Moonlit Secret: A Second Chance Mate Dilemma

Amelia,s Pov

"What! This is a joke, right?" I asked Adrian while expecting him to smile at least so that I would know that he was joking, but he didn't; instead, he gave me that stare he had always given me whenever he was serious.

"Seriously? So you are breaking up with me after all these years we have stayed together?" I asked him, my voice raising in anger.

"Yes, I am," he said to me without any feeling of remorse.

"Can I at least know why you are breaking up with me?" I asked him while blinking my eyes in order to prevent the tears that were already forming in my eyes from dropping.

"I don't think I owe you any explanation," he said to me while peering into my eyeballs.

"You don't owe me any explanation?" I asked him while shaking my head in disbelief, and immediately he nodded positively.

"I woke up and realized that I'm no longer in love with you; maybe it's because I was never in love with you in the first place; what I felt towards you was just a mere infatuation," he said to me with a calm and sincere tone.

Once he said those words to me, I felt as if a bucket of water were being dosed on me, and without realizing it, the tears that I had been trying hard to hold back started streaming down my cheeks.

I don't know what took over me, and immediately I ran towards him and started hitting him with all my energy.

"How dare you say that to me? I am your destined mate," I said to him while hitting him with all my energy, but without putting any effort in, he grabbed my two hands, pushed me away, and immediately crumbled on the floor while sobbing bitterly.

"I, Adrian Darlington, reject you, Amelia Banks, as my mate and future Luna of the Wolfenwood Pack," he said to me without any emotion.

Once he uttered those statements to me, I raised my head and looked at him, a warm smile hovering over my face.

I could clearly see the shock written all over his face. Surely he was expecting me to sob more or even beg him to accept me back, but I wasn't going to give him that satisfaction. I will never allow someone who just told me that he never loved me right from the beginning to step on my dignity.

"What are you waiting for? Accept the rejection," he urged me, and immediately the warm smile hovering over my face was replaced by an angry stare.

"Never in your dreams," I said to him, my eyes boring into him.

With that, he squatted down and peered into my eyeballs.

"Suit yourself," he said to me before standing up and walking towards the entrance of the palace.

Once he arrived at the doorpost, he stopped and turned his gaze towards me.

"I better not see you here when I come out," he said to me before walking into the palace.

Once he walked away, I stood up from the ground and ran out of the palace with hot tears streaming down my cheeks.

Before him, I might have pretended not to be affected, but deep down, I was. I could feel my wolf whimpering in pain too.

Actually, Adrian and I had been together since childhood, right after the deaths of my parents. At first, we were just friends, but with time, we both fell in love with each other.

The only thing we were afraid of was not being fated to each other when we turned eighteen, but it seemed like the moon goddess knew the desire of our hearts. Yesterday, which was the day we turned eighteen, we were astonished to discover that we were fated to each other. It was the happiest day of our lives; we celebrated it to the fullest, and I even allowed him to take my virginity since he was already my destined mate.

Afterwards, he was supposed to present me as his mate to his father, who is also the Alpha of our Pack, but he asked me to wait so that he would inform his father about it first before coming to fetch me. I waited for him throughout the whole day, but I didn't see him.

This morning, through our mind link, he asked me to come over to the palace because he had something to tell me. I was so overjoyed because I knew that he was finally going to present me to his father, but my joy turned to bitterness when he informed me that he wanted us to put an end to our relationship, not minding the fact that I am his mate.

With all these thoughts hovering over my mind, I couldn't help but shed tears uncontrollably; in less than five minutes, I was already at home because our house wasn't far from the palace.

Once I got home, I ran into the house, and without even saying a greeting to my uncle, who was busy preparing his herbal medicine as usual, I ran into my room and shot the door from behind.

As I was in my room crying my eyes out, I heard my uncle knocking on the door, but I remained silent.

"Amelia, it's me; please open up," my uncle said to me from behind the door.

"Please go away; I don't feel like talking to anyone," I said to him with a sober tone.

"Please come and open up; you know you can talk to me about anything," he said to me with a pleading tone.

"No, just leave me alone," I said to him in a harsh tone.

"I'm not going away until you open this door," he said to me, and immediately I sighed heavily, knowing that he wouldn't leave until I opened up.

