Chapter 1

Mia's POV

"I can't tell who the mighty Alpha of the Sullivan Pack is going to have as his mate." I hear my stepsister ask her sister from the living room. Since her voice is always loud, I can hear every detail of what they are saying. Alpha Gavin has been her long-time crush, his beauty, height, and stature with his eloquence have made him the dream guy for so many girls, not only in my pack.

His frequent appearance in TV interviews and fashion magazines sweeps off the minds of so many she-wolves. I draw my mind away from their conversation, Gavin is too good for me. Having the dream of being his mate would just be as good as a dream, it might just remain a dream forever.

My pack, the Mayweather Pack, will be celebrating the Mating Culture festival today at Pack Square, so many Alphas will come from far and wide to be in attendance. Alpha Gavin who has become the talk of the household is likely to be in attendance because he hasn't found his fated mate yet. My stepsisters' heads are almost blowing up with the imagination of being discovered as his mate. He is coming from Sullivan Pack.

It's a custom to carry this out once every year, for all Alphas who haven't yet found their mates, they organize a festival and all the unmarked she-wolves will attend in their numbers. It's believed that his mate will be in attendance, she will be among the ladies who show up and then he will be attracted to her by the scent.

None of this concerns me, my only concern is to get to the Sullivan Pack where I dream of getting into modeling school and working at the same time with a knowledge company, my dad is the Alpha, my mom remarried and since then, it's been many years now, I've not seen her. As my dad got married to his second Luna, she came with two of her daughters, almost my age, Lilah and Jessica. When they arrived at first, I thought I could see them as sisters but no, they didn't see me the way I saw them, rather they saw me as a slave. No one here loves me except my elder sister, they say I'm too clumsy, weak, and dull. Well, I don't give a fuck to what they say I am. I just mind my own way.

Suddenly, my door springs open and before me stands a giant muscular frame, my dad who is the Alpha of our pack, Mayweather Pack. His look on its own is enough to tell me that all is not well, I rise from the bed I was lying on. He is just one of the persons I fear most in my life as if he was a total stranger who is claimed to be mafia.

"What are you still inside of here?" He thunders. His furious eyes shake and I shiver from the intensity of his voice. "Your sisters are getting ready for this important occasion and you are here." He dives in and heads to take a metal rod to beat me, I jump right out of the bed and hop outside of the room.

"I didn't intend to go for this, Dad," I muttered as I raced out, I thought he wouldn't hear but when I turned, his eyes had turned completely red.

"If you don't leave this house for that place, I'll make sure you are not a living being by tomorrow." I gasped, shaking my head in disgust.

"Dad, you're too wicked to say this to me," I say inside of me, I can't confront him openly. My eyes collided with my step sisters who had come out to see what was going on, they had sarcastic expressions on their faces which made me look downcast.

I rush straight to the bathroom, there are like two hours left to start the festival and we are all going to assemble at the Pack's Square, which would accommodate up to three thousand girls. This is a very small amount for the visiting Alphas to choose from, I can't see myself being chosen, just going to quench my dad's temper. In ten minutes, I'm done with a scented bath, and out, my dressing style falls for casual.

"Look at you, bitch. Is this how you will attract the Alpha?"

"What did you just say?" I choose to ignore them. "Why would a thing like her attract the Alpha, what happened to us!" I walk straight to my room to spend some time waiting for the time to come.

At last 11 AM is here. The square is about thirty meters away, Dad picks up Leila and Jessica in his car, ignoring me, so I have no other choice but to walk here. The ceremony starts as normal, it's speculated that the next event will be the arrival of this famous Alpha whom everyone holds in high regard and admiration. In his absence, it's as if the ceremony hasn't even begun, everyone expects his arrival. All are looking forward to this, even me.

I heard he's very handsome, tall and muscular, and young as well. I've not only heard but seen quite a good number of times in the tabloids but I would love to set my eyes on him today, this would be a great accomplishment to me. Though I didn't have much to wear, I made sure I looked my best, no one wants a tattered mate. I didn't apply any makeup on my face, except a hot-blood lipstick, straightening my hair and making it fall over my back. I look down to assess my dress, though simple, my red gown is neat and pressed, with the slit up to my hips making me look sexy. My black heels are the only fashionable shoes I have, I couldn't afford to put on any other shoe apart from it.

I would also want to try my luck with this Prince Charming of an Alpha although I don't put so much hope of getting him.