Prologue

PROLOGUE

“I, Alpha Xavier Hayes, hereby raised Sophia Reese as my beta, as well as the beta of the Blood Moon Pack.”

The boisterous voice sounded very clearly in my ears for a moment right now. Alpha Xavier Hayes really raised me as his Beta. Something that I had never even imagined before. I felt his hand on my wrist, and I woke up as he started to pair a black bracelet with the red pearls around it. The bracelet is usually used by betas in this Blood Moon Pack. My legs trembled as I realized that all of this really happened, and not just a dream.

“Th - thank you, Alpha.” I muttered. And I'm not even sure if Alpha Xavier can hear my voice.

Before long, I felt Alpha Xavier starting to move away and clapping his pal. Something that instantly made everyone in the Pack hall follow Alpha Xavier by clapping their palms together. I am standing on there even more nervous right now. It dawned on me that maybe I was the first omega to be directly appointed by Alpha to become a beta of the Pack.

I turned my head and looked at my omega friends who were celebrating right now. And I can't help but smile. But my eyes couldn't stop looking in every direction at James. My boyfriend. Which I haven't been able to find in this Pack hall for a long time.

“Congratulations on your appointment as a beta, Sophia.” Alpha Xavier said in a low voice.

I looked right back at him, and smiled a little. "Thank you, Alpha. This is something I am very proud of. And I promise you that I will do much better work now.” I answered seriously.

Alpha Xavier just nodded his head, before stepping on his two feet and leaving. And I decided to immediately go out of the hall. What I remember before my announcement as beta, James said that he would be in the back pavilion Pack to take care of his work. And I walked towards it.

I couldn't help but feel happy at all, and was so excited to be able to tell James everything. After all, we have been in a relationship for three years right now. And I'm sure he will be so happy with my being raised from omega to beta of this Blood Moon Pack now. I quickened my steps to get more closer to the pavilion. But before I opened the pavilion's door, I felt my whole body start to freeze.

"Oh, yes! Right there James! Even harder! Please, James, harder!"

"Shut up, don't scream too loud, honey. Otherwise, that stupid Sophia will find out about us doing this.”

I clenched my palms when I realized it was James' voice along with a woman in the pavilion. My whole body shakes immediately. I'm not ready to discover this fact right now. Not after the happiness that I felt before. But my body seems to be betraying me right now. As I started walking to one side of the small open window. And I'm peeking through that gap in the window right now.

"Oh my gosh! She wouldn't even… uh… she wouldn't even know about this, James!”

That's Ava. Ava Marie. The daughter of the senior Beta, Oliver Jackson. Ava and James are having sex. My boyfriend is fucking another woman in front of my eyes. My tears are even starting to fill of my eyes right now. With the palm of my right hand covering my lips, to be able to hold back the sobs that will even come out without me being able to stop them. My breath hitched with the tightness in my chest at that moment.

"Shit! That stupid omega woman wouldn't even be a thing without me like this whole time. Shut up now. And soon we will finish all of this… I don't want other people to be suspicious about us at all.”

"Ugh... honey. Too bad, she trusts you too much as a man. How can she... ughh how can she always keep thinking that you are going to wait for her to be ready to have sex with...”

"Just let her alone. As long as she doesn't know about this at all, we can keep doing it."

I can't take it anymore. My tears have even filled my entire face and neck right now. With my legs shaking, I started to walk backwards, and tried to get out of there. Seeing how my boyfriend was fucking other women, and even insulting me, I couldn't hold myself back any longer.

I turned around and started running so fast. It was so loud that I didn't even notice the gazes of the few people still in the hall right then. What I want now is to be able to hide. And no one will be able to find me. I wanted to bury my face in the tears, the disappointment, and the betrayal that I had just learned and received from my own lover.

Brak

I shut my bedroom door tightly, and plopped down on the bed. And cry loudly in my pillow right now. "Damn it, James!!! Wretched!! Disgusting fucking bastard!!!! I hate you!! I fucking hate you, James!!!"

My sobs seemed to fill my entire room, and in my heart I hoped the thumping music still heard from the hall would disguise the sound of my sobbing on here right now.

“Sophia… what happened to you? Why are you crying right now?"

“Don't go near to me, Ruth. I look so pathetic about right now…”

I tried to prevent Ruth - my best friend who had suddenly entered my room. And I buried my whole face deeper into the pillow to muffle my sobs that came back out.

“And leaving you crying like this? I would never do that, Sophia. And yes, you know very well how I feel about not leaving you alone when you feel upset about.”

I started to feel my bed moving as Ruth started to sit right on top of it. She's always been. Ruth started to touch my back which was still shaking right now. “Tell me Sophia. What happened? Why are you crying? Shouldn't you be happy right now that you are a beta? Beta from Alpha Xavier Hayes and also from this Blood Moon Pack. Even being the first omega to be directly appointed by Alpha to become a beta. That is a very good and amazing achievement after working hard for so many years, Sophia. I saw you looked very happy earlier. And right now, you're crying… what's really going on?” Ruth spoke at length still rubbing my back.

And I'm losing control of myself right now. I began to change my position from lying to sitting. I looked right at Ruth who was surprised by my condition. I'm sure if only my face was full of my mascara which was starting to fade by right now.

“I… don't know how to explain about everything, Ruth.” I muttered.

