Death of an Alpha

“Take off all your clothes… and clean my floors.”I prayed I had misheard him. But sadly I hadn’t.He really said it. My own uncle had just ordered me to strip naked and clean the floors. In front of everyone.This was new.My punishments were usually physical, sometimes emotional, but never like this.Never this sick. Never this humiliating.I didn't know what to do. My mind went blank. Did he truly expect me to obey?I didn't move. I just knelt there, hands clenched on my thighs, my entire body trembling. My disobedience was obvious.There was no way I was undressing.“Didn’t you hear me, filth?” he snarled, stalking toward me, his boots echoing against the floor. “Take off your clothes. I doubt there’s anything worth seeing beneath them anyway. Right, fellas?”The male vampires around him laughed mockingly but their eyes were gleaming hungrily like monsters.Disgusting perverts.“No!”The word burst from my lips before I could stop it. In all my seventeen years of existence, I had

"Stop, please!!" I begged for my life as I struggled with all my might, desperate for air. But the more I struggled, the stronger they held me under the water.I was going to die... like really going to die. Drowning wasn't the way I thought I would go.I could feel my life slipping away from my grasp. Everything began to fade away and turn black.The women must have noticed that I was beginning to lose consciousness because they immediately let go of my limp body."Is she dead?" I faintly heard one of them ask, her voice a mixture of fear and panic."Who cares... I'm sure Lord Darius and Lady Hilda wouldn't care. They'll even thank us for getting rid of this filth," another said casually."Thank us!!! How idiotic can you be!? Half-breed or not, she's the daughter of The Great Rafael Bloom. And we've just killed her. Mere vampire maids. We'll be staked alive for this," another declared in panic, making the others start to panic as well, realizing what they had done."I-I don't want to

A scream tore from my throat. I took careful steps backward, holding my breath. But the more I stepped back, the more it slowly moved closer to me.A werewolf.I had never seen one before. Sure, my mother was one and that made me half, but she had never shifted in front of me. Neither had I. So this was my first ever encounter with one in its true form.It was massive...easily over five feet tall even on all fours, with shoulders broad enough to block out the moonlight behind it. Covered in sleek, jet-black fur. It looked both terrifying and beautiful. Its emerald green eyes glowed like gemstones, fixed directly on me.I should probably run away, because every instinct in my mind was screaming at me to run. To turn around and bolt through the trees. But I couldn't. My body refused to listen.Instead, I stood frozen. Not in fear. No, this was something else. Something strange. An odd pull inside me. As if I knew it. As if we were connected somehow. Stupid I know, but I couldn't shake

"Please tell me you're not seriously considering taking it with us back to the pack house," Nicholai says to Maverick, barely sparing me a glance."You mean her," Maverick corrected as he threw a shirt on."And yes, I am very serious. She's coming back with us.""You cannot.""I'm the Alpha, Nicholai. I can do whatever I want."Alpha? The word echoed in my mind. What did that mean, I wondered.He was fully dressed now. He had tied me to a tree like an animal, while he dressed so I wouldn't try to run away again.He walked over to me. "Sorry, darling. Didn’t want you running off again," he said lightly as he loosened the ropes."Please just let me go," I muttered as the ropes fell from my body."I'm afraid I can't do that," he said softly. "Now, do you want to walk on your own, or do you want me to carry you again?" he asked gently."I'd like to walk," I muttered.He gave a small nod. "Let’s go then." He gestured toward a narrow, clear path cutting through the trees.I stared at him f

All I felt were the deep, sharp stings of her claws as they tore through my skin. Can someone please explain to me why one minute I was processing how the hell I was Maverick's mate, and the next I was wrestling with a crazy woman, fighting to stop her claws from scratching my eyes out?"He is mine! No one is going to change that!" she screamed as her hands grabbed my throat, strangling me with all her strength.My lungs screamed for air as I clawed at her wrists, desperately trying to shove her off me."Barbara, get off her this instant!!" a male voice thundered before dragging her off my body.I immediately scrambled up, holding my throat as I gasped for air. I didn't need a mirror to know she had left a mark.Stella immediately rushed to my side, asking if I was okay, her voice filled with panic. But my attention was still on the crazy lady that had just tried to kill me. I hadn't even been here a full day yet.She was still struggling against the man who was trying to hold her bac