Denying Fate ( Moonlight Trials Series #1)

Chapter 4 – Watched

Chases POV

“OW, OW, OW!” I wake up and absolutely everything is aching. I was laid on one of the outdoor wicker sofas and Karma is cuddling up next to me. I smile and snuggle into her neck, kissing her on the cheek. She stirred but didn’t wake up. I try to sit up, but my head is pounding, and I feel like I’m going to throw up. “How much did I drink last night?!” I ask aloud to no one in particular.

“Too much!” A voice answered gruffly and extremely too loudly for my liking. I turned, glaring, only to find my dad looking at me sternly. I shifted my gaze slightly, but he eventually cracked up laughing. “Head hurting son?” He asks still smiling.

“You can say that again.” I mumble, annoyed that I thought he was genuinely mad. Why would he be? It was my birthday party after all. I slip my arm from beneath Karma trying not to wake her. I needed a drink then I’d take her up to her room.

“I need to talk to you Chase.” My father’s voice tells me seriously. It stops me in my tracks because this time I can sense something is wrong. I furrow my eyebrows in confusion, what could it be?

“Everything ok?” I ask worriedly, trying to read his face.

“Yes and No, Get Karma to bed then come to my office, I will have breakfast and drinks waiting.” He turns quickly on his heels and walks into the house, not waiting for me to ask any more questions. Now I’m really worried. I grab Karma and carry her up to her room, gently placing her under the covers. She doesn’t stir but smiles sweetly in her dream. I kiss her again on the cheek and head to my father’s study. I can tell my face looks serious as everyone I pass is avoiding me.

Karmas POV

I stretched, yawning loudly and realised I wasn’t asleep on the outdoor sofa with Chase like I should be. I look around realising I’m in my own room. Confused, I sit up. I hadn’t drunk anything so how could I not remember getting into my own bed. The last thing I remember was getting Chase onto the sofa with that strange guy. My heart pounded with the thought of him. What was this? Attraction? I shook my head getting those deep brown eyes out of my head. I love Chase! No amount of good looks can change that.

I decided to get dressed and forget about last night. Realising I’m still in my party dressed, I shed it and headed to my bathroom. Whilst I was showering Chase mind linked me.

Hey loveliness! You awake yet? I smile and take a deep breath, feeling comforted.

Sure am, surprised you are though! He laughed through the link, knowing exactly what I meant. It wasn’t often that werewolves got hangovers but the amount that Chase had drank could have taken down an elephant.

Cheeky! I wasn’t that drunk…

Yeah sure. I replied rolling my eyes whilst I massaged conditioner into my hair. Suddenly I felt strange. The link had abruptly stopped.

It was a weird feeling to mind link normally, like a pressure in your brain but it didn’t hurt. When it was accepted it felt almost like music in your head but when it wasn’t wanted it could feel like nails on a chalkboard, not painful but definitely annoying. However, to have the link stop abruptly usually meant only a few things, death, interruption on purpose or danger. I couldn’t feel anything anymore and panicked, trying to talk to Chase. Had something happened to him? My heart was pounding as I washed out the conditioner as quickly as I could. I didn’t think I had gotten it all, but I grabbed a towel anyway. I jumped out of the shower almost slipping as I rushed, in just my towel, into my room.

Chase was sat on my bed, his eyes wide in shock. I growled at him.

“Why did you do that!?” I hissed. I wasn’t happy at him. I thought something terrible had happened. He didn’t reply and just kept staring at me. His eyes were battling between his usual hazel eyes and a shining green colour. “Are you ok? Is Ace trying to come to the surface? What’s wrong?” I could see he was having an internal battle and walked over to him. He held out a hand to stop me and I heard my wolf howl in pain as if she was being rejected. My head hurt… What was going on? “Chase?” I asked, my voice shaking. Through gritted teeth he replied.

