Being Saved by Alpha Bastian

Margareth Pov

I, as the Luna of Brown Iris Pack, never imagined that my pack would be a host of the yearly party. The idea ran through my mind since the pack that I took care of was not a top-tier one like the Apollo Pack. As I got ready with a dark blue denim dress, I went down the stairs with white high heels. Subsequently, I heard the voice of the beta of the pack, Blake, "Good morning, my Luna. Here are the details that we have got for the yearly party."

"Morning too, Blake. Thanks for delivering the list," I replied with a gentle smile as my grey eyes observed the stuff written on the paper.

Observing for a while, I said, "I guess we need more stocks for wines and chairs. I hear that the witches will also attend the party. Even, we need some of them to help the front guards if there is a danger coming."

"All right. Later, I'll update the info on the event service." Blake nodded and said.

"Okay. And then, I think we need .." I delayed the words when I saw that the decoration needed to improve. "More flowers near the throne place where I sit next to Alpha Xavier," I continued resolutely.

With the words uttered, Beta Blake stared at me with a wondering look in his brown eyes and asked, "Didn't Alpha Xavier tell you that the decoration near the throne will only be the brown curtain?"

"No, he didn't. Even, since last night, I can't contact him through the mind-link." I clarified with a shocked expression.

At the same moment, my wolf, Emma, suggested, "You must look for him soon, Margie. I believe that he is not busy with this yearly party thing. What a lazy Alpha!"

Then, I replied to Emma, "I know he lacks responsibility, but you can't always judge him as a bad person, Em."

"I bet for it!" Emma kept believing by whispering in my mind.

At that point, Blake said, "I think it is better to discuss the decoration for the throne with Alpha Xavier to avoid misunderstanding, my Luna."

"Well, let me contact him through mind-link once again," I said.

As I focused on contacting Xavier, I felt that he was unreachable even though I called his name a few times or I stated my reasons to him. There were no replies from him. It was like he was far away from this palace. It was very unusual for him to be like this. Then, I remarked, "He doesn't reply to me seriously. I need to meet him!"

Blake just frowned and referred, "If I'm not mistaken, I saw him at the horse stable. He was chatting with Aiden about horse racing."

"Okay, Blake. Thanks for the information." I nodded whenever I started walking and left the palace.

During the time that my high heels touched the ground and the fresh morning air enters my nostrils, my grey eyes look around the yard where some people walked and passed through. Even, a few of them greeted and smiled at me politely. However, my mind was full of the alpha and why he can't be called. Was he ignoring my connection?

Whenever I walked through the yard and almost left the castle area, I heard the husky familiar voice which was owned by the stable master, Aiden. "Good Morning, Luna Margareth. It seems that you are looking up for someone." He uttered.

"Um, yeah. I'm looking for Alpha Xavier. Didn't you talk with him a few minutes ago?" I retorted honestly.

"Yes, I was, and he said that he was quite stressed regarding the yearly party preparation," Aiden said with his irresolute gaze.

"All right. I think I know where he is now. Thank you for the assistance," I replied immediately while he walked passed through.

"My pleasure, Luna Margareth," Aiden waved his right hand as he walked further.

-**-

With the golf cart ridden by a driver, I sat with uneasy thoughts running in my mind. It was caused by Xavier being unable to be reached through mind-link. It was not like the usual thing for me whenever I tried to reach him, but it failed. Then, a couple of minutes forward, the cart stopped, and I stepped on the stony grounds, which was a part of the pathway to Aventia Castle.

Once, I unlocked the door with the backup key that I always carried, I entered the castle and looked for the tall and handsome figure. However, there was none of his existence on the first floor. As my heels tapped on the floors gradually, I then checked if he was in the reading room. Nonetheless, whenever the door was opened, he was not there. Being worried and inquisitive at the same time, I kept looking for him while stepping on the stairs that led me to the second floor.

"What makes you disappear all of a sudden?? I truly depend on your help in this annual party, Xavier." I said in my mind while doing mind-link, but it failed. He was seriously unreachable.

