VALERIE
I stepped back, gasping loudly in dismay. My eyes gapped at him in fright and disbelief. "What did you just say?" I blurted out. He tilted his head sideways, ignoring my question as he twitched his lips in disgust. Before I could part my lips to say another word, two young men trudged into the room and gripped my arm, pulling me out of the large room roughly. "Stop it! Stop it!" I screamed, trying to break free from their grip which proved futile in the end. "Tell Margaret to get her ready for tonight!" I heard him snap at the guards before spinning around and heading up the stairs. "No, please, hear me out, please!" I screamed for mercy to no avail. The men got to a door and paused; one of them pushed the door open while the other flung me into the damp, cold room. "Wait!" I bellowed and staggered up to my feet, racing for the door. But it was slammed shut before I could touch it. I crouched down to the ground and buried my face in it, sobbing bitterly. “Get her ready!” I heard a rough voice snap at someone outside the closed door. Soon, the echo of shuffling feet filtered into my ear and the door clicked open. I raised my head, staring helplessly at the middle-aged woman standing beside the door jamb. “Please, help me. Get me away from here, please,” I cried, hoping that she'd have pity on me and help me escape from the Pack. “I need to go to college, I don't want to be your Alpha’s sex slave.” Her lips pursed out as a wave of sympathy flashed across her brown eyes. “I'm sorry, but I can't help you,” she muttered, and my heart shrank. I had to get out of here as soon as I could but finding a way was the problem. I looked at the woman again, pain written clearly in my eyes. “Please, ma'am, I know you can help me out of this place. You can tell him that I ran away, tell him anything.” I pleaded, but the helplessly still stuck to her features. “Come with me; that way, he won't be able to catch any of us,” I said, but she scoffed. The pity in her eyes slowly dissolved into a glare of disgust. “I told you that I can't help you! Just accept your fate and obey Alpha Jonas!” She snapped and I cringed back. The fear that bubbled in me wasn't because of the way she spoke to me but because of the name she spat out. “Al-Alpha Jonas?” I stammered, my heart constricted as the name echoed in my mind. My father sold me to Alpha Jonas. The most dangerous and feared Alpha in the wolf kingdom? The woman saw the shock in my eyes and understood the reason for my reaction. She squatted before me and stroked my hair slowly. “If you obey the Alpha then you'll be safe,” she muttered and smiled warmly at me. The warm smile I received from her reduced the fear tightening my heart. “Come,” she extended her hand. I stared at it before clasping mine in it, hoping that everything would work out in my favor. She took me to another room full of girls who should be the same age as me. “What is your name?” She asked as we stood before the group of girls that had their curious yet not surprised eyes on me. “I'm… I'm…” I stuttered and gulped, tears clouding my eyes. The thought of becoming a slave mocked me. I wanted to become a doctor but now all my dreams seemed to have been crushed to pieces. “Hey,” the woman's voice seeped into my mind, forcing me to look at her. “Your name?” She repeated. “She must be dumb,” a girl laughed and the older woman threw her a glare that made her slam her parched lips together. I took a deep breath and faced the girls. “My name is Valerie Garrett. I am from the Blue Moon Pack,” I said and they exchanged glances wordlessly. “You are welcome,” a brunette-haired girl finally spoke up in the silent room. “Julian, get her ready for the Alpha tonight and make sure you show her around the Pack tomorrow,” the woman said to the brunette-haired girl, and she nodded. She forced a smile into her face and approached me then took my clammy hands and led me to the bathroom. I had the best bath that night; the hot water washed through my broken body, making me sigh in relief. However, it didn't do any good in comforting me. Instead, it reminded me that it wasn't for nothing. I was being made comfortable because I belonged to the Alpha for the night just like Julian had earlier said. I sobbed and closed my eyes, sliding down into the large tub till the water covered my head. The hotness stung me mercilessly, and the water slipped into my body through every opening in my face. I didn't care about the pain, I deserved it. I couldn't accept such a ridiculous fate staring mockingly at me. I couldn't accept the fact that I was going to become a sex slave to a ruthless monster. It felt better to die and end the suffering within a night. My throat knotted, and I found myself swallowing lots of water, which kept choking me. The tears that slipped out of my eyes mixed up with the water. I wanted to stay still and die but I couldn't. I wriggled in the water, struggling with death instead of letting it take over my soul and take it away. Somehow, I couldn't keep struggling. My body weakened, and I couldn't help but pull my head out of the water, panting heavily. I had the opportunity to kill myself before facing the pain but I couldn't. It felt like a force was pushing me up and out of the dreadful hands of death. I shook my head, wondering what I had done. I swallowed hard and made to dip myself in again, but the door that burst open behind me stopped me from attempting to drown myself again. “Do you like this dress?” Julian's voice