After some minutes of hesitation, I stood up, walked to the door, and opened it while wiping away the tears that were on my face.

"Were you crying?" He asked me while coming inside the room.

"No, I wasn't," I replied while avoiding his gaze.

"Of course you were; what is wrong?" he asked me with all the care in the world while sitting beside me on my bed.

"Tell me, am I not beautiful?" I asked him, but he furrowed his brows at me in surprise.

"Of course you are beautiful," he said to me, a warm smile hovering over his face.

"Even though I am an Omega*, don't I deserve to be loved?" I asked him once again, and immediately he smiled gently at me while maintaining his surprised stare.

"Of course you deserve to be loved; we all deserve to be loved despite our kindness," he said to me.

"Then why did he reject me?" I asked him, and immediately he understood why I was asking him all those questions.

"Ooh, sorry, my dear," he said to me before hugging me tightly.

"He isn't worthy of you; the moon goddess will surely give you another mate worthy of your love," my uncle said to me while hugging me tightly. If there was something I needed at that moment, it was a shoulder to cry on, and he gave that to me.

"Thank you for cheering me up," I said to him when I was finally feeling a little better.

"Don't mention it, my dear; you know that I don't like seeing you cry," he said to me, and immediately I faked a smile at him.

"Ooh, I almost forgot. The Alpha had summoned everyone to come to the palace; hurry up and get prepared. You know the Alpha doesn't like it when people respond late to his calling," he said to me before leaving my room.

If it depended on me, I wouldn't have gone because I wasn't ready to see Adrian's face after what he did to me, but I had no choice. The Alpha doesn't take it likely when people don't respond to his calling.

It didn't take me long before I was done preparing, and without wasting more time, I came out and joined my uncle, and we started heading to the palace.

When we got to the palace, it was already filled by the Pack members; we had to drag our way inside in order to see what was going on in the front.

When we finally got to the front, I saw Adrian standing kneeling before his father and, beside him, another she-wolf who looked familiar, but I couldn't see her face because both of them were backing us.

When I saw another she-wolf standing beside the person who I have loved through out my entire life, the remaining part of my heart that was still trying to hold on shattered into pieces. I haven't finished registering that when they stood up and turned around, and to my greatest surprise, the she-wolf that was standing beside him was no one else but Stacey, my best friend.

TBC

Omegas are the lowest class of werewolves.

Once I saw Stacey standing beside my mate, it felt as if my whole world was crumbling right in front of me.

Not minding the whole crowd that was there, I allowed the tears that were already forming in my eyes to stream down my cheeks freely. I must admit that I wasn't the only one suffering from the heartbreak, even Ivy my inner wolf was going through the same pain. She couldn't help but groan in pain. Seems like my uncle noticed what was going on and he held my hand tightly without looking at my face. Just as if that wasn't enough, the Alpha announced that it's time for future Alpha to mark his mate before everyone; without thinking twice I forcefully freed my hand from my uncle's grip and started running outside.

I had felt enough pain in only one day, and witnessing my mate marking my best friend was only going to make things worst.

If only I had known that Adrian hated me this much, I wouldn't have loved him at the first place and even though he wanted to find another mate, why must it be Stacey my best friend and the worst part of it was that they knew the negative effects of their actions on me, marking another she-wolf while I was still his mate could possibly kill me or worst, make me loose my wolf. No wonder he didn't budge when I refused to acknowledge the rejection, he knew that refusing to acknowledge wasn't going to stop him from marking my best friend who he had chosen over me.

As these thoughts were running through my mind, I couldn't help but feel used and betrayed; all I wanted to do was run away and go somewhere very far, somewhere no one could ever find me far away from those who used and betrayed me.

Once I got back home, I brought out my luggage and started parking my belongings inside.

I was still arranging my belongings inside my luggage when I heard someone knocking on my door.

Knowing that it was my uncle, I reluctantly walked to the door and opened it and to my greatest surprise it was Stacey, she was standing in front of my door feigning to be sorry.

"What are you doing here you traitor?" I thundered angrily at her.

"Come on Amelia chill, you should at least hear me out, all these is not my fault," she said to me with a calm tone.

I don't know if she have forgotten, as werewolves, we have the ability to detect when someone is lying or saying the truth just by listening to their heartbeat when they are talking, and after listening to hers, I could clearly sense that she was lying.

