The Rejected Wolf Turn Mighty Luna

Millicent's POV

I found myself in a dark void, falling into a bottomless pit.

Suddenly, I heard someone weeping, telling me to fight the darkness surrounding me. He sounded so much like Alpha Christopher. He was telling me of dreams I was yet to fulfill. His voice was so sad, I tried to pull myself out of the mist surrounding me but I just couldn't. I struggled, wanting to get out of the dark mist, and console him, tell him I was okay but I couldn't.

Then all of a sudden, I was standing in a holo of light. The brightness was blinding. There were trees of various colours and beautiful flowers of various kind everywhere, I could hear voices speaking, I looked around but there seemed to be nobody about.

Christopher kept telling me of his love for me and how he could not live without me. He sounded so sad and lonely that I felt bad for him. 'Millicent, Millicent, come back to me!' he sobbed.

Alot of voices spoke to me. I even fancied I heard Alpha Sylvester confessing his feelings to me.

Then came the voice I had not heard in a long while, telling me how I have come a long way and that all that had happened to me would be a waste of time if I should give up now or die. Die! I exclaimed in my head. Die? I asked. How could I die? I couldn't die. I had a lot of things still undone. The place looked beautiful and peaceful with its beautiful trees and flowers but I had to go and meet these people, whose voices were calling out to me.

'Moon goddess, help me go back to the people who would feel bad if I do not return to them. And help me fulfill my destiny'. With a supreme effort, I forced myself to rise above the fog and opened my eyes, the peaceful scenery with its beautiful trees and flowers was gone, replaced with white walls and equipments of different kinds used in - hospitals, then my eyes fell on a bent head, I looked closely though everything still looked a bit blurry. I saw it was Samantha.

'Samantha, is that you? Where am I?' I asked.

Samantha hugged me, laughing and crying at the same time. She said a lot of things that I couldn't comprehend since my brain was still so woozy and I felt terribly weak.

The doctor came and injected some drugs into me. Then Christopher was there and Sylvester as well. They were all talking to the doctor about how I survived wolfsbane! Wolfsbane'? So that was it? I was poisoned!

Their discussion got to the part where they talked about me being the daughter of an Alpha and I saw the way Samantha was staring at me with puzzlement. I had not wanted her to find this way. I caught her eyes, trying to communicate with her but her eyes seemed to be clouded with hurt.

'I shall explain later', I whispered to her. I was feeling sleepy and slept again.

When I woke this time, it was just Alphas Christopher and Sylvester that I saw beside me.

At first I thought it had all been a dream that Samantha had been there with me. Then I became scared that she may have left in anger that I had not valued our friendship well enough to tell her about my past.

'Where is Samantha?' I asked, looking first at Christopher and then at Sylvester.

'You wake and see us here and the first person you ask about Cathania s your friend. Very flattering!' Christopher said in jest.

I smiled appreciatively but became serious almost at once. 'I appreciate both of you, for caring for me all this while but I need to know if I was dreaming or if Samantha was really here', I said.

'She's been here like the rest of us, even more so, but she had to go home for a bit', Sylvester said, smiling at me. 'She said something about laundry and other female things, I think'.

'Samantha won't leave your side, she was sure that the person who tried to poison you might come to finish off the work', Alpha Christopher said, taking my hands into his. 'Do you remember anything? Do you know how you came to be poisoned?' he asked gently.

'After the scene at the secret house, I was on my way to my room to have a nap when Cathania fell in step with me, walking with me towards the mansion', I started thinking back to what happened afterwards.

I went ahead to tell them about her suggestion about pregnancy and the wine she collected from Sylvester's room which we drank after toasting to truce between us.

'After I downed the contents in my cup, I felt funny and dizzy and everything became blurry. I remember thinking that the wine was stronger than I had thought and that I would have eaten something before drinking it', I said, then concluded with, 'That's the last thing I recall before opening my eyes and finding myself lying here feeling so weak and listless'. Looking around at their faces, wondering why they were being so quiet, I saw that Samantha was back. She must have slipped into the room when I was absorbed in my story. It didn't matter to me when she got here, I was happy that she was back. 'You are back', I smiled happily at her. She nodded, smiling back at me.

When nobody said anything, I said, 'Is there anything I should know about?' Then recalling their talk about wolfsbane, 'I recall hearing you say something about wolfsbane. I was poisoned, wasn't I? Cathania is the culprit, I'm sure. To think I trusted her when she toasted to a truce between us. I was so stupid!'

