Alana“Hey monster! Catch!”I opened my hand in an instinct to try to catch the mongrels and scraps of food thrown by Sophia from the hole in my prison in the basement. It was a half-bitten stale bread with molds all over it but instead of throwing it back away, my mouth began watering and I devoured the bread like a hungry beast that I am. It’s my first meal for the weak. They only gave me half a glass of water for the whole day and that was only yesterday. Now, I have nothing but a growling stomach and since this morning, I’ve been throwing up acid because I haven’t eaten for days. “Yuck! She really ate it!” Sophia laughed loud and invited her friends to take a peek at my sorry state below. Sophia is my step-sister, a daughter from the marriage my father had with a young single mother when my mother died after giving birth to me. “Didn’t she know it was my dog food? Hey Alana monster! You are just like a mutt! A mutt!”All of them laughed in chorus but I was too hungry to mind i
Chapter 2William“Alpha Prince, your presence is highly requested in the hall of banquet. The food is ready and so are the girls they lined up for you to see tonight.”Lucas, my personal guard and the son of our pack’s omega said after knocking on the door of the lavish room the alpha of the small knitted pack of the BrookeFields pack provided me. This pack is under my father and the alpha king’s domain that I need to visit as he instructs me to. It’s part of the training, he told me but I know the real reason deep down. I did not respond and just puffed out the smoke of my cigar while looking out at the view from my window. I don’t know but I felt queasy in my stomach the moment I stepped onto the land of this pack. “I told you I do not want any of this shit, Lucas! I can find my own mate! No need for these alphas and betas to offer me their wives and daughters.”This is the real reason my father wants me to visit as many places as possible because he wants me to settle down as ea
Alana“No, please! Leave me alone!” I cried when I woke up in the middle of the night and saw my father’s guards putting chains on my ankles and wrists. “What are you doing?! Please, stop! It hurts! It hurts!” But no matter how hard I begged them to stop, no one was listening to me. It’s always been like this. I am like their toy, not that I have one to play with but Sophia mentioned to me about it and I exactly felt the same. “Shut up, will you!” My stepmother hissed, revealing herself from the dark covering her nose to prevent the shitty smell that I have from reaching her. “You need to be bound to the chains before you run wild and disrupt the banquet for the alpha prince.”My tears fell. How can she even think about that when I am already locked in here? I hate the chains. Their cold temperature gives me rashes and that feeling of more loneliness. I remembered that my father used to put chains around my neck to prevent me from eating and swallowing. “But I am not going anywhere
William“Alpha prince, I am begging you on my knees, you cannot take that thing out of here. I will be damned!” Hephaestus said in a shaking voice. “She is a curse to the mansion and to the great domain of the alpha king!”I faced him, rage written all over my face. “That thing?! You dare to call her that way?! Do you even know who you are talking to?!”The woman in my arms moved and moaned in distress when she heard my voice. “Don’t you dare call her that way!”Hephaestus wept. “But alpha prince, I am telling the truth! She is an abomination! There is a reason Alpha Killian locked her own daughter in this dungeon!”My eyes widened as I looked into the woman who is as cold as ice in my hands. So this is the other daughter of the alpha? I thought she’s dead? All along, she’s been imprisoned here in the cell like a cruel animal? The thought ignites an intense emotion in me that I did not know I am capable of feeling. How dare they do this to my mate?! I will never spare them!“Plea
Sophia“Where is William? Why did he suddenly leave without even having a conversation with me? Why did he have to insult me like that?” I said sulking in the corner. “Didn’t he like me? But everyone in the pack likes me! No one can resist my charm!”“Lady Sophia! Lady Sophia!” Hephaestus called my name and appeared in front of me in panic. “What is with the hastiness Hephaestus? I am busy looking for the alpha prince! He cannot just leave me like that! I still haven’t shown him my talents as his future wife!”I turned my back with the initial plan of going into the room of the prince to stay there so I could surprise him when he entered but Hephaestus stopped me by my hand which I quickly slapped away.How dare him touch me!“What are you doing?!”“Our lady, this is about the alpha prince.”My eyes immediately glowed. “What about him? Where? Where is the alpha prince?”He hesitated and even scratched his head. “I am asking you where is the alpha prince?!” I was deeply annoyed.Why
AlanaI felt all hands around me, massaging me, scrubbing me with warm water.Warm water? How could that be? How could I be given such a luxury when I'm only confined in the basement? I haven't had a bath for months now and even if I get to wash my face, it's just for one small cup. I opened my eyes despite the sting on the cut there to see what's happening and I could only gasp in shock.These are all Sophia's nurse aids? Why are they all here with me washing my hair and body?"W-Wait, excuse me but what are you doing? Why am I here with you getting a..." I looked at where I was and my eyes widened. I'm in a beautiful box full of water that is now so dirty because of me. What a wonderful dream!"Our lady, we are bathing you for a while. Please keep calm," one of the nurse aides said while combing my hair with a shampoo.I sniffed it and it's the most beautiful scent I have ever smelled of in my entire life!"But why? Does my father know about this?"I scrambled to stand up only to
Alana’s POVI pushed him back away and reached for the pillow and hugged it so tightly. I am worried why I am feeling this way towards him. Why does my heart beat so loudly for him? What did he do to me?“Go away! Please, get away from me! If you are going to hit me, abuse me, then please do so quickly. Don’t play with me already when I know where this is all going!”My tears fell and I bit my lips to prevent him from seeing my vulnerable side. He’s a stranger. He’s someone that has probably bought me. Sophia always told me about my father’s plan to sell me to the circus who’s going to visit. She said I will be an attractive addition to their animals. But I am not an animal. I am a werewolf.“No, no Alana.” He tried to move towards me, to touch me again but I went further into the headboard to get away from him. A look of pain crossed his eyes and I wondered why his eyes were sad. Did he already pay for me and is sad about the money he wasted on me?“Please do not take me with you.
