ALANAGetting up with my body shaking all over, I ran to the bathroom and looked for anything to cover up the mark on my neck.I found my make-up that I used to put on my neck before to hide William’s mark. I never thought that I would get to do the same thing again in a very different situation but this time, I really want to hide this hideous mark on my neck.“It’s okay, Alana,” I said to myself while my tears were falling as I’m trying my hardest to steady my fingers. “He still hasn’t fully claimed you. You did not transform in front of him so he cannot really say that I am his mate.”The powder fell out from my hand as I slowly sank into the floor with my hands on my face, crying my heart out.“How can he be my mate when I don’t want him at all? Moon goddess, William is my only mate. He is the only person I love! He is the only man that I would ever love forever!”“Ms. Alana.” A knock stirred me out from the turmoil of my emotions. “We really have to go. The test is starting and t
ALANA“I am done!” Georgia shouted and ran to the doctor carrying a petri dish in her hand. “This is the blood of the alpha prince.”The doctor inspected it and nodded. “Passed!”Georgia smiled widely and turned to me with a mocking smile on her face. “It’s so easy. I don’t know why the mate of the alpha prince is having a hard time. Does it mean that she’s really incompatible with the alpha prince?” she said before running to the other station.I just did not pay attention to her because I am too drawn into the fact that all I am smelling in these dishes is Lucas’ blood.“I am done!” Sophia shouted by my side.“Passed!” the announcer declared as my sweat broke out from my forehead because I still cannot pinpoint the basin that holds William’s blood.I feel so useless feeling this way because why the hell I cannot recognize my own mate’s blood? Despite the medicine, I should have at least sensed it because William and I are always together.I should have at least developed some sense
ALANAIt felt like all the blood in my body had been drained when I saw him staring back at me.Did he see how my body is rejecting his blood and scent? Did he see how difficult it was for me to drink his blood even when he knows that I am his mate?But he also knows your real identity, Alana. He knows that you are from the clan of his enemy and this is fate's way of saying that you will never be together, the small voice in my head said, rendering me helpless for the next seconds.He looked into my eyes pleadingly and shook his head at me. “Please stop it now,” I read his mouth. “I don’t want to see you suffering anymore.”I shook my head too in reply and took the vial in my shaking hands while not cutting off our gaze. No, I will never surrender. I will win this contest no matter what!In a heartbeat, I opened my mouth and drank the blood in the vial feeling the liquid scalding my throat.“Alana, no!” William screamed from the tower and jumped down towards me but the guards were qui
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
ALANAIt felt like all the blood in my body had been drained when I saw him staring back at me.Did he see how my body is rejecting his blood and scent? Did he see how difficult it was for me to drink his blood even when he knows that I am his mate?But he also knows your real identity, Alana. He knows that you are from the clan of his enemy and this is fate's way of saying that you will never be together, the small voice in my head said, rendering me helpless for the next seconds.He looked into my eyes pleadingly and shook his head at me. “Please stop it now,” I read his mouth. “I don’t want to see you suffering anymore.”I shook my head too in reply and took the vial in my shaking hands while not cutting off our gaze. No, I will never surrender. I will win this contest no matter what!In a heartbeat, I opened my mouth and drank the blood in the vial feeling the liquid scalding my throat.“Alana, no!” William screamed from the tower and jumped down towards me but the guards were qui
ALANA“I am done!” Georgia shouted and ran to the doctor carrying a petri dish in her hand. “This is the blood of the alpha prince.”The doctor inspected it and nodded. “Passed!”Georgia smiled widely and turned to me with a mocking smile on her face. “It’s so easy. I don’t know why the mate of the alpha prince is having a hard time. Does it mean that she’s really incompatible with the alpha prince?” she said before running to the other station.I just did not pay attention to her because I am too drawn into the fact that all I am smelling in these dishes is Lucas’ blood.“I am done!” Sophia shouted by my side.“Passed!” the announcer declared as my sweat broke out from my forehead because I still cannot pinpoint the basin that holds William’s blood.I feel so useless feeling this way because why the hell I cannot recognize my own mate’s blood? Despite the medicine, I should have at least sensed it because William and I are always together.I should have at least developed some sense
ALANAGetting up with my body shaking all over, I ran to the bathroom and looked for anything to cover up the mark on my neck.I found my make-up that I used to put on my neck before to hide William’s mark. I never thought that I would get to do the same thing again in a very different situation but this time, I really want to hide this hideous mark on my neck.“It’s okay, Alana,” I said to myself while my tears were falling as I’m trying my hardest to steady my fingers. “He still hasn’t fully claimed you. You did not transform in front of him so he cannot really say that I am his mate.”The powder fell out from my hand as I slowly sank into the floor with my hands on my face, crying my heart out.“How can he be my mate when I don’t want him at all? Moon goddess, William is my only mate. He is the only person I love! He is the only man that I would ever love forever!”“Ms. Alana.” A knock stirred me out from the turmoil of my emotions. “We really have to go. The test is starting and t
