Oracle Of The Moon

She doesn't know -Lucy's POV

Lucy's POV-

My heart sank in my chest as I watched the scene in front of me unfold. She was beautiful with long strawberry blonde hair, soft smiling eyes, long legs, and a voluptuous strong body. She was everything I wasn't. She was the type of person that you'd expect to be mated with my handsome Alpha mate. The type of person that should be his mate, not me, a broken down nobody.

They weren't doing anything. Hell, he was even backing away from her cautiously anytime she got too near him. I saw it though, the way her eyes shone in adoration and need. She wanted him, and my mate deserved her. I wasn't good enough for him; I wasn't good enough for anyone. I had been constantly reminded of that over the span of my life.

I stood there frozen in place as I watched the scene play out. She spoke to him easily with no stutters and issues like I had. She stood there confidently and commanded his attention in a beautiful way. Her short running shorts and tank top showed off her great build and soft tan. I looked down at Kale's borrowed shirt and sweatpants that I had on, they swallowed me whole making me almost unnoticeable underneath the clothing. Her smile was not forced or unpracticed like mine, it was genuine and sweet. Her movements were purposefully maneuvered to show him her femininity and grace. She captivated him with her charm and beauty, something that I could never possess. The way her fingertips sometimes brushed over parts of his arms softly as he spoke told me that she knew exactly what she was doing. I felt so utterly inferior at that moment.

She wanted him, there was no denying that. My wolf-side wanted to rip her arms off her body for even thinking of him in that light, but I stayed rooted in place. I couldn't do that without hurting her and she was a part of the pack, so I didn't actually want to hurt her. I couldn't bear to hurt one of my fellow pack members, one of my new family members. I knew that my jealousy was heightened because Kale was an Alpha so I would have to work extra hard to control that part of me, my animalistic side.

It wasn't the girl's fault; no one even knew that I was his mate. Heck, he wasn't even sure of it. I needed to calm down and function like a normal person to get through the day. I didn't want a jealous rage to take over and make a fool out of myself. That would be even worse than my first impression had been.

I finally left my hiding spot from around the corner and sighed. I couldn't stay there all day, no matter how much I wanted to.

"Luce!" Kale said with a bit of enthusiasm in his voice and a smile that graced his lips for a few seconds. I liked that smile on him. I liked the way he said my name too.

He looked sideways at the she-wolf who had stepped up far too close to him. He took a tentative step back to put some distance between them before he looked back at me with worried eyes.

I stiffened slightly at her obvious yet also subtle move to show me that she felt she had claim over him. Instead of freaking out or running away like how I wanted to, I forced myself forward to greet my mate. My wolf-side wanted to rip her to shreds, but obviously I couldn't do that. In fact, most of me didn't want to hurt her at all. I just wanted peace. I just wanted to be a part of a pack finally. I didn't want power struggles and fighting. I had enough of that at Fleming's pack.

When I got to Kale's side, I couldn't help but lean into his intoxicating scent. He did the same thing immediately, and it made me giddy to think that I had the same effect on him that he had on me. I closed my eyes to savor the goodness for just a few more moments.

I was acting like I hadn't just seen him an hour before when I had been released from the hospital. He never left my side the whole time I was there, and he even walked me back to my room afterwards. I was happy that he wasn't leaving me to fend for myself because I was sure that I would have already had another psychotic break by now if I was left to navigate integrating myself into his pack all on my own.