When I returned home that day, I was relieved to find my new best friend trying to beat the Heat, by sleeping it off. She had taken some medicinal herbs to keep it low, because she didn't want Jaxon to sniff around and find her, ready and waiting for him to mate her.

But she actually wasn't ready and waiting. It was just her body, and her poor wolf, longing to have her needs fulfilled.

She groaned and stirred, "Is that you, Moon?" She mumbled; her eyes drowsy and droopy, tired of fighting the heat.

"Yah. It's me." I mumbled back, my mind still reeling with whatever had happened back in the lingerie store.

Adrian. Adrian. Adrian. That was all my mind whispered to me, reminding me how his body pressed against mine felt like, how his husky and growly voice caressed my lips and my skin, and how I was still tingling everywhere where he had touched and kissed me.

If this was going to happen all the time, I was surely going to give in, and would definitely get hurt. I was glad that my wolf was a domineering one, and didn't lose control yet as easily as he did.

But I knew she still wanted him.

"I'm going back to sleep." Liana murmured, bringing me momentarily out of my thoughts. In no time, I heard her soft snores again, a small smile taking over my face as I peered over her tired form relaxing.

Liana was an angel sent for me, and well, maybe for Jaxon too.

As I looked around my home, my eyes fell over the tons and tons of pictures that I had clicked with my grandmother, ranging from the time when I was a toothless baby, to the time in the hospital where she took her last breath.

My eyes watered, as I recalled how she had smiled at me, and brought up her weak hand to caress my hair, wiping my tears with her wrinkly, bony fingers. The doctors had given up, and I had known that it was the last time I was going to see her alive.

"Find out who you truly are, Moon."

She had said to me that day, and my eyes widened in realization.

She knew.

She knew it all along.

Was she just like me? Not a human? As far as I remembered, she never showed signs of being someone...different, while I gathered every incident in my life that clearly hinted to the fact that I was.

I was a weirdo when it came to relationships. Even though every male around me found me alluring and sexy - that's what I had been told - they still steered clear of me. I was physically stronger than them - they knew it and hated it at the same time.

It didn't hurt me or anything, I was quite happy being all on my own, with my Grandma. And this was one of the reasons that I had no one to be my best friend in my entire existence.

But I was never lonely.

I sighed.

The comfort of my home slowly set in, and I looked at Liana, wondering how my entire world flipped in the matter of just two days. Just two days ago, I was a lonely boring human, with a monotonous, well-planned life.

Today, I had no idea who I actually was, all my future-planning seemed useless and everything around me seemed like the plotline of a werewolf novel, sans romance.

Yeah, no romance, or maybe an erotic one

A shiver ran through me when I remembered my last encounter with Adrian in the lingerie shop. A shiver ran through me once again when I thought about what would've happened had I hadn't gathered my wits and ran out of there in time.

He had a strong hold over me and my body, and he was more than aware of it. Also, he knew how to use it to his advantage, no matter if it'd hurt me in the process.

I couldn't say that it was his fault that he didn't wait for his real mate to come along, after all, no king would like to rule a kingdom all alone for an entire century. This was probably why I was confused about the entire situation. I wanted to stay away, and that was the right thing to do, but I kept being pulled closer.

He mated with Delia: Fine.

Delia is now pregnant: Alright.

Then why did I have to appear in his life now of all moments? What was going on in Moon Goddess' mind?

And what was the Prophecy that Liana was talking about?

Almost involuntarily, my eyes closed, and I fell into a deep, tired sleep. And no matter how much I tried, I couldn't stop dreaming about Adrian Wolfe.

Fuck My Life.

"Hey."

"Oh, you're up?"

"Yeah, all of it's too tiring. What's for dinner?"

"There was nothing at home, I ordered pizza."

"Perfect." But then, Liana groaned again. "It has been nearly a decade since I was living in the human world, so the heat was not so painful during those years. Now," she groaned again, "It's so fucking agonizing, especially since Jaxon's wolf seems to call onto my wolf time and again. It was so much simpler earlier; I don't think I even want to be around Jaxon again."

