Mistake for a Luna

Chapter 3

“Hey”, Ella waved frantically as she laid eyes on her new friend, Brianna, calling her over

“Hello Ella”, Brianna smiled at her while giving her a big hug. It had been three days since they last saw and made plan to attend Ella’s family gathering together.

“Are you ready”, Ella asked Brianna while looking at her outfit. It wasn’t as flamboyant as the one she herself was wearing.

“Yes I am, are you?” Brianna returned her question before looking down at herself the same manner Ella did, finding nothing wrong with her outfit; she asked what the problem was.

“It’s just, you need to look hot, you never know who might be there”, Ella hesitated before finishing her statement and said the last part more to herself than anyone

“I think I look okay”, Brianna responded giving her a knowing look.

“Alright, let’s go then, I can’t wait to introduce you to everyone except my evil sister, Helena”, Ella bounced as she said with so much excitement that looked almost fake.

“Evil sister?” Brianna looked confused

“Yes, my twin sister is totally evil and I shall not be introducing you two”, Ella cleared Brianna’s suspicion somehow.

It wasn’t long that the two reached the Arrow Mansion, Brianna thought it looked ancient, yet modern, beautiful, yet mysterious. A nice combo for a coven of witches to uphold.

Ella gave her a tour and introduced her to many people, family and friends from near and afar. The family gathering went well to say the least, and there, fortunately, was not a run in into the ‘evil sister’ Ella so labeled.

Family gathering with speeches to give always give boring vibes, Brianna was not an exception, she decided to stay in the corner somewhere in the building to enjoy her drink while half listening to the boring speech the leader of the coven was giving. It was there that Maxwell saw her and couldn’t take his eyes off of her.

Ella returned moments later to keep her friend company when she noticed the man staring at Brianna.

“Brianna, do you notice that man staring at you”, she wiggled her eyebrows, making her look ridiculous.

“A man?” Brianna, the ever clueless asked “Who is he”

“He is a new alpha in town”, Ella’s response confused Brianna, because she knew that two alphas cannot be in the same territory, and they were in the one-eyed alpha’s territory

“Why is there another alpha in town?” She asked her friend

“I think he is trying to find a suitable place for his pack to settle”, Ella answered her

“Oh, okay”

“He’s coming our way”, Ella said excitedly before scurrying off to God knows where

Brianna not knowing what to do as the alpha approached her, keep looking at the drink in her hand, finding it quite appealing.

“Hello, Beautiful”, the alpha, Maxwell said in his deep baritone voice, making Brianna thinks he is a flatterer.

“Hello”, she maintained her cool anyways

“I couldn’t help but notice you across the room, you look elegant like a Luna would”, He went straight to the point like he knew who she was, without wasting time. If Brianna didn’t know better, she would think she has a stalker, but, what he said made her sad, he noticed the sadness in her eyes and asked about it, like she didn’t already know.

And, as if she was compelled, Brianna told him everything, from being trained to mate the beta of her old pack, to running away and seeking refuge with the one-eyed alpha who has been nothing but kind to her. The moment she mentioned the one-eyes alpha’s kindness, Maxwell looked surprised, but masked it quickly to not foil his plans of making Brianna trust him.

“It’s you?” Maxwell asked

“Me who?” Brianna asked confused

“I have been trying to hunt down who caused the death of your parents, that’s why I’m here”, He told her, hoping she would buy it, and she did

“Really? Thank you”, She said appreciatively

“You could join me, you know, be my hunter and let us make the bastard pay”, He made his proposition,

“I appreciate the offer, but I have to say no”, Brianna flatly rejected his offer. She had a lot at stake- her life.

With her old pack after her, she figured it wouldn’t hurt to be extra careful with her dealing with people, werewolves or not. Although she had the one-eyed alpha, whose name she still did not know at her side to help her, she just couldn’t risk being lured out by that bastard Mason. So, she left Maxwell at the party and left after saying goodbye to Ella and a promise of meeting on Friday to discuss Ella’s test results.

Brianna’s week went by quickly as she had nothing really to do; Peter visited her a lot, taking care of her solely on his alpha’s order and refused to mention anything mate bond related. Although it saddened Brianna, she dare not bring it up, after all her rank has been lowered to that of an omega after breaking bonds with her old pack. Before she knew it, it was Friday, she was supposed to meet Ella as promised.

“Hey, Ella”, upon getting to their meeting place, Brianna ran to hug her friend, not knowing she got the wrong person.

“Take your hands off of me, or die”, A dark voice said, coming from inside Ella’s body, leaving Brianna shocked.

“Bri?” she turned when she heard her name being called by a much softer version of Ella’s earlier voice

“How, who, what is going on?” Brianna stuttered out

“Oh, that’s my sister, the one I told you about”, Ella explained. Brianna quickly caught herself and stuck out her hand for introduction, but the response she got gave even her, a werewolf chills.

“Yeah, I hate you”, Ella’s sister, Helena said then walked away without a single glance back. The two friends watched her retreating figure and sighed. Their sigh holding different meaning.

“You’re right, she is evil”, Brianna exclaimed with wide eyes making Ella chuckle and say

“Yeah, she has always been like that I don’t even know why”, Ella loved her sister, but sometimes she could be too much to handle. “Come on, let’s go”, she dragged Brianna to a seat.

“So, how was your magic test?” Brianna asked when they sat down

“It went well and I passed!” Ella replied excitedly “We should go out to celebrate my success”, she offered

“Of course, we should celebrate”, Brianna agreed immediately like the good friend she was.

“Great! There is this new club for super-naturals downtown, we should go there”, Ella said and they both agreed on going at night.

“Oh yes!” Ella exclaimed, “I got something for you”, she dug through her bag and brought out two bracelets, Brianna first thought they were going to share it, but Ella gave her both explaining its function.

“You should give the other one to the person you love”, Brianna nodded and took both bracelets, having a person in mind to give it to already.

Music from the club could be heard miles away as super-naturals; werewolves, vampires, witches, faes, shape shifters enjoyed themselves and indulged in their desires. Brianna and her friend were not any better, as they were ogling muscled werewolves every chance they get.

“See that one”, A drunk Ella began, “I wish he would let me lick him all over”, she said and they both resulted in fits of giggles.

“Yeah!” Drunken Brianna agreed, “We should totally get a man”

“A muscled man?” Ella asked

“Yes, please!” Brianna answered and they both busted out into laughter

They were enjoying the party, getting drunk without being scolded. Then, Brianna felt the urge to go to the toilet, so she informed her friend that she would be right back, Ella nodded and let her leave.

As she made her way outside, her eyes started to spin, she held on to something fast, but what she held onto was not strong, so she fell. She tried to call for help, but all of a sudden, every part of her body gave out like she was being controlled by something else. Her brain screamed at her to sleep, she did just that. She was too tired to fight the sleep to figure out what happening, she succumbed and let the darkness take her.