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How they were proud to have a daughter who would bring the family name into Alpha Status.
That didn’t matter to me. The Luna position never crossed my mind. I only wanted him, Luna position be damned.
I could only focus on the one person in the room that mattered above all.
I wished I could say he looked remorseful. I wished, if only for my pride, I could say he looked torn. But I couldn’t. No hint
of sorrow or regret lingered on his handsome face. He looked completely calm. Unbothered by the fact he was breaking
me from inside out. The worst part is that he knew. The bond between us was there, no matter how small. He would feel
the emotions surging through me as I would him. At least, I should be able to. But I can’t because he chose to block his
end of the bond. He can feel me but I can’t feel him.
“I wanted to ask you to be my maid of honor.”
Hestia said suddenly. I tore my gaze from Landon and to my sister who had a faint pink blush spread along her cheeks.
Her pink, manicured fingers fiddling together in nervousness. She stared at me; hopeful and glowing. As the tears I tried
so hard to maintain finally broke through their barriers, I could only manage a wretched sob.
“|-|-”
I stuttered, not knowing what to say. I couldn’t muster up a proper response. An immediate frown settled on Hestia’s face
when she caught on my hesitance. Her eyes betrayed nothing of the disappointment and confusion she felt. She
expected a different response from what I was giving her. Probably to jump at the news and shower her with kisses and
words of affection like my parents did.
“Hestia, darling. Can you and your mother please get her some water and maybe a wet towel? It seems as though Selene
needs to take a breather. I guess the excitement and shock of the wedding stunned her.”
Hestia and my mother immediately shot out of their seats to make a beeline to the kitchen. I could only look at Landon
and my father who stared at us with confusion. His suspicion grew very quickly.
“Landon, you can’t-”
“Beta Benicio, please escort Selene to my office.”
Father looked between Landon and I before nodding solemnly and pursing his lips. With a curt dip of his head, he turned
to me and gestured me to follow him but not before shooting a glare my way.
What have you done, Selene?
I didn’t answer the question he asked through our mind link. I knew my father was assuming I did some horrid thing that caused Landon to be upset with me.
“Of course, Alpha.”
Alpha?
Why was my father calling him his future title?
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His birth right hasn’t been passed down to him yet. We didn’t even have the Alpha ceremony planned out. Landon
wouldn’t be able to take the position without his Luna already marked, mated and finally, sworn into oath. It was the
conditions the first Nightwake Alpha set.
Landon nudged his head to the side where the exit was and I found myself standing up to follow my father out. He said nothing to me as I walked passed him and to the direction of the Alpha’s mansion where the office would be. It was only when I had both feet out the door did I hear Landon’s voice again. Even though I knew what was happening, I couldn’t
help but look over my shoulder to see him talking to Hestia who had a glass of water in hand.
As if sensing my gaze, Landon looked in my direction and locked eyes with me. His hard, steely gaze giving nothing away
as Hestia looked over him to find me. Not being able to stomach how perfect they look together, I turned away and
focused my eyes on the ground.
We walked up the steps of the porch, my father opening the door for me while I walked in awkwardly. This was the first
time I ever stepped inside the Alpha’s home. Alpha Harrison never really permitted anyone outside his family or high ranks
inside. Seeing as the Alpha and Luna loved Hestia like a daughter and that she was Landon’s best friend, she had been
here countless times before.
“Go up the stairs and make a right. You’ll see the Alpha’s office. Go in, sit down and don’t move until he comes in.”
I was about to ask him about the whole “Alpha” title, but he never gave me a chance to ask when he abruptly tumed on his
heel and walked back out.
I swallowed nervously, craning my head to the wooden stairs before approaching it like it was made out of fire. The
creaking under my feet each step I took did nothing to calm my nerves. I was scared shitless.
Once I reached the top of the stairs, I looked to the right and saw that the first door there led to the Alpha’s office. If the
golden nameplate reading “ALPHA HARRISON” wasn’t an obvious indicator then the large, Nightwake Pack symbol of an
arrow shooting through the crescent moon in black ink on the top half of the door just below the nameplate, was.
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