Chapter Eleven

LUCY

“Now get lost before I lose my temper,” Maverick screeched at me. I was taken aback by his harsh response and decided to let him be. On a regular day I would have snapped at him for being rude to me but today I was going to let it slide.

All day all I could think of was what Maverick said to me. Lothar had told me about something related to this and I still couldn't wrap my head around it but what bothered me most was Maverick, he knew who it was and wouldn't tell me.

What if he was the culprit and was trying to deviate my attention from him? I thought. He was the only one that hated me and my family in the pack and I also had my suspicion that he had a hand in my father’s death. I kept pondering over all of these things until I fell asleep.

I jolted awake when I heard a loud bang on my door. “Lucy, we are under attack!!” That was Nathan's voice so I sprung out of bed and grabbed my sword by my bedside. I was surprised to see that it was late already, I didn't realize that I had slept for so long. Everyone was running for their lives, huts were burnt to the ground and our soldiers were being slain. I felt sad for what had happened, if only Cade had listened to me then our pack wouldn't be in such a mess.

I lost the will to defend the pack until I heard that their alpha was here on the field, exactly who I have been waiting to meet. I raced down to the field where he was and slew anyone that I came across.

As I moved closer, a particular pheromone filled the air, my mate was here I could tell because my wolf Maia was howling in my head forcing her way out but I paid no attention to it.

“Let me out! Our mate is here,” Maia kept saying.

“We can always find whoever it is later, killing the alpha is more important right now,” I told her.

“You’ll be surprised to know who it is, who would have thought we would meet our mate on a battlefield,” Maia said.

My wolf seemed to be more excited to meet this mate of ours. As for me, I wasn't ready yet to be mated to anyone, so knowing my mate was here only made me nervous but I had to find where he was so he wouldn't get injured. I followed the scent till I saw who it was.

“No way, it can't be. this devil can't be my mate, “I muttered. I frowned and charged towards him, I would rather have him dead than him becoming my mate. I struck him with the sword but he was quick and blocked the sword from cutting him. Indeed he was skillful as everyone had said, he grabbed me and placed his sword on my neck.

I knew he felt it too because he immediately dropped his sword and muttered something to himself, his eyes widened in surprise as he couldn't stop staring at me. There was no way I would have a future with my enemy so I pushed him and ran out of the pack and into the woods. I ran as fast as I could but he followed behind and beckoned me to stop which I paid no attention to. I bet he stopped chasing me because I didn't see him again.

I thought of going to the hut where my mother was in the woods but I immediately changed my mind and decided to wander around the woods till it was late. I was furious that the person I hated the most was my mate, the thought of it sent chills down my spine.

How could the moon goddess choose the enemy of my family as my mate? What would I have done to receive such grave punishment from the goddess? I thought as I sat at the edge of the cliff.

“For a minute I thought you were dead already,” a voice from behind startled me. It was my mother, she was with Nathan and she had a worried expression on her face.

"Mother!" I cried and ran to her wrapping my arms around her. I sobbed in her arms for a while until I had my fill, I dried my tears and pulled away from her.

"Lucy darling, is everything alright?" she asked. “I looked for you in the pack but I couldn’t find you,”

I didn't know how to explain to my mother that I had just found my mate and he was the same person I hated the most. “I’m fine, I was just thinking of my father,” I lied. “Let’s get out of here before they find us here.”

“They left already,” Nathan said.”Though with a warning never to be seen anywhere near their pack else, they would come back for us.”

“Mother, you shouldn’t have gone to look for me, I specifically told you to wait for me at the hut, what if something had happened to you?”

“Stop nagging me, I was only looking out for you as my daughter, it's my responsibility that you’re safe already," Nathan said. "Though with ."

We returned to the hut in silence, I pondered on what to do with the alpha if he came back to look for me. I knew he would unless he wanted nothing to do with me as well, besides it was a taboo to mingle with rogues like us and as the alpha, he wouldn't want to go against the rule.

My mother, Nathan, and I remained in the hut for a few more days until we believed the pack was safe enough for us to return though my mother insisted we stay a little bit longer.

"If we remain here, everyone will notice we are gone and soon this place will no longer be safe for you to hide anymore,"

"She's right, my father and others would send a search party to look for us, and when they do, this place would no longer be safe for you again," Nathan said.

After much persuasion, my mother agreed to return with us. By the time we arrived at the pack, a search party had already been organized to look for those that had gone missing during the attack.

"Father!" Nathan shouted.

His father, who looked tense when we walked in, suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. "Where have you been, son? I've searched for you everywhere and you too Lucy what happened? I thought you were dead, I saw him chase after you into the woods," Cade said.

"Nothing happened, he wasn't fast enough to get me," I said.

"Liar, you ran away like the weakling that you have always been," Maverick taunted me which made me furious. I punched him before anyone could stop me. He burst into laughter as he wiped the blood that oozed from his nose. "Feisty as always." he winked and turned to leave.

"You two will join the search party, there are still others left that we have to find," Cade said to me and Nathan with a frown and also left.

Nathan huffed a sigh. We joined the rest and set out into the woods in search of others but we couldn't find anyone lurking around in the woods.

"We should head back," I said. "It's getting late out here."

Nathan, who had been unusually quiet, simply nodded in response. "Is everything alright, Nathan?" I asked.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were chased by the alpha?"

"It wasn't important, that's why."

Nathan grabbed my arm and pulled me close. "It's important, he would have killed you,"

"But he didn't, and here am I, alive and well," I snapped.

"Why did he spare you? He wouldn't have just left you to go like that," he asked suspiciously.

How do I tell him that the alpha was my mate without making it look suspicious? I thought. There was no way I was going to keep on hiding the truth from him and others, soon the truth would be known.

"He couldn't kill me because he's my mate," I blurted out. It was better than hiding the truth.

Nathan staggered with his mouth wide open. "What? How is that possible? What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to reject him as my mate," I said.

"You'll do no such thing," a voice came from behind us. The alpha and Lothar stood there as we turned to know who it was.

"You are going to be my Luna."