Dahlia’s POVI must be something of a kind in our history, to be an Alpha with no wolf, and one Beta.Damon often says that his power comes from his people, and I always took that as some hypocritical, political slogan, one to earn the loyalty of his people.I was wrong.Turns out one doesn’t need to have a fortune or a pack to be an Alpha. So long as you take the pledge from another, even just one, you can be an Alpha. Only, with tiny power.Damon kept his promise and let me go, and I remained in shock even after we had driven for a whole day.Right there in the shabby, cold, old, and empty train station, Damon asked Aiden to renounce his loyalty and pledge to me. Aiden obeyed tamely. The moment I took Aiden’s pledge and promise to be his Alpha, a tiny but bright power rose inside me. It was invisible, and I looked the same after, but I just know.Something changed inside me, forever.I’m still as weak physically as before, I tried. But I feel a faint shred of power in my chest, one
Dahlia’s POVI thought it would be weird to not have Damon in my life, but I haven’t even got time to feel that, even if I would.Time flies here in the headquarters of the League.I never knew it would be such a hideous job to be an Alpha, with the mountain-like heavy paperwork pouring down. If it wasn’t for Aiden I would be totally lost.A week after I arrived, I hadn’t even gotten around to meeting my dad. He is here to register his new title as well, meaning he would be buried under a heavy workload like me. Guess he wouldn’t have any more time than me to spare.But the truth is, he feels a little estranged from me all of a sudden. I think it’s because of his new title.Dad was a mild person, in my memory. He always had a smile on, for anyone and anything. He doesn’t talk much nor do much even though he was a Beta of my mother. Most of the time he just stands behind my mom like a standing board, supporting my mom with no objection, ever.He wasn’t the strong type, not an Alpha. Ev
Dahlia’s POVDad doesn’t look happy, seemingly having a heated quarrel with Justin. Justin has a weary smile. He is polite, as always, but I can tell that he is in a bad mood, too.I sit there and watch the two men, not wanting to make myself noticed.It feels weird.I have imagined seeing Dad again so many times, but none of them was like now, when I feel like I’m looking at a total stranger.He is in a fancy suits. Unlike the ones mom used to pick for him, they are cold and tight, giving off a sharp aura. I forgot, he is an Alpha now. He is no longer the friendly Beta who plays nice with everyone. His eyes are cold and his jaw cleanly shaved, his shoes shining and his chest help up high.It’s definitely my dad, but I feel like I don’t know him anymore. I want to go dive into his arms and cry about what happened like his little princess, but I seem to have forgotten how.And then they see me.Justin’s face instantly lights up. He strides to me before he stops abruptly and turns aroun
Dahlia's POVIt's stupid to blame Dad just because he wouldn’t take my leftover, but I do.Not because of the meal, because he talks about Mom with no love, and because he has dropped all our father-daughter habits so soon. He still calls me princess, but I feel a shade of coldness in his eyes, one that I have never seen before. I can’t help feeling like the past few months put a lifetime’s distance between us, like I no longer know him anymore.I didn’t get another chance with Dad after that dinner. But Justin stayed around and helped me get used to all the Alpha stuff. Though I have got Aiden, it was nice to have friend reminding me and going to the Alpha meetings with me. He would introduce me to all the Alpha coming and going to the headquarters, and it helped a lot with him by my side when most of them made it clear with their attitude that--An Alpha with only one member in her pack is not one they need to care about.But even with familiar faces like Justin’s, life here soon tu
Dahlia’s POV“How dare you!” Lola growls at me, baring her teeth, “Who do you think you are, interrupting the meeting?! Notice that you are not on the table, but only sitting on the learning seats, low life!”The learning seats are a row of less than ten chairs by the wall, for Alphas of small packs that occasionally come to the headquarters for all sorts of reasons.The League promises that all the important decisions that are going out from the headquarters are decided by EVERY Alpha, no matter the size of their packs. Democracy. But the thing is, it’s hard to gather all a hundred and something of Alphas in the headquarters all the time for these meetings, so for practical reasons, the meetings can only expect the three Supreme Alphas to be there all the time when the rest Alphas can choose to come or not.But Lola makes it sound like the rest of us don’t have that right.I don’t know if I should make a scene here because I know how unwise it is to go against a Supreme Alpha directl
Dahlia’s POVUnwillingly, my heart skipped a beat when Damon said “one of mine”.I knew I would run into him and I have been nervously preparing myself mentally for that, but as much as I do, I didn’t expect to see him again under such circumstances.He seems fine. His curly hair in their perfect shape and his suits are straight and neat like ever. The moment he steps into the room the whole depressing and filthy air is suddenly gone. That man owns any room he is in.“One of yours? You are staining that title of yours left of your father with your clinging toward an Omega,” Kayle smirks as cocky as he could, but his demeanor looks much more restraint and modest as if a bully trying to put up his strong face though he noticed the professor has entered the classroom.I frown. This always happens when I’m in public with Damon. I can’t blame him but--“Ohh, I meant Aiden,” Damon lets out a genuine laugh with a hint of surprise, tilting his head at Kayle, “Last time you lost to Aiden in a
Dahlia’s POVDamon left the meeting room with two guards on his sides. To a locker, maybe? No one dared to touch him even a little bit in the end. I think his evil smirk was enough to scare off anyone who tried.But I can no longer think or feel any of that.I feel absent.It’s like the real world’s weight suddenly falls back to earth when I have been floating in space for too long that I forgot what reality feels like. I have been Dahlia the sex slave for only months, but it has already replaced my whole life as a princess where my pack, my parents, and my people were.Until I stood in the room with my mind in turmoil and watched my Dad make his accusation.The tragedy of my pack is being turned into a lawsuit, a case, a cold fact that people in reality are dealing with now, yet it feels less real to me.Maybe it’s because it’s too good a dream coming true too fast?“What do you think will happen to Damon?” I ask Aiden.I think he brought me back to my room. I’m looking out the windo
Dahlia’s POV“Alpha Liam has a busy schedule today,” Dad’s poker face Beta says, blocking me outside his suite.But I won’t budge this time: “I am Dahlia Morgan, his DAUGHTER. He is busy with the case of OUR pack’s attack, and I have important things to discuss with him.”Surprise flashes through his Beta’s eyes, and he seems a little daunted in the face.“Please inform your Alpha that I will be waiting for him in the lobby on this floor,” I no longer look at him, but turn and leave. Dad won’t be able to go around me unless he uses the fire escape. He is avoiding me for some reason, I know.He was like this before I was five. I just forgot because after I cried about it to Mom, Dad changed his way completely.He was always busy, always in his study, working. He wouldn’t open the door even if I sat in front of it with my doll for hours. Sure I get to talk to him on the dining table, but his smile was always politely distant. That makes me long for his attention even more. I wanted his