Episode 3

Angela's POV

Why would I want to have anything to do with such a ruthless man as my mate? I can't accept such! He's a monster who doesn't seem to have any form of compassion for anyone. Who doesn't know Alpha Syrill, one of the most brutal and ruthless alphas of the most dreaded pack around..? Hell no! 

And how the hell did he get to notice me? Lillo gave me a new face to cover up my badly injured face with. Oh, now I know… it's the mate bond.. He perceived my scent.. now I understand better…

Reminiscing on my experience, standing right behind a tree in the woods, a voice calls out to me and I gasp.

"Mom..?"

The sound of that name is something I wouldn't want to ever hear in my head, but what can I do? I still love mom, but this attitude of hers always straining the life out of me, always gives me goosebumps all over. 

I pick up the polythene bag I placed on top of the dead leaves on the ground, and then become so busy twisting it around my fingers as I hurriedly return back home. We live in the woods. Father built a mini mansion inside the woods so many years ago when he was still hale and hearty, doing his profitable business that yielded us so much wealth. Until he fell critically ill. 

My eyes are now well up in tears, ready to spill any moment. I stare and halt quickly as my eyes rest on our roof top. Mom had taken off a piece of zinc from the rooftop of my room, letting in the heavy downpour of rain into my room each time it rains. Since dad left the house for the hospital, it's been one terrible torture or the other coming from mom, and I keep wandering for answers which no one is ready to profer to me. 

I feel so sick and tired of this life, and I feel giving up everything would be the best for me at this point. But one reason still keeps me afloat… The last time I was about to drink up the mixture I prepared, a mixture of dad's pesticides and other chemicals which he was using to treat the trees in our surrounding, I was happy and I thought that would be the end of me 'cause I actually drank it, not knowing mom already used everything up and cleaned up the cans, leaving them filled with just water, salt and sugar. She came cackling as I just finished taking up everything. 

What a mother! As if she knew.. I hate her so much! But dad's request still keeps me alive and hoping for a better tomorrow. 

"Dad.. I know you can hear me.. I promise I'll make you proud as I promised earlier. Angela won't disappoint you in any way, dad." My lashes flap, letting go of some tears that streamed down my cheeks. 

'No point breaking my head over this, it's not worth it.' I think as I take some quick steps to the back of our building, and sit on a tree stump standing beside the rickety stairs.

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Syrill's pov

The environment was quite a cool one as we entered. Rowan and I look into each other's eyes, lifting an eyebrow as our eyes roll back to the door in front of us. Just right as I am about to place a knock on the door, it burst open. 

A fair looking, young woman in her thirties I guess, steps out.

"Hello, you looking for something, or.. someone?" Her eyes travel down to my pants right after she questioned, flicking her tongue like she just tasted a sweet wine from the royal jar of the Alpha King.

"Hi," I respond, taking my time to study her expressions. She seems like her mother, and the girl I just saw looks so much like this woman I'm seeing here now. "Is your daughter in?" 

She quickly bow her head before me, shaking like something bad just happened here. Beads of hot sweat streamed down her face, dropping beside her like she just had her bath without wiping off excess water from her body. It's glaring she notices I'm the new alpha of Silver Moon Pack. But no one can take in my scent. The scent of an alpha of Silver Moon Pack cannot be perceived by anyone outside his pack, and not even by those in his pack. But not until…

"I'm humbled to have the honourable alpha of the Silver Moon Pack right in my house. Please come in for entertainment." 

I guessed right. But how did that happen? 

I hate it when people tremble at my feet all because I'm the alpha of my pack. I want everyone to feel safe and secure in my presence, and not the other way around. 

I glance around us.. then to Rowan. And lastly, I rest my eyes on her. lifting her head up to face me, I just could not wait to find out more. 

"I just asked a question. And there's no point repeating myself here."

The shivering woman manage to speak, "I just sent her on an errand, alpha. She'll soon be back. You can wait here while I go get her for you." She takes a step to leave but my tone restrain her steps from quickening.

Her tone was laced with firmness, and I sense something is off about her but I just can not place my hands on anything. The look in her eyes seem to be that of terror laced with fearlessness. I take a deep breath.

Suddenly, my mate appears from behind their house, with a bag in her hand. And as soon as she sees me, she takes some quick steps out of there, immediately, but Rowan gets a hold of her and brings her back before me. One thing I love about Rowan's speed for.

I look into her eyes, "why are you running away from me? Am I a monster?" She just continues to look down below, with the plans of uttering not even a word, but just keep blinking like there is an evil lurking around her. 

"Please let me go... I'm not your mate.. I can't be your mate! I don't want to have anything to do with you!" She screams her lungs almost out, shedding tears like she just got beaten with one of my whips.

I turn to look at her mom, but she is nowhere to be found. 

There is no other option left for me at this moment, and thinking of what to do, refuse to cross my mind. My grip just keep rooting so deeply on her, and letting her go for just even a second is something I am not ready nor prepared to risk for anything. 

"What's going on, mate..? Why don't you give me a chance..?" I continue to struggle with her, trying to see if there's a way I can at least get her attention, but it seems no tactic of mine is working. 

"Come on, Alpha.. why not take it by force since she isn't ready to comply?!" 

Rowan is eager, but I feel that isn't the best way to go about this. I want her to love me genuinely from her heart, and I don't want to be like those other alphas out there who intimidate their pack members just to get what they want. I want my mate to live peacefully and joyfully with me in her life, and always bless our moon goddess for gifting her with me to be a mate of hers.

"No, Rowan… Just chill.." 

"But you can't continue to have a subject of yours acting like she owns you, right..? Alpha!" His tone is laced with impatience now, as he stares at my mate at intervals.

"Please let me go… I don't want to be your mate! I'm okay with the life I'm living here, so please… leave me alone… After all, I'm not the only shewolf around in your pack! I even wonder why you had to come over to this place to look for me. Please let go of me… please…!" 

She actually thinks she's strong. I smile as I stare in her eyes, gripping her so firmly to my partly bare chest, with a few buttons of my shirt apart. 

"Tell me just one reason why I should let go of you right now?"

"I don't like you!" She's blunt in her words, no sugarcoating anything.

"And I love you!" I reply as she threw those harsh words to me. And what's the point hating her when I've been waiting for so many years now to get her into my arms? "I love you so much, even though you hate me!" I plant a hot kiss on her forehead and all of a sudden, she wriggles out of my arms yet again, and off she goes. 

"Let me get her for you, Alpha!" Rowan slaps my arm gently as he says, going on his heels. But,

"Let her be, Rowan! I'll sort things out with her. Not by force!" 

He halts and stares back at me. 

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