**Leilani’s POV**
I jolted awake when I suddenly felt my head bump painfully against something that felt metallic in nature.
In pain, I pried my swollen eyes open, rubbing at my now throbbing head and gasped in shock when I noticed that I was lying on my left side in something that looked like the trunk of a farmer’s truck while Sam laid in front of me, fast asleep.
I sat up slowly, scrutinizing the environment and from where I was, I discovered that we were now in the clutches of those mean looking men, and to make matters worse were currently being driven to an unknown destination.
“Sam, Sam, wake up!” I whispered quietly, shaking Sam awake. As soon as she pried her eyes open, I placed my index finger against my lips just so that she wouldn’t make any noise.
“Where are we?” She asked frightfully, looking around. She suddenly spat in disgust when the wild wind blowing at our hairs made some strands of unkept hair fly into her mouth.
Whispering, I quickly explained our current situation to her while we laid side by side and watched her eyes go wide in shock when I told her about my plans to escape.
“I want us to jump. To jump out of this moving truck and run into one of the bushes around before we got caught.” I said in hushed whispers and was surprised when she immediately nodded in agreement.
It sounded like a bright plan, but a dangerous one altogether. She seemed very interested in it though, because just as unwilling as I was to be taken away by these scary looking men, she also was.
We quietly helped each other untie the ropes around our wrists and feet and waited patiently for the perfect opportunity to jump without easily getting noticed.
It didn’t take us too long to find one though, because only a few minutes later, the truck bounced shakily as it entered into a shallow pothole, and then we quickly jumped, landing painfully on the untarred floor.
As soon as our backs landed on the floor, we quickly rushed to our feet, ignoring the pain that had sprung up the length of our bodies and ran into the closest bush path by our right.
We kept sprinting through the path, panting but unsure of where the path headed to. A loud noise from a far distance made us run faster as we realized that it was our abductors and that they had realized that we had escaped.
“They’re coming at us!” Sam cried in fright as she sprinted forward. I would’ve asked that we shifted into our wolf forms to enable us to run faster but I couldn’t. Sam was only sixteen, she hadn’t met her wolf yet.
The men’s noises were beginning to sound too close, It scared me. I didn’t want to be taken back into their truck; I didn’t even want to be caught for I already knew what would become of us if they caught us after we’d tried to escape.
Just as I had almost given up, thinking they would catch up to us, I heard a loud feminine voice yell out at us, which made us come to an abrupt stop.
“What are you both doing here?” She snarled, staring down at us with a brooding expression on her face.
From the look on her face and the way she was dressed, I could tell that she was a soldier, but what I didn’t quite understand was what a soldier was doing in a forest as thick as this.
“We are escaping some men who want to traffick us.” I quickly rushed out, glancing continuously behind me just in case they were still coming after us.
“Traffic?” She asked in confusion, cocking her sandy blonde eyebrows at us.
“Yes, human trafficking, they want to traffick us!” I quickly said, glancing around frantically as my heart kept beating erratically against my chest.
I could still hear their voices from a distance and the sounds of their feet against the floor, and I knew that they were still after us.
…of course they would, they literally just bought us a few hours ago for a sum of fifteen thousand dollars!
I noticed a few more soldiers strutting over to us and without waiting to be asked again, I repeatedly told them of how we were being pursued by traffickers.
They immediately provided us a place to hide amongst some overgrown bushes and stood protectively in front of us until the ugly men from earlier arrived at the scene.
“Did you see some little girls run past?” The rude bulky guy asked the soldiers immediately when he arrived at the scene.
“And do you know you’re in a pack’s territory?” The female soldier asked too just as fiercely, obviously ignoring the man’s question.
“How would I know if this is some pack’s territory off the only thing I see are bushes?” He snapped, glaring at the female soldier.
“Because your dumb ass is supposed to watch where you go and know that most big pack’s territories are surrounded by ‘bushes’!” She snarled.
“Okay, I’ll be out of your hair in a few minutes if you can tell me if you saw two little girls run past here!” He shouted desperately.
