Chapter 4

Reena's POV

As I reached my room, I pushed the door with the remaining energy in me, entered, and closed it. With my back leaning against it, I began to sob. Closing my ears with my hands and shaking my head like a lunatic. I slid to the floor.

I began to reflect on how miserable my life has been. I blamed the moon goddess for creating me on the weak side. Life has not been fair to me, always from one problem to another. I wondered what must have happened to my parents as no one has ever mentioned anything about them.

"Could they still be alive? Will they come to save me someday?" All these questions ran through my mind but as usual, I had no answers to them.

After what seemed like ages, I picked myself up from the floor, removed my dress, and dragged myself to the bathroom. I needed to wash off everything from the cocky alpha and that of Alpha Lorgan. 

As I walked into the bathroom, my whole body was in pain. My stomach hurts the most from Felix's kicks. Since I survived today, there's nothing I won't survive in my life.

After bathing, I crawled back to my bed to sleep.

In the morning, I was woken by a knock on my door.

"Who's there?" I asked, reluctantly standing from the bed.

The faint knock continued, with no word from whomever it was.

"Oh God, please let it not be the Alpha," I muttered as I walked towards the door to check who it was. "Hold on, I'm coming."

Opening the door, I saw one of the servants standing there.

"Can I come in?" She asked, looking like she snuck out of her duty post.

"Yeah, sure." I ushered her in.

"Did the Alpha send for me again?"

"No dear." She replied, "How are you? I noticed you are new and saw how Alpha Raze treated you at the dinner. I wanted to come check on you last night but it was late and I wouldn't want to be caught." She added.

For the first time in ages, I felt loved again. "I'm fine, just body pains, thank you," I answered.

"Okay, then I will be taking my leave before anyone notices my absence. I will see you around soon." She said as walked to the door.

"Is it always like this?" I asked, causing her to stop abruptly.

"What?" She replied.

"The thing with the Alphas of this pack?" I asked in a low tone.

"Yeah. We all went through it. It is like a custom in this pack. Any new slave that is brought into the pack is always made to have sex with the Alphas. Perhaps they derive pleasure in it," she replied and left immediately.

I bit my lip and lay back on my bed. "So they welcome new people into the pack with sex," I muttered.

"I should have asked for her name," I thought to myself.

With every passing day in the pack, I started getting used to the order of things and how best to relate with the Alpha and the rest of the pack. My routine was very simple: obey him and follow his commands. I was no less of a slave, the only difference is that I was not being bullied or mocked like in my former pack.

However, I avoided Alpha Raze like a plague because he looks mischievous, and wouldn't want to associate with him. My hate for Alpha Lorgan increased daily because he was too wicked and annoying for my liking. 

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Every member of the pack was busy preparing for what they called the 'Mating festival'. It was a ceremony where the young maidens and the slaves from this pack and the neighboring packs who were unmated would gather to be blessed with a mate by the moon goddess.

From what I've gathered, it was a big annual ceremony and everyone was eagerly waiting for it. 

Food was being cooked, all the young girls were busy making their hair in different styles, and others were getting their best dresses ready. Alpha Lorgan, in his mean state, was ordering the servants around to ensure that everything was in order.

As everyone prepared, I was not moved. "Who would want to mate a weak omega slave like me," I said to myself. 

Besides, I wasn't ready for any mate yet as I was still recovering from the heartbreak I suffered from my boyfriend. If at all I would mate, I need a caring and loving normal wolf as a mate. The last person I would want to mate with is an alpha, not even any from this pack.

While all the preparation was going on, I figured out that something was not right with me. I noticed that my body was changing in unusual ways. I wake up in the morning feeling nauseous, and always tired, I sleep way more than I usually do in the past.

First, I waved it aside thinking that it was a result of the stress from my strenuous task or maybe it was my menstrual period but as time went on the symptoms were getting worse. And then it hit me.

"Holy shit! Could it be that I am pregnant?" I asked myself. "No, it can be. I have not had sex in a long while. Could it be that one night with the Alpha king on my arrival?" I thought to myself.

"But that was too short to have gotten me pregnant," I added. Immediately, I became nauseous again and ran to the bathroom to vomit as usual. 

"This can't be happening to me. I can't be pregnant for that monster," I growled in pain as I entered my room.

I will either have to terminate his seed or run away from this pack to a safer place where I can raise my child in peace. The latter sounded like a better option but then I will need to act fast to come up with an escape plan while acting normal to avoid getting any attention or suspicion from the pack. I was determined to protect my child even at the expense of my poor life. If he has been so mean to me because I'm an omega slave, then he won't hesitate to tell me to abort my baby if I tell him about it as he wouldn't want the pack to know that a slave is carrying his baby.

Alpha Lorgan's POV

Sitting in my seat with Alpha Raze and Alpha Caleb close to me. We watched the annual festival events unfold as different groups performed. The girls of the pack and neighboring packs were all at their best tonight.

"The girl that just danced will suit you as a mate, my King. Maybe you can claim her. What do you think?" Alpha Caleb asked.

"I will wait on the moon goddess. She will give me a perfect mate tonight," I said confidently.

Everything in my life was perfect. I have achieved all the things an Alpha should achieve. I was the Alpha King with all the alphas answering to me. But one thing was missing in my life. I had no heir which means that my position as the Alpha of the Wolfebanes pack was no longer certain as I had no mate that would rule by my side as a luna. Ever since my wife died from a strange illness, I had always waited on the moon goddess for a second chance mate but years have passed with none in sight.

I silently prayed that this night would be different because if I can't find one, Alpha Raze might become the next Alpha of the Wolfebanes pack and eventually the next Alpha King. I can't imagine that happening as everything I have worked for over the years would be dashed.

Hours passed and the night was already taking shape and as usual, there was no mate for me.

I growled in pain as I gulped the last cup of wine on my table. I stood up and started walking towards my chamber to rest.

As I passed different groups of girls playing and having fun, I was earnestly hoping to find my mate but surprisingly, I passed all of them and was almost at the foot of my entrance without any sign of a mate. I have never been this nervous in my life, I suddenly felt like I was running out of time. I was desperate.

While I made the last turn to enter my palace, my body started acting strangely. "Mate!!" My wolf screamed in happiness. He finally spoke to me after a long while.

I was happy that finally, the moon goddess didn't forsake me. Immediately, I began to walk in the direction of the scent.

Walking farther, the scent got stronger indicating that I was already close to my mate. My wolf kept echoing the word 'Mate' repeatedly. I stopped because it was an indication that she was somewhere close.

I used my eyes to search the whole area for my mate but I couldn't find one.

"No! No! No!! This can't be happening to me!." I shouted as I spotted what looked like my mate. The only person I was seeing was Reena, as she sat in a corner all by herself lost in thought.

She turned immediately and saw me. We locked our gazes for a second. I could tell that she was feeling it too. 

I wondered why the moon goddess would give this weak omega slave to me as a second chance mate. She didn't look anything close to a future Luna. Of all the fine ladies in this festival, why would she be the one? How can I have a weak Luna? It will only make my pack vulnerable as my enemies will use her as my weakness. 

Will she ever forgive me for how badly I have treated her?