Alexa staggered into a room, led by her little sister who just got her wolf the previous week when she turned eighteen.

'Go and relax on the bed, dear sister', Camellia said gently to her sister. They had been dancing and drinking at the birthday party of the only daughter of Alpha Eric Connor

As Alexa laid on the bed, still feeling out of sorts, Camellia helped her undress and bringing out a very short and sexy negligee, put it on her.

'Why am I feeling this way?' she asked.

'You must have eaten something your stomach disagrees with', Camellia said, thinking to herself that she must hurry. 'Don't over think it, just relax and be yourself. Follow your instincts and you'll be good in the morning'.

'Where am I? she asked looking about with glazed eyes.

'The allegy must really be strong if you cannot recognize your own room', her sister said. 'Now just relax and enjoy yourself!'

'Camellia!' she called but her voice was becoming slurred and she felt very strange. She felt very hot. Why did she suddenly feel like mating?

Lyncan Prince Hector, dismissed Samuel who served as his Beta. He had had a fair amount to drink.

'I should come in with you to make sure you're okay', Samuel said.

'Don't be silly', Prince Hector admonished him. 'I am well able to take care of myself. Now be gone, I need to sleep!'

Samuel waited till Hector had gone in and shut the door before he left for his own room. This accommodation had been provided by Alpha Fred Connor for those of his guests who might wish to spend the night after his daughter's birthday party.

Though he did not feel intoxicated, he felt a little light-headed and wanted to have a little rest. He walked into his hotel room after dismissing Samuel and yawned, shutting the door and unbuttoning his shirt. Something caught his attention towards the bed as he walked to hang his shirt on the wardrobe.

'What the heck?' he cursed 'Who was this she - wolf in his bed?' He was drawn towards her strangely and he walked towards her to see if he knew her. She must have come into his room by mistaking it for hers. The mistake will soon be rectified, he thought as he approached the bed to the woman twitching in it, wearing almost nothing.

'Lady', he called, stretching his hand to turn her over so he could see her face. What a beautiful face, he thought and those eyes, he felt like he was drowning in them and his touch on her arm sent shock waves all over his body and the girl stared at him shocked at first but dragged him into the bed beside her, kissing him fervently.

'Hot. I'm so hot!' she murmured against his lips.

He wanted to stop her, a part of his mind telling him that she may be under the influence of some kind of drug, aphrodisiac of some sort but she felt so damn good and he just couldn't control his lust. So, he continued kissing her, thinking to himself that it was just part of the benefits of attending the party. It was possible he was not going to see her again after tonight in any case. And she was right she was hot and he liked hot females.

Soon they were tearing each other's clothes off and fell on the bed, Hector was already out of control and when he saw how wet she was when he spread her legs wide apart so he could penetrate, he knew there was no going back. With a groan, he thrust into her, and a tiny scream escaped from her, her eyes growing round but it drooped again as she placed her lips on his neck kissing it. She was so damn tight, he thought and thrust again, tearing his way into her and felt her bite his neck, but he did not mind, he wouldn't give this up for anything. He secretly thanked his father for sending him in his stead, to this party thrown by Alpha Connor, how else would he had met this she - wolf whose mating was unlike any he had ever experienced? He was so besotted that he placed a most cherished ring on her finger afterwards.

*****

Next morning, Alexa opened her eyes to find herself in a strange room and on a closer look, she found a male in bed with her.

'What have I done?' she thought wildly in her head. 'How did I end up here? Then some images of how a man was kissing her and she was responding wildly flicked through her mind and she was appalled that she could behave like that. I should leave at once before this man wakes to find me here and ask me any embarrassing questions, I have already humiliated myself as it is. Hell, I won't even be able to look at him for shame. I hope no one finds out about this, she prayed, panicking.

She grabbed her clothes, quickly got into them noiselessly because she did not want the stranger she had spent the night with to come awake while she was still there and picking her shoes, she snuck out of the room. She heaved a sigh of relief as she stepped out of the room undetected and hit the door noiselessly.

But her sigh of relief and triumph was short lived as she saw Camellia her sister standing just outside the door with a few witnesses.

'Ah, sister, why are you coming out of a strange room in a hotel?' she asked, looking at her sister knowingly, her head placed diagonally.

'Camellia, you won't happen to know how I ended up in this room, would you?' she asked.

'What do you mean?' Camellia asked. 'You come out of a room, and it is pretty obvious you slept with a stranger you might not even know and you are asking me if I knew about it?'

Camellia's voice was rising and Alexa looked fearfully towards the door fearing the noise would wake the man inside and expose her to him so she clasped a hand on Camellia's mouth and drew her away from the door to a place far away, where she felt was safe enough for them to speak, but before she could unclasp her hand from her sister's mouth, Camellia took hold of her hand and threw it down.