While I walked around the hall where the guest rooms were located, I heard the noises from one of them. I directly walked towards the middle door and I heard a woman's voice. "Uh, ehm, yessh, Xa-vier. Spank meh!" I blinked a bit when I heard the name of my beloved Alpha mentioned in the moans.

At this time, I realized something that I had never imagined before. The Alpha whom I cherished the most had a mistress. He, who had a strong will to marry me from the start, played with fire. The tears also ran down my eyes since I felt hurt and disappointed all at once. However, after I brushed away the tears, I gathered my bravery to open the door that wasn't locked coincidentally.

Once the wooden door was opened, the view of the steamy love-making was seen clearly. Again, my tears came out as I glanced towards the man who surprisingly stared at me and tried to stop his penetrating activity. "M-Margie?! I-I.." He stuttered.

"Am I bothering your business?? I'm sorry, then." I started as I wiped the tears on my tiny face. As the tears streamed down my face, my heart was shattered into pieces. My expectation about him being loyal and caring to me was vanished immediately. Moreover, I began to doubt about myself and love towards him. Wasn't I loyal enough to him? Weren't the deeds I do to comfort him more than enough? Was I worthless to be loved genuinely?

End of pov

TO BE CONTINUED..

Margareth Pov

With the hurt lingering in my chest, I ran and got out of the castle. By the time, Xavier reached and stopped me as he confirmed, "I have a mistress because of you. Don't you realize your mistakes??"

The sentences uttered made my heart bleeding even more. I then responded, "What do you mean by the mistakes?? I always understand you, Xav. Additionally, I make the time for you although I'm super busy with the yearly party. I feel that I have done nothing wrong. It must be me who asks about your wrong doing now."

Being forced to explain, the Alpha had no choice, so he gulped and stated, "All right, let me be honest to you. I get tired of you, Margie. You are so busy that you could not be attentive to my needs. That's why I feel lonely."

The answer uttered successfully made the wound in my heart more swelled. However, I crossed the bridge when he came to it, "Oh Gosh! Don't you see that I've been quite busy recently, Xavier?? I have a lot on my plate, regarding the upcoming yearly party since our pack is the host."

Xavier stared at me for a while. Through his glance, I could notice that he had no empathy towards my condition. Thus, he insisted, "Those things are not the only cause why you keep distant from me mostly, Margie. Whenever I had finished my tasks, I always tried to spend some time with you, but you never saw or even respected my efforts. You tended to play it by ear. Didn't you notice that you have slightly abandoned me, as your mate?? It is not a surprise if I have a mistress."

In consequence, I immediately frowned after listening to his utterance. In my mind, I protested, "After he said that he was bored since I kept busy preparing the party, he now made me feel guilty by driving me up the wall through the condition of why he has a mistress. Is this your true colors that you have hidden for two years, Xavier??"

As I sighed for a moment, I reminded myself, "You'd better rack your brains of what you have done, Alpha. We are going to have a yearly party, and many other packs will attend. Your impulsive deeds may affect our pack reputation."

"F*ck that reputation! I don't care about it! This is about how I can be happy, even without you who are replaced by Selena, my mistress." Xavier blurted. Those words made another wound in my heart.

"Then, reject me after the party ends!" I dared. I could be tolerant of simple flaws, but seeing him make out with another woman was too much to handle for me. It was done as if he had underestimated my loyalty and commitment to this marriage.

After listening to my suggestion, Xavier didn't reply or even ask why I wanted him to do so. Instead, he stared at me coldly with his frowning forehead. "Reject you?? Never! I can have a mistress or mistresses, but you will be the Luna of the pack, still!"

"That's unfair! I can't stand that way, Xavier‼" I tried to confront him.

"Geez‼" He blurted as he stepped closer to me and swayed his right hand, aiming a slap on my face.

Otherwise, as his right palm almost touched my left cheek, his sudden action was stopped by a stranger whom I never met or saw before. "Is this how you treat your woman?? Seriously, you are such a red flag guy!" He uttered.

"Who the h*ll are you?? Don't involve yourself in somebody's business, dude!" Xavier released his hand rudely from the stranger's grip.

