Meeting the Beta.

When we get to The Black Moon Pack’s gate the driver drags me out and throws my bag out of the car. I whimper and stumble towards the gate where I see 2 figures waiting for me.

I shake in fear. These wolves are huge!

The Black Moon Pack is known for their brutality, they have the largest territory in the world. They also have the biggest pack. Members are known to have been made rogue for not being strong enough for the expectations set at this pack… what was my farther thinking! They’ll definitely see this as an insult and it’ll be taken out on me. Their Alpha is so feared that children shake and cry at the mention of his name. Yet as hard as I’m trying to remember his name now my brain is too foggy from fear.

"Is this her?" The man walking to the right of me says.

“I think so, she smells like it." The guy on my left says. "Even if this is her she won't last long. The alpha will kick her out in no time, I know the Beta said she had no wolf but he claimed she was an Alpha child so she was at least strong!”

“What?" I whimper but they don't listen and just keep dragging me along to a small house In a clearing acting as if I can’t hear them.

I look up at the man to my left. He has a look I know all to well on his face so he must be mind linking this Beta Paul I’ve been promised to. Once done they continue to converse as if I’m not right here!

“I know... she’s too small to be an Alpha child, he must have just wanted someone else to put her out of her misery” the guy to my right snickers.

Before I can say anything they leave me on the doorstep and disappear. I shake and tremble on the doorstep, it was the middle of winter and I wasn’t exactly supplied with warm clothes from my pack. On top of that I am so scared I can't even move. I didn’t even nottice when someone picked me up and carried me inside. I just continue to shake and tremble... when I snap out of my shock, I realise I’m looking into the eyes of Beta Paul.

“Hey." He says. I only whimper. "Don't be scared." His voice, while being short and clipped, was oddly warm. "I'm not going to hurt you."

He carefully sets me down on a bed. I can't help but think about what my father said about him ‘taking’ me.

Beta Paul must known what I was thinking because he shakes his head. "No, no, no. I will not EVER do that to you." He says. I visabbly relax.

He keeps on shaking his head like me even thinking that was making him hate himself. “You've had a long day." He says. "Sleep, I won't hurt you. I promise I won't force anything you don’t like, I won’t even marry you."

I whimper even louder and shake my head “My dad will kill me if I don't." I say.

“Shh, your dad isn't here so don’t worry about him.” With that I pass out from a cocktail of relief, fear and an overwhelming tiredness.

I woke up to sunlight streaming through a window. I sigh and close my eyes before I remember where I am. I let out a yelp and shoot up. Fear crawls down my spine as I swing my legs over the side of the bed and walk out of the room. I have no pain anywhere so at least I know Beta Paul kept his word of not touching me, it didn’t even seem like he came to bed himself.

Beta Paul is sitting at a coffee table staring at a pack file. When I walk in his eyes fly to mine. "Hey." I manage to say, the back of my throat dying from thirst.

“Hey, sit down." He motioned to a spot across from him. On the table is mug of coffee and eggs and bacon on a plate. I walk over to sit down gulping the coffee and taking a bite of the bacon. "So, Cici. Alpha Ash wants me to brief you on some stuff about the pack." He says. My eyes meet his and I got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

“Your father already shared with me that you’ve lost your wolf." I nod and drop my gaze. "Listen, Cici, to be honest with you the Alpha doesn’t want a burden on the pack, i said I’d give you a briefing about training and keeping yourself strong even without your wolf but seeing you now… I…. I don't think you can stay here. You’re not fit for a wife or for much else in the duties we expect of our members." The second he said those words my whole world came crashing down.

"W-what?" I cry out.

"As I’m sure you know there aren't a lot of women in this pack. The ones who are though are strong and independant," I make my eyes go blank to stop myself from completely braking down in front of him.

"Ok." I say. Beta Paul gives me a sympethetic look.

"I'm sorry, but from this point on you can either go back to your father or you're a rougue. I took you on under the impression you’d still be a strong woman and give myself strong pups from your alpha bloodline.” He looks away from my eyes, then he gets up and leaves. That’s it, rejected by the only person my farther has ever managed to find to take me on. I wish he’d let me heal and clean up a bit before coming here. I might have stood a chance.

I lay down on the sofa feeling numb. I'm going to die.