WilliamI am fuming just looking at the face of Alpha Killian. So this is the father of my mate, the one who has been maltreating and abusing her for I don’t know when. I just know that I have to know all the details, the nitty gritty of it so I could punish him accordingly.I’ll make sure it will be severe, one that he will wish for death but he will not be given that. He deserves nothing but punishment. “Alpha prince,” he bowed at me. “My apologies for ruining your evening banquet with us. I am sorry that you have to see one of our slaves in the dungeon and make a hassle out of your busy schedule in doing your responsibilities. I’ll make sure nothing like this will ever happen again.”“Slave…” my face darkened from looking out of the window. “So she is your slave?”I clenched my jaw and sighed inwardly. I don’t know when I can hold this rage inside me. I postponed my plan of healing Alana for a moment because she is still wary of me at the moment. I don’t want to aggravate her eve
ALANA“Alana, please!” Sophia was able to cling into my feet when the guards dragged her away through the chains. “If you still have conscience in you, can I appeal to it? Please, do not take my mother from me! I will not live away from her! I will not survive without my mother! Alana, do you really want me dead? Do you really hate me that much?”Without thinking for another second, I nodded convincingly. “Yes, Sophia. I hate you so much. I don’t really know why you are still asking me this when it’s evident from the very start that I hate you! I hate you for what you did to me and to William!”I glanced at Minerva who’s just staring at the floor with her eyes empty. I guess she could not believe that this was happening to them. Their downfall is here and she could not do anything about it.“I hate you and your fucking mother that I will forever curse your name until the end!”I can’t help but shed tears again knowing the dead cold body of my alpha prince is just in the other room in
ALANAI swallowed the lump in my throat when I realized what the alpha king was trying to tell.“Alana, you decide what you want to happen to him. We lost our son. The palace lost the next alpha king and that is our fault.”The alpha king took a long breath before staring hard at me. “Even before William told me, I already knew you were his mate and I knew your ancestry even before but you and my son could not happen. You and him should be spared from the pain of being with each other. It is not fair that you will both suffer from the sins of the past.”The queen luna caressed my back when my tears began falling. I had a hunch on it before but I did not let it dwell in my head because how can the alpha king let the grandchild of his enemy roam freely in the palace whilst not killing her?“And so, I decided based on what should be done but I failed to see the part where you both will fight for your love until the end.”The alpha king’s eyes began to turn red because of tears but he did
ALANAI blinked as my eyes widened in realization.“Francine!”I covered my mouth with my hands in surprise when I surveyed her body.I just really want to make sure that all I’m seeing right now is real.“You can move now and you can speak now…”I hugged her so hard in happiness. Somehow, it filled my heart with joy to the brim amidst what I’m experiencing now.With her being alive, I felt like I found someone to lean on and connect in these times.“Francine, you are back to your old self! How did it happen? Thank goodness!”Caressing my face, she smiled at me, reaching her eyes.“But not for too long, Alana. Not for too long.”My smile disappeared and my grip on her hands tightened.Is she going to leave me too? Is that what she meant by her words?“What are you saying?” I asked, panicking.I don’t think I would ever move on from William’s death. I don’t think I would ever afford to see another one of my most treasured people leave me.“H-Have you heard about what happened to W-Will
ALANACold and out of life, William remained in my arms for as long as I can remember. I just stared at his pale face emptily feeling nothing of his aura anymore.I did not let anyone near him. I would growl and snarl at every individual who might attempt to take him away from me.“I love you, William. I always will.”I watched as his life slipped away from him, taking all of my will to live too.Gathering up all that was left of me, I stood up and locked eyes with Zuleik’s dead face.“This is all your fault...” I whispered when I picked up the silver on the ground and ran towards his dead body.“This is all your fault!” I began stabbing his body using the silver, not caring if I am butchering him like a pig. “Because of you, William is dead! Because of what you did, I cannot hear his voice anymore! Because of you, we cannot make our promises for each other anymore!”The whole crowd stopped just to watch me kill Zuleik over and over again. I don’t care if I am literally butchering his
