Chapter 2

Mallory's POV:

"Let me go!" I screamed as my stepmother dragged me by my left wrist and led me outside my room door.

I was nàked, and yet, she didn't care; she wanted to report me to my father.

"Leave me alone!" I bit her right hand with force, and she flinched, let go of me, and I ran back into my bedroom to get dressed as soon as possible.

"Mallory! Mallory!" She banged on my room door, and I knew I would be reported.

It was after 1 a.m., and after I finished dressing, I looked at the door and went to pull it open. I had donned a red dress that fell past my knee length.

However, as I unlocked the door, my father stood there and smacked me across the face as soon as I opened it.

"Mallory, what were you doing in here without responding to your Stepmother? And why does this place smell like sex? Who was he?" Dad asked, walking into my room. He went up to my bedsheet, picked it up angrily, as he sniffed it.

"Tell me, Mallory! Who did you mate with?" My father, Alpha Bruce Adonis, yelled at me with anger. His blue eyes glared at mine with disappointment too.

"Father, I wasn't mating with anyone," I lied, lowering my gaze, and my father marched up to me and grabbed my left arm.

"Answer me, Mallory, I already promised your mother that I would protect you, and yet, you couldn't wait to find your mate and foolishly slept with someone. Speak now! If I find out from the camera who you slept with, you both will be banished!" My father threatened, his blue eyes narrowing at me.

I didn't want Ace Lennox to be banished. He was the future Alpha since my father had no son. Ace was very skilled in combat and had fought well, defeating some packs that wanted to destroy ours.

I looked away from my father's face, hesitating to tell him who I had had sex with.

"Speak now, or forever remain silent!" My father threatened as he put on a black garment.

My stepsister Sonia came in, dressed in a white nightdress that shone because she always purchased the best quality of dresses.

"Dad, Ace and I did it," I confessed, and my father's eyes widened in shock before he looked at me angrily.

"You're lying about Ace. Why couldn't I detect his scent here? Has it gotten to the point where you have to lie about Ace Lennox?" My father yelled, and I lowered my head.

"Dad, Ace is the one who came here to meet me," I said, and he yelled at me.

"Shut up! I am going to ask you for the last time: Who did you mate with?" My father asked, not wanting to believe me.

"Dad, it was Ace Lennox. He was here. He left through the window," I said, and my father went to the window and looked out.

"Ace can't fly from this window. You don't want to tell me who the man was that you slept with. As weak as you are without any scent, Ace has a scent of pinewood, and you think I don't know what my pack members smell like—much less the future Alpha of my pack," Dad said, his voice cold, and Sonia cried.

"Father, Mallory is lying. Let's call Ace and ask him. Mallory wants to force Ace to become her mate just because she sees us together," Sonia said, crying aloud, and I looked at her face with disbelief.

Even though Sonia was taller than me and believed she would become the next Luna, I was her older sister.

"I'm not lying. Ace was here, and he slept with me. Maybe he used a scent suppressant," I said, and my stepmother came into the room and smacked me hard across my left cheek.

"Shut up! I can't continue to stand by and watch you slander the pack's future!" Turning to face my father, she said, "Alpha Bruce, Mallory needs to be punished so she can learn her lesson. Maybe it's because she knows that Sonia is bound to become the next Luna and marry Ace. She wants to destroy their future together," my stepmother, Luna Lily, said as she looked at my father's face.

"Alpha, if you won't punish Mallory, allow me to do it. She's worthless and of no value to this pack," she said, and my father stood there silently.

"Guards! Take Mallory downstairs, and Sonia, call Ace. He needs to answer to Mallory's accusations before I decide on her punishment," my father said, as he turned and walked away from the room.

"Father, I'm not lying. Ace and I are mates! You all have to believe me!" I cried as my stepmother ordered the guards to drag me out of my room. I was taken downstairs to the first floor.

I was forced to kneel down while my father waited for Ace's arrival.

A few minutes later, Ace came in, looking like he had taken a bath. His brown hair was wet, and he wore a yellow shirt and black shorts. He was very tall, and he looked from me to my parents.

"Greetings, Alpha. You sent for me," Ace bowed before my father, who was standing by the Alpha's chair.

"Yes, Ace Lennox. I need you to tell me the truth before I decide on your punishment with my first daughter. You should know that lying to your Alpha warrants banishment. I hope you're aware," my father spoke with a stern voice, standing there and looking at Ace angrily.

"Yes, Alpha. I'm aware," Ace replied with a bow of his head as he avoided looking at me. His parents rushed into the hall to find out what was happening.