making her my queen

the birthday suprise

Sofia pov

' Okay, whats with the bad boy over there. He is staring at you like you are his possession', Luka asked. He had been hovering for days, but when Luka came he barely went away, always there. I was starting to get annoyed, especially when I could feel his energy surrounding us in the room like it was being painted in red. I turned to face him and could see him drilling holes into Luka's head.

'Excuse you sir, what do you think you are doing, this man in my guest, how dare you release your masculinity on him in this rude manner?'

He looked shocked, 'you can feel You put it my masculinity.'

' you have literally painted this room red, look all this lurking you do around me. It won't change that this was not what I wanted, being your fiance doesn't sit well with me and my friends don't have to suffer it. Just leave me be Domenico'

Looking at Luka, I took him by the hand and we left the room for mine. We found Marco along the way.

'why are you staring at me like that' I asked Luka as l played with my sweet angel

' Well for starters, fiancé?'

' Yeah, that happened when I was 12. I didn't agree with it nor do I want to'

Marco looked up at me with the sweetest eyes,'so you don't want to be my family.'

I melted into his gaze and said words I know I shouldn't have if I wanted out of this marriage, ' Oh baby, that's not it at all, I love you and I always will, but your brother is an entirely different story. Maybe I will learn to love him..... Okay my love'. That answer seemed to work on Marco, but Luka raised his eyebrows at me. With Marco in the room, I didn't know what else to say I nervously smiled at him.

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I hadn't seen Nico or felt his presence since yesterday. His party would be in a couple of hours and he was nowhere to be seen. I was nervous without him around. I had spent the day helping my mother and his father with organizing. It was tiring work, but my organizational skills were beyond impressive and I managed to get it all done.

I went up to get ready, a beautiful black and gold sweetheart neckline ball gown dress with a matching gold choker necklace and black shoes embroidered with gold flowers same as my dress. The flower was a wolf-bane. I always wondered why my mother liked this flower. It was just weird. I suddenly heard an antagonizing howl which was very weird in Greece. No wolves, right? Great place to go meet your future husband. My mother said, hhmmmpppp.

I shrugged it off as one of the last guests arrived. I decided to go out and make acquaintances. I arrived at the door to be met by only the most dashing man I had ever laid eyes on aside from Domenico, I laughed at myself for agreeing with myself that he was my definition of gorgeous. I found myself smiling like one of my younger selves as I went down to greet this dashing man who l later learned was the same age as Nico. Green eyes accompanied by brown hair that was cut up in a hot anime boy scenario and edges hanging around his face, his perfectly sculptured face,definitely European. He was tall but not as tall as Nico only inches shorter and he was built into a rather large and not slim version of Nico. Why was I comparing him to Nico? Thinking of it I did the same with Luka. i must be loosing my mind. As I stepped down the stairs, I noticed the workers were bowing deeply to him. I figured he was important, very important. I put my best foot forward in the most prime voice I heard and welcomed him. I seemed to be doing well as neither my mother nor Nico's father came to my aide until later, as he held the small of my back and we conversed leisurely about how stuck up these events were and how we would rather be drinking cheap beer at a bonfire. I was now good friends, as he put it, with Lucian. Luci, as I had become fond of calling him, was happy to come to this young lad's 20th birthday, as he had his goodwill he called it. I could feel Luci slowly creeping into my personal space when, all of a sudden, the parents and Nico flanked me on all sides. After greeting Luci with a bow which was very unlike him and his father, he pulled me away to the dance floor with him. We waltzed while I was star struck. He looked good and we matched his signature colors I suppose. I didn't expect him to talk to me, but when he did it took me a while to register,

' You look gorgeous tonight. A real dream.’

‘ Thank you ‘I blushed.

‘I will be announcing our engagement today'

My heart stopped for a bit. At that moment I could feel myself slip away, held up by strong hands. At 23:55 my sanity was slipping. Everyone would know. I would be going to school with half of the young adults here as his fiance and they would know. I was about to lose consciousness when I started moving, except I wasn't moving, he was, and I was gliding next to him to the make-shift stage I ordered to be assembled earlier in the day.

Nico pov

She looked like a dream, I wanted nothing more than to kiss her , but a bigger plot was at play tonight. I had to tell her beforehand and so I did. I could tell she was losing it, 'don't pass out on me now, we need to make a good impression so these dogs don't harass you, now stand up straight'. I cooed into her ears and she reacted instantly and laced on a straight face as we headed to the stage leading her up I stood by the podium giving thanks to the most high highly ranked wolves in our community in the most ambiguous of ways and hoping not to get caught, as midnight struck I could tell I had all my wolf's gifts. I wanted to give this speech after midnight so I could tell if my mate was around and I could reject her immediately with her knowing I would be married to another.

Midnight past, the scent of my mate hit me like a ten-ton truck strawberry interlaced with lavender mixing gorgeously with white chocolate. I guess I should have known. I did suspect, but here she was, my beloved mate, was my soon-to-be bride and she didn't smell like a mere human. There was something different laced in her, but she was it. Antonella Sofia Russo was my mate and fiancé. I pulled her close to me as I said the words,'and upon this day I would like to introduce to you my fiance and my fated mate Antonella Sofia Russo, daughter of Alpha Antonio Seth Russo'

In the corner of my eye I could see Marina Barone flinch and her heart break, my once upon a time lover was angry at me. But that couldn't be more important I had my mate in my arms and we were to be wed, it couldn't be a more perfect set up except she hates me more now, if that were possible. Ludo howled in pain at the look our mate held not of love but of hate. My eyes, which I had become used to showing only coldness, radiated with pain and hurt from her stare. She seemed shocked and refrained from any other emotions showing and opted for a fake smile. We made our way through the crowd with my hand on the small of her back. We were suited perfectly, not only because we were wearing matching outfits, but because her body fit into mine like a jigsaw puzzle. She was made for me and I knew it. But did she? We walked casually through the room receiving congratulations from all over getting acquainted with the people. Many of the Alphas would ask to dance with my bride, which I only allowed for a short space of time. We were about to head upstairs to bed when I was ambushed by my Beta and Gamma. They would ascend with me when I became alpha. Trained for these jobs since birth with me, they were more than just my friends. They were my brothers, Zack and Joe respectfully.

' Well, we finally get to meet the famous Sofie'

She looked up at me with wide curious eyes and muttered 'Sofie?'

Looking back at Zack, she asked, 'we hardly know each other. How could you call me Sofie so casually?'

With a broad grin and kissing her knuckles, 'let's say i' ve heard about you'

If you call my aggravated rumblings through mind link communication, then yes, he had heard about her. I let a happy growl out but a growl none the less, he piped down as we made our way to the stairs and disappeared away.

She didn't look at me and never said a word to me except goodnight. I winced a bit at the coldness from her but didn't show it.

I didn't see her at all the next couple of days, not even at meals times. I only heard her presence when Marco laughed and when I used my hearing to zone into her room where she played some interesting tune, there was never one genre of music but multiple and sometimes there would be dancing, especially when Marco was in the room. The room I wasn't privy to, yet the only I wanted to be in. Her scent sipped through the cracks under the door and poured into mine. I would find myself absently walking towards the room about to open it when I finally caught sense of my actions. I needed to take my mind off things and I did that by engrossing myself in work.

On Sunday morning, we took the chopper to Washington together, being in the same space as her did things to me. Everything about her screamed pleasure yet I couldn't indulge. Like this I was useless in skillfully telling her the truth I needed help and I knew just who to call.