"1"

The first time I laid eyes on the Alpha, I knew she was nothing but trouble. I was five years old when she saved a group of Omegas like me from being shipped to the Western Kingdom. I saw with my own eyes how she killed three men using only her bare hands. She had a smile on her face as she ripped their hearts out. She was twelve at the time. Years later, another Hybrid child ascended to the throne. Ahbaya Bloodmoon is her name. A name fit for a queen, hailed by the other Omegas like me, and the Gammas and a powerful Beta were all in her command.

And her name fits her personality perfectly. An Alpha who has a wolf and bear shifter blood. The strongest and the craziest of all. The city's legend spoke of her strength when she killed a man by choking him in his own blood. By that time she was eighteen.

With the same insanity, she swarmed into my life like a flood, and I was dragged off my feet and whirled into her crazy world unexpectedly.

And this… this is the story of how a male Omega like me is about to face death in the eyes. Seriously. I can feel it in my bones and Sow, the wolf inside of me is repeatedly scolding at me for being so stupid.

Why?

Because an Omega like me dared to break into the Castle of Hybrids. And the reason why? To tell Ahbaya the truth about how I truly feel about her.

“Yael, are you fucking sure about this?” My best friend, a gamma named Dane hissed as she stood behind me.

I rolled my eyes and looked at her, a look that judged her whole being. “I am sure, Dane.” I hissed at her. “I thought you’re in this with me? You told me I have your full support!”

“Well, yes…” She paused then looked at me with piercing eyes. “But you never said anything about breaking and entering, Yael! I thought you only wanted to see Ahbaya one last time!” She stopped and gestured at everything like a drama queen. "...not this! Yael, if you go through with this we could be beheaded! Worse case, I could be fucking demoted! And I don't want want to be an Omega!" She smiled and said, "No offense."

“Ahbaya is worth it though.” I replied absentmindedly. “Plus I’m sure you’d be able to outrun any guards, you’re a wolf shifter after all.”

In the dark I watched the shadow disappear as one of the gammas finally walked out of the door. I’ve waited for this moment for so long, the figure outside finally disappearing somewhere Dane and I couldn’t see.

"Fine..." Dane murmured. "Let's just get this over with."

“Ready?” Was my last warning to Dane, and my heart started to beat double time. So this is what it feels like to enter a heavily guarded Castle. Usually burglars wouldn’t dare to even think about robbing the Alpha’s den.

Well, there is always a first.

I just want to see her, just before she marries. But with my luck, maybe even I cannot have that.

With careful gestures so as to not attract any attention, I slowly walked towards the back door and reached for the handle.

“Fuck…” I hissed at myself. Perfect, it's locked. But since I’m always prepared, I always bring a dagger with me. It’s a good thing I’m used to this kind of thing, picking locks and all. I kept it in my bag just in case of emergencies like these. But mostly I use it for defending myself when the drug lords at the Brothel start a fit.

With my fist wrapped around the handle of the knife, I picked on the lock of the door like a burglar on the loose.

And then - - - Click.

I heard the familiar sound of the door being unlocked.

“Good gracious… finally.” My heart was pounding so fast that I did not hear Dane sending curses at me.

“Fucking hurry, Yael!” Dane hissed at me. Her screams sounded much like a frightened little girl, not the usual strong and unbeatable gamma of the North. “Hurry and go inside so I can fucking leave! You did not tell me this would be like one of those raids in the Omega brothel, man!

My eyes widen, breathing struggles. I close my lips together. “Shut up, Dane!” I looked at Dane’s crazed expression. “Now go out there and act as a distraction!”

If looks could kill, Dane could have me dead twice with the daggers she shot me from her eyes. “A distraction, really?.” Dane retorted. “I’ll die out there! Do you know that Klaus, the Bear King’s son, is guarding the entrance?! Are you stupid?!”

I placed my finger against my lips, practically begging my overly-dramatic best friend to shut the fuck up. “Just please… be useful to me this time around. I swear I’ll owe you forever.”