"You liar," I thundered angrily at her, my eyes boring into hers with an icy glare.

"Oh you listened to my heartbeat right?" She asked me, a wild smile hovering over her face.

"You are right dear, I'm lying; did you think that the Alpha was going to allow the future Alpha to accept an Omega as mate?" She asked me with an ironic tone before shaking her head in disbelief.

All this while all I could do was stare at her in astonishment, literally I was out of words.

"I'm really disappointed in you Amelia, how could you keep your hopes so high at such illusion?" She asked me again while grinning ear to ear.

"Actually yesterday, I was at home resting as usual when the Alpha came to our house, right from my room I could clearly hear their conversation, the Alpha was asking my father to help him in finding a female beta who would become the arranged mate to his son since the moon goddess fated an Omega to his son as mate. My father advised him to accept you but he refused stating that he would never allow his soon to choose an Omega as mate. Seeing that the Alpha had already made up his mind my father accepted to help him but he asked him to come back in three days time and once he left I made known to my father my interest of becoming the future Alpha's arranged mate and without thinking twice he accepted," she said to me while grinning wickedly.

As she was explaining to me how she took Adrian away from me I couldn't withhold the hot tears that was streaming down my cheeks, I just couldn't believe that my best friend whom I considered as my sister could backstab me in such terrible manner without even feeling any bit of remorse.

"Come on Amelia, spare me the crocodile tears; you don't need to worry too much about him, the moon goddess will surely give you a second chance mate or you can take my ex mate Tony whom I rejected before choosing Adrian," she said to me before bursting into a mocking laughter.

As I was watching her laughing manically I couldn't help but get enraged , deep down I could feel Ivy grunting in anger, and at the same time my claws were already protruding out, without thinking twice I dashed towards her forgetting that she was a beta and betas are more stronger than Omegas and also the fact that she has already been marked by the Alpha will make her more stronger.

I was still in mid air when she caught and without putting any effort she crashed me on the wall while maintaining her grips on my neck.

All my efforts to break free proved abortive as she was maintaining her claws on my neck not minding the fact that I was already bleeding from the neck.

She only left me when heard the footsteps or my uncle approaching the room.

"Repeat this again and I'm going to tear you apart," she threatened me before walking out of the room while shoving away my uncle who was making his way to the room.

"Amelia are you okay?" My uncle asked me with a worried tone while holding me in his arms and immediately I nodded weakly.

"Thank goodness, I thought she had done something bad to you," my uncle said to me while helping me up.

As he was still helping me up, I felt an agonizing pain all over my body and immediately I groaned in pain, my claws digging into the hands of my uncle.

I didn't need to think twice before knowing what it was, that was just the beginning of my agony, maybe I should have accepted Adrian's rejection and spare myself of all these pains.

As I was still recovering from the first series of pain, I immediately felt another agonizing pain but this time around, the pain was agonizing till the extent that I passed out in the arms of my uncle.

TBC

Amelia's POV

I woke up some hours later in my uncle's mini clinic, he was backing me while preparing his herbal medicines. Once I stood up, he immediately left what he was doing and approached me.

"Amelia how are you doing?" He asked me while placing his hands on my forehead.

"I'm doing fine, but what happened?" I asked him with a confused tone.

"I'm supposed to be the one asking you that question, I was helping you up and suddenly you started groaning in pain and next thing you pass out; so what happened?" He asked me with an inquisitive look and immediately I remembered what happened earlier but I wasn't ready to discuss it with him so I kept silent.

"Tell me, when the future Alpha rejected you, did you accept his rejection," he asked me after some minutes of silence but I shook my head negatively.

With that he heaved heavily before sitting beside me.

"You should have accepted the rejection, when people try to show you that you aren't important in their lives, show them that you much better off without them," he said to me with a calm tone while placing his hand on my shoulder.

"Now that he have marked another she-wolf without the both of you completing the rejection process you are going to be the one who is suffering the whole pain because he initiated the rejection process but you refused to finish it. I hope that what happened earlier doesn't happen again especially when someone isn't around," he said to me with a worried tone.

"I can endure it," I said to him with a reassuring tone before faking a smile at him.

