Alpha’s Vow: Reclaiming his lost Luna

KNIGHT’S PENTHOUSE, NY

Aria was still staring at the street through the wide glass window from Knight’s home. It's been hours since she bumped into her best friend Rina and yet she still couldn't believe that she met her friend.

The omega couldn’t help but remember everything Rina had told her but one thing stayed with her.

‘Lexi became close to Cyrus after you left. There's a rumor that they're getting married soon.'

Aria closes her eyes as she tightens her grip on the wine glass she was holding. She is all alone in the penthouse and since she was already getting paid as a music producer, she can afford to buy bottles of wine for her and Knight when they hang out. 

It's one of the many things they both share and since she was still living at the penthouse for free, she always made sure to buy Knight’s favorite wine no matter how expensive it was.

"He’s getting married but why the hell won't you leave my skin?" Aria lifted her free hand to graze over the mate mark on her neck. 

She might not see it but she can feel it as if it's mocking her at the moment.

She knows that a mating mark isn't something you can just get rid of, especially for fated mates like them. 

She learned in high school that the mating mark would only vanish when the one who made it dies or loses his feelings toward the person carrying the mark.

 It is also the reason why she thinks she’s still alive because she had always thought that her mark was a symbol that Cyrus still has feelings for her somehow. 

But now that she learned of her ex-husband's relationship with her best friend, then maybe the feelings that are keeping a mark on her are not love.

"Must be hatred then...it's the only feeling as strong as love." She mumbles again before she drowns her drink.

 It hurts, it really hurts knowing that the person you've been wanting to find you doesn’t even care and is already smitten with your friend.

 Aria chuckles bitterly at her thoughts and how pathetic she is for thinking that her mating mark still means something to Cyrus. 

Now that she remembers that she also put a mark on the alpha, she feels even more embarrassed because she's sure Cyrus might be thinking that she is still longing for him.

Aria pours another drink into her glass. 

 She needs the alcohol to knock her out tonight or else he wouldn't get any ounce of sleep with her head running a mile a minute. 

That night, she drank her sorrow away knowing that she’d wake up tomorrow with the feeling still lingering on her.

CARTER MANSION

Cyrus sighed for the nth time that evening after making sure his little princess was sleeping peacefully in her bed.

 Be came home late again and her nanny was the one who put her in bed that evening. 

The pure-blood alpha is so thankful that they have the old woman taking care of his pup because Felicia just seems to know how to deal with Kiana even when she's difficult.

Ever since he started participating in politics, he became so busy that he rarely spends time with his daughter but Felicia made sure that Kiana is being taken care of. 

She will be turning 4 soon and one thing she has learned from her nanny is to listen to different types of music. 

He even bought his daughter a vinyl player for her room because Kiania fell asleep faster with her music on. She loves music just like her mother.

Cyrus smiles fondly at his sleeping daughter when the music from the recorder changes. The song is new.

 This time the song sounds so sad. Even the lyrics reminded him of someone, the someone he's been looking for so long. 

Cyrus stands up and walks towards the player as if listening to the song would suddenly reveal the person he's looking for. He closed his eyes as he listened to the song. it sounded familiar but unfamiliar.

When the alpha feels like the song is suffocating him, he quickly turns the player off before he leaves the room. 

He didn’t know why he felt like the song was speaking to him so he went to bed trying not to think of anything.