THE BROKEN LUNA

CHAPTER 5

NATALIA’S POV

“NATALIA, I would like you to meet magnus, your fiancée.”

FIANCEE? The word that quickly rings and repeating inside my mind. While my heart is somewhat in a disarray from its fast beating that is almost making me breathless by each passing moment. But what’s worse is when the door opens and the familiar footsteps echoes with his face greeting me with the wants that only those with wolves have.

‘MATE.’

In an instant, everything of my world turns into silence. My heart is beating so fast and so loud that I felt like it is going to explode any minute now. My cheeks are burning and somehow my whole-body freeze in place without the coldness, but the warmth that I once felt that night.

“It’s you.” I can only manage to whisper and unknowingly smiles as our eyes meet.

Sarah is indeed right I want to see him again. With the ray of light from the sun that are being scattered by the reflective properties of the clear glass window behind the Alpha’s table. I could and more than now can outline his features in details. Reddish-brown hair and a hue of brown eyes that resembles the autumn season. Someone that holds the warmth of the summer, but is as old as the upcoming winter. His eyes and the desire that it pictures, which captivates me.

‘MATE.’ The calling the once more echoes, but I am too distracted with my eyes that are only pin towards his features.

Chiseled chin to perfection, fair skin tone, high nose and lips that somehow is created by the Moon Goddess herself. I am all in awe, and can only look at him with the mix of desire of being shy and a contradictory of wanting him close.

“Natalia,” The Alpha’s firm tone of calling my name that immediately snaps me out from my little world.

I then look back at him, as he suddenly stands and walks in front and now with my position that is between the two of us. The Alpha then introduces.

“This is Magnus Cross. A member of the seventh division of the seventh rank of the Omega Knights.” He starts to introduce him to me.

With the position that is the lowest of all the lowest rank in the pack. The Omega Knights, and much worse, the Alpha emphases that he is from the lowest rank. The seventh division of the seventh squad, which from the Alpha’s tone is clearly delivering the amusement that’s he’s thinking that is a mocking one towards me. But it has all the opposite things and thoughts for me. For no matter what, this man in front of me is someone that I already gamble with.

The Alpha then continues, “Magnus, the man who saves you that night came here to take responsibility of what had happened.”

I am in wonder and quickly after hearing those last few words from the Alpha. But Before I could ask anything in replay, the Alpha drops the announcement right in front of me.

“Natalia, you will be going to marry Magnus Cross.” Clear, calm and with the satisfied expression.

I am all in utter deep surprise from what I just heard. Couldn’t believe about what I just heard and still collecting my mind to somewhat debate, no, justify that the person who save me that night is now my, fiancée.

“Magnus, this is my daughter, Natalia. As the both of you will tie the knot a week from now.” The Alpha even breaks the silence with those words.

Casually introduces the two of us to each other like regular friends would minus the friendship in the equation. Then drops the fact that I will not be able to say a thing about.

“Prepare yourself to wed him a week from now.” He added and went back sitting on his chair and to his paper works.

‘MARRY?’ ‘A WEEK FROM NOW?’

Thoughts that are screaming and running inside my mind. News that is more than just a bomb that slapped me and unexpectedly. I look at my father with wide eyes then a puzzled expression. I do not know what to say, nor what do I need to feel right now. Like the world is on top of me that is neither crumbling nor making everything of the wrong to right or vice versa.

“What are you still standing there? Why aren’t you entertaining your fiancée? Do your part as a Wynknight, Natalia.” The Alpha’s disappointed and a bit irritated tone.

More than emphasizing the fact behind those seemingly harmless words that I couldn’t screw anything up. Not this time and anymore, if I still wanted to belong in this family.

“I-I u-understand I---” I immediately stop speaking, as I cover my mouth and a bit too late to realize that I just stutter.

My stuttering that is a disgrace and something that I will never be proud about myself and unto myself. My anxiety us raising and fast as the Alpha’s disappointed gaze is penetrating. I almost stumble down, but I manage to control myself and instead looks back only to meet Magnus eyes.

By impulse I look down disappointed to myself. Now thinking that he will not like me anymore or even a little after what he just heard and knowing that I am a stuttering fool. I tightly holds unto my shirt and waited for the insult that I will be receiving from him and just like the rest. But I didn’t hear a thing and instead, he walks close as he took my hand and kiss it. A gesture and a first that tickled my heart and everything that is me with the warmth and urge that is slowly burning that is too comforting. Just then a whispering voice from someone, no, from deep inside of me said.

‘MATE.’

Faint, fleeting, and soft. The word that I immediately question of what and why. But before I could ponder about it, Magnus presence and the way he looks at me with sincerity, warmth and possession is slowly eating me with the urges, lust, and deep attraction that suddenly succumb me. Another first, puzzling, but right now is pushing me to the corner that I never been before.

