Nina POV
The Alpha's threat sent bile up my throat. He squeezed the air pipes by the side of my neck, strangling me with the intention to snap my bone. I panicked, shaking under his grip begging for my life. "Please let me live. I fulfill my purpose to you until the day I die and will forever be your vessel." I managed to say and earned my freedom from his grip. He pushed me to the ground and moved away from where I fell. I held my neck coughing and struggled to steady my breath. Everywhere was still dark like the pit of hell. There is no doubt that he must be the prince of hell judging from the kind of place he was living in. I guess I would never see daylight again because of my new purpose as his vessel. "Do you know what it is to be a vessel?" His asked with a terrifying voice. "No." "A worthless slave without a wolf. You can't even be classified as an omega. Yet you were chosen to be a vessel to contain a curse." _A curse?_ I was sanctified to carry a curse? Can my life get any worse? "Do you know what that means?" He breezed past me. I shook my head in response even though I knew it was unreasonable to do so since the room was dark. I could barely make out his figure and could sense only his intimidating presence. "You will absorb the darkness of the Alpha. An evil that tears other werewolves in halves, turns them crazy and suck out their souls. You will be the hundredth vessel to fill the void. And it is obvious that you will not last." He growled. "If I may ask, why is everywhere dark?" I managed to ask even though I was scared as hell. He chuckled, roaming around me in circles. "An embodiment of darkness can't welcome light. That is what you will bear once I transfer the curse to you." "What if I heal you from the curse? A little light can cast shadows to a corner." "You are just a slave, what can you do?" I had no idea of what I said or even a solution to it. But the darkness was too much for me to bear. There was no trace of light, everything was pitch black and it made it difficult for me to think without feeling endangered. I inhaled the suffocating air and decided to try my luck. "You said that I was chosen as your vessel. I am not too sure of what I can do or what it means to be your vessel. But if you are willing to let me help then I will do my best to serve in exchange for you to spare my life." This was me gambling with my life. If I succeed, I might be able to manipulate my way out of this hellish pack and return to my family. "Give me two reasons why I should listen to you and not take your life." "If I am the chosen one then there must be other reasons behind it. As you know, I am a powerless slave without a wolf. If I am able to awaken my wolf maybe I would be able to help you cure your curse. That is if you are willing to help me." "And if you fail?" "I die by your hands," I said, sealing my fate. "Very well," He muttered and snapped his fingers together, illuminating the room a little with a dull yellow candle. I could barely see him since the part he had lighted was just the spot I stood on. "Is that it? Just this amount of light? If I may ask, are you afraid..." "Silence!" He growled, startling the hell out of me. "Just because I let you speak does not mean you can utter any word you desire. I won't hesitate to send your life if you irk me again." "Forgive me, Alpha. It will not repeat itself again." I apologized, dropping my head down. "Run." "What?" "If I catch you, you are dead. So run." He ordered. I didn't understand what he meant and didn't know where to run to. Nevertheless, I took my heels, dashing to the nearest door I could find. I barged into the room, slamming the door shut. My heart raced uncontrollably as I shook in fear. "Run not hide slave," he muttered behind me. Terror took over my entire body as his hand wrapped around my neck. "You can't do this. Give me another chance." I lamented. "Nothing is ever fair in this world, slave. You had a chance to escape just like you heard planned in your head." _How did he know that? Can he read my mind?_ "Now listen carefully. From now on, you are not allowed to leave this room unless I say so. You are not allowed to come in contact with anyone.You will not question my decisions, you will follow every rule I make and you will serve me on any occasion I desire whether good or bad. Understood?" I shook my head in response and he tightened his grip on my neck. "Say it." "Yes, Alpha." I responded according to his wish. "Now, tell me, how many times have you bred?" He asked. His question was unexpected and it confused me that he would bring it up. "None. I haven't bred with any werewolves since I haven't awakened my wolf." "And your masters, did any of them touch you?" "No." I breathed out unsure of what I was feeling at the moment. I couldn't differentiate whether it was fear or not. After a long pause, he let go of my neck and walked away from me. "Give me your hand." He ordered. I didn't hesitate to extend my hand to him quickly. He grabbed it and stabbed a dagger into my arm. "Shush. Don't scream." I muffled the sound of the pain I felt while watching my blood run down my arm. He chuckled then brought his lips to my bleeding arm and drank my blood. I was stunned by his action and grew weary as he continued. After a few minutes, he looked at me and got the first time I saw his face especially his red shot eyes. "You are a vampire." "A tribrid, slave." He corrected. An alpha with a vampiric nature. He is truly the devil's heir. "No one knows about this, am I correct?" I asked feeling a strange kind of comfort. "Not many. Now, do you understand why your life belongs to me?" "Yes, I understand. To serve you at all occasions." If this was my fate then there was no use hoping to be alive for a long time. He continued to drink my blood until I couldn't feel my legs anymore. "From now on, you are mine." He declared bitting down harder with his elongated fangs.Alpha Knox POV She talks a lot especially for someone whose blood I had drained half. Her voice keeps whispering things non stop. She doesn't know that I hear every single thought of her. I can't count the number of times she has labeled me as the devil's heir since her arrival into my room. Even though she called me such a name, I was glad that she feared me. Every single living being on earth should be afraid of me, worship me and die by my hands. It was the only way for them to survive under my reign. _What kind of awful Alpha would lock himself in a dark room?