"I hope so," he said to me before pulling me near to him in a warm embrace.

"I saw your belongings being arranged in your luggage, were you planning to leave the house?" He asked me while maintaining me in his embrace and immediately I nodded while avoiding his gaze.

With that he shook his head in disbelief while smiling at me.

"And where were you heading to?" He asked me with an amazed tone but I remained silent because truly I didn't know where I could have gone if I had actually left the house.

"I knew that you were going to do something drastic, that's why I hurried back home after the coronation," he said to me after freeing me from his embrace.

"Do you mind if I tell you a good news," he asked me with a warm smile.

"Yes of course, you know how much I love good news," I said to him out of excitement, a warm smile hovering over my face.

"With all that happened today I know that you won't be comfortable staying in the Pack and also seeing the face of your ex mate everyday; because of that I called your aunt Lucy and asked her if it was possible for you to come and stay with her for a little while and guess what, she accepted," he said to with a warm smile.

"Really?" I asked him out of excitement, my face beaming with smile and immediately he nodded positively while smiling.

Actually aunt Lucy have been more than a mother to me since my parents passed away. After my parents demise she came and spent a little time with us accompanied by her two daughters, Audrey and Sandra; through out their whole stay, they made sure that I didn't lack anything or feel lonely through.

Unfortunately they couldn't stay too long in our Pack because of their different occupations in their Pack but since their departure my aunt has always been sending me monthly allowance to take care of my various needs.

"Once I'm done with what I'm doing, I will go and see the Alpha and seek permission permission on your behalf for you to leave," he said to me with a warm smile.

"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you," I repeated excitedly while hugging my uncle tightly.

"Don't mention it my dear, just as I told you earlier, I hate seeing you crying," he said to me while patting me on the shoulder.

"Go and prepare what we will eat for dinner, it's already getting late. Meanwhile once I'm done with what I'm doing, I will go and see the Alpha," he said to me while standing up from the bed.

"Right away uncle, and I'm going to cook your favourite dish for dinner," I said to him while leaving the clinic.

Adrian's POV

I have been in my room since after marking the mate who my father had chosen for me and since then I still can't help but feel guilty for what I did to Amelia, she's the only she-wolf who I had ever loved and even after rejecting her, my feelings towards her still haven't changed and I pray that the moon goddess forgives me for rejecting her. I know that deep down, she will be thinking that I rejected her out of my own will but the truth is I didn't, I did what I did in order to please my father as always. If I hadn't accepted to mark Stacey as my arranged mate surely he would have heed to his threat which was making my younger brother the heir to the throne and I couldn't afford to loose my position as the Future Alpha, it's my birthright and I can't let it go because of some mate issues. I hope that she finds another mate who would love her more than me and who won't also choose the throne or something else over her.

As these thoughts were running through my mind, the door of my room bursted open and immediately Stacey walked in.

From my facial expressions she could already see the hatred I felt towards her, if my eyes contained bullet, possibly she would already be dead by now.

Once she came into the room, without uttering a word to me she came and sat beside me on the bed and started romancing me.

"What are you doing?" I asked her with an angry stare before shoving her hand off my body.

"What do you think I'm doing?" She asked me with an irritated tone.

"Well I don't know what you were doing, but don't repeat it again," I said to her with a firm tone.

"I shouldn't repeat it again? I'm your mate for crying out loud,"she said to me while raising her hands in frustration.

"You aren't my fated mate, you are my arranged mate, arranged by my father and if you are thinking that I'm going to fall in love with you or anything like that then know you are waisting your time; you already know who I love so don't keep your hopes high on me," I said to her while peering into her eyeballs.

I could clearly see how she was hurt by statement but in order to show that she isn't hurt, she bit her lips and shook her head in disbelief, a cunning smile hovering over her face.

"Who cares whether you love me or not, the most important thing here is that I'm already your mate; so love whoever you want but that isn't going to change the fact that I'm still your mate and the future Luna of this Pack and as a dutiful future Luna that I am, I will soon be carrying your Alpha pups in my womb," she said to me while standing up from the bed.

"A little bit of advice my lovely mate, start learning to love me, because refusing to do so will only make your accession to the throne complicated," she said to me before blowing a kiss at me and with that she started cat walking out of the room.

TBC