ALANAJust as William promised, he brought me to the dormitory himself before night fell but I did not let him come in because the guards were at the entrance ready to stop him.As much as possible, I would not like to see any scuffle involving William now that we are down to the series of last tests to have the right to call myself his future wife and luna.“I’ll wait for you in the cabin tomorrow,” he whispered in my ear in high spirits, the smile in his face stretching from his mouth to his ears.I giggled as my cheeks burned remembering how he took me over and over again without caring how others might hear us from outside his room.We stopped by a few meters from the dormitory while we were both tightly clasping each other’s hands.“Please, take care of your health for me, okay?” I asked him dearly. “Prioritize yourself. Don’t always worry about me because I am a strong person now, William. You made me strong enough to face all these.”He kissed my head and nodded at me. “I promi
ALANAThe seconds felt like forever upon hearing William ask that. I was the first one to move and grasped his face.“Are you okay? Feeling better? Do you feel anything weird with your body? Tell me, William. Please, tell me.”I did not know that I was already crying. I just realized it when William sat on the bed and wiped the tears on my face.“Tell me, Alana. Tell me what’s wrong.”I just bit my lower lip and hugged him tightly. “No, nothing is wrong, William. I…” I breathed a sigh of relief and closed my eyes to focus only on his scent even when it no longer feels the same way. “I am just really glad that you have woken up now. I thought you will be strapped in your bed again for days just like what ha-”My voice shook when I remembered that he was unconscious in his bed for days because of me. I thought that would happen again to him despite Francine assuring me that he’s fine.I felt his hand on my hair brushing it gently and kissing it with all the love in him for me.“Nothing
ALANA“Alana, it’s time. I have to take you back to the dormitory,” Lucas said from my back while I am still holding William’s hands.He is still not waking up but the color on his face is back. I peered into the bandage in his wrists and found a big deep wound there that is still bleeding.“William needs to do that for the prayers to be more effective.” That is what Francine told me as her answer. “Do not feel any guilt, Alana. He is just doing what I know you will do in a heartbeat for him.”Yes, she is right. I would do the same thing for him but still, I can’t help but feel guilty knowing that he was hurt again because of me.“Alana…” Lucas put a hand on my shoulder to which I yanked off as quickly as possible.“Don’t touch me!” I glared at him. “You disgust me, Lucas.”He clenched his hands to control his temper from exploding.“I did not do anything to you. In fact, you are the one that is making it hard for everybody, especially William. Alana, the mark on your body indicating
FRANCINE“William!”I was able to catch him into my arms before he completely collapsed on the floor.Unconscious, I slowly put him on the floor and began treating his wound. His hands have been tight and cannot do anything because of his parents pressuring him to stay away from his mate during the test.He can’t see or even touch his own which for every werewolf with a mate is a torture. They said they’d rather die than go through the agonizing pain of being separated.As for their case, William is more attached to the bond with Alana because werewolves coming from the clan of the current alpha king are known to be monogamous.“Alana…” William murmured in his sleep after I finished putting up a bandage on his wrist.He is hurt. He is too hurt now that even breathing right now feels like your whole chest is being burned.I carried William out from the shrine while the attendants were starting to clean the blood in the area.When I reached his room, I gently laid him down on the bed an
ALANAWe arrived at the white shrine of the moon goddess in the middle of the forest where two sacrifices in the form of a cow and a goat were already there on the foot of the moon goddess’ statue. Georgia and Sophia were already done and given that their animals were half-devoured, it was a no-brainer that their ancestry is spotless and they are very much capable of being William’s wife harmoniously.“Alana, please present your sacrifice to the moon goddess,” the high priestess of the moon goddess ordered me when I just stood there unmoving, my mouth wide open looking up at the statue in awe.So, this is what she looked like in her version.“S-She looked so immaculate. She looked so beautiful,” I whispered in the air while in a trance. “This is my god. This is my goddess. This is our goddess.”And she is a fair one.“Anyone who tampers with the result will be punished by the moon goddess so make sure there is no intervention that happens,” the high priestess warned me before leading
ALANAI paused when I felt something big stalking behind me. Flesh trembling, I slowly turned around to see the biggest gray wolf that I had ever seen in my whole life with its uncanny red eyes staring down at me.I gasped, my knees began to shake as its powerful paws started taking a step towards me. I tightened my grip on the deer on my shoulders when it smelled it.I won’t ever let it take the deer. It’s my sacrifice towards the moon goddess. William gave it to me and I would never back down without a fight at anyone that would snatch it away from me.“Back down,” I said with my voice shaking. “I said back down!”The gray wolf with its saliva dripping from its sides of the mouth just continued walking towards me until I was cornered with a tree behind me.“I said back down!” I growled as I felt the urge to let out Malaika. “Back down!” I growled again and again, my fur spurting out from my skin.The fear I once felt with this animal is now gone and I was overwhelmed with the feelin