The Last White Wolf

chapter 19

Feast night

As pack members gathered around talking and laughing at one another, the chefs and servers preparing the food, the bells rung which was time for the Russians to appear, everyone stops and focus on Land, he walks thru the big oak doors, emptiness expression, along side of him was his daughter Lauren, and behind her some of his members walk in, all wolves are silent, the Russians places themselves down at their design seats, Land beside the kings chair, Lauren walking down toward the women's end placing herself on the right side of the queen's chair, moments later another set of bells rings, every pack member stands, the doors open and steps in the Royal family, first King Alpha Ben everyone bows, on his side his mate, Queen Shana, behind her The king and queen Betas Mr and Mrs Lee, then alongside is Beta Ryan his mate Mindi, they all walk over to their chairs, each one giving their mate a kiss, Owen walks thru, some of the younger wolves clap and smile, Owen holds his head high and walks over to Lauren, her face is bright red, smile spreading across her face, he slowly picks her hand up and kisses the top of it, slowly walking away he goes and places himself at the other side of his father, no emotions flowing thru him, just coldness radiating, everyone sits down, first the king speaks, "My fellow pack, tonight we have gathered here in honor of my son, and your future king for his upcoming marriage to Miss Lauren Land, we will all respect and follow her once my beloved wife hands over her crown, now with all respect let's clap for this amazing night with the help of Mr. Alpha Land of the Russian Pack," he stops talking and watches his pack clap wildly for the enemy, Land and Ben, shakes hands and the king places himself into his chair, Land steps forward with his drink, he looks out into the crowd, "Royal Pack family, I am extremely honor and humble to be in the presence of the king, and this wonderful land, this feast is to honor your future king, and your future queen, and to bring my pack and Pierce pack together as one, my pack members will show respect to each one of you, my friends," Land turns toward Owen, placing his hand on his shoulder, Owen gripping under neath the table, "My future son, I promise you, I will show you kindness and guidance just like your father has shone you, I hope my daughter will and always be faithful toward you, y'all have a big responsibility coming and I hope you will allow me to stand by your side," he let's go, and Owen nods his head, the king stands again, "Let's eat." he shouted, everyone starts digging in.

Owens Pov: After having a sleepless night, I'm used to Layla being in the same room as me, but since she has her own, every night I toss and turn, sometimes I even stay on her balcony and sleep their, she keeps the door cracked, so it helps with her scent, laying there on my empty bed, I think back to when Layla told us everything about her dream, the truth about land, and his mate, what we have to do after this feast, I finally get up after Ryan mind links me that it's time to meet in my father's office, I go get my shower and afterwards I dress and head to my father's office, hearing their chatty voices I stood outside his office listening to the laughter coming from there, "Ajax, please don't let no harm come to those inside that room." I say lowly, "Never" I hear back, then suddenly I felt her, she was close, I straightened up and look behind me, there she was standing there in a beautiful navy blue dress, her shoulders and neck exposed, along with many scars, her long white sliver hair flowing wildly around her perfect face, I scammed her whole body over, looking up into her eyes, her face blushed red, "You look stunning miss Greene," I say, she blushes again and smiles, "Your not so bad yourself Alpha," she says, we stood there staring at one another, "Um, listen tonight I have to, well play my part," I say before she cuts me off, "Owen, I know and I'm ok, I'll be ok, we know this is what we have to do," she says sadly, "It's just your gonna feel my emotions, your gonna feel basically everything I feel," I say to her, she walks up to me and places her hand on my shoulder, she about 5 inches shorter than me, looking down at her, her confidence was so extanish, "I promise, I'll be fine and so will you," she smiles, we both lean toward each other, both hearts racing, suddenly "Hey you two, what y'all doing out here, the party is in here," Ryan voice booms thru, mentally rolling my eyes at him, he slaps me on the shoulder and winks at Layla, we look at one another and we head inside my dad's office. "Hello son," my mother says coming toward me for a hug, I hug back and look around, Ryan, his parents, my father, my mother, Mindi and Layla were all gathered around all formal wear and looking astonish, ready to discuss our plan. We listen as Layla re plays her dream touching everyone, after that we begin our plan, "Owen, when you walk in I need you to go straight to Lauren and place a kiss on top of her hand, that shows respect toward Land and his party, after we eat, you are to stay by Lauren thru out the night, you are to be obident and as nice as possible," my father says, I look over at Layla, she smiles shyly back at me, "the women are to hang out together, discus only relatable topics, there is to be no talk about anything, understood?" his voice booms thru, we all agree, "Mindi, you are to sit beside Mrs.Lee on her right, she will be beside me, Layla I'll need you to sit across from Mindi, beside Lauren," my mother says, "Excuse me," my beautiful mates voice whispering, "Can I just sit at another table, please I think with Owens emotions already high, I believe I should be away from y'all, if Owen tends to get angry, it might affect me showing that I can feel it as well." she says with confidence, everyone looks around and we all agree to her, Layla steps back and stays quiet the remaining time, "After this feast we have a month to prepare each and every wolf in this territory to be ready for the blood moon and also the change for Layla, that's night we strike on Land." my father says thru gritted teeth, I watch as my mother closes her eyes and slowly places her hand on his shoulder, we watch as my father calms down, I look over and see Layla mesmerized by their affection, she looks over at me, and quickly looks away, I smile crookedly, she's in for a treat tonight.