'Are you trying to hide this?' she asked but some flashed in Alexa's fingers and her curiosity was aroused as she took a better look.

That ring! she thought. I have seen it somewhere, why does it look so familiar? Then she recalled that she had seen it on the Lyncan Prince's finger. She had liked him,he was so goddamn handsome and she had tried to catch his attention all evening but had not known where he had disappeared to. So he was the one Alexa spent the night with? It couldn't be. But she had thought that she had slept with one omega she had drugged and asked her servant to lead into the room she had left Alexa.

'Where did you get that ring?' she asked, raising Alexa's finger.

'I'm not sure...' Alexa herself was shocked to find a ring on her finger and not knowing how it came about, she watched disinterestedly as Camellia took the ring off her fingers.

'Anyway, I shall keep this ring but you have to answer to mum and dad for this shameful behaviour you exhibited last night', she said but smiling secretly, she thought, thank you dear sister for what you have done for me. You just gave me an express ticket to being Prince Hector's mate even if not fated. The Lyncan Prince is mine, now!

'Fergus', she said, looking very fierce. Fergus was the Omega she had bribed to spike her sister's drink and plant another drunk Omega in the room Alexa would be led into. 'What have you done!'

'What do you mean, my lady?' Fergus asked.

'You did not plant the drunk Omega in the room I asked you to?' she asked, fuming.

'I did!' he answered shocked at what the lady was implying and scared of his fate if it turned out he had messed up his assigned job.

'Then how come, he was not in the room where Alexa spent the night? Someone else was!' Camellia shouted.

'Someone else?' Fergus asked, surprised. He had taken care to follow the instructions of the lady. 'Who?'

'That's none of your business', Camellia said, relenting. The fewer people who knew the person Alexa slept with, the better. You can never be too careful. 'Just thank your stars that something good came out of this, otherwise', she said, looking at him angrily. 'Else, I would have made you pay with your life!

'I'm sorry, my lady', he said kneeling. 'How can I rectify my mistake?'

'I have already taken care of it. Just make sure nobody comes to know about this!' she said. 'If it comes to light, I shall deny it and make you take the fall. Do we have an understanding?'

'Yes, my lady', Fergus said. 'My lips are sealed. I shall take the secret to my grave!'

'That's a great idea!' Camellia murmured as she nodded in dismissal. The foolish Omega had just given her an idea. Why keep him alive and risk her secret coming to light? If Alpha Connor heard about it or the Lyncan Prince, then she was done for. The best way to ensure the secret remains hidden was making sure Fergus disappeared permanently. Dead men don't talk!

She quickly went to her mother and told her everything.

'Don't worry, dear', she assured Camellia. 'I shall take care of Fergus. He will no longer be a source of worry!' Then hugging her, 'You are really a genius taking that ring from Alexa. You shall make sure the Lyncan Prince sees the ring on your finger. Then leave the rest to me'.

'What is your plan, mother?' she asked.

'Come close, the walls have ears', she said, drawing her daughter close and whispering in Camellia's ears.

As she listened to the whispered plans of her mother, Camellia kept smiling happily and nodding approvingly.

As they gathered at the Alpha's reception hall to bid the invited guests farewell, Camellia made sure to stay within sight. As soon as she sighted the Lyncan Prince, she raised her hand and pretended to smoothen her fair hair, the diamond ring sparkling as the sun reflected on it.

It caught the Prince's attention and he looked at Camellia closely. Is this the same girl I spent the previous night with? he thought. He didn't feel drawn to her as he had been last night. He was sure that night that he had met his mate which was why he had given her the ring, but he must have been mistaken. Her eyes which had struck him as usual last night was green, the light must have reflected in them to make them unusual.

The girl smiled at him, looking down shyly. She definitely was the one, else why would she feel so shy with him? He recalled seeing the tell tail sign that it was her first mating, the blood stain on the bed. He was her first. That explains why she was being so shy.

He looked away from her and walked to the Alpha.

'I shall be on my way home, Alpha Connor', he said. 'Thanks for your hospitality. My father, the Lyncan King, shall hear of the special way you cared for me!'

'Oh, it's nothing', Alpha Connor said. 'Extend our heartfelt gratitude to him for honouring our invitation and please give this to the Alpha King as a thank you gift from us', he added, presenting a wrapped gift to the Alpha prince. He looked at his Beta who rushed to his side and accepted the gift in his stead.

'He shall be very grateful', Lyncan Prince Hector said, moving out of the Alpha's presence.

As he was going out, he caught sight of Camellia again but did not know what to say to her but decided he would ask his Beta to give her family any amount of gold they might ask for. He didn't want her bothering him.