I rolled my eyes and looked up at her as I sipped my coffee, "I think the only thing that can make it better is being around Jaxon."

She was silent for a moment.

"Moon, do you think that they know where we are?"

"Is that a rhetorical question?"

"Yeah, duh, obviously. But then, why aren't they here, you know, to drag us back to the Were Kingdom like the cavemen they are?"

I let out a wry laugh, "First of all honey," I reached out to ruffle her hair and set the cup down, "No 'us' will be dragged. Only you will be taken back across the MoonLine, not me. I shouldn't be there with all that mess; Adrian had warned me to never cross that line. And then there's the thing, I just don't want to go there, to step my foot right in the middle of a chaos." I waved my arms dismissively.

She frowned at me.

"But you are the Luna Queen—"

"Delia is the Luna Queen, now, a pregnant one at that.." I corrected her.

Liana rolled her eyes, "You are the rightful Luna Queen, chosen by the Moon Goddess."

"But I'm still not needed. I think that was pretty much evident with how I was in pain last night." I sighed, "This is a confusing topic for me so it's better to stay away."

She winced.

Awkward silence surrounded us for a brief moment before it was interrupted by a doorbell.

"It must be the pizza. I'll get it." Liana murmured. She was the Luna Prime, after all, and she instinctively wanted what, probably, was the best for the entire kingdom.

She got up and went to the door, to open it.

"Since when do Pizzas come in such large boxes?" I heard her murmur, and my head snapped towards her.

"It's not pizza, Ma'am." Came a bored voice. "It's delivery for Miss Winters."

"You ordered something?" She turned to me and shook the box to check for rattles, but only muffled sounds were heard.

No.

"I think you have been mistaken. I didn't order for anything except pizza." I clarified and frowned slightly.

"Well," the delivery guy leaned to check a slip on the box. He whistled, sounding impressed and then said, "It's sent to you by Mr. Adrian Wolfe. And if you don't know, then let me give you a hint about what's inside. It starts with 'under' and ends with 'wear'. But these aren't normal, these are heavenly pieces of lingerie."

My heart stopped.

Liana shoved the money in the guy's hand and slammed the door on his face.

"Spill."

And I did. I told her everything starting right from how he cornered me inside the shop. I told her how we had a conversation in the changing room, how he tried to seduce me and that he wanted to know where she was.

But I didn't tell her how much it hurt when I realised that I had absolutely no chance with him.

Once we took the box inside the bedroom, she ripped it apart entirely only for us to find other boxes neatly arranged inside. Along with it was a note, and my fingers involuntary got hold of it.

Moon,

Babe, I'd love to have you wear every single one of them, only for me to rip them off you before I make you mine.

I know where you are, and I know your Prime is with you. Don't worry, we won't come to take you back, we will patiently wait for you to surrender yourselves.

Till then, we'll meet again.

The things I'd do to you, Moon...

The only one who can touch you where he wants,

Adrian.

I screamed.

It wasn't out of fear, no, I wasn't afraid of him. I was furious, frustrated, confused and...perhaps desperate.

He should've known better than to contact me, that too in this way, when he was the one who insisted on staying away from each other, and now, he was the one who was sending me intimate items and a mildly threatening note along with them.

I didn't know where these strong emotions came from; maybe my wolf, because I barely knew that guy. Adrian Wolfe was practically a stranger for me yet what I felt for him even at the most elemental levels was so intense that I could have clearly mistaken him for someone that I knew and loved for years.

"This is going to be a lot of trouble, isn't it?" Liana said warily, eying me carefully. She dropped the box she had and wrapped her arms around me.

I nodded.

"I'm so sorry, Moon, it's all because of me. Just because I don't want to confront Jaxon, your mate is trying to manipulate you."

I shook my head, "No, Liana. I don't think I myself am ready for you to confront that horrible guy. What he did to you is unforgivable, do you understand?!" My voice was low, but my tone betrayed all my fury, "Even though I felt the pain just once, it was agonizing enough to last for a lifetime. I don't want you to feel it again, but I definitely want Jaxon to know what it feels like. I would even go as far and say that you should find someone else and give him your virginity, Jaxon deserves to be in immense pain."

