Secrets Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

“So, Harris is choosing his mate tonight,” my best friend Millie asked.

I couldn’t help but giggle at her enthusiasm. “Yes, Millie! I’m so excited. But I still feel a bit nervous.” Looking at her excitedly, I patted my chest as if I were soothing a baby, trying to calm myself down.

“Just relax, I’m sure you’ll be the happiest one tonight.” Millie grabbed my arms to comfort me.

“But what if I’m not his mate? You know how much I love Harris. I can’t imagine not being the right one for him!” I looked at Millie with an uneasy expression.

“No, you don’t need to worry about it! You are definitely his future Luna!” I didn’t know why she was so sure; maybe she was just trying to give me some relief.

“Liberty, remember, I love you forever, there is nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Sisters until the end,” she said with a sparkle in her eye.

I saw a flicker of emotion flash across her face, but it was gone so quickly that I didn’t realize what it meant.

After my mother passed away when I was 13 years old, the most important people in my life were my dad and my grandmother, Mary. But then I met Harris and Millie, they treated me so well, and they meant a lot to me. I think God really blessed me.

I looked at Millie and felt so lucky to have such a good friend. Surrounded by love, I am very satisfied with my life right now.

Millie’s eyes sparkled in the moonlight, and a dazzling smile crossed her face, indicating that she was unsure. I grabbed her arm and looped it around mine, patting it with my hand.

“This is where it all begins,” I said, smiling back at her.

The music was already deafening us as we approached, and the entire pack waited outside for our Alpha to address us. We stopped in awe as Luna Jenkins walked out of the door, smiling at us all. She was so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off her as she glided elegantly through the pack.

Alpha Jenkins walked through the pack as we all parted ways for him. I watched him, knowing that even though I dated his son for 3 years, he never liked me. I don’t know why. But it’s okay for me if only Harris likes me. I wondered if that look on his face was despair that I would be his son’s mate.

As he stood and watched us all, waving his hands, “Tonight, my pack, we will celebrate as our son Harris finds his mate among all of you,” he said as we all relaxed and watched. His smile didn’t quite reach his eyes, but his words sent goosebumps over my skin.

Harris walked through next, and my stomach clenched with excitement at seeing my man facing us all. Millie gripped my hand fightly, and stroked it with her thumb, whispering, “It’s okay.” I thought she just wanted me not to be so nervous.

I would never understand what happened next. In a blink of an eye, Harris was storming through the crowd towards us. His wolf pushed forward, and a shiver ran up my spine, excitement coursing through my veins.

He charged like an animal possessed, and I was ready for him. I stood and opened my arms to welcome him to me. His eyes met mine, but there was something in them I had never seen before. A glimmer of recognition flashed in his eyes, but then his eyes darted from me and rested upon Millie!

She looked down to the ground and hadn’t realized Harris knelt beside her. And when she did, she was shocked.

“We talked about this before, Harris. You need to choose Liberty! Why are you doing this now?” she stammered.

“I’m sorry, I just can’t resist my desire for you. I really can’t help myself!” Harris moaned in pain.

I watched in horror as my boyfriend cupped my best friend’s face and raised it to him. Their eyes met and sparkled at each other.

I just realized that Millie turned 18 last month, so she already knew Harris was her mate?

“Mate,” Harris said, and Millie’s eyes sparkled as she went to speak, but I screamed out “NO!”

Harris’s growl rumbled through him so loudly that the pack members stood back. My eyes glistened with the hurt and betrayal I felt inside.

Millie wanted to reach out to me to explain it all.

I couldn’t help but step back as she stood, the hunger he felt for her evident in her eyes. How did I not see it before, all those times being together and around each other? I didn’t question her closeness with him because she was my best friend.

“Liberty,” she spoke softly to me. “I didn’t expect this, I never wanted to hurt you!”

I could feel all the eyes of the pack burning into us as Millie stepped towards me. “I’m sorry, Liberty,” she spoke.

She was elegant and graceful, everything I was not in that moment. I shook my head as tears rolled down my cheek. “You could have said,” I spat.

“I tried. But every time I wanted to say it, I was afraid of hurting you. I know how much you love Harris. I was afraid of losing you! I…I told him to choose you as his mate! But I didn’t expect that he didn’t do that…” She said and touched my hand.

I pulled my hand from hers, shaking my head in disbelief. “Really? If you tell me the truth, I will accept fate. Because you and he are so important in my life! But look at what you have done! I’m hurting even more now. Do you really think lying to me about Harris, making me think that I am his mate, would make me happy? I’m not a love

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Liberty’s Secrets

what you have done! I’m hurting even more now. Do you really think lying to me about Harris, making me think that I am his mate, would make me happy? I’m not a love beggar or something, waiting for you to give me handouts! So why don’t you stop being so pretentious here! You’re a liar!”

“Liberty, stop! Don’t use those harsh words on her!” Harris stepped to Millie’s side, as if I was the one who should leave at his mating ritual.

“You think I’m too harsh on her, huh? What about me? Aren’t you two being too harsh on me? My dream was to be your mate, but now it’s just a joke! Turns out I’ve been occupying my best friend’s mate! Now you’re defending her to me, shouting at me like I am nobody. We’ve been dating for three years, Harris! Suddenly you’re acting like it means nothing to you?!” I screamed hysterically at him.

There was a guilty flash in his eyes. “I can’t resist my fate from the Moon Goddess. Just let us accept it, Liberty! Stop being irrational!”

His words stabbed me like a sharp knife, and I felt my world collapse. I didn’t understand why this man was so cruel to me. I… I didn’t even know if he ever really loved mo or not. In the end, I was the only one dreaming of spending the rest of my life with him.

Millie’s eyes reflected her fear and panic as she tried to explain to me again. I could see her face was pale, looking precariously fragile.

But when I saw Harris take her hand once again, anger took over my sanity, I raised my hand to hit Millic, but Harris stopped me by grabbing my hand. I looked into his eyes, and there was no trace of love or guilt, only anger. He squeezed my arm so hard that it seemed like he wanted to crush my bones.

Without giving me time to react, a heavy slap landed on my face. I looked at Harris in disbelief.

He took a deep breath and said, “I’m sorry, Liberty, I just want you to calm down! Millie is the mate that the Moon Goddess arranged for me. Like it or not, we can only accept that. Please, watch me finish this mate ritual in silence or leave!”

“What?!” Did he just hit me? I could feel the burning pain on my face! I came to my senses, anger swept through my head. I immediately raised my hand, and with all the force of my hatred for Harris, I struck him. How dare he!

I was so angry that I didn’t notice Luna coming over and trying to stop me from hurting her son. When I realized that my slap was about to land on her face instead of Harris’s, I couldn’t take it back.