Gianna POV

Mom opened the door to the room and came in with Quinn just when I was thinking of escaping. Quinn looks like she had just recently applied a lip gloss to her lips; her hair was slightly rough, and the scent of my mate was wrapped around her even though she tried to hide it. Before in the past, I had ignored it even though I knew there was only one reason she was like this: Quinn just had sex with my mate, the woman my husband wanted to divorce me for, the woman he strangles me for was Quinn.

"Gianna, you look so beautiful." I cut Quinn off by giving her a hard slap on her cheek. She stared at me with wide, fearful eyes, shock written all over her face. Never before had I dared to raise my hands against her; she was my parents favorite child, practically their only child, because they treated me as though I was a stranger. The only way I could get some affection from my parents was through Quinn. Being good to her earns me some love points from my parents, taking the blame for something she did wrong and always making it look as though it was my fault.

I slapped Quinn again, this time harder than the first. She had done so many horrible things to me, but among all, the one that hurt me the most was my baby. She killed my baby! The first slap was for poisoning my unborn baby; the second slap was for making Alpha Nathan strangle me to death.

Quinn held her cheek that was now red; she distanced herself from me and went to Mom, acting like the mama's girl she had always prided herself on being. Tears filled her eyes as Mom hugged her in comfort.

"Gianna! What is wrong with you?!" Mom shouted, "How dare you raise your hand against my daughter?"

I'm also your daughter too. I thought bitterly.

"Apologize to Quinn!" Mom ordered.

"Tell that precious daughter of yours to apologize to me." My voice was rude; I held my ground, refusing to back off. Quinn and Mom were taken aback; never before had I spoken to Mom in such a manner before.

Mom tried to slap me; I held her hand. She didn't look like she was trying to slap me because of how rudely I spoke to her; rather, it was because I slapped Quinn. She was trying to give Quinn the satisfaction of seeing the same pain I gave her inflicted on me. I'm not going to let that happen.

"Quinn smells like my mate." I said to Mom, trying to expose Quinn for who she truly was. It wasn't that Quinn didn't know that I was going to know, but she was sure that I wouldn't dare confront her. In the past I didn't confront her, but I'm not reliving my past life again.

Mom focused her werewolf senses on Quinn; her eyes widened in surprise when she noticed that I was right, but she still couldn't believe it.

"Alpha Nathan helped me when I almost fell down the staircase; that is all." Quinn lied nervously as she gave Mom an innocent look.

"How could you have slapped your sister for such a stupid reason? Even if you were to ever doubt anyone, Gianna, why would you easily doubt your sister?"

I rolled my eyes and sighed as I listened to my mother, "I don't have time for this." I left the room, ignoring my mom as she called after me; luckily for me, she didn't bother to follow me. My major problem at the moment is stopping this wedding; I can't make the same mistake of marrying alpha Nathan again.

"Gianna!" My father's loud voice froze me; a fearful goosebump moved across my skin as I turned to him, wondering if my mother had reported to him on my misbehavior along with what I did to his favorite daughter. I didn't want to be afraid of my dad, but being afraid of him has become a habit for me, one that isn't going to be easy to get rid of.

"Where are you going?" Dad asked. He was the former beta of the Silvernight pack. He retired from his post after Alpha Nathan Dad also retired; although my dad was retired, he was still highly respected by all the pack members.

"The guests are here, and Alpha Nathan is already waiting for you at the wedding hall." My dad paused and looked around me, "Where's your mom?" He mumbled to himself, "She's the one who's supposed to take you to the hall, but she must be with Quinn."

He didn't even sound angry at the possibility of Mom ditching me on my wedding day.

"Come on, we can't waste any more time and keep Alpha Nathan waiting." Dad said in a cold tone, like Mom, he was only affectionate to his favorite daughter.

I sighted Alpha Nathan as I was about to step into the wedding hall, seeing him in the same suit, looking dashing just like he did the first time we got married. I was so head over heels for him that I refused to believe that he had sex with my sister on our wedding day. I allowed my love and affection for him to blind me back then, but not again.