Layla Pov: "Layla, wake up," I groggily rolled over and seen Mindi and the Queen standing at the foot of my new bed, I had my own room now, which isn't bad but honestly I don't sleep well, truth be told I done caught Owen sleeping on my balcony, I leave my door open just in case if he ever wanted to come in and sleep on my couch, we both seem to be having a hard time with this, "We got to get ready for tonight and Mr. Pierce wants us to meet him in his office to discuss our plans." Mindi says, I lean up from my bed rubbing my eyes, "Ok," I say lowly, Mindi smiles and runs over to my closet, I stare at her, "Layla dear, did u sleep well?" the queen ask, I shake my head yes, she smiles so sweetly at me, "Here, I brought you some tea and a bagel." I took the tray from her and sip the tea, god this tea is so amazing, nothing like Barron's place that's for sure, I sat in my bed and ate my bagel, as Mindi would pick out different dresses the queen and I would say yes or no to them, finally she comes out with a beautiful strapless navy blue dress floor length, the queen stood up and said yes real loud, I got up as well and tried it on, I look at myself in the mirror, it was beautiful, but then I notice my scars showing, I go to take it off, the queen places her hand on my shoulder, "They represent who you are, don't ever let the scars bring you down, it shows how strong and brave you really are child," she says quietly, I stare at her thru the mirror, she stands tall and proud smiling, I smile shyly back, "Then it's done," Mindi says as she clap her hands together, so the next hour the three of us, talk laughed, made jokes while they got me ready, "I don't think I should go, I mean what if I feel something I don't want to feel," I say to the twowomen, "More than likely it's gonna be straight anger," the queen says with her eyebrows raised, Owen is not even happy about the feast or any of this so, if any thing your gonna feel his anger, but you have to calm yourself so he can stay calm," the queen explains, I shake my head, in agreement, "You got this Layla, just remember don't show no emotions and Owen should be fine," she smiles at me, right? I thought to myself, I'm all alone in this, Tanwyn is well wherever she is, she's always been my rock, and now I'm doing everything on my own, I take a deep sigh, "Ok Layla I'm done, look how stunning you are," Mindi voice booms, I turn to look at myself in the mirror, loud gasp was heard, I did look stunning, even with the scars showing I'm still... beautiful, "Oh my Layla, you are perfect," the queen says with tears in her eyes, "come on Mindi we need to go get ready ourselves, Layla in 30 mins be ready to meet us all at Ben's office," the queen says as she is closing my bedroom door, I nod, I was standing there left in my room all along, staring back at myself I smiled a real smiled in alone time, "Your beautiful Layla," I hear T's voice, "please be with me tonight, I don't want to be alone," I say back, "I've always been here Layla, you are strong enough to do this, and don't worry Ajax and I, we want be far." I felt her leave once again, "ahhh," I say out loud, rolling my eyes I look at myself one more time, my long hair curled and left loose hanging around my face, with one last look I set off to Ben's office, upon arriving I felt Owen, I also felt relaxed turning the corner, I stopped dead in my tracks, he turn slowly toward me, his tall, muscling body fitting perfect in his tux, I swallow hard, staring hard at one another, all I can think is how beautiful this man is, "You look stunning miss Greene," his voice stream thru the hallway, "You don't look so bad yourself Alpha," I mustard out, the pull bringing us closer to one another, after I let him know that I'll be fine with whatever he was worried about, he goes to lean in, I do the same, when we hear my brothers voice breaking us apart, mentally rolling my eyes, I followed Ryan into the office, all eyes set to me, I turn red, "Layla," Mr. Pierce says, I nod my head at him, after discussing the seat arrangements, I decided to sit away from them, I felt it was best that way, we all head out, I go first and find a seat close to the corner of the room, I sit watch as pack members chatter and laugh amongst themselves some even nodding and waving at me, I smile shyly back, I watch as Land makes his entrance, then I see her, anger rising In me, calm yourself Layla, I keep repeating myself, I watch as she looks over at everyone in the dinning room, her eyes met mine, black cloud covered hers, I feel myself turning anger, when suddenly I felt calmness wash over me, I take a deep sigh her eyes narrow at me, but she continues to head