Chapter 57
Zora’s POV
All of us ate in silence because we knew very well that this would be the last time for us to have some quietness.
“I guess both Kara and I’ll begin eating in our room. Frankly, Darius, I do love your mother. The problem is that I hate your brother.” Marcel became the first to break the silence, but his remark really made me laugh.
“Yeah, I also hate your brother,” Raphael then joined, which made Darius also let out a laugh.
“Well, I think both my mother and Abel will be eating alone then. After all, there’s no way that I’ll go through a meal with Abel in my presence. Somehow, I’m sure that Glenda will find a way to make herself available,” Darius dryly made a remark.
Somehow, the look in those men’s eyes clearly showed to me that there was something that I didn’t know about this woman named Glenda. When both Darius and I returned to our room, I was determined to make him tell me the truth.
“Also, will we come to the event in Vino’s mansion?” Marcel asked Darius, which was responded by a nod by my lover.
“I’ve already promised him to come. So, I’d definitely honor my promise,” Darius responded.
Obviously, those men weren’t interested in coming to the dinner party. Nevertheless, they had to go because they were honoring the promise that Darius had made to Vino.
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“What if we just show up for a while and then leave? If we do it that way, he won’t say that you’re not coming,” I suggested my idea that made the Alpha laugh as he pulled me closer to his body.
“You smell of Darius,” Kara teasingly made a remark as she let out a soft smile on me.
In return, I smiled back at her as I looked at Darius.
“It’s because I already marked her with my scent. That’s why she smelled like a mated she–wolf to others. It works as a dissuasion. Since the blue moon is pretty far, this way should’ve chased the wolves away from her until the blue moon comes,” the Alpha responded to Kara before the man looked at me as he smiled gently.
“Besides, I didn’t like the fact that Hardy tried to kidnap you. I also don’t believe that Casey is over you yet. So, I’m just marking you to show that you’re mine,” he continued as he pecked my neck.
Darius‘ words really made me happy. After all, this was his way of saying that he was envious and concerned that someone could take me away from him.
“Why haven’t you marked me with your scent then?” Kara asked Marcel which left the poor man quiet for a while.
After that, all of us finished our meals and chatted for a while before we went back to our rooms. The very next day, I woke up very early to make sure that everything was done excellently. After all, we would have Luna Nellie. Since I wasn’t married to Darius yet, the woman was still the Luna of this pack. Thus, she was the one who took care of everything here.
Even though Darius wished for me to take control as his Luna, I had made my mind that I would get involved first by asking Nellie’s
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opinion before I did something until it was time for me to be the new Luna. By now, both Darius and I were already standing at the entrance of this gigantic castle to receive his mother. As Marcel had predicted before, Abel did arrive with Glenda. It made me happy that I wouldn’t have to eat with them, especially after I found out that she was Shanon’s cousin that made it feel unbearable for me. However, Darius‘ mother had insisted on bringing Abel here. Thus, we were left with no choice but to accept him.
Immediately, Luna Nellie hugged me. In return, I greeted her formally. After that, the woman insisted that I walked her to her room. So, I informed Darius that I would join him later.
We quickly walked to her room. Darius‘ mother then looked around. Since she lived in the mansion before she moved to Wonderland, it seemed that she was only trying to see what modifications I did to this place.
“I wish that everything is to your liking, Luna,” I respectfully told her so that she would get that she was still the one in charge.
Meanwhile, the middle–aged woman just looked at me as she let out a soft smile.
“Thank you so much, Zora. I can tell that you’ve put lots of effort into preparing it as best as you can. My son, Darius, is so lucky to have you here,” she commented, which made me smile at her.
When I was about to excuse myself, she then stopped me.
“I actually want to have a talk with you, dear,” she told me as she pointed at her seat.
While I actually didn’t like to be all alone with her, I didn’t have any choice than to sit and go with it.
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“Do you truly love Darius or do you actually just want to get out of this imprisonment?” she asked me blatantly with an emotionless face which truly shocked me.
“My son’s heart had been broken by someone else before. Not only that, I also heard that Hardy tried to get you in any way possible. I want to make sure that you won’t just run off with this guy named Hardy and leave him like what Shanon did to her. After all, that girl ran to the south to leave him with a weak excuse,” she firmly continued, but I quickly shook my head in response.
“To be frank with you, I didn’t want to see the two of you get married. But my son has insisted. I love my son, so I’ll give you a chance to show your worth. Let me state that you’re not permitted to make any decisions in this place without telling me until I’m pleased enough. Show me that you do truly love my son and not because he’s the Dark Lord,” she calmly told me exactly what her feelings were about me.
I could see that she was just being protective regarding her son.
“I get it. Sadly, I don’t believe that I have anything to prove myself to you. As long as Darius knows my real feelings for him, that’s the most important thing to me. A long time ago, I learned that I could never make everyone happy and everyone couldn’t believe me. Your hesitations are justified. But I won’t waste my time to try to prove my worth to you, Luna Nellie. After all, life’s too short for that. Instead, I’ll use my time to make memories with the man I love. I don’t really care about his status nor his money. I’m a strong she–wolf that can always survive on my own. I wasn’t captured. Rather, I gave myself up so that my husband, his expecting mate, and my pack members could survive. I’m that type of person. Whether you like me or not, I wouldn’t change myself,” I told her firmly as her face looked hesitant.
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“So, your husband made you share?” she asked me, which I responded by smiling at her as I nodded my head.
“While I could see your position, Zora, I’ll still learn more about you before I accept you. After all, Darius is my son. I just want the best for him. He’s already breaching our tradition by marrying and mating with a she–wolf who had been mated. I just want to make sure that he’s not making a huge mistake. It’s not personal. I’ll watch your every move and look into you until I’m pleased,” she bravely told me, which made me nod my head as my response before I excused myself.
Her opinions about me weren’t important. All that mattered was Darius. Then, I just left her room to return to both Darius and my
room.
“Are you already planning the wedding?” Darius asked me teasingly as he smiled at me, so I smiled back as I nodded.
It would be useless to tell him about what his mother told me or her position in all of this. After all, I didn’t want to look any trouble between them. The man then came to kiss me, which I returned in
return.