echoed in the large bathroom. I glanced at the red skimpy dress in her hand and turned up my lips in disgust. “The Alpha loves his women in these kinds of dresses; I know it looks exposing, but that's what the Alpha likes,” she said. His woman? I scoffed at the words, wondering who the women were. The thought of me becoming part of those women made me shudder in the bathtub. “It's time for you to come out,” she quickly added and I sighed out, my heart twitching in pain. I stepped out of the tub and avoided her eyes in embarrassment as I stood naked before her. She hummed and wrapped a bathrobe around my body before leading me into a dressing room that was filled with other girls. My eyes widened and my cheeks heated up as all eyes in the room fell on me. I tightened my grip on the hem of my bathrobe, staring at the marble floor. “Here,” Julian said, shoving a red lacy thong at my face. My heart skipped and I shook my head in disagreement. “Sorry, I don't wear that,” I muttered in a low voice but the girls standing close to me heard what I said. “You don't wear that?” A girl chipped in a mocking tone and the other ones burst into laughter. My throat knotted and I sank my teeth into my bottom lip, tears gathered in my eyes. Julian wrapped her hand around my shoulders and forced me to look into her eyes. “Look, you should be confident. Don't be afraid of anyone,” she said and leaned closer to me. “Not even the Alpha,” she muttered and my brows raised in surprise. “What?” I gasped out, staring shockingly at me. “Get ready,” she said, shoved the clothes into my shaking hands, and moved back, smiling warmly as she watched me dress up. After I was done dressing up, she pulled me into a chair and began to apply some makeup on my face. Several thoughts ran in my head as Julian's words resounded in my head. Should I defy the Alpha and run away? What if he finds me and kills me? Isn't it better to die than become a plaything to Alpha Jonas? But when I thought about my mom and what might happen if I ran away, I withdrew from the thought and accepted my fate in defeat. “Done,” I heard Julian say and I snapped my eyes open. My belly knotted as I stared at the beautiful girl staring back at me. A girl once filled with dreams and happiness, a girl that once looked further to a better future. That girl was gone, it was replaced by a girl entirely broken. Abandoned in a place that had no way out, left without her dreams or future. “Valerie?” The older woman's voice snapped behind me and I shuddered slightly. Julian squeezed my shoulder reassuringly and helped me up to my feet. I turned slowly and looked at the woman whom everyone called Madam Margaret. “You look extremely beautiful,” she muttered, running her dazzling eyes around my body. I gulped in embarrassment and tugged on the dress as discomfort washed over me. She smiled at my naivety and waved her hand towards the door. “Come with me,” she spun around and began to lead the way out. I hesitated for a moment before following her out of the servant quarters. With my heart thumping loudly in my chest, I looked forward to an uncertain fate with the Alpha.VALERIEMy breath hitched when we got to the large oak doors, madam Margaret stepped back and jerked her head towards the door. “Go in,” she muttered and my heart shrank. My feet froze as I struggled to move closer and push the door open. “Valerie?” Margaret snapped impatiently. “The Alpha doesn't like to be kept waiting,” she added, but no matter how hard I tried, my paralyzed feet wouldn't budge from the spot. I gasped out, my heart thumping loudly in my chest. “Go in!” Margaret repeated, her voice louder than before. I gulped hard and bit my lips before pushing my feet forward. I reached out to open the door, but it pulled open, and Alpha Jonas's face popped out, to my dismay. Anger flickered across his sharp brown eyes as he ran his eyes around my trembling body. “Why is she late?” He sneered in a voice that made me cringe. “Forgive me, Alpha. She is a naive girl,” I heard Margaret reply behind me. “Naive?” He scoffed with disdain laced in his voice. He snapped his
VALERIEMy racing heart only stilled with Alpha Jonas dropped to the ground, unhurt. “Follow me!” He snapped in a hoarse voice, briskly walking into a dark tunnel. Why does he want me to come with him? Why doesn't he let me go and save himself instead? Does he… does he value me? I shook my head at the absurd thought. Not after what he did to me in his room. “Walk faster!” His snap jolted me out of my thoughts. I increased my pace, running at some point to catch up with his fast strides. The body was lying on the floor, and the shadows stuck to my mind, haunting me. The man's face has a striking resemblance to someone that I've come across, but I can't seem to place where I have seen it or who it was. But one thing is certain, he's dead. We kept walking through the dark tunnel till we stopped in front of a door. I stared in astonishment as he dug out a bunch of keys and slipped an old rusting key into the almost invincible keyhole on the door. The door clicked open and h
