Chapter 3 The turning point

Mia

An ant charging at an elephant is what you may call my attack on him. He stood still, unfazed as I kept hitting him which made it all worse. I could feel pairs of eyes watching us from behind. Of course, the pack members had to sense something was happening and come watch my crazy outburst and soon to be departure because I don't see myself getting away with this.

"That's enough." Edward said in that calm husky voice that sent tingles all over my body as he gripped both of my hands with one of his.

I fell against his chest and his scent filled my nostrils.

"She had to try to attack an Alpha when she knew she had no strength and she's latent?" Sophie's voice came from behind but I blocked it out of my mind. Others were speaking also, but it didn't matter to me. What mattered most was the domineering Alpha before me.

"You're not getting away with me." I said with what you could call a threatening gaze and a scowl.

"What makes you think so? Your dad said we signed a contract for this. Maybe you may want to see it if you don't believe us." He spoke in a soothing manner, getting me more angry.

"I don't care about any stupid contract that was signed in my absence. I'm not going anywhere!" I yelled out to his face then faced Vincent as I gave him my best 'you betrayed me' look.

"You don't have a choice, Mia. We both get what we want, sorry you had to be a pawn on our chess board."

"And we are tired of having a latent wolf in our pack that's as good as useless." Sophie sang behind me and I stiffened. The look in Edward's eyes wasn't a pleasant one either. I could swear something like anger flashed in his eyes but it disappeared as quickly as it had come.

Everyone began mocking me, teasing and laughing. I stood in front of them all as they all scorned me. Bella and Lewis were the only ones that distanced themselves from others as they stared at me with pity.

The anger I felt slowly disappeared and all that was left for me to bear was shame. Twenty one years of my life in Gyde pack and this is what I get as a sendoff. The resistance I had earlier put up melted and all I wanted right now was to leave this pack. I don't mind if I'm going to be the mistress to the devil himself to get away from this pack of hell and torture.

Yes, I'm still sad to leave but if this is my fate, then there's not much I can do to get away from it.

"Enough!" Edward shouted in a loud voice and everywhere suddenly became silent. I shivered from both the unexpected shout and the authority he wielded. No one dared make a sound as they watched him. Even my father was already getting agitated.

"No one would insult my mate and the future Luna of Phoenix pack!" He said with an air of authority and everyone gasped, myself included. "At dusk, a mating ceremony will be held here before we leave for Phoenix. Any ill report I get towards my mate won't be tolerated." Fury burned in his eyes as he spoke and some pack members cowered away. I raised my head up high and plastered a smirk on my face.

Better to enjoy all of this now because I don't know what's ahead of me or what will become of me after tonight.

***

Preparations for the mating ceremony were in full swing. Pack members from all over the pack flocked around the pack house after they got the news of my mating ceremony with Edward.

"This is weird." I shut the window where I was watching the arrival of guests and laid on the bed bedside Bella.

"Maybe you should focus on the good that's going to come out of this instead of the negative." Lewis chirped in, earning him a glare from me.

"What good comes out of getting mated to the devil?"

"He's not the devil!" Bella said in an exhausted tone for like the twentieth time.

"Arrgh... whatever. But I hope my life will be better over there."

"We hope so too." They said in unison.

I moved closer to Bella and hugged her. "I'm going to miss you, dear."

"What about me?" Lewis jumped on the bed and covered us both with his large arms causing us both to giggle.

"I will too, but just a tiny bit."

"Ouch!" He sat up, placing his hands on his chest. "That hurts, Mia."

Bella smacked him on his head and I laughed out loud. I stared at them both as they began to bicker. They would never change. "Promise me you both will come visit me in Phoenix."

"Of course we will." Bella said and gave me one final hug.

A knock on the door separated us. "Your dress is here, Mia. You need to start getting ready." A maid called from behind the door.

I swallowed the lump in my throat. It was already six pm. I had to spend the mornings and afternoons with my best friends. I haven't seen Edward since I first saw him but terror rushed through me at the prospect of not just seeing him again but getting mated to him.

A prophet didn't have to tell me that this was a turning point in my life. If I had known this was how today was going to turn out, I would have kept on running to anywhere, far away from here during my morning run.