Chapter Four

Elena’s POV

I stand there without knowing what to say or think. Now, I was sure that this man before me was definitely a liar. He just had to be. There’s no way he’s my mate. Especially when I just got rejected by Alpha Devon, who claimed to be my mate just yesterday.

The painful memory was still fresh in my head. It hasn’t even been a full twenty-four hours, and I was having another mate? What trick is the moon goddess trying to play on me? Why me? “What proof do you have that you’re actually Alpha Wesley Leone Rossi?” I ask, arching my brow as I await his answer.

There is no way I’m following a total stranger just because he claims to be my mate as well as a very rich and powerful alpha. “I don’t have to prove anything to you. Come with me, and you’ll see for yourself.” He shrugs. I stared at him for a while to see if there was anything about him that would make me disbelieve him, but there was none.

From his looks to his outfit, which was obviously expensive, down to his aura, which could be felt irrespective of the fact that I didn’t have a wolf, He was definitely an Alpha werewolf, and if he really is Alpha Wesley Leone Rossi, it means he is the king of the Alphas. Goodness! “Are you going to walk, or do I have to force you?” His voice brings me out of my daze and balls my fist in anger. “You’re not my mate.” I say with a stern look, and he smirks, looking at me like I was a clown. “How do you know that? It’s not like you have a wolf.” He says, throwing my wolflessness in my face, and I gulp loudly, lowering my eyes so that he doesn’t see the effect that statement had on me.

That was a really touchy subject for me. He was right. I had no way of knowing if he was my mate or not. Hell, I wasn’t even sure if Alpha Devon was my mate or if they just used that trick to get me to leave. Knowing Aliya, it’s possible that she was behind it. I also didn’t know if this overly handsome stranger before me was also my mate.

One thing was sure: my body definitely responds to him, but that was just me being a hormonal adult. He looked like a piece of cake, and who doesn’t like cakes? I have never had sex all my life, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t seen other people have sex. I know how enjoyable it is, and my body craves it most times. I guess you can say that was the only werewolf attribute I got—being horny sixty percent of the time. We were basically always on heat. If I were like that without even having a wolf, I wonder how it would be for the others.

I open my mouth to tell him that I just got rejected by my mate yesterday, which is why I know he is lying, but I don’t want to give him another opportunity to mock and ridicule me, so I shut my mouth. “I thought as much. Let’s go.” He says this and grabs my wrist, but I struggle in his grip, my small hand not standing a chance against his big ones. “This is kidnapping!” I half-yelled with wide eyes, my voice not coming out as strong as I wanted. I was scared of this man, and I knew it, but I was doing everything in my power to not make it known. "Okay, then, Elena. Would you rather stay out here hungry and without a pack or come with me and be my Luna?” He stops fighting with me and lays down his proposal. I wanted to ask how he knew I didn’t have a pack, but it was quite obvious that I was a rogue, seeing as I had no food to eat for breakfast.

No pack allowed a member to stay hungry. My shoulders sag in defeat as I realize that he was actually helping me—a gift from the moon goddess, I’d say. I had nowhere to go and no one to turn to.

Before me was Wesley Leone Rossi, the Alpha of the largest pack in the country and the richest Alpha presently, claiming to be my mate. He was basically offering a new life. What choice did I have? He was my only hope of getting back on my feet and, of course, getting revenge on Alpha Devon and my family for how they treated me. It doesn’t matter if he’s my mate or not. I’ll figure that out when I get a wolf—if I get a wolf. For now, he was my trump card.

A powerful Alpha to protect and cater for me. If I accept his proposal, I’ll be his Luna. The Luna is the most powerful pack on the continent, and every power I’d need to get back at my family will be at my fingertip. I turn my head to him and take a few steps closer to where he stood before uttering the next words that sealed my fate. “Okay, Alpha Wesley. I’ll be your mate, but I have one condition.”