**Arianna's POV** I'm still sitting on the floor crying when I hear the doors to the room open, I immediately stand on my feet thinking It's Luciano but when I turn around and look at the door it's Davison. "I'm sorry I haven't cleaned up the room yet, I'm going to do it now please don't report me to the alpha." I tell him and walk to where I broke the glass of bourbon and start picking up the shards of glass on the floor even though I'm in pain and my hands are bleeding. All of a sudden he walks up to me and drags me to my feet. "What the hell do you think you're doing? You're clearly in pain so why are you doing this?" He asks me and I actually see genuine concern in his eyes but I don't trust it. "Please just leave me alone I don't want to get in more trouble." I tell him and try to go back to my work but his grip on my hand tightens. "No, you're clearly in pain and bleeding, you might get an infection let me take you to the pack doctor."
**Arianna's POV** He takes a deep breath and looks at me like he's sorry for what he's about to say. "She's an omega." He tells her. She looks taken aback and even staggers a little. "No, I thought he was getting better, that he was moving on." She says and then covers her mouth in shock, the look on her face is on of sadness. "I thought so too, but then you know he had his annual visits to other packs, and well he came back with her, I've never seen him this bad Aunt Becks, not since what happened." Davison tells her. "What happened? Why is he treating me like this? I asked them finally interrupting their conversation. Becky turns and looks at me with that same sad look on her face. "Oh honey, it's a long story, but it's not really ours to tell. Just know that none of this is your fault." She tells me and then places her hand on my shoulder to comfort me. "You have to do something about this Dave, you can't let him continue treating h
**LUCIANO’S POV**Silly Omega, she actually thought she had a chance. Typical of an Omega to be foolish. Walking into that auction might be the best decision I have made in a while. There is a knock on the door. I look up at it knowing who it is, no one else would knock on my door so loudly. “Yes, Dave, come in.” He walks in looking upset and confused. I have a feeling what this is about but I would rather not have this conversation. “Fix your face my friend.” I get up and walk to the side table in my office. I pour open up a half bottle of bourbon and pour myself half a glass. “Do you want some?” I ask Dave raising my glass to him, He takes it from me and sits in one of the chairs opposite mine. I pour myself another glass and take my seat.“Are you going to say something or did you develop a new love for brooding?” I’m staring at him but he won’t meet my eyes. “Speak!” This time he looks up at me, his Alpha just gave an order and he can not diso
*ARIANNA’S POV*I do not know how long I have been asleep, but I wake up to the sound of noise coming from a part of the house. I get up off the bed and go towards the sounds. I find Becky in the kitchen putting things away. It looked like she had been busy cooking up a storm. “Glad to see you are awake” she says without turning to look in my direction. Of course she heard me walk in. “It looks like you’ve been busy” I told her as I take a sit on a stool placed in the corner. “ I thought I would get started on dinner” she replied. Dinner? Had I been asleep the whole day? I look out the window and its a bit dark outside. “I’m so sorry, I Didn't mean to sleep so long, I Could have helped, let me put this stuff away.” What was I saying? A voice in my head asked. The audacity to think I was invited for dinner. “I’ll just grab my things and go, it looks like you are expecting people with all this food. I get up from the stool and I notice Becky looking at
*ARIANNA’S POV*This is the most ridiculously revealing dress I had ever had the displeasure of putting on. I guess that was the point. Humiliate me till I lose every will to fight. I was definitely on the verge of giving up. Davison seemed to think it was a faze and it would pass. Easy for him to say. He did not have to stand behind a 6 ft 5 deranged Alpha wearing this silly dress. I have followed him to meetings, lunches, and every outing that I had no business being at. I was convinced he was extending these outings just so he could extend my humiliation. Now we were inspecting a construction site. Something the pack was working on and would benefit from. Looking at all the business he did and how the pack was growing I could tell he wasn’t a bad leader. I just could not reconcile the good leader with my personal torturer, which is what he had become these last weeks.How long has it been since I was sold to him like a piece of unwanted property? I
*ARIANNA’S POV*Either the breeze or my movement finally snaps him out of whatever trance he was in. Finally he looks at me, not through me. He takes a step toward me and I stiffen. He is back now rough and taking no prisoners. He grabs me on both sides and flings me on the bed, face down. I wait for the heat from his body to cover mine but instead I hear the door open and shut in quick succession. He was gone. Was I dreaming? What in Luna’s name just happened?I shakily put my clothes back on and run to the door. I garb the lock and turn it until I hear the click, I pull the door towards me and it doesn’t budge. Those locks wouldn’t stop any wolf but I felt better having it locked. I sink to the floor by the door, fold legs up to my chest and wrap my hands around my whole body. I'm basically a scared lump on the floor rocking back and forth. At that moment I realized why I was terrified. My time was up, he was done with me. He would either sell
*LUCIANO’S POV*“Shut the door” I say to her. I don't even know what I am about to say. What happened to me last night? It was definitely Dave. Trying to get me to treat her more humanely. She is an omega. She doesn’t deserve any form of humane treatment. Omegas were a plague on any pack they were born into. I knew that first hand.I take off my cufflinks and roll up my sleeves. They had their uses but I wasn’t going to wear them the whole day. “You, what to do with you?” I ask as I take my seat. She stands there looking helpless and pitiful. It almost works. If I didn’t know how much of a liability Omegas were I would actually take pity on her. So what was last night about? That silly voice in the back of my head asks again. I growl very loudly, as if that would make the voice shit up. She stiffens at the sound of my growl, she did that every time. My hand twitches and I reach for a pen. I don’t want to entertain the thought that I was r
LUCIANO’S POVHappy hour was at five. I had managed to pass the time with sparring and an impromtu inspection of the pack's herb garden. Of course it was also an excuse to see my aunt Becky. I never saw her as much as I did before becoming Alpha. I was her Alpha now and could make her do whatever I wanted but the boy in me still remembers all the hiding she gave me and Dave whenever we brought trouble to her door. The time was four o’clock, I need to get ready to meet my guests. I head into the shower for a quick one. I’m out in about five minutes and I go about combing my hair and laying out something to wear. It’s supposed to be a casual type of event. I was entertaining my guests before we talked business tomorrow. Everyone knew the business talk started today but for appearance sakes, this would be a casual event.I pick out a snow white long sleeved sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. The shirt was intentional, I was making a statement with the