Chapter 3

Maya could hear the giggles of the other omegas, and she knew immediately that her fall was not by accident. They had intentionally spilled water on the ground which made her slip. She slowly rose to her feet, and they jeered. "The floor suits you better, Maya. You should keep laying down," one of the omegas taunted, as Maya stood. 

She turned around in anger, and heaved. It's not worth it, Alysia said, knowing her intent.

Maya ignored her wolf, and was walking up to them when she caught sight of the Luna and Emily, she stopped in her tracks, but they had already seen her.

"Were you not about to hit her? Come on, go ahead," Emily taunted her, and Maya gritted her teeth, as tears stung her eyes. She had to tolerate all of the humiliations because they all had the backing of the Luna.

"Emily," Riley said as she curled her fingers, unable to control her detest and anger anymore. 

"Yes, Luna," Emily answered.

"Drag this peasant by the hair to her room. If she dares to challenge you, run to me immediately," she said, and Maya bit her lower lip to avoid her from crying. She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her vulnerable.Emily did as she was told with all pleasure.

She went over to Maya, and grabbing her by the hair, she pulled her roughly towards the omegas quarters. Maya beared it all, with only a little whimper escaping her lips. Emily wanted to see her cry, and when Maya proved difficult, she pulled her hair tighter, and a gasp escaped Maya's lips, and Emily smiled in satisfactory.

She pushed Maya into the room, and she stumbled back and fell. She swallowed hard. "Like the Luna said, don't come to the party. Your face disgusts all of us, and I'm sure the alphas will puke too if they see you," she said in spite, and slammed the door hard on Maya.

Maya crawled to her sleeping pad, and as soon as she laid on it, she had no idea how the tears she had been fighting within strolled down her eyes, and she began to sob.

"Mother," she began to soliloquize. "You shouldn't have left me all alone. You shouldn't have...entrusted my care into the hands of the royal family," she sobbed, as she flashed back to when her mother was on her sick bed, and the alpha had come to see her, not to check on her, but to break the bad news of her husband's death to her. He died on the battlefield.

The news had shocked Maya's mother so much that all she could mutter was, Alpha Killian to take care of her daughter, and she died after that.

Alpha Killian had perhaps felt a little bit of remorse, and brought Maya to the pack house as a help, and since Riley set her eyes on Maya, she had subjected the little girl to a life of misery.

Maya sobbed as she recalled her childhood. "What were you thinking mother? That poor omegas like us could be loved and cared for? You thought I wouldn't survive on my own, and you entrusted my well being into the hands of cruel people," she said. "Mom, no one loves me here, not even the omegas. It's like I was never part of the pack," Maya said amidst her tears.

She turned sideways, and curled her toes, as she pulled her knees to her chest. Important guests arriving, my foot. I'll stay in here where there's less trouble. Who wants to be there with them anyways, she scoffed, as she closed her eyes, and due to her intense tears, she drifted slowly into sleep.

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By evening, the guests were already arriving. Wealthy alphas from stronger packs walked into the pack house with an air of pride.

Riley was thrilled, as she watched them walk in with a smile on her face. She was standing beside her husband, alpha Killian, and he too was glad that a few of these men in the room would be potential husbands to his three daughters.

"Alpha Logan," Alpha Killian hailed as one of the alphas drew nearer.

Alpha Logan grinned. "Alpha Killian, I hear you have the most beautiful daughters in the city," he said to him.

Alpha Killian's smile widened. "Yes, I do," he said.

"Therefore, do not waste time in bringing them forward. I can't wait to choose a bride among them," Logan said.

"Don't be in a hurry, alpha, my daughters are still getting ready, and besides the night is still young," Killian said, and the Logan nodded in agreement, as they conversed with the rest of the alphas.

A few of the omegas were already walking around with cocktails and whiskey to offer to the alphas.

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"Isn't it time to see the beautiful ladies?" Logan asked, running out of patience.

"Of course it is," alpha Killian said, and turned to Riley. "Get the girls," he said, and she nodded and walked towards the stairs.

"Shall we have a toast while we wait?" Killian asked, and they nodded, and raised their glasses. "To the union between..." He began to speak, but stopped when he noticed the figure walking into the pack house. The rest of the alphas noticed too as they turned in the direction Killian was looking at, and fear gripped their heart when they saw who was approaching.

The guests, and the Oasis pack members gasped as he kept walking effortlessly towards them. His presence alone struck fear in the hearts of both the weak and fearless. A powerful formidable aura different from any other emitted from him, and suffocated the room.

"It's... Alpha Grey," one of the guests whispered, and she quickly covered her mouth with her hand. Just his name rolling out of her tongue could get her hanged without caution.

"Having an occasion without me?" Grey asked, as he stopped a few feet away from them, with a thin smile on his lips, and his eyes cold as ice, as he stared from Killian to Logan.