Revenge Before Love

2/ Isn't Life Perfect

December/2017

Ebony’s P.O.V:

To say my life was perfect is an understatement; I was a person who loved life a little too much, I’ve always looked at the bright side of things, if there wasn’t a bright side I create a bright side, this method had never failed me.

I couldn’t possibly say that life was perfect because I was optimistic! No, that was not the only reason, I had great friends, two to be exact -Summer and Lucas-  we had been friends since freshmen year in college, they noticed my shy, closed up self and we kind of clicked ever since, then the awesome part of my past life, my boyfriend -Carter-, Carter and I had met a year and a half ago, and we had been ideal, the perfect couple, sure we would fight and all but he never let me sleep without apologizing even when I was in the wrong.

He knew damn well -women are always right- and that was a bonus, apart from his good looking and bilingual skills, he speaks: English, French, he was the head of the accountant department at a well-known company, he was just perfect.

"Ebon!" Lucas’ yelling snapped me out of my daze.

 I seriously should stop diving in my thoughts like that, I thought to myself.

"I’m in my room" I yelled back and within seconds he was knocking at my door.

"Are you decent?" I heard him tease from the other side.

"Yes, Carter wasn't here last night so yeah" I answered freely, they both knew that Carter and I .. well you know what couples do, if not by my bouncing bed and the sound of my moans cutting through the silence of their nights, it's by how sore I could be the next morning, or them walking in on me and Carter while we cuddled in the nude.

Blushing at the thought I heard Lucas opening the door.

"Good, so darling we have to set you up for your job interview today or have you forgotten?" he asked me, as soon as he entered, he noticed all the possible outfits that I planned the night before, and let me tell you it was a total failure.

I love fashion and all but I just couldn’t dress up because I was in a bad mood, and that was exactly my mood at that moment but looking at the bright side Carter was arriving back that night from his business trip.

Oh, how much I miss him, I dived into my thoughts again.

Lucas snapped his polished fingers in front of my face and his voice followed "snap out of it, Bonny!"   

"Shut up Lee! I really don't feel like going, I am going to though, but I just have a bad feeling" I mumbled pouting my lips at him and gave him the best puppy eyed face I could master, it has always worked but not that day.

"Nope, Marcus worked his ass off to get you this interview so you're not wasting it, like me and him sacrificed our date for this interview, so I’ll make you look classy now and you’ll feel better" Lucas argued, like hell I’d waste that chance, but I just had an unsettling feeling.

 I jumped off my bed and into the shower in defeat, leaving Lucas to choose my outfit, I thought about tonight as I washed my hair with my favorite fruity shampoo, a part of why I was not in a good mood was Carter’s text: we need to talk tonight.

That can’t be good! But also we had been together for a little over a year and a half so maybe I shouldn’t worry too much, maybe he means to tell me something good, like us moving in together, OH MY GOD is he going to propose, my eyes widened at my thoughts, a little bit excited and a little bit afraid.

After half an hour of over-thinking, shaving and scrubbing myself, I wrapped a towel around me, I dried myself and put on my matching set of undergarments then my robe, and headed into my room again.

In a weird way I’ve always felt extra safe and confident when my underwear and bra match, I couldn’t explain it, but I get a sense of security when I do that.

“Your mom called again” Summer informed when she saw me out of the bathroom, all I could do is groan in return.

“Okay, so this skirt, with this blouse, those heels, that bag, this necklace, and hmmmmm this scarf just in case” Lucas said handing me a grey pencil skirt with white lines forming squares on it, along with a plain white tight sweater, a glossy bluish grey heels with a matte grey handbag, the necklace was a simple silver chain with a diamond heart at the end of it.

“you are a life saver” I hugged him with all the clothes between us.

“what are you going to do about your mom?” Summer asked laying on my bed, as I went behind my 4-panel room divider.

“ignore her , and if you know how to block a number on that old phone, block her” I replied squeezing into my skirt, the only thing that I thank my mother for is my hourglass figure, and my education.

“Bony honey you can’t ignore her forever, she probably just wants to have lunch or dinner” Lucas stated.

Yes, I can.

“She wants to have -that Carter guy isn’t good for you- dinner, and to try so damn hard to convince me to go on a blind date with the son of one of dad’s rich friends” I sighed , walking out and sitting in front of my mirror.

“soft curls?” Summer asked as she walked towards me.

And both me and Lucas nodded our heads in agreement.

“Maybe your mom can set me up” Summer joked; I hoped! She’s joking right? I almost panicked in my own head.

 “True, the poor soul has been single for so long” Lucas made a pouty face as he made fun of Summer while I just laughed her suggestion off.

She was probably joking, most likely joking.

Summer finished my hair and I put on my very soft make-up, and the two decided to escort me to the door before getting ready for their own jobs.

“Remember, walk into the company, tell the receptionist you have a meeting with Mr. Anthony Blake, he’s the CEO there, you go to the elevator and hit the 33rd floor” Lucas instructed, then looked up as to see if he forgot any details.

