane was still intact in its place.
I was hissing with pain when I heard a loud growl. My body froze with fear and I tried to losen the grip.
'I can't do anything. 'Sophia cried in my head.
Someone was smashing the tables and walls with his hands because I heard lots of sound of objects shattering in the background.
Whoever this creature was, he was very angry and dangerous because his growls were different from a regular werewolf.
I was left here to die because they wanted to make this beast eat me.
I heard him coming closer to me.
But instead of touching me he smashed his fist into the locked door.
Suddenly I was not on the ground but in the arms of a very muscular man. He made me lay down on the bed and touched my face.
" open your eyes." He said removing the blindfold from my eyes. But I was not ready to look at him. His voice was a mixture of a sensual voice yet dangerous tone in it.
As l opened my eyes, I was trembling with fear by now. I was expecting an ugly looking creature steering at me ready to told me into pieces but I wasn't expecting such a handsome man with a faint smile and a little frown on his head. "Are you fine?" he asked me.
He was looking right into my eyes and then I realise that he must be referring to the my swollen eyes because I had been crying after catching James with Ava.
"Please, let me go. " I said.
He closed his eyes and shook his had but didn't say anything to me.
"Why did the men take me here?
Who are you? " I crawled away from him.
I noticed how his eyes were of two different colours and he had larger fangs than any normal wolf.
"Because I need a mate. It's my last chance today or my pack will be taken by my stupid uncle. " He growled at the mention of the uncle.
"Then go find your fated mate!
Why have you forcibly taken me here? " I screamed but then his gripped tightened on my arm.
"The problem is I am a hybrid and I don't have the wolf part which catches the scent of mate. My wolf is incapable of finding a mate. So, every full moon they bring young girls here to make me choose any of them. " He answered.
"What? Then how did you know those are not your mate? " I was so shocked to listen that.
"I don't know. I simply ask them if they want to be my Luna for three years until I can take all packs under me and expose my uncle to everyone. But they already have mates or love other man, so no one had ever said yes. " He sat down beside me.
"Why are your people so scared of you? " I asked because those men were trembling with fear.
"That's because I have told everyone that I turn into a beast so that they don't know about my hybrid nature. Nobody wants an Alpha with a tainted blood line. " He stated.
I couldn't understand what was happening with me. First, James then this hybrid.
"I need some time to think about everything. " I muttered.
I looked around the room and found a case of wine and alcohol.
I grabbed the whiskey bottle from the trolley. I gripped it and unscrewed the cap. I raised the bottle to my lips and tilted it back, allowing the amber liquid to flow into my mouth. I swallowed, feeling the warmth spread through my body.
I could hardly keep my eyes open. The alcohol took complete control over me. But it helped me in thinking more rationally as James held no affection for me.
Instead, he hated me the same as Ava.
If I got married to him for the sake of my father and the fear of people laughing at me if I canceled it one night before the big day, then I would never be able to live my life with comfort. I would be in constant fear of him leaving me for another woman. I could never trust him again. I knew he would cheat and cheat with more females.
No, I will not marry him. I thought to myself.
The pressure lifted from my heart as l imagined my life without that stinking man
After drinking half of the bottle in one shot. I experienced dizziness. My head felt heavy and I struggled to maintain my balance.
"Alright. I accept the proposal to be your mate. " I said in my drunken state. His eyes lit up and he was in shock for few minutes.
"Really? Are you sure? Because you will have to sign a contract. " He walked closer to me.
A contract? That was too much.
'This is our only option. Say yes to him. 'Sophia said.
"I agree to everything you say. " I replied.
"Who are you? " He grew suspicious of me when I agreed to everything he said.
"Nothing should matter to you other than the fact that I just don't want to get married to my bastard fiance tomorrow, that's all. " I clutched the sides of the sofa, digging my nails into it.
A smile formed on his lips and he chuckled under his breath.
"That's the perfect match then. A broken heart girl mating with the Hybrid Alpha. I accept the deal. " He said.
"But what's your pack name? " I asked horrified by the fact that he was some Alpha who needed a mate to unknown pack.
"Yes, you will sign a deal to be the Luna of Alpha Luciano, of the Blood Moon Pack. You must have heard about me too. Huh? " He raised his brow at me.
Suddenly, it became too difficult for me to breathe as I realized he was talking about the Ruthless Alpha Luciano who was heartless and had a very bad image among his people due to his aggression.
"The Ruthless Alpha? " I asked, gulping down the saliva in my throat.
"Yes. Are you scared? But even if you are then there's no turning back now. " Alpha Luciano laughed, clapping his hands like my face was some sort of joke to him.
"Anyways, you will need to follow certain rules and obligations as per my rules. Like no extra marital affair with another man, no partying till late..." He continued shooting rules after rules for me and I felt my blood turn cold.
'Don't be such a cold blanket!
This is the best thing we can get right now. We don't have any other way out of the mess. Do you want to marry James and pretend that nothing happened today? ' Sophia bitterly asked me.
She was right and I had to accept my fate now. This contractual deal was my last hope to get a new life and seek revenge on the ones who did me wrong.
"What are the basic and most important obligations? " I asked cutting the crap.
"Well, according to the contract, you will need to stay in the Blood Moon Pack with Alpha Luciano.
You will fulfill the Luna duties with uttermost sincerity for the term bond of 3 years. " He pulled out a piece of paper from his suitcase and roughly placed it on the table before me.
"I will read it first, okay? " I said, flipping the pages.
"Yes, you are free to read it. " Alpha Luciano sat without any worries laughing to himself but I was now shaking as I read the contract