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 y
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
_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 thro
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 kiss her n
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 soun
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 speed, cat
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 chuckled. “
You know what hurts the most? Alpha Knox was kind of nice to me earlier. He told me I was beautiful. And foolishly as I was, I began to hope. Even I found it hard to believe he said that. Now here he was cheating. I hung my head like a dying flower and was about to leave, when someone grabbed me by the waist and covered my mouth. My eyes flew open. “let me go! I —” “It's me” came that dark raspy voice. I stilled. I turned around immediately and there he was. My mate. He grabbed my arm, willing me to look into his eyes. “ Where did you run off too!?” He growled. “You are hurting me” I yelped, trying to free myself from his grip. “That was my intent” he smirked “To cause you pain” I whimpered as he tightened his grip. “You will get punished for this” he sneered. “ That is a promise” ******************************************************** As we rode back to the house, I would turn my head to steal a glance at this beautiful man who was now my mate. Any time I turn,
When I looked up, I could see the gamma’s eyes bilge out. He stiffened on seeing me. I bent my head in shame. He must have been surprised seeing me here, like this. In this uniform, when I should have been dressed like her because, in the real sense, I was the present Luna, though I hadn’t laid claim to that title or agreed to be the alpha’s mate willingly. He coughed and looked away. I could see his struggle. Trying to rescue me without revealing my true identity. He must have known that the alpha didn’t want his mother to see me. But what sort of person works for the person who could kill her in the blink of an eye? I guess I was stubborn like the alpha said. “It’s nice to see you out here” Queen Ashira smiled. “The feeling is mutual, your highness,,” Sean said with a forced smile. “This maid tried to poison me, so I was going to punish her,” she said, looking over her shoulder and glaring at me. “That is such a huge allegation. Did you see her yourself?” “Yes.” The
I have to admit, life as a maid was horrible. With each passing day, I was beginning to regret my actions. Maybe I might have judged Alpha Knox too harshly. No matter what I did to him, he would never be cruel to me, the way the chief maid and cook were to the maids. They don’t want to see you happy or resting. If they get you in any of the stated two, they always find a way to milk you of the joy in your heart. I went from cleaning to washing to cooking. By the end of the day, I would be too exhausted to think of anything. And the next day was the same, and again and again. This was my life. I hated it with all my heart. And that thing they said, the two palaces would not share jobs were utter bullshit. Time and time again, I had been sent to clean cars and stables belonging to, Alpha Knox. Luckily for me, no one recognized me. I tried to think of possible ways to leave but the more I thought, the more absurd my ideas were becoming. One day while I was cleaning the stables
" What are going to do now?" Anna held my hand as we walked from work, back to the house. I shrugged. "Don't worry, dear Anna, I'll find a way," I said with a small smile. Anna smiled sadly at me too. She was the first person I met at work. While others were snobby and Rude, she was like a breath of fresh air. Alex had asked me to sleep with him if I wanted to keep my job. I couldn't do that. At least not now, that I didn't know when the alpha would be back. He would go bunkers once he found out I had actually mated with someone else. He might even kill. That was exactly not what I wanted. Anna bid me goodbye at my hostel apartment and left. That night I did a lot of thinking. If I didn't work it would mean no food and no money for rent. These two things kept me on my toes when I escaped. I did not want to live on the streets and beg for food like I did when I first escaped. The next day I decided to go look for a job. I walked all through the day but no one had vacancy. I a
2 weeks later If I had known that walking in the outside world was this brutal, maybe I might not have run away. Firstly, I hid around wearing shawls and all, but even when I found out the alpha was not back, I decided to relax. 2 days later, after sleeping in a shed, a shop owner recommended a job at a cleaning company. And I got it. But then there was a problem. 2 weeks in, the young boss, Alex wanted me to date him. Of course, I said no, but he had a coconut head. He kept chasing me. Staring at me all the time and bringing people's attention to me. I had no option but to try to avoid him. I thought Knox was cocky until I met Alex. One day a general meeting for all staff was going on. While the others listened, I was running around, craning my neck and praying I didn’t get caught. When Alex was called out to speak, I began to sweat profusely. My heart pounded furiously. I was scared that everyone in the room could hear how loud it was. I took in mouthfuls of air as
I jerked awake with such a force. I was panting like I had climbed a wheel. My eyes were wide as I tried to understand what was happening. Where am I? The last thing I remembered was almost drowning. The water was in my throat, eyes, and belly. I had drunk enough and I was full. I was splashing water everywhere, and I screamed for help, but while I struggled, no one came to my rescue. It was while I was screaming that I woke up. I bent my head like a dying flower and wept. Wept so hard. What have I done to deserve this sort of life? Who did I offend? Who were my parents? Maybe if my mum had aborted me, I wouldn’t have to go through all this? It was while I was crying that I remembered what had happened earlier. I was sleeping and heard that noise. I looked down to see myself bound by hands and feet like an animal. Knox! Yes. It must be him. I raised my head, whipping my head around, and then I stopped and squinted. There was a figure at the curtain. I didn’t know what it was.
