Thea's POV
"Look who we have here." I was lost in thought, scribbling poetry on a paper that I didn't hear the library door creak open fast enough for me to hide. When I heard it, it was already too late, my assaulters have already seen me.
Hiding out alone in the library has never been much of a peace but I was left with no choice when the rate at which I was being bullied increased. There was no one to ask for help from because no one really cared about what was being done to an omega or a slave and worst of all an orphan.
I grew up without knowing my parents except my grandmother who had been recently sick. Grandma told me they died in war as they were our pack warriors. And the bully increased when the Moon Goddess paired me with the Alpha's son. Could life be any more pathetic?
But the joy I found was that my mate didn't resent me as much as they all do, maybe it was the mate bond or he truly cared for me but was helpless because of the taunts of being mated to an omega slave. Not that he wasn't among the gang who had proven to be my worst nightmare in the Shadow moon pack but he only watched them helplessly from a distance as they beat the shit out of me.
The best he does is to implore them to leave me after they must have already beaten me to a pulp. Funny how even the Alpha's son couldn't even stand up for his mate right? He said he doesn't want anyone to think he harbours any extra kind of feelings for me.
The Ellas as they all liked to call themselves strolled in, Nuella- the Beta's daughter and her two friends.
Just yesterday they attacked me while I was cleaning the windows, Nuella poured me the bucket of cleaning water and refused to give me the mopping towel. It was nothing new as an Omega and worst of all an orphan who took care of her sick grandmother alone. There was nobody to speak up for me and I had vowed never to fight back because the last time I retaliated, it wasn't funny.
I had shaved Nuella- with the scissors she used in ripping my school skirt and my grandmother was punished terribly for it. The beta instructed that she sat under the sun till dawn. Since then I only watched helplessly as they picked on me.
Jacob Onyx the Alpha's son and apparent heir to the Alpha's throne is twenty-one and 3 years older than me. I found out last year when I clocked eighteen that he was my fated mate but still things didn't change instead it made Nuella angry as she had always wanted to be Luna. Delulu enough right?
Rumors have it that Jacob would soon become the Alpha and would need a Luna by his side, this alone has angered Nuella and she has constantly bullied me over the past few weeks to reject him but I didn't. Why? I just couldn't reject my mate and live the worst nightmare of my life in the pack.
Scratch that as I might be living my worst nightmare but it doesn't change the fact that having a mate is always a lucky thing as some werewolves didn't get the chance to meet their fated mates. Tho our mates are supposed to protect and shield us but I was happy with the little reassurance Jacob gave me anytime we saw each other secretly.
He couldn't fight for me because his title was at stake but when the time was right he would do something, I thought so at least. We were secretly seeing each other for obvious reasons; nobody wants us to be together especially his father. A weak omega slave cannot be mated to an Alpha.
Nuella, crossed the room to get to me, and her sassy friends trailed behind her.
Nuella Beckett was everything I was not, rich, sassy and beautiful. She had everything at the tips of her fingers because she was the Beta's daughter and she thought with the relationship between her father and the Alpha she would be Jacob's Luna.
I didn't even care about being Luna, I was just content with Jacob's love and identity as his mate, I didn't even mind if he took a chosen mate. Call it desperate all you want but I don't care, all I wanted was my mate and I didn't care if I had to share him.
"Look, it's Jacob's lover, desperate bitch." She mocked and her silly friends laughed at the not so funny joke.
I searched the room for the nearest exit but then Jacob walked in as if having sensed me in trouble through the mate bond. My heart curled up in hope but then something wasn't right, he didn't come to defend me or tell Nuella to back off, in fact he was avoiding my gaze. For the first time, he wasn't stealing glances at me, what was going on?
The feeling of dejection tugged at my heart, shattering my high hopes.
Jacob moved to a corner at the library to hide his face or better still watch the show while avoiding me like a plague.
Nuella called up to him, "Jay, won't you try to save your lover? Or your mate?" She referred to me rudely.
Jacob scrunched his nose as he looked everywhere except my eyes, "stop it y'all. I already told you, dirty orphans are not my type."
His insults really hurt me but I kept mute. He was just saying those things to pretend and maybe it was what I said to myself to console myself whenever he didn't defend me in fucked up situations like this.
"Really? Why hurt her feelings Jay? You pop her cherry and decide you no longer want her? Cheap slut!" Nuella made another horrible joke and they all burst into laughter again.
I eyed her and it got her angry as she grabbed my collar, "well, I'm sure better in bed than this freak. Aren't I?" She smirked at Jacob and bit her lips lustfully.
She was sure as hell lying, there was no way Jacob had slept with her. She was a sassy brat who bullied others because she knew they couldn't fight back. 'Don't listen to her, she's just a jealous freaking bitch.' Kyla my wolf encouraged me.
But my heart ached in pain, why was Jacob avoiding my gaze?
"What's this?" One of her friends asked from beside me as she bent over to pick the piece of paper I was scribbling a while ago. It was a love letter I was scribbling for Jacob, to show him how romantic and smart I could be.