Dane rolled her eyes then cleared her throat. “Fine.” Dane’s voice was low and serious. “But if I die today… make sure to get rid of all my journals and the diaries under my bed." A pause. "And don't you dare take a peek. Got it?”

“Got it…”

And with a deep breath, Dane threaded lightly and did something so stupid that I was able to enter the room without anyone noticing. From a distance I heard someone scream.

“Hey! What are you doing at the Castle?! Pure breeds aren’t allowed entry in this Castle!”

And then I heard Dane’s familiar screams and ramblings.

I ran inside the room in a hurry, and when I did, I was flooded with memories I had shared with her. My movements slowed down and I closed my eyes and tried to replay all of the times I’ve spent inside this room.

Scenes of when we were in each other's arms in this very spot. She held me on this very room, her touch leaving an invisible trail of warmth on every part of me that she touched, kissed, sucked. I used to have the thought of missing her, but now I miss her so much that it renders me motionless, almost incapable of moving.

Swallowing the lump against my throat, I managed to conquer my nerves.

I looked around the office and eyed the familiar black door. It may look like a simple room where Alpha Ahbaya rests as she oversees the Kingdom, but inside this room, was a door that leads to another room.

The secret rooms. The rooms where she keeps pets as she calls us. Her harrem as I like to call it. There were four of us before, one beta from each pack and I was the only omega. For months we took turns fucking her on schedule. Until everything change, it was only me. Until I fucked that up, big time.

I looked behind my back, double checking if Dane was still able to work her wonders. And when no one was there, I walked towards the secret room where she and I used to play house.

The room where I had been kept a secret for so long. Where our relationship had been hidden from the Northern Kingdom, where judging eyes cannot see us.

The place where Ahbaya and I can do whatever we want to.

The place when an Omega like me gets to touch and make love to an Alpha as influential as her.

And there it is, the bed where we used to make love. I placed my hands on top of the covers, feeling the fluffy comforter surrounding me. 

I could stay here forever. Just replaying every moment with her. Just Ahbaya and I.

I looked around the room. I knew every single piece of furniture in this room even though it isn’t and never was my own.

“Ahbaya.”

Her name, although I tried to forget it by not saying it, remained in my mind. I didn’t want to think of her name because then it would remind me of her face, then her face would remind me of her smile, her smile would remind me of her lips, her lips would remind me of her touch. And her touch—

“Ahbaya, my beautiful Ahbaya…” I breathed in her scent, and the familiar feeling of rushing of electricity ran swiftly through my body at the memories of our love making. “My queen...” My lips kept speaking her name. It seems as if they missed him as well. “Ahbaya. I miss you, my Que —”

The sound of the main door opening and closing threw me off and broke me off my imagination. Shit.

Someone noticed that I’m in here.

Ahbaya, it must be her. Why is she home so early, wasn't she supposed to be meeting with the Wolfless King?!

Or maybe Dane must’ve failed and she was defeated by those packs of Hybrids. Or worse, maybe she ratted me out to save herself.

Adrenaline coarse through my veins and I practically jumped out from the bed. I quickly scanned the room for somewhere to hide.Soon resounding footsteps from outside made it difficult for me to breathe or think. I decided to squeeze myself underneath the bed and just a few milliseconds after I did, I saw the door being pushed open and I saw many people walk inside the hidden room.

The sound of the soles of their feet hitting the floor almost matched the pounding of my heart.

I’m so fucked.

My eyes widened when I heard someone speak in a language I can’t understand. The hymm of the Hybrids. Great, from the sound of their voices, it’s her father’s underlings, the chosen ones. The first Hybrids of the Kingdom, and the most vicious. 

Once they caught me hiding under Ahbaya's bed, for sure her father is going to order for my death and he’ll feed my remains to his pet dog. Perfect, cool! What a life indeed.

As I wished for the hybrids to go away, I placed the palm of my hands against my mouth.

If ever I escaped with my life, for sure this will be one story to tell.