Prologue

On a beautiful sunny day in Dark Slayer pack, as Jolene eagerly flipped through the next few pages of her novel, she could feel her adrenaline pumping harder. She was getting close to the climax; vampire novels always had this effect on her. Except they were banned and forbidden in the werewolf world, which gave her an even greater rush while reading them.

"Jo!" she heard someone call her. "Damn it," she thought to herself as she quickly dog-eared her current page and hurriedly placed it under the pillow. She was so close to reading the climax!

Her door opened just as she stood up from her bed.

"Our alpha is going to have important guests soon, and we need to make all the necessary preparations!" exclaimed Polly, clapping her hands like a small child. Polly was Jolene’s roommate and was always excited about everything.

Polly flipped her black hair away as she shook Jolene in excitement. "And you know the warriors are returning from their base today!"

Jolene rolled her eyes. She knew Polly had a crush on Jake, a young warrior who was always being assigned to bases, much to Polly’s dismay.

"I have already arranged Gina’s wardrobe, and she told me I was done for the day," Jolene protested. Gina was the Beta’s daughter and the same age as her. Despite her terrible temper, Gina tolerated Jolene at least.

"Alpha clearly said all omegas need to help in the kitchen and cleaning the mansion. So, giddy up, make your choice: kitchen or mansion?" Polly eyed her.

"Fine, kitchen," was all she said as Polly dragged her outside.

Slap Slap

"You little bitch!" Gina yelled at Lucy as she yanked her hair. Lucy kept quiet, not fighting back at all. She had been used to years of torture at the hands of most of the pack members, especially Gina. At just eight years old, Lucy was accused of murdering her mother. Despite begging for her innocence, all evidence pointed to her as the dragger had her fingerprints. She knew now that she had been framed.

"You f**king whore! You think you are better than me, huh?" Gina continued kicking and slapping Lucy, who was now close to tears. She already had too many bruises and scars on her body; she felt any more beatings would now break her completely.

"Miss!" Jolene chimed in quickly, making Gina stop from hitting Lucy.

"What is it, Jo?" Gina asked angrily.

"The alpha thinks of you right this moment!" Jolene answered, which made Gina blush and happy at the same time. Gina immediately forgot about Lucy as she quickly made haste towards the alpha’s office.

"Let me help you," Jolene said slowly as she helped a limping Lucy stand up. She felt bad for Lucy; she was the punching bag of the pack and treated far worse than the omegas. She used to be the former beta’s daughter but now was treated like a nobody.

"Thanks, I will take it from here," Lucy’s weak voice wavered as she tried to walk on her own. She did not even walk a few steps before her wobbly knees gave away. Jolene immediately tended to Lucy’s side again and insisted that she help her.

Taking Lucy to her basement room was not really ideal. There were cockroaches and little crawling insects everywhere, and layers and layers of dust. She wondered how Lucy had been sleeping here every night.

So reluctantly, Jolene took her back to her shared room. Jolene’s motto was to stay low and out of troubles and only mind your own business. But she had to make an exception for today. Besides, it appeared that if Lucy received any more beatings, she would probably never recover.

"Thank you, I…" Lucy stammered. "No one has ever helped me before."

"Um, it’s okay. You can stay here and lay low until Gina calms down," Jolene gave her an encouraging smile. She looked at the poor girl’s torn clothes and felt bad again. So, she went to rummage through her drawers and found some decent shirts and long jogger pants.

"Here, you can change into these and rest for a while here," Jolene told Lucy, who had her eyes brimming full of gratitude. The poor girl just nodded her head. "I will cover for you in the kitchen, so no rush."

Jolene finally stepped back as she observed the beautiful feast she had prepared. Steak, cream risotto, brioche buns, freshly squeezed orange juice, and many more side dishes. The guests would be arriving any time now. As soon as Jolene was placing the glasses into the trolley, she heard a loud growl throughout the mansion. She knew this growl; it was the alpha. Alpha Jayden.

There was a commotion going outside the kitchen already as she made her way towards the small crowd gathering. There were a few whispers going around as she neared the front and saw the disaster.

Lucy was standing there with her knees shaking, looking very scared as Alpha Jayden angrily looked at her. Shit.

"You can’t be my mate!" Alpha Jayden growled angrily, making everyone in the room cower in fear.

Lucy was speechless as she just stood there. Everyone was whispering to each other, shocked at the discovery. Gina stared at Lucy dangerously, as if she wanted to murder her right this instant.

Was this bad or a blessing in disguise? Jolene thought to herself.

Because she knew she was Alpha Jayden’s true mate, and no one knew about it, not even Alpha Jayden himself.