chapter 1

I ran through the dense woods, the sounds of the wolves' relentless pursuit echoed behind her. The thorny branches clawed at my clothes, tearing them off and making cuts on my skin as I winced in pain.

As a weak omega, and outrunning these werewolves was already impossible to begin with. My dress were already rags, and exhaustion overcame me as I tumbled to the floor, breathing heavily.

“She's there, I picked up her scent!” A voice echoed through the woods.

I tried hard to stand up, but my legs were shaky. I managed to crawl towards a rocky edge hidden by shrubs. I hid behind a large boulder as I curled myself in a corner while trying to steady my breath. The voices chasing her, we're very close now.

“The tracks stopped here, she's definitely around here! Search for her!” The same voice called out again. “Yes sire!” Several werewolves answered.

The smell of burning cigarettes wafted into my nose. Someone was smoking just beside the boulder. “Leave no traces behind.” He said.

I was already fed up with this pack. I had to leave. But just as I was at the outskirts I caught the scent of a pack of wolves approaching.

At first, I was surprised that the park that was coming after me for leaving the pack. They had ignored my existence and treated me like trash but at the moment I decided to leave they came after me?

But as they drew closer I realized that their scents were different from the werewolves of the Neon pack. I couldn't tell if that was good or bad. So I just had to run!

Sniff*

I jerked when I heard sniffing sounds close to me. “Come here!” The howling of wolves was now so close. I had been caught by rogues while trying to go rogue!

“Found you!” A middle-aged man said with a puff of smoke.

“You're coming back with me!” He squats down as eyes skimmed across my ragged dress that revealed my thighs.

After the death of my parents I was taken to an orphanage and I stayed there until I turned eighteen. I had watched other werewolves that grew up in the Pack's orphanage turn eighteen and get their wolves then go on to take roles in the pack.

But when I turned eighteen I realized I was an omega wolf! I was despised in the orphanage and was made to do all the odd jobs. I was kicked around to cook, clean and wash while being bullied. But today I escaped the orphanage and tried leaving the pack.

He licked his lips. “Such a beauty,” He blew the smoke in my face.

“Boss, you're not thinking?” One of the werewolves said as he took a step inside the small rocky cave I hid in.

“You all are on the look out! Go a bit far and do not get ten feet close until I call you.” He grinned.

“Alright sir!” The footsteps sounded as they all scurried away. “Now it's just you and me” His lips curled into a smile.

“What do you want from me? What are you doing in the Neon pack grounds?” I said in one breath with a shaky voice.

“What are you doing trying to leave your pack? You want to be a rogue so badly. You should come with me then.” He tore off the torso of my dress.

“Stop!” I covered my chest. I couldn't do anything, so all I could do was irritate him.

“I won't be a damn rogue like you!” I said, making his face darken. “I'm not out of my pack, so I haven't gone rogue yet!” I grinned as I stood up with shaky legs, my back on the boulder.

“That's true,” I looked up to see a young man with a face that had no expression. He just stood there under the moonlight like he was some haughty prince.

“She isn't a rogue yet, so you should answer why you are on the Neon pack grounds?” The young man added. He had a really weird accent, like he was just trying out English.

He cocked his head to the side and the moonlight revealed his face. He was so hot! His lips and chiseled face were appealing, a real prince charming!

“How did you get here! What happened to my men?” The middle-aged man stared at the young man. “Those weak things? They are all dead.” The prince charming said coldly.

“What! How did…” The Middle-aged man frowned. His words were a bit shaky, but before he could complete his sentence, prince charming interrupted him.

“Now are you going to answer my question?” Prince charming asked.

“No! I won't!” The man said as he stepped back, transforming to his werewolf form.

“You shouldn't have done that,” Prince charming eyes turned crimson red. My eyes widened, I had seen those eyes before. These were the same eyes of the man who had murdered my parents! It was still clear in my head.

“Run! Run! Keep running Emma!” I remembered my mom's voice. she had called out to me before dying.

I stared into those crimson eyes, realizing he was carrying me in bridal style! His eyes weren't crimson red anymore but blue.

Cough*

I glanced to a corner to see the middle-aged man lying down, half dead. He had defeated him in just a few seconds! Who was this man?

“You're… Alpha… Neon! I never knew you were out!” The man groaned as he crawled away. “You're already a dead man!” Alpha Neon looked at him coldly.

“Thank you for saving me.” I said, looking into his blue eyes. I felt heat running through her body and my wolf whispered. “He is our mate.”

“Mate…” He said again in his weird I'm just learning English accent causing me to shudder.

I leaned towards him and kissed his lips. He looked at me expressionlessly as I broke this kiss.

“Thank you and this is romantic.” I smiled shyly.

“Don't thank me, I didn't come to save you and I don't understand why carrying you this way is romantic,” he said.

“You're just trying to act like you did not try to find me? This is how males carry their mates.” I replied.

Thud*

He dropped me to the floor, making me land on my back. “What was that for?” I asked.

He squatted as he stared at me with desire in his eyes while he took off his shirt less, revealing his muscular body and tattooed arm. The tattoos went up his arms, to his neck. It was more sexy seeing his bare torso as I lay beneath him.

“One, don't question me! Two, don't do what you did again." He growled.

“Is that your first kiss?” I asked as he threw the black shirt at me. “Don't talk trash and wear that!” He said.

The man earlier had torn the dress covering my torso, and my face reddened, realizing he had been looking at me. I stood up and quickly wore the shirt. His scent on the shirt made me drool, I wanted to sniff him up close.

“Three, don't leave this pack.” He said before turning his back and walking away. I took a step to follow him. “You know the way back, so you don't have to follow me.” He said without turning back.

But I couldn't watch him leave me, I have just been waiting all these years to meet my mate since the day I turned 18, and today he was right in front of me!

“You don't want me hurt around here! I'm just a…” I bent my head low.

“That's right, you are merely a weak omega,” He said looking at me coldly. "What?" I asked, wondering what he wanted to do.

"You don't question me." He said as he gripped my jaw. The look of desire in his eyes had tripled.

I was already lost in his blue eyes that seemed to pierce into my soul. My Wolf was already so active. I wanted to touch him and feel him. “Get on my back, quickly!” He gestured.

I hurriedly got on his back. He stood up and I wrapped my hands around his neck then quickly started moving through the woods while my hands gripped his muscle - filled body.

I could scent him all I wanted now. The tattoos went up his neck, and stopped just under his ear.

He had only barked out orders and nothing much. I even wonder why he was named after the pack. Alpha Neon, was that his real name?

Thud*

I landed on the floor on my back. This was the second time he was dropping me. I staggered to my feet. “We are out of the Pack's outskirts, and you can find your way now.” He said.

But…you're my mate…we should…” I began, but he interrupted me. “You are too weak to stay by my side” He lifted my chin and gripped my waist. Pulling it closer to him, making me stand on the tip of my toes.

“I reject you as my mate.” He said coldly, breaking the bond as his eyes turned crimson red.