"Congratulations, Gianna." I ignored the guest speaking to me and ran away; it was one of my pack members, but I didn't care if I was rude; if I wasn't Alpha Nathan's mate, they would all ignore me. Even though I was the elder daughter of the former beta, Talon Benton, I was no one special in their eyes, unlike my adopted younger sister.

"Gianna?!" my dad called behind me in an angry tone.

My heart sank when I saw that Alpha Nathan was chasing after me. I can't let this wedding happen at the same time; I didn't have the power to stop it. If I told Alpha Nathan to his face that I didn't want to get married to him, he could lock me up in jail and turn me into the pack slave. If he was capable of strangling me to death before in the past, he could very much do it again.

"Ouch," I grumbled out as my head slammed into something hard, a man's chest. My eyes widened as I looked up at the man in front of me, Alpha Axel. In my past life, he was seen as a beast, an alpha who was feared by many because of how dark and twisted he was.

Alpha Axel had a small frown on his lips as he waited for me to apologize. When he saw that all I was going to do was stare at him, he attempted to walk away. but I stop him because of the crazy idea that is forming in my head: this man was dangerous, but he was strong and influential enough to help me escape Alpha Nathan.

'Please marry me.' I mouthed out my words slowly to him, then, without giving him the chance to refuse, I kissed him. 

Alpha Axel POV

Gianna broke the kiss; it felt like a quick peck to the lips. She had a fearful look on her face; I didn't know if she was afraid of me or if she was afraid of her mate, who froze in place behind her. Either way, I found her situation amusing.

I curled my hand on her head and smashed my lips against hers. She didn't fight against me but gave in easily and allowed me to slowly kiss her in front of her mate. Her lips were soft and tempted me with desires to devour her mouth with my tongue, but I resisted the urge and slowly pulled away. The thumb of my fingers moves through her red cheeks. This time I couldn't stop the amused smile from coming to my lips.

"Gianna?!" Alpha Nathan's voice was broken; the expression on his face made me feel like kissing his mate again. "What is this? How could you have done this to me on our wedding day?"

I left Gianna as she turned around and faced her mate; for a second, she looked guilty, but the emotions were quickly replaced by anger and hatred. "What you did is even worse."

I made hand gestures to his neck, where the female wolf he had sex with left a noticeable love bite for his mate to see. As an alpha, my senses were stronger than other werewolves, the scent of another woman wrapped strongly around him, to show that his curseful betrayal has been recent, and yet he wants to play the victim and act as though he was innocent.

A pale look flashed on Alpha Nathan's face as he tried to use his hand to cover what had been left on his neck; the love bite left him with shame; his hand couldn't save the relationship he had already destroyed.

"I, Gianna Benton, reject you, alpha Nathan Holland, as my mate." Gianna said in a cold tone, If she felt any pain from her words, she didn't show it. "This wedding isn't happening," she stated firmly, and strangely at that moment, I thought she was cool.

Gianna Benton. I knew who she was before she had bumped into me by mistake. Secretly, I have been doing research about her family and the mysterious blood that flows in their veins that makes her family special and well respected for generations. When Alpha Nathan sent me his wedding invitation, I didn't want to come, but using his invitation as an excuse to come to his pack and find a wife, Gianna's sister, to be exact, was too perfect to miss out on. What I didn't know was that what I wanted would come running to me.

If Gianna thinks that I'm going to let her go after the words she muttered to me, then she was dreaming; I'm never letting her go, not after she willingly threw herself at me.

Alpha Nathan gave out a dry laugh; his regret was replaced by anger as he said, "You reject me?" He questioned in disbelief, "Who do you think you are to reject me?" He had a mad look in his eyes as he slowly approached Gianna.

She trembles slightly as she moves her body backwards, closer to me. Her pitiful situation was perfect, because once I saved her from her crazy mate, she would feel indebted to me and would be willing to marry me, not that she had a choice either way; I was going to make sure that I got what I wanted.

"Back off." I stood between Alpha Nathan and Gianna.

