Mila’s POV Whatever the doctor had given me to take away my pain, had taken over the entirety of my body, taking away not just my pain, but also put me into a deep sleep, as wonderful memories of my past with my family came to me in my state of unconsciousness. My mother, this time, was gently brushing my hair, as she prepared me for a celebration, as I looked down to see myself in a beautiful white gown. Once again, I had thought this to be a memory, but the dress was not one that I had ever worn before. Realization at that moment dawned on me, that this wasn’t a memory, but a moment in time, that I once again would never share with my family. When my mother was finished brushing my curls out, she says to me, “There, the Alpha will be pleased.” My eyes moved back up to the mirror to see her reflection in it, as I could see the happiness in her eyes for me, but I wondered what she meant by the Alpha would be pleased. Not
Mila’s POV My heart instantly began to race, as fear rushed through me, while his words registered in my head. They were the same words that had been spoken to me, to awaken me the night that Red Moon attacked my pack. As my eyes began to focus, I realized the chaos that was erupting around us, as the pack doctor was already in a frenzy to help with the wounded. “I need to get you to safety.” Beta Ryker says to me, as he helps me to sit up in bed, before he grabs ahold of my arm, pulling me towards the door. At first, I hurried with him willingly to get to safety, in fear of my life, but as I looked around at all the wounded pack members, noticing that there were too many for the pack doctor alone to treat, I knew that I couldn’t just leave them. Pulling my arm from Beta Ryker’s grasp, I say to him, “I can’t leave here. There’s too many injured. I have to help the pack doctor.” Before I turned away from him, not giving him a chance to re
Mila’s POV The word stay sounded more like a plea than a command, as my eyes moved to look into his eyes. In his eyes, I could see his vulnerability, and for a moment I thought to myself that I could end his life right now, and free myself from his imprisonment. But then that thought disappeared before it was even fully formed, as I knew looking at him in the state he was in, I didn’t have it in me to do it. Something about his hold on my arm reminded me of the security he brought me, in my dream, and right now he was needing mine.My eyes at that moment moved to the pack doctor, who was staring between the to of us, confused just as much as I was, but then the look of recognition formed on his face, before he says, “Mila, I am going to need you to assist me in his surgery.” With the pack doctor now asking me for his help, I found myself trapped in staying, and I honestly didn’t know if the pack doctor truly needed me, or if he was just trying to persua
Mila’s POV Thankfully, the pack doctor had Alpha Gunner stitched up in a matter of no time, as the bleeding began to clot like it should have, and he now prepared a syringe that would wake him. My eyes continued to stare at the doors, still in fear that someone would burst through them at any moment, as I waited for Alpha Gunner to wake up, but everything seemed normal.I began to second guess what the pack doctor was insinuating was going on here, as there were no signs that Alpha Gunner’s life was still in danger. If they knew that he was badly wounded, I would have thought that they would have rushed in to finish him off, but that wasn’t the case.“Mila, I need you to grab ahold of his hand, because I don’t know what state of mind he will be in when I awaken him.” The pack doctor says to me, as he stands beside Alpha Gunner holding the syringe to the flesh of his arm, waiting for me to comply with what he is asking of me. Looking from the doors over at the pack doc
Mila’s POV A shiver ran throughout my entire body, making my legs and hands shake uncontrollably, while I tried to steady myself, as I stood on the stage with a spotlight blinding me, rendering my sight of those before me. My heart pounded heavily in my chest, as I tried to keep my breathing steady, not wanting to show any fear, because I knew that it was a sign of weakness. I couldn’t dishonor my family’s name or what was left of it, by showing an ounce of fear, but it was hard right now for me to be strong, because everything I had known was nothing but ashes now. The smell of expensive cigars mixed with alcohol filled the room, making me lower my head as it reminded me of my father’s office. As the smoke now made its way to the stage I stood upon, it began to hover in the air around me like the morning fog, but unlike the morning fog, it didn’t bring the scent of the earth’s life with it, but the scent of my doom. “Next up for auction
Mila’s POV My hands continued to tremble, as I sat in the back of an SUV alone, that I was quickly escorted out of the building to, and I had to wonder what was happening inside the building after I had been forced to leave the stage by a group of Alpha Gunner’s men. It was clear that the auctioneer had made a grave mistake putting his hands on me once I was sold, but I had to wonder who else in the building was going to pay with their lives, for just looking at me, after I was now officially his possession. It is said that an Alpha is very territorial of their breeders, since they are his possession, but left unmarked by them, due to the fact that the only she wolf to bear their mark is their mate and Luna. Story has it that only those trusted by the Alpha are allowed to set eyes on his breeders, and all others that do without his permission pay the price of death for doing so, and it was a lonely life I had to look forward to. The back
Mila’s POV Turning to face the room, I didn’t even bother to check the room out, as I raced for a door that I prayed was the bathroom, while all I could think about at this moment was quenching my thirst with water, even if it was from the bathroom faucet. Thankfully, there was a private bathroom, and as I turned the faucet to the sink on and lowered my head to the cool water that ran from it, dipping my mouth to soak up its glory, I realized that everything I had taken for granted was now gone. As the cool water ran down the back of my throat, warm tears began to pour from my eyes, as I no longer could hold them back. Now that I was alone in the privacy of my own prison, I could finally let out all the emotional grief that I had been holding deep inside of me. Turning the faucet off, I turned and lowered myself slowly to the floor, pulling my knees to my chest, as I continued to sob, while I thought about my parents, and my older brothe
Gunner’s POV “She’s eating, Alpha.” Beta Ryker tells me as he enters my office, while I try and deal with the mess that I had made tonight at the auction. Thankfully, I didn’t foresee any of the other packs holding it against me, since I had purchased the she wolf fair and square, and the auctioneer should have known better than to touch what was mine. “Good. She is no use to me if she dies. Make sure she continues to eat. I’m entrusting you with her wellbeing.” I inform him, as I continue to look down at the stack of papers on my desk, coming now across the paperwork from the war that happened against Crescent Moon in my absence, wondering who the hell placed an order to take action against them. “May I ask a question, Alpha?” Beta Ryker now asks me, as I began to read over the paperwork sent to me from the council about my pack’s actions towards Crescent Moon. “What is it Beta?” I asked him, not looking up from the pape