Mated To The Hybrid

Chapter 12

*VALENTINA’S P.O.V*

It was everything my dress maker, Zeynep, had envisioned. The beautiful white gown fitting me like a glove. The satin A-line gown with a sweetheart neckline and a gleaming rhinestone bridal belt. It was truly the most beautiful dress I’ve ever worn.

“Now for the tiara and veil” Zeynep says as my mom hurries to open a small box.

She takes out a small diamond tiara and carefully places it on my head. Zeynep takes out the veil and attaches it behind the tiara. I take a look in the mirror and see a stranger staring back at me. Those green eyes that stare back at me don’t reflect mine. The fingers that tug at the veil aren’t the same ones I remembered.

“Darling, you are so beautiful” my mom says as she warmly embraces me.

“Your mom is right” Zeynep tells me as she fluffs the veil, “No other bride has ever looked as beautiful as you”.

I nod as I feel a lump growing in my throat.

“Val!” My sister Camila squeals as she bursts into the room, “You look so beautiful!”

“She right!” Maisie says behind her, “Even the wedding decorations are beautiful!”.

I look over at them and see how pretty they both look in their bridesmaids dresses. The blush color his mother picked out was definitely the right choice.

“Thanks” I mumble as Zeynep adjusts my hair.

She smiles and gives me a light squeeze, “You truly are beautiful”.

“Thank you Zeynep” My mom tells her as she starts to head out.

“I have to go and check on the groom and his family” Zeynep says as she reaches the door, “I’ll be back before you walk down the aisle”.

I nod as she heads out of the room. Unlike the rest of us, Zeynep was a human. A middle-aged woman from Turkey, she had dedicated her whole life to her family and her passion. It’s truly paid off as she’s a well-known dress and fashion gowns designer.

“Where’s dad and Brandon?” I ask them as I continue to view myself in the mirror. No one responds as I watch their worried faces through the glass, “Well?”.

“They had to take care of something” My mom finally responds. She doesn’t say more but I see her shifting her eyes between my sisters.

“Are you guys hiding something?” I ask directly.

“Val-“

Camila is cut off as we hear commotion from outside. My father’s voice booms over former Alpha Joseph and former Luna Eloise.

“What’s going on?” I rush to the door as my mom stops me, “Why are they fighting?”.

“It’s best if we stay here” my mom holds me in place as the shouting continues.

“Mom” I say looking directly at her, “What’s going on?”.

She ushers for me to sit on the sofa as she sits on the chair across from me. My sisters join me at both sides.

“Someone here was poisoning you” She says in a hush tone, “Doctor Ali took your blood as a precaution the night of the attack. He wanted to make sure you were fine, so he ran the blood work…” She trails off as we hear William’s voice now.

“Mom?” I say directing her attention back to me.

“He found traces of poison in your blood. Had you been poisoned again, it might have just killed you”.

She places her hand over her mouth as she starts to sob. Maisie walks over to hug her as Camila holds my hand.

“W-W-What? H-how?” Is all I manage to choke out as my heart drops to my stomach.

Someone here was trying to kill me. Someone was trying to get rid of me.

If it was poison, it wasn’t just regular poison. It was enhanced so that I wouldn’t recognize it, My wolf Amora tells me.

Could it have been Tamara?, I ask her.

No clue but it could have been given to you in your food or water.

“Don’t marry her anymore!” Former Luna Eloise shouts over everyone, “MY SON WON’T BE MARRYING HER!”.

“Fine by me!” My father states clearly, “This wedding-“

“Sir!” A guard is heard interrupting the chaos, “The Royals are inside the building”.

Everyone immediately stops shouting as they all know that the royals have better hearing than even the Alphas.

“Let’s continue this upstairs” William says as we hear footsteps receding. After we don’t hear anyone anymore, Miriam enters the rooms. She looks flustered as she informs us that the wedding is delayed. She leaves as she tells me she has to inform the guests. A maid comes in and brings us tea but we leave them untouched. Afraid of being poisoned. After a while of waiting, my mother is the first to speak.

“I should go and get an update” My mom says as she starts to head out, “Stay here”.

I nod as I see her worried expression. If someone was trying to harm me, they almost succeeded.

“Here, I almost forgot” Camila says as she hands me a small box, “A gift from Esma”.

I open it to find a small pill. A single pink pill in the middle of the box.

“What is it?”

“She gave me this note too” Camila says. She hands the unopened letter addressed to me.

Valentina,

It’s a three-month contraceptive pill. Better than taking one everyday. -Esma.

Instantly popping the pill into my mouth, I swallow it as my sisters eyes me with much curiosity. Both the box and the letter magically disappear into thin air.

“Do you think the wedding is off” Camila says changing the topic.

“Hopefully not” I say honestly, “We need this alliance”.

“No we don’t” Maisie scolds me, “Not at the expense of your life”.

“If dad is involved then they’ll find who did it soon enough”

“Val” Maisie continues, “No alliance is more important than you”.