For a brief moment, I almost thought she would give us away. I could literally hear my heart beating in my ears as I waited for her to point out where we hid until she finally said;
“No we did not, but I sure heard some shuffling sounds earlier coming from that side of the forest.” She said, pointing at a distance.
“Thank you!” I heard the bulky man say, and watched as he immediately ran in the direction at which the female soldier had pointed. In relief, I quickly let out the breath I didn’t know I was holding earlier and smiled warmly at Sam who in turn smiled back.
“We’re free from them.” She whispered happily to me and I could only nod as several waves of relief coursed through my veins, momentarily making it unable for me to speak.
We slowly sat on the floor, sighing in relief when we suddenly felt something hovering over us. Looking up, we smiled when we noticed that it was the female soldier who was staring down at us with a kind of indecipherable expression on her face.
“Thank you, thank you!” We quickly rushed out in unison, and she nodded, staring down at us.
I don’t know why but I suddenly had a weird feeling settle at the base of my stomach.
I couldn’t say if it was the way she hovered over us and stared at us or the grim looks on the other soldiers’ faces that scared me but I immediately knew that we had walked into another type of mess…
The soldier stared at them while Leilah held onto Samantha's hand tightly. "What happened and who sold you out? From which pack are you?" The soldier's thick voice asked. Leilah bend her head, she wasn't sure if she wants to tell the strange soldier about her life experience, from being a happy princess who had everything to just Leilah who escaped from women traffickers, she tried hard not to cry, as if the tears will listen to her. "I'm talking to you." The soldier snapped. "Uhm, I'm Leilah, she is my younger sister Samantha, and I..." Leilah paused. "Looks like you don't want to share your story, alright, hope you know you are in our pack right now and we don't tolerate rouges here." The female soldier said with no smile visible on her face, not a bit. "I'm sorry, I and my sister will leave, I promise." Leilah said. "You can't leave, I will have to take you to the queen mother and she will decide what she will do to you, you better start praying not for Alpha Jake to see you.
Leilah screamed and covered her ears. "What's wrong young lady?" Grandma Amelia asked. "The rules are just too much, is too much." Leilah answered. Grandma Amelia chuckled. "That's only for Jake, are you ready to hear that of Aisen and Liam?" Grandma Amelia asked. "I think I will faint if it reach Alpha Jake's own." Leilah answered. "Well for Aisen, he is almost like Jake but Aisen love his coffee with sugar, he won't wake up till 9:00 so you will provide his coffee and breakfast of pancakes, that's what he loves, the chefs will be doing the cooking, not all the time, but you will there throughout to supervise, and you will have to taste it, I will write down the list of what Liam and Aisen want and avoid getting at their bad sides, as I said earlier, they are so rude especially Jake." Grandma Amelia said. "Alright your highness." Leilah replied. "New clothes will be brought for you and your sister and I will direct the servants to prepare a room for you next to the boys, Inca
Dark Moon pack (Alpha Joyner's pack)Alpha Joyner stared at his throne with a cruel smirk plastered on his face."I worked so hard for you baby, now I'm not gonna let anyone take you away from me, even if it takes killing everyone, I will shed blood for you, I'm sure that bloody Leilah will be away from me, and she will never find out my little dark secrets."He said and laughed hard."Greetings your highness." A guard interrupted."Yes? What happened? Didn't I told you not to disrupt my happy moments you fool!" Alpha Joyner yelled."My apologies, it's just that...""Save it, leave!" Alpha Joyner ordered."Forgive me your highness but is the traffickers that bought the princess... sorry I mean Leilah and her sister Samantha, they are here and they looked so furious." The guard said."What? Let them in." Alpha Joyner ordered and wondered what happened.Not long after, they barged into the court room that contains no one actually, just the Alpha admiring his throne, their eyes were red