I was way too mad to filter what was coming out of my mouth and what my brain was cooking up.

"No, Moon." She shook her head and sighed, "You're way too mad now, maybe hungry too."

As if on cue, the doorbell rang again.

This time, we got our pizza.

Good Morning Liana,

I'll most probably be at work when you'll wake up, so don't call for rescue if you don't find me at home.

Breakfast is in the fridge, eat it whenever you want to. Take care

Moon x

Leaving that note on the bedpost where the sleeping beauty was drooling peacefully, I left for work. I opted for jeans and a blouse, not in a mood to go completely formal with the pencil skirts or trousers.

Very, very fortunately, I had spent only a weekend in the Were Kingdom, and today was Monday. Even though the last thing on my mind was work, I knew I still had money to earn.

I absentmindedly entered the building, the glass doors opening up as I neared them. Everyone looked up to see me, looking almost dumbfounded, but I ignored it and gave them all a smile.

The receptionist, Emily, gave me a wide smile, "Hey, Moon!"

"Hi!" I smiled and walked over to her.

"I thought you resigned?" She asked me.

I...resigned?

When the fuck did that happen?

The moment I was going to ask her about my supposed resignation, I heard someone call me out.

I swear I wanted to turn around and run away.

Brendan, the most perverted asshole I had seen in my entire life, was now making his way towards me with a huge dazzling grin on his face. He was what you called a love bomber, a natural at flirting and panty-dropping. He had made various passes and comments at me, even at my pre-bond figure, and there was no doubt that he wanted to get into my pants. I evaded him every time, but now, as he bounded towards me with open arms as if he was going to hug me, I had no idea what to do.

"Moon! I thought you resigned! I was going to miss you so much."

Before he could even reach me, a familiar scent did, and if I wanted to run away before, now I just wanted to disappear or have the ground swallow me up. Strong arms pulled me into a warm body, and I leaned against him involuntarily. Adrian Wolfe glared at Brendan murderously, before looking down at me with a sly grin on his face.

Goddess, he was so handsome. I could turn into mush just then.

"She did resign. She's just here to collect her stuff, and I already have it in my car." That snapped me out of my dreamland.

Really?

"Let's go." He muttered more to himself than to me and dragged me towards the car that was parked out in the front. I didn't even look at it; I was more like I was more engrossed in battling with myself and wondering why I was following him wordlessly.

He shoved me inside the car.

"What the f—"

"Luna Queens don't curse." I heard a voice from the driver's seat, and my eyes found baby blue ones looking back at me in the rear view mirror.

Shit! Jaxon.

"And Alphas don't force women into their cars." I gritted right back, not forgetting to add, "I'm no Luna Queen."

"Oh, trust me, Your Highness, women come into our cars quite willingly." He flashed me a grin, completely ignoring the last line I said.

I shot him a mocking grin, "Oh, trust me, Alpha Prime, my Prime Liana would love to know just how willingly women come into your cars."

His grin faded and his jaw clenched.

I didn't notice that Adrian was seated right next to me, still holding my elbow. I shook his arm off and he let me, comfortably sprawling on the seat and winking at me.

It was so frustrating sometimes, how Adrian didn't have to do anything to seduce me. On top of that, I had another man in my presence who had hurt my only friend.

"Where are we going?" I asked, already annoyed.

"Babe." Adrian grinned, sliding closer to me, "We are going to the other side of the MoonLine, where there will be a lower chance of you running away from me, and there will be a higher chance of me affecting you."

Shit. Fuck. Shit.

It had been half an hour.

The screen was up, shielding our view from Jaxon.

And I was still sitting, grumpily, pressing myself against the car's door. I was ignoring Adrian and all of his sly advances towards me, and tried my best to not revel in his touch. His finger feathered over my skin wherever it was exposed. He was trying to test, it seemed, how much he could affect me as a mere human.

Trust me, it was a lot.

I was just still, maybe not even breathing, as I tried not to moan when his fingers teased my breasts through the fabric of the blouse and my bra.

