The Luna Game

Chapter 5

Melissa’s POV

None of the things I have been taught and absolutely nothing in the world had prepared me for the strange encounter. I could hardly tell anyone, what would I tell them when they ask who the person was or when I am asked to describe him.

I hurried back to my room and laid my head down while trying my best to push the thought of the sexy stranger away from my head. That is not why I was there, I am here to win a competition.

“What do you think we would be told today, Melissa?” Ava, asked me the next day while we got ready for the assembly the Beta had told us about. They had called us just as the Beta had said they would. But for what? We don't know yet.

“I have no idea, Ava. We were called at the same time. We have to go to find out” she was delaying me and I still had a lot of things that I have to do before making my way to the small room. I looked over at her small bag. She had finished knitting and I was nowhere near done.

“I hope we are going to start the competition very soon. I just want to get started. My whole life depended on this” Ava said. She has always said that every time she was having a discussion with me, whether small talk or long talk, most of all when she was the one doing the talking. Everyone in the whole wing knows now that she is from a low family and the fate of her family depended on this. But mine does too, just so it seems.

“Oh I know Ava, that's pretty much all you have talked about but I am sure everyone here is here for the same thing,” I said trying to sugarcoat anything. It's better if I let her come out of her daydreaming.

“Oh, but you don't know a thing about what I mean. I have a mother who is too dependent on me and my father who can barely work because of a bad back and my younger ones who can only depend on me to make a great pact for them in this life, and being the luna to an alpha supreme is just the best way to do that. My mother only agreed to take care of the house because she knows that once I win, it would benefit her the most, as the mother of the luna to the alpha supreme” she demonstrated the last sentence with a weird look on her face.

I know that she is only nineteen and for her to have that much weight on her shoulder makes me want to pity her. She has always tried to be close to me unlike the rest of the girls and to be honest, it made me feel not alone.

“You know when the letter came to our house I could not be happier. I felt that that was the only good thing that have happened to me in a long time. I like that this is very fair. Like you are only picked on luck! I mean look at me! My family is one of the medium families in my pack and I was still chosen” Ava explained, I feel for her, and for one thing, I understand her more now, if I was in her shoes, I would be grateful too. But I am not, at least not to the extent that she is.

“It was not the same for me. I didn't want to be here at all. I had my own life planned for me” I started, I guess it was okay for me to tell her a bit about myself too. I told her about my family and a bit about myself and one thing led to another, I told her about Luka’s rejection and how I could not accept it because I had not believed he was serious even till the time I left.

“Oh,” she said, with pity in her eyes, I didn't like that she was looking at me that way. “But if you ask for my opinion, I would say you should forget about him. He does not deserve to have you if he does not trust you and the things you say. I have a couple of guys back home too and when I told them I had to leave, none of them questioned it” she chuckled mischievously.

“Oh, I thought one of the qualifications was that you have to be with no man,” I asked her, suspiciously.

“I know that,” she said and smiled “I have not been with a man. But I know all the things that lead to what happens between a man and a woman. I am not new to it” she stopped and smiled again.

I ignored what she said because I didn't want to think about what I was missing not going to be Luka’s wife in the future.

“I guess that's why you have been having so many pains at night,” Ava said and looked straight at me. I never knew someone had noticed. I wondered how many of the girls have noticed the same things.

“ Yes, I have been having some severe pains. I have thought long and hard about it and all I can think of is the fact that I had not accepted his rejection” I said.

“Well, that could be it. And it could also be that your ex-boyfriend has found himself a new girl. The pain is probably coming from them having s*x”

“That's bullshit, there is no way that would happen. He loves me to do that to me. I have told you that the reason he rejected me is that he is angry with me. If I have not accepted his rejection, it means everything can still go back to the same feelings we once had” I argued

“But I tell you, Melissa, that is the case. Your Luka is probably in some girl’s downside right now and you are here trusting him “ she said again.

No matter what she is saying and what she believes is true, I firmly believe that Luka wouldn’t have done such things, and once I am kicked out of the game, I may have the chance to persuade him to have me back.

But the stranger's scent came to me again. Why was I always remembering that kiss we shared? It was like what I had never experienced, I know but he is not Luka.

He is not Luka, but why does my mind have to go to him every minute? And this kiss. . . My mind was spinning even thinking about it.

The sudden kiss sends sparks to my heart every time I linger on the memory. It makes me doubt if my connection with Luka is really as solid as I have always liked to believe. Or is it just my wanton behavior?

“if Luka really does not want me, I would probably mate with the stranger” I said jokingly, trying to make light of the matter.

“What stranger?” Ava asked, looking sternly at me. But I was not in the mood to talk about it with her so I just told her to drop it. And thank goodness she did.

“No stranger. Don't worry yourself about it. I am not leaving Luka. He is just really angry at the moment that's all. I said to her, finalizing the whole thing.

“I just need to finish knitting the embroidery and I will meet you on the way,” I said to Ava, but she didn't make a move. Probably still thinking about what I said.

“No, don't worry. I will wait. There is still some time before the time we are supposed to gather” She said, taking her seat beside me. For someone who said her family depended on her, she was sure making a joke of it.

I thought by now, she would have eliminated her enemies and only have eyes for herself and her goal.

Ava waited for me until I was done completely and then we headed out to the small room.

The eight girls remaining were already waiting in the room. All were dressed in what seemed to be their most prized dresses and possessions.

The room was beautiful on my first look! But then the way it was arranged made it extremely better. I somehow found solace in that.

“Hello girls, this is the week that we have all been waiting for. Now you will be moved into different rooms for your own privacy and plans. The beta in charge said just as soon as she entered the room.

The news was like a song to my ears. After a long week of sharing a room with five girls I was finally going to have my own room, nothing pleased me more.

Just as I was jubilating, a very familiar figure entered the room. He was familiar but it was not until he talked that I recalled the accent. It had been my gracious stranger.

“Melissa Bennett” he called my name with his delicious accent and I could almost feel the dampness between my legs.

But that was until I heard the words that followed my name from another person standing next to my stranger.

“You have been disqualified from the Luna games” The second person commanded and my heart started pounding in my chest.