Chapter 4

Mia's POV

"Mia, please listen to me. If you want to achieve your aim in the Sullivan Pack, you've got to get rid of your angry, twisted face. It would not bring solutions to your problems, rather it would bring more trouble. Your parents are alive, they will return to their positions soon, same with your step sisters but the only one who will become the beginning of your trouble would be the best friend you're looking for, Emma. She's here and you would find her when you didn't expect."

As I was thinking about this, I saw the door opening and Gavin walked in. He stands before my bed folding his arms.

"Good morning," I mumbled.

"Good morning too. Get ready, we are having a party in honor of you coming here. Soon, you're gonna be installed as my Luna and I have to let you know much about the position you are going into." He brushes his palms over my cheeks and looks straight at me with a bit of pitiful eyes, serious but somewhat sweet. My face, which had been stiff, was gradually changing. I tried to fake it too in my heart. I believed I could enjoy this luxury, being with him and still executing my revenge on him. What made me a little reticent in what I had in heart to do to him is what the moon goddess said about my parents and step sisters being alive. If I had to revenge now, it would be for him raping me.

I feel the energy and interest flowing from the way he steadies to look at me. My heart can't afford to play its love song which is beating faster than it's supposed to. All through the party, my mind was swayed away, I was lost in the beauty of the surroundings, the luxury which had started buying me. It's like being in paradise for someone like me who was subdued to being a slave.

After the party, he leads me by the hand as soon as the party is over. "Wouldn't you mind showing me around?" I ask him in a mild voice, I would love no one else but him, to show me around in my new environment. He smiles, but that smile doesn't last for long.

"I would introduce you properly to my parents, the Alpha and Luna before me but I'm afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"No, nothing. It's fine." He pulls me into suspense as he says this, I begin to imagine what he is trying to mean inside of me. I part my lips to raise another question but he subdues that quest with a charming smile which forces me to smile back and keep silent. Deep inside of me, I feel there's something I need to know. As if he observes the trouble I'm having inside of me right now, he stops and makes me face him. "I don't mean anything serious, you will do yourself harm by worrying over any trivial issue. Just assume it was a slip of the tongue, I love you so much baby, and would not trade you for anything in the world." He leans and kisses me again, I know he loves me but his statement is just making me view him as hiding something.

"He sounds creepy here!" I say to my wolf, hoping to receive some suggestions from it. My wolf is smarter than me, it growls in acceptance of this.

"I'd observed this earlier than you but he is our mate and he loves us, why worry?"

"Hmm," I swallow the lump in my throat. I'm shaken off my thoughts by Gavin who playfully shakes my shoulders.

"What's it you're thinking?" He gives a weird smile.

"No, nothing." I smile back. I choose to let go of this. I once remember my teacher saying that to have a successful relationship, you must overlook certain things. This is just a great temptation right in front of me and it happens to be on my first day with my mate. Perhaps Gavin didn't mean anything serious, I'm the one overthinking everything and just freaking out. "I need to call myself to order," I say to myself.

Gavin accompanies me in going to meet the Alpha and Luna, who have their chambers on the third floor, we have to use the elevator. I try my best to keep calm, but as usual, tension arises and I begin to fear if they will accept me. I only saw them from a distance at the party but I'm not quite sure if they were happy having me join their pack.

"I would love you to put up your best confidence," Gavin tells me. By this, I realize that we are closer to meeting them. As we stand outside of the glass door of their chambers, I take a hard breath.

"Let's go, I'm ready!" I say to Gavin.

There in the living room, the Alpha and Luna are sitting arm in arm with each other watching TV. As we approach, we courtesy before them. "I know, Mom and Dad, you saw her at the party but I want to introduce her to you personally. This is Mia, from the Mayweather Pack." I was smiling, clasping my hands submissively before them. This is one way I show my politeness when I'm standing before elders. I expect them to smile back at me but I'm mistaken, they frown instead.

Gavin's face falls. He shakes his head in despair, I try to hide my emotions by not looking at them. They both look at each other, from my observation, they must be mindlinking.

"Hello sir, ma'am." I wave towards their faces hoping they would return their attention to me. I want to act a bit cordial, not too aloof or serious. When they raise their eyes to stare at me, I nearly cringe. Their eyes turn radiant, and the anger in them can't be hidden but what's the reason behind this?

"Why would you go pick someone from a pack that doesn't love us?" His mom starts, and Gavin freezes on the spot where she is. I can tell he didn't expect this.