VALERIE “Have you heard of the Lycan kings?” His voice came out hoarse yet pleasing to my ears. “Huh?” I stuttered and the beat of my heart accelerated. He glanced over at the other man and twitched his lips, leaning closer till our lips were just a hair's breadth away. My body began heating up slowly and my pulse raced. I wanted to move back but the other man was right behind me, compelling me to remain stuck at that spot. I was trapped between these two devilishly handsome and dangerous-looking men. “Who are you two?” My voice quivered as I spoke with a heart gripped with fear. “We just told you, sweetheart,” the one behind me said in a soft singsong voice which strangely sounded appealing to my hearing. “You are his Luna, aren't you, honey?” He muttered in a sultry tone that made my belly knot. Luna? Whose Luna? Alpha Jonas's Luna? No, they're wrong, I'm not his Luna. I shook my head and parted my lips to spill out the truth but a loud thud behind me made m
VALERIE My lips parted yet no words came forth. I was short of words, I was confused. I wanted to speak up for my defense, but I couldn't; it felt like Alpha Jonas's words had paralyzed me. “So, you are his Luna, after all,” Killian said, a mischievous smirk dancing at the corner of his little plump lips. Lucian remained unmoved as he glared coldly at me. “Why did you say you weren't?” He muttered in the iciest voice that I've ever heard. The hoarseness was somehow gone, its absence added fear instead of relief to my soul. “I… I,…” I stammered and glared at Alpha Jonas, hoping he would have a change of heart and tell them who his real Luna was. But the useless devil did nothing of such, instead he pursed his lips in anger and shook his finger accusingly at me. “You lied to them? You told them you weren't the Luna. How shameless can you be, Valerie?” He snapped, calling me by my name.My eyes batted in shock, I was petrified in wonder that I was dumbstruck.The two men stared
VALERIE I stumbled for the fourth time as I ran far off into the woods. I couldn't tell where I was or how I would get out; only one thing stuck to my mind: this was the perfect escape plan, and I had to stick to it no matter what. As I ran, my mind drifted back to those Lycan kings and I felt my heart skip a beat. They must have noticed my absence by now. The thought of them coming after me made me quicken my pace. The cold air grazed my parched skin, stinging me without mercy as my body shuddered from the cold. I sneezed and clenched my belly as it rumbled yet I couldn't stop to catch a breath. My heart froze when I heard a twig snap behind me. I stopped running and listened cautiously for any rattle of leaves but heard nothing. I wanted to continue running, but my wolf, Jade, urged me to stop and listen longer. My heart thumped loudly and my hands shook as I stood in the dark forest. What if it's a wolf hunter? Or worse, the Lycan kings? ‘Jade, I can't wait anymore, I ha
VALERIE “I am not the Luna."A lump formed in my throat as I tried to sink in her words.“You… you are not the Luna?" I found myself sputtering.She smiled and took a step closer. My heart sank when she fell on her knees and bowed her head to the ground.“Forgive me, Luna; I know you've always hated me because the Alpha claimed me too, but it wasn't my fault. I begged him to have mercy, but he wouldn't listen,” she blabbered, and my eyes widened in shock.I turned around, searching for the person she was talking to.But when I saw no one behind me or close by, it dawned on me that she was referring to me.“What… what are you saying? I am not the Luna!" I snapped.I glanced over at Killian and Lucian. I found their amused eyes staring at me.“I…" I trailed off and glared at her.I understood that she wanted to escape Killian and Lucian's wrath. She wanted to put me in her place and make me suffer in her stead.It finally dawned on me that she didn't love her mate, perhaps, that explai
VALERIE I felt a chilly sensation on my arm when I tilted my head. I tried to snap my eyes open but couldn't; I felt like something was holding me down. Two different scents slipped into my nostrils and I gasped out, enjoying the scents of dark musk and rich sandalwood that intermingled and played with my senses. The chilly sensation came again, but this time, it was on my waist. I felt something slide up my thighs, heading in between them. My heart skipped a beat and I forced my eyes open. The first thing that hit me was the grey and blue eyes that flickered blackness the moment they met mine. My mind reeled, my pulse raced and my mind shot back to the previous tragic events that took place before I fainted. I wasn't dead, I was still alive and trapped with the devils that threatened to ruin my life. “You?" I gasped and shifted uncomfortably. I tried getting away but found that impossible as they were both hovering over me, caging me down to the soft mattress. “Stop, let
VALERIE The door creaked open, and I raised my head, expecting to see Lucian and Killian, but to my disappointment or perhaps to my relief, it turned out to be a girl who seemed to be my age mate. My eyes trailed after her as she walked over to a table and set down the tray she was holding. She turned in my direction, walked up to the bed, dropped some clothes on the edge, and turned around to walk away without saying a word. My heart constricted at her cold attitude. “Hello," I whispered and her feet stopped shuffling to the door. She cranked her neck and stared at me with blank brown eyes which seemed to have a layer of pain and sadness behind them. "Hello," she replied and bowed her head then quickly averted her gaze. I needed to get out here, but firstly, I had to know where I was. “Where is this place?" I asked, still clenching the duvet. She switched her gaze towards me and I saw a flash of disgust dart across her eyes as she looked at the duvet covering my nude body.