“Natalia Wynknight,” He swiftly utter my name with gentleness, and desire to monopolize me in every way possible. “My Luna.” He then calls me with that title.

Which made my heart skip a beat and I felt like I am going to lose my steady breathing. I felt like my tears are about to fall in a mix way of gladness and fear. Gladness that someone for the first-time care about me and fear for the possibility that everything of this is not true at all. Just then her reaches his hand and wipe my tear away. As he looks at me with the most genuine care and worries that’s another first for me.

“Natalia.” He whispers.

As he bent a bit since my height only reaches his chest. Which then and there I was able to look closely at his face. that moment. Somewhat from the illusion of the ray of the sun, his eyes sparks in a red like ruby and somehow dashed with the auburn hue of autumn. His hair that turns into the likes of a chocolate brown hair with the shade like highlights of red. A seemingly perfectly carved chiseled jawline and a fair complexion. He looks like those romance book male leads that I often read. The ideal prince in every story and a knight who saves the damsel in distress. But unlike those romantic books, this is the reality. My reality, and the person that I am seeing is my fiancée, my future husband, and the one who I want.

“Y-you are t-the v-very f-first o-ne.” I ask unknowingly.

Blurting out what I am thinking and too late to realize my fault and the fact that, I stutter once again. My stuttering that degrades the warmth that I just had and now exchanges it with the worry and anxiety that he may change his mind. For who would want someone who lost her wolf and worst has speech difficulty?

“Then, let me be. For I’ll make sure that I will be your first in everything.” He claims, no, he more than wanted to possess everything with his deep tone and warm voice.

“Y-you d-don’t u-understand. I a-am s-someone t-that---”

Caught off guard and too weak right now to even fight back, nor I am thinking of fighting back. He smiles for a second before he stole a kiss and held the back of my head closer. Making the kiss deep and rapidly getting lewd. I couldn’t help but tightly grip on his clothes when his other hand traces my back, then down on my hips to only pull me even closer. I jolted, feeling something hard below, close my eyes, and half-heartedly wanted for it to end and not. His tongue is overpowering mine, like searching every crevice and owning everything. I couldn’t breathe, nor I was able to pull away from his brute strength. His embrace that is making me think of what would I become when we honor our marriage.

“Magnus.” The Alpha’s command.

Right after clearing his throat, and asking in a firm voice to stop what we are doing and immediately. He let me go as I panted for air, blushing from embarrassment. While all worried about what my father will have to say. Especially since he displays something that shouldn’t be in front of the Alpha.

But he lowers his head and apologizes. “I apologize for my rude behavior Alpha Dimitri.” That sincere apology and without a trace of malice.

“No need to apologize. I’ve been there and knew exactly how you feel. It is just you need to restrain yourself from time to time.” The Alpha’s consideration that is a first out of the many for today.

Indeed peculiar, a mystery and somewhat is like a red flag blaring. But I couldn’t think less about and shove it right out the window of my thoughts. New and honestly surprising knowing that when it comes to me everything is a mistake.

“I will.” He obeys.

“You do not know how relieved I am when you asked for my daughter’s hand in marriage. Calling her your Luna. Something that I thought is only a dream until now.” The delight in the Alpha’s voice which is another first, but in reality, is a mocking disappointment for me.

For it only proves and, in that moment, made me realize that he wanted me out of this family. Using someone to strip me of my existence in this family through the pretext of marriage. The disposal for someone like me that right now and after realizing a thing and deep is not that surprising to me at all, as I expect it from him.

“I am honored to have your daughter Alpha Dimitri.” Such respect, a gesture of honor and pride of an omega knight, an admirable thing to see, but at the same time it is a bit pocking me with unknown jealousy against the Alpha.

“No. My family and the entire clan of Wynknight is in depth with you for taking away that daughter of mine.” The Alpha’s delighted response.

That hit me with a frozen arrow. I was immediately stunned in place and looking down. My anxiety is once more increasing and my eyes are wide from disbelief that I just heard. Their seemingly common conversation is an iron-clad that is hitting me, for truth be told and all I’ve been thinking is the utter truth. My father just sold me to Magnus.

“You just do not know how glad am I to see that my daughter will be marrying a man with honor and dignity like a true soldier is.” His empty words, no, a mocking one behind those delight and smiles of his.

The Alpha’s clear indication and more than the past and anything that I am nothing but a disposable thing. No, long gone is a garbage but with his title and the family’s standing. He is only enduring my presence in this family. All along pretending that I am needed and love, but in reality, I am only a sore thumb and right now he has the perfect path to dispose me and for good.

“I hope that you will take care of my daughter, Magnus Cross.”