Samantha POV (ONE YEAR LATER) It has been a year since I was bought by Kaleb. Kaleb and I have become so close, almost like we are family. Tonight is the coming-of-age ritual for a lot of werewolves. Packs come together so that werewolves that turn twenty-one that year can find their mate. All the single werewolves get together at this party. If you are already mated you are not allowed to attend. Kaleb has to attend since he is a non-mated wolf. I told Kaleb that I will wait for him at home. There is no way I want to attend a mating bond between wolves. Kaleb told me that once they meet their mate their wolves cannot be contained anymore. Their wolves will take the female right then and there. The wolves don't worry about who is there to see them. Now I am sitting here at home waiting for Kaleb to come back home. This party can range from one day to a week. There was a knock on the door. I am thinking that it isn't Kaleb since he would have a key to open the door. I open the d
Samantha POV (Two weeks later) I am tired. I think I am more than tired. Kaleb's mate has been here for two weeks and I already want to kill her and throw her off a cliff. I know it sounds bad. I think she has a split personality. When Kaleb is home she is the most loving and caring person you have ever met. She helps me cook and clean. However, when Kaleb is not here she treats me like garbage. She even spat in my face yesterday afternoon. She told me that she does not know what the slave school has taught me. She treats me like her own personal slave. Yes, I can see the irony. She sits on the couch all day chatting away on her phone. We went to town yesterday and I had to carry all her shopping bags like I was a donkey. She treats me like I am nothing in her eyes. I think it has something to do with the fact that she is the daughter of an Alpha pair. They probably treated her like a princess and now she expects it from everyone around her. She complains about everything. I can
Samantha POV I walk around in my room. Just pacing back and forth. Kaleb told me this morning that he has to talk to me once he gets home. I am done with my daily tasks so now I am just waiting. Janet has been a pain in my ass the whole day. She bought herself a bell. Now every time she wants something she rings it.Since the mating ritual, I have been more paranoid. I hear the door open, so I make my way to the kitchen to start dishing up. What I found truly shocked me. Janet was standing in the kitchen with an apron on. The table was already set. There was candlelight in the middle. "My baby is home. I hope you liked the food that I cooked. I spent the whole afternoon in the hot kitchen." I crossed my arms over my chest and just stood there. I can't believe the gall of this woman. I don't think she has ever picked up a utensil in her life. Kaleb kissed her on the cheek and went to sit at the table. Once his back was turned towards her, she gave a smile. You can see on her face t
Samantha POV I am sitting on the boat just watching as the ocean flows by. I keep thinking about how everything just ended. I have given my trust to everyone on that island. and they just threw me away like yesterday's food. I asked Kaleb one last favor before I left. I asked him to send one last letter to Joan, saying that I do not know when I will be able to write her a letter again. I told her that as soon as it was safe that I will send her a letter with my new address. I have been on this boat for two days now. I am so bored. All I can do is sit and stare out of the window. I just hope that my new master will be better. However, I know that I will never find a better master than Kaleb, Even if he betrayed my trust. There are some werewolves that are accompanying me. I only see them when they bring me my food. They have tried to talk to me, but I think they just kind of stop trying. Carra's parting words will forever stay with me. " There is nothing more precious than a mati
Samantha POV I am standing in a big foyer waiting. I look at the paintings on the wall. They look old and worn. There is a marble statue of the woman that has just left the space. I look towards the stairs when I hear footsteps coming toward me. The lady looks young, around my age if I should guess. She has a business suit on. She looked so elegant. "Hi, my name is Emilee. I will be your roommate during your stay here. We will need you to hand over all your personal items that linked you to your previous life, including your phone. Please hand it over to Master Jackson." She pointed toward the big burly man next to me.I start rummaging through my bag for my cellphone. This is the only thing that I have. I decided to give Kaleb back his bank card when I left. I think by now he has found it in my room with the note. Once I was done, Emilee motioned for me to follow her. I took my luggage from Master Jackson. I was halfway up the stairs when I turned around and look back. Master Jack
Samantha POV It has been two weeks since I arrived at the halfway house. I have fallen into a routine that now feels normal. Each day we have a few tasks to do. Once you are done with your tasks, you are free to roam the grounds. Even though we are free to do as we please, this is the same as a prison. The gates are always closed and will only open for Lady Leila and her husband. They only go out once a week to do some shopping. I have seen guards posted at the gates and at various places around the fence. I think they are scared that we are going to run away. Which is highly unlikely, we have nowhere else to go.I am currently in the kitchen, staring out the window. Today is my turn to make dinner for everyone in the house. The ladies and I have already decided on soup for this evening. The last three days have been cold and miserable. We haven't left the house once in the last three days. We have been too scared that we are going to freeze ourselves to death. Amy and Brylee ha