ALANAMy world literally stopped and time was frozen in my head. The only thing that registered to me is the cold body of William in my arms as I cried like crazy begging him to stay.“William, no… please no!”I saw how hard he started blinking hard to keep his eyes wide open so he could look at me.I gripped his hands as my tears began blinding me. I wanted to burst into more tears when I felt his hands in mine getting colder than ever.“William, you cannot give up now, okay? You are right. They are here now. The alpha king and queen luna defeated their enemies. You are right when you told Lucas that they are so strong together.”From a close distance, the werewolf soldiers are starting to overwhelm the remaining lycans. Headed by the alpha king and queen luna who are both in their magnificent white wolf forms, they quickly finished the enemies.I caught my breath when my heart began to tighten opposite of William’s essence that is already starting to be whisked away by the air. “Can
WILLIAMWe are beyond exhausted but knowing that we are fighting side by side brought so much hope to me.Shifting together never has been this fun. Killing together the enemies was never this justifiable.“Let me handle the back ones. Go attack the center lines!” she yelled at my back and I could only nod before shifting back into my wolf.I am the alpha prince who oversees attacks and war plans but being commanded by Alana felt so satisfyingly good.I just love it when she shows her alpha side to me.Just as she ordered me, I targeted the first line of defenses while she took care of the back ones of the never-ending supply of enemies.I am trying to get to Lucas who has that whistle in his neck that is used to control the lycans. If only I could get past these lycans and get to that fucking beta but their overwhelming number is making it hard for me to do so.Breaking their faces, biting their necks, throwing them at the ground, and killing them with my claws as I savagely growled
ALANAMy eyes connected with William and I smiled at him to assure him that I am fine. I got the attention of both the lycans and the werewolves which I really want to have to pass on a message.They may think that I am just pranking them but I trust that they know their history. Once I show them how I really look, they will listen to what I have to say.I gulped when I looked at William again. I trust that he will be there to calm me when I could not control myself anymore.Growling, I scratched the ground ready to get lost in the chaos. I just really hope that I could still recognize people although I know my wolf will always know it’s William.“Alana! No!” William shouted in worry as he jumped unto me and clasped my face gasping for air. “Do not transform! Not yet!”The second his hand landed on my skin, I instantly felt the trembling of his flesh.“Why? What’s wrong, William?”I was too confused because it’s the first time that I saw him react like this.He pointed at the horizons
WILLIAMI can still remember the first time that I met Lucas. It was in an orphanage. My father told me he is my cousin and beta according to our hierarchy, and that he will be there beside me as the second-in-command when I finally become the alpha king.I wondered why he was there and it was only two months later when I found out that his parents betrayed the alpha king during a battle so he was essentially a son of the traitors.As years went on, our brotherly bond grew that I forgot about it already. I love him as my own brother. I trusted him with all of my heart. I even thought of proposing to make him the alpha prince when I realized that my situation with Alana could get more complex and complicated.Despite that, why the hell am I hearing this from him?Why did he betray me this way?Why did he do that to Francine?Why did he covet someone that is mine?I scoffed and stared at him intently. I wanted to laugh hard but a grin only came out.“And why would I do that, Lucas? Why
ALANA“What are you doing?! Alana!”Sophia’s scream pierced into the bloody murderous night when she saw me approaching her with a burrow in my hand that I found in the corner in the middle of all this fighting.Her eyes widened and tears flowed down her cheeks when she realized what I was going to do.“Alana, please! No! Don’t do this to me! Help me! Free me, Alana! Please, take pity on me!”But I was too drunk with hate, too deaf to even listen to her words. I raised the burrow in the air and began plowing her hand with it.This hand who used to slap me, punch me, and pull at my hair should be punished.The first scream is pure agony while the rest sounded more of anger and loss of hope.She can’t move because of the steel slashing through her flesh. One wrong move from her and she would essentially get rid of her own legs if she tried to transform into her wolf.I never thought I could be violent like this. I never thought I could take pleasure seeing someone in pain.“Alana, stop