Deep down, I share the same hope as Maisie. For a reason to stop this wedding. For a reason to end this nightmare. Although, I also hope it doesn’t end our alliance. Goddess knows we need Silver Crescent Moon’s help against the rogues.

After an hour of waiting, Miriam knocks on our door. Camila rushes over to open as Miriam steps inside.

“What’s going on Miriam?” I ask her anxiously.

“The Alpha wants to talk to you”

“Isn’t it bad luck to see the bride before the wedding?” Camila jokes.

“Where?” I ask her ignoring Camila.

“He’s upstairs waiting for your answer”

I look over at my sisters, who both give me a worried look. I nod as they hastily leaves the room. Miriam mind links William and in a couple of seconds I hear a knock on the door. He opens the door as I turn to face him.

He steps in just as Mirian leaves the room. I’m amazed at the man standing before me. He truly is handsome. His blond hair freshly cut into a low fade. His piercing blue eyes, looking even shiner. And honestly, his suit does his body no justice.

“Valentina?” He asks pulling me out of my thoughts.

I look at him as he holds an expression mixed with lust and amazement. His eyes go from their regular blue to complete black and then back to blue.

“Who was it?” I ask him, “Who was trying to harm me?”.

He walks over to me and places a hand on my cheek while the other holds me by the waist.

“It’s done” He says while trying to sound caring, “I got rid of them”.

“Who was it?”

“You won’t ever have to worry about them ever again” he says ignoring my question.

I try not to roll my eyes as his thumb gently caresses my cheek. For my sake, I needed to know who did this. So I do the one thing that I know will make him confess.

“Will” I say in a low seductive voice. I lean into him as I grab him by the neck, “I need to know for my peace of mind”.

“Val” he says in a groan, his eyes turning completely black again, “I can’t-“

Leaning in as close as I can, I look into his eyes and give him my best pleading look, “Will, I just need to know”.

He pauses before sighing, “Olivia’s mom”.

Hours after the wedding and celebration…

“Once again, congratulations to our Alpha and our new Luna” Beta Ezra shouts as people continue cheering. He was Tic/Tim’s older brother.

I loop my arm around William as we take our first steps outside the pack house. The traditional first steps around the territory as Alpha and Luna. It’s a special moment for a pack and their leaders. Everyone cheers as we continue walking. I can feel the intense eyes from everyone. Everybody staring with either amazement or suspicion. Nobody knew who I was until this week and now I am their Luna. Heck, even I would be suspicious.

“Relax love” William whispers into my ear as he pulls me closer to him, “You’re their Luna now”.

I nod as the cheering and excitement continues. From afar I see the royals waiting for us to join them. The Queen, the Queen’s sister-in-law and Prince James. He had a reputation for being brutal and vicious. I never knew how true these rumors were until I realized he was the one that attacked me that day. I recognized his scent the moment he appeared next to me.

“You must be Valentina” James says as he extends his hand to me. He stops me before I can drop a curtsy, “No need”. He finishes in a smirk.

“Prince James” I smile as I take his hand. I can feel William’s fingers gripping me tighter as James continues to eye me.

“You’re even more beautiful in person” James tells me as I feel myself blush.

“Thank you Prince-“

“Just James” He says with a smirk.

William loudly clears his throat as he pulls me even closer to him, as if it’s possible, “James it is” he answers for me while James says nothing.

“Alpha William” the Aunt says in a formal manner, “Thank you for having us”.

“Of course” William tells her, “The royal family will always be welcomed”.

“I’m sorry my son Nicholas couldn’t come” the Queen says in a apologetic voice, “He sends his regards and hopes he can host the two of you very soon”.

“Very kind of him. Our visit still stands tomorrow?” William asks her.

“Of course” the Aunt answers instead, “Nick is very happy to see Tamara”.

A small pang of jealousy hits me as I hear the aunt say this. Nick is very happy to see Tamara. What, was she his mate? Was that the reason he was happy to see her?…wait…why did I care so much?

“…Enjoy the rest of the party” is all I manage to hear from William as we walk away from them. I can still feel James watching me from afar. A small shiver runs down my spine just even thinking about this.

We continue walking around as the music and dance begin. Before long, a full-on party was taking place. People dancing as others mingled with one another.

“We should continue this party in private” William whispers to me before his lips quickly brush mine.

“Now?” I quickly ask, “Don’t you want to enjoy this?”.

He shakes his head, “I want to be alone with my wife”.

I gulp as I see the lust swirling in his eyes. I guess he didn’t want to wait until my Luna Ceremony.

I nod as he takes my hand and leads me away from the party. People congratulate us as we leave, but all I can think about is the wedding. My dad walking me down the aisle. My sisters standing next to me. Little Genevieve (Jenny) missing and getting no explanation on her absence. His mom forcing me to make Tamara my ‘maid of honor’. I only agreed for the sake of William, my husband.

