The walk was shorter than I expected, or was I lost in thought? We walked into the house not encountering any of the maids and I took the time to actually admire the house or shall I say my new home again. As we walked past the dining room, I couldn't help but remember my first time there. I smiled to myself slightly.

It's not such a strange place after all.

I followed the Gamma up the dark brown stairs and was stunned at the number of rooms that filled the first floor of the house. He climbed quickly to the second floor and then the third, I followed him now eye wide with amazement at how big the house was on the inside, did I underestimate it from its outward look?

We walked the brightly lit corridor until we got to a huge door, the gamma stopped and turned to me.

"This will be your room until the Luna crowning ceremony."

I only nodded more than eager to see what the inside of the room looked like but he didn't do me the honor of opening it, he left me there with my bags and hurried off after bowing a little. I watched him leave before turning the doorknob and peeking in. What I saw made my breath catch in my throat.

The room was huge!

I walked in slowly, leaving the door wide open as my jaw slacked. I looked around the room taking in the solid wooden paintings hanging on the wall, the carton brown colour of the walls, the black mahogany table by the window, the huge wardrobe and drawers, and then the bed.

My bed!

It was king-sized! I had only imagined this sort of thing in my head.

I jumped on it and felt myself sink in, feeling the soft mattress cushioning my body in all the right places. I moaned in satisfaction and smiled happily. I guess finding one's mate did change one's life after all. I thought giggling to myself before rolling to my side and allowing my gaze to drift from the wardrobe to the door beside it.

I got off the bed, driven by curiosity, and ran toward the door I knew would lead to my bathroom. I opened it and the bright light from it flooded into the room around me. The wall was painted in a cream color. My favorite.

This would no doubt be my favorite part of the house I thought as I walked in letting my eyes drift from the sparkling white toilet seat to the curtain that demarcated the shower. I went to pull it and then screamed to myself in joyful glee.

"I get a bathtub too!" I stood there and cupped my cheeks happily, then my eyes caught something. I turned to look at it. It was me.

The reflection of my expression in the mirror above the toilet basin. I looked happy. Incredibly happy and beautiful. I walked to the mirror and looked closely at myself, making a mental note to smile more.

"Who would have thought that a mere bathroom would bring you so much joy Silveen?" I asked myself, appreciating the new line that the smile arced across my face. It was beautiful. Really beautiful. I wonder what Eric thinks about my smile.

My smile broadened at the thought of him and I couldn't help but wonder if he was home.

"You seem happy." I heard a stern but familiar voice say to me and I turned around sharply. The smile disappeared from my face as I stared at Luna Misheal, who was scowling at me but she was not alone, Layla was standing beside her.

Oh God, how could I have forgotten that they existed and that I would be living with them?

"So you're the one who's trying to take my place," Layla said distastefully and I frowned a little arguing mentally that it was actually the other way round. I was Eric's true mate not her but I kept quiet for fear of the Luna throwing me out.

"I always knew you would be trouble from the first time I saw you and that insolent look you had on your face. If you know what is good for you, leave Eric while I am asking you nicely because I wouldn't be asking you nicely the next time."

" Leave Eric?" I asked confused looking from Layla who had just spoken to the Luna. How do I even do that?

"Reject him." Luna Misheal deadpanned almost as if she read my thought. My eyes widened in horror.

"Why would I do a thing like that!"

"You still don't know? You are of no use to this pack. Eric has to marry Layla, and you are in the way." Luna Misheal said.

"I think you should be having this conversation with Eric instead," I said wrapping my hands around myself as if to prevent the sadness that was already seeping into my bones.

"Ha! Looks like the Omega already got bold. Because he promised you Luna you think you have some power?" Layla said as hatred for me oozed out of her.

"You are nothing. I am going to stand beside Eric as his Luna. And you? You would continue being the nothing that you are." she said eying me closely.

"Enjoy this while it last omega," she said gesturing to the room with her hand then continued,

"Because it won't last long." She left and I fought the urge to cry by breathing in deeply before turning to look at Luna Misheal who was glaring at me.

She hated my guts.

"Why are you making this more difficult? Aren't you just an omega who can't even shift? Why are you being stubborn over what is not yours?

"But I'm his mate!" I said in frustration feeling the need to hammer the words into the skull of these women who seem to act like I was some whore seducing their man.

"And so? Of what use are you to this pack? The pack is not strong enough to go against Alpha Dante and if Layla as much as give him one bad feedback about us, he would bring war to our borders. How then can you be of help? How can you protect this pack?! She asked angrily

Layla's father is an Alpha? I asked myself as I shivered in fear. I didn't want war. I didn't want the pack to be plunged into war because of me.

"Then get out of the way, so that Eric can marry Layla and keep the peace between the two packs." she replied and I looked at her shocked that she was reading my mind again. That was when I realized that she actually was. I didn't know how to shut people out and obviously if anyone tried they could reach into my mind and hear my own thoughts.

I frowned at the fact that she was invading my privacy, but she didn't seem to care.

"I would leave you to think about it. You know what to do."

was all she said before she left the room. I looked around the bathroom that had once given me so much joy and wished the confrontation hadn't happened there. They had just ruined my first attempt at creating a sacred place.

signing I walked out of the bathroom closing the door behind me as I went to bring in my bags dumping it at the foot of the wardrobe too unhappy to open it or arrange anything, I sat on the floor resting my back on the bed, and pulled my knees to myself, resting my chin on it sadly as I let myself get carried away by my thoughts.