Luna's Forbidden Love novel Chapter 3

My mother screamed – she actually screamed! I mean I knew I looked horrible, but really that was a bit dramatic. I rolled my eyes at her as I sat down at the dinner table. I'd woken up late, so my mother didn't see me before school, so it wasn't until we sat down for dinner – a few hours after the visiting Alpha had arrived – that she saw the bruise on my face.

"Mabel Elizabeth Thorne. What the hell happened to your face?" she screeched.

"I fell" I shrugged.

"Off that damn skateboard I bet" she growled angrily. I simply shrugged, not wanting to tell her that I'd actually been beat up. "Alpha Zev and several of his men are in the territory as we speak. We are supposed to be going around to the Alpha's house in an hour, for goodness sake Mabel".

"Then just leave me here" I offered.

"I don't think so. We'll just try and cover it up with makeup".

"Ew no thanks" I turned my nose up, "I don't want that orange shit all over my face".

"Mabel" she shook her head, "why can't you just be a normal sixteen year old for once?"

"Geez thanks, love you too" I muttered in annoyance.

"If you're not going to let me put makeup on you, please at least wear your hair down" she said. I rolled my eyes as we began to eat dinner. Everyone talked as we ate but I silently thought of ways to get out of going to see this other random Alpha. I couldn't think of any good excuse.

"Right, Mabel, go get changed" my mother said, as we cleared away the plates.

"I'm changed" I replied. Once more I thought my mother was going to pass out. She opened her mouth, closed her mouth, opened her mouth once more, before turning to my father for help. I hated when they ganged up on me.

"Darling, just put something a bit neater on. You know what Alphas are like" my father said for her.

"You mean, you know what mothers are like" I grumbled under my breath.

"What was that?" he narrowed his eyes.

"I'll go change now" I sighed, slipping out the kitchen. Back inside my room, I looked in the mirror and sighed heavily. I wore a pair of ripped jeans, a white shirt, and some Nike sneakers. My hair was pulled back and the ugly purple and yellow bruise ran up the left side of my face.

In annoyance, I changed into a pair of black skinny jeans – the only pair without rips in them – before pulling on a tight red shirt and my newest leather jacket. I then pulled some different sneakers on.

Frowning at myself in the mirror, I took my hair out of the ponytail. My dark curls fell around my face, and to my mid-back, looking crazy and unruly. I didn't dare take a hairbrush to it – it would just make it look like a lion's mane. So I grabbed some hair mouse, dabbed a bit on my hand, before running it through my hair. It calmed it slightly, but it was still just a curly mess but at least it now looked like it was supposed to be a curly mess.

"Well it ain't going to get any better than this" I muttered to my reflection. My face was a small love heart shape, with large round eyes and small features. Freckles spread over practically every part of my face – I hated those damn freckles. Even with my dark Latin skin, the freckles still stuck out. I was cute but in a twelve year old sort of way.

"May hurry the fuck up" Roland shouted at me.

"Watch your language Ro" my father hollered back at him. Rolling my eyes, I turned away from my reflections and headed out my room. I walked with my family to the Alpha's house, trailing slightly behind them as they chatted about something. "Mabel, keep up" my father snapped.

When we reached the Alpha's house, Alpha Parker invited my parents into his office where he was having a drink with Alpha Zev and his Beta. "Darling, why don't you go hang out with David" my mother suggested. I rolled my eyes, hating that she was still trying to convince herself that I was going to be David's mate.

They disappeared into the study and I rolled my eyes when I was left alone. "Hey Mabel" David said, as he came down the stairs.

"My name is May" I corrected him. He nodded before walking into the lounge, I reluctantly followed him. Inside was three Wolves I didn't know. David smiled at them as he sat down in the lounge. The three men were obviously from the Equinox Pack.

"Hey kid is this your girlfriend?" one of them asked, smiling in my direction.

"No" I snorted.

"May is the Beta's daughter" David explained. "But we're probably going to be mates. We'll see when we Shift" he shrugged.

"Unlikely dick" I muttered under my breath.