Chapter 37 CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

Chapter 37 CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

ZARIA’S POV

I stormed into our chambers, and burst into another round of tears, Fuck! I feel so stupid, how could I not see he would never change from being an asshole?

I sat on the fall, allowing embarrassment to fill me. I had just made a fool out of myself, and going to his mother’s palace was the most foolish thing that I had ever done.

“You are so stupid” I muttered to myself in between sobs.

I sat there for hours, as angry tears kept rolling down my face. No matter how hard I tried to keep them away, why do I keep crying for this asshole, he doesn’t even deserve my tears.

I know I deserved better, not being treated as a whore after my first sex.

I caressed my neck, particularly the place he marked, and I felt like ripping it off. I cut off my best friend for him, and in barely twenty-four hours he broke my heart! Ethan was way better than him, how could I not see that?

Suddenly the door pushed open and Elara rushed inside with worried eyes. 

I quickly wiped my tears away and faked a smile, “Elara, I didn’t send for you, is there a problem?”

She just rolled her eyes and walked towards me. She wiped some remaining tears from my face. fuck! I thought I wiped it all.

“I heard,” she whispered. “The maids and the guards are murmuring about how badly he treated you”

Max just finds many ways to make me a laughing stock in front of the pack members and Villagers.

I couldn’t hold back the tears anymore, so I allowed them to flow down freely. “You warned me, but I didn’t listen”

I fell to the floor again, and Elara fell with me, holding me in a tight hug and giving me multiple kisses in my hair.

“No… Don’t say that, I was wrong for questioning your choice of love, you aren’t wrong for wanting him, it's not your fault you felt some connections with him, Max is just a messed up asshole” She said, putting a hair behind my ear. “Don’t tell him I said that”

“I won’t” I giggled, wiping off my tears.

“What about Ethan?” She asked, and I just huffed.

“He wanted me to choose between Max and him and I chose Max,” I scoffed, feeling stupid, for chasing my best friend who had always protected me.

“Ethan is just hurt, he will come to his senses,” She assured me.

I looked up at her, regretting the hateful words I said to her, “I am sorry about the other day, you are more than a maid to me”

She gave me a weak smile, before standing to her feet. “I just came to check how you are, I need to get going to prepare the Alpha’s breakfast!”

I gave a slight nod, and she walked off.

Max’s scornful behavior won’t spoil my mood today, and I will make sure of that.

The first thing I would love to do today is to get back my best friend.

Just as I was arranging for my departure, Gwen walked in with a wide smile on her face.

“I heard he called you a whore” She laughed, but I ignored her, as she is the least of my worries at the moment.

“You can snub me all you want but your days as Luna are numbered” She sneered at me, standing at my front, preventing me from moving.

“My days as Luna have always been numbered, it's just ten months left, be patient Gwen!” I snapped at her.

“Well, Max’s mother is dead and it’s an attack on the palace” She broke the news.

That must have been the reason for the sudden change in Max’s character, but that was no excuse to treat me badly.

If it were an attack on the palace, the only person who would want to hurt the Alpha’s family would be Gwen. She is still angry at the fact that I was made Luna, even if the position is temporary.

“Gwen, I swear if you were behind her death…”

“I might have been behind yours, but I didn’t do this, the only way to spread the affliction is through the poison Tafana, where the hell would I get that” I snapped at me, cutting me short.

I hate to admit it but she is right, the person targeting the palace must be from a neighboring pack, either the crescent pack or the bloodmoon pack. 

I shoved the thought of my head, it's Max’s job to find the killer not mine.

“Gwen, leave my room now” I ordered and she just rolled her eyes.

“Look! I don’t like you but I would have to follow the Alpha’s orders,” She huffed, picking her fingernails.

What does Max want this time, the humiliation I got from him early this morning wasn’t enough!

“You are my personal assistant Gwen! You answer to me not him!” I growled at her, getting pissed at her.

“You answer to the Alpha, so does everyone, Zaria” She growled back, folding her arms underneath her breast.

I inhaled deeply, trying to keep my cool, I don’t want to overreact, even when Gwen’s pushing me. “What were his orders?” I asked, uninterested.

“He has ordered that no royalty leaves the palace, since the target is at them, and you are royalty” she rolled her eyes.

“For a temporary time!” She added.

“I want you to shove his orders, down the toilet, cause I don’t take orders from that asshole, not today and not ever” I sneered at her, “Now leave my room, I need to be ready in fifteen minutes”

Gwen pushed past me, and sat on my dressing table, reluctant to move, she is just like her mate, Max.

“Get out Gwen, I won’t repeat myself!” I growled at her.

“Read the room, Zaria” She said, frustrated.

“What the fuck do you mean by that?” I frowned, as I listened.

“When attacks start, they start with the females, they have taken down his mother, I hope you know who is next” She said and walked out of the room.

My mouth fell open, “I am the fucking next!”