“We’re here” William says as we stand in front of a small house. I didn’t even notice how far we’ve walked with everything I had in mind.

He opens the door and pulls me inside where I notice the open layout. A one story house leading into the living room with the bedroom in sight.

“Cozy” Is all I manage to say as he whisks me inside.

I notice the smell of roses and vanilla-scented candles coming from the bedroom. Dimly lit as we walk in further, the smell of melted chocolate hits me as well.

“Shall we?” he asks very seductively as he grabs me by the waist and hoists me up to carry me in his arms.

I loop my arm around his neck as he walks to the bedroom. Feeling tense in his embrace, I try to breathe slowly to calm my nerves. He sets me down on the bed as I look up to see his lustful eyes.

“Incredibly beautiful” he says slowly as he takes off his jacket.

Gulping down the lump in my throat, I muster the courage to smile back at him.

I can take over if you want, my wolf Amora tells me.

No, I can do this.

He climbs into bed with me as I kick off my heels. No turning back now. He pulls me closer to him by the waist and I feel his lips on mine. He starts to unzip my dress as I try to get into a comfortable position.

“Valentina” he whispers into my ear.

I try not gag as he starts to caress the side of my face and neck. Feeling his hard manhood on my leg, I try to fake the same arousal. He takes the tiara and veil off my head as I lay down in bed.

“Think of Sam” I tell myself. The thought of being with him floods my brain enough that I feel myself relaxing. Samuel and I had been together before so I knew what to expect from this.

“You want me as much as I want you?” William asks in a deep voice.

I nod as he places his lips on mine. I guess it works to think of someone else in this situation.

He starts to unbutton his shirt as I let my dress fall down to my waist. He growls as I do this… maybe he really thinks that I want him. What an i***t.

He starts to kiss my neck as one of his hand aggressively gropes my br**st. I try to push his hand off but it only makes him more aggressive.

“Will-“ He interrupts me as he kisses me again. Moving himself on top of me, I hear him tearing the dress off completely.

I try to wiggle myself from underneath him but he holds me down by the shoulder.

“Will-“ I try again but this time he moves his hand to my thigh and starts to grab me even more aggressively.

The only thing I knew would stop him is if I placed him under a spell.

Don’t! He’ll know! He’ll know who you really are! My wolf Amora warns me. The panic tone in her voice, makes me wonder if he knows how magic works.

I can feel his fingers pulling down my lacy panties when we hear a sudden noise. The banging on the front door interrupts him as I freeze in place. He growls as he quickly rises from the bed. Wrapping myself in a bed sheet, I hear William growling as he steps outside.

“William! Please!” A feminine voice cries from outside.

“Leave now!” He shouts back.

I stay by the door while trying to cover myself completely in the bed sheet.

“It wasn’t my mom!” I hear her say through her sobs, “She didn’t do it!”.

“We have the evidence” He says in a menacing tone, “Now leave before I give you to the same fate!”.

Wait! That voice…”it wasn’t my mom”…. Olivia?!

“I’ll do anything” Olivia pleads now, “But please don’t do this!”.

I don’t hear him answer but I do hear her agreeing to something. She keeps crying but the hysteria seems to have died down.

“Now leave!” I hear him using his Alpha tone.

With the door closing, I can hear him walking towards the bedroom. Quickly sitting down, I see him walk in with the same lustful look as before.

“What was that?” I ask him.

He shrugs as he walks over to me, “Nothing important”.

“Didn’t sound like nothing” I say trying to sound jealous, “Why was she here?”.

“I don’t know” he says trying to take my hand.

Quickly snatching my hand away, I realize how I’ll get out of my “wifely duties” tonight.

“Do you have something with Olivia?!” I ask hysterically as I stand up from the bed, “Is she your mistress?!”.

“What?!” He ask surprised and then angry, “How can you accuse me of that?!”

“First she attacks me and now she ruins our night” I snap back angrily, “I won’t stand for this!”.

“Valentina” William tries to walk over to me and wrap me in his arms but I push him away, “Val”.

I try not to laugh as I keep my angry face on, “Don’t lie to me!”.

“Stop!” He tries to use his Alpha tone on me but since I’m not a full wolf, it doesn’t work on me.

“Just go!” I shout more bravely now, “I can’t stand to see you!”.

“I’m your husband” he says in an angry voice, “But most importantly, I’m your Alpha-“.

“You ruined our night!” I say in a fake sad voice, “It’s ruined!”

He tries to hold me again but I squirm out of his grip again, “Just go!”. I finish it off in a resentful tone as I hear him growling and huffing.

He picks up his stuff and I hear him opening the bedroom door, he pauses in doorway as I turn my back to him.

“I’ll send an Omega to bring you clothes and food”

It’s the last thing I hear before the door closes and I hear him walk out of the house in angry stomps.

You should be an actress, my wolf Amora tells me.

I still have to think of something for the other nights I’ll have to be with him, I say back.

I knew I couldn’t resist forever but it was worth a shot.