Alpha Gavin

Mia's POV

"I can't tell who the mighty Alpha of the Sullivan Pack is going to have as his mate," I hear my stepsister ask her sister from the living room. Since her voice is always loud, I can hear every detail of what they are saying. Alpha Gavin has been her long time crush, his beauty, height and stature with his eloquence has made him the dream guy for so many girls, not only in my pack.

His frequent appearance on TV interviews and fashion magazines sweeps off the minds of so many she-wolves. I draw my mind away from their conversation, Gavin is too good for me. Having the dream of being his mate would just be good as a dream, it might just remain a dream forever.

My pack, the Mayweather Pack, will be celebrating the Mating Culture festival today at the Pack Square, so many Alphas would come from far and wide to be in attendance. Alpha Gavin who has become the talk of the household is likely to be in attendance because he hasn't found his fated mate yet. My stepsisters' heads are almost blowing up with the imagination of being discovered as his mate. He is coming all the way from Sullivan Pack.

It's a custom to carry this out once every year, for all Alphas who haven't yet found their mates, they organize a festival and all the unmarked she-wolves will attend in their numbers. It's believed that his mate will be in attendance, she will be among the ladies who show up and then he would be attracted to her by the scent.

None of this concerns me, my only concern is to get to the Sullivan Pack where I dream to get into modeling school, work at the same time with a company for knowledge, my dad is the Alpha, my mom remarried and since then, it's been many years now, I've not seen her. As my dad got married to his second Luna, she came with two of her daughters, almost my age, Lilah and Jessica. When they arrived at first, I thought I could see them as sisters but no, they didn't see me the way I saw them, rather they saw me as a slave. No one here loves me except my elder sister, they say I'm too clumsy, weak and dull. Well, I don't give a fuck to what they say I am. I just mind my own way.

Suddenly, my door springs open and before me stands a giant muscular frame, my dad who is the Alpha of our pack, Mayweather Pack. His look on its own is enough to tell me that all is not well, I rise up from the bed I was lying on. He is just one of the persons I fear most in my life as if he was a total stranger who is claimed to be mafia.

"What are you still inside of here?" He thunders. His furious eyes shake and I shiver from the intensity of his voice. "Your sisters are getting ready for this important occasion and you are here." He dives in and heads to take a metal rod to beat me, I jump right out of the bed and hop outside of the room.

"I didn't intend to go for this, dad." I muttered as I raced out, I thought he wouldn't hear but when I turned, his eyes had turned completely red.

"If you don't leave this house for that place, I'll make sure you are not a living being by tomorrow." I gasp, shaking my head in disgust.

"Dad, you're too wicked to say this to me." I say inside of me, I can't confront him openly. My eyes collide with my step sisters who had come out to see what's going on, they have a sarcastic expression on their faces which is making me look downcast.

I rush straight to the bathroom, this is like two hours left to start the festival and we are all going to assemble at the Pack's Square, which would accommodate up to three thousand girls. This is a very small amount for the visiting Alphas to choose from, I can't see myself being chosen, just going to quench my dad's temper. In ten minutes, I'm done with a scented bath and out, my dressing style falls for casual.

"Look at you, bitch. Is this how you will attract the Alpha?"

"What did you just say?" I choose to ignore them. "Why would a thing like her attract the Alpha, what happened to us!" I walk straight to my room to spend some time waiting for the time to come.

At last 11 AM is here. The square is about thirty meters away, Dad picks up Leila and Jessica with his car, ignoring me, so I have no other choice but to walk here. The ceremony starts as normal, it's speculated that the next event will be the arriGavin of this famous Alpha whom everyone holds in high regard and admiration. In his absence, it's as if the ceremony hasn't even begun, everyone expects his arriGavin. All are looking forward to this, even me.

I heard he's very handsome, tall and muscular, and young as well. I've not only heard but seen quite a good number of times in the tabloids but I would love to set my eyes on him today, this would be a great accomplishment to me. Though I don't have much to wear, I made sure I look my best, no one wants a tattered mate. I didn't apply any makeup on my face, except a hot-blood lipstick, straightening my hair and making it fall over my back. I look down to assess my dress, though simple, my red gown is neat and pressed, with the slit up to my hips making me look sexy. My black heels are the only fashionable shoes I have, I couldn't afford to put on any other shoe apart from it.

