19. Amaya Ricci

I get on the balcony and take a deep breath closing my eyes.

'Are you ok, Amaya?' Ivy asks.

'I don't know! I... I feel weird.'

'It's ok. All these changes and this place. Plus, all the stuff you have been through. It will be ok, Amaya!'

I didn't say anything back to her, I opened my eyes and watched the sky. It was almost dark. The ceremony will start when the moon is to its fullest.

A scent so familiar and intoxicating, but at the same time so poisonous, hit my nose, making Ivy growl into my mind.

'Let me take control, Amaya! I will kill him right there!' she said in an angry voice.

I knew my eyes should be gold now.

'Stand down, Ivy! I would not allow him to hurt us anymore.'

"What do you want, Alpha Mateo?" I asked in a cold voice, not looking at him.

I heard him coming closer, but I still do not want to show off how much he affects me.

"You look so good, Mate!" he said, placing a hand on my waist.

I brush his hand off and turn to slap his face, only for him to grab my hand and kiss me.

My other hand was pressed between us while he slid his free one into the slit of my dress.

I wanted to push him away, but it was to no avail. This stupid bond wouldn't let me do it.

"How dare you, bitch?" came the most annoying voice from behind him

"How much of a whore can you be to get involved with an Alpha who has a Luna already?"

"Shut the fuck up, Bianca! What are you doing here anyway?" Mateo said in a loud and cold voice, pulling away.

He then chuckles and looks into my eyes for a second before brushing my lips with his thumb.

"You are so beautiful, Mate! Is a shame I can accept you as my Luna!" he said, and I swear I could see regret in his eyes.

"Mateo! How dare you humiliate me like this?" Bianca shouts and leaves crying.

"You should go after your Luna, Alpha Mateo!" I said coldly, pushing his hand away.

"Go and fuck her like you did the other nights!"

I said and turned around when a tear fell on my cheek.

He hugged me from behind, exploring my body through the dress.

"Maybe I should fuck you tonight, Mate! I know you want it too. I can smell your arousal."

"Fuck you, Mateo! You will never have me! I felt rejected! Why would I want that! Just because of this stupid bond? No, Alpha! So get the fuck away from me!" I shout, pushing him.

But to no avail when he starts kissing my neck, making me moan.

"Ah! This stupid bond!" I yell in frustration, and he starts laughing.

"There is nothing you can do, Mate! You will always want me! You will crave my touch! And I will wait!"

"Well, there is something I can do actually! I am Amaya..." I start saying, but he covers my mouth with his hand.

"Don't you dare, Mate!"

I let Ivy take control, but before she could, someone grabbed Mateo by his neck and punched him in the face.

"Stay the fuck away from her, you asshole!" Leon shouts.

"Oh...Is this your lover? Is this the one that fucks you? Who is he for you?!"

Mateo asks me in a cold voice.

"I am her friend and her Beta! This is all you need to know, Alpha Mateo!" Leon said, clenching his fist and getting in front of me.

"Her Beta?! She is no Alpha!"

"Well, this is where you are right! She is no Alpha!"

Leon spits back and grabs my hand pulling me after him.

"Are you ok?" he asks, stopping to fix my hair.

"I think so!"

He nods, and we start walking to where my ceremony will be held.

"Ready?" Leon asks, squeezing my hand.

I take a deep breath and nod.

He opens the door, and we all get in.

Everyone was looking at us.

"Please let my daughter get through!" My father's stern voice boomed.

Everyone steps aside, making space for my friends and me.

"You look so beautiful, Mio figlia!" my father said, holding his hand for me to take.

"We have gathered here today for my daughter's ceremony. She will be crowned as your Queen and also Alpha till she finds her Mate," he said at the same time as Mateo entered the room.

Our eyes locked, and I could see all the surprise and regret in his.

Bianca runs to his side, hugging him and kissing his cheek, but he pushes her away.

He starts walking towards me.

I panic for a second before a great idea pops into my head.

"I would like to say a few words before we start if you will allow me, father."

"Of course, my dear!" he said and stepped aside.

"Hello everyone! I am Amaya Ricci, daughter of Talia and Giovanni Ricci, next to the throne by birthright, and I want to tell you before this ceremony will start that I have found my Mate!"

Mateo stops in his tracks for a second when everyone starts cheering, but he starts running when he realizes what I am about to do.

"But! He rejected me!"

"What?!" My father asks, clenching his fist.

Everyone gasped, and the room fell into silence again. They all knew how painful this could be. To be rejected by the one that was made to love you.

"He rejected me as his Mate and Luna without knowing my true identity, and I just want to tell him that now is too late to take his words back."

With teary eyes, I take a deep breath. I notice Anna and Leon nodding their heads and smiling at me in encouragement.

"I, Amaya Ricci, accept your rejection as your Mate and Luna, Mateo Marino, Alpha of Blood Moon Pack!"

Mateo stops in his tracks and falls to the floor.

I hold my chest and crunch in pain. It was unbearable.

But it stops after a few seconds.

I got up to see everyone looking with disgust at Mateo, who was still on the floor screaming in pain.

"Take him out of here!" my father said.