The jeep was moving forward with lighting speed, but Mirela's heart was crying, crying for her son. She knew Hale's family would take care of him but how? How can she live without him and how can he live without his beloved momma? Tears didn't stop coming out of her eyes. Staring out of the window, she thought about her son. Lovely and cute, he was best in all ways. He just couldn't stay without her even for an hour.

All of a sudden, her chin was caught by a familiar large hand, forcing her to face him, Ascian frowned at her. Watching his emerald eyes for a while, she couldn't help but recall the first day she took Ahren into her arms. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at her with a cute little pout.


She forcefully looked away from him, hiding her thoughts.

"Oh.. now you hate me?" A sarcastic chuckle came out from Ascian as he again forced her to look at him.

She ignored him and that made him angry.


"MIRELA…" He roared using his alpha tone. She shuddered and looked at him with fear, not only Mirela but also the driver and Ascian's beta. They all shivered when they heard him.

Grabbing her to him, he hugged her tightly against his chest. She really loved when he did that three years ago but now, she was just too hurt to be happy for his fake lovely actions.


But she just couldn't ignore his scent, the scent she was craving for, without caring she buried her face against his chest and closed her eyes. Even though she couldn't feel his natural scent because her wolf is not with her, he loved the perfume he used. It was the same even three years ago.

'Why did you do that to me Ascian?'

'I wasn't weak, and I loved'

Countless questions surged into her mind, she wanted to ask but his answers cannot change the reality. She suffered and there's no way to forget those things.

She felt him caressing her hair as he used to do three years ago, he loved to touch her hair. Inhaling his scent she decided one thing.

'I'm going to escape from him after he released me in his pack, and I'm taking Ahren another place so Ascian will never find'

With that she slowly drifted into sleep, because it was almost midnight.

"What is your name?" Her mate asked her for the first time, they met a few hours ago and as soon as her mate saw her, he strode towards her and kissed her. Taking her first kiss, which she gladly offered.

"Mirela Elizabeth." looking up at his emerald eyes, she shyly muttered.

"Mirela… yeah, admirable beauty" he smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist. She was surprised.

'Does he know the meaning of my name?' she thought. A blush appeared on her cheeks making her fair skin of her cheeks red. Her heart was beating so fast, like rapid fire.

She had never seen a man as handsome as him, he was perfect. His height, his strong shoulders, his sharp jawlines and mainly his emerald eyes, which she wished to keep with for her entire life.

She slowly raised her hand and caressed the skin on his face with a smile.

"Yours?" she asked.

"Ascian Lucas.." Mirela froze soon after she heard the most famous name in the country.

"You.. are you? Alpha Ascian?" she was in daze, couldn't even think of anything properly. She couldn't believe her ears.

The alpha king of her county is her mate?

"Scared?" moving his face to her neck, he whispered huskily.

Heartless, merciless, cold, dangerous. They called him a beast. Of course she's scared but that doesn't matter, he's her mate that the moon goddess gifted her.

"Mmm no. not scared" she smiled brightly. In a second she was pinned against the nearest wall of a dark corner by him. She looked at him and bit her lower lip nervously.

Soon after his lips again fell on hers, as his hand slowly lifted her dress up. Merila gasped, she had never been in a situation like this. She's just a twenty one year old girl while he was twenty five.

Raising her both hands, she placed them on his strong shoulder responding to his kiss. They kissed each other with no thoughts. Ascian was caressing smooth skin on her thigh. Their kiss slowly became passionate and sloppy.

Wrapping her arms around his neck, Merila tip toed. He was just a lot taller than her even if she was wearing heels. Seeing her struggle to reach him, Ascian chuckled and placed his hands on her hips as he lifted her up.

"Mirela? What are you doing?" Mirela's heart stopped hearing her brother's voice. Breaking the kiss and jumping down from Ascian's arms she looked at her brother with both fear and nervousness.

"Mmm brother, I.. I was" She spoke nervously but was soon cut off by her brother.

"I saw what you were doing. I'm asking you a proper explanation. You've never behaved like this" He frowned at her. She bit her lower lip and looked down.

"Mm, he's my mate" she looked at Ascian and then her brother. Her brother's face changed suddenly, he again looked at Ascian and then looked at Mirela.

"Okay, let's go princess. Father is waiting" He calmly said as she obediently nodded and walked to him but soon she was pulled back by someone. Her back hit against a muscular body, she looked at Ascian and smiled forcefully.

"Let her go, Ascian." her brother said coldly, she looked at her brother with surprise. He knows Ascian? She wondered.

"No.. I'm taking her with me" smirking at her brother he kissed her neck, showing that he possessed her.

"You don't deserve her, you know it," Clenching his jaws Mirela's brother said.

"Why? Brother?" her heart hurts from her brother's words. She never expected this kind of response from him after knowing that she found her mate.

"A killing machine like him doesn't deserve an innocent woman like you Mirela. He will hurt you" his eyes reddened as he spoke to her sister with love. Tears filled in her eyes seeing her brother's displeasure for her mate.

"Don't.. Don't talk to him like that, he won't hurt me. He's not a killing machine. He's my mate" tears filled in her eyes as she spoke. He was so gentle to her and she doesn't think that he will hurt her.

"Alright, I won't talk to him like that princess, come now" he smiled at her.

"Mirela, go with me. We just saw each other and what if I couldn't meet you again" tightening the grip around her waist, Ascian spoke. She bit her lower lip and looked at him before looking at her brother.

"Brother, can I?" She asked him.

"No, you can't. Father is waiting to come" he said angrily making her gasp.

"I don't think a beta will go against my words" Ascian coldly spoke. Looking away from him her brother looked at Mirela again. He was correct; her father is the beta of her pack and betas should listen to alphas.

"Mirela, you're not leaving your family for a man you just met today right?" he asked her. She shook her head and looked at Ascian.

"I'm not leaving my family. I'll stay with him for a week and come back home. Please brother" she pouted, letting out a deep sigh, her brother walked away without even looking back at them. That made her heart hurt.

……….

Opening her eyes with regret, she looked at the familiar room. It's already morning. She had to listen to her brother that day. He was correct in all ways. Her eyes turned moist and uncontrollably tears rolling down from her eyes. It was the last time she saw her brother, after a week, after she was rejected by Ascian she went home wanting to see her brother but to her heartbreak, her brother was killed by her alpha's son.

They were always rivals because both of them loved the same girl and she officially belonged to her brother but her alpha's son wanted her, so it led her brother to death. She covered her mouth with her both palms and sobbed. She failed to listen to him. She still couldn't bear that pain. She just regrets everything.

"Why are you crying?" Hearing Ascian's voice, she wiped her tears before getting up from the bed that he caused her pain.

"Let me go. I don't want to be with you" she muttered looking out of the window.