*Cali POV*My eyes are shutting down when I see him. “No!” the witch cries in disbelief as my fuming Epsilon and Rufus snatch their charms from her neck. I drop on the floor and hungrily take in the air I was starved off a minute earlier. I sit up in time to notice the witch’s hair turning red. She is trying to flee when my extended, mighty and pissed-off family arrives. Now we are even. “Go be with her,” Alloy tells my fuming mate, whose eyes are blazing at our attackers. The idiots are now trembling. I wonder what their end game was. Kill Leroy and the witch would kill me, then what? Alloy’s family were still going to avenge us, or did they not think that far?They start hauling in distress but I don’t think anyone is going to come to their rescue. They now have the Sable king, a hybrid, two Lycans, and an inferno wolf against them. We have won. Sky looks at me, but I know what he wants. “Finish them off,” I link and he goes wild. I should not cheer him on as he alienate the f
*Nameless POV*“This is not sparkling enough, you worthless piece of trash!” Beta Diana yells while her little princess giggles. A slap on my face, a kick on my ribs and a spat on my face, I block her words and continue scrubbing the corridor. There is a much more inferior position in the Ruber pack than that of an Omega. It’s reserved for those not worthy of anything. Yes, that’s me, the nameless girl. No rights, no roots, no identity, not even worthy of a name. No one knows where I came from, if they do, they don’t talk about it. I have been on my knees since dawn, scrubbing these floors. Tiles and a mop would be more effective, but I don’t have a voice here. I am a worthless, good for nothing slave, Beta Diana took in when no one came forward to claim. That’s what they all think, but they are wrong. From the depths of my soul, I know that I’m worthy of so much more than this. Just wait until they see my wolf, then they will know that the nameless girl is not so nameless. I have
*Leroy POV*The boys are all pumped up, ready to whip the other side but my mind is not here. They are all disappointed when I chose to warm the bench after half-time. They will have to play the rest of the game without me because I can’t concentrate. I am still trying to make sense of it all when the game ends and Marcus comes to join me.“Who is the girl?”I look blankly at him, but I know what he is asking. “Which one?”“Second from the left. The one giving us nothing?” he points out. I knew he was referring to her but I still can’t help but flinch at the confirmation. “Why?”I don’t even lift my eyes to look and try my best to sound uninterested. I knew the moment I saw her in those tight clothes that she will turn heads and I don’t like it. Sky is continuously stirring and growling inside. I am doing my best to suppress him. “Look at her, man. She’s bootylicious!” Marcus insists while seductively licking his lower lip and making an hourglass shape with his hands. That’s when
*Nameless POV*I blink back my tears, my head spinning and heart shattering into tiny pieces. My spirits were so high a few hours ago because I could see the horizon. I was so close. “Oh, don’t act out now. Consider it an honour that someone is willing to spend a dime on a worthless piece of trash like you,” Diana sneers as my tears roll down.Rose stops polishing her nails and giggles. I don’t know why they hate me so when all I ever did was serve them. “I must admit, he is definitely the sex slave kind of a guy. I really wonder what he saw on you though,” she sneers.My heart is already bleeding. A part of me was hoping that my buyer is a madam looking for a slave to do chores around the house, not a man. Whoever it is that is buying me must have seen me in that stupid cheerleading formulation.“You must have flaunted your worthless thighs for him to want you so urgently. Serves you right,” she adds.It serves me right? I was just doing what the school made compulsory and this is
*Leroy POV*I have just gotten into my chambers ready to rest after a long pack business day when Marcus calls.“Everything okay?” I ask before he says anything. I have been on the urge since I found out that the lewd boys want to buy the girl. Diana, as predicted, jumped at the first opportunity to sell her. “She’s gone.”I can hear the panic in Marcus’ voice. My heart momentarily stops before I jump onto my feet. “What do you mean she is gone?”I was in a meeting with him just over twenty minutes ago. He told me that his driver got there on time and everything went according to the plan.“The driver dropped her off at home, but she escaped.”“What?”“She jumped from the first floor, over the wall. The blood trail leads to the woods, we are in pursuit.”“Blood trail?” I repeat his words, terror washing over me. “Looks like she is injured, might be from the razor wires over the wall.”Fuck! Marcus is breathless, obviously running as he talks to me and all I can think is: there are
* Leroy POV*“Excuse me?”She gets off the bed and winces when her feet touch the floor. The fact that she remains standing speaks to the amount of pain she is able to bare. “Please, don’t go.”She sounds really shaken but I don’t understand why. “Are you are scared of Marcus?”She turns her head away. I don’t know if that’s a confirmation or not. “He will never touch you. You have my word.”Marcus might come across as an ass but he is the gentlest of souls. “Please stay,” she continues to plead until I close the door and walk back towards her. She looks genuinely scared but I don’t get it. “Okay, what is it?”She swallows her saliva and casts her eyes down. “So?”“I.. I have shared a shed with other slaves my whole life.”“I know. This is much more comfortable,” I explain but I still don’t understand why she is scared. “I’ve never slept alone. This room, it’s massive.” Her voice is like a whisper. It’s sad that she grew up like that but the implications of her unspoken words