_ _Here needs some light._ _Forget it. He is bound to darkness forever. It's a pity that he would never understand what it feels like to be surrounded by light_ These were her thoughts and every single one of them irked me. If not for her purpose as my vessel, I would have killed instantly. But that would cause me eternal years full agony. I was cursed with a darkness that brought nothing but pain due to a prophecy
Nina POV The next day was different. After the Alpha left his room yesterday, he didn't return and I stayed the whole night alone.I was glad that he didn't return and used it as an opportunity to gaze at the night sky. This might sound crazy but I feel safer here as a vessel than living in a rusty breeder cage. At least, I got to wear soft and clean clothes. Sitting by the window sill, I gazed at the sky scattered with white clouds. I finally got to see it after years of being trapped in a cage.A knock sounded on the door, disrupting my line of thought.I grew weary presuming it was the Alpha at the door. But when I unlocked the door, a beautiful tall woman with a slender figure and red hair stood before."So it is true. Knox is harbouring a girl in his room," she said with a surprised expression as she stepped into the room.I backed away from her frightened by her presence. She scrutinized me up and down, circling my body until she was done with her observation."What is your n
Alpha Knox It was another ridiculous mating ceremony. Even though the celestial servant had proclaimed the arrival of my mate, I had no interest in mating and marking a pretentious slut as my Luna.No woman was worthy of standing by my side. And if tonight, the moon goddess gives me a worthless woman as a mate, I will reject and go as far as killing her in front of everyone.That is a promise. I strode into the dining room where other members of my family were present. Their smiles died down as I joined them at the table."Good morning, Alpha Knox. You are up early. I guess you are excited about tonight's mating ceremony," my mother said with an awkward smile."Excited? I am more than delighted," I muttered, matching her pretense.She smiled then turned her attention to her brother. After that, no one spoke to me not even my siblings.They were like outsiders to me. Each of them held a grudge against me. It never bothered me because I loved the malice.It made it easy for me to cut t
Nina POV _no, it can't be him._ He cannot be my mate. I ran as fast as I could but my race was short lived when he subdued me with his strength."What? A slave is my mate!" He growled in surprise.Exactly, a slave cannot be mated to an alpha. But the bond I felt towards couldn't tell a lie. He was going to reject me, that was certain. However, the smirk that turned up in his face said otherwise."I guess you are bound to be my vessel for the rest of your life. I will gladly accept the moon goddess's gift," he mused, grabbing my arm and pinning me against the oak tree.I fought against him, trying to break free from his grip. But he was too strong for me to handle."Don't fight it, mate. You are mine," he declared.His eyes turned to a bright red as his side teeth extended, revealing his beast side. I knew what he was about to do and dreaded the outcome of his plan.Without mercy, he bit down on my neck, marking me as his Luna.I screamed and felt a strange sensation pass through my
Alpha Knox POV I kissed her regardless of her protest to stay away from me. Ever since I found out that she was my mate, I couldn't stop myself from tormenting her. She was the only person I was willing to be with even if it means causing her pain till the day she ceases to exit. I bit down on her lips, forcing her to pry them apart while her frail body trembled under me. "Please, don't do this to me. I beg you," she cried, disobeying my third rule. Seeing her helpless and broken amused me. It gave me the urge to torment her even more against her wish. "What was my third rule?" I whispered against her ear and she trembled, squeaking as I bit her earlobe. "To always obey your rules." "And what have you done?" "Begged for your mercy." "Good girl, I like that you are able to answer each of my questions correctly. For that, I will go easy on you. Quick advice, take this as a commemorative ceremony of me taking away your innocence," I muttered, keeping to my word. I began to k
Nina POV Last night was a nightmare for me, being chased and marked by my mate Alpha Knox. I expected him to reject me, look at me with disdain and kick me out for being his mate. But he acknowledged our mating bond. Whether his acknowledgement was a good or bad thing, I couldn't tell. And how he looked at me last night, I felt strangely aroused and wondered if he felt the same. What am I even saying? I shouldn't feel any for a tyrant that wants to kill me. I must be crazy to think that he would feel the same spark I felt towards him in that dark woods. Most importantly, how did I shift into my wolf? I have never felt my wolf within me before. I even thought I didn't have one. Even now I couldn't feel anything. Does it mean that I get to feel her when I am with him? I have never felt so frustrated and desperate at the same time like this. The fact that I have to share the same space with an alpha who doesn't want me. While I was thinking, my ears twitched, tuning into the