'Not stupid, my love', Christopher said squeezing my hands reassuringly. 'Never stupid, just naive', he smiled.

'Cathania will pay for this! She will not go Scot free for trying to murder my mate!' Sylvester said.

It was strange hearing him speak with so vehemence against Cathania and very gently to me. I could almost believe he was sincere but I had learnt the hard way not to trust him. Had he not cozied up to me before, making me believe he was a changed person who was trying to make amends for past crimes, only to find out it was all a hoax to help him secure his throne.

'Now that you're awake', Sylvester continued, we shall alert the doctor so that he can check your vitals and give us leave to take you home where you will be given better attention and care'.

I smiled my thanks at Alpha Sylvester, afterall, he had made sure I got the right treatment, no matter what his intentions might be. I looked at Alpha Christopher, he nodded, whether in agreement with my thoughts or with Alpha Sylvester's words, I couldn't be sure, but I was glad I was going home. I hated hospitals with its smell of antiseptics and medicines. Samantha drew close to the bed and gave me a hug, being careful not to hold me too tightly. As if I were an egg, I thought wryly.

'Welcome back!' she said, pulling away slightly so that she could look into my eyes. 'I'm glad to have you back'., she said as she helped me dress and pack for our trip back home.

I smiled. It was going to be alright.

When we got home, I realised that Samantha had actually gone home, not just to do the laundry and have a change of clothes but to clean up my room, so that it would smell fresh and look welcoming when I got home. There were flowers everywhere, most of them, Sundrops, lilies and roses.

'Samantha, thanks so much for this', I smiled at her.

'Alpha Sylvester made this possible. We got these flowers from his garden', Samantha whispered to me.

'Really?' I whispered, shocked. Was this not the same garden he didn't want anyone entering? My close shove with death must have made him feel very guilty especially since it was his love that brought it on and he just wanted to relieve his conscience.

'Yes', Samantha was saying. 'Alpha Christopher asked that we go to the florist and get the best flowers to decorate your room and the entire palace for the special occasion of your homecoming but Alpha Sylvester forestalled and asked us to take them from his garden and make sure we make the whole place look more beautiful than it had ever been'.

'I must say, I'm surprised because Sylvester normally doesn't allow people into his garden!' I said, shaking my head incredulously at what I had heard.

'Are you telling me?' Samantha asked. 'I know about the reserved area. Are you forgetting I was formally living here in this pack?' she asked. 'And what a garden it is. I've never seen such a garden before. All the wonderful flowers are there!' she gushed. If I didn't know better, I'd think she was talking about the man and not the garden.

'Please take good care of her, Samantha', Christopher said, touching me slightly on the shoulder and when I looked at him, he smiled at me and I smiled back at him.

Sylvester had gone into his room as soon as we got into the mansion, asking Samantha to help me dress for the party. I was to come down when I had rested enough. The party was going to go ahead, the Alphas were celebrating my recovery from a death threatening ordeal.The maids left as soon as Alpha Christopher took his leave.

'You are so lucky to have such a male as your mate', she said, no longer whispering. 'In fact, see how the two most handsome and powerful men in this pack and indeed all around the packs, are falling over each other to win your heart. Your fortune has indeed changed!'

'You don't know the half of it!' I said, remembering the first and only time I had been in the garden. I hadn't seen it's glory as Samantha was describing it, because I was not concentrating on it then but had been shocked at what I had overheard and was anxious to get away before being made a scape goat.

'That is because you have decided not to confide in me!' Samantha said, looking at me oddly.

'Samantha', I said, sitting on the bed and being propped up, with my head on the pillow. 'I am sorry. I never meant to keep anything from you. But you see, the situation at that time required me to say as less as I could possibly say about my past'.

'You allowed all to threat you like a maid when you were actually a princess. I don't think I could endure that. But I had thought we were really close', she said, and I could hear the hurt in her voice. 'I confided everything in you. You could not reciprocate?'

'I have said that I am sorry. I didn't want the word to go round but I also didn't want you to find out this way', I said 'but since you have found out, I shall tell you the rest!'

'Maybe we should leave it till after the party?' Samantha asked, looking at the clock on the wall.

'I'd rather tell it now than later. The party can hold or go on without me. You are more important'.

Samantha smiled and we hugged. I then went ahead to tell her about the Crescent Pack, where I was born and from where Alpha Sylvester got me. I told her how my pack was destroyed and my parents murdered. 'The rest you know. You were a witness to how he has maltreated me. That night of his engagement to Cathania, he nearly raped me and made me watch as he mated with her, them kicked me away, literally, after rejecting me as his mate!'