“Put… some… clothes on…please.” He almost cried the last part. I looked down and turned bright red before realising in my panic I had ran out in my towel. I looked at Chase blushing furiously. Before I could react, Chase had grabbed me and pinned me under him onto the bed. His eyes still fighting between his and his alter egos.

I didn’t speak and held my breath. Chase was panting hard until eventually his eyes turned their normal green and he got off me. I didn’t check to see if he was ok. I grabbed my sun dress before running back into the bathroom.

I heard him sigh as I shut the door. Was he controlling his wolf? Had Ace wanted to…. I shook my head. It’s not like it’s the first time we had kissed. Chase sneaking quick pecks when I was helping wash dishes and no one was looking. Me kissing him on the cheek as we huddled together watching movies and our first real kiss when I had gotten jealous that he was with another girl. He had comforted me saying I was being silly, and he was all mine, to prove it he had kissed me deeply and I had fell even harder for him. We were 14 and 16. My mind wandered as I quickly got dressed and brushed my hair.

Finally, I headed back into the room. Chase was still sitting in the same position, but his eyes were back to normal, and he smiled sheepishly as I entered the room. I looked at him angrily and folded my arms in disdain.

“What on earth was that!” I questioned, suspiciously. Now it was his turn to blush.

“Erm… well…” He tapped the bed, asking me to sit with him, but when I didn’t move, he carried on. He audibly sighed. “You know once we see our mates the first thing we want to do is, well….” He looked at me raising one eyebrow suggestively.

“Yeah… but I don’t feel the pull yet so Ace shouldn’t be feeling it that bad… right?” He shook his head.

“You’re right, but you were practically naked Kar, even if we weren’t mates, I’ve loved you forever and would still want to…” He mumbled the end of the sentence, but I heard the last bit with my sensitive hearing and blushed again. He had said he wanted to rip the towel from me.

“O…k… well I’ll remember to not wear anything except full clothes in front of you!” I chuckled “So no pool for a while.” I winked. Chase groaned in disappointment. He got up off the bed and came towards me, grabbing me into a warm hug. I closed my eyes and put my head on his chest. This felt… right. But as soon as I thought it, I felt strange. Suddenly I felt like I was being watched. I opened my eyes and glanced around where I could see without letting Chase know so he wouldn’t worry. Goosebumps raised themselves on my arms. I pulled away and looked around the room.

“You ok Kar?” Chase asked.

“Yep! I’m still mad at you!” I said crossing my arms, as I finished looking around the room. Nothing was out of place. “Explain the mind link…”

“I wanted to surprise you!” He said pulling out a gift from his pocket. I looked at the small box.

“A gift? Why?” I asked, confused again. I opened it and inside was a bracelet. A silver chain with a small circle shaped charm on it, on the charm it was engraved with CR and KG. I smiled and could feel myself welling up.

“No matter what happens Karma, you are my one and only. We have a full year to wait until you’re 18 and this is kind of my promise to you that I am all yours and I will wait until you are officially mine next year. And if by some chance, we aren’t mates, which I know we are. But even with your doubts, I still want you as my Luna. I love you.” I looked into his eyes as tears threatened to spill over my eyelids.

“I love it!” I tried to put it on, but my eyes were hazy from the tears I was fighting back. “Can you help please?” I said giggling but crying at the same time. He put it on my wrist and kept hold of my hand after. “I love you too Chase. I’m only worried because I don’t feel the pull, but I’ve loved you as long as I can remember and I would be honoured to be your Luna, regardless of what happens.” I choked out the tears now fully spilling out of my eyes. He picked me up and twirled me round causing me to laugh and cry at the same time. I put my arms around his neck and as he stopped and put me back on the ground, I placed my forehead on his, eyes closed.