Alpha Knox POV She took my breath away the moment I laid my eyes on her. Even my dead heart raced like that of a stupid teenage boy.After last night's encounter, I was visited by madam Lafayette in the woods. She had confronted me about my cruel behavior towards my mate and warned me to take things carefully with her if I wanted to be free from my curse. According to her, she was my redemption. But no matter how many times I tried to convince myself that she was nothing but a lowly Omega brought out of the slum, I still couldn't deny the fact that I was strongly attracted to her.Even now that she was standing in that bright blue dress, I couldn't take my eyes off her. And finally believed that she was truly mated to me.My wolf, Krix howled for her attention and from the way she looked at me, I could tell that she too felt the bust of arousal I felt within.When she missed a step and lost her balance, I panicked. The rush of adrenaline that pumped through my veins increased my spe
Nina's POV I watched as Alpha Knox spoke to people. He looked handsome and fitting in this environment. While I felt like a book in a wrong shelf. People kept coming up us. Prestigious people in the pack. I felt out of place. The women around him glared at me and ignored me like I was a piece of furniture. I watched Alpha Knox move with people. He didn't even know I was not by his side. I decided not to follow him. I wouldn't stray far though. At least no one here had red hair. I sat by and watched as people laughed and drank. In those pretentious voices. I hated it here. I wanted to leave. Suddenly something caught my eye. It was a young girl. She seemed to be the same age as me. She was following around an older man. I was about to wave her off as a girl who wanted to sleep around when I saw the resemblance between the two. That was her father. As they made their way across the hall. I overheard her words. “Dad, I don't like my mate,” she said, pouting. The older man chuckl
Nina's POV Finally our plans were now taking shape. The next morning I was awoken by the head of the women affairs in the blue moon pack. I gave me the names of all the winter fell pack maids on my retinue and guards. I asked her to give them all to me and I agreed. When she left Marcus, walked into room. “Congratulations your highness” he bowed at me me smiling. “Oh stop it Marcus, it's a team effort” I said. We talked about meeting up in the evening, in the cave and he agreed. Just the Cecil, my new personal maid, also a winter fell pack maid walked in. She smiled at me. She had been in the Femwood pack with Rachel got years. I have heard she knew her way around here very well. “Your highness, Alpha Maximus requires your presence in his room” my heart began to race. I turned to Marcus and he seemed worried. “Alright” I nodded. “Be careful your highness”Marcus said and I nodded, then he left. ******************************************************** Call it luck or anyt
Nina's POV As soon as I got into my room, the phone buzzed. It was a message from an unknown number. I clicked on it and it read. “ Hi Nina, it was nice talking to you” it ended with a wink and I frowned. I hissed loudly and dropped the phone on the bed before heading to the bathroom. All this I did was to be closer Maximus. Just like Marcus asked me with the letter.It was to make it easy for us to meet. The plan was to have maximus change my maids and guards. I didn't want to use people from the blue moon pack. Rather people from the winter fell pack. It would be easier to do meeting with them. Well the only good thing Maximus and I liked was to give me a phone. We were in the rural part of the werewolf world. Phones were hard to come by here. I tried to call Alpha Knox but I didn't know his number. I hasn't seen him with a phone either. Maximus was the exact cocky kind of person I hated. As if making me hate him the more. He was boastful and condescending. From that night,
Knox's POV The smell of freshly baked bread, meat and soup filled the great hall, but it did nothing to calm the fire in my heart. We were in the wooden dinning. My knife scrapped the butter on the plate against my bread as I duginto my meal, the sound of cutleries clashing against my ears. Laughter echoed from the table, but it felt hollow. Nina and Rachel were still out there, prisoners of that bastard Stephen Hawking and his accomplice Maximus. I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist thinking about them. What would have become of them? Has Stephen touched my girl? I grabbed the spoon harder and tighter as I gritted my teeth. Someone tapped meang I turned. It was Vok. I nodded. Telling I'm calm. I have being a pacing machine as I waited for the two alphas to make it to my pack. It seems to be that time was walking on a snail's pace. Now they were here. We couldn't just leave. wr need to plan. To fight. From what Madam Lafayette has said, Stephen and Maximus used the powers of