Alpha Nathan was angry, but his sense wasn't totally gone, because he didn't make any attempts to attack me. I was in the mood to please the woman who was hiding behind me so that I could use her without her knowledge. If Alpha Nathan let himself make the mistake of attacking me, I was to make sure that I put on a nice show, although we were both alphas; not all alphas were equal, and Alpha Nathan is far below me.

Alpha Nathan sighed heavily, roughly ran his finger through his hair in frustration, and said softly, "Come back to me, Gianna; let's forgive each other and move on away from this." He stretched his hand out for Gianna to take hold of it, but she ignored him and didn't even bother to look his way.

I smirk at Alpha Nathan, his mate is mine now, and to prove that to him, I repeat his actions and say to Gianna, "Come to me." She took my hand.

"Gianna, if you reject me, you are never going to find another mate, never again; no man would want to love a weak woman like you."

Gianna chuckled as she placed a hand on my chest. "I already found another mate; Alpha Axel is my second chance mate." She stared into my eyes pleadingly. I was so impressed with how smoothly she lied; it sounded so true that I would have believed her if I were Alpha Nathan.

"I didn't come here to attend your wedding; I came to take my mate away." I held Gianna's hand. "We are getting married tomorrow; of course you are invited, Alpha Nathan. The wedding might end up happening today if my mate insists. I brushed a piece of Gianna's hair that was covering her eyes; the shock on her face was amusing. "After all, I know that she can't wait to get married."

Nathan walked away; he was speechless.

"Are you sure about this?" beta Carl asked, and he looked at me through the rearview mirror from the driver's seat. "It's not too late for you to change your mind; our plan was to get her sister, not her." He said in a stubborn manner, "From what I heard, her sister is better than her. As alpha, you must be careful with who you choose to be your Luna."

I smiled at Carl's lecture; he was making a big deal out of nothing. I wasn't marrying because of love; "It doesn't matter which of the sisters becomes my Luna; all that matters is the blood that flows in their veins."

Gianna was outside the car talking with her parents, who were probably giving her good advice to run away from me. I was waiting in the car; my car was soundproof, so my conversation with Carl couldn't be heard. After Alpha Nathan's rejection, he lied to his pack members that Gianna cheated on him with me, and because of that he was breaking off their marriage. His pack members, along with Gianna's parents, hated her. I'm so happy that they resented her and want her out of their pack; that way she won't have silly thoughts of coming back to her pack after leaving with me.

"Let's go, Carl," I said after Gianna sat down in the car.

She was nervous as she turned to me and said, "About the wedding..."

"There's no negotiation about that; you begged me, and I accepted," I held her chin. "I'm the one who is in charge of the time and day of our wedding; take it as payment for my services. What I did earlier with you wasn't for free." My fingers brushed her lips; she pulled her face away from me and stared at the window.

You are trapped with me. Gianna Benton, from today onwards, you belong only to me. 

Gianna POV

Alpha Axel. Proposing marriage to him wasn't entirely out of desperation to escape Alpha Nathan. Although I was desperate, I knew what Alpha Axel wanted. In the past, he had a relationship with Quinn because of my family bloodline, thinking that Quinn was my parents true daughter, not knowing that she was adopted. In the past, because of how dangerous Alpha Axel is, I made a deal with him because of Alpha Nathan, back when he was my husband, to stop Alpha Axel from destroying the pack simply because he felt deceived by Quinn. I had to let him study my bloodline and take samples of my blood; Nathan didn't allow me to do anything more than that.

"Is she ready?" Camilla asked; she was Alpha Axel's mother, but she looks nothing like her son.

"Yes, ma'am," the maid who was dressing me up in my wedding gown said as she zipped up the gown quickly.

"Come on, dear, I'm here to escort you to the ceremony." Camilla said sweetly.

Only a day had passed since I got to Moonlight Pack, and Camilla hadn't done anything to make me want to stay clear of her; still, I couldn't shake off the gut feeling I had that I needed to be wary of this nice woman. It was strange because she was Axel's mother, and she was so nice to everyone.

