chapter 3

It was early in the afternoon, Athena had just come from her classes and for some reason she felt extremely forlorn, she felt anxious and just all over the place, elder Braham was still trying to find a reason why she felt this way and it was all getting too much,

she felt trapped and frustrated, the feeling of emptiness inside her refusing to go away,

'please go away,' she whispered tiredly, as a tear slid down her face and fell onto the pillow, she didn't even have the energy to get up, she'd spend most of her day in bed now,

turning over she stared up at the ceiling and wondered what was wrong with her, and without warning she started crying, she cried and cried her shoulders wracking with sobs of frustration, clutching her hands to her chest she curled up into a ball and wept,

Something was missing and she didn't know what it was, her body was exhausted and she was mentally drained,

'i wanna be okay, i just- wanna be okay,' she whispered to herself, crying and crying, tear drops staining her cheeks, she was pretty sure her eyes were very badly swollen with how much she had cried.

Venus was just going to call Athena down for lunch when she heard crying from the other side of the room, quietly she came inside to find her daughter facing the other way curled into a ball,

her frame shaking from the sobs, gently she made her way to her and saw how swollen her eyes were, Athena saw her mother but said nothing, she felt so so numb it was killing her.

'oh baby,' Venus whispered and hugged Athena who cried into her shoulder,

she rubbed her back soothingly and let her cry it out, hugging her to let her know it would be okay, she didn't need to ask her what was wrong, if she wanted to tell her she should, for now Athena needed to let her emotions out.

'feel better,' Venus asked softly after a few minutes when her crying had subsided, Athena nodded and sniffled, kissing her daughter on the forehead Venus got up,

'if you wanna talk about it you can always come to me okay? now go freshen up, how about you go see your dad, he's in a meeting right now he should be done by the time you go to the pack house,' Venus suggested,

going to her closet and picking out a cute soft pink sundress that ended below mid thigh and Hermes white slides, as Athena remained sprawled in the bed watching her mom.

'ugh fine,' she said, rolling over to go to the washroom and shower and get dressed.

Athena had naturally beautiful deep wave curls, the shower made her feel a little fresher than before, she came downstairs grabbed a cookie and made her way to the pack house, greeting a few pack members on the way.

dusting her hands off the cookie crumbs she entered the pack house, the pack house was where all important meetings, pack elders and warriors met for meetings and plannings, it was like an office per say that handled everything about the pack, its trading etc.

'hey tom, have you seen dad?' Athena asked, passing by one of the warriors,

'hey Athena, yes he's in his office i think his meeting just ended, but wait a few minutes,' tom suggested, and Athena agreed,

It had been 15 mins and she still hadn't heard from Tom, plus she had to use the washroom really bad she had been holding it in hoping they'd call her in any time,

briskly walking she went up the stairs to her fathers office wing and took a sharp left turn towards where the washroom was when all of a sudden she bumped into someone and fell right on her derriere, her vision hazed and sage pushed forward, looking up she found herself staring into the darkest pair of eyes known to mankind,

'mate,' sage whispered in her head, and Athenas eyes widened, the man in front of her extended a hand to help her get up but Athena had lost her mind completely.

she pushed herself up and dashed around him not even taking a proper look at him, fleeing for her life and ran straight into the washroom where she locked herself up, her chest rising and falling with every breath she took, sage was happily dancing around out of happiness while dread filled Athena, this cant be, she thought to herself.

After a few moments of calming herself down she cleared her throat, ran her hands down her dress and went straight to her fathers office, her legs felt like they'd give out any second. Walking in she noticed her dad and then next to him uncle Knox and .... that deep scent of musk and woods ... her mate .....

Athena gulped,

'ena what a surprise,' Knox said smiling, she walked over to him on jello legs and he gave her a kiss on the head,

'hi uncle,' she murmured, looking at the man she called mate, for the first time she actually saw him and she was breathless, he was beautiful.

he looked dangerous and invincible, his shoulders were wide, his chest deep, and he was dressed in a deep grey coloured suit, the front two buttons of his dress shirt were popped open displaying darkly tanned chest, who's hardness she had experienced earlier when she bumped into him.

the way his dark eyes bore into her, the set of his tall frame, there was something primitive and dangerous about him, he seemed to radiate barely leashed, ruthless power, rugged masculine strength carved into the tough line of his jaw and chin, he was outrageously handsome, with a straight nose and firm full lips, Athena felt her breath caught in her chest.

'Azarious, this is my daughter Athena, Athena this is Azarious, he's our new business partner in trade,' Dante said,

Azarious's brows snapped together, Dante had a daughter? never had he heard of her or seen her, how was that possible, someone who's existence he's completely unaware of? it caught him so off guard, Athena ... he thought, looking at the girl in front of him with such deep curiosity.

sunlight glinted in her hair gliding it with a gold sheen, it turned her magnificent blue eye look as clear as the sea and her green seemed to look like a luminous turquoise green, the pink of her dress flattered her creamy complexion and the peach tint glowing at her cheeks,

there was innocence in her huge liquid eyes he decided, as he looked at her gently winged brows, her cute button nose, her hair tumbling about her in waves, framing a face that looked like it had been sculpted by a porcelain master, her lashes incredibly long, her lips soft and pink as-

someone cleared their throat and Azarious blinked back to reality, Dante was looking at her waiting for her to say something as she too seemed to be lost in a trace,

'hello, nice to meet you,' she said softly,

'likewise,' Azarious said, keeping his burning gaze levelled with hers, as she blinked and looked away,

He felt something with her, something so deep and primitive it stirred his curiosity, how is it possible that he was unaware about a being?

especially someone who's directly related to one of the most powerful people in the werewolf realm, Azarious knew everything about a person yet he didn't even know about her existence? the undeniable pull between them didn't go unnoticed by Jack who quietly watched the exchange,

'your highness we have to head back now we have another meeting to attend,' Nathaniel said,

Azarious hummed in reply finally taking his eyes of Athena and looked towards Dante who had his hand stretched out, taking it he shook it firmly,

'a pleasure doing business with you, i believe we'll be seeing each other often,'

'likewise, and yes, we'll be seeing each other very often now,' Azarious said, looking at Athena as he said the last part, and with one last look at her he nodded at the others and left, Athena blew out a breath she didn't know she was holding,

'so this is the Azarious,' she whispered to herself, looking at his retreating back wondering how everything had flipped upside down in one morning.

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hello darlings,

TAN TAN TAAAAAANNNNNN, THEY MET?! NSKSKSKS AHHH I CANT GET OVER AZARIOUS HES SO MYSTERIOUS AND DARK PLSSSSS. anywayssss i hope u guys liked the chapter dont forget your daily drill

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