Chapter 1

ALINA

I wore the revealing clothes that were laid on my bed that had been provided to me by Beck, my step-sister. Every night, she made sure that I dressed like a stripper and danced in front of her and her friends. If I did not do that, then I would not be able to eat and I would have to go to bed hungry. But it was going to be over soon. The son of the alpha, my boyfriend, was going to save me from all of this soon when we got mated.

“Alina.” I heard Beck sing from outside the door of my room that was in the basement. Since my mother died, I have not been able to sleep in the house anymore. My father is the beta of the pack and despite that, I was still treated like a maid. He did not mind that Beck was doing all of this to me because my step mother had him wrapped around her finger.

“I am coming.” I choked out as I clasped the necklace on my neck that was the last remaining piece of jewellery I had from my mother. I remembered the night when she died. It was in the middle of the highway and a drunk driver had hit her and ran away.

It was a miracle that I survived, and the only thing of hers that I could remember from that night was the necklace. I wore it since then and never took it off because it reminded me that despite the hardship, at least I had a piece of my mother with me. I headed outside my room and went upstairs to where her friends were.

I opened the door to the room and Beck was laid on her bed with yet another man while they made out. Her other friends, Guinevere, Jacob, and Xavier were playing cards. When I came in, I felt their eyes all over my exposed body.

“You are late.” Jacob hissed as he got up to his feet and headed towards me. My breath hitched as he grabbed my hair. I managed to choke back the scream as I fluttered my eyes shut to help with the pain. It always worked.

“I am sorry.” I mouthed.

“No, you are not.” Beck leaned back from the person that she was kissing, and my jaw dropped as I saw who she was making out with.

Alex, my boyfriend, was on the bed and his lips were lifted into a smirk as he looked at me from the bed. I felt my heart breaking into pieces as I watched him get up from the bed. Beck slithered beside him as they went over to the bar in her room to get some alcohol.

“Alex.” I mumbled, my voice breaking. Was I dreaming? How could he do this to me?

“You really thought he was going to mate with you, huh?” Beck laughed, throwing her head back.

“But… but you are my mate.” I stuttered as I felt the tears that were on the brink of shedding in my eyes. This couldn’t be real.

“To ever think I was going to mate with an omega like you,” he shook his head, his blonde long hair shaking as he did so. “You do not even have a wolf, and you are also weak as fuck. I would never curse my bloodline by mating with you. It was fun for the time that I used you for your body but all things have to eventually come to an end.”

He promised me. He fucking promised me. When he took my virginity in the supply closet of our school and when he would kiss me behind the bleachers after every game. He promised me the world but I could see that it was all a joke to him now. He had played me, leaving me to look like a loser in front of all of them.

“Now chop, chop. Get on the stage and give us a show.” Guinevere clapped her hands as Xavier snaked his fingers up Guinevere’s short skirt, and her head tipped back as she suppressed a moan.

“No, how about we try something different today?” Alex said as he hopped back on the bed and Beck sat down on his legs, placing her head on his chest. I felt raw pain stab me in the chest but I did not allow that to show on my face. “How about you remove all of your clothes? It’s not anything that I had not seen, and I would really like to show them the sexy mole you have on your perky little tits.”

Beck rolled her eyes and hit him on the chest, and he whispered an apology. My jaw dropped because I did not think he actually meant it until Guinevere yelled at me. “Did you not hear him?” She snarled like the vicious snake she is.

I started to remove my clothes slowly until I was down to my bra and panties. They were the new ones that Alex had purchased for me because he told me that I looked too unsexy in my tattered old ones. I walked towards the pole with my head low as I started to dance on it, arching my back like Beck had told me to every time I was dancing for them.

“What is that necklace?” Beck asked.

“It is…” my words were cut off because I knew if I told her that it was my mother’s own, she was going to destroy it. Even though my mother was dead and they had never met her before, Beck and my stepmother still despised her. Since the day that my father accidentally called my stepmother with my mother’s name. “I got it from the market for free.”

“Take it off.” Alex ordered. Thank goodness I have never told him that it belonged to my mother.

“I am okay with it on.” I replied. I did not like to take it off only when I wanted to shower.

“He did not ask for your opinion. He said you should take it off.” Beck spat as she walked towards me. She did not even give me a second chance to do anything. She yanked it off my neck until it broke and shattered on the ground.

“No” I yelled, and the waterworks started as I watched the last memory of my mother that I had thrown to the floor, broken like it was some insignificant waste. I dove towards it almost immediately and picked it up, but Beck smacked me until I fell to the ground and hit my head on the stage.

“Now are you happy that you have spoilt the night for us because of the stupid fucking necklace?” She hissed.

“I do not know about you all but I do not want to sit there and watch a stripper bawling.” Xavier yawned.

“You are right. She spoiled the entire thing for us. Maybe tomorrow.” Guinevere added.

“There is not going to be tomorrow for her,” Alex chirped in. “I heard my father talking, and apparently the lycan king will be choosing another girl for his harem in this pack. He wanted to choose one of the maids, but I told him not to. I had someone in mind who was strong and could perform decently in bed. The lycan king will be amazed by what her little mouth could do.”

“What?” My jaw dropped once again. There was no way my father was going to approve of his daughter being part of the lycan king’s harem. He would not reduce me to being a sex slave. I knew he did not really love me anymore but I was still his daughter. He wouldn’t agree to it… right?

“The proceedings have already been done. The beta wanted to stop the whole thing but my father’s words stood because he had already told the lycan king that Alina would be joining his harem and he had agreed to it.” He added, answering the questions that I had in my head.

My heart rate quickened and my world started to dizzy up. Coupled with the fact that I had just hit my head on the stage, I felt like I was about to faint. I was not going to let myself be subjected to this fate. I was not going to stay back.

“You did not tell me that!” Beck laughed as though she had been told the best news ever. “I should have made her do extra today since she will no longer be here with us.”

“I wanted it to be a surprise babe,” he approached and kissed her, then she moaned as she leaned in for more. He let go of her before he turned to me, his eyes cold and menacing. He was indeed a great actor when he told me all about the love he had for me. “The second surprise would be this. I, Alexander Hamilton of the Blackstone pack, reject you, Alison Carter, as my mate. I would rather die than be subjected to spending my life with you.”

I felt the mate bond snap, and the pain travelled up to every single one of my veins like fire. I closed my eyes as I absorbed the pain and when I opened them back up, I felt like a stronger, different person. I was not going to be allowed to spend the rest of my life as a sex doll to the lycan king. I was going to run away and have a better life away from all of them.

“I, Alison Carter of the Blackstone pack accept your rejection as my mate. I would rather be burned to death on a stake than to spend the rest of my life with you too.”