Chapter 2

• Ariel
• What?
• I stare at the man in disbelief as my heart threatens to burst out from my chest. He carries himself with dominance and his presence reeks of power.
• Fuck me.
• Goddess, I can stare at him all the time and never get bored, I wish my beasts were present.
• "Where is my baby?" my mother's fake voice interrupts the moment and she hurriedly approaches my bed followed by two men.
• Looking at their red eyes, it only means they're vampires. What is my mum doing with vampires?
• The first one has short blonde hair with a lean figure and his friend is more masculine and has black hair.
• "And what do you mean mate?" she harshly snaps at the wolf who still has his eyes on me but now with an emotionless face. What changed?
• "She already has a mate, him" her voice brings me back to the conversation and I watch her point at the one with blonde hair and I stare at them sceptically.
• His sharp jaw perfectly draws the beauty of his face, even though I can't feel the mate bond right now, I know he is not my mate.
• I haven't seen the vampire in my entire life, why is my mum lying?
• The wolf caught my attention though, he looks damn strong.
• He has long jet-black hair flowing freely on his shoulders, his jaw is so strong and clenched am guessing from anger.
• His broad shoulders add to his perfect physique with a firm hard body. He has deep grey-bluish eyes that holds no ounce of emotion.
• Without being told, this wolf is not your soft kind of guy.
• He is the type everyone drools over but he doesn't give a damn.
• I always see past my mum's fake smiles every time she looks at me. I have no idea why, but I think she's up to something.
• When I shifted, I was sixteen and I badly wanted a mate.
• Later on, I started having doubts about hybrids being mated.
• I have been spending most of my time hidden. Most powerful people are out for my blood, especially vampires and in a situation like this, I have to be brave.
• I won't let another vampire lead me to the same position am in right now. Not even the one claiming to be my mate.
• There are very few hybrids in existence, and our blood has various importance to the supernatural. It heals every kind of injuries, no matter how worse they might be.
• Vampires use our blood to gain more strength. Most persons in power use hybrids for breeding purposes because they desire strong bloodlines.
• And my supposed father confirmed he's using it to gain wealth, so pathetic.
• "Take her Alex," mother says nudging her head towards the blonde. So he is Alex?
• He is about to grab me when the wolf mate growls angrily and tackles him to the ground and both men end up in a deadly brawl. Each defending what they believe is there's.
• My wolf and vampire are docile so I can't tell who is right and who is wrong, but there is no way I have two mates.
• The wolf pins Alex down raining blow after blow at him while he struggles to keep up. He must be an alpha wolf because an ordinary wolf won't handle a vampire like that.
• "This is bullshit, what are you even fighting for?" the woman I call mother inquires, disgust clear in her eyes.
• Why are they even here if they can't get me out of this bed?
• "Look at you, what did he do?" she whispers staring at my unmoving body with what I assume is concern
• " Am sorry I couldn't protect you honey" she holds my hand in hers and I wonder since when she started caring.
• She's always out travelling to moon knows where.
• Unlike most pack members, we live in our own house. Mostly, when she's not bringing a man home, she is out instead.
• Sometimes I wonder if she even misses her dead mate, who I believed was my father all this while.
• "Alpha Lance?" another wolf enters the room and his voice holds surprise as he looks at the men on the floor, so the wolf is the infamous sadist alpha, Lance.
• Fuck. just hearing his name makes a chill run down my spine. Of all the people it had to be him.
• I have heard a lot about Alpha Lance, but never got a chance of meeting him. He's the alpha of the black moon pack.
• I heard all his pack members have black souls as the name suggests.
• The alpha who never smiles and derives pleasure in hurting others.
• He growls loudly getting up and Alex follows suit, both men glaring at each other is distastefully.
• " Refrain yourself from going near or touching my mate, or I will drive a stake right here" he threatens in a deadly voice placing his index finger on Alex's chest, right where his heart lies.
• Wow! that makes me feel better. Maybe he isn't bad like they say.
• Alex chuckles bitterly sizing him up and down " She's mine, and am going nowhere" he challenges through clenched teeth and they are about to go at it again when the man intervenes.
• "What is happening here?" he asks placing his hands on their chests and pushing them away from each other.
• "She's my mate," they both say at the same time and he looks from them to me stunned. " No way" my mother declines standing up.
• "Am not letting a sadist alpha claim my daughter, so you better get going" she shoos lance with her hand " I already told you Alex is her mate" she says and Alex guy smirks.
• Weird.
• I wish I could move, did Alex offer her money so she could sell me? I won't even be surprised if that happened.
• Alpha Lance moves to my mum and menacingly stare at her his nostrils flared and she doesn't back down either.
• "Let's get out of here Ryan" his gruff voice declares and my heart drops.
• Please don't leave me.
• I stare at him longingly as he walks to the kids before setting them free.
• When they walk out of the door, I don't miss the satisfying smirks my mother shares with Alex.
• Or did I imagine it?