VALERIE My jaw dropped and I stepped away, tilting my head as I stared at him in confusion.“What do you mean?" I asked, my heart thumping loudly in my chest.He smirked and pulled my hands into his pant pocket, a glee in his eyes.The room began to feel suffocating as silence trailed after my question.I spun around and stared at my mom, my eyes demanding an explanation.She darted her eyes towards Lucian's hardened face and fear swept across her pale face.“You won't tell me too?" I asked, huffing loudly.She picked on her nails and avoided my eyes, looking down at her feet.“Mom!" I snapped, filled with aggression.“Ugh…quit the noise already!" Killian snapped, narrowing his eyes at me.I glared at him and swerved my attention to Lucian who was leaning nonchalantly on the wall.“Who do you want me to kill?" I snapped, heaving loudly.He stared blankly at me and shrugged.“Your little brain is still active, right? Use it," he muttered.His words stung me greatly, making my heart tw
VALERIE I raised my brows in question and turned to face Killian.“What are we doing at my place?" I asked.Killian squared his shoulders as he looked down intimidatingly at me.“Have you become so attached to us that you can't let us go?" Killian smirked.Valerie twitched her lips up in disgust and scoffed loudly.“Attached?" She scoffed again and narrowed her eyes.“I only asked because I thought we… we were heading to the Blood Moon Pack," I stuttered, pouting out my lips in embarrassment.Killian chuckled and glanced at the house before leaning close to me.I winced and tried to flinch back but Lucian was sitting right next to me, preventing my attempt to move away from Killian.“What are you doing?” I snapped when I couldn't take in his behavior anymore. He chuckled, not moving back. His face was just a hair's breadth away from mine, and his breath brushed teasingly against my face, causing my face to flush red. “We are your mate. Why are you so frightened?” Killian muttered, a
VALERIE The sun rays that hit my eyes forced me to drag them open. I cried out as pain shot through my body. My heart skipped a beat as everything that happened last night came, haunting my memory, flooding in with no obstruction. They were my mates and they had marked me! I sprang up from the bed and gasped, touching my neck which was a bit swollen from the bite. I darted my eyes around the room only to find out that I was the only one in it.I couldn't believe it. Why do they have to be my mates? It should have been someone else. It shouldn't be them. Of all the women, why did the moon goddess choose me to spend the rest of my life with them? I couldn't bring myself to accept it. I couldn't imagine being their mate and having to endure them for the rest of my life. I wanted freedom, not slavery in the facade of being a Luna or the Lycan kings' mate. I shook my head in disagreement at the realization and got out of bed. Immediately my feet touched the cold floor, my pussy thro
VALERIE “Mate!” I gasped out and my heart tightened, threatening to shrink life out of my burning body. Their eyes dimmed and turned dark, causing me to flinch. Lucian grabbed my waist, almost crushing my bones to pieces. I saw shock dance around Killian's eyes as he drew his face closer. “You know?" Killian muttered and confusion sneaked into my distorted mind. My lips trembled as I tried to control the heat bubbling in me. Killian didn't wait for me to reply before slamming his lips on mine. I moaned out, the heat getting intense. Lucian's warm moist lips on the nape of my neck caused me to shiver in desire. I gasped out and grabbed Killian's shirt, pulling him closer. Lucian jerked me off the wall and slammed my body against his, leaning on the wall instead. He grabbed my left breast and squeezed it, causing me to groan in pleasure. Killian broke the kiss and stared intently into my eyes, burning me with the fire in his orbs. “Should I stop?" He whispered in a husky v
VALERIE The sound of Killian's voice caused my belly to flutter and my heart to shrink at the same time. I could have run away, but somehow, I couldn't. Maybe because he held me, or maybe because I just couldn't find the desire to run away any longer. He wrapped his hands around me protectively, drawing me close so that there was no space left between our bodies. “Little fox, you want to run away again? You want to have more people killed for your sake again?” My heart leaped at those words. I didn't want any more dead bodies, I didn't want any more blood, neither did I want any more accusations. I just wanted to be free from them and to have other people free as well. “No,” I snapped. He let out a dark chuckle, teasing my earlobe with his cold breath. “Then come back to us, and don't even think of running away again, because we will catch you, even if you go to the ends of the earth. Do you understand?” He muttered. I couldn't help but nod my head in response.