“Why is she meeting a CEO for an interview?” Summer asked and I nodded my head with very nervous eyes.

“Yes, why am I? you remember that I studied business and the job is supposed to be in the development team, not a secretary” I stated my heart literally dropping for a second.

“Yes, I know. Anthony knows Marcus, distant family member or something, so he called in a favor and Anthony said he’d speed things up for you” he reassured me.

“Cool” Summer mumbled as she walked into the apartment.

“Go get them, tiger!” Lucas cheered, spinning me around and giving me a soft nudge.

I started walking down the hallway, I then pressed the down button on the elevator and waited, this whole story Lucas told me only added to how uncomfortable I am with today.

 Theodor’s P.O.V:

Between pack meetings, solving problems within pack members, worrying about food and drinks for everyone, forming alliances with neighboring packs, and fighting rouges, the thing I dreaded the most is board meetings at the company.

Since we are forced to live with humans; we are forced to adapt to how humans live without deserting our traditions, and collecting wealth is one of the many adaptations we had to make. That was when we decided to invest in The Blood Moon firm, my brother is taking care of everything as the CEO and since I own quite the number of the shares, I had to attend important board meetings.    

Naming the firm after the pack was my grandfather’s idea, I rolled my eyes at the thought and laid my head back on the leather seat of the car.

After almost 4 months of hard work everything was starting to settle down, I was very enthusiastic about taking over my father, it all seemed too easy when he did it, but turns out that the transition state is very messy.

My driver pulled in front of the firm and I exited the car, walking into the huge building, I felt the eyes on me, people mostly knew me here from the frequent board meetings but every time I would get the same reaction out them, those dazzled stares.

“Mr. Blake, you’re a little early for the board meeting” the receptionist stated while smiling brightly at me, I was about to return the smile when my wolf, Amel, howled in my head.

Damn it.

I shook my head at the unexpected sound, and that was when the smell of fruits hit me, to my surprise I inhaled deeply and turned around to follow the smell. I saw her.

Flawless olive skin, big brown eyes, dark brown hair almost black, that pencil skirt hugging her curvy body perfectly, she checked her watch for the time then sped up her pace. Our eyes met for just a second and Amel screamed “MATE”   

“Hello, I have a meeting with Mr. Anthony Blake” she said from besides me; I could hear Amel whimpering at the fact that she completely ignored us, did she not feel it?

Holy s**t she’s human!

“Your name please?” the receptionist asked without lifting her eyes from her screen, and I felt like yelling at her for being rude.

“Ebony Ayer” she spoke again, and her voice was the sweetest, it was like a melody.  

I cleared my throat to get her attention, “Oh! Sorry Mr. Blake you can wait in the meeting room on the 30th floor, and Ms. Ayer your meeting will be on the 33rd floor” the receptionist smiled at both of us.

I felt Ebony look at me confused, probably the family name confused her “he’s my brother” I blurted out mentally facepalming. She made an O shape with her pink plump lips and offered a nervous smile before turning to the elevator.

We both took the same lift, the tension was unbearable to say the least, I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that she was human and I was an alpha, how was that supposed to work?

I took off at my floor and turned around to offer her a smile, however she was so deep in her own bubble that I thought I’m transparent to her, the double doors met again and I lost all visual of her.

A sigh escaped my lungs, as I ran a hand through my hair, taking a seat on one of the leather chairs around the table.

Amel brought me out of my thoughts after a while.

-How could she be human?

-I have no idea, I’ve heard of human mates before, but they were raised in a pack, they had knowledge of werewolves, she on the other hand looks so oblivious.

-How are you going to tell her?

-Tell her? Are you crazy? You can’t drop a bomb like that on a human.

-You can’t make her Luna without her knowing either.

-I realize that Amel! But I’m not going up to her and be like ‘hi, I’m a werewolf and you’re my mate, let’s go breed’

I dropped my head between my hands after cutting Amel off, I needed to think, I thought finding your mate should be easy, someone who would understand, someone who would make your life easier, how could she become a Luna?

I found myself in front of the elevator again, she was probably in Anthony’s office, so that was where I was going.

Just as the doors parted, I saw her walking out of his office, his hand on the small of her back guiding her out while she was laughing at something he said.

“It was very nice to meet you Ms. Ayer, you will truly be an asset for this company” Anthony said as he patted her shoulder for encouragement, leaving me there about to growl at both of them.

I couldn’t simply walk up to her and mark her. I wish I could but I had to do this the human way.

“Thank you for your time Mr. Blake, and I will see you Monday” she replied smiling warmly at Anthony. She walked up to me nodded and took the elevator down.

“why do you look like you’re about to throw up?”  I heard Anthony asking and I don’t know where to begin.

“well for starters, she’s my mate and I acted like a total i***t around her, and now I just don’t know what to do” ‘I replied running my hand over my face in frustration.

“what do you think I should do Anthon?”

“don’t ask me dude, I looked at Lia and her wolf knew I was her mate, besides how can the pack have a human Luna?”

“Believe me I have no idea” I sighed, walking with him to the meeting we are supposed to attend.