Chapter 1: Saved

LEAH

Last night had been magical. Our pack held its annual ball and yesterday was also my 18^th birthday.  I finally came of age and there, I also finally met my mate. It was Thomas, the future Alpha of our pack.

My heart soared with happiness and excitement. Thomas was the dream of every shewolf in our pack. In the past, I didn’t have such wishful thinking to be mated with him. I know that with my status, it was impossible for the two of us.

But I think the moon goddess has other plans. I felt giddy all over that I’m starting to think about our future… our life together as the future Luna and Alpha.

However, all my hopes came crashing down today. I found Thomas wrapped around Sabrina, the most beautiful girl in our pack, in the garden. They were kissing as I stood still on my spot, feeling my heart breaking into millions of pieces.

“I promise, I’ll make you my Luna.” They continued kissing, Thomas’s voice was full of love and passion that tears started to form in my eyes.

“Thomas…” I finally took a step forward, making my presence known.

But they didn’t seem shocked when they saw me. There was not even a trace of guilt on their faces. Thomas coldly glanced at me, while Sabrina had a triumphant smirk on her face.

“Why are you here?” Thomas spat coldly at me.

“We’re mates.” I choked out, my voice breaking as I feel the huge ache in my chest. “How could you do this?”

“Look at you,” He sneered in disgust. “I didn’t expect you to have such wishful thinking. You’re too fat and plain. You think you could be my Luna?”

He pulled Sabrina closer to him, while she continued clinging into his arms.

“Sabrina is everything a Luna should be. Now, it’s just time for everybody to witness that I won’t be with someone as pathetic as you!”

His words cut deep, piercing through my heart. But he wasn’t finished speaking. The thing I’ve been dreading for suddenly came.

“I, Thomas Morgan, future Alpha of the Blood Crane Pack, reject you, Leah Knights, as my mate.”

At that moment, I felt my whole world crumbling down. The pain from the rejection almost made me fall. The disdainful sounds and insults coming from the pack members who were now surrounding us was too hard to bear.

“Get out of our pack!” Thomas pushed me hard that I finally fell to the ground. “You don’t belong here.”

Tears were streaming down my cheeks as I struggled to get up. But with a shattered heart and broken spirit, I still managed to leave.

Not knowing what awaits me... Or where I’ll end up to.

IN A FLASH, a week has passed, and I find myself sitting inside a bar. I was now at the human city.

The loud sound of music banged into my eardrums. I have been staying like this for almost more than an hour now, drinking my lungs out to try relieving the pain from the rejection I just suffered a week ago.

I gulped the remaining vodka in my glass before inching closer to the bar.

“Another one?” The bartender approached me with a bottle already in his hands.

“Yes please.”

The bartender smirked before filling my glass again. “Suffering from a breakup?”

I only pursed my lips, fighting the urge to roll my eyes at him. Are humans really this nosy? This bartender was way too hostile when I first arrived here earlier, but after seeing the gold VIP card I had, he immediately turned all sweet and flirty. I guess that’s the privilege I had earning that card after saving a woman from danger two days ago.

Yet, I don’t have the energy to fool around with this guy. The look I’ve been receiving ever since arrived here have never once stopped and it’s irking my wolf out. But then, it was all my fault too, thinking I would stay lowkey upon entering this place. Who would even go to a club wearing oversized black jeans and a huge black hoodie to top it? Plus, my plus sized body wrapped in this kind of outfit has only made me look like a dumpling. But the hell I care about them?

Ever since young, I’ve long became accustomed to it. Hate, disgust, and avoidance as if I was a plague. I’ve been experiencing this way back when I was still in our pack. Just, I was too naïve to think that all things would change once I finally found my mate… That I can find someone who will accept me for who I am.

But after being humiliated in front of the whole pack and getting rejected by my very own mate, I now realized that it was all just my wishful thinking.

The only thing left from all the pain and sufferings accumulated all these years is the numbing pain in my chest.

I took another sip from my glass, feeling the satisfaction brought by the sting of the drink on my throat. This night is the last night I’m gonna grieve over the wasted years of my life in that hellish place.

As the night goes deeper, the music inside the club went louder. The people around went even more wild and lewd, groping and grinding here and there. I even saw a few couples making out in the open space. But well, what do I expect from humans? They were free to go and have fun with different partners from time to time. They don’t have to be tied to only one person whom the moon goddess has chosen for them.

How I wish I was a human too… But well, fate works the other way you want it.

Before I knew it, the bottle of vodka left by the bartender whom I ignored has been finished out. Just as I was about to request for another bottle, I suddenly felt a tingling sensation on my scalp.

I can feel a scorching gaze on me, yet as I tried to look around, I couldn’t find anyone. Weird. I’ve been receiving all kinds of look since I arrived here, but this one just feels… different.

“Hey there, beautiful.” A man suddenly sat on the stool beside me. He faced me with a flirty smile on his lips, but I couldn’t find any charm on his ordinary-looking face.

Don’t get me wrong, even omegas in my previous pack look way better than him.

“Mind if I join you?”

A cold wind suddenly seemed to brush past my neck. Then, the feeling of being instensely stared at came back to me again, sending chills down my spine.

‘What the hell was that?’ I was mentally perplexed as the sensation brought by this mysterious presence was something I have never felt before.  

“Just one glass, alright?” The ordinary-looking man kept bugging me for a few more minutes. And in order to get rid of him, I drank the glass he was offering me before standing up.

“I need to go.” My body was a lot stiff. All this while, I can still feel the burning gaze behind me, but as I tried to look around, there was no one.

