Chapter 001

(Mallory's POV)

"Mallory....." I heard the deep voice whisper in my ear as I was fast asleep on the bed.

"Mmmm," I tried to turn and push the figure away, but the person looming above me yanked a handful of my hair.

"Ah!" My eyes snapped open, seeing who was above me. "Ace Lennox. The Beta's son."

"Ace... What are you doing here?" I asked him as I gazed into his honey-brown eyes.

"Shush..." He hushed me by placing his right thumb on my pink lips.

"I came to see how you're doing. It's your 18th birthday tomorrow. Don't you think you deserve a birthday gift?" he asked me as he stripped off his white top.

"What kind of birthday gift is that? Why don't you wait until tomorrow to present it to me?" I asked him, but he shook his head and replied, "No, Mallory. You deserve to have the gift tonight. It's very special, and I have been keeping it for you."

"What is it?" I asked him, looking at his handsome brown face.

Ace was the pack's Beta's son, and even though I am an Alpha's daughter, I lost my respect because I haven't shifted since I was born, and my younger sister, Sonia, has been able to shift since she was fourteen years old.

Everyone in our pack looked up to Sonia, while they overlooked me, and worst of all, she seemed to bask in it, making it look like I am the bad egg.

I love Ace and want to be his mate, but he doesn't speak to me during the daytime. He mostly avoids me, and I wonder how he was able to sneak into this room—and to my bed.

My room was on the top floor of the magnificent two-story building that was the Alpha's mansion, so it amazes me that Ace was able to get access in here.

"I want to give you a priceless gift, Mallory, but you must promise me that you wouldn't shout and that you will endure it," Ace said and I gulped hard, seeing his full, broad chest. His strong, masculine abs, and I felt the urge to touch him. I knew that he was going to be my fated mate, and I was wondering what the birthday celebration would be for me, since my father doesn't like me.

"I want to fụck you, Mallory. Just don't shout, alright? I want you as much as you want me too," Ace said, his brown eyes glowing by that time of night.

"Alright," I agreed. At this point, it warmed my heart to see that Ace wanted me. I knew that everyone in the pack looks down on me, but seeing that I had someone who didn't made me happy.

"I know that we are going to be destined mates. I want you, Ace," I told him, caressing his chest as he brought his face closer to mine.

Ace kissed me passionately. He was a 21-year-old guy, and many girls in our pack crushed on him. Even Sonia, my younger sister, hopes that by the time she turns 18, she will become Ace's mate.

Sonia and I are only a year apart because my father married her mother after my mother died giving birth to me. We were half-sisters, and my father had to take another Luna to help protect our pack.

My mother was an Omega who happened to be my father's true mate, and when I was born, the pack doctor told my father that I was an Omega too—a weak link of the pack, which left him disappointed. To make the whole matter worse, I was unable to shift like the rest of our pack members.

I was short and not as tall as Sonia. She was tall, light-skinned, and very beautiful. I wasn't a dwarf, but I was of average height and not as tall as her.

It hurt me that no one wanted me, but seeing that Ace wanted me and knowing that he was my fated mate, I agreed to make love with him, hoping he would give me the best birthday gift. Besides, it was my 18th birthday eve.

"Are you ready?" Ace asked me as he lay fully nàked on my bed.

I swallowed hard, not believing I was doing this with him.

He had taken off my nightdress and left me fully nàked on the bed with him.

"Yes," I moaned breathlessly, and he prepared himself to thrust into me.

By the time he crossed the bridge and thrust into me, I moaned and cried, and he didn't stop.

Ace kept on with his actions until I was about to faint.

"Damn it, Mallory! You're so tight!" Ace kept on with his actions, and he brought his face to mine. "You're mine," he said, burying his face in my neck as he brought out his fangs and bit me.

"Ah!" I groaned, and Ace climaxed inside me. After a while, he pulled out his dîck and licked the spot where he had marked me on my neck.

"I have to go now, Mallory. Happy 18th birthday to you," Ace kissed my lips and dressed up in a rush, just as I heard the sound of footsteps approaching my room door.

The door burst open, but Ace had already fled out the window. I wondered if he hadn't broken his leg. Then my stepmother came in.

"Mallory, what are you doing on the bed nàked at this time of night? Were you the one moaning?" She marched up to the bed, saw me, and yanked away the bedsheet I had used to cover my chest.

"Mallory, you bìtch! Who were you fụcking in your room?" she growled, dragging me by my left arm and not minding that I was unclothed.