I would also want to try my luck with this Prince Charming of an Alpha although I don't put so much hope of getting him. Gavin arrives in the company of his officials, cheers and delighted murmuring among the girls starts, all eyes are on him despite the numerous Alphas present. He looks so much like the Alpha King among them, if an Alpha King were to be chosen, from among them, it would surely be him.

Due to the large crowd, I have to really strain my neck just to accomplish my wish, here my eyes collide with Leila, I didn't even realize that she has been near me all these while. She gives a smirk, I know what's going on in her mind right now, but I choose to ignore. I keep on staring at the Alpha, tormented by his beauty that I lose consciousness of what's happening at the ceremony. All I wish for in my life now is to get a mate that will be fine as this Alpha, someone who would save me from the daily agony I face being in my family. A mate will shower me with all the love I need, we will create a new family and forget about this current one which is causing me so much pain.

I'm lost in my own thoughts, forgetting about what's going on around me until a deep, wild berry scent mixed with almond and olive came through my nose, still I was still thinking, I didn't give my attention to it, not until a deep, harsh voice scared me off balance. I stagger, almost falling.

"Are you the one?" A deep, sexy voice, rich in nature and thrilling looms over me. I raise my head from the ground I was staring at while lost in thought. My heart begins to thump so fast with the body frame beside me who has swallowed me up in height, body size and the beauty, with his blue charming eyes which seems like they would make me melt. My legs begin to shake as I feel the charming, overpowering aura of the personality beside me. It's purely like a dream which I'm caught in, without a redemption.

"Are you...sure.. it's me, Alpha?" I stammer. I didn't expect someone like me would be fated to such a demi-god, an angelic prince living among us. His presence alone commands authority and attraction. All eyes are on us right now. His appearance and the aura surrounding him intimidates me I would say, but for good. I have never come across a man this sexy and handsome, he's even more charming than he appears to me in the Tabloids and journals.

"Yes, you are the girl I've been waiting for all my life. What's your name?" He asks.

"Mia," I put forth my response with all politeness.

"Mia! Wow, what a nice name." He pulls me closer to himself and sinks his lips into mine, breaking away all the strongholds and discipline I had created for myself, his kiss happens to be my very first, so mind blowing it has to be in the public under the watchful eyes of everyone. I don't care either, I'm really soaked into this world Gavin has placed me into, with the butterflies in my stomach and bubbles sparkling in my head. I close my eyes, stretching myself to be on the same level with his height as I initiate the kiss this time, the touch of our lips and tongues with this wild scent of his ravage my entire being. In this world we are in, it's only him and I, no one exists.

The more we continue to kiss, the more the electricity sparks across my veins, our bodies are pulled closer and I can even feel his bulge pointing hard against my groin region. I'm melting right now, if not that he holds my waist, I would fall with weakness from passion and not rise up because my legs are literally weak.

With him and in his arms, I feel warmth and safety. But still I doubt if this is a dream or reality? So I'm finally gonna leave this pack and my family for good? No more humiliations. I can't believe it! Slowly I wrap my hands around him, holding him tight and not wanting to let go of him.

I can hear whispering from the crowd of girls, if not that I'm with him, I would fear being stoned. I know that most of them here set their hearts on Alpha Gavin, that's the whole truth but right now, it turned out to be me, I'm the target of jealousy. I remember my stepsisters, they are here too and would carry the news to my dad, thank God I came, who cares to return to say goodbye before leaving.

Gavin pulls out a little bit, slowly, I grunt. I don't want to pull away but it's like one of his men tapped him, hoping to say something to him. How dare he do that? As I hear Gavin discussing with his men on how they would return to Sullivan Pack right away, my heart beats with joy. I don't see the need for delay, nor do I see the need of saying goodbye to anyone. I have no one who loves me here, who cares about their love right now when I have someone who would make me feel safe and secure. Gavin is all I ever needed.

"Wouldn't you mind returning with me right away, I don't see the need of saying goodbye to anyone?" I smile as Gavin repeats the same thing I had in mind. His eyes collide with mine, causing me to blush and slightly look away, but still I feel the heavy effect. His eyes are killing me, making my legs weak but I would rather grow weak with passion than strong from lack of love.