"Are you wearing the lingerie I gifted you last night?" He murmured, his lips caressing my earlobe as he pinched me.

I tried my best not to pant. My core was wet, throbbing and I was aching so much already. He knew it, and I knew he could almost smell my arousal with how he kept teasing me time and again.

"Stop it already, Adrian!" I let all of my frustrations, sexual and otherwise, into my voice and looked out of my window. "You know what you're doing is not right? You think you can manipulate me by seducing me?"

He cupped my breast and squeezed, hard, "Yes. I would have stopped but I don't think that's what your body is telling me, especially the scent of your dripping panties." I held in my shudder as the tip of his nose caressed my neck. His other hand that had held my wrists together, now feathered over my bottom lip, "I'd love to taste these."

"And I'd love for you to stay away and taste your pregnant mate instead."

In the blink of an eye, he was sitting at least a foot away from me, giving me space to breathe and smooth myself. I glanced at him and he was looking at the roof of his car, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed.

I looked away, not letting myself feel hurt.

I was slowly beginning to accept the fact that he was here, seducing me, just to help his Prime in getting his Luna back and this was highly immature and wrong. He wasn't here for me, of course. He didn't need me like Jaxon needed Liana, no matter how bad he had fucked up. It didn't hurt anymore; I would rather never be whatever I am and stay in the human world like I did for the past twenty three years.

The car stopped to a halt, and the screen came down.

"We are way deep into the Were Kingdom, Luna Queen. You have nowhere to run, now." I heard Jaxon say as he stepped out of the car.

Adrian got out from the other side, and in the blink of an eye I found him standing with the door to my side open. He held out his hand for me, but I ignored him as I stepped out, feeling dizzy immediately as I felt my wolf's strength seep into me.

Now, I was standing against the car with my arms crossed, both the powerful Alphas standing in front and trapping me in place. While on one hand Adrian seemed busy eying my girls, Jaxon slowly knelt down in front of me.

"I beg of you, Moon." His tone was desperate, pleading. "I want my Luna back, I want to be with her. I know she's been with you all this time, and I also know..." He paused, inhaling a huge amount of air, "And I also understand that you know how much I've hurt her."

The sudden change of tone was surprising.

"Oh, you've got no idea." I muttered under my breath, but threw him a dirty look. If he thought that his pleading blue eyes and his regretful tone would melt me and I would hand Liana to him on a silver platter, then he was so fucking wrong.

"Get up." I said, but he kept kneeling.

"Get up!" I ordered, annoyed that he would seriously try to convince me.

He slowly came up to his feet, now towering over me. I suddenly found that him kneeling down was better, it didn't make me look too small in front of the two mighty men. I was consciously aware of how I was at a disadvantage, with those two against just me, and I also knew that I was weaker than them; with my pure blood hidden, I just had half of my strength.

"You will help me, won't you?" He asked me hopefully, but I didn't let it falter me, "You will help me in getting her back, won't you? She doesn't want to just...be with me. She runs away, always."

"I wonder why?" I sneered at him sarcastically and unfolded my arms, throwing Adrian a sharp glare, "And, no. Do not expect me to help you, at all. You should have thought about all of this when you fucked two girls a day, every day, never guessing how much you fucked up."

"You shouldn't be judging me like that." His tone was defensive and with the scowl on his face, I knew he didn't want Liana to know the fact.

What kind of ignorant Alphas were these two? Guess they needed a practical experience.

"Of course, who am I to judge? Goddess knows you have been a virgin all along." His scowl faded away, "No?" I asked him and he couldn't even meet my glare, "I was right, wasn't I?" I laughed wryly.

"This." I pointed at him, "This was why, just last night, I suggested that Liana give her virginity to someone who's not you. Just so that you could at least feel a little sample of what she had been through every time your dick twitched at the thought of another girl." I growled.

A roar tore out through the woods, and I could clearly see Jaxon lunging at me, his eyes completely black and filled with rage. Even before Adrian could intervene, my feet instantly carried me a few feet away from them, thankful for the fact that I didn't have to shift to be quick on my feet.

The surprised look on their faces made my wolf proud, for one little moment, but she shook it off.