to the table, after we hear the bells, I rise with the other ones, I watch as Ben, Shana and the rest enter, then Owen, I felt his every emotion, trying to stay calm, he walks over to Lauren and gently places a kiss on her hand, jealousy raging thru me, he turns and looks straight at me, I felt comfort for a second, I relaxed and took a seat, we listen as Land made his speech, I helped Owen as he was gripping underneath the table, stay calm, I kept repeating myself, after we ate we all head outside toward the garden, it was beautifully lit up with lights, servers preparing and running around serving members, I sat back and watch as these people would laugh and joke around, "Hey there beautiful," a tall dark man approaches me, I could tell he wasn't a pack member by his accent, Russian. "Hey," I say back, "why such a pretty lady have no company," he says, "This is my first feast with the Royals, I don't really no anyone here," I say to him, he comes closer to me, his breath smelling like the alchol that everyone has been drinking, "I can be of company," he whispers in my ear, disgust flowing wildly, "No thank you, I'm fine." I spit out, "oh I see, your one of those type I got play hard to get" he says, cupping my face, I shoved him hard, "I said I want to be alone, so please leave me alone," I said to him, walking away, When suddenly he grabs me from behind, "nah darling, I am a guest here, and we were told we are welcome to any and everything and darling, I want you," he says spitting on the back of my head, I balled my fist ready to punch this mother fucker, "I believe the lady said she didn't want no company." I turn to see Braydon standing behind the drunk guy, "Who the f**k you think you speaking to little guy," the Russian says, "I'm the little guy that's going to take this pretty girl away from you," Braydon says with confidence, I smile at him, the drunk guy went to hit Braydon when another bigger guy that has the warrior uniform on grabs his arm and breaks it, I couldn't see his face, "Best if you get to moving Russian" the big guy says, he grabs the Russian by the back of his head and leads him away from us, Braydon turns back toward me and relief washes over his face, "Man, I thought I was about to get my ass beat," he says, we look at one another and both bust out laughing, "Yea Braydon, he would have squashed you," I say laughing harder, "Shut up Layla, we all know we can't compare to you," he says taking a drink from a server, "who was that guy that broke his arm?" I say to him, Braydon blushes, "His name is Kyle Holland," was all Braydon said, he blushed more, now I think I know what's really going on here, "Why don't you go talk to him?" I say to him, he quickly jumped backwards knocking over a statue, "Why, why would I do that?" he says breathing heavily, "Because he hasn't stop staring in this direction, and I'm pretty positive he ain't looking at me." I say to him, Braydon slowly looks toward Kyle, Kyle quickly looks away, "I dont know Layla, he looks kinda scary!" Braydon says, I laugh and slapped him on the shoulder, "Well you be scarier," I say to him, "Go," I usher him toward Kyle's direction, Braydon gives in and chugs the rest of his drink, he throws it down and rolls his shoulders getting confidence, "I'll be right here if you need me," I say to him he smiles back and walks toward Kyle, for over a hour I watch the two guys laugh and talk, Everytime Braydon say something Kyle's eyes would light up, I smile and nod my head at them, they both put a thumbs up, I turn and start to walk thru the garden, headed to the moon goddess statue, upon arriving I slide my hand over the wolf statue, I close my eyes and whisper a prayer, "Moon goddess please watch over the good ones, the children here, as for me, Please let me be with Tanwyn she needs me like I need her, and if you decide I'm not good enough then please let my death be fast, and wipe out my memories here from everyone," I open my eyes, and take a deep breath, "Noone could ever forget who you are, your mine and I promise you my mate your not going anywhere, I want you and only you, we beat the enemy and I promise you love, your happiness will be with me, I hope you understand." His voice sends shivers down my spine, I turn to face his beautiful face when all I see is nothing, I take a deep breath and walk back toward the party, "I don't understand why you are even here at my party mut," I take a deep breath, her voice is so annoying, I look over and see Lauren half drunk, holding onto a statue, "Well I'm a guest here, and as far as I'm aware anyone was able to join," I say with venom, "Ha, like if, I promise you mutt when I'm queen your gone, I