His wolf must have told him of what I pass through in this pack, and in my family. We haven't met before, neither does he know me before now yet he is saying the same thing I was speaking to myself a few minutes ago.

"Hmm," I sigh in relief. I nod to what he just said.

Even without him saying this, I wouldn't want to waste a dime of time here. Of course I have nothing good keeping me, the only one I would have stopped to say goodbye to before passing to Sullivan Pack where he is taking me to would have been my mom but she remarried, she was driven away by my dad when I was still a toddler, so I don't really know much about her except from the photos in the family album and the portraits in the historic room. This is the room all the pictures of those who were in one way or the other related to the Alpha gene ancestry are kept, my family is an Alpha family, my mom wasn't a member by birth and even though she didn't marry dad, her portraits are still kept there for historic purposes, same with mine even though no one loved both of us.

"I'll make sure I give you the best life ever, you are now my mate, so you don't need to worry about anything." I look into his eyes as he says this, here I can see our future, that glorious future of him not only being my mate and husband but the father of my kids. Warmth cascades over me, I grab his palms tighter as he holds my hand.

"Thanks Alpha," I smile.

"No, you don't need to call me that. We are mates. Call me Gavin, you're family now and that's what every member of my family calls me."

"Yes," he affirms, my eyes fills with gratitude as we walk to the luxury car packed a few meters away. As we reach the car, he steps forward and opens the door for me. I smile at his gentleman attitude, he doesn't care what anyone would say, he's serving his mate. Most Alphas are dominant and demand their mate to serve them, but here he is serving me, proving the pure gentleman. I'm so lucky, the moon goddess has really blessed me. My face is as radiant as ever. This day needs to be marked in history because it wouldn't be forgotten by me.

He gives me a warm smile, then closes the door, I thought he would open it himself but his PA is already there to do that, he closes it as Gavins gets in. I'm blushing, as I brush my hips, a little bit shy of his beauty. The next thing I feel his palms on both cheeks of mine, turning my face towards him, his face pulls closer and so our lips which unites together in a romantic kiss.

My eyes widen as our lips touch, the feeling of doing this right inside this luxury car, in our privacy is on a whole new level entirely, more romantic than before. I start now to imagine how it will be when he gets to claim me. The car starts to move, slowly we pull out of the square, I turn for once to look at those gathering there, one last look at them, I wish a romantic fate would locate them today but not like mine because it's so spectacular and I wouldn't wish to share such story with anyone in the whole world except my mate, Gavin.

Mia's POV

Upon arriving, the magnificent black and gold gate of the pack estate, which I believe whirls, opens. As the gate closes, I realize I've been closed to the old world and open to the new world which I believe would be full of surprising opportunities. My world would be full of fantasy with Gavin on my side, my mind starts attracting great thoughts as my biggest dream right now is to assume the seat as Luna. Sullivan Pack from what I've heard hasn't had a Luna for a long time. Though this constitutes part of my happiness as I'll have some power and identity to myself, something which had been denied me in my pack, more of my joy proceeds from being with Gavin.

A good number of people turn out to welcome us, they look so glad seeing their Alpha return with his mate, something they must have been expecting for years now by what he said before now. We are informed of a small party that was arranged in our honor, I begin to wonder when they had the time to make the dishes and set everywhere, but then I remember that the journey from Mayweather Pack to here is about three hours, within this time, it's possible to set a whole hall with sufficient persons and tools. Gavin might have informed them on finding his mate right after we connected with each other.

After the massive turnout, he calls me aside and speaks to me. "Welcome to my new world, from henceforth, you will have to abide by certain rules, my rules," he puts up a stern face for the first time, but this soon culminates into a smiling face. I narrowed my eyes amused at the style he should take in welcoming me to his pack.

"You don't mean it, do you?" I tease him.

"Yes, I do. Soon, you're gonna be installed as my Luna and I have to let you know much about the position you are going into." He brushes his palms over my cheeks and looks straight at me with a bit of pitiful eyes, serious but somewhat sweet. I feel the energy and interest flowing from the way he steadies to look at me. My heart can't afford but to play its love song which is beating faster than it's supposed to.