Samantha POV Lady Leila has opened up the gates only for today. We had to pack our things so that we can be ready if someone buys us today. We are going to the local slave school to be a part of their auction. We are not going to walk the stage like we did the first time. We are going to sit in a room and wait. If a buyer is interested they will come to us in the room talk to us for a bit and then write down their price on our door. When the night is done we go to the highest bidder. It sounds so complicated. I wish we could have gone through the same routine as the previous time. Now I am sitting here waiting for the next person to come by. I have already seen seven potential buyers. All creepy older guys. The door opens up and my heart stopped. It is the same guy from the King's party. "O, dear. What do we have here? Just you and me. Did your master realize you are no good?" "What do you want?" I press myself against the wall. If he kills me here no one will even know. "I
Samantha POV I haven't seen the outside of the room in three days. I haven't spoken to another human in days. They come and give me food and water. That was it. Come to think of it I haven't seen my luggage. I am still in the same clothes I had on when they bought me. The key turns in the door. I stood up and waited. A woman came in. She was quiet and reserved. She has a bruise on her neck. "I brought you some clothes and some water to wash in." She hands me some clothes and places the bucket next to me. The clothes looked like a maid's outfit. It was this awful grey color. It was a dress, but it looked too small to fit me. The lady was wearing the exact same outfit. "What is your name?" The woman ignores me. She doesn't even look in my direction. "Hello, you know you can speak to me. I just want to know what is going on." The lady places her hand on my mouth. There is fear in her eyes. "No names, okay. I do not want to learn your name just in case you die. There have been ele
Wedding in Ate POVI don't know why, but I feel nervous, so nervous that it feels like I need to throw up. The wedding march has begone and I see Samantha and her father walking hand in hand.The sight of Samantha made my heart soar. The dress looks like it was made for her.I was so mesmerized that I only felt it when Mister Jackson placed Samantha's hand in mine."Do you willingly give your daughter to this man?" The elder asked her father and he replied with a yes. Samantha and I turned towards the elder.The elder kept drowning on about the love that Samantha and I have. I wished he would just finish up. I have plans for me and Samantha.Mark came forward and placed the rings in my hand. He gave me a wink and went to sit back down."Samantha. I knew you were special since the moment I laid my eyes on you. My dragon and I couldn't understand what was going on. It sounds weird, but I am glad that Mark bought you because if he didn't we wouldn't have found each other. I vow to love y
Samantha POVIt has been a week since I found out that I am pregnant. I have had to struggle with the decision of how to tell Ate that I am pregnant.I left hints all over and have talked to him about kids. His exact words were that he has never thought about kids. He did tell me that he would love to have kids with me and that is where I was starting to feel guilty. Here I was not knowing what we are going to do and he is so sure of himself. This is the most basic need of a woman. Why am I not even excited? Perhaps it is because I knew that it would only happen way out in the future.I made my way to my mother where she is setting up for our daily lunch break. I made a point to include Joan. She has never felt a mother's love and now she can get all the love that she deserves.Ate went to her old master and made him an offer that he just couldn't refuse, now she is an honorary member of our family.Ate insisted that I take time to relax between my busy schedule. He didn't want me to
A few months later.Samantha POVI woke up this morning with a major headache. It was not unusual since I have been under a lot of stress. I have been helping out a lot at the new orphanage.You only see the glamorized side of things, but never truly see the soul-crushing side of being a queen.My mom and dad did eventually move in with us. My mother took over the castle duties. She is now the head of the house. My dad still goes to work.I walk to the dining room where everyone is already waiting for me.I opened up the door and was met by the heavenly smell of eggs and bacon. It was my go-to breakfast food in the morning. I rarely eat anything in the afternoon so I try to eat as much as I can in the morning.I kissed everyone good morning and went to sit on the right of Ate. I took my first bite savouring the taste when it bubbled back up.I ran as fast as I could to the bathroom and just in time I kneeled over the toilet.Food has never made me sick. My mother came rushing in after
