Chapter 16: ♔︎|𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧

“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲.”

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«𝐂 𝐔 𝐑 𝐒 𝐄 𝐃»

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Vincentius Dante

MOTHER HAD so much faith in me and I can never even visualize breaking it. No one has ever put so much hope and inducement in me except for my mother- she is my world. A knock on the door interrupted our conversation.

I turned around and saw Lukas, my youngest brother poking his head inside,"Can I also come in, I mean can we also come in?" He said while opening the door and revealing Hernan and Genevieve.

Hernan rolled his eyes at Lukas childish antics while Genevieve smacked the back of his head.

"Hey! What was that for?" Lukas protested while rubbing the back of his head. Genevieve ignored him and sat beside Hernan. Lukas grimaced and went towards mother while resting his head on her,"I am being bullied, mother."

Gen looked at her younger brother and rolled her eyes,"Man up Luke, you don't even have a scratch." Genevieve scolded him, Lukas looked at me with a fake-sad face, Mother couldn't help but laugh at him.

"Stop being a baby Lukas. Come on, get up, we need to wish your brother," Ma said while lifting his head. Lukas huffed dramatically in response.

All three of my siblings were now serious since it was time, we all held our masks and tied them tightly so that it wouldn't fall off. I helped Mother with her mask. We all held each other's hands and looked at each other. We just had one thing to say, one phrase that kept us strong.

"Till death be our downfall," All five of us, including mother, said. We nodded at each other and proceeded where the ball was taking place.

With every step, I felt a rush of adrenaline coursing through my body. I felt my blood pumping at a fast pace. I was anxious, for the very first time, I was nervous, but I felt as if something was pulling me in the grand room. I felt as if my whole body was tied to a strong rope; pulling me in the room with a great force.

We were now standing outside the grand room. The doors opened, revealing the sea of people dancing with their partners, drinking champagne, and chuckling with one another. As soon as we entered, everybody gasped and then the lights turned off, just how I planned. I planned to switch off the room's light so that we could easily disperse and blend in with so many people.

I just didn't want to expose ourselves yet. I wanted to covertly see and notice their actual behavior. I wanted to see how they naturally acted, Gen had handed me my cloak, now I was invisible to everyone except for my blood ones. The lights were now switched on and everybody looked at each other in confusion for what just happened, one of the wolf guards came in and he said exactly what I taught him,"Sorry for the inconvenience, there was a technical issue, please enjoy."

Everyone was enjoying happily which was nice. I liked how my people had happy faces on but I felt sad, sad that they were all unaware of my presence. I was calm somehow. My power, my darkness was not radiating so the people couldn't sense it. It was strange, normally wherever I went, my power deliberately made its way out for people to acknowledge it, but right now, it didn't want to come out, something was keeping it at its place. I saw Lukas at the far end of the room, flirting with females.

One of the many reasons, I called in every soul here was so that the unmated ones could find their pairs. I wanted my people to be content when I reveal myself. When my father ruled, he was ruthless with people finding their soul mates.

When wolves used to find their mates, he used to kill the female mates in front of the males. Hence, unfortunately, and purposely, mates had to reject each other and suffer. In either case, they had to suffer, either from my father's wrath or from the torture of distance.

So I didn't want any of my wolves to ever feel deficient. I wanted every wolf to find their mate and accept their fates and connect their souls. I want them to be each other's strengths.

I am the oddest wolf or a Lycan out there. I don't have a mate waiting for me to love her. I am never going to feel fully content and my father always made sure of it. Father had brought a witch to curse me, a curse that locked my will to find my mate. A wolf can sense their mates from far away but I was snatched away from that sense.

I don't believe that I could find a mate, but my sister says otherwise. She says that the bond is too strong to get demolished. My mother has no say in this because she too, like me, had lost hope.

I slowly and steadily watched every person living and breathing in this room like a hawk as I sipped my wine. I could sense their fear but excitement too. Everyone was dressed according to the theme.

As I silently watched over them, I saw Lukas talking to someone, a lady to be more specific and obvious. I couldn't help but feel extremely curious, I couldn't see the lady because her sight was blocked by a bulky-looking man- something stirred in me. I wanted to see the person who Lukas was talking to.

A pat on the shoulder made me rigid, I turned around and I saw Gen looking at me in a questioning gaze discreetly. I shook my head, trying to reassure her but my tensed face said something else. I turned my back to see Lukas again but all I could see was a figure walking away from Lukas.

Lukas looked at me and I wavered him to come, he nodded and came beside me, acting as if he was pouring himself a wine. I looked at him and all I could imagine was the sight of my light.

The light reeked off him in such an intensified manner that it was driving me crazy, numerous thoughts were swirling in my mind. My gaze on Lukas hardened and realization dawned on me, my light was indeed a person.

"Who were you talking to?" I asked him in a low voice, one that could cause goosebumps to someone. As Lukas was drinking his wine, his eyes widened and he gulped. He looked at me and said,"No one unfamiliar, just a new friend or a frenemy of mine, why?"

A friend? then why did he felt like my light? "What's the name," I asked him, he shook his head and said,"No, I am not going to tell you her name, you're going to scare her. She is a nice person Vince." he pleaded. Why did Luke think like that?

