Oh my God !

The scent was growing stronger and stronger as if the source was approaching me. My brain went crazy like they show it those logic less perfume advertisements. I bit lower lip and my brain has sort of forgotten about everything around. Every thing in me wanted to follow the scent to reach out its source. Emma is of least help right now. She's constantly stirring and getting restless at the back of my mind.

"Hello Emily. How are you doing? Kia? looking gorgeous" I was bought out of my trance like state by a magnetically husky voice. That is when I knew the source of that heavenly fragrance. My body was buzzing and I was desperately trying to gather my wits. His spiking steel blue eyes bore into mine. A soft smile spread across his lips.

"Hello young lady!" He greeted me. My throat went dry and I felt dizzy. 

"She is Lily. here for holidays. Kia's friend" I watched Emily introducing me to the prince charming. Handsome, mysterious, dire and over all, his eyes were seductive, trying to drown me into their depths. I barely noticed how my lips parted themselves to greet him.

He shook my hand and I almost jumped at the tingles shooting right from my palm, travelling along the length of my arm. The air around us was sizzling and sparkling. By any chance, am I the only one who felt that? 

Damn! He was hot and handsome. The tuxedo he's wearing did nothing to hide his muscular self, leaving nothing for imagination. His shoulder length golden bronze hair was pushed back holding itself into a top knot. His medium stumble beard only added to his manliness.

I could feel the warmth he emitted and the aura surrounding him. The energy, the might, he emitted started to turn me on. I bit my inner cheek in a way to maintain my sanity, I was afraid of loosing, with him around. Emma tried to control my body which I was trying my level best to constrain. He withdrew his hand from mine in a split second and disappointment settled in my gut.

"Hello everyone! welcome to the ball....." I heard some one addressing the guests which I pay no mind to.

"Lily, meet Mr. Logan Maxim." Emily stated and my mind started running over the cart wheel. I definitely heard the name at some point, just that I couldn't recall exactly when. I gave him a small smile not wanting to embarrass myself in front of such a magnificent creation of the goddess and nodded my head politely.

MATE!

Emma acknowledged as if to enlighten me of the weird feelings I was experiencing. My eyes widened a little in realization.

" Lets welcome the one and only, beautiful and gorgeous, Elanor Thompson, Our Queen Luna, over the Alter!" I was still trying to process everything happening around me. Just when Logan turned away from me and ran towards the alter and held his hand out to a woman who was climbing over it. That is when I felt the fog surrounding my brain clear itself.

My heart sank into the depths of my gut, making my heart twist with pain at the scene unrevealing in front of my eyes. Everyone in the audience cheered and clapped for the woman, looking whom my breath hitched in my throat. She was beautiful, elegant, gorgeous and everything that could bring a sane man to his knees.

she was wearing a dove white ball gown with a nude top clinging to her like second skin with pearls and crystals attached to it, shimmering under the lights. The gown itself laced and embraided with flower patterns, pearls attached to which. She was wearing a tiara over head comprised of white crystals only added beauty to her mid waist length dark brown curly locks. Did he plan all of this for HER?

I felt disgusted in the pit of my stomach just at the thought of my mate holding her in his arms. Kia noticed my uneasiness and offered a walk towards the sea.

" I should have noticed it before. I'm sorry" Kia said once we are out of the crowd.

"notice what?" I enquired. She sighed heavily and we started walking along the white sand.

" I already know that you can't stand crowds. It's just that I was carried away by the event. Queen Luna is such a beauty, right?"

I only hummed in response. It felt like a spear penetrated right through my heart to admit that my mate choose someone so beautiful and elegant over me. I don't find it even a bit in me to compete her. I know my stand well enough. 

I looked back to the alter, standing meters away from it, when every nerve and bone within me cried to run towards the alter and rip that good for nothing Elanor into shreds, only to notice all the lights turning blue followed by cheers, claps and applaud.

A scowl rested on my face at the sight, noticing which Kia answered me something that I wish I had never heard ever in my life time.

"Looks like baby shower! Mom told that Elanor is pregnant, right?" Emma let out a low painful howl that rumbled through my chest.

"Lily, what's wrong? why is Emma hurt?" enquired Kia making me face her with her palms resting on the top of my shoulders.

"What is she even supposed to feel when she hangs out with a run away wolf like you?" I heard a boyish tone in mockery.

Kia's hands dropped down my shoulders as she turned to face towards the source.

A guy, in his early twenties as I despair, handsome and muscular, but not like Logan, clad in a black suit that hugged him well, made his way towards us, locking his hands with a girl whose wearing albeit too little clothing for the event. I peeked from the corner of my eye to find Kia clenching her fists into tight balls that the knuckles turned white.

The girl on the other hand was rubbing herself more than necessary on him, that I felt very uncomfortable at the sight.

"Hi! I'm Jackson Brown, Beta King, I can help you if you need. Is she trying to rob you?" He asked me his tone rather distasteful.

"Why do you think she is hurting me?" I enquired increasing my pitch. What is his problem? He is the one who's outlander here.

"Oh! what can one expect of a rogue then?" he spat albeit pecking the girl on her lips when she moaned. What? A rogue? But Kia is in UK for her studies! Is that prohibited here?

As I was thinking along those lines, Kia held her right palm out, fingers pointing to the sky, locking her thumb and little finger.

"I, Kia Maxwell, of the Royal Pack accept your rejection" Kia said the words out loud and clear and left.

The beta held a hand to his chest and fell on his knees, his back arched. I wondered how much of pain was he feeling right now, for a man of his build to throb. Even though I can't stand some one suffer in front of me, there is hardly any help I could offer. Besides I wanted to check on Kia first. I rushed towards the ladies wash rooms hoping to find her there. She's nowhere to be found at the place though.

I was racking my brains on where could I find her, when I was engulfed once again by the heavenly fragrance of earth and sandal. Before I could even think straight, a strong arm held me by my shoulder, turning me around in a swift move. To my shock, revealed himself, none but the King Alpha himself, standing in front of me to his fame.

In the next moment, I found myself caged in between his arms and I melted, then and there. I caught onto his arms, keeping my legs straight, afraid they would buckle under my weight. His gaze went dire and my heart ran violently in my chest, my limbs felt nothing better to noodles and my insides molded like jelly.

Our breaths mixed, with neither of us uttering a word, and he took me flush against his rock hard muscular chest. My breath hitched in my throat to the tingles that ran across my skin where ever it came into contact with his. I'm sure he felt the same as he buried his face into my neck and inhaled deeply, his large hand against my bare back and his lips leaving trails on my neck.

I let a moan escape my lips, unable to hold it longer. I let my hands roam along his torso, when all of sudden, he pushed me and my body collided with the platform edge, earning me a shooting pain running throughout my body. Even though, my waist collided the platform, I felt my heart was the one pierced by a sword, and I could barely breathe.

My throat went dry and I struggled for air, yet, he made no move to comfort me.

" Listen Lily. I waited for you all the years, and Goddess knows why did you show up just today! I want you to know that I'm taken now, I am soon going to be a father. So, leave! I don't want you lingering any where near me. Leave and never return!" 

With that, all the air rushed to leave my lungs and I quivered on the bathroom floor. He made no move to hold me, rather left me to suffer and walked out of the restroom, not looking back even once.

I clenched my heart which was throbbing painfully, and all my internals aching weirdly. I clutched my head to knees and kept crying, thinking the pain would be gone , but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.