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In the morning, I wake up to a great luxury, I didn't expect this. But then something really important occurred while I slept. I had a dream and in the dream, it was the moon goddess speaking to me. We werewolves hold whatever the moon goddess say to us in high esteem.

As I slept, I saw a light come upon me, as this came closer, the image of a radiant woman appeared before me. "Mia, please listen to me. If you want to achieve your aim in the Sullivan Pack, you've got to get rid of your angry, twisted face. It would not bring solutions to your problems, rather it would bring more trouble. Your parents are alive, they will return back to their positions soon, same with your stepsisters but the only one who will become the beginning of your trouble would be the best friend you're looking for, Emma. She's here and you would find her when you didn't expect."

As I was thinking about this, I see the door opening and Gavin walks in. He stands before my bed folding his arms.

"Good morning," I mumbled.

"Good morning too. Get ready, we are having a party in honor of you coming here. Soon, you're gonna be installed as my Luna and I have to let you know much about the position you are going into." He brushes his palms over my cheeks and looks straight at me with a bit of pitiful eyes, serious but somewhat sweet. My face which had been stiff was gradually changing, I tried to fake it too in heart. I believed I could enjoy this luxury, being with him and still execute my revenge on him, what really made me a little retrieved in what I had in heart to do to him is what the moon goddess said about my parents and stepsisters being alive. If I had to revenge now, it would be for him raping me.

I feel the energy and interest flowing from the way he steadies to look at me. My heart can't afford but to play its love song which is beating faster than it's supposed to. All through the party, my mind was swayed away, I was lost in the beauty of the surroundings, the luxury which has started buying me. It's like being in paradise for someone like me who was subdued to being a slave.

After the party, he leads me by the hand as soon as the party is over. "Wouldn't you mind showing me around?" I ask him in a mild voice, I would love no one else but him, to show me around in my new environment. He smiles, but that smile doesn't lasts for long.

"I would introduce you properly to my parents, the Alpha and Luna before me but I'm afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"No, nothing. It's fine." He pulls me into suspense as he says this, I begin to imagine what he is trying to mean inside of me. I part my lips to raise another question but he subdues that quest with a charming smile which forces me to smile back and keep silent. Deep inside of me I feel there's something I need to know. As if he observes the trouble I'm having inside of me right now, he stops, makes me to face him. "I don't really mean anything serious, you will do yourself harm by worrying over any trivial issue. Just assume it was a slip of the tongue, I love you so much baby and would not trade you for anything in the world." He leans and kisses me again, I know he loves me but his statement is just making me view him as hiding something.

"He sounds creepy here!" I say to my wolf, hoping to receive some suggestion from it. My wolf is smarter than me, it growls in acceptance of this.

"I'd observed this earlier than you but he is our mate and he loves us, why worry?"

"Hmm," I swallow the lump in my throat. I'm shaken off my thoughts by Gavin who playfully shakes my shoulders.

"What's it you're thinking?" He gives a weird smile.

"No, nothing." I smile back. I choose to let go of this. I once remember my teacher saying that to have a successful relationship, you must overlook certain things. This is just a great temptation right in front of me and it happens to be on my first day with my mate. Perhaps Gavin didn't mean anything serious, I'm the one overthinking everything and just freaking out. "I need to call myself to order," I say to myself.

Gavin accompanies me in going to meet the Alpha and Luna, who have their chambers on the third floor, we have to use the elevator. I try my best to keep calm within me, as usual tension arises and I begin to fear if they will accept me. I only saw them from a distance at the party but I'm not quite sure if they were happy having me join their pack.

"I would love you to put up your best confidence." Gavin tells me. By this, I realize that we are closer to meeting them. As we stand outside of the glass door of their chambers, I take a hard breath.

"Let's go, I'm ready!" I say to Gavin .

There in the living room, the Alpha and Luna are sitting arm in arm with each other watching TV. As we approach, we courtesy before them. "I know, mom, dad, you saw her at the party but I want to introduce her to you personally. This is Mia, from the Mayweather Pack." I was smiling, clasping my hands submissively before them. This is one way I show my politeness when I'm standing before elders. I expect them to smile back at me but I'm mistaken, they frown instead.