Ruth hastily started to move to the tissue that was on the table, and took some of the sheets there. Slowly, Ruth wiped my face with the tissue. For a several times until finally I started to stop crying, although sobs are still coming out of my lips about right now. Ruth handed me the few remaining tissue sheets, and I started rubbing my face roughly with the tissue at once.

"So?" Ruth tried asking one more question on there right now.

I took a deep breath. "I saw James fucking Ava in the pavilion."

"What?! What the actual fuck?!” Ruth suddenly said harshly and loudly.

Even Ruth's face looked very red with her eyes starting to widen on there. Looking right at me with those two eyes that couldn't even believe about what I said it was on there right now.

I didn't want to answer Ruth's current reaction other than to give my head a slow nod right now. Ruth quickly gripped my palms tightly. “H - how did you... how did you know that, Sophia? And where is that damn bastard thing right now?!” Ruth asked loudly. Although I could see that she was even holding back of her emotions right now.

“I saw it in person in the pavilion. James and Ava too… they were having sex and insulting me too in there.”

I mumbled even though it still hurt so much just to be able to remember all the things I had seen there earlier. Even when I close my eyelids, I can still see and hear all about it. And damn, I'm getting tired of crying over that bastard right now.

“Ava Marie… that bitch is never satisfied with every dick that she found about. She's always trying to get what every woman in this pack has." Ruth swore at Ava.

“What do they say about you, Sophia? How did they insult you? Tell me right now, before I step my feet into the pavilion and tear off all of their clothes, and carry on them around this pack without wearing any clothes on.” Ruth began to threaten. Even so, I knew she would totally do it for me. But I don't want her to be punished by Alpha Hayes by doing that at all.

“Speaking only, they say that I am a stupid omega woman. And I trusted James too much as man to stay loyal and wait for me to be ready for the next step of relationship. To having sex with him. And right now, I'm starting to realize that my decision not to have sex with James in three years ago was the right one. That guy doesn't even deserve me at all. A bastard who only thinks about his dick only. Shit. They also said that I would never be anything.”

"They are so rude. How dare they are…” Ruth mumbled with her face looking very angry there now. "It’s not a problem, Sophia. Don't think about those two anymore. And yes, they both don't even deserve this cry of yours. Just stop this crying."

Ruth moved to wipe my face again, which still looked very puffy now. I just nodded my head slowly. Ruth was right, I shouldn't have cried over that bastard and bitch. I am a good person, and I am sure that I will definitely get good things in the future.

"Let's face it, ask James why he did all that to you. Ask him why he's such an asshole to a woman as good as you in a three year relationship. And if necessary, just cut off your relationship. Just break up with him. Remember that you deserve more better boyfriend... no, the better mate than that James Mason."

I was silent listening to all the words that Ruth just said there. Even so, I feel dissatisfied with all of those things right now. I want an answer. I need an answer. But to speak directly to James after I have seen and listened to everything, I don't think I'll be able to do it. Not because I was afraid, but because I was so sick about all of it.

“I'm not sure if he's going to say everything honestly to me at all…” I mumbled.

Ruth grabbed my shoulder quickly. "It’s not a problem. And I'm sure you can do that. Remember, you are now a beta, Sophia. Where's the brave Sophia I've known all along these yeats? I'm sure you will be able to handle it at all."

I nodded my head quickly. Trying to put on a small, determined smile there. "Yeah, I'm sure... thanks Ruth, I really need that..."

"No problem Soso." Ruth immediately hug me so tightly. And it gave me the strongest feel to face it all tomorrow.

***

I walked briskly towards at the same back pavilion as yesterday. It was indeed a place where James always spent a lot of time almost every day. And when I was almost there, I saw James closing the pavilion door with his back to me. And subconsciously I was accelerating my pace on there.

All of the words I wanted to say were even ready for me to spit out loudly right in James' face. If only I had known this much earlier, I probably wouldn't have felt so much pain as I am currently feeling right now. I almost reached the door before I stopped when I heard Ava's voice from inside the pavilion with James.

“We know that Alpha Xavier just raised your omega girlfriend as his beta. Do you think your girlfriend can give you everything that you ask for about?”

I furrowed my brow for a moment when I heard Ava's words over there.

“I knew that Sophia would be willing to do all of the things that I wanted about. Especially with her new status as a beta. It will be very profitable for me.” James answered.

And I can't stand it. I started to put my right ear to the door of the pavilion to be able to hear more clearly the conversation that was going on between Ava and James now.

"So what's your plan right now, honey?" Ava asked slowly.

And my heartbeat is getting faster and faster now. I don't know why I'm feeling all these things, and feeling so worried all at once right now.

“I will make this Blood Moon Pack as my own. I will snatch this pack from Xavier. Either way, I will definitely do it. And of course all those things I can do through Sophia. I'm sure that woman will want to do anything I want. And again, she really loves me, doesn't she? Then it is certain that Sophia will help me snatch this Blood Moon Pack from Xavier.”

I feel my breath start to catch on now. I never knew if that was the reason James had. By making me fall in love and also love him so much, just to be able to take advantage of me.

“Then after everything worked out and made this pack yours. Are you going to make Sophia as your Luna after that?”

"Of course not. Who would want to have Luna a stupid omega like Sophia."