CLAIRE's POVI groaned and turned, looking for the softest, freshest spot to lay in, but then as I turned, rays of sunlight hit my eyes and I groaned.Someone put it off!Take it away!I turned again but it seemed since the moon goddess had abandoned me… the goddess of the sun had also proclaimed vengeance on me.I frowned, a bit confused. Why did I think the moon goddess had abandoned me?Also, something was wrong…I could not quite place my hand on it.I took a small, careful sniff.Too peaceful, too quiet.What the fuck?How come I was not hearing the mistress from hell snap her dreaded whip at me?My hands instinctively moved across the bed and my frown deepened. Too soft, way too soft and bouncy for it to be my bed. Where the fuck was—Oh fucking goodness!!My eyes snapped open and I jerked to a sitting position as all the memories from the day before rushed into my head.Instinctively, my hands went in front of me in a defensive position. Ready to fight or hurt if need be.But
CLAIRE's POVI was almost convinced I was being lied to, that someone was playing a dirty, dirty trick on me.A mate was the most reverent topic in the land of wolves. Mated wolves were the happiest and the ones who died were said to be unfortunate and not blessed by the goddess. It was a thing of joy. True love.Everlasting and eternal lover.That was what a mate was supposed to be.Why was mine a tormentor?Why did he keep making me feel pain?I looked into his eyes, looking for any sign that he actually did not mean all that he was saying now. I looked for all the signs that he was just being an asshole on purpose. I looked for any telltale that would show me that he was just a little bit sulky because his mate turned out to be the weakest of the omegas.I saw none. Not a telltale or a giveaway.I watched him look at me with so much disdain. So much hatred.“Why?” I whispered. Tears streamed down my face. “Why? If you did not want a mate, if you did not want me… why did you bring
CLAIRE's POVFrustrated and agitated, I huffed towards the bed, still not bothering to drop the sheets I glitched to my chest. My instincts told me that there was a possibility I was being watched by my stupid mate. Stupid, stupid mating bond.I sat on the bed, eyes tired and angry.What was the use of all his secret drawers and doors?? Was he trying to be mysterious and shit? They all held nothing of importance! All I found were investment notes, and more shit on crypto than I ever bothered to want to know.It told me that my mate really was a normal everyday Alpha wolf.I snorted at that.Normal everyday wolf my ass.He was a normal wolf if I was the chosen one of the wolf world.A small, frustrated laugh bubbled out of me at that thought. Such absurdity. But if there was nothing of importance here, where in the world did he keep his dirty secrets?More like, what did I want to do with his dirty secrets?It was not like I cared about what he did or did not do.My wolf humphed in a
CLAIRE's POVI waited patiently for the door to open, not looking anywhere a camera could be in the room, I hoped that was as effective as any dismissal in the world of dismissals.Almost tentatively, the door opened and a big, hulking figure walked in back first, as if trying to protect something from the swinging door.I frowned but then he turned and a small smile graced my face for two reasons.One, he had come in with a tray of food! I tried not to let my mouth water and my stomach grumble at the sight and scent that filled my senses. I tried not to think about the fact that I had not eaten anything for hours. I clenched my hands tightly against my sides as I watched the enforcer set the tray beside my bed. It was all I could do not to jump on him and eat him plus the food; i was that hungry.Instead, I watched him and my lips managed a small smile when he set the table and straightened to look at me.He gave a small respectful bow and my grin grew wide. I also smiled when I re
CLAIRE's POV"Yes, that is exactly what it means." I deadpanned, trying not to act like his words affected me.Was this it then? Was this how my life would be? I would be with a mate that could not give two fucks about me... I would live forever in a pack that would always be out to kill me. I would not be accepted.I sighed and rubbed my face. Then I turned to Luis. "Well thank you for the enlightenment." I hoped he got my message and when he gave a long suffering sigh and stood up, I knew he did."I will see you again, Luna." He said and left.And then I was alone, with my thoughts, my agitated wolf that clamored to be out and running, and a hidden camera that watched my every move. I did not have it in me to be sassy anymore. The weight of what my life was to become had sunk in and it ate at me.An outcast.I was supposed to be an outcast in a place where I was supposed to be valued. I was never to be loved even though I was supposed to give out all my love... and body. I was nev
CLAIRE's POVI had been tormented all my life, I had been mistreated all my fucking life and treated like shit. All that was not as painful as what was happening in that moment because I had been made to believe that I had deserved all the sorrow that came my way. I was told that, as an omega, I was prone to suffering. I was every wolf’s doormat and I was to be grateful for not being killed out rightly.But this? This was all shades of wrong.I heard them all, their insults, their jeers against me. It was all so painful.I was supposed to find my mate so he would make me happy for the rest of my life, my status as an omega would not mean jack shit to him. He would love me for who I was and he would protect me.I laughed bitterly even as I felt the throbbing headache from the punch and the blood seep into my eyes. I blinked it off, trying to get my beating and understand what had just happened to me.My mate was supposed to be a dream come through, not this one though. This one made
DOMINIK's POVI was torn.Devastated.I did not know what to do and that made me feel like shit.I did not know if I should go downstairs and yank off the heads of the pack members who dared to hurt my mate, or if I should snap at my mate for being so stupid to go out in a place where she knew she was not loved.Obviously I chose the latter. Fuming as hell, I burst into the room with her just as she was about to sit on the bed."What the fuck did you do?!" I bellowed and she snapped her head up at me in surprise.I almost hated myself for the choice I made when I saw the hurt in her eyes directed at me.I hurt her. How? I did not know. My wolf started prancing about in my mind, agitated and pissed off as hell at me.Why did I hurt our mate?"What?" She whispered, her voice breaking.Not just her voice, she was breaking apart. I could feel it.But I could not allow myself to care, no matter how much I hated what I was about to do. This was the only way I knew. The only way she would
CLAIRE's POVI sat in my room - Dominik’s - room all day, downcast and utterly drained. I tried not to panic about the fact that I did not feel my wolf anywhere near me. I had been hurt by the pack members and my mate.She had also been hurt so I decided that she was having an alone time to lick her wounds.Silently, I wondered how I had ever lived without her. She was the crazy to my sane.She gave me the sultry and stubborn head vibe. I did not really understand where I had suddenly gotten my craziness at first but after Dominik had left the room, it started to dawn on me.The first time in my entire life when I felt I did not want to just lie low and take peoples insults was the night she finally came out. She was like a different entity entirely, an entity that lived in my head and sometimes took over my body. Where I was indeed weak and submissive, she was crazy and sultry and stubborn and … crazy.And now that she was not here, it all felt weird to me.I had been drained bo