Chapter -1 ( Abused mate)

“You have to help me Aster. I can't deal with this again,” She pleaded, her voice breaking as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Aster looked up from the newspaper he was reading and glanced at the girl begging at his feet. She was in slightly tattered clothes, her hair was disheveled and she had visible bruises on her sking. He ignored her and continued reading the newspaper.

She move closer to him on her knees, holding his leg as she cried, “I'm begging you. All you have to do is say a word and that'll be it. I'm tired of this suffering Asper,” he still didn't reot her and kept reading the newspaper, “I'm your mate so why are you letting all these happen? Why would you let your rogues treat me like this?”

He froze at her words and turned to her in anger. “What did you say?” His voice was dangerously low but she didn't notice as she was too busy bawling her eyes out.

She looked up at him, her eyes red from crying, “I’m your mate. How can you let your rogues molest me and treat me anyhow?” she sobbed, her head dropping to the floor as she sobbed violently into her palms.

Asper dropped his newspaper on the table and squatted to her level. He held her chin in his hand, staring coldly into her eyes, “Are you questioning the decisions of your leader and your mate, Rizine?”

Fear enveloped her as she stared into his eyes. She couldn't even cry again. She shouldn't have said anything. She shouldn't have tried to get him to help her. He never did and she was sure he never would.

She had been mated to him years ago when she was accepted into the rogue pack. She had been happy when she got there since she had no family, but she was so wrong.

Not only did her Asper, her mate and the leader of the rogues molest her and treat like she was worthless, but as the only female in the rogue pack, she was always being molested by the other members. She was treated badly by them and he never did anything.

Mates were supposed to protect you, but he was different. He loathed her yet kept her. She didn't understand why. “Why do you hate me?” The words left her mouth before she realized it.

Asper chuckled, “You’ve got to be kidding me. Don't start playing the victim game here Rizine.” He stood up from the floor and walked towards the side of the room.

Rizine stood up, “You hit me, torture me, abuse me over and over again. You treat me like the worst thing ever so why do you keep me?” Asper turned back, shocked by her words.

“Since when did I give you permission to talk back at me? Who in the world do you think you are Rizine” he was now edging closer to her, anger in his eyes.

Rizine whimpered as she stood up from her seat and began walking back, not taking her eyes off him. “I’m sorry,” she apologized, “I just got carried away and my emotions got the better of me.”

Asper stopped and laughed hysterically before stopping and sending her a cold look, “Answer my question Rizine; tell me who do you think you are? Talking back at me and questioning my decisions?” 

Rizine tripped over her leg and fell to the ground, a loud cry escaped her lips as her head hit the ground. Asper walked over to her and yanked her hair, making her cry even louder.

“You’re nobody Rizine, and don't you dare address yourself as my mate. It's truly disgraceful. I don't want to be associated with a mate like you but I won't reject you. I'm not that bad a person,” he smiled sinisterly as he began unbuckling his belt. 

Rizine's eyes widened as she realized what he wanted to do. Tears brimmed in her eyes as she watched him, “Please don't.”

A knock was heard on the door as soon as Asper was done unbuckling his belt. “Who’s there?” Asper snapped, irrated by the disturbance.

“It’s Jason.” A baritone voice boomed from outside. Rizine let out a sigh of relief as Asper let go of her.

“Come on in,” Jason walked in and gave Rizine a disgusted look before bowing his head to Asper respectfully.

“What brings you here today?” Asper asked, sitting back down in his seat and picking up his newspaper. Jason glanced at Rizine unsurely.

Asper, who noticed it said, “Ignore her. She's not important and she dares not leak information… not like she has anyone to leak it to,” He snickered making Rizine look away.

“It’s concerning the Wolfsbane sir,” Jason started. At the mention of 'Wolfsbane', Asper's eyes lit up as he dropped the paper.

“What about it?”

“We know where to find it sir.”

Asper raised his eyes questioningly and gave him the go ahead to speak.

“We discovered that the Wolfsbane will be exchanged between two powerful werewolf packs as a declaration of peace…” Jason went on and on about the details. By the time he was done, Asper already had an idea.

”Good job Jason. This is why you're my right-hand man,” Asper complimented Jason.

Jason smiled, “Thank you very much Boss.”

Asper nodded and dismissed him, “You can leave now,” Jason nodded and excused himself from the room.

Asper stood from his seat and turned to Rizine, “You want peace and joy, eh?” he started making her look at him suspiciously.

He continued, “I don't need to go into the details since you heard everything but basically, you'll be the one to bring the Wolfsbane to our pack here,” he told and, before she could say anything, continued, “You’ll go to the bar where the exchange is taking place as a seductress and bring us the Wolfsbane.”

Rizine stared at him in shock and disbelief, “Hell no!”

“What did you say?”