The nightmare still haunts me till date, the man I have ever loved, he told me he will do anything for me and I guess he didn’t mean any of it, when two people you care about the most betray you, you are left to not trusting anyone again.

The night came to me every single day, it was the same as always, the fifth of the month, the day we were all brought to together to be mated.

My mind wandered off to that lovely memory that started the night.

“Lucas what are doing?.” I whispered when he softly held my hand and he pulled me toward the other side, his eyes met mine and he smiled. “We can’t let them get suspicious until it’s all over.”

“I could not bare watching you talk to David.” Lucas said, he had always been possessive, in his blue suit, he didn’t have to worry about me ever looking at any man. “You look beautiful, it’s going to be a horrible night.” He stated and I nodded.

Yes it was, today we are about to tell our parents we wanted to be with each other, we accepted each other as mates and rejected whoever the moon goddess granted us.

Lucas and I have been going out for six month now and it’s being our secret, it was hard, but we knew we wanted it.

His eyes dances across the place when we both heard footsteps coming toward us.

“Hide.” I whispered to him and he nodded, he hid behind the drapes and in a few second, my mom came into view; she glanced across the place like she was suspicious of me.

“Mama.” I smiled, I didn’t dare look at the drapes Lucas was hiding behind.

“You need to come with me, it’s starting.” She said and I smiled, holding my hand she led me into the room.

It was filled with most elite werewolves all across the city, with my parents who were considered having the strongest and most powerful pack, and I was their only daughter.

I stood beside my mom and Lucas and his parents came into view ans suddenly Brie rushed to me.

“Are you anxious.” Brie whispered, she was the only one that knew about us.

“Yes, don’t let Mama hear about it.” I mumbled against my breath; I watched as we were all headed into the garden, where it will all be done.

This is where many relationships has been sealed and destroyed and I guess this was where mine would be destroyed.

The way Lucas looked at me, all night, I had thought I was the one in his heart, I had thought he will do anything to be with me, but he didn’t, I watched as all parents left the room so it will start.

We danced and we ate and we waited, I could hear some people talking when they got their mate and I waited for mine, I waited as the moon goddess granted me the one wish I always asked her for.

My heart skipped a beat and I could feel my wolf dancing with happiness, my eyes met Lucas, and the way he looked at me, for the first time I could see his wolf in his eyes, I could see the dark skinned wolf that was one of the strongest in the city and he smiled at me.

The sensation of happiness filled my body, my wolf called out of him and I could hear his wolf calling out to me, it did feel like he was heading toward me but he was not because in a second, I could not see him again.

“Lucas.” I called out, walking my way out of the place, there were a lot of people here and Lucas was not in sight, what did he think he was doing, we had to tell our parents, this is what we have planned for as long as we can remember.

That night, my happiness soon turned into sorrow, my mind was occupied with darkness and sorrow and all I could think about finding the man that I thought loved me, he was not here.

I could still recall how my heart skipped, how I cried and how I went around looking and searching for him, and I didn’t find him, when my parents came back out, I lied to them, I told them this year was not mine, maybe another year I will find my mate.

That night was like a nightmare, when I found him on bed with Brie, my eyes filled with tears and they didn’t know I was there, when he did, he didn’t look at me, I called out to him and I begged him to talk to me.

I begged him, I could still hear the desperation of my voice every night.

“Lucas.” I whispered to him as he was still on bed with her. “Lucas please tell me what the hell is going on.” I asked and he didn’t care, and she didn’t seem to care either.

I headed out of the room and I waited out, by the time they came out, they were both dressed and my parents had the worst timing by heading toward the hallway too, I couldn’t cry in their presence.

That night what Lucas did to me was one I could never forget, his words still echoed in my mind as he took away everything from me, my true self, my family and my home.

“I reject you Rachel Elizabeth Blackwood, I reject your true self and I reject being mates with you.” Those words still stings to me, it felt like a night mare and my parents rejoiced because I would rather be dead than for them to allow me to be mated with someone like him.

He accepted the woman I always thought I could trust, my best friend Brie, she was like a sister and I saw the way she smiled, like she planned it all a long.

That night was the last day I saw him, because of him I lied to my parents, after that I had to leave, my home was not mine anymore, and I was not safe.