It was the morning of the following day; Miranda’s wedding day. All through the night, she’d been dreaming about how this day would turn out to be, and now it has finally come.
“Just live through it dear,” she heard Lily’s voice. “Live through it all.”
She’d just gotten up when Audrey barged into her bedroom, her expression held that of worry, “what is it?” Miranda asked her.
“I just saw a few cars drive into the compound Miranda, the middle one held the badge of night shadow alpha.”
It could only mean one thing, “Walden is here, but what for?? Why is he here now after abandoning the call to save my life back then?”
“I don’t know Miranda, but his can’t be good. If he’s coming here, it can only mean that he’s found out about the wedding, and now he’s here to try to stop it.”
“Are you sure? I mean it could have just been a coincidence; he might have just been visiting.”
“Visiting??? If he didn’t know about this marriage, if he didn’t know you were here, he would have gone to the silver pack instead to try to save you; I don’t think this is just a visit Miranda, is this how he usually comes when he visits? With so many soldiers???”
Miranda went over to her bedroom window, looking outside, and seeing the escorts Walden came along with; she even spotted his beta coming out from the vehicle beside him. She hated to admit it but Audrey was right; this wasn’t just a visit.
“Can you see?? Can you see what I’m talking about? If he tries to stop this marriage, it might bring about war between the night shadow and silver packs, especially if one of them kills the other! This is bad, Miranda!! This is really bad!”
“No!”
Audrey looked surprisingly at her, “no? What do you mean by ‘no’ Miranda??”
“It won’t happen, the two packs won’t fight when they know that they both have something to lose, especially the losing side. There will be no war.”
The look of surprise on Audrey’s face was once again replaced with that of worry, “What are you talking about Miranda???? This is no time for irrelevant words, what do you mean there will be no war when you yourself has seen what is going on downstairs?”
“This is a move well calculated by Walden, he came here to try to win me back, he knows that if he is successful, the silver pack’s alpha will do nothing about it unless he wants to fight for my hand, and given the situation of the rogue wars everyone is preparing for, it would be a foolish move on his part to do so. He’ll have no choice but to leave us alone.”
“So… so you’re saying? You’re saying that you can still back off from this marriage, if you don’t want it?”
“Yes, so long as I make sure never to step into the silver territory again, I can.”
“Oh Miranda! This is good news! So, you don’t have to marry that ferocious alpha after all! You don’t have to give up your men! This marriage doesn’t have to hold because Walden is here to fight for you! He wants YOU to marry HIM instead!”
Miranda smirked, “that won’t be happening Audrey, because Walden has done nothing but waste his time by coming here. This marriage will hold. I WILL be getting married to the silver pack’s alpha today.”
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After bathing and getting dressed, Miranda went downstairs to meet with Walden in the meeting room where he was waiting for her. They greeted each other and after Miranda sat in front of him, Walden didn’t waste time in speaking straight out.
“What’s this I hear about a wedding Miranda?”
“How does that have anything to do with you Walden? Didn’t you get the message I passed through to your beta??? It’s over between us!”
“Miranda…. I’m sorry about what happened between us, but you can’t do this! You cannot marry the silver pack’s alpha!!! It’ll be the biggest mistake you’ve ever made in your life!”
“The biggest mistake I ever made was agreeing to enter a union with you, turning a blind eye to all that you and Samara have been doing. I would have been running a fool’s errand by getting married to you, Walden.”
Her words hurt him, but he let out an empty laugh, trying not to let it show, “oh, so you think that alpha Damian would make a finer groom huh? You think that he’s a much better person than I am???”
“Not that I think, I KNOW that he is, he might be cold and tough, but he IS a much better person than you are. He’s a great leader, and he’d never do half the things you did, he’d never let a woman play with his head the way you do.”
“If you’re talking about Samara, then please leave her out of it, she has done nothing wrong except for being a good friend to me. Don’t shift the focus away from the devil in wolf’s clothing we are talking about; alpha Damian is the real enemy here.”
“No Walden… you’re mistaken. YOU are the real devil. I still can’t believe that you left me to die in captivity even after receiving the message from alpha Damian. You never came, and if it weren’t for his good heart, he would have killed me by now. And now you come here, trying to claim what never belonged to you!”
Walden slapped his hand on his head in frustration. “What message? Huh Miranda? What message? Oh, let me see here… did he tell you that he sent me a message?”
Miranda nodded firmly, “yes, I asked him to send you a message to head to the silver territory with the official seal of the night shadow pack’s alpha to verify my claim as the lotus princess. I’d unknowingly stepped into the silver territory a few days ago and I was captured by his guards. Damian didn’t believe who I was so he needed someone with authority apart from my s father to vindicate me. I told him to send the message to you and also inform you that our engagement would be reestablished if you came, but you never did! You let me to die there Walden! Damian isn’t the monster here, you are!”
Another empty laugh, “ha! Is that what he told you? Did he really tell you that he sent me any message???”
“I’ve already told you what happened Walden, there’s no need to be repeating myself if you didn’t hear me properly. Now please, if you’ll be on your way, I have to get married today.”
“Miranda, you’d be making a deal with the devil if you get married to that man today. And as for the message he “claimed” to have sent to me, I think I need to justify myself of your false accusation that I never came for you.”
Miranda raised a brow, “what are you talking about?”
“I’m about to set the record straight about your so-called husband-to-be Miranda. You said he claimed to have sent a messenger; he sent someone to me quite alright, but not to deliver any message about you being in captivity. Instead, he sent two assassins to kill me.”
The words shot her in the chest that she almost stood up. “What?”
“Yes, that’s right Miranda, the man you are about to get married to is nothing but a ruthless killing machine.”