Gavin face falls. He shakes his head in despair, I try to hide my emotions by not looking at them. They both look at each other, from my observation, they must be mindlinking.

"Hello sir, ma'am." I wave towards their faces hoping they would return their attention to me. I want to act a bit cordial, not too aloof or serious. When they raise their eyes to stare at me, I nearly cringe. Their eyes turn radiant, the anger in them can't be hidden but what's the reason behind this?

"Why would you go pick someone from a pack that doesn't love us?" His mom starts, Gavin freezes on the spot where she is. I can tell he didn't expect this. I widen my eyes, gasping. Though not conscious of this, I feel shocked that a Luna in the contemporary world could still be a racist, one of the most dangerous set of persons because they can't be changed.

"What do you mean, mom?"

"If I tell you what the Mayweather Pack did to us during our reign, you wouldn't even want to talk to her again." Gavin turns and looks at me. I begin to shake. I had dreamt of being a Luna, now his parents are bringing up a major obstacle, I can't be married and installed without the parents of the Alpha accepting it.

"Are they that bad racists?" I recall I had been indirectly made to expect this from what Gavin said before reaching here but I didn't know what exactly it would be.

"Yes," they are. Gavin replies in the mindlinking.

"So what are we going to do now?" I ask him, a little bit panicked. I had promised never to be emotional but this is forcing me into it. I swallow the lump in my throat as I wait patiently for the next reply, my heart is eager to have some time with Gavin, somewhere far from here and quite secluded.

"We don't accept anyone from the Mayweather Pack. We might marry from any other Pack but not this Pack," the Luna gives a sinister smile, she has been putting up a stern face before now, only at this time she's managing to smile and even at that, it's not really.

"You may return her to the Pack you took her from." The Alpha, Gavin's dad, mocks. I close my eyes trying hard to suppress the tears that are closing in on me. Galvin turns so furious, his red eyes become more bloodshot.

"What do you mean dad?" From his eyes, if his dad was a little kid or someone his age, he would have given him the greatest blow of his life. "Who cares about what you say? Do you think the moon goddess paired her with me for nothing?" He asked him and when he couldn't reply, he held me by the wrist.

"I thought to do the right thing, not knowing it would be disastrous." He sighs and retrieves me out of their presence.

"Let's see how she will become Luna." His mom mutters to herself, giving a bet. I shriek, what did I just hear? In my Pack, the Luna is the one who always installs the new Luna, same with every other Pack but right now, she has already declared I wouldn't be Luna.

Mia's POV

"We will try our best and see how it goes. I hope it's gonna rest soon, I mean the obstacles surrounding our relationship." I grab his statement while she is delivering them, but then this particular word catches my attention more than others.

"You said obstacles, what do you mean?" I ask, directly facing him as I look up, right into his blue eyes which are shaking. "There's something going on within you, so I want to know." I insist.

"And you can't know for now, it's a secret and those who are aware of this are instructed not to tell anyone, I don't see a way of you knowing it before the appropriate time." He sounds creepy, coupled with the fact that he gives a mischievous smile which isn't so wide. My eyes roll and blink in frustration and confusion. One thing I really hate is someone I love trying to keep something away from me.

"We are mates, so you should be telling me everything." I say with a shrug of my shoulders, with high expectation in mind. I believe that persuasion will eventually make him say whatever he is hiding, little did I know that his mind is strong and has already been made to keep that a secret.

He says nothing. Along the way of us going to walk around, he stops abruptly, creating some tension in me. "I'm sorry Mia, but I can't take you around. It would be a task for another day." My heart wants to explode inside of me, I'll really need to run a cross examination on myself, I feel like breaking his bones but why? This is not the Gavin I got from the Mayweather Pack.

"Hmm," I sigh. "But why?" I wish to know why he would call off an important task around the palace, an adventure which would have helped to sooth me from the rejection and discrimination of the Alpha and Luna. I feel inclined to ask about them, but when he is starting to act all strange and aggressive all of a sudden, I find no better option than to remain silent and let whatever he is feeling inside of him calm down before he receives my next question.

"You have a better task to carry out, so you should even be pitying me." Gavin responds.

"And what's that?"

