Scarred Luna

Xander’s POV.

A cool breeze blew by rustling the trees in the distance. Up ahead, the moon cast its warm glow above the earth, illuminating everything under its wake. Stars twinkled in the background, like tiny specs against a pitch black canvas. The sight was beautiful and I could get lost out here if I stayed here long enough, but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t distract myself from the matter at hand.

I’d found my mate.

If I hadn’t experienced it earlier today, I would have said it was a silly prank from someone, probably Sabrina. Or perhaps, I’d been worn out by my long travels and I was beginning to hallucinate and see things.

All my life, I’d yearned for my mate. I spent a good portion of my life praying and pleading to the moon goddess to grant me my fair share of happiness, but she never did. I even went as far as offering rituals and traveling far and wide for the one destined for me. At least, if she couldn’t come to me, I would make things easier for her and go to her. But I never met her, until I finally gave up, just for her to show up on my doorstep.

Shit.

I had no idea what I was expecting when I’d first arrived. Hell, this was my mansion and literally nothing exciting ever happened here. It was the same mundane and routine activities everyday, activities I’d come to accept as normal, and just when I was looking forward to the normal order of the day, she just had to show up.

Tingles snaked its way down my skin as something nipped at the surface of my skin. I couldn’t say I’d felt anything like that before, but the moment I laid my eyes on her, I just knew.This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

She was my mate. I’d finally found her. At last.

As I stared at her while Sabrina chatted animatedly, a mix of emotions coursed through my veins. I wasn’t even mad that Sabrina hadn’t informed me of our August visitor, I just wanted to understand all of the emotions I felt all at once. They ranged from excitement and everything in between, down to sadness and anger. I was ecstatic because after so long, she had found her way to me. In a way, maybe my prayers and rituals didn’t go unheard. But the moment that happiness came, it fizzled out the very next minute just to be replaced with anger and hurt.

Why now? Why did she have to show up now? After I’d literally given up on the search? It made no sense at all as to why the goddess would play a cruel prank such as this on me.

I sucked in a deep breath, before exhaling again. Did she know she was my mate? What if I was the only one who knew and she was in the dark about it all? Would she believe me if I told her? And what would be her reaction to it…

“No.” I shook my head, slowly cutting the thoughts away from my mind. “It was hopeless thinking about that. I have better things that need my attention.”

Slowly, I pushed myself away from the railing I’d been leaning on the entire time I was outside. I chose the backyard because it was peaceful and had a perfect view of one of my favorite sections of the garden.

After giving the flower arrangements one last glance, I headed towards the direction of the back door. My hands had almost grazed the doorknob when someone beat me to it, swinging the door open from the inside.

“Um..” she mumbled incoherently. I watched her as she bit down on her lower lip. She was panicking, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t the sexiest thing I’d ever seen. “Alpha Xander, I…”

“What do you think you’re doing?” my voice was low and icy. As I allowed my eyes roam over her, she shivered. My face contorted into one of rage when my gaze fell on the bag behind her.. “Going somewhere?”

“No!” she let out abruptly and I raised an eyebrow “You see this is all a misunderstanding and…*”

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

The air around us crackled with electricity as she stared at me. I found my gaze wandering down to her lips that quivered under the moonlight gaze. In that moment, it felt like I’d lost control of my body and senses, and before I would start giving myself logical explanations, I grabbed a hold of her hand and pulled her inside.

A surprised gasp slid past her lips as I pulled her further into the mansion. It was deathly quiet and you could clearly hear the sound of our footsteps resonating in the whole house, but I couldn’t care less.

“What-” Kieran stuttered the moment we stopped. Before she could let anymore words out, I opened my the door to my bedroom and pushed her inside. “What am I doing here? Let me go.”

“Why?” I shot back at her. “So you can run away again?”

She opened her mouth, only slightly before closing them again. There was nothing she could say. I’d caught her red handed.

“Listen to me carefully, Kieran.” Her head jerked up to meet my eyes at the sound of her name. “Let this be the first and the last time you’d try something like this again. Is that clear?”

“You can’t tell me what to do.” I bit back a chuckle as the words slid past her lips. “You have no right to.”

“Oh really?” I chuckled loudly and she bent her head low. My fingers found her chin immediately. A small gasp slid past her lips as I circled my fingers gently around a particular spot. Slowly, I tilted her head upwards, so I was staring at her eyes.

I knew she was beautiful, but staring at her up close was an entirely different ballgame. Blue eyes like the deep ocean stared back at me, a million and one emotions swimming in them. Her plump lips were a soft shade of pink and I couldn’t help but run my thumb over it. She gasped again, but I could tell she enjoyed every piece of it. To crown it all, I watched her chocolate brown hair cascade around her face and back in waves. With how luscious it looked, I wanted nothing more than to run my fingers through them, over and over again.

“Kieran” her name rolled off my tongue effortlessly. With a shy nod, I watched her hold my gaze. “You’re mine and mine alone, do you understand that?”

The air between us crackled with something even bigger and the more I tried to deny it, the more it made its presence known. I found myself leaning in closer to Kieran and surprisingly she didn’t seem to mind.

“Did you hear me, Kieran?” I pressed my lips close to her ear. I had no idea what had come over me, but at this point, I wasn’t so sure I cared anymore. My only worry right now was if I was going to be able to stop myself from going too far. “You’re mine, fucking mine.”