"I am not going to do anything! What is her name?" I demanded yet again.

"She is the daughter of the ex Alpha of East, Daughter of Leonardo Valentino, Bellamy Rose," he said in defeat.

I looked at him and went away, I needed to find a vacant room to take off this cloak. I went into one of the nearest guest rooms and took off the cloak. Gen came behind me and asked,"What are you doing?" I handed her the cloak and wore my mask as I said,"Go and put this in my wardrobe" And I entered the grand room.

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Bellamy Rose

Just a few seconds ago I met the jerk-face Lukas, and just like previous times, he could not get over his over-obsessed self. Sophia was sitting beside me checking out guys that were mated and were dancing with their mates while Dominic was leading Valerie on the dance floor.

Sophia looked at me in mischief-ness in her eyes, she grabbed my hand and led us on the dance floor. I protested but she didn't listen to me.

"Sophia stop. For Goddess-sake! Don't do this, you're not only going to make a fool of yourself but of mine too."

But Sophia being Sophia didn't listen to me. We both now stood in the middle of the ballroom where every wolf was dancing with their mates.

"Sophia, this isn't like our wolf parties. We don't even know how to dance like that," I said gesturing to the wolves surrounding us.

I looked at Dominic and Valerie for help, Dominic was laughing while Valerie genuinely felt sorry for me. She smacked Dominic's head and looked at him in a serious look. Dominic whispered something in Valerie's ear and both of them nodded at each other before Dominic went somewhere.

After five mins to be exact Dominic had brought two guys with himself. He stopped with Valerie while gestured the guys to come to us, both of the men were good looking. One of them stood in front of Sophia, as he took her hand in his and said,"May I?" as he offered to dance with her. Sophia looked at me and squealed as she nodded and thus they took off towards the dance floor.

I looked at the person in front of who had a small smile on his face.

"Hey, I know this is awkward but Dominic over there threatened me to come here and ask for a dance. So, would you like me to lead you to the dance floor?" He asked while taking my hand.

I couldn't say no so I too, with the stranger started dancing, "My name is Daniel, what's your name?" he asked me. "It's Bellamy and I'll give you a heads up, I am a pathetic dancer," I said, he laughed and swirled me around.

And just like that, I was about to trip and fall when two heavy and strong hands grabbed my waist and saved me from falling.

I was in a daze as I couldn't comprehend what was going around. My breath was also caught up in my lungs. My eyes were tightly shut as I was waiting for the painful impact and the pain to come.

I opened my eyes slowly and I looked up only to get lost in the most beautiful looking eyes which were looking in mine. My head and body were in a hymn that I couldn't get out of. The world around me stood still and all I could focus was on the man in front of me.

My hymn was broken when I felt someone shake me by my shoulder roughly, "Bellamy, Bellamy are you ok?" Daniel asked me.

"Huh?" I replied, I slowly felt my feet on the ground as I looked up. I exhaled slowly and deeply as the man looked at me with a look of disbelief.

I felt a wave of yearning. I couldn't see the person clearly because of the mask, but I felt such a strong pull towards him that I couldn't understand what phase I was going through. I saw the man pulling his hands away which were once tightly on my waist, his eyes told me something, pain- raw pain.

He looked at me one last time before walking away from me and out of the room as I ached for him. I wanted to run towards the man and ask him the emotions and the feelings which were rushing inside me like a never-ending waterfall.

I wanted to look at him all day long, in his eyes, to hold his hand. What was happening? This was a code that I couldn't decipher. I wanted to run towards the person because the pull was too strong to deny.

I didn't have any control over my self, my legs decided to walk on its own, I was going to the path where the person went.

Someone grabbed my hand, I looked behind to see Sophia with tears in her eyes and beside her was my father, who looked shocked to the core and beside him stood Uncle and Aunt who had smiles on their faces.

"What's happening? Why am I feeling like this?" I panicked, Sophia came to me and cupped my face as she said," I think I think, you've found your mate, Bellamy," and I looked at her with wide eyes as my heart thumped frantically.

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Genevieve Dante

I saw everything, I knew this was going to happen. I had faith in the Moon Goddess, I knew she would do justice with my brother. I knew the curse couldn't be that strong to reject a mates bond, and I saw everything.

I saw the look in my brother, in Vincentius's eyes. I saw him hold his mate, I saw him go through his phase of the bond. I saw the pull he was feeling for the girl, who felt the same for my brother. I was beyond happy for him. He was just mere inches away to finally feel genuinely happy.

Vincentius looked at the girl one last time, I know he didn't want to leave her, but he had to. I understood that he just felt such raw emotions for the very first time in his one thousand years of existence. Before he went out of the room, he looked at me. I could easily see the look of disbelief that was dancing in his eyes, I smiled at him as he went out.

I looked at the girl who was oblivious to the mate bond. I guess her friend confronted her and told her about the new stage which she was entering. I smiled at the family and made my way towards my brother. Nobody witnessed this except for the girl's family, my brother and I. Before I exited the room, I saw mother who was sitting at the corner and had tears in her eyes.

She saw everything and looked at me as she smiled and cried with happy tears. I along with my mother went straight to my brother to know what he felt and what will be his decision.

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chapter fourteen!

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