End of pov

-**-

"First of all, I'm truly sorry if I accidentally bothered your personal matters this time, but I believe that you can solve your problems in a good term, instead of being too harsh towards a woman. I can never tolerate that kind of thing." The tall and sophisticated figure explained the reasons why he was standing between the fighting couple.

"But, this problem has no relation with you, dude. Can you please go away?? I know what I need to do since this is personal for me and her." Xavier demanded

At that time, Bastian exchanged his glance at Margareth and Xavier. Through his amber orbs, it was described that he was worried that Xavier would treat the woman worse than before. Otherwise, he fixed his shirt sleeves in turns and stated, "All right, then, but I'll keep my eyes on both of you from afar. Whenever you dare to harm her, I'll make sure that you will take the consequences."

"What a useless man‼" Xavier swore as he stared at Bastian madly and stormed off, leaving Margareth who was startled and about to say a few words. Nonetheless, as Xavier walked farther, she held her tongue.

"Are you okay?" Bastian standing next to Margareth asked as he observed the Luna carefully. He attempted to ensure that the woman was not hurt physically.

"Not really, mentally," Margareth said with her exasperated mimic.

"Well, you should be bolder if he treats you worse for another chance," Bastian advised.

The woman with her braided brown hair tried to streak a little smile on her oval face whenever she heard the advice. However, she immediately changed the topic, "Anyway, my name is Margareth. You can call me Margie."

Along with the short introduction, she lent a hand, offering the stranger to have a formal handshake. Looking at the action, Bastian reacted by grabbing the slim beautiful hand gently and uttered, "I'm Bastian. Nice to meet you, Margie."

Margareth smiled in her friendly way and nodded. Through her beautiful orbs, it was caught that she was glad to meet a new person. She also got curious about who her new friend really was, but she decided not to be obvious in order to keep her cool. Then, she said, "Ehm, are you new here? I ask since I have noticed several faces in this area."

Without a pause or let the woman wait for the answer, Bastian replied, "No. I live near here, but I've just been back from my business trip."

"All right," The sophisticated woman nodded once she acknowledged the truth. At the same point, she remembered that she had delayed her business for the annual party. Otherwise, she planned to wave goodbye. Before it occurred, she reminded me, "I hope that you can attend the annual party next week, Bastian. My pack members will be happy to see and know you."

With the same enthusiasm in his glance, Bastian responded, "Sure. I'll be there, Margie. Don't worry."

"Thank you, then. By the way, I gotta go now. I have some delayed important businesses." Margareth claimed.

Understanding the situation, Bastian let the woman go. As he stared closely at the luna's back, Clements, his wolf profounded, "It is a good chance for you to claim her soon, Bastian."

Bastian with his frowning forehead was not in a mood to debate with his wolf, so he ceased, "Let's look for a bolt from the blue, Clem."

TO BE CONTINUED..

Margareth Pov

Being picked up by Beta Blake, the moment when the stranger prevented Xavier from slapping me appeared in my mind. It felt like a movie scene that dramatically played on repeat. At the point I recalled the memory, I stroke a tiny miserably smile. It was not because I was happy to be saved by a stranger. My lips curved downwards since I felt pitiful towards myself.

My thought of Xavier never making me suffered was switched by the fact that proved him to be the one willing to hurt me. Following with the situation, I saw with my eyes that a stranger I barely knew intended to protect me. It was truly insane, but the bitter fact clearly convinced me to realize who Xavier really was in this two-year marriage.

As my brain was drowning with the recent shocking moment, Emma opened the connection and uttered in my mind, "No need to be sad, Margie. You have to compose yourself more. Don't be desperate towards the useless Alpha you have married."

"It is easier to say than do, Em." I complained as I sighed lightly.

"You can consider my words as useless solutions. Nonetheless, at the same time, I feel that our fated mate will come soon." Emma claimed.

I furrowed my brows and uttered, "Our fated mate?? Aren't you insane? I'm already married to Xavier, Emma."

"I know, Margie, but that's possible for us. Xavier is just your chosen mate, let me remind you for your good sake." Emma confirmed.