"Your tutorials begin right away, you would be trained to act as a Luna. I wouldn't want you to behave odd, that's why I had to arrange someone who take charge of this." My tension slowly fades off, but I'm not sure if he is harsh again, I begin to wonder if this is the reason he all of a sudden canceled a short tour around the estate.

"Come with me!" He orders, after I remained for some minutes without saying anything. At the same time sounding gentle, he seems so serious. I see him as persevering. A lot came to my mind while his parents were talking down on me and one of those was fear. I was afraid if he would reject me also but I like the way he stood his ground and opposed his parents.

"You're going to attend a tutorial now which will have you groomed into a standard Luna. This will last for a couple of days, at the same time every day. There are a lot of questions to ask and a lot of things to learn which I wouldn't be able to take you on all of them. A woman like you is gonna do that."

"Alright!" I heave and sigh, wanting to remain with him because my heart has become glued to his, it's as if leaving his side is leaving his life, most especially with the behavior of his parents, I don't want to give him a chance to consider what they had said but I have no choice right now, I have to attend this tutorial, it's the only medium to becoming what I want to become.

I walk into the room directed, leaving his side for the first time since I came here but he said he will come right after and pick me. Standing before me is a woman supposed to be in her fifties. She smiles at me which I force myself to reciprocate, as I feel strange not being around Gavin.

I walk towards her absentmindedly and sit on the chair before her. She has a marker in hand, and there is a white board on the wall. "Good afternoon, what's your name?" I ask straight away without any smile, laugh or simple face, I'm not just interested in this, I'm attending because I have no choice. Here, I speak to her as normal in schools.

She still has her smile? What a sweet woman! "I'm Beatrice, how about you?"

"I'm Mia." I mutter, looking straight into her eyeballs.

"I'll be your tutor and guide for as long as the tutorial will last, don't worry, it won't take longer than......" She shrugs her shoulders. "I can't tell for now, but it won't pass... Let's just forget about the time, it's just dependent on you."

The lesson starts properly. "First of all I want to introduce you to who your mate truly is?" She gives a mischievous smile, winking at me.

"Why is everyone seeming so creepy all of a sudden?" I hissed, upon generalizing the whole point but Gavin seemed the same at some point. Why should my first lesson be about my mate when I was asked to learn Luna etiquette? It gives me a reason to think far, especially as Gavin seems to be hiding something. I sit up, turning a little receptive. Who knows? This could be my only chance of learning something which no one would ever tell me outside of here.

After I steady, she begins. "Alpha Gavin is happy to have you as his mate because you are going to produce the long awaited heir for him. No other person can do that, because of this, he is happy." I smirk, wishing to stone her for saying this. I thought she wanted to say something secret. "But what I'm not quite sure is what will become of you when you have born his pups." Her face grows stern, she says this looking directly at me, and ends it with a heavy sigh.

"What do you mean?" I twist my face, wanting her to be more open. "After I give birth to his child, what will happen next?" Anxiety flies in. Even if she didn't want to say more than she said, my repeated questions pushes her to reply. She has no choice and she is the only one with me.

"No one knows what will happen to you after you give birth to his heir. He's so mysterious, I'm afraid to say this, he might kill you." I gasp, pinching myself on the hips to the point of cutting my skin without realizing. Upon feeling a warm liquid on the top of my fingers that I'm prompted to look down and behold I had cut my skin. Shock from the news about Gavin sees me staggering back from my seat which eventually lands me on the floor. Why would he want to kill his fated mate? The curiosity to see through his reasons comes up, if at all this might be true. Beatrice breathes hard, I see the concern in her eyes, she isn't obligated to say this but is just saying out of sincere love and care, even as I'm not related to her in any way.

"He belongs to a deadly gang that performs regular rituals, that's why he seems mysterious and secretive at times, have you observed that?" The question suspends on my mind, which is taken far off, my lips hanging loose in the air. I'm no longer myself as I sit on the floor, it's like my consciousness has been taken away from me, motion ceases, everything stops. I never expected this from such a charming and seductively handsome man like Gavin. He's too good for that, good superficially. I lose my entire sense to thoughts, the only thing active in me right now is my heart whose pulse increases.

