Chapter 34 Chapter 34) Confusion/ Embarrassed.
Alejandro arrived at the altar and stood there beside Demira.
“Let's get on with this”. He said to the priest.
More like, he threatened the werewolf priest who was in charge of conducting the wedding rites.
After being terrified by Alejandro, the priest had no choice but to comply with his wishes.
Also, just a glance from Alejandro, and the entire room fell silent.
Not a single person said anything.
And those who were still standing took their seats as quietly as possible, as they watched the couples who looked like a perfect match for each other.
Even Kayson took his seat, but his eyes never left Demira's side.
‘What the hell is happening?! Why does she look so much like her?!’. He asked and was utterly confused.
He could not believe what his eyes were seeing, to the extent that he had to wipe his eyes using the back of his hand, to confirm if what he was seeing was true, or if he was busy hallucinating.
But even after he did that, her face never changed. It remained the same, making him wonder and take a wild guess, ‘Could she be her twin sister? A sister whom she knew nothing of?’.
‘That must be the case’. He agreed with his theory, because he didn't want to believe that it was Demira, since that was impossible.
Not when he was the one who killed her with his very hands. Not when he was the one who buried her with his very hands.
So, how could she possibly be alive?
That was impossible.
“Are you alright? Is something bothering you?”. Elora asked him after she noticed that he looked bothered about something.
Actually, she had not seen Demira's face, as she was busy trying to operate the new cell phone that he (Kayson) got for her.
“Yes. I am alright, babe”. He obviously lied to her, and tried his best to look natural, so that she would not be suspicious.
He did not want her to see Demira, and then, became worried for no reason. Not when he has not confirmed if it was truly her or not.
“Tonight is a special day for the moonlight pack. Tonight, we are welcoming our seventh Luna of the-”.
“Skip it”. Alejandro ordered the priest with a glare.
He had not come here to hear the history talks of his pack.
He simply wanted to get over with the wedding ceremony and trap her in his cage, where she would never be able to escape.
The werewolf priest, who did not want to get on Alejandro's bad side, did as he was told and moved onto the last part of the wedding rites.
Though he politely said to them, “Can- can both of you please hold hands?”.
“Nevermind me,-”. He wanted to say, because he thought that he had finally crossed the line, but to his greatest surprise, Alejandro grabbed Demira's hand and held it like a possessive beast.
When he saw that Alejandro kept looking at him with a cold look on his face, he realized that he had hesitated because of how shocked he was.
‘Oh’. He thought, with his heart beating like it wanted to jump out of his chest.
‘I need to do this quickly and get out of here’. He thought to himself again, because at this rate, he feared that he might have a heart attack the longer he stayed.
“With the power vested in me as the priest ordained by the moon goddess, I pronounce you husband and wife, and Luna of the moonlight pack”.
“You should kiss your wife, Lycan King Alejandro”. He declared, while already expecting Alejandro to skip the kissing part.
But then again, Alejandro’s action shocked him.
Not only did he forcefully kiss Demira in front of the crowd, he refused to let go even as she struggled, as he wanted to convey a clear message to her, which she could totally understand.
‘You are mine. You are trapped with me. So, there is no escape for you’.
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The wedding rites were over.
Alejandro and Demira were officially a couple recognized by everyone in the pack and outside the pack, except by Kira, who kept on gritting her teeth and biting her lower lip in anger.
‘It should have been me up there’.
‘It should have been me who became his wife. It should have been me who became his Luna’.
‘It should have been me who ought to bear his heirs!’. These were the words she told herself as she watched the wedding ceremony unfold right before her eyes.
She did not understand why it was not her. She didn't understand what she had done wrong.
She did not understand why she was cast aside, while another lady from who-knows-where, got the attention and the love she deserved.
‘I will make you pay for taking everything away from me. I swear’. She promised herself, and because she could not endure to continue watching them, she left.
Meanwhile, Demira and Alejandro were sitting on the wedding stage (their seats).
Additionally, the seven Alphas rose from their respective seats, and some of them were accompanied by their beta werewolves and vice versa, and each one of them held gifts in their hands.
One by one, they walked up to the stage to present the gifts they had brought. But of all the Alphas who had brought a gift, only Roland did not have a bad intention.
The other Alphas wanted to use their gifts as a means to win even a little bit of Alejandro’s favor. They wanted to get close to him, so that it would be easier for them to stab him in the back.
Anyway, five Alphas presented their gifts, and out of five of them, Alejandro ignored them and paid them no heed.
It got to Roland's turn, and he could not stop himself from blabbing about how much he saw Alejandro as a role model, and a role figure.
Neither did he stop talking about Demira's beauty.
Before he could continue further, the warriors came in and dragged him out of the venue, as per Alejandro's order.
But instead of being angry, he smiled like a lovesick fool on his way out. He did not even seem bothered that all eyes were on him, nor was he bothered that they were whispering about his shameless actions.
Unfortunately, that was not the same thing for Jared, who wished that he could vanish at that moment.
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