feel that your better off back in the woods where you belong, you ugly scarred b***h, and that dress would look better on me," at that moment she rips my dress where my boobs were I had to quickly grab it before it fell to the ground, she bust out laughing, and a bunch of her members as well, they circle me, "Ain't no man or wolf wants a ugly bruised trashed w***e like you," they all chime in laughing and pointing, tears begin to surface my eyes, I go to run thru them, but they pushed me back, they start tryin to rip more of my dress, "stop please," I beg, "mutts want be allowed on my land," I fall to my knees my hands covering my face, Suddenly I hear a loud growl followed by many afterwards, "GET THE f**k AWAY FROM HER!" I barely hear Ryan's voice, I look up and see that Ryan was on breaking point, his eyes changed to Ceaser, his hands turning into claws, I behind him there stood Braydon, Kyle, Mindi, and a few other pack members all ready to change at the giving moment, I look to see Lauren but she fled, Mindi comes fourth first bends down and helps me up, "Come on Layla, let's go," I go to stand when a Russian steps in front of us, "Soon Royals this land will be ours," he says, Ryan steps forward and growls loudly, "Back the f**k up, or I'll rip your head off," Ryan angrily says, then Braydon steps alongside with Ryan, "f**k with him I'll f**k you up b***h," Braydon says thru gritted teeth, the Russian steps aside and we all walk thru them, we head inside and I look over thru the tears, and see Lauren and Owen making out, he has her propped on a table, her legs wrapped around him, he looks up and we make eye contact, then it hits me, he wasn't feeling angry he was turn on, I look at him one more time, sadness taking over, I break, "Get me out of here," I sobbed, "Come on I got you Layla," Mindi says beside me, tears filling her eyes as well, we head to my room, i walk in and go straight to the shower, I scrubbed and scrubbed till my body was raw, tears falling like a waterfall, I finally get out and get dressed into my pajamas, I walk out, Mindi, Ryan, Braydon and Kyle were all in my room, madness in the air, "Those f*****g Russians needs to go back home," Kyle says, Braydon agreeing, "Layla," I hear Ryans voice but I had laid in bed and turned my back toward them, I didn't know what to say, "Layla, don't worry, we will get thru this, Owen was just putting on a act, he wasn't enjoying it," Ryan says, "I felt what he felt, he wasn't mad," is all I could say without trying to cry, "Please Layla, don't let it hurt you," Braydon speaks up, "Lauren was right, I am a mutt, noone will ever see me beautiful," I sadly say, "It's not true," Ryan voice comes out, "Can yall please leave me for the night I want to be alone," I whisper, "I don't want to leave you," my brother says, "Please?" I say, Mindi walks over and places a kiss on my head, "I'll come check on you in the morning," she softly speaks, I nod my head, "Come Ryan, let her be," Ryan walks over and stares at me, "Owen is sorry, I swear" I smile a small smile and Ryan walks away, Kyle and Braydon following behind, I hear my door shut and lock, I lay there for a long time tears pouring down my face, soaking up my pillow, I feel a breeze and see that my balcony door is slightly open, I get up and walk out onto it, looking over at the cold crisp night, taking a deep breath, more tears falling, I finally open my eyes and I look down to the ground, I see him, hes staring back at me, we stay like this for a long time, wild feelings stirring all in me, he goes to move but I quickly put my hand up, and shake my head no, he stops and sadness taking over me, good asshole.now you know what it feels like, I turn and walk back into my room shutting the balcony and locking it, he doesn't win tonight, I head over to my bed and get comfortable, after few minutes sleep finds me.

Owens Pov: Guilt, that's what I feel.. guilt, I know she felt me when I was making out with Lauren, and I know looking at her from the balcony I have lost her trust once again, and once again I have hurt her, I never meant to, I don't know why I was turn on by Lauren, I didn't want to be, I have to tell her, but she kicked me out tonight, not that I was ever invited but sleeping on her balcony was the closet thing I could do, and now I have lost that, I wanted to run to her but she wouldn't of allowed it, plus she doesn't deserve no more tears tonight, I have to make this right, I love her I know I do, I have to she is everything that I need, I can't live without her, I can't move on to the next, I want her and only her, I'm sorry Layla, I truly truly am, I promise you love, no more pain will come to you.