*Cali POV*A week later…Its been a rollercoaster of a week. My head has been spinning since the day I became “Marcus’ possession”. I am not allowed to do any chores. I have my own suite with a cupboard full of designer clothes and I get to sit at the massive dining table and choose what I eat. It’s all so overwhelming. Nora, other maids and the guards treat me like a princess. It’s still so strange how unrealistically happy they all seem and how they absolutely adore their master. I call them master Marcus fan club. Today will be my first day returning to school. I woke up at dawn like I use to at Beta Diana’s home. Leroy pulled me back to bed and reminded me that I had nothing to do but get myself ready. It’s after seven when I walk down the stairs and find Marcus waiting for me. His eyes light up and his infectious smile spread across his face. Dark chocolate skin tone, sharp eyes and jaw, well trimmed beard and moustache. Beside his wealth, this man is a catch. No wonder girls
*Leroy POV*My life is becoming a complicated mess. I am drawn to Cali I can’t help it. She looks so good in her pyjamas it takes everything in me not to ravage her. As if that’s not bad enough, she looks like a goddess at school. It’s been weeks since she returned to school as Marcus’ but I am not getting used to it. Seeing how the guys look at her drives me crazy. Some have even offered to buy her from Marcus. Definitely out of the question. I am in a foul mood tonight. The royal blue dress she was wearing today was an eye turner. Rose even caught me staring. Sky wanted to pounce at every guy in the class. I climb up into her suite and close the window. She is on her pyjamas and standing where she usually waits for me. I roughly grab her chin before she speaks. “What the fuck are you doing?”She searches my eyes and just stares at me. This woman is infuriating. “You wore that dress to get to me.”“You are mad that I wore my favourite dress?” her nonchalant tone ticks me off. She
*Cali POV*My eyes are shutting down when I see him. “No!” the witch cries in disbelief as my fuming Epsilon and Rufus snatch their charms from her neck. I drop on the floor and hungrily take in the air I was starved off a minute earlier. I sit up in time to notice the witch’s hair turning red. She is trying to flee when my extended, mighty and pissed-off family arrives. Now we are even. “Go be with her,” Alloy tells my fuming mate, whose eyes are blazing at our attackers. The idiots are now trembling. I wonder what their end game was. Kill Leroy and the witch would kill me, then what? Alloy’s family were still going to avenge us, or did they not think that far?They start hauling in distress but I don’t think anyone is going to come to their rescue. They now have the Sable king, a hybrid, two Lycans, and an inferno wolf against them. We have won. Sky looks at me, but I know what he wants. “Finish them off,” I link and he goes wild. I should not cheer him on as he alienate the f
*Cali POV*“She is lying and trying to get between us!” Rose snaps, her eyes blazing at me. I don’t know when Leroy snatched Rose from Alloy, but in a split moment she is on the floor lifeless.“No one talks to my mate like that!” it’s Sky who roars. My hero. I strangely don’t feel any pain for Rose. I hope Leroy doesn’t regret this afterwards. “We are outnumbered,” Marcus reports as if Leroy did not just kill Rose. “Cali and the pups are priority,” Leroy says before running his hand over by tummy. Marcus and Alloy nod while I shake my head. Can’t they see that I am not the one in danger?“No. They are here for you,” I tell Leroy who shrugs. “It does not matter. You and our pups take priority,” he insists. “It matters to me, Leroy. Let me go speak to them. They will not touch me,” I present an alternative as the hauling gets closer. That means the gate guards and the ones outside are already outnumbered. “No!” they all respond in unison. “Stop being cavemen. They won’t touch me
*Cali POV*I insisted that we come to see the Ruber pack because I know my brother. He is trying to water everything down, but he would not be insisting that I convince Leroy to come if there truly was nothing to worry about. The elders are thrilled to see us, but I can sense something they are not saying. “Rogues are becoming a problem, Sire,” one elder says but Leroy is more focused on me than what is not being said. “We have always had rogues, we have competent warriors to deal with them,” he tells them dismissively. They bow their heads respectfully. I guess they can sense his irritation that we had to come. Many are also very scared of the do-called Sable king. I can’t contradict him here, but I need to have a word with Marcus and get to the bottom of what is really happening here. “Okay, speak,” I command him the moment the elders are gone. He lets out a sigh and avoids Leroy, who is giving him unimpressed looks. “We know how to handle rogues who trespass into our territory