I ran to and fro, from the corridor to outside where I slept. My bags and clothes were outside. I had to get them to a dry place. But the more I tried to shove the boxes out of the rain, the heavier the rain fell. At some point, droplets of rain felt like huge boulders that hit my back. I felt the pain of each drop, and it hit my back. Leg, head, face. Thunder clapped, and the lightning illuminated the place. I flinched and left every bag I was carrying and ran to the corridor. To the little shelter it could provide. I sat on the ground, and my teeth chattered. I grabbed a cloth and draped it around me. It was when I saw the material that tears began to pour from my eyes. It was a shawl given to me by Lilith in prison If only she was here. ******************************************** “Your Highness!” Someone tapped me, and I woke up. “Yes,” my eyes were wide open as I tried to take in all that was going on around me. “Anna?” she was a close friend of Amelia “Yes” her face had
I spoke at length with Lilith. She told me lots of beautiful things that happened in the prison. Also, she talked about the bad ones. We cried about it. When we stopped crying, Lilith stared at me. "What?" I asked. She smiled. " I know what you are doing?" "And what is that?" I asked smiling. "You are trying not to talk about your ordeal" and then the smile was wiped off my face. I looked at my hands. Lilith tilted my face towards her. "I have been worried about you," she said." But if you are okay not telling me about what you went through, I am okay.,"She smiled. I took a deep breath. Oh, Lilith. I nodded. " I will talk. I need to gather more strength" and she nodded. I went quiet as I tried to collect my thoughts. My eyes watered. "I miss the times we spent together...I mean Amelia" Lilith's eyes went wide. " I mean the good times. She was the only person I Interacted with for months" Lilith stared at me longer before she nodded. "Do you understand?" She nod
All through that night I didn’t sleep a wink. I kept dreaming about seeing Lilith and having a fun time with her. When I woke up the next morning, I didn’t need anyone to tell me that I had been given false hope. Because when I woke up, I found out the Infirmary was moving me to the palace. Back to the alpha’s room. “wait!” I screamed as they tried to lift me off the bed. The nurses stopped, looking at me. “ tell me again, who authorized this discharge? Is the doctor aware? Is the alpha aware?’ one of the nurses turned to me. She gave me this long stare and I regretted asking that last question. It was like she was asking me, why I wanted to play dumb. Didn’t I know who Knox was again? “Obviously, it’s the alpha," one of them said. “Lift her to the wheelchair, don’t let her keep us while she keeps asking us stupid questions,,” the nurse who had stared at me said. I narrowed my eyes at her. “Watch the way you talk to me,” I replied sharply. She turned, facing me. With
For the next 3 weeks, I was confined in the royal infirmary. The royal healer said that the wounds I had sustained in the prisons were not ordinary. He said they were injected. And so needed to be treated. The alpha wanted me to move back into his bedroom but the doctor said he risked being infected. What the doctor didn't know was that he couldn't be infected. Very few knew he was a hybrid, immune to a lot of things. So he let me stay in the royal infirmary. He asked his guards never to leave my side. So I was under their eyes 247. Despite all that, I didn't feel any better emotionally. It was in the first week of my stay that the alpha executed all the elders who were involved. The female wardens and males in charge of the torture were stabbed countlessly with a hot knife. Then for Amelia, I heard she died the most painful death. He took two weeks to kill her. I remember seeing a nurse attend to her amputated leg that night. Well the next day, he ordered that the other o