His Beta nodded at the instruction, taking a good look at Camellia then rushed to open the door to the Prince's car, holding it open for him to enter but a woman appeared from no where.

'My Prince', she called curtsying.

Prince looked at her impatiently. The Beta tried to stop her from getting too close to the Prince but the prince waved him away. 'It's okay, Sam's, he said. 'I'll hear her out'. Then looking at the woman, said, 'Yes, lady, what can I do for you?'

'I am the wife of Beta Andrew and I just found out from my daughter that you shared a connection last night', she said, staring at the prince straight in the eye. 'We are a respectable family and such a scandal will no doubt soil our reputation. I guess what I am saying is that I wish to know your intentions towards her'.

Beta Andrew? the prince thought. 'I will send my Beta to you with any amount of gold you desire. That should take care of things. Any other thing?' he asked, impatient to be on his way.

'You may not have thought of it but my daughter is just eighteen and I had hoped you would take her as your mate for her reputation'.

'I already have a fiancee, last night was a mistake that should never have happened. We both had too much to drink but the money should take care of any inconveniences and nobody needs know. I am not planning on telling except you are'.

'Of course, not', she replied. It had not gone as well as she had hoped but the money was going to go a long way. She had not expected to get that. She was still speaking when Alexa rushed to her. 'Mother, I have been searching for you', she said. 'I heard you wanted to speak to me urgently!'

'Can't you see that I am speaking with someone?' her mother asked, pushing her away and looking apologetically at the Prince. 'I'm sorry, Prince, excuse her bad manners!' But the Prince was staring at Alexa in a strange manner. He would have sworn that she looked familiar. He felt drawn to her. Was she the one I mated last night? he thought. But if she were, how come she does not have the ring but another girl does? I must have drunk more than I thought last night, he thought in confusion, shaking his head. They were sisters afterall, so that explains why she looked familiar. There was a likeness between the two girls. Though this one looks far more beautiful than the one he slept with. If only...

His look was not lost on Amelia as she gestured to Alexa to go away.

'It's okay. The money shall be delivered to you, as soon as we get back!' the Prince promised, getting into the car.

As the car drive away, he could not shake the feeling that he was missing something. Why can I not stop thinking about that girl? And when he thought of Camellia, why does something feel off about the girl with my ring? Maybe I should investigate this further....

'Didn't you see that I was speaking to the Alpha Prince?' Amelia asked Alexa, angrily. 'Were you trying to seduce him like you seduced the stranger last night?'

So that's why she wanted to see me? Camellia has already told her? Couldn't she have kept it a secret till I summoned enough courage to tell her myself? she thought frantically. 'I'm sorry, mother', she started, looking down in shame. 'First, I didn't know you were speaking to such an important person. I was so anxious not to keep you waiting that I really didn't see any other person but you!'

'Then you must have been blind!' Amelia snapped.

'Possibly', she agreed meekly, wondering why the prince looked familiar. It was almost as though she has known him for a long time. Don't be silly, she told herself. He looks familiar because he is a familiar figure and you do not pay attention to faces, and that's why you can't remember where you have met him, she thought dismissively but the thought persisted.

'Secondly, I did not set out to spend the night with a stranger, in all my twenty two years, I have not given you cause to doubt me. Someone drugged me and I did not know what happened but when I woke this morning, I was naked, and in bed with a strange man!'

'Really! Amelia shouted. 'You expect me to believe that? Have you been meeting with this stranger in secret?' she asked and then recalled what she said about waking to see a strange man in bed with her and looked at her wondering if she knew who she had spent the night with. 'Who was he?' she asked, wanting to assure herself that she didn't recognize her lover. 'You claim not to have been meeting him in secret but you must have got a good look at him. Who is he?'

'Mother, I am ashamed to say that I cannot say who he is', Alexa replied face down. 'When I woke and say him lying beside me, and looked under the covers to find myself naked, I panicked and ran off without really looking at him'.

Amelia sighed in relief. 'You are such a disgrace! You don't have your wolf yet at twenty two and we are still trying to manage that situation but you had to go and aggravate your situation by this shameful act of yours!' she said storming off to tell Andrew , her husband.

Beta Andrew was still by the Alpha' side badeing the guest goodbye but as soon as he got home, Amelia greeted him with the news.

'Welcome home, Andrew darling', she said, bubbling with restlessness.

'What is it, my dear?' he asked seeing how restless she was.

'Your daughter has done it again!' she exclaimed

'So now it's my daughter and not yours?' he asked, not liking the tone of her voice. 'What did Alexa do this time?'

Ignoring the exasperation in his voice, Amelia continued, 'You left early this morning so you missed out on the most juicy news, thank goodness our son's are away on training!'