“Good because my dad wants me to take over as Alpha the day after your 18th birthday!” He said extremely quick, before pulling me into a deep kiss. My eyes flew open, but my mind couldn’t contemplate everything before my body reacted. The kiss was amazing, just like the first time we kissed nearly 3 years ago. We had never kissed this passionately again since that day. My eyes closed from their surprise, and I slipped my hands into his hair. I needed to feel him closer to me and pulled his head in deeper for the kiss. His arms were circled around my waist, but one found its way up my back pulling me closer to him as well, our bodies seemed to fit perfectly together, and I could feel his tight abs against my stomach which made me moan happily during the kiss. When we couldn’t breathe anymore, he broke apart the kiss but whispered against my lips. “I really, really love you, Karma.”

“I love you too!” I said, quietly, suddenly I felt those chills up and down my body again and felt as if eyes were boring into the back of my skull. I broke free from Chases arms and went over to the window, glaring out. What was this feeling? Like icicles climbing up my back, and a feeling of almost shame washing over me.

“Everything ok Kar?” Chase asked. I looked harder, not seeing anything and closed my curtains then walked over to the other window and closed those too.

“Yeah, the sun was a bit bright… Now explain to me why your becoming alpha the day after my birthday?!”

Unknown POV

I could see them together, talking, cuddling, eventually kissing. She wasn’t his, she was mine! I had to stop myself from growling aloud and just glared at the pair. I knew she wasn’t 18 yet so she didn’t feel the mate pull but in a year she would, she turns 17 next month and has another year before she will know who her mate is. I would be there, so she knew I was her true mate. Not this stupid little alpha. I wouldn’t make the same mistake my mother had. I would put a stop to this and claim what the moon goddess meant to be mine! I dug my hand into the dirt, needing to grab something and ground myself before I raced into the house and kidnapped her. I closed my eyes and tried to settle my breathing.

I had known she was my mate for nearly 3 years now, I had by complete accident, come over the pack territory to chase a deer that I had been hunting. I was attempting to pick up the scent of the dear but instead I noticed a faint smell of blueberries and thought there might be a bush nearby. Not knowing why, I was distracted by the smell, I headed towards it and saw her. She was dancing between some trees. She was beautiful, almost ethereal. Her white, blonde hair flowing around her as she spun around, a fierceness inside her as she danced. Her eyes were shut so I knew she was at one with the movements. I knew who she was, she was an omega of this stupid pack. I was absolutely mesmerised by her, then my wolf, growled the word I never thought I would hear.

“Mate”

I was shocked, I had never wanted to find my mate. My mother had suffered too much losing her mate and I didn’t want to be like her. I pulled myself away from staring at the girl, even as my wolf argued with me. I wanted to run as fast as I could, away from this place and never look back. Tears began to well up in my eyes as I turned my back on the clearing and began moving… That was until I heard his voice. That loud, annoying, always thinking they knew best voice. I knew exactly who Chase Rose was, the future alpha of this stupid pack. He was shouting her. Karma, a beautiful name that I instantly recognised and held back a growl of jealousy. I stalked back to the area she had been dancing and saw her glaring at Chase. An evil glint shining in her defiant eyes. She had never feared the alpha’s son, even knowing she was an omega. He said something and she scoffed at him, explaining that she understood perfectly why he hadn’t helped her this morning, mostly because he was “busy” with that stupid girl from the other pack. The implication made me growl in pleasure, but quietly. So, they weren’t romantically involved? Good!

Suddenly Chase was explaining that the she wolf was just someone from a neighbouring pack and his father had made him entertain her while her dad and his talked business. She was boring and had meant nothing to him. Then he was proclaiming his love to Karma. Her resolved disappeared, as he was able to sweet talk himself out of yet another situation and they ended up sharing a deep kiss. My wolf was howling in pain, and I had to stop myself from running in and attacking the stupid little future alpha.

I tuned on my heels and ran, leaving the area without any blueberries or deer meat, but I left knowing I had something else to do. I had to wait until she knew I was her mate and take her from Chase. I would take everything from him. Just like his pack had done from me…