Scarred Luna

Kieran’s POV.

Shit. There was no way this could be happening. Of all the million things that could happen to me, why did the moon goddess have to choose this? I was aware that fate was inevitable and sometimes we really just had to leave our happy endings in the hands of nature and believe that everything would turn around for the better, but as I stared at the man in front of me, I wasn’t too sure about that saying.

I gulped loudly. No matter how many times the words seemed to ring in my head, it did nothing to change anything. This was real.

Alpha Xander was my fucking mate.

No, no, no. Right now, I would accept anything else asides this. Anything at all. If I had to face the revelation that Alpha Xander was my mate or to eat hot coal, then, I would gladly pick the latter.

Why would the moon goddess think I needed another mate? I had barely gotten over what the first one did to me, so there was no way I was looking forward to another one.

A small tremor spread through my body as an unpleasant memory filled my mind. I thought that I’d forgotten and safely locked away all of Alpha Lucas’ inhumane treatment to me, but I guess I was wrong, all I needed was a reminder.

I stole a glance at Alpha Xander. As tiny tid-bits of Sabrina’s conversation filtered in and out of my ears, I watched the man in question.

Was he aware that he was my mate? What if I was only hallucinating the whole thing and I wasn’t sure of anything? Perhaps I’d misjudged and clearly didn’t hear well?

No matter how many questions I threw at myself, the answer still remained the same. Alpha Xander was my mate; I’d felt it, and there was no way I could be wrong about it.

The idea of a second chance mate didn’t sound too bad if I was being honest. Growing up in the pack had filled me with stories who people who got their happy endings but Xander was an Alpha and a King, so, expecting to be treated well by him would be nothing but wishful thinking.

“Kieran?” The sound of my name on Sabrina’s lips was all it took to bring me back to earth. I blinked a couple of times, as I tried to tune back into the conversation and catch a whiff of the last thing they’d said, but I was lost. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah.” I stuttered. I cleared my throat awkwardly as I avoided Xander’s gaze as often as possible . “Yes, yes, I’m fine. I just zoned out for a bit.”

“That’s okay.” Sabrina beamed. “I was just introducing you too. Alpha Xander this is Kieran and Kieran, this is Alpha Xander.”

I found my eyes going back to the Alpha instinctively. What was I supposed to do? Bow? Shake him? What if I did neither of those? Would he have my head and give an order thaty remains be fed to the wolves if the wild? He could do all of that more because he was King.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Xander spoke, his voice piercing through my many unanswered questions. “And welcome to Deathshade.”

Call me crazy if you wanted, but there was something about the way he says Deathshade that didn’t sound right with me. If I was being honest, It sounded more like a threat than anything else.

“Thank you.” I croaked, my head hanging low in a bow. “And thank you for having me.”

“I’ll be leaving now.” He quipped immediately and without so much as a second glance, Sabrina and I watched him storm off in the other direction, but not without giving her a look that clearly spelt we need to talk .

As I watched his retreating figure, something settled in the pit of my stomach. Something I might have forgotten about before, but not anymore. This was a gentle reminder that I wasn’t supposed to be here and had probably overstayed my welcome. So that was why, as I followed Sabrina back into the house, I decided I was going to run away. Tonight.

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The moon shone brightly in the night sky as I stared at it from my window. A dozen stars twinkled in the background and if I wasn’t so busy tonight and had other plans, I would have stayed back to enjoy the view.

But I couldn’t. There was no time for that now.

I shifted my gaze from the window to the clock on the wall of my room. Eleven forty five pm stared back at me, and I gulped, it was time.

Immediately, I got off my bed and strolled to my wardrobe in the far corner of my room. All it took was a swing of my hands, and I yanked the wooden storage compartment open. Without giving it too much thought, I stuffed everything and anything I could find.

I hadn’t figured out where I was going yet, but I wanted to be prepared. If I lacked so much as a good change of clothes, then it would throw my plans off balance. I stuffed as many clothes as I could into the bag at the foot of the wardrobe. After I’d successfully packed all of the clothes, I uncurled a small black bag. It didn’t contain much, only food that would last me a couple of days.

Getting the food proved to be more difficult than I thought because Sabrina just wouldn’t let go of me. She clung tightly to me, almost as if she smelt something fishy or maybe she was just worried.

That didn’t matter now. It was in the past and thank the goddess, I’d successfully evaded her. She was asleep now and hopefully she would keep sleeping till I was long gone.

With one last glance at my room, I hurled the bag over my shoulder. Luckily for me, it wasn’t too heavy so carrying it wouldn’t be a problem.

I hoped.

Slowly, I pushed open the door to my bedroom, loud creaks piercing the night sky. Dim lights flickered on and off in the hallway, making it look like a scene from a horror movie. I stepped out, but only after inhaling and exhaling. With each step I took, I found my heart dropping lower and lower to my feet.

Fear nipped at my skin as I continued tiptoeing. The mansion was usually swarmed with guards but they usually went to bed around this time. What if they hadn’t all gone to bed? What were the chances that I was going to run into one of them?

I muttered a silent prayer to the goddess.

I couldn’t afford to get caught. Honestly, I didn’t even want to think about it. Aside Xander getting furious, I wasn’t sure I could bare the look of disappointment on Sabrina’s face if I fumbled this up. She’d taken me in, a total stranger, for almost two months, and how was I repaying her, by running away.

It broke my heart to do so and running away was probably selfish, but I would do anything not to go through all that I did in Lucas’ hands. I wasn’t even sure I could take it anymore.

I put a halt to my thoughts when I realized I’d gotten to the back door. This was it. All I had to do was sneak out of the mansion through this door and get to the gates. Once I’d crossed over, then I would be free at last.

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I sucked in a huge breath as my hand cradled the door knob, before pulling it open. A tiny part of me hoped and prayed for everything else to be seamless from here on, but I guess the goddess couldn’t answer all of our prayers at once.

I paled immediately at the sight in front of me. Just at the other side of the door was the last person I’d expected to see.

Alpha Xander, in flesh and blood.

“Um…” I mumbled incoherently. Panic raced through my veins as I struggled to speak. “Alpha Xander, I…”

“What do you think you’re doing?” His voice was low and icy. I shivered as his eyes raked over me, before resting on the bag propped on my back. “Going somewhere?”

“No!” I let out abruptly. “You see this is all a misunderstanding and…”

“No.” He snapped and I flinched. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a misunderstanding or not. You, Kieran, aren’t going anywhere.”

Goosebumps lined my skin the moment those words slid past his lips. It was late and I could barely see a thing, except the glint in his eyes, and if I could deduce anything from that, it was the fact that he meant every word he had just said.

Shit, I was in deep trouble.