Chapter 8: The Mysterious Letter

Cecilia's POV

I got back to my hut with a heavy and thought filled mind. I was not worried, I could not say I was, but I was impatient to see what my future held for me. 

I met Anna at the small yard tent by my hut, and soon, Alpha Denver arrived too. We began the journey and got to Eagle Eyes pack very early the next morning. The distance from my pack to his was quite a stretch. 

I was shown to my quarters by a guard, and Denver went his way. When I got into my chambers, I was shocked at the vastness of the rooms. It almost seemed like it was not for me alone. 

I wondered how lonely I would feel, enjoying all that. Anna's room was not so far from my room and everywhere was clean and expensive looking. Alpha Denver was indeed rich, like I had always heard. 

I settled into the soft, comfortable bed and sniffed in its fragrance. It was nice. 

"My Lady, the Alpha has just called for you." Anna rushed into my room. 

"For me? Why?"

"I do not know, but he has asked that you meet him now." she delivered. 

"Okay, well. Take me to him." We left the room and Anna took me to meet Denver. 

He was in a small room not so far from my own chambers. 

"We need to hasten the ceremony." He said, once I had sat down. 

"The ceremony?" I was lost at his words. 

"Our mating ceremony, the ceremony where I will officially declare you as my mate and my Luna." he explained. 

I felt a sudden rush of heat go to my cheek in excitement at his words. If he wanted us to hasten the ceremony, then it meant that he could not wait to claim me as his. 

"Okay. When will that be?" I inquired, trying to keep my emotions in check. 

"Tomorrow. Everything you need to get yourself prepared will be provided and you will be adequately taken care of in preparation for tomorrow." He explained and added; "Early tomorrow morning, the event will happen, okay?"

"Okay, I understand." That was all I said. 

Denver got up and left me. Something was not right, I could feel it. Denver had indeed said that he did not want any affectionate exchange between us, but he seemed a lot colder than I would have expected. 

His expressions, his words, his actions; they all seemed as if I was being controlled. It felt like I was being ordered around, to do this and that without my own opinion being considered. That was just how it seemed to me. 

My wolf was unsettled at how quick everything was unfolding right in front of me and dumped in my laps to accept. 

Anna came into the room and stared at me. 

"Is every thing fine?" she asked. 

"Yes, it is. We are going to have our mating ceremony tomorrow morning." I said to her, smiling as wide as I could. 

I was worried but I did not want her to be too, not until I was sure that I was not just being too serious. 

"Tomorrow? Is that not too close?"

"No, the preparations have been put in place already. It is better sooner than later."

Anna nodded and smiled at me. 

"Let us go in and rest then. Tomorrow will be a very busy day when you will get to be recognized as the mighty Luna of Eagle Eyes pack." she exaggerated. 

"Haha, such exaggeration Anna. I will only be a Luna, like every other one before me."

We returned back to my chambers and Anna left me to return to her room. I sat in the room and thought again if I had made the right decision to place my life in the hands of Alpha Denver. 

A knock came from outside the door. 

"Who is it? Come in." I said. 

The door was pushed open and a guard walked in with a gift box in hand. 

"This is for you, ma'am" He knelt on one knee and offered the box to me. 

I took it with confusion and he stood up immediately. 

"Who is this from?" I asked but he had already left. 

With curiosity, I placed the box on the table and wondered who might have sent it. From Denver? Most probably not, then from who? My father or maybe Henry, pulling silly stunts at me again. 

I was curious, so I just opened it. Inside the small box laid a single rose, there was no other thing but a rose inside. I thought about what that might mean but nothing came up.

I looked at the cover of the box, and attached to it was a small note. I pulled it away and opened it to see a short and confusing message. 

It read;

"Be careful not to trample on thorny roses. Congratulations." That was all that was written.

The message did not make sense to me, it did not send any memory or recollection of anything. Who could have sent it then?

If the person had congratulated me, then he or she was aware that I had found my mate or my second mate. Or the person knew about me becoming the Luna of the Eagle Eyes pack.

I had no idea who it could, no thought at all, but I was frightened. The message was an anonymous threat, with no direct meaning and the sender of the box had no been delivered. 

I stood up and left the room, searching for the guard who had brought it. From each Hall to the next, I could not find a single guard, not one. 

Then I remembered, when I was brought into the chambers, there were no guards. No guard has been assigned to my chambers yet, so who ever had sent that message to me was working with the guard and it was already too late to find them.