Beatrice seeing my state moves forward in a haste to help me. "I didn't mean to scare you, please." She pleads in a shaky tone. "I hope you are okay, I don't want you to hurt yourself because of my news, the Alpha will dreadfully deal with me." She gently jacks me off from the ground, brushing my arms, hands and legs with my clothes to ward off the dust. "I was just telling you so you will be aware and not ignorant." She continues to explain but all what she says seems nothing to me.

My senses are literally dead, since when I steadied my gaze on her in shock, I remain so, probably like someone paralyzed. It took me many minutes, close to an hour to realize myself but even upon this, I'm still dumbfounded, as she is talking, I return my mind back to this statement. stops to get a reply, I shakily nod my head.

"I hope you believe what I tell you. Haven't you seen his secretive lifestyle?"

"Of recent!" I mutter. It's what I've observed myself and even got angry and curious about.

"His ex-girlfriends all went through this medium, I mean they were killed for rituals. For them, after he finished using them for sex, to the point of satisfaction, he discarded them like used rag. It would have been better if he left them alive but sadly, he didn't." Again, the shock comes. My legs grow weak and lame that I have to sit because they can no longer carry me.

It's a whole new level of shock to hear such bad news about someone you have emptied all your heart to in love. Gavin is someone I see my forever with, I saw him as my escape route from my family to a better life just to hear all these about him, which makes him even more dangerous than the family I'm coming from. Intense fear overpowers me, I sit gently on the seat behind me as my legs can no longer carry my weight. I would fall again if I attempted to stand. I ponder on what Beatrice just told me. My mind and my mind is taken faraway, not until Beatrice taps me bringing me back to consciousness.

"Please don't tell anyone of this, I beg you. Do not let the Alpha know of this, I would be dead. I'm just telling you as a mother would, in case you have your own plans." I rose from my seat to hug her so tight, with a grateful heart. This tells me she has some love for me in her heart, tears cloud my eyes and starts to drip. I hold onto her so tight, wishing that as she is telling me this, she also had a remedy.

"But why is he sacrificing innocent goals, what does he hope to gain?"

"That's what I don't know, it's another mystery. I don't know about your case, it might be different because you are his mate, but I'm just afraid."

"After he has sex with you and is done with you totally, he kills you." I try recreating this in my heart, it turns out to make me more emotional and I'm still clinging to Beatrice's body. I never knew that Gavin who everyone saw as an angel was in fact a demon, I would have rejected him. I will still need to do something about this, just that my chances are slimmer being under his territory. As I hear heavy footsteps walking towards the room, I shriek in terror.

It must be him, I almost slip and fall. Beatrice holds me immediately, so I don't. "Thanks," I mutter to her.

Seeing him stand at the doorway, looking at us both with tense eyes and a quiet disposition, my brain cells reverberates. "Here comes the demon!" I imagine my wolf saying but I remember my promise to Beatrice, we must pretend as if nothing of this sort happened. Though it's hard to, I'll try. I don't want to put her in trouble, she did no wrong in informing me of what was kept as a secret from me.

I wonder what I'll tell him if he asks me what I learnt today, Beatrice spent the whole time briefing me about him. I'm grateful, she has revealed the secrets I so much wanted to know although they are still some left to know.

"Time up! I'll be spending some time with you now!" He growls towards my direction and walks towards me, grabbing me firmly by the wrist, turning and taking me away. I turn one last time to look at Beatrice, she gives me a wink of assurance.

"Our mother, the moon goddess will surely direct you on what to do." She says to me through a quick mindlink.

He lowered his face down a bit to talk to me. "Get prepared, let's go take some food and drinks, because you are surely going to serve me tonight." Fear grips me as he says this, will my fate turn out like the other girls.

"Hmm," I sigh so quietly so he wouldn't know. I remember Beatrice asking me not to act in a way that might make him suspect she told me something. I summon the courage in a flash, composing myself. He grabs me by the wrist tighter, dragging me along, I trod reluctantly behind him, Imt

I'm puzzled with the way he's acting that I want to ask him.

"My parents repeated the same thing, that you are not fit to be my girl, but I think you are fit, your fate is different from every other girl I'd met in the past." Electricity sparks through my veins as he says something related to what Beatrice told me. Could it be that he knows about what we discussed between ourselves? Why is he saying that my fate is different and do I have to trust him?