Leilah was done cleaning the floor and Alpha Jake walked in."Are you crying?" He asked and chuckled, she only looked down."You will soon cry blood, worry not, my horse riding training will soon start, I don't tolerate lateness, and yes, it's already 9:00, and my brother Aisen is waiting for you." Jake announced."Thank you." Leilah said and quickly left the room; she rushed to the kitchen and tried hard to remember what Aisen love."*Peanut cake? I think so." She said and started preparing for peanut cake with coffee.After a while, she was done and set to serve Prince Aisen.She took a deep breath and then knocked on the door, no reply; she knocked again yet no reply.She sighed and opens the door.She saw Aisen staring at her with only a towel tied round his waist.She tried hard not to stare at his 8 pack muscles, he is so handsome and sexy but not like Jake though."Done staring?" He asked not smiling."Uhm, I'm sorry I brought breakfast."Leilah Answered calmly."What's the tim
Leilah returned to Liam's room with everything set."Everything is ready, prince." Leilah announced.He glared at her."I'm the Beta and not the prince okay?" He asked staring at her."I don't know, grandma Amelia said...""She always addresses me as a prince same with everyone else, I'm just their cousin okay, it's annoying when you use your mouth to be calling me prince, I'm the Beta." Liam cut her off."I don't see why you are angry because of that, or are you angry because you hate me?" Leilah asked."I don't hate you, you are too low to be hate by me, so now will you serve me or you want to starve me to death?" Liam questioned."Sorry." Leilah said and served him the food.He tasted it."You are the worse chef ever, just leave already; I will send the maids to call you if I need something." Liam replied."Alright." Leilah said and walked off.He stared at the door and when he makes sure she was out of his sight, he quickly started devouring the dish."At least she knew how to coo
"What's the plan?" Jake asked eagerly."Excuse me." Leilah cut in."Arrrgh, what again?" Jake asked."Lunch is ready and the Queen mother wants you all to eat at the royal dining room." Leilah announced."Hope is not something that will finally take us to heaven, let's go guys." prince Aisen replied and they walked away.**Royal dining room*Prince Aisen, Liam, and Alpha Jake together with Grandma Amelia were all seated at the dining table.They all wore an angry face.Leilah served them all and turned to leave."Where are you going?" Grandma Amelia asked."Your majesty, I'm going to get Prince Aisen's spot clothes ready." Leilah replied."*Look at her, pathetic witch." Aisen murmured."Did you say something?" Grandma Amelia asked."Nothing." Prince Aisen replied and rolled his eyes."You better not, Leilah, you had a very rough day taking care of these grown-ups adults, so you should have something to eat too." Grandma Amelia said."Thanks your majesty, I will eat later at my room."
"Fine, I will leave and you will never see my face again." Leilah spat and stormed out of the chamber.**Queen mother's chamber*Leilah stormed into the chamber with tears in her eyes."What's wrong? Are you okay?" Grandma Amelia asked."I quit." Leilah replied."But...""Thank you for your kindness queen mother, I can tolerate anything, just anything but not Alpha Jake questioning my decency, he called me a whore, a cheap slut, I tried my best to babysit three grown-ups adults, tolerating their grumpiness, rules, insults and everything, but I just can't anymore, I can't." Leilah cut her off and cried.Queen mother tried to say something but Leilah had left the room already."Gosh, those kids." She muttered and held her head.*Leilah walked into Samantha's room and grabbed her hand."Get your things, we are leaving." Leilah said."What? Are you crazy? to where?" Samantha asked and removed her hand from here."We are going to anywhere but I can't continue living in this palace with t
"You didn't leave?" Prince Aisen asked."Yes prince, I want you three to know about one thing, no matter the insult, the cruelness, the disgrace, I will never leave you, I came here to stay, at least not until you decide to be the persons your grandma wished you to become." Leilah answered bravely.Aisen somehow felt happy that she didn't leave but showing it in front of his brother's is impossible."Alpha Jake, you don't have to hate me so much, I have never done anything wrong to you, how will you feel if you have a little sister and someone call her a slut?"Leilah asked."You are not my little sister and you will never be, thanks to the moon goddess that I don't have any." Alpha Jake replied."It's okay, prince Aisen, the queen mother said I should take you to shopping tomorrow, is that okay with you?" Leilah asked."Yes." He replied."Thanks, I will go prepare dinner and of course no peanut in it." Leilah said and he nodded.She walked out of the room and took a deep breath; she