Chapter 2

Arianaa's POV

How would you feel if you came across a thing that you have never imagined coming across, not even in your wildest dream? Shocked, startled, stunned, confused right, That's what I am feeling right now. I never expected myself to be standing right in front of my second mate, I used to think that a second mate does not exist. But just a few minutes ago I was standing right in front of him and it felt like he was stunned too. But he was handsome like hell, around six feet tall, with blue eyes like the deep blue ocean and a sharp jawline with little stubble. Maybe for you, it's an exaggeration but for me, he was beyond perfect. His scent was so appealing that my legs were automatically pushing me towards him.

But at that time when I was standing right in front of him, I was confused and scared. I have been living alone for two and half years but in reality, I have been living alone since I was a toddler, because my mother never cared about me and when I thought that I would have someone to love me, to accept me, to cherish me for the rest of my life, my dream was shattered when my mate rejected me. Those emotions were causing a whirlwind inside me so I did one thing, I ran away, ran away from him, from the fear of going through the pain of rejection again. I do not want to get rejected again. It already took me long enough to build myself, to control my emotions and I don't want to lose myself because I know if I got rejected again then I will be broken and this time I  won't be able to gather myself again. So I ran away.

"Aria! Aria, What happened, why did you leave the function so suddenly? You know Alpha and Luna were asking for you" My best friend Olivia startled me by literally bursting into my house.

I did not want to tell her anything because I was not sure what would happen next so I lied and told her "I was not feeling well so I decided to leave and came home."

"Are you okay now?" she confirmed. I just nodded my head at this.  But in reality, I am the exact opposite of what I told her.

"You earlier said that Alpha and Luna were asking for me," I asked her and on that, she nodded. So we both headed towards the pack house. It was already time for dinner. When we reached the pack house, Gamma and Beta of the pack were already seated at the dining table with their mates beside them. I was not friends with them nor an enemy. We greeted and smiled at them in return they nodded their head and smiled at us too. We then waited for both Alpha and Luna to arrive.

After some time of waiting, Alpha came down and when he saw us, he smiled and made his way towards. We both greeted him and asked him why was he asking for me. "Hello girls, Uh Arianna, I wanted to thank you for helping Sarah. She did it. I am very proud of her. Thank you." Our Alpha thanked me. "Oh, it's nothing, she is one of the brightest students in the class, she did it perfectly," I said to Alpha with a smile and Alpha agreed on that.

"Come, let's have dinner" Alpha invited both of us. "It's okay Alpha, we just came by to meet you and Luna," Olivia said to Alpha and with that we both headed towards the door.

"Aria, Olivia! Where are you two going? Come here Let's have dinner together plus I want you to meet someone Aria" Our Luna declared by gesturing with her hand to come to the dining table. I was not expecting anything then whom did Luna want me to meet? I thought to myself. I looked towards Olivia, she was already looking at me, we both sighed and made our way to where everyone was already seated. The dinner had already started so we sat on our respective chairs and once we got comfortable in our seats we started eating.

Luna was looking towards the staircase and was laughing at something. I couldn't help but turned around to look at what she was looking at but my breath hitched. I was sitting with my mouth open in surprise.

It was none other than him. He was looking so devilishly handsome that I could feel my wolf going crazy. He was coming downstairs but I knew he has seen me and this time it was impossible to run away without getting noticed. When he reached the dining table our Alpha got up from his chair and took a glass of wine and clinked it with a spoon, taking everyone's attention around us.

"Attention please, so we were trying to do it for a couple of months but this man(gesturing towards him) was quite busy. So now after months of waiting he has agreed to train our soldiers and warriors. Ah, I forgot to mention this but few people here already know who he is let me introduce him to others. He is Alpha Xavier, the Alpha of our neighbour pack, my best friend and also my brother in law" our Alpha announced with a bright smile on his face, making me gasp. When I moved my gaze towards him, he already had his eyes on me. His gaze was making me nervous, self-conscious and hot at the same time.

I averted my gaze from him and looked at my plate, then Luna stole my attention by saying that "Aria, this is my brother Xavier as Mason already mentioned. He is five years older than me."  Oh, so he is eight years older than me, as Luna is two years older than me and Alpha Xavier is five years older than her.  Luna continued her talk and further said "You know, you once mentioned that

you wanted to learn guitar. So lemme tell you Xavier plays the guitar very beautifully, you can learn from him and you do not have to worry about him saying no to you because I have already asked him if he could teach you how to play the guitar and guess what he agreed" Luna exclaimed excitedly. I was unable to describe or predict but Luna's eyes hold some kind of gleam. Like she... like she wanted me and Alpha Xavier to come close. It's nothing Aria you just exaggerating, I mentally scolded myself.

After some time, when we both finished our dinner, I and Olivia both got up and took our leave. On our way back to the door I could feel someone's gaze on me but I didn't dare to look towards the person because I knew who it was. It was him, Alpha Xavier.

When it was time to hit the bed, I changed into my sleeping pyjamas and a loose t-shirt. I unshackled my hair from the tight bun that I pulled earlier in the morning and let it fall on my back. Alpha Xavier was still on my mind, my wolf wanted to meet him, to engulf him in a tight hug but I was scared, scared of letting my emotions overpower me. Wait, Alpha Xavier has a daughter. How could I forget about it? His mate ran away with her boyfriend. That's all I have heard about him.

Would he even acknowledge me as his mate? I have always waited for my mate since I first heard about what a mate is.

I want to feel loved and wanted.

I decided to lay down in the bed and give my mind some rest as it has been wandering since my encounter with Alpha Xavier. After some time I fell asleep.

Around 2:30 am I heard my window being pulled open, I abruptly got up from the bed and looked around the room instantly but then I saw someone standing near my window which made my heart stop. There stood Alpha Xavier, his face was illuminating under the moonlight, and his eyes were directly looking at me. Once again I was paralyzed under his gaze. I just stood at my place, staring at him, wide awake. He was coming towards me, he was staring at me like he knew me, knew about my fears, scars, loneliness, my agony. When he was one hand distance away he stopped.

"We need to talk" I heard him saying. His voice was rough and constrained. I knew he would ask for something like that someday but didn't think of him barging into my room through my window.

"At this time? When almost all of the people are sleeping and you want to talk?" I questioned him, folded my hands across my chest and raised an eyebrow at him. I didn't how I got the courage to question him. I have heard him as an angry man. But he just stood there calmly and still staring at me like he did not hear what I just said and expected me to say something.

"I know, you are my mate and I know that you know it too. And I also know that you must be thinking that what I am doing here in the hush of the night but believe me I am also surprised at myself that what the hell I am doing here. It was like....uh never mind. I should go now. We can talk tomorrow." Alpha Xavier exclaimed while running his hand through his hair and jumped out of the window without waiting for my response. I ran towards the window to see him but then I saw he was already looking at me. At that moment I wanted nothing more than to stop me and engulf him in a tight hug and inhale his scent. I wanted to pour my heart out to him. With one last longing glance, he turned around and left.

What the hell just happened? I muttered

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