The Luna's Reclaimed Fate

Chapter 4 - The big clash.

Flare

I keep a close eye on Simon and April this time. The last time, I didn’t pay them enough mind, and I note the small movements. The secret touches. The shared smiles. I fight my fury and keep it down. I can’t say anything until I feel that bond.

I return home and my hands are shaking in my lap. A shower can’t even calm me down as I sit for the second time to have my hair and make-up done for the evening event. I have been trying my best to stick to what I can remember from last time.

I don’t think that I could actually change the future, but you never know. I mean, I have been reincarnated! Anything is possible, isn’t it? Two hours later, I stand in front of my full-length mirror and my hands slip over my evening gown.

The last time I was standing right here in this dress, my heart was racing with excitement. I was filled with hopes and dreams of the future. I was naïve and stupid!

“You look like a princess, sweetheart.” My mom gasps when she walks in, followed by my father. I take a moment to look at myself. I really do look like a princess. I look at the two of them and decide not to get all soppy.

“We had better get a move on. Our guests are waiting.” I smile and walk out with them. I watch the time as it ticks by all evening. I know the exact moment that I felt the bond in my previous life, and as soon as it happens, I can smell Simon.

My eyes find him in the crowd, and he smiles as he walks up to me. I don’t have to look for long to see April and to see the hatred in her eyes at that moment. It almost feels like a movie playing out in slow motion as the past and present come together.

“Mate.” Simon growls as soon as he sees me. He stretches out his arms toward me and I take a step back.

“I Flare, daughter of the alpha of the Blackridge pack, reject you Simon as my mate. Do you accept?” The silence is deafening. All around me, jaws drop, but I keep my gaze fixed on Simon. I need him to accept.

The memory of my previous life floods my mind as chaos erupts around me. I can feel the pain slowly start to set in after the rejection, but I have to hold on. I have to hold out until Simon accepts my rejection.

I feel as if I’m trapped in a bubble where time has come to a standstill while the world burns outside my bubble. It’s a science fiction movie on steroids and there is nothing I can do about it.

Flashback

Simon pulls me into his arms, and it feels as if all is just right in the world. He looks into my eyes and when he smiles my knees go weak. The world around us disappears.

“I, Simon, accept you Flare as my destined mate.” His voice is smooth, and I can just see our entire happy life play out in my mind. We have three children. Two boys who are carbon copies of their father and a little girl.

She is the apple of the entire pack’s eyes and no other female will ever be as protected as she is. Especially with her two older brothers who love her so much. We have a beautiful home, and spend every possible moment together as a family.

“I, Flare, accept you, Simon, as my destined mate.” My voice is filled with the purest of joy. When his lips touch mine, my insides do a little flip. It’s perfect. My life is perfect!

End of flashback

“Flare! Take that back this instant!” My mother’s voice finally pushes through my thoughts and I glare at her.

“I will not. Do you accept Simon?” I turn my attention to him again. I don’t care if what happened to me was his fault or not. I don’t want anything to do with him. Besides, April is his destiny. She will be turning eighteen in a couple of days, and then they can be together forever.

“I won’t!” Simon growls at me, and all hell breaks lose all over again. That is the end of what was meant to be an incredible night and, as I think back, I’m reminded of how stupid I was. I can see me and Simon blissfully dancing the night away while April stood in a corner champing at the bit.

I storm to my room and lock my door to make sure nobody would bother me, but ten minutes later, I hear a key in the lock right before my mother burst into my room, followed by my father. She is ranting in a way I’ve never seen before.

“How could you, Flare?! How could you humiliate us and Simon’s family that way?” I note the tears and fury in her eyes as she paces back and forth. “Say something, damn you!” She stops and glares at me. Do I tell my parents what happened?

“Sweetheart, let’s give her some space. Maybe that knock on her head has affected her somehow.” My father tries to take my mother’s hand, but she rips away and just glares at him. I ponder what he said, and he must be thinking that I’ve gone crazy. They probably all think that.

I’ve been trying my best to act normal, but it’s difficult after you spent a lifetime living a certain way and now have to change back to your old self. April saunters into my room after my parents finally leave, and I see a strange, almost satisfied look in her eyes as she smiles.

“Well, well, well. Who would have thought?” She looks at my stuff in a way I haven’t noticed before. Almost as if … As if she wishes it was hers. I don’t react, but for the first time I notice the truth behind our friendship.

April never wanted to be my friend. She just wanted to experience what it was like to be me! I cross my arms over my chest as a cold shiver runs down the back of my spine. I can’t actually have her locked up for something she hasn’t done yet.