Chapter 8

Adrian’s Pov

She just slapped me!!

No one has ever dared to look me in the eye not to talk of hitting me.

No one!!!

Absolutely no one!!!

“HOW DARE YOU!!!” I growled using my Alpha tone. But to my utmost surprise, Phoebe was unfazed.

She held my gaze sternly, and I could see the fire blazing in her eyes.

I took a step closer, ignoring the filth on her body.

“Do you know the consequences of what you just did?” I said.

“Why don’t you hit me back? You are extremely mad, aren’t you? Your wolf must be raging inside. Then hit me Adrian” she said, still looking into my eyes.

“Phoebe, the weak omega, just disrespected an Alpha by slapping him. Hit me, Adrian! Punish me! Whip me! Tell them to lock me in a dungeon! It’s not nothing I have not experienced before.”

“You know, all my life I have been subjected to constant torture and abuse. I had no one to rescue me. I had no one to console me. My parents left me in the middle of nowhere. The Alpha that brought me to this pack was treating me so well until everything went wrong. Alpha started treating me badly, he stopped defending me. I became a slave and a laughing stock. Alexa and her friends would pick on my helplessness and bully me all the time. Beta Axel is always sending me to do the dirty pack work. I work non-stop as a maid every day. Still, I do not get enough food, damn!! I don’t even have a proper roof over my head. I sleep in a store Adrian. And yes you’re right what I am putting on is nothing close to rag. Do you want to know why? Because I have no clothes, Adrian!! I pick up clothes from the garbage and patch them together for me to cover myself.” She said breaking down and sobbing.

“You know what kept me going? The fact that I was waiting eagerly for the day I’d meet my mate and my wolf. The thought of it gave me peace and security. But unfortunately, my 18th birthday came and neither did I see my wolf nor did I get a mate. The girls and boys around my age were so happy to find their other halves. I was all by myself Adrian with no mate and no wolf. I prayed to the moon goddess to bless me with my mate and my wolf.”

“The abuse became worse after that. None of the pack members would speak to me. They distanced themselves from me. Hell!! Parents even told their kids to stay away from me because they had marked me to be a bad omen.”

“You..you..kno..know,” she said trying to catch her breath.

“The pack members said I was the one who killed my parents. That is how bad it is. They believe that I don’t have a mate and a wolf because I am cursed and I deserve nothing but eternal pain and misery.”

“Still, I kept hoping that I was going to find a mate who would love me and accept me wholeheartedly,” she said, now looking up again.

“When I heard you were coming, I did not want to fool myself into thinking that you could be my mate. Alexa and her friends were fantasizing about how good you and Alexa would look together. I could not even dare to dream Adrian but Mia kept encouraging me not to give up on searching for my mate. She’s the only person that stood by me during these difficult times but there was only little that she could do.” She said, wiping her face with the back of her hand.

At the mention of Mia, I flinched slightly. How would she react if she finds out that I just put her precious friend Mia, in a goddamn hospital?

I tried to mask my emotions and kept a straight face. But my eye kept switching from black to olive green. I was trying to take control because my wolf wanted to come out and console his mate.

Knowing that his mate has gone through so much and I did nothing but make it worse is killing him.

But I can’t let Rupus take over. We can’t have a weak omega mate.

It’s not possible.

“That night, when I laid my eyes on you for the first time, I had little hope that you were my mate because I felt something stir inside me.” She said, picking herself up from the ground.

“I was so happy to hear you call me your mate in the hall. I was happy to see the pain in Alexa and every other pack member’s eyes. I thought my days of suffering were over. But you only made them worse by rejecting me.”

“You said you envisioned your Luna to be someone strong and agile. I did not create myself, Adrian. Do you think I like being weak? You are a strong Alpha Adrian, the rejection will not affect you. But what about me?”

“I’ll grow weaker day by day and who knows, maybe I’ll finally give up and die! But you will go to your pack and get a second mate that will bear pups for you and you’ll both live happily. But l will remain in this pack wolfless and living in immense pain and torture.”

I decided that I had heard enough of her nonsense and pathetic story. Did she think it was going to move me?

“Listen here you little weak wolf, the only reason why I will be sparing is because I already put your little best friend in a fucking hospital and I would not want to hurt another pack member not that anyone cares about what I do with you anyway but….” I did not complete my sentence before Phoebe screamed.

“YOU DID WHAT”???

She started pacing up and down trying to control her breath before she turned back and faced me.

“I swear to the moon goodness Adrian if anything should happen to Phoebe, I’ll never forgive you.”

“I hate you, Adrian. I hate you so much and I wish the moon goodness never gave me a mate rather than me meeting you.

“God!! I have never hated anyone as much as I hate you right now!!!”

She said, wiping her tears and speeding off.

Why am I suddenly feeling bad after she expressed her genuine hatred for me?

I am supposed to be happy, aren’t I?