SHE'S HIS TO CLAIM; A taste of heaven with the Alpha's pet

~~Lindsey~~

My neat black shoes shone under the moonlight. I'm not one that much enjoyed dancing and partying, but I had no choice but to attend this event at the pack house.

There's no year in Crystal Moon Pack that the Alpha doesn't throw a party. It has become a tradition since the day Alpha Asher found his mate on a day like this many years back.

Alpha Asher is the son of the founder of this great pack, so yes! The history of this annual event goes back. Unlike the past few years, today was supposed to feel special, but for unknown reasons, it felt like every other day to me.

"Hey! What are you doing? You should enjoy yourself," my best friend Mirabel said. Mirabel is from a prestigious family in this pack. We have a few things in common, but none of our interests came from our friendship.

"I'm enjoying myself, what more can I ask for than this peaceful ground I stand?" I gave a sarcastic reply, causing Mirabel to burst into laughter. She shook her head, disagreeing with me, "No, today is your birthday, Lindsey, and it's not just like every other f**king birthday." She paused and dragged me towards the floor where people stood, chatting and drinking.

"You're turning eighteen, you *ssh*l*. Just have fun for once," Mirabel said as she took a bottle of wine from the table next to us. As always, they held the event outside the pack house with not a cloud in the sky. Today, the moon tends to shine the brightest.

She poured wine into two glasses and gave one to me. I shook my head, refusing to take the wine from her. "Hey! Don't be a loser and have some." I narrowed my eyes at her words before taking the drink from her.

As I brought the drink up to my mouth, a strong scent of coconut and mint hit my nose. Before I could make out what the scent was, I heard the crowd chanting, "Alpha Liam! Alpha Liam!" I turned to gaze in the direction where they all faced. The small crowd of people in front of me made it difficult for me to see the Alpha.

"Mate!" my wolf muttered. Her voice was so loud in my head, and it began to ache badly, and suddenly,y, I started feeling dizzy. The scent of coconut and mint became strong. It almost seemed as if the person with the sweet scent was walking towards me.

"Mate! Mate!" my wolf kept chanting. My body couldn't take it anymore; my eyes were spinning, and I couldn't see clearly, "Mirabel...." I whispered and fell

Wait! I didn't fall. I felt a muscular arm around my back, holding me and stopping me from falling. I slowly opened my eyes. My vision was blurry at first, but slowly, I started to see clearly, and my heart jumped into my stomach the moment I saw the Alpha standing right in front of me.

"Oh, pardon me!" I exclaimed in shock and stood up straight as I tried to straighten my dress.

"Mate!" my wolf said again, but this time, she didn't yell like she did before. She whispered and I could feel that his wolf was calling out to my wolf, too.

"Mate!" The Alpha whispered but the sharp ears of the wolves around heard him. They all started murmuring to themselves. I was dumbfounded. "How on earth can I be the Alpha's mate? My family is just a low-class family in the pack! Oh, my Goodness!" So many thoughts flooded my mind as the Alpha took me by the hand and made me follow him to the center of the annual event.

Everyone had their eyes on me. Men, women, boys, and the jealous eyes of she-wolves in town were all fixed on me. I felt a sick feeling in my stomach as I remembered that even my best friend, Mirabel, had always dreamt of being the Alpha's mate.

Alpha Liam cleared his throat and turned to face me with his ice-blue eyes. His chiseled nose sniffed my scent again as if he was addicted to it. Still gazing into my eyes, he raised my right hand before turning to face the eager crowd, who couldn't wait to hear the news from the Alpha's lips.

"I have found my mate!" His words came as a shock to the crowd. This was not because he found his mate on this day, but because his mate was a commoner.

My heart throbbed against my chest, making it hard for me to breathe. Alpha Liam noticed that I was feeling uncomfortable, so he caressed my hand softly before leaning closer to me, "Hey, look at me" He said. His hot breath on my skin made me feel butterflies in my stomach.

"It's fine." His words were like a big bed of comfort.

The next day.

I woke up with a smile on my face. I've never imagined that being the mate of the Alpha would bring me such joy.

Ever since my parents died, I have been going through hell at the hands of my aunt and her husband. I always wake up to a soaked pillow but today was different, and I looked forward to what the rest of the day held.

Last night, the Alpha declared that our wedding would take place in the next month. Without being told, I knew that it was going to be the talk of the town. I climbed down from my bed and hurried into my bathroom to wash my face. Some of my clothes were littered on the floor, but that was the last thing to be concerned about right now

After washing my face, I opened the door of my room and was heading towards the kitchen to do some chores when I heard my aunty murmuring from the sitting room.

"She's just an orphan," I heard my aunty say. The conversation caught my attention that I just couldn't walk past the sitting-room door without waiting to hear what they were talking about

"Yes! And look at where she lives. I can't have my son marry from this kind of family," I gasped as the words fell into my ear.