*Leroy POV*I can safely say that I am the happiest man alive. My queen is now six months pregnant. The past few months have been complete bliss. I watch her sleep with my heart full. “Our mate is gorgeous,” Sky links and I chuckle right when she opens her alluring golden eyes and gaze at me. Lord, this woman is my life.“Morning, Beautiful,” I greet her and plant a kiss on her lips. “I look like a balloon ready to pop,” she refutes my words and sits up. “You are the most beautiful pregnant woman I have ever seen,” I declare and she rolls her eyes at me and pokes my chest. She really is gorgeous, but she does not believe me. “You are biased.”“Alloy thinks so too,” I tell her and she rolls her eyes again. “That smitten puppy does not count.”I can’t help but laugh. Alloy is amongst the most powerful hybrids around, but he becomes worse than a smitten puppy around my wife. I suspect that it’s the connection with the girls but my wife refuses to hear it. “Are you sure you are good
*Leroy POV*“Leroy!” “Come on mate. Leroy!” I can hear Marcus and Alloy’s distressed voices before Betty and others join them. I am not quite in a coma because I can hear everyone, but I feel so weak and limp. My eyes feel so heavy, I eventually keep them closed. “His Majesty!” Betty cries out with a shaky voice. I can even hear her galloping heart. She is truly fond of me. “Your Highness!”“What happened?”My Epsilon, then Rufus. They both sound anxious. “I don’t know. We were talking and he just collapsed,” Marcus explains while Alloy volunteers to go and find Cali. I turn to the wolf I have not spoken to since he became the Sable king.“Sky.”Silence. “Sable king?” I call and my idiotic wolf actually laughs.“I am still Sky. Bigger, stronger and better, but it’s still me,” he brags. He is still Sky alright. The cockiness, sound of his voice and our connection is the same. “What’s going on?” I get to the point. “Oh, that.”“What!” I snap. His nonchalant response immediately
Leroy POVEveryone is congratulating me on becoming the ultimate king, but I my mind is miles away. I can’t concentrate. I have to act now before another mate shows up. I just can’t lose Cali. Alloy raises his eyebrows when I pull him to the outside, away from eavesdroppers. “You should be ecstatic, but you are not. What’s up?” he asks.“I need you to kill me.”His eyes almost pop out of his skull. “Excuse me?”“I can’t have this wolf, Alloy. I need you to destroy my wolf,” I clarify my statement and he frantically shakes his head. “My king, I…”“I cannot lose Cali. I would rather die than betray her,” I interject before he tries to convince me otherwise. “I don’t get it. Did you two fight?”“I still have other mates,” I let him in on my curse disguised as a blessing and curses nonstop. “Shit! Damn it! Oh, man. This is bad. Bloody hell!“Now, what?” he asks after a good ten minutes of him cursing. “Gold could separate me from Sky. Maybe she can still do it with the Sable king,”
*Leroy POV*“Are you mad at me?” Gold asks with a squeaky voice the moment Cali drifts off to sleep. “Can I ever be mad at you?” I respond with a question. She is crazy and all, but I absolutely adore her, and I don’t think even Sky can be mad at her.“Good, because we have princesses on the way.”“We do, huh?” I ask, amused. Sky already told me about this when we were in coma. “Yes, we need to deal with that Alloy,” she says, and I can’t help but laugh. “I don’t think we have anything to worry about. Alloy is the most ethical man I know. We do need him to keep everyone in check and the pups safe,” I tell her, but she is not convinced. “Remember how crazy the Lycans got around you and Cali? Someone more powerful than me has got to be around here,” I add. I don’t know how I feel about Alloy being my daughter’s mate one day, but I need him here because he is capable, and I trust him. “What if he tries stupid stuff with our pups?” Gold asks, raising Sky’s protective side. “I will k
*Cali POV* I am relieved when the Palmville pack leaves with Zenith. That girl is crazy. It turns out that she is carrying Duncan’s pup. That did not stop her from trying to pass the pup on to Leroy. Now that the plan did not work, she has declared herself Duncan’s Luna, even though she is not his mate. It’s only now that Luna Sarah informs me that Leroy is lucky to have managed to reject her. Apparently, she goes for the Beta’s when she and Duncan fight. That has placed a strain between the Betas and their future Alpha. I can’t believe that they lied and sang her praises when they arrived here because they wanted to get her away from their son. I remember her even saying Leroy was all Zenith spoke about since they rescued her. It’s an hour later when Alloy and Neptune’s parents arrive with Rufus, their famous Epsilon. “Rufus wanted to tag along. I hope Her Highness does not mind,” Terrence says and bows his head. I make eye contact with our Epsilon. I know that Rufus
*Cali POV*Zenith has just stormed out when I feel a piercing pain followed by a burning sensation on my neck. “Your marks have resurfaced!” Betty exclaims. “Love always prevails,” she declares excitedly. My hand instinctively move to touch the two overlapping marks on my neck. My heart hammers against my chest. I don’t know what this means, but I think it’s a victory of some sort. “Two marks, this is incredible!” Alloy beams, quickly takes out his phone and takes my photograph. This man is really weird. I give him the look and he gives me a sheepish grin. “You are the only She-lycan. This is vital information for our species, My Queen,” he explains his weirdness. I only shake my head. I don’t have to the energy to deal with him right now. “Let’s give our queen privacy,” Betty instructs, takes a fast asleep Cale from me and ushers everyone out of my chambers, leaving me with the unconscious Leroy and the Epsilon. I am really grateful for her quick reaction and thoughtfulness.