Samantha was shocked after hearing all this. 'You had to endure all this alone, when you could have unburdened yourself by sharing your pains with me', she said.

'Thank you, my dear Samantha but apart from not wanting the word to go out,about my pack, I wanted to spare you all this. You were sharing too much of my burdens and I knew you had yours too'.

'But Alpha Sylvester is changed now. I can see the way he treats you. And from the way he looks at you, he is really smitten with you'.

'I doubt it, Samantha', I said.

'Why?' she asked. 'You came back to the pack, you must have felt something for him as well. That night you left without telling anyone, he kept calling out for you and sent out his men to search for you but no one knew where you had gone'.

'I came back for my vengeance. He has to pay for what he did to me', I said.

'Could you not forgive him? He is really a changed person'.

'Changed you say?', I laughed, bitterly. 'Your Alpha Sylvester came for me because he had been told that he needed me by his side if he wanted to retain his position and to avert the misfortune befalling the pack!'

'That can't be true', Samantha said frowning in disbelief. 'The way he looks at you, shows her s feelings for you are deep and sincere'.

'He is a great actor. I overheard him talking to the Cathania he told me he had severed all ties with and sent away, in his precious garden and he was asking her to be patient because he was sure he had made me fall in love with him and that after what I'd help them with, then, he would separate from me and make her his one and only Luna', I told her smiling bitterly. 'To think I had started forcing myself to trust him before hearing that!'

'Oh, so sad and heartless of them!' she said. 'But you love him, don't you?'

'I don't!' I said.

'You don't?' she asked. 'What female did not have a crush on Alpha Sylvester?'

'I never did, maybe because I saw my parents and how they died, anytime I looked at him', I said, matter - of - factly. 'I might have liked him a little when I came back but it all died when I discovered his reason for wanting me back'.

'What about Alpha Christopher?' she asked and I blushed.

'What about him?' I asked, avoiding her eyes.

'I already have my answer', she said. She was being really perceptive. 'You do love him, don't you?'

'Samantha, it's a long story. I love him but they are both mated to me and I cannot have them both, do not want to, but...'

'But what?'

'I still have to avenge the death of my parents. His good behaviour right now cannot make up for the lost he cost me'.

'How will you still have the intention to carried out your vengeance on him when you are in love with his twin?' she asked.

'That's the complication I am facing. I tried to fight the attraction but I could not', I said. 'I've been told of mate bonds and all that but I did not feel that with Sylvester'.

'How could you when you already hated him? Samantha asked. 'Your hated and quest for vengeance, of course suppressed the feelings you would have had for him', I said, 'And I must say, he did not help matters with the may he treated you when you served as a maid here. But you will have to reconsider if you really love Alpha Christopher. But do you know what happened to your pack afterwards?'

'I don't. But I assume that since all was wiped out by the ruthless Alpha Sylvester, it is no longer existent'.

'You never can tell. Why don't you try and find out, now that you have the resources as the future Luna?' she asked.

I nodded thoughtfully , wondering why I had never thought of it. 'You have a point there', I said. 'It is worth a try'.

The party was in full swing when we descended the stairs. I had a simple but elegant dress on and even if I say so myself, it flattered me, emphasizing my shape and highlighting my bust line and colour.

Christopher kept looking at me with his mouth agape and Sylvester was no better as I could see the admiration in his eyes. To my chagrin, both of them rose to their feet and didn't stop there but came forward to walk me to my seat.

'Oh, my God!' Samantha whispered. 'This is so flattering, being fawned over by two hunks. And very tempting too, why settle for one when you can have two of the best? I am already very wet and wanting.'

'You have totally lost it, Samantha', I said as I felt my face heat up at her words. I pasted a smile on my face for the benefit of anyone staring.

Samantha chuckled and left my side as both Alphas took each of my arms in theirs.

The jubilation was ceased till we were seated. Then the noise started again.

'Hope you had enough rest?' Alpha Sylvester asked. 'You are feeling stronger, I hope?'

'Yes, I am. Thank you', I smiled at him.

'You look beautiful tonight', Alpha Christopher said.

'Thanks', I whispered. Then coyly, 'You mean I am an ugly duckling but looks better tonight all decked up?'

'I didn't mean that and you know it', Christopher said, smiling at me and poking my nose playfully and I smiled back. When I looked at Sylvester, he had an angry scowl on his face. My smile froze. This was not going to be easy.

'What is it?' Christopher asked. He must have noticed my discomfort.