Oh no! Jacob would be so mad at me again. The last time his friends had mistakenly seen one of the love letters I had composed for him, he had given me the silent treatment for days and I had to constantly show up at his door every night for him to forgive me. I wanted to slap myself right now for being careless again.
She picked the paper to show it to Nuella and instinctively, I grabbed the paper from her hand as I mashed it into a ball and threw it into my mouth, chewing on the stupid paper. Jacob's reputation was safe and that was all that mattered.
"Stupid bitch!" Nuella barked, slapping me hot across my face. The force of the slap made me spit out the wet paper.
"How dare you, you stupid orphan? Have you forgotten where you belong? On your knees scrubbing the dust off our feet." She barked as she grabbed my hair, gripping hard as I yelled in pain.
"Shut up you fucking whore!" She screamed in my ear.
She tossed me to the wall as her friends appeared at my sides pining me down, "Are you ready to reject Jacob now? Or do you want to keep suffering for it every single day of your life?" She taunted and her friends grinned jokingly.
I squared myself, putting pressure on my aching shoulders where I'm being pinned and I glared at her with all my might, "Make me!"
My pride came first than anything and the fact that Nuella had been bullying me to reject Jacob spelt out how desperate she was. I wasn't going to give in, 'you're stronger than the pain' my wolf's voice echoed in my head.
Nuella gritted her teeth, angry at my comeback as she raised her foot to kick my chest when an angry voice boomed in, "What the fuck are you doing?"
I collapsed on the floor thankful for the Saviour's interruption, I wasn't sure I was going to survive that kick if it had landed on my chest. But who was it? Was it Jacob, was he finally standing up for me?
Thea's POV It wasn't Jacob but one of the palace security or maybe a guard because he was dressed in all black and even wore a dark helmet that made it difficult to see his face. Which guard or security had the nerve to stand up to the Beta's daughter? Maybe he was new because Nuella literally lived in the palace ordering everyone around while hovering around Jacob like an annoying bee. Everybody knows her.Everyone would look away when she was up to her cunning tricks because nobody wants to upset the pack's future Luna and get in the wrath of the Alpha. "Excuse you?" Nuella inquired, looking at him with contempt, "Who the fuck do you think you are?"My heart shivered at the thought of my saviour getting in trouble in an attempt to save me but he didn't look like he was scared, instead he pointed to the door, "Run along cowards."Nuella moved towards him menacingly, and her friends cowered behind her in fear at the aura he emits, "you have no right to tell me what to do. Do you kn
Thea's POV The guards came straight to me, holding me in place as they made me go on my knees. "What's going on?" I cried to no one in particular. "You stupid bitch! How dare you try to lure the future Alpha?" Beta Cam barked at me, swinging his hand forcefully across my face, "Now accept the rejection!"I looked towards Jacob who quickly turned his face away, "Ja...jacob, please!" I sobbed, blood spilling down my lips where Beta Cam has slapped me.Nuella grabbed my chin tightly as she spat at my face, "you're just a lowly orphan and you don't deserve Jacob. So accept the rejection now, bitch.""Don't make this harder for us Thea. Just say the words and accept the rejection." Jacob begged from the room.I hung my head, tired from the whole pain and drama, "I, Thea Clover accept your rejection, Jacob Onyx as my mate."Nuella let out a strangled laugh as Jacob and I dropped to the ground, holding our chest in pain. But then the pain faded immediately. Our mate bond was broken.Jacob
Damian POVI stared at the girl sitting just opposite me, why was I drawn to her? There was this strange attraction I felt towards her and I couldn't understand it. But I wasn't destined to have a mate, so what could this attraction towards her be?My phone rang, disrupting the thoughts that were running through my head, "Yes, Father, I'm on my way home." I answered without even looking at the screen.Only the Wolf King could call me at any fucking time and I was quite aware that I had been out of the palace for nearly 20 hours, therefore prompting the call.Yes, I'm the son of Wolf King Karlos of the Western pack tribe. Being the pack's tribe all the neighbouring packs rule under our guidance and control. My father might be the Powerful Wolf King, but he's suffering from an incurable curse that will soon take his life when he clocks 30 in a few months. Not just him; in fact, all the sons of the Royal have been placed under a curse.The Royal family has been cursed by a powerful witch
Thea's POV I complied with the Prince's terms despite still being confused about why he needed me to be his Luna for three months. I was nothing but a lowly servant and now homeless and even an orphan. A couple of maids walked in and started cleaning me up, preparing me for dinner night.I was cleaned up, dressed in one of the best clothing I had ever seen in my entire life, and even scented with nice perfumes. "You look beautiful." One of the maids complimented me as she stared at my reflection in the mirror. I nodded my head in agreement because I was still stunned by my transformation. Who would have thought that a maid like me could be this beautiful and stunning? The light blue dress that was custom-made to fit me sparkled as I swirled around. The maids let out a gasp at my gorgeousness. "The Prince would be stunned when he sees you." Another chirped in. And I couldn't help but blush at their comments. They had finished doing my hair and my makeup when a soft knock came