Chapter 4: my fate 

Exalia's POV

Without a word, I did as she said I only wanted to save my father, my sobs could be heard.

She looked at me, “Well, there's going to be an all-alpha meeting tomorrow, so I want to make sure to serve all of them. For now, I'd talk to the alpha, but everything depends on your performance,”

“Yes, Maria,” I muttered.

“Maria?” She asked.

“I meant Luna,” she smiled and gestured for me to leave with her hand.

“My father?” I sobbed.

“He'd be looked after to do your work,” she said, and after looking at my unconscious father for a while, I left.

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Walking to my house I stopped by the forest trying to feel my wolf, she could help me right? I believed I had one, but it wasn't clear to me why she didn't show up yet.

I closed my eyes, focusing on the forest sounds and the gentle breeze.

A strange sensation stirred within me, like a voice whispering.

“Try harder, Exalia,” the voice urged me on. I drew a deep breath and concentrated. Pain exploded through my body, like my bones were shattering and reforming.

I collapsed, my vision blurring. “Ah!” I screamed, my voice raw with agony. Tears streamed down my face as I begged the moon goddess for mercy.

The pain was unbearable, like my body was being torn apart and remade.

I felt my mind slipping, but I clung to the voice, “just a little bit more.”

“Moon goddess!” Tears rolling down my eyes, I continued trying. Even though I felt like I was losing my mind, I kept shouting.

Hearing the sound of my bones, I couldn't explain what was happening, but I was shifting, biting into my lips so hard that my brows were drawn together.

My clothes were torn to pieces, my cheeks were blushing.

“Ouch!”

I felt my flesh rip, and after a protracted period of yelling, I witnessed white furs gradually taking the place of my skin.

Leaping in the air, my legs turned into paws, as I landed again on the ground.

“Oh my gosh! I shifted!" I remembered how Joel was told to shift back when he first shifted into his wolf, and so I did the same.

“You looked beautiful just now,” I snapped out of my daze as I heard a voice, turning to see who it was.

"Who are you?” I shivered, but I asked.

“You don't feel anything?” He asked, his brows raised. "Are you from this pack?” He asked,

“Well, I didn't expect such a twist on my ma…” he sounded so strange without a word, or even hearing what he was saying I ran off back to the alpha's apartment, I couldn't be late.

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The dining room was lit brightly, and the clanking of plates and cutlery took over the whole of the room. I had underestimated this so-called alpha meeting of theirs.

“I heard that packs were being attacked by the Lycan Crescent Pack, one of the most powerful packs ever, and taking them captive,” One of the maids said, I was surprised.

After a while, guests started coming in, and with the number of people who were around, I could say all the alphas were present on the occasion.

The dining table that was just made had to be one for fifty people or more.

They were gradually filling up the room. With the fakeness and lies that flowed out of some men, one would think they were in the middle of some husbands grubbing mummies.

Some of them seemed genuine, while others were obviously fake. Some were boastful, while others were calm and reserved. Some were polite, while most were rude. I didn't care about them; I just wanted to save my father.

I kept my head down most of the time I was there. Furthermore, I could not afford to catch the attention of anyone.

After I was done, I immediately left.

“Exalia, what were you doing out there? You are not a maid,” I heard Jake's voice, and I turned around after rolling my eyes.

“Your new Luna asked me to serve as a maid to save my father, and I'm willing to do worse. If you don't mind, Alpha, please stay away from me,” I bowed slightly and left him.

What the fuck did he want from me? I walked to the kitchen and I hated the fact that it was empty. A hand shoved me against the wall, the cool surface a shock against my skin, as a heavy body loomed over me, trapping me.

“What the heck, who are you?”

“You're just a maid; you should be happy that I am interested in you, girl. Stay still!” A hand grasped my arm, reeking of alcohol and sweat.

I recoiled, my heart racing, as a slurred voice whispered in my ears.

I didn't know what happened; one moment I was struggling with him, and the next moment the alpha was sent flying back.

“Ah!” I shouted as a silver rod burst from the alpha's chest, blood spurting from the wound like a fountain, the sound of his gasp echoing in the hall.

“You killed him!”