Think a title for :The pack has welcomed and greeted Valerie with grace and they were overjoyed at the arrival of their new luna, knowing that their pack is complete. Winston stands at the bar while everyone enjoys their time talking, dancing, singing along to the music while drinking. It’s a proper party where the kids all went home and Winston is still staring at Valerie as she dances in the crowd.
“Why are you even here if all you are going to do is sit here, drinking all night?” Rick sits down next to his alpha. “We do it at the bar, what’s the difference?” Winston snaps without averting his gaze. “The difference is you don’t stare at her the entire time.” That catches Winston’s attention and he looks at Rick, “Can you just back off? There’s just something about her that intrigues me, but it doesn’t mean that I want her.” Winston grits out as he asks for another drink.
“So you don’t want her?” Rick asks teasingly. Winston glares at him from his side eye, “No. What I want, is for her to leave.” He sighs as he takes his new drink and gulps it down.
“That’s not going to happen.” Rick scoffs, “She’s working at that bakery now and she’s taking it over.” Rick mutters, smiling as he waits for his drink. “How would you know that?” Winston slams his glass down onto the table, turning to Rick, “Because I go in there for breakfast muffin and coffee every single morning. Don’t look at me like I’m a creep.” Rick scoffs and waltzes off.
Winston slowly turns in his seat, his eyes slowly scanning the crowd until his gaze finds her, standing elegantly next to his mother, chatting away with a group of women.
“Unbelievable.” He mutters as he gets to his feet and walks over to her. His eyes travel down the length of her body, the way the red dress hugs her, showing off her leg as she stands with her one foot to the side. “Excuse me.” Winston interrupts the group’s conversation, “Dance with me.” He holds his hand out to Valerie, who simply glances at his stretched-out hand. “No thank you Winston.” She gracefully declines and he takes her hand, “It wasn’t a question.” He yanks her away from the group, “Oh, young love.” He hears his mother wave the situation off even if he knew that she didn’t believe her own words.
“Winston!” Valerie sneers as he leads her into a half circle before pulling her close to him, making her giggle. Sparks erupt as his hand rest on the small of her back, she knows that he doesn’t like any part of this, but she couldn’t help but have hope and enjoy the moment.
“What it is?” she holds her chin up, their faces so close that she could feel his hot breath fanning hers. “I want to talk.” He shrugs, his shoulders barely lifting, “If it’s about earlier…I don’t want to.” She glances around as they glide across the floor. The rest of the pack wants a luna, but of course it’s the alpha that matters.
“I don’t care what you want to.” His fingers dig into her skin through the dress, making her uncomfortable, “I like how you wormed yourself into my mother’s good graces, unlike me who she despises.” He scoffs, rolling his eyes as he keeps her close to him, making it difficult to escape his grasp. “She doesn’t despise you. She’s your mom.” Valerie sneers, “She doesn’t approve of how I do things.” He deadpans, baring his teeth, “Perhaps because you are wrong, ever think about that?” 
Winston thought she was brave when she said that, no one else ever questioned him, but she did. He liked that she stood up to him, but he also hated it because it made him feel small. He knew that their situation was something else, but how could he just turn a blind eye and ignore her? He thought that she is beautiful and unique, but his heart still ached for his mate…
“Don’t question how I do things, you are not the alpha of this pack.” He sneers, “But I am the Luna.” Her eyes sparkle as she spoke.
“Not for long.” The devilish grin that crept up his face made her very uncomfortable and she could not help but wonder what he had in mind. Fear coursed through her body at the thought of him having her killed, but she was determined to hide it. She did not want him to see her afraid, because then he would know that he has won. “Sure.” Her perfectly shaped eyebrows raised as she rolled her eyes.
Valerie and Winston both bickered back and forth as they danced around the room, gliding like they’ve been dancing together for years. To everyone else, they were the perfect match. The pack swooned over them as it looked like they were having an intimate moment, smiling and talking, they surely thought it was a beautiful sight all the while Winston was threatening their luna, digging his fingers into her skin as he tried to scare her, but she just shoved the fear down and smiled through his threats like they meant nothing, because to her, they were empty words that came with a harsh tone.
“You can threaten me all you like, but your hands keep on sliding down to my ass, your eyes sparkle when I smile and the way you stare at me makes it all clear, you like me and you’re afraid. You know you won’t be betraying your mate, she loved you and would want you to be happy.” Valerie smiles at him gracefully, his mind and heart fighting over to be mad or not. He hated how she spoke of Amelia because he knew that Valerie has never even met her, yet she acts like she knew what Amelia would have wanted, yet he couldn’t bring himself to get mad enough to walk away, because the sight of her perfect and beautiful smile mixing with her green eyes made his heart melt into liquid.
“I don’t think that I am betraying her, because I don’t like you. You think so highly of yourself because you are alpha blood, but how can you be so ignorant? You are nothing in this pack, to them you might be their luna, but to me, you will always be a skank and as for my hands, some part of me has to at least have fun because looking at your dull ugly face makes me want to puke and my mother is watching, so excuse me for only liking your behind.” He grins as her smile falls, but on the inside, he hated every word that he just said to her. He knew that she wasn’t ugly, but he couldn’t let her think that he actually liked her. 
Valerie froze on the spot and so did Winston, staring at her with regret in his heart. He steps away from her, bowing his head, “Until next time. Excuse me.” He mutters before walking off to the bar, meeting Rick there.
“What did you say to her?” Rick asks as he stands with a beer in hand, his elbows resting on the counter in front of him, “Only the truth.” Winston lies. Rick stares at his best friend with disappointment, but he says nothing and excuses himself when he notices Valerie walking out of the ballroom, her head down and her hands fisted.
Winston didn’t see his best friend running after his chosen mate as he ordered a drink and he sat down, drinking over a dozen drinks.
Rick found Valerie out in the front yard, sitting on a stone wall, her bare leg coming through the slit is crossed over the covered one, her hands fidgeting with one another as she stares out onto the pack. Valerie’s heart was heavy, her eyes glistening with unshed tears and her mind spiralling with Winston’s hurtful words.