Samantha POVI gasped as we made our way into the ballroom for the first time. My mom made sure to keep everything a secret. The only thing I had the opportunity to be a part of was the colour scheme. The rest was all my mother and some of the employees. I didn't even have the chance to pick the food.There were white centre pieces with splashes of red and black all around. When you look up to the ceiling there are glass bottles filled with tea lights. The plates were red and black. The centrepieces had white, black and red flowers. The candles give a soft glow to the room. On each table, there are two lanterns which only brighten up the place even more.Ate and I made our way to the bride's table. The plates here have a gold rim around them. There are also three flower centrepieces, with the lanterns placed between them.The bride's table was placed in such a way that we were facing the guests.We sat down and waited for the rest of the wedding guests to be seated. There were not a
Samantha POV With the wedding over and done with, it is now time for my initiation ceremony. My mom pulled me into a room. I walk closer to the mirror. True to my mother's words, there are no black tear streaks on my face. I did not need to touch up my make-up. This will save me a few minutes in the long run. My mom helped me take off my shoes and veil. I still don't know why I have to do the initiation ceremony barefoot. We only have a few minutes before I need to get back out there. My mom propped a plate full of food into my hands and told me to eat. "Mom, why are you so adamant that I eat? I am not even hungry." I say taking a bite from one of the crackers. I know there is no use in arguing with her. "I know you are not hungry. I want you to eat because I wished someone did that for me when I got married. When your father and I got married, I was so stressed and busy that I forgot to eat. Halfway through the ceremony, I passed out. It was so embarrassing that I promised mysel
Samantha POV The day of our wedding has arrived. My parents insisted that I needed to sleep at their house since the groom was not allowed to see me the night before the wedding. I did not sleep a wink last night. I kept rolling around wondering what Ate was up to. We tried to sneak in some facetime but my mother took my phone. I am currently waiting on the glam squad as my mother dubbed them. They are a part of the castle employees that will help me get ready in the future for all the events that I need to go to. I finished up my breakfast that my mother insisted on when the doorbell rings. I stand up to open it p but my mother has beaten me to it. The glam squad has arrived and it was time for me to get ready. It took June and Avery four hours to do my make-up and hair. It was the worst experience of my life. Next time I will get ready by myself. I hate people dotting on me. My mom helped me get into my dress after June and Avery left. "Mom will you please stop. You are goin
Samantha Pov Things have barely slowed down after Ate asked to marry me. I nearly had a heart attack when I heard what his timeline is. We decided to hold our wedding and my initiation ceremony on the same day, that way we can have more time to plan the other ceremony. First, I thought that it would be easy since both ceremonies would be held on the same day, but boy was I wrong. There is so much planning that needs to be done. I am thankful that my parents are helping me. same with the castle staff. One thing that I did plan was that I am going to wear the same dress at both ceremonies. It will save us time and money. That is what I am currently doing. I am in search of the perfect wedding dress. My mom and dad came with me, but I can feel the void in my heart. I wish Joan was here. This is something that we planned on doing together. we always knew that we wanted each as our made of honour. we were even planning to wait until the others aged out of the slave market before we
Samantha POV I woke up to the click of the door closing. I wonder who was just in my room. If I find the creep who stared at me, I will kill him. This is the privacy of my room. I stand up in anger to run after the creep when my eye caught something on the table in front of my bed. It was a box wrapped in gold gift paper. There was also a blue ribbon wrapped around it. I made my way towards the gift. On top, there was an envelope and I knew at that moment exactly who the creep was. The only person that will leave me a gift is Ate. I opened up the envelope and it was just a piece of paper. The previous present was accompanied by an invitation. This is so much more personal. I wonder what Ate has in store for this evening. I start reading the letter as soon as I opened it up. Samantha, my love. I know this is no invite, but I want to ask you if you would like to join me in the garden at five? I have a surprise for you. I love you. Ate. I don't know why, but every time he tells
Ate Samantha finally left after telling me about her meeting at the orphanage. I could see that she knew something was off with me, but all things considered, I think I kept my composure. I feel so guilty for keeping secrets from her, but it is for the best. This is one secret I am willing to keep for as long as I possibly can. The look in Samantha's eyes when she told me that she didn't need Mark to babysit her was priceless. I knew she didn't need someone to look after her. Mark only went along to keep her away from the castle for as long as he could. I make my way towards the kitchen where all the preparation is being made. The head chef saw me and made his way toward me. "How can I help you, my king?" He asks bowing in front of me. "I was checking in? How far along are you?" I start walking around looking at all the food that was prepared. "We are just putting the finishing touches on everything. The queen will love everything that was prepared. The table outside in the gar