Prologue
~ Aylana's POV ~
I am tired. I am tired of running away from the man who promised to protect me. I am tired of this pain that I have to bear since the day I was born. I am tired of everything. Now, I just want to stop this pain. The day I turned sixteen was the happiest day of my life, but happiness doesn't last for too long.
What's a mate bond and why do we have to wait for our true mate? That was something that I always asked myself, but everything started to make sense when I met Nathan for the first time. His deep voice, his intense gaze and the way he always stood for me were something that is imprinted on my mind.
Even after being surrounded by many people, I always feel left out and alone, but sometimes being alone is far better than being with the wrong person. I was trying to catch my breath as the Wind Winder Pack members were behind me. My lungs were burning and so were my legs. My whole f*****g body is aching.
My eighteenth birthday was supposed to be a special day for me, but now I am trying to hide myself from the man who always stood up for me and someone who gave me a reason to continue this tiring life where I was constantly abused by others.
What was I thinking when I thought that my life would be better? How could I forget that an omega could never dream big? Some treat us like the slaves of the pack and some believe that we are not worthy enough to stay in the pack. Different people have different views about our existence, but nobody can understand the pain that we have to go through.
I am Aylana… just Aylana. Unlike my name, which means cheerful… there was not even a day where I purely felt happy.
No, there was a day when I did feel happy, but I don't want to remember it. They say that a mate is someone who will protect us no matter what the situation… no matter how much he will have to suffer, he will never let go of his mate's hand.
"Nathan." I mumbled to myself. However, I remember what he did to me when I went to his room.
He was the one who brought solace to me in that place, but I forgot that one could never find peace in someone else. I always wanted to know my last name and about my father, but at that time, I was not aware of the plans that the Goddess had for me.
I was running with all my might in the dark and dense forest. My feet were bleeding, I was tired and the dress that my mute mother gifted me after doing hard work was torn because of the man whom I trusted the most.
He was running behind me and I could tell by his tone that he was angry at me because of those words that I said to him.
"You shouldn't have hit me… you shouldn't have run away from me and you should never have said those words to me." I could clearly see wrath in his eyes.
He was now showing me his true face that he was hiding from me all these years. I was a fool to believe in someone like him. How could I trust those fake promises? I always imagined my marking ceremony with him, but not anymore.
I might be a lowly omega, I might be a bastard, but I wanted to live. Was that too much to wish for? Being a bastard, someone without a last name... I was tormented, bullied and abused by the other pack members, but I got completely shattered by the man who promised to cherish me. Bowing my head and asking for forgiveness even though I was not at fault was something quite common for me.
I was happy to escape that place with my mother, but I didn't expect that there were three people who were desperately waiting for my arrival.
I stopped caring about the mate bond and finding my second chance mate, but I was shocked when I found my second chance... mates.
Yeah, that's right.
I don't have one or two mates. I have three mates, yet I am alone or so I thought. The answers that I was trying to find all this time were hiding in the pack that I never wanted to enter.
My past, the three moons that were shining in the night sky and my mates were all intertwined. I never wanted to believe in something like a mate bond again, but those three had completely different plans.
I thought that getting a second chance was something that rarely happens, but the moon Goddess surprised me when I met the Triplets. I was happy to be a lone wolf, but that was not something that my mates were thinking.
The North was known for two things. Heavy snowfall and Maverick Brothers. There was not even a single she-wolf who didn't want to become the mate of the triplets, but to their dismay, they were waiting for their fated mate, but things got messed up when my path crossed with them.
I stopped believing in others after being betrayed by that man. Blaming ourselves for the worst decisions that we have made or taken is something that everyone does in their life. I never wanted to repeat the same mistake, so I tried to create a wall around me and the reason behind this was quite simple. I did this, so that nobody could ever hurt me like what Nathan did with me, but those three were not planning to back down easily.
Living a lonely life might be something difficult, but it's still far better than living a life filled with pain and regrets. I thought that they only wanted me as their mate because they had some sort of reason behind it, but their reason just ended up surprising me more.