Perhaps this was just the effect of alcohol? But it was never like this when I had the very first drink in my life.

“Hey–”

Before the man could say anything more, I immediately trotted towards the club’s restroom, deciding to wash up. Perhaps due to the number of drinks I had, my body suddenly feels too hot.

Finally spotting the cubicles, I hastily rushed forward, only to suddenly feel an excruciating pain on my head. Just seconds later, I felt the world around me spinning. I pushed my hands into the wall, trying to support myself up but a pair of hands suddenly grabbed me from behind.

“Damn, you still want to get away from me huh?”

Judging from the voice, it was the man who offered me the drink just a while ago. Then it finally came into me, that drink he offered me was drugged!

“Let me go!” I tried trashing away from his hold, but my whole body was already starting to weaken.

This man might’ve put a large amount of dose in that drink. With my high alcohol tolerance, coupled with being a werewolf, it was not normal for my body to react this way.

“I spent a lot of effort just now,” His hand slowly pulled the zipper of my hoodie, and no matter how much I wanted to push him away, I couldn’t find myself to fight back.

“Although your figure isn’t that appealing, but you do have a pretty face.”

From my blurry vision, I noticed how his perverted gaze swept down my face before tearing off the hoodie from my body. The cold air immediately seeped into my skin. I was now only wearing a sports bra in my upper body. And faced with the disgusting gaze from this man, I suddenly had the urge to puke.

“Damn, you’re way better than I expected.” He licked his lips and pushed my body to the wall. I closed my eyes, silently calling to my wolf to take over and give our body strength.

But before I could even let Kira, my wolf, to take over, I suddenly felt the man’s body being pulled away from me.

As I opened my eyes, I saw a tall and broad figure hovering over the man who was assaulting me just now, before I saw the latter being thrown towards the wall, eventually getting unconscious by the strong impact.

My knees buckled. I can’t even figure out whether this man who just arrive was a savior or another one with a bad intention. However, I can feel my nerves tingling just by his presence.

“Y-you…” I hoarsely called out as I tried to stand straight, only to end up tumbling backwards.

But before I could fall, a pair of strong arms caught me from behind. My body stiffened from the sudden sparks that erupted on my skin where we made contact.

“Careful, kitten.” Tingles ran down my spine at the deep, magnetic voice that whispered in my ear.

Unknowingly, my body shivered. His natural intoxicating scent penetrated through my nose. It was kind of addicting that I couldn’t fight the urge to inhale.

But then, when the man who had attacked my assaulter just now turned to face me, my breath hitched. The hallway was dark, but I could easily tell that he had prominent and refined features. What made my heart pound louder against my chest was his glowing red orbs that seem to suck my soul out.

Who is he?

There was something about him that screams danger and at the same time, aggression.

His lips moved slowly. He was saying something, yet I couldn’t clearly understand what he was saying with my hazy consciousness.

The only thing I could feel was how my body started to heat up abnormally. There was a tingling pain in my core as I gasped and tried to catch my breath. However, it didn’t help when I feel the man behind me starting to rub his hands all over my skin, sending bolts of spark all over my body.

These two men were clearly evoking unfamiliar sensations in my body. Yet, I couldn’t find myself to resist.

The man who beat the scumbag earlier slowly approached me as my eyes suddenly locked with his. Though I couldn’t see clearly, I wasn’t able to take my eyes off him. Moreover, I have noticed the strong resemblance between him and the man behind me.

Their appearance was way too similar to each other. But before I could ponder deeper, another wave of pain struck my body again that sends me groaning out loud.

It was as if I was struck by a lightning and my whole body was on fire. I almost fell to the ground, but two strong pair of hands prevented me from falling.

My consciousness was on the verge of falling, and the only thing I could think as of that moment was the sparks, their hands that feel so cool on my skin and how their alluring scents seem to bring a calming sensation on my burning body.

The last thing I remember before finally passing out was the vague growling sounds and two pair of red glowing eyes laced with concern and desire staring at me.

“You’re ours.”

MY BODY was burning. A man was groping my butt while his other hand cupped my folds and I was moaning like a cat in heat… More like, a wolf in heat.

The sparks that were continuously erupting in my skin due to the contact was making me delirious. Another pair of arms grabbed my bre*st from behind. The man’s calloused hand started massaging them lightly, teasing my peaks from time to time. Another long moan escaped my lips when I feel him suck the sensitive spot on my neck.

“Ahh,” I moaned out loud.

The desire on my body kept flaring up as I grinded my body with them. I never knew I would feel this kind of pleasure in my life… It was so addicting.

Suddenly, I felt my body being pushed down the bed before my legs were roughly pulled apart by one of the man in front of me.

“Y-you…” I was already far from being rational at this moment, but I still couldn’t help feeling quite nervous, seeing the man’s sharp gaze laced with need and desire.

“Call me Hudson.” He was the man who knocked my assaulter down earlier. My breathing turned even more ragged at the sexual tension I was getting just by his stare.

“H-hudson…” His name came out as a breathless whisper from my lips. For a moment, I saw how the corner of his lips sexily curved up.

“I’m Brixton.” The other man, wearing a more seductive glint on his eyes came beside me. “Call me by my name too, kitten”

It was not a request, but a demand. Their voices also sound similar, deep, husky and magnetic.

Are they siblings?

“Brixton.” I tested calling his name out, suddenly earning a sexy groan of approval from him.

“Good girl,” he dived down and licked my earlobes. I closed my eyes when I felt Hudson’s fingers teasing my clit, adding more fire to my pussy that was already pulsing and dripping wet.

“Now, spread your legs for us.”