'What is it?' he asked. It was obvious he was tired and hungry but Amelia was not done yet. 'What juicy news are you talking about?'

'Alexa was caught this morning, coming out of the hotel room of some random stranger's, she said, her hands on her tiny waist. 'It was obvious she had spent the night there!'

'That's impossible!' he said. 'That's unlike Alexa'. If Amelia had said it was Camellia, he would have easily believed it but Alexa? There must be an explanation for it.

'You trust her so much that you'd doubt my words?' Amelia asked. 'She is my daughter too, why would I want to accuse her falsely? Oh, I get it. It is because I am her step mother that you have never really trusted me around her, right?'

'Stop it, Amelia!' he snapped. 'You know it isn't like that, but Amelia is so reserved and have never given us cause to doubt her, why would she suddenly act impulsively like that?'

'If you doubt me, maybe you should ask her yourself!' she said, folding her arms round her chest. 'Who knows if she was on heat and could not control herself!' she murmured loud enough for Andrew to hear.

'Alexa! Alexa!' he called, hoping this was some form of sick joke.

Alexa rushed in to answer the call from her father and the thunderous look he gave her told her that he knew everything. Before he could say anything, she confessed. 'Father, you have obviously heard of my disgraceful behaviour last night. I don't know how it happened but I was having fun like the other youths and had a few drinks. Nothing intoxicating but I do not know how I happen to wake in a strange room with a man in the same bed'.

'Who was there with you when you were drinking? Couldn't you have stayed close to your sister?' he asked deep in thought.

This was not how Amelia wanted Andrew to handle the situation.

'You have brought shame to this household. If news of this should get out, our reputation will be ruined', she ranted. 'I still have another daughter and I'll not allow you ruin her chances at getting a respectable match!'

'But mum, is that not for the Moon Goddess to decide?' Alexa asked innocently. 'The Goddess decides who is mated to who!'

'Shut up, Alexa!' Beta Andrew shouted, giving her a resounding slap. 'What your mother said is the truth. You acted irresponsibly and instead of being sorry, you are questioning her?'

'I'm sorry Mum, sorry Dad', she said, her palm on her stinging cheek. 'I'll go away, if that will make you happy. I do not want to bring shame to this family and neither do I want my sister or any one else for that matter to suffer for my mistake!'

'That is a great idea, I think!' Camellia said, coming into the room.

'Wait, Camellia', Alexa said as she suddenly remembered something. 'you were there, so you must have known if my drink was spiked or not!'

'What do you mean?' Camellia asked. 'If you didn't know, how could I have known?'

'Good question!' her mother said.

'Well because I recall you leading me to a bed and asking me to relax and be myself and that I was going to be alright! You said something about an allergy'.

'Are you blaming me now for your misadventure?' Camellia asked, all wild eyed innocence.

'Camellia, is what your sister saying true?' their father asked.

Camellia was going to deny it but the look on her father's face stopped her.

'Okay, okay!' she admitted. 'I saw the way she was acting all weird and I led her to a couch, asking her to relax and that she was soon going to be okay. I thought it was because she was having too much fun, she is not really used to it or maybe she was allergic to something in what she had eaten or drunk', she said stealing a look at her mother who nodded approvingly at her. 'I left her in a place I could keep my eye on her but just a second that I turned my back to speak to someone, and she was gone. I felt she could not handle it anymore and had gone home!'

'And when you got home, why did you not search for her?' Andrew asked.

'Oh, goodness, what's the need for these questions?' her mother intervened. 'As soon as I heard Camellia come home, I asked her to come sleep with me in my room. You didn't come home until early this morning and I needed company because I had a nightmare before she came home', she said, rubbing her eyes wearily. 'She must have forgotten to check on her sister due to her concern for me!'

'Alexa, how could you do this?' Andrew shouted, really furious. 'A little party and you lost yourself in it so much so that you misbehaved? Who knows how many he - wolves you mated with last night while you were inebriated?'

'Dad, I swear my the Moon Goddess, I did not drink much! I...'

Slap! Slap! sounded on both cheek and she was shocked into silence. She covered her cheek with her hands, tears stinging her eyes as she looked at her father who never raised his hands to any of them but disciplined them in other ways. 'You have disappointed me. Do you know the man who slept with you?' he asked really angry. Camellia and her mother exchanged gloating looks.

'No, I don't!' Alexa whispered, sure that her answer was going to bring her father's hands on her cheek once more.

'I give you two months to find the man or I shall disown you. You are a great disappointment!' he spat as he stormed off.

Where will I start looking for the man, Alexa thought wildly. It would have been easier if I had really looked at him, then I'd at least have a mental picture of what he looked like. How do you find someone whose face you cannot even recall? she wailed in her mind.