'Nothing. Let's enjoy the party', I said.

'I was going to ask you to do that. It's your party after all', Christopher said, 'Let's dance, if you are up to it, of course'.

I thought that if smiling with Christopher was making Sylvester unhappy, then dancing with his brother would not be a good idea. Then I reconsidered. The party was for me after all and I was miraculously feeling better and I wanted Christopher's arms about me. What right did Sylvester have to be angry about my happiness?

'You don't have to, if you don't feel like it's, Christopher said.

I had already made up my mind. I stole a look at Sylvester and saw that his attention was diverted by one Gamma who was saying something to him.

'I'd love that', I replied, placing my hands into the hand he stretched towards me and he helped me up and as we walked to the dance floor, I saw Sylvester from the corner of my eye, start to rise but sat again, he must have changed his mind, thankfully. I did not want any ugly scenes like the one before my accident with wolfsbane.

'Is Sylvester making you feel uncomfortable?' he asked as we swirled to the dance. I was enjoying myself. I caught Samantha's eyes and she winked at me and gave me a thumbs up. I smiled. I felt light headed in Christopher's arms. I moved closer and he drew me closer into his arms. I shut my eyes, enjoying the feel of our bodies together. I was having some unholy thoughts and was flushed.

'Are you thinking, what I am thinking?' Christopher's voice was husky in my ears.

I looked up into his face and saw his need in his eyes. 'It depends on what you are thinking', I said.

'I am thinking of getting you naked and completing what go interrupted the other day', he hissed huskily.

'Hmmmm, I'd like that too, but I don't think this is the right time', I said.

'Will you come to my room later tonight or should I visit you?' he asked, looking me deep in the eye. It would have been so easy to say yes and I must say that I was tempted. I was strong enough for mating and I could understand his impatience. I found it difficult controlling myself when I am with him. He made me feel so strong. 'We'll have to wait a few days, so I can recover completely.

'Oh, I'm sorry, love', he said, all at once concerned. 'I'm really a cad. I totally forgot that you were just discharged from the hospital. It is just that - I don't know how to explain it - but what you do to me, how you make me feel, I lose control. I think of no one else but you when you are close to me and I just want to give myself completely to you and take you completely.

'Ohhh, you're so... I'm really fortunate to have you as a mate!'

'As I am and don't you ever doubt that!'

The music changed into a very slow one and we were virtually glued, even a tiny piece of paper would not have been put between us.

'My dance', a voice said, bringing me out of my daydream. I looked up and found Sylvester looking at Christopher menacingly.

'It is still my dance', Alpha Christopher insisted.

'And I say it is my dance!' Alpha Sylvester growled quietly.

I knew that if I didn't step in, there was going to be a scene.

'You know how I feel about you. Let it go. It's just a dance!' I whispered to Alpha Christopher. And to Alpha Sylvester, I said, 'Of course, Alpha Sylvester', and I took his offered hand as he drew me into his arms.

I saw that his look became less menacing but Christopher was not happy at all as he stormed back to his seat.

I stole a look around to see if anyone had noticed what had almost happened but found everyone enjoying themselves. If anyone had noticed anything, they gave no indication. Even Samantha was dancing merrily at a corner, alone and I felt like a heel for not having asked her about her husband. Had I become so selfish that I was concerned only about myself that I forget about others, including my best friend?

'You look sad', Alpha Sylvester said looking at me.

'No, I'm not. I am actually, very happy. Thank you for throwing this party for me', I said.

'That is not the reason you looked so sad a while ago', he insisted.

'I feel bad that I have been so consumed with my problems that I hadn't asked someone who had come to wait on me these past weeks about her life, her husband', I said, smiling unhappily.

'There's still time for that', Sylvester said. You can still ask her, she isn't running away this night!' he added and we both looked at each other and burst out laughing, because we recalled the night I went away after being exiled without informing anyone. A party had been going on that night too.

'I'm sorry for all I put you through', Alpha Sylvester said. I looked into his eyes and saw that his apology was genuine.

'It's all in the past', I smiled, feeling funny. I felt like I was betraying my parents by being so nice and forgiving to him but it was only for this night, I consoled myself. This was just a feeling of gratitude for all his care while I was in the hospital, whether it was feigned or not and for this party which surprisingly, I was enjoying immensely, my weakness forgotten.

I looked away from his eyes because I saw a funny look in them that I didn't care to decipher and my eyes fell on Christopher and he did not look too happy. Infact, that was an understatement, because he was looking at me like I had betrayed him!