Chapter 4

LILY'S POV

Helen eyed me while my supposed Alpha mate kept a straight face.

"Stop being silly Lily, meet my boyfriend and new mate, Liam," Helen said but I was too dumbfounded to speak.

"Why did I feel excited if he wasn't my mate?" I asked myself.

"Lily? Are you here?" Helen jolted me back to the moment.

"Oh yeah, I'm here. Nice to meet you," I forced a smile and extended my hand for a handshake towards him but he still refused to reciprocate.

I took down my hand nervously.

"Lily! Birthday girl! you are wanted inside," Judy called my attention.

Grateful to Judy for giving me a reason to leave their presence as I was beginning to feel unusually hot.

I went in and saw my dad standing on the podium about to speak. I guess finally he was about to lift the punishment and curse her. I joined him, still nervous from what happened outside. I was now facing the people and saw Helen walk in with her boyfriend. They were holding hands like newly married couples and I felt my heart ache.

"Gosh, why am I feeling this way if he isn't my mate?"

My dad just like he said two years ago lifted the curse he placed on me. He then asked my mate to come up. I began to search around with my eyes for any sign of my mate or even any male present that would excite me but none did like the way Helen's boyfriend did.

Suddenly Helen's boyfriend Liam started to come up. His face was squeezed and hardened although he still looked as handsome as ever but his eyes weren't bright nor did he look cheerful.

As he approached me, I started to get excited again as my inner self jumped up happily; the feeling of one meeting her mate.

What is going on, I wondered. Had he known all the while that I was his mate and still was dating Helen? Was Helen aware that he is my mate? I was confused but I let go of the question raging in my heart and focused on being happy.

I concluded within me that they probably didn't know or they were just playing pranks on me.

He stood on the podium and collected the mic from my dad.

He cleared his throat and started, "I know it's not brave to challenge the decision of the moon goddess on who to become our mates but I can never mate the one that killed her mother! I, Alpha Liam rejects you, Lily James as my mate and future Luna. Find yourself another mate to provide you love and protection because I can never do it!"

Liam said and stomped away while Helen went after him.

The people opened their mouths in astonishment and started to murmure among themselves.

I was beyond angry, I refused to get sad or cry as the feeling of sadness got replaced with anger. How dare he reject me and accuse me of killing my mother?

"I didn't kill my mother!" I yelled as tears trickled down my cheeks.

I was so angry that I dashed after them.

It was almost midnight for the full moon and my first transformation but I didn't care about it as I went after Liam and Helen.

I searched around for Helen and Liam as I rushed after them. It was almost midnight and I could be transforming anytime and it's dangerous for me to be out as the first time transformation can be quite dangerous and I might not be able to control myself.

I heard a voice a bit away from where I stood and knew it was them. I was about to charge towards them in anger but decided to take them unawares.

What I heard on getting there made me regret coming there in the first place. I wished I could turn back the hands of them and unhear all that I heard.

"Babes, you shouldn't have said that in public, it would hurt her," Helen said to Liam as she made an attempt to sit on his lap.

"She is a killer, I can't have anything to do with her and I have chosen you now, okay?" Liam assured her.

"But what about the moon goddess?"

"Leave that to me,"

"What if I didn't tell you Lily killed her mother, would it have been different, would you have chosen me over her?"

My ears twitched from where I stood listening to them. I couldn't believe my ears. My own best friend was the one that told Liam I killed my mother so he could hate me and chose her. How could I trust her and told her the truth but she chose to betray me for a man.

12:00 on the dot, the moon was full. I looked up to see the fullmoon sitting pretty in the sky. I could hear the howling of some werewolves afar.

My hands began to shake as my fingers started to change into sharp claws. My eyes turned golden and I felt my entire body changing. I wondered what was happening as I was losing control over my will and ability to choose what I want to do. Then it hit me, the transformation was happening. Shit, I cursed within me as my dress ripped apart and I turned into a beautiful light silver colour werewolf.

I had no time to admire and bask in the euphoria of witnessing my first transformation as the anger I had set in. I looked and saw Liam and Helen over there together and it only heightened my anger. I charged at them and using my claws I scratched Helen's skin and injured her badly. She is a betrayer and deserved even more.

"Yaaaaaak!" I growled at them.

Liam's eyes turned angry and changed colour. He howled angrily at me. He wanted to shift shape and fight me but saw Helen lying injured on the ground and rushed towards her.

"Oooooooooooooo," he howled to gather other werewolves. I was afraid and shifted my shape back into my human self. I wanted to run but other werewolves were already gathered and I covered my naked body with crumbs of leaves. It was the full moon and some had shifted shapes and were ready to pounce on me once Alpha Liam gave the other.

Liam stood up and growled angrily again as he approached me.

"You truly are a killer and now you have injured your best friend again in a bid to kill her like you did to your mother. I will never accept you as my mate no matter what! what do we do to her?" He asked turning to my father who looked at me in disgust and told him to do with me whatever his heart desires.

"Guards! Arrest and chain her! She will be tortured for as long as I want!" Liam commanded.