VALERIE My heart began to break, bit by bit as I stared at her pale face. My breath began to cease and my body started going stiff as well. I felt my breath leaving me and it felt like death was staring right at my face, laughing mockingly at me. Tears dropped from my eyes. As I lay still, letting him choke me down to the abyss. I was dying, yet I wasn't struggling. What was there to struggle about? I had lost everything. People had died because of me, even those who tried to save me. “Die, you little witch! Die!” He groaned, clenching harder onto my neck. Somehow, the pain wasn't there anymore. It felt like he was doing nothing, yet I could see my life slipping out of my grasp. I wanted no one to save me any longer. I wanted to die like he wanted. I didn't want to live anymore. I wanted to grant him his wish. But just as my eyes were about to shut down, the door burst open and I felt the weight of his hand on my neck being lifted. I coughed out loudly, wheezing as I
VALERIE I gasped out in shock and stepped back, my heart clenching in fear as I stared at his horrifying face. “Stay away from me!” I snapped and spun around to run back up the stairs but he grabbed my hand and dragged me back, slamming my back on the wall. “What do you think, that I'll let you go after causing such chaos in my town? Do you know how long it took me to build these people and gather them around? These same men attacked us; they attacked our original Packs and destroyed everything that belonged to us, including these people!” He growled, his eyes darkening in indignation.“I gathered these people around and formed a Pack outside the wolf kingdom, just to maintain peace and order. And then you… you come to destroy it?” He snapped, clenching onto my arm and digging his fingers into my flesh. I groaned out in pain and poked his chest, but he didn't budge. Instead, he moved closer, hitting my face with his hot, furious breath.“You…I'm going to kill you. Not because you
VALERIE My head snapped up and my eyes widened in shock as the familiar voice echoed in the assemblage. Only two people possessed that kind of authority in their voices— Killian and Lucian Nox.Confusion broke out in the crowd, and I staggered back, glancing around the place which had gone chaotic.“Run, Valerie, run!" Jade warned and I quickly nodded.I made to push past the priest and run off but the blade that wheezed into his neck caused me to flinch back, screaming out in horror.My scream alerted the people, and a series of screams of horror filled the air as everyone began to scamper away in different directions.My blood froze as I watched the priest throw up blood and drop down to the ground, going limp.I gasped for air, my eyes dilating.The screams that pierced the air and the blood that splashed on the podium messed up my mind.I crawled to a corner and hid there, shivering violently as arrows that flew in the air struck people down as they ran helter-skelter.“Valerie!
VALERIE “Oh my, you look like a goddess, my lady,” One of the girls commented, brushing my hair back. I stared at my reflection in the mirror and narrowed my eyes.On a normal day, I would have screamed in excitement at the transformation. But this wasn't a normal day. This was a bad day. In fact, the worst day. “I don't like it,” I muttered.The smiles on their face disappeared and they looked at me in confusion. “Maybe I'll have the makeup artist redo it,” the girl said but I huffed in response."No need of that," I snapped, pushing her out of the way as I stood up. “Try to put a smile on your face, my lady. It's your wedding day,” One of the girls commented, wearing a fake smile on her face. I spun around, directing a deadly glare at her.“Didn't I say a few minutes ago that I don't want to get married? “ I growled and they shifted back, muttering inaudible apologies. “Who cares if you like it or not!” A hoarse voice pierced the air, causing me to turn around.Right before m