Margo’s POV “See anything you like?” I looked up. There was a woman smiling at me. I smiled back. She was a middle aged woman with big circle O earrings and a scarf over her hair. I couldn’t see the color of her hair too. She had these perfect white teeth. She had dark eye shadows, dark lipstick. You know the classical fortune teller persona. Clara had walked up to me and apologized for ignoring me. I listened to her words and I felt it made sense. I forgave her andwe made up but then she suddenly asked that I visit a market around the pack. Market was home to all supernatural but onlyOmegas can attend openly. “Oh it’s nothing, I was just drawn to these cards” my smile slowly transitioned into a laugh. A nervous laugh. Her eyes zoned in on the cards and she smiled. I knew it. I knew I was not hallucinating. The longer I stared at this card, the more it felt like I had just walked into a museum and staring right back at me was a picture of myself on the wall. I mean how can th
Margo’s POV “He’s still alive!” I yelled and I immediately ended the outgoingcall. I tried to bring him in but he was too muscular. I let deep breath and began pushing. Successfully I did. I went outside and checked if anyone saw me. Relieved that no one was in sight, I shut my door. Unknown to me, the moment I dragged him through the threshold of my house, I had awakened someone who knew something was amiss in my pack. That was my mistake. I managed to put him on the only bed in my room. Damn! He was huge and heavy. “Are people still allowed to be this tall?” I said frustrated as beads of sweat danced all over my body. When I opened his shirt, there was marks all over them. I was scared as to how someone would get into a fight and put his life at risk. Then another thought came Mind. What if he was running for his life from a murderer? I shudder at that thought as I wondered if his murderer had followed him here. If he was in my house thatmeant that I was also in danger. I shook m
Margo’s POV “Margo!!! Where the hell are you?!” Clara screamed into the phone. My phone had been buzzing endlessly and the moment I heard Clara’s voice, I knew I was in deep shit. “Hi Clara, good morning please try stalling her on, I’m almost there!” I begged as I jumped out of bed. Shit! I had slept in again and I would get late for work at the palace. “Margo there is absolutely nothing good about the morning. I know you spent the night watching that annoying doctor and ending it by reading novels?” “Ehhh something like that but it’s–“she cut me off. “Save whatever you have to say for yourself later. Now will you get your ass down here or you will get me in trouble!” And on that note she ended the call. I huge grin stretched across my face as I thanked the heavens for giving me such a friend like her. She had been my friend for a long as I can remember, although get parents forbade her our friendship. It seemed like the harder they tried to break us apart. The stronger our frien
Amandla’s POV“Please don’t hurt me!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. They ran round me as they circled her. Gritting their teeth as puffs of smoke existed their angry ears. I was scared shitless because I had never gotten a close encounter with angry wolves, though I knew I had unknown enemies. I could somehow hear them converse.“Guys let’s finish her off!”“No, not yet, she has to suffer first”“No guys don’t touch her yet”The one who had lots of resentment towards me, gritted his teeth, charged at me. “No! No! Please help me” then suddenly I jerked up. ***************************************************************************************************I was swimming in an ocean of sweat and I was greatly hyperventilating. I was more than happy that, this was a dream but you know what they say about dreams. They are a glimpse into the future.It was like the night had an agreement with the day that they would delay the rising of the sun. I couldn’t sleep the rest of the night
Amandla’s POV The thing mum was doing was good and bad, for me. I understand her fear. I mean I would also be scared but then it made me feel inadequate in front of my peers and it hurt my self-esteem, when they talk about Transitioning ceremonies. But then the stories were scary. During this ceremony, the young werewolves transitioned into themselves. At the moment, the young ones didn’t know a thing about being a werewolf. They didn’t know how to focus on who to attack or not. And if they had to transition on their own, they could risk killing a being that was not of their kind or does not look like them. For lycans that are yet to transition, they always came with lots of their family members and members of their pack, to protect them, in case they were attacked. Heir alphas who were not liked, were wanted dead. And if they came alone or with little or no protection were chased and hunted. If caught, they are instantly killed. And nothing could be done about it. Hence the prote
Amandla’s POV Out in the forests, in the cold, damp grounds was a lycanthrope. Bloodied, crushed and gnawed. At the moment he is fighting for his life. It would be a wonder if he survived the night. He had silver skin like diamond, a perfect. He was authority and royalty in one …a true blood. As the redwood pack got ready for the full moon, little did they know that one of their own was breathing his last? The redwood, howled the loudest. Fought the boldest. And hunted the biggest prey in the history of lycanthropy. Werewolf hunters. They were ahead of all clans and that earned those lots of respect amongst other pack Eric, the beta, jogged up the mountains as soon as the moon became full and screamed out to the other packs. Then the transition began. Nails turned to plundering sharp claws. Bones were rumpledand new bone structures were made. Their eyes shone like stars as their visions intensified. They ran in a haze. They howled and howled in reckless abandon,