"Stop pulling your legs. It is such a rubbish for me if I will meet my fated mate. Even, had I tried to find him, he would have appeared long time ago." I insisted.

"Well, I have nothing to say once you have that kind of perception." Emma gave up as she closed the mental connection with me.

Around four minutes later, I reached the castle and continued the delayed task on organizing the yearly party. Although my heart was heavy, I kept myself to concentrate for each business lingering since I needed to interact with some pack members, including Beta Blake and Gamma Draco. Fortunately, they listened and obeyed every suggestion that I said even thought those kind of things must be resolved by their Alpha.

-**-

Day after day, following with each hour passed, the important day that certainly exposed my pack's reputation arrived. With the cream long dress that showed my slim figure in the mirror, I put some make ups for a moment. At that moment, Ashley as my best friend commented, "You look stunning as always, Margie. No need to overdo the make ups."

I stared at her reflection through the mirror and replied, "Just like what I told you last night, I need to take care of myself better due to cheating done by Xavier. He easily thinks that he can have mistresses without rejecting me as his chosen mate."

Ashley sighed with her intense gaze towards my back. She was the only friend with strong moral values despite of the fact that she had not met her fated mate. Nonetheless, she was intolerant with some kinds of bad things, such as cheating. Then, she said, "I think you need to follow his game. Were he cheating, you would do so."

Feeling surprised with her utterance, I closed my compact powder, tilted my head, and said, "It will not make him realize about his wrong doings. Instead, he will blame me for being a cheap whore."

"Trust me, he himself could never see you in another man's arm. Don't you forget that Xavier is my old friend in senior high school? He easily gets jealous and possessive, especially when somebody touches or snatches his things." Ashley confidently assured.

With the doubts running in my mind, I put on my black blazer and recited, "Let me take it into consideration for a while. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion."

Smiling gently, she patted my right shoulder and said, "Don't mention it. I'm always willing to help. Don't hesitate to lean on me, Margie."

Subsequently, I got out from my room and walked side to side with Ashley. By the time I saw the guests on the first floor, my eyes caught Xavier was joking with Selena as they sipped their drinks. Along with the resentful moment, he also introduced her to the betas and other Alphas. Ashley noticing the situation calmed me down, "Keep yourself serene. It is nonsense if you confront him in front of the guests."

Immediately, I sighed and whispered, "I'll try although it's not easy."

Just when, my heels touched the floor, I greeted and smiled to the guests warmly. However, it didn't mean that I was unruffled. My blood was still steamy whenever my eyes lied on Xavier claiming his mistress as his wife in front of the other alphas. It seriously humiliated me at the first place as the Luna of this pack. As I clenched my fists, I approached him and cleared my throat.

"Oh, hello, Margie. What takes you so long? Our guests have been waiting for you." Xavier innocently greeted me while his left grabbed Selena's waist. He did it as if I was not his wife. Furthermore, maybe, he never considered me as his Luna. What a shameful truth!

"Why should you wait for me when you have Selena around? Be proud of having her as your wife instead!" I sneered with a mocking smile.

Listening to my words, other guests started to put their eyes on me and Xavier. I also could hear that most of them could not believe that Xavier had a mistress since he and I always looked good in public. At that point, I saw he clenched his jaw, released his hand from Selena, and furiously said, "How dare you say those things to me! I'm your Alpha, Margie."

I then chuckled to his utterance. In fact, he demanded me to respect him as the ruler of the pack. Nevertheless, he didn't honor me as his Luna and wife. Furthermore, he might not notice how disappointed I was towards his behavior. In consequence, I urged, "Didn't you realize before you humiliate me?? I'm your Luna, but you still invite her here!"

As I scolded him, I pointed Selena madly. Recognizing my action, he grabbed my hand roughly and warned, "I know you are mad at me, but I can kick you off from here whenever you humiliate Selena."

Through the warning he mentioned, tears welled off on my eyes. Thus, I forcefully released my hand and dared, "Do it! You can also reject me tonight, after the party!"

End of pov.

To be continued