My Princess My Luna

C & L: Chapter 3

*For this chapter it will start with Lilly's POV, switch to Cole's, and go back to Lilly. This should be the only chapter I need to do that*

Lilly

I manage to stay awake until midnight. Normally my father makes me go to bed promptly at nine pm to make sure I get proper rest. I slip on a robe and open my bedroom door just a tiny bit to make sure no one is outside. Once I am sure the coast is clear I sneakily make my way to the stairway leading up into the attic. I make my way up the stairs and open the door hesitantly not sure if this is some sort of trick set up by my father.

When I open the door my mouth falls open. The entire room is lit with twinkly lights hanging from the ceiling, Different petals are all along the floor, and in the center of the room is a tent made from a sheet hanging from the ceiling. I make my way over and pull it open crawling inside to find a bunch of pillows and Cole waiting inside for me. I can't help but smile at the surprise.

“Cutting it kind of close princess,” he jokes looking at his father's watch he pulls from his pocket noting that there are only five minutes until midnight.

“I was trying not to get caught,” I reply.

“Your here now that’s all that matters. So firstly I have a gift for you,” he says pulling a small wrapped gift from behind his back. “You don’t have to open it now its something for you to take with you when you leave.”

“Thank you,” I say as a small blush creeps over my cheeks.

No one has ever given me a gift without expecting something in return. Then he moves a pillow revealing a dish with a cover which he scoots in the middle of us.

“So,” he says pulling the top off and begins to light the candles. “Since we share a birthday I figure we can share a cake and make a wish at the same time.”

“Like we did when we were little,” I beam remembering sneaking down and sharing cupcakes with him.

“You remembered?”

“Of course I did how could I forget.”

We each get on our knees and lean over the cake. He watches the clock and gives me a signal to close my eyes. I think really hard about what I would wish for if I could.

“3…. 2…. 1,” he says and we each blow out the candles.

“Mate,” we each whisper simultaneously as we open our eyes.

“No,” I say falling back on my butt.

“Lilly,” he speaks softly moving the cake to the side and moves in front of me. “I’ve loved you since I was little the fact that you are my mate is the best thing to ever happen to me.”

“Cole,” I say grabbing his face in my hands. “I’m already promised to an Alpha my dad doesn’t care about mates and if my dad finds out your my mate he’ll kill you.”

“Then we’ll run away,” he says taking my hands in his.

“I can’t, you don’t remember what happened when Rose tried to run away.”

“Lilly I can’t just let you go your my mate.”

“Cole we can’t my father…” I try to protest but he cuts me off by crashing his lips against mine.

The instant sparks I feel are so intense. I had heard about how the mate bond feels but never imagined it feeling this good. It feels as though his lips were made just for mine. He continues to kiss me as one hand makes its way to the back of my neck and the other to the small of my back. He gently pushes me back onto a pillow as our mouths slightly part and tongues collide in a whirlwind.

Cole

I am so lost in the feeling of having Lilly underneath me and the taste of her lips I don't even hear the door burst open. It isn't until we are being pulled apart that I can even comprehend what is going on. I feel a fist make contact with my jaw causing me to fall to the floor and then a swift kick to my stomach. Then there is a slap sound but I feel no pain. I look over to see my mate barely sitting up holding her cheek and crying.

“Don’t you dare touch her,” I scream as I try to crawl to her to protect her but am pulled up and back by two different people holding my arms back while I remain on my knees.

“Watch how you talk to me boy,” I hear as a large figure walks in front of me.

I don't have to look up to know it is our Alpha or King as I refuse to call him. I can feel his Aura his anger is rolling off of him in waves and although I am fighting against it with every fiber of my being to be strong for my mate I am struggling. It goes against our very nature to not immediately bear our necks in submission when our Alpha speaks or allows his Aura to roll over us in such intense waves but I have to fight him for her.

“You are strong I’ll give you that boy,” he spits at me.

“Don’t hurt her,” I plead as he turns his attention back to Lilly and I see the pure fear present in her beautiful hazel eyes.

“Daddy I’m sorry,” she cries out bowing her head to the ground as he walks over and bends down in front of her.

“Reject him immediately,” he says lifting her chin to meet his eye-line.

“I… I can’t he’s my mate.”

“You will reject him or I will kill him in front of you right here and right now,” her father states. "Either way your bonds breaks tonight."

“Please daddy don’t make me do this,” she pleads.

“Do it now Lilly,” he commands with his Alpha voice, loud and strong.

“I,” she sobbed. “I Lilly Marie Attison reject you Cole Vincent Becker as my mate,” after which she immediately starts crying.

Then his full attention is on me as he stands back up and walks over to me.

Lilly

I can’t believe this is happening. I find my mate and it is the one sweet boy who would never hurt me. The one boy who I have secretly hoped and dreamed would be mated to me. I dreamed of us running away together countless times and the feeling of his lips against mine still lingers. I love this boy with all my heart and my father is on the verge of killing him. My father is down on his knees gripping my mate tightly by the throat cutting off his air supply.

“Daddy…” I plead scooting closer and grab his arm trying to get him to loosen his grip on Cole. “Please daddy.”

He quickly turns and grabs me harshly by the throat. My hands instinctively make their way around his arm as I try to pry his hand from my throat.

“Accept her rejection or I will kill her right in front of you,” my father orders Cole.

“You’d really kill your own daughter?”

“In a heart beat, speaking of... you better hurry I can hear hers slowing.”

“I’ll do it,” Cole speaks up, dropping his head in defeat.

My father’s grip on my throat is suddenly absent and I fall forward gasping for air. I can't believe it has come to this. What kind of cruel trick is the Moon Goddess playing giving me my mate days before I am meant to be sent away to someone else. Am I truly meant to experience the pain of his rejection and possibly watch him die?

“I Cole Vincent Becker accept Lilly Marie Attison’s rejection,” he whispers, keeping his eyes to the ground.

“Ahh,” I cry out clutching my chest and fall forward on the floor.

He cries out as well but the guards holding him keep him up straight and he just has to kneel there and watch me writhe on the floor. The pain feels like nothing I have ever felt before and if it doesn't kill me I will be surprised. The pain begins to subside and I just lay there still crying as my father watches with a sick grin on his face and I hear Cole whispering I’m sorry over and over.

“Take him to the dungeon and put him in chains until after she’s mated to her Alpha I don’t want him getting any ideas about trying to escape and rescue her. Place two guards outside her door as well in case she thinks to try and run away.”

With that he tears my mate away from me and makes Gladys come fetch me and return me to my room. In 3 days time I will be mated and marked by a stranger completely negating the bond I was gifted by the mood goddess herself. I hate my father with every ounce of my being and I vow to get vengeance for tonight, one way or another he will pay.