The crowd cheered happily as Alpha Liam and his mate arrived at the arena, where tonight’s festivals would take place.
Everyone was dressed traditionally in different styles, it was colorful and eye-catching as Macy was all smiles for tonight’s activities.
Mrs. Torres walked up to her son and mate, she was dressed in a brown colored gown and a simple crown on her head, she looked stunning!
” You look extremely gorgeous tonight, Macy, I bless you,” Grace declares as she welcomes Macy with a warm hug,
” Thank you so much, Mrs. Torres,”
” No, No from now on, you will call me Mother, Macy,” Grace argues with Macy who blushes at her words,
” Okay, Mother,” Macy says smiling,
” That’s more like it, now are you not the most handsome Alpha there is, Son, Look at you!” Grace says, checking her son out,
” Thank you, Mother, if you would excuse us now,” Liam tells his Mother with a half smile on his face,
” We have gathered here again to merry and rejoice for another blissful year which the moon goddess has bestowed on us, and this time it is a double blessing as our Alpha has found he’s chosen, and today she will become part of us!” Kendrick declares as he stood on the stage, so everyone could see him,
The crowd cheered at his words, some clapped while some howled in happiness. Liam held on to Macy’s hands with pride and love etched on his face.
” I hereby declare this year’s festivals open in the name of the goddess!” Kendrick yelled and everyone screamed happily with him.
” Your Father looks cool up there,” Macy says to Liam, pointing to Kendrick on the stage giving the opening speech of the ceremony,
” You look sexy down here beside me,” Liam replies with a smirk on his face, his comeback making Macy blush hard,
Liam ushered Macy to a corner in front, where they took their seats and the drums for the competitions began,
A girl runs onto the stage, she had both sides of her hair shaved leaving only the middle with hair and her body was painted black, she beats her chest before pointing her hands to the crowd indicating for a challenger,
Immediately a young boy climbs onto the stage too, he picks up her knife on the ground, and the crowd cheers,
” What is going on?” Macy asks, confused about what was happening,
” The competition has begun, that girl has challenged anyone to a fight, and the boy who just ran onto the stage and picked up her knife has simply accepted her challenge,” Liam explains,
The fight began with the boy attacking the girl heavily, the girl merely defending his attacks, “Why is she not fighting at all, she is definitely going to lose that way,”
” She is wearing him out if he keeps attacking like that, he will eventually get tired easily, and that would be her cue to strike him down,”
At that moment just as Liam predicted, the boy became exhausted, and the girl seized the opportunity to hit him hard making him drop to the ground unconscious. The crowd yells excitedly, clapping and cheering for the girl, while two guards simply carried the unconscious boy away,
” How could you predict the fight just like that?” Macy asks Liam,
” Her strategy was clear enough, he was only too blind to see it,”
Another set of males got on the stage and the fight was a lot more vicious than the first one, Macy closed her eyes at some point because of how brutal their fight was,
The loser was also carried out unconscious while the winner was too weak to even walk out on his own, he was assisted by his friends.
” You have to get used to things like this Macy because you will be seeing lots of it,” Liam tells his mate before pulling her close and capturing her lips in a short kiss, “Welcome to my world, Mate!”
At that moment a lady with a mask on her face climbs onto the stage, she was dressed in leather pants and a tank top, and she had short brunette hair.
” I challenge our incoming Luna; Macy Brooke to combat!” her voice echoed, making everyone stop and stare at this strange woman.
The music and chatter died down in that instant, as everyone marveled at her audacity. ” What disrespect! How can you say such nonsense?” Greg growled angrily at the lady,
But she simply laughed at his words, “What have I done wrong? This is an open competition and anyone can be challenged to a fight or have the rules been changed for her sake?” she said pointing to Macy,
” Young lady your actions would not be condoned by anyone so watch that mouth of yours!” Grace lets out this time, she was pissed at this masked woman.
” I have said or done nothing wrong! If she is to be Luna and rule over one of the most populated packs of werewolves in the country, she has to prove herself first! Do not tell me you are willing to accept a mere human girl as Luna, not minding whether she can protect you or not.” the unknown lady yells,
Liam was boiling with anger, his eyes had turned to that of his wolf, and whoever that fool is should be ready to suffer his wrath for trying to humiliate his mate and Luna on her special day.
He stood on his feet, but before he could move an inch, he felt soft hands that ignited those electrifying Sparks touch him, Macy held him back and shook her head. ” Let me,” she whispers to him.
” Macy?”
Macy stood on her feet with all eyes on her, they anticipated her actions, even her mate did.
” It seems you wanted my attention, young lady, now that you have it, is there anything you would like to say to me?” Macy speaks out without fear.
” I challenge you to combat right now in front of all these people, prove yourself worthy to rule the Waterfall pack!”
” If combating a deranged werewolf like you, who sees it fit to fight a human is proving one’s self, then I would gladly pass. But you should be damn lucky I do not have the strength of a shifter; otherwise I would have shown you just how your type of person is being treated, nevertheless I believe that our heart as a person is our greatest strength ever, one does not need to be a shifter to be the strongest being alive. And no matter how much you hate it, I am the Luna of Waterfall pack!” Macy declares and everyone cheers at her words,
” Are you scared little human girl? Well, you should be because you are not fit to stand beside an Alpha or to be called a Luna, you are not fit at all to rule!”
Instantly, Liam moves in fast strides, his hand wrapped around this mysterious person’s throat, “How dare you disrespect my mate!”
Liam flung her to the floor and her body collided with the hard surface of the ground, making her mask fall off and revealing her face.
” Claudia!!” Everyone gasps in surprise at the reveal of this person’s face,
Ripley immediately jumps onto the stage and picks up the knife, indicating she had accepted Claudia’s challenge,
Liam stared at the woman on the ground who he hadn’t seen for two years, he felt nothing but hatred toward her. Reluctantly, he left the stage as the drums began for the next fight.
Macy had her undivided attention on the fight, this Claudia of a person seems strong as she fought fiercely with Ripley, but in all, Ripley still had the upper hand in their fight. The combat lasted for only three minutes as Ripley knocked her to the ground,
After Ripley was declared the winner, Claudia’s voice could be heard as she screamed in the arms of the guards that took her off the stage,
” I am supposed to be Luna, Liam! I have always loved you! You can not choose that human over me!” She shouted like a maniac.
” Who the fuck is she?” Macy speaks up, she was fuming with rage, it was obvious she was angry.
” Macy she is nobody,”
” Do not fucking lie to me! Liam. Who the fuck is that woman?” Macy screams at Liam, tears already threatening to fall from her eyes.
” Her name is Claudia, and she is my ex, we dated for a few years before I broke up with her, and she decided to leave Waterfall, I haven’t seen or had any contact with her in the past two years, that’s all I Promise,” Liam explains to a fuming Macy,
” So you are saying that your ex just tried to humiliate me on this special day?”
” I’m sorry, baby, nobody knew she would appear out of nowhere and pull this kind of stunt,”
” But Liam…”
” No questions now, we can worry later but for now, let’s enjoy the festivities, and have fun,” Liam declares,