Alpha Axel wasn't kidding when he said that our wedding will be held as soon as possible. As I walked down to the altar where Alpha Axel was already standing, waiting for me, I searched around the crowd hoping that I could see a familiar face, even if it was just one, but there was no one from my family, no one from my pack. My wedding with Alpha Axel wasn't only rushed, but I had no one to support me. Most of Axel's pack members didn't show up, and he didn't care. Those that showed up had a questionable look on their face; some of them didn't bother to hide their frown. They probably didn't approve of the stranger their alpha had brought into the pack to be their Luna, but no one could stand against Alpha Axel's decision to marry me, not after he had quickly announced to everyone that I was his mate after bringing me to the pack. Although this wasn't my dream wedding, I needed the safety that came with marrying alpha Axel. I held my chest as Alpha Axel took my hand on the altar. This wedding didn't mean anything to the both of us; still, I couldn't push away the pain I felt from being alone, from having no one to stand by my side. A part of me wished my parents were here, even though I knew that my silly wishes were dreams that would never come true.

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alpha Nathan POV

Quinn grabbed my face and laid little kisses on my cheekbone all the way to my lip. I pulled my face from hers; I wasn't in the mood. She didn't give up and continued trailing kisses on my skin. She kissed my neck, my chest, and down to my waist. She wanted to unbuckle my belt, but I stopped her.

"Okay, what is wrong?!" Quinn asks in frustration.

"Nothing is wrong." I lied, "A lot is going on in my mind; that's all."

Everything felt wrong; I didn't understand what was wrong with me; perhaps I was acting like this because I was still in shock because Gianna rejected me. I thought she was deeply in love with me and that no matter how much I screwed up behind her back, she wouldn't stand up to me. Everyone in the pack knew who Gianna was. She wasn't feisty; she wasn't bold either. Her personality was the type that was willing to please everyone, regardless of who they were. But yesterday, my Gianna was a completely different woman.

"I heard news from Moonlight Pack that my sister is getting married to that man today."

Quinn sat down on my lap and rested her body on my chest. She was in her lingerie, but I felt no lust towards her body like I always do. Knowing that my mate was getting married to another man broke a part of my heart, and I didn't understand why, because I have never wanted her; I have always been sure that I have never wanted Gianna ever since I found out that she was my mate. The only reason I couldn't reject her all this while was because of the relationship her parents had with my father; being with Gianna had always made me wish Quinn was my mate instead of her.

"Why are you being so quiet?" Quinn asked in a playful tone, "I thought you would be overjoyed because you finally got rid of her."

Quinn's words made me feel nauseous: "Get up." I pushed her away from my lap and took a deep breath. My fingers ran through my hair in frustration as I questioned myself, 'What is wrong with me?!' I wanted this. I have always wanted Gianna out of my life, yet when she rejected me, I couldn't bring myself to accept her rejection, almost as though I didn't want her to leave.

Quinn knelt on the floor between my legs and ran her hand up my lap. I stopped her hands; I needed to think, and she was disturbing me. She gave me a suggestive smile and said in a seductive tone, "My sister is finally gone; this is good for us. Now you can get married to me and make me your lun_"

I stood up from the chair and walked towards the window of my office; just like the door, it was locked. My relationship with Quinn could never be brought out in the open. "I can't get married to you; your father will never approve."

"My parents love me, and they are willing to do anything for me."

I placed both of my hands in the pocket of my trousers and sighed. This whole mess was my fault; I shouldn't have given Quinn hopes that I would marry her if I ever got the chance to.

"Even if you somehow got your parents to agree, what would members of the pack say? As an alpha, I can't bring a bad reputation to my family name; you are Gianna's younger sister."

"They won't condemn you; after all, you are the alpha. You are allowed to do whatever you want, and besides, everyone in the pack knows that Gianna was the one who left you."

"Let me think about it." I lied.

Quinn frowned almost as though she could tell that I was lying.

When I had spoken to Quinn about wanting to marry her instead of Gianna, I thought I meant it, but now, I feel so confused.