Chapter 34 Chapter 34
Chapter 34
\- Aria -
Alpha Jason was talking to me, Alexei and Natasha about the annual council meetings
I knew what that meant. Every Alpha goes to the meeting with their wives
"Aria would not attend the meeting, right?" Natasha said and I looked at her.
"And why?" Alexei asked the question I would have
"Come on, I am sure the Alpha would not have her attend that meeting. She is new here and has been..." She paused for a moment as if trying to find the right word. "She has been naive and clumsy. You can see from all the things she's done in the past days. What if something goes wrong there? Surely we cannot afford that." And that seems to be a tangible explanation, except that she is the reason I have been doing clumsy things.
"That is for the Alpha to decide, not you," Alexei said and she glared at him. There seemed to be an unspoken tension between the two I could not tell what it was about
We all waited for Alpha Jason to say something and he just looked straight ahead without a word
"This annual meeting brings in all the
Alphas in the region, far and near," he finally said "The most important thing right now is that this means Marcus and Sophie would be there. And they will see Aria at the meeting. Even though I am not ready for Marcus to see her, Aria I don't want to make the decision for you since we are in this together. So tell me, are you ready to meet Marcus?"
My heart skipped a beat. So soon? No, the hell I wasn't. I am still not any better than the way he'd rejected me only now I am the supposed Luna of one of the greatest packs in the region
I still don't have the confidence to face him. I'd melt.
They all looked at me, waiting for a response
"Speak freely, Aria," Alexei encouraged
"I don't think I am ready," I said quietly and Jason nodded.
"I understand. I will not push it on you. Whenever you are ready to make such appearances, just let me know," then he faced them all. "So the arrangements would be as usual. Natasha and Alexei would accompany me. In three days, we'd journey to the metropolis and return."
I caught a smile on Natasha's face. Of course, she was happy to get rid of me for such an important event.
I will not appear as Jason's Luna and I am sure it pleased her
After we were dismissed, I ran after Jason
He had been cold and distant in the past few days and I was worried things would eventually go sour between me and me
"Alpha Jason," I called and he stopped. "Alpha, I need to talk to you, please."
He nodded
"Go ahead, Aria," his response was the same. Cold and distant as he was. I sighed
"Alpha, I want to sincerely apologise for all the things that've happened these past few days. I am really sorry. I just don't know how everything was so wrong and I couldn't do a single thing right. Please," I put my hands together. "Forgive me Alpha."
He observed me for a while
"Was this how you behaved while you were Luna at Marcus's pack?"
His question caught me off guard
"W...whaat...?" I stuttered
"Because then I would have no choice but to understand why he rejected you in the first place and chose someone else."
I staggered back, his words piercing me really hard and he did not even look at me with any pity as he said them
"Alpha..." I muttered, tears welling in my eyes
"Or are you trying so hard to make an impression that you no longer use your brain for the work? Mmm?" He raised a brow at me questioningly
"Alpha please..." I begged him to stop. But he didn't
"I chose to mate you because I thought you were a strong woman," he said. "For you to have gone through everything you did and still come out strong, I thought you had what it takes. But maybe I was wrong."
I shook my head as he moved closer to me and I backed away
"Maybe you'd never be able to get your revenge on Marcus. You are too weak. And I will not waste my time with this. I will make Marcus pay for what he did to me, with or without you. And what about you? What will you do?"
I had no answer to his question. It seemed he was not waiting for one anyway
"When I return from this summit, I might have to drop you as my Luna," he told me and my heart sank to my stomach
The only thing I had that I thought I could hold on to is going to be taken away from me
"But I am not as heartless as to throw you out because I know you don't have anywhere to go," he continued. "I will let you stay. And taken care of till you have your baby."
He did not say what would happen after I have my baby. All my hopes have been dashed. Alas, Marcus would still have the last laugh over me
Perhaps I was truly not worth being Luna, or not being anyone at all. I am worthless...
Jason turned and began to walk away
I wiped my tears. Only I can help myself and if I don't do it I will go down without a fight
"Alpha Jason," I called him back, my voice strong and sharp. He stopped, but did not turn to look at me
I walked briskly towards him and stood in front of him
"I have suffered so much," I spoke as I struggled to hold my tears back. "Too much that I cannot let those responsible for my pains get away with it. You have given me a chance to take revenge and I will not let it slip out of my hands. I have been weak, yes. I have made mistakes and I understand if you don't want to do this with me anymore. But I ask for one more chance. Just one more. And if I fail you this time, then don't help me anymore. Send me away and don't care what happens to me."
He looked at me with a blank expression for a while, and I held his eyes with determination in mine.
"Fine," he finally said and relief washed over me.
"One more thing please," I quickly said as he turned to leave. "I need your royal sceptre of honour."
He squinted his eyes at me. I knew I had made an outrageous demand, but I needed it to redeem myself
"What makes you think I'd give you that?" He asked, not with anger but amusement.
"Because you'd want me to be bold and daring, and I dare to get it from you."
He chuckled lightly and took out the royal ring
"Have it then."
I smiled deeply. I could not believe he'd give me that easily, but he did.