His surrogate

The clock was striking to midnight and an hour had passed by since the horrific moment, yet I couldn’t get any sleep.

The sounds outside were so loud.

Laughter ,music followed by drums and strings was echoing off the walls, growing louder with every passing minute. Glasses clinked. Voices rose in celebration. Someone shouted a toast, and the response came back thunderous and joyful.

They were celebrating.

Yet here I was with my body trembling beneath the cold sheets. Every minute that passed , the ache in my chest throbbed more with every breath, my lungs burning from holding back sobs I refused to release.

I pulled the thin sheets tighter around myself then looked at the moon. Its crooked smile seemed to be taunting me. My eyebrows knitted in anger, resentment boiling beneath the surface.

I was in pain, both physically and mentally.

Throughout my years of living, what Alpha ordered was the most horrific thing I had ever faced. Yes, I have been getting punishments and my body heals faster, but this time I felt betrayed. And it was so paining.

I had endured lashings before, starvation, mockery but nothing like this. This wasn’t just about pain it was about being broken in a way that couldn’t heal overnight.

My thoughts were a mess, memories were flowing in my head. Unstoppable. Each one cutting deeper.

Everything about the mate the moon goddess chose for me. I knew him ever since I was born as an omega. I used to watch the way my fellow omegas were treated.

Like they were nothing. Less than nothing.

During that time, the Alpha’s cruelty had no limits. Three years ago, a she-wolf found her mate in the Druid Pack. She begged Alpha to release her. But he hated her mate, so he told her the price of her freedom was her innocence.

I had never forgotten the look in her eyes when she was dragged to his chambers. I didn’t even know her name, but her scream still haunted my dreams.

She had to give herself to him, to do whatever he wanted with her body, no matter how vile or degrading or painful it was just so that he could enjoy the sadistic pleasure of damaging her beyond repair and leaving her mate to deal with the fallout.

He has always been ruthless since I was a child and currently, to make matters worse, the moon goddess chose him as my mate.

The same man. The same monster.

Throughout the years, he didn’t have a mate, but he had whores he always slept with. He was never short of willing bodies.

Currently, he had some bitch called Calla and now he was probably going to fuck the luna tonight.

An image of him fucking her hard invaded my thoughts and my stomach twisted, bile rising. My fingernails dug into the sheets, knuckles white with tension.

“Shit!” I gasped when I heard the door being opened out of the blue. I didn’t bother raising my head to see who had entered the room. I could smell him already.

Beta Henry.

Why was he here again?

“Get up, the doctor wants to meet you,”

“Why?”, The question slipped from my mouth before I could stop myself. “The Alpha wants to make sure you’re healthy.”

“Why wouldn’t I be? Don’t I look healthy?” I spread my hands around. I definitely wasn’t dying anytime soon, even though I was punished to hell and my insides were working just perfectly fine.

“Don’t waste my time, come for me.” Before I could reply, the guards gripped my hand and yanked me out of the room. My feet barely kept up as they dragged me along the cold floor, and the next thing I knew, I was in a doctor’s office.

It was a long hour at the doctor’s office. The woman working there checked everything my weight, my wolf, my teeth, my hair, my blood, and she even went ahead and pushed a cold object inside me.

Out of the blue, the door opened and Alpha entered. My pulse immediately beat more faster and I felt like asking the ground to swallow me.

What was he doing here?! Why was he here and yet the Luna arrived.

“Stop the checking”, The doctor flinched the moment, he spoke. Her hands froze mid-movement as she stood between my legs, the cold instrument still in her grip.

““Is she still a virgin?, can she still conceive?”, Before she could respond, he went on. My breath hitched, chest tightening as if an invisible hand had closed around my lungs. He didn’t want me at all but he wanted the heir so soon.

The doctor hesitated. “Alpha, I… I haven’t got her history yet.”

“Get it right now.” His tone allowed no delay. The doctor fumbled with her clipboard, fingers shaking as she flipped through papers.

“Have you ever been pregnant before?” the doctor asked, finally looking at me. “No.” I furrowed my brows together at the sound of that question. She clearly saw me from down there.

She nodded, scribbling quickly, not meeting my eyes for long.

The questions didn’t stop.

They dragged on for the next minutes. One after another.

She asked about my family history, whether we had any sickness or illness in our blood, my menstrual cycle, my alcohol or smoking habits, whether I was on any drugs or not.

Each answer I gave felt like I was handing over pieces of myself. Vulnerabilities, secrets. Things I never wanted them to know.

“Well, everything seems clear to me. We will wait for the blood tests to return and then we can confirm that she’s perfectly healthy.” The doctor said to the Alpha instead of me. She tucked away a few papers and brought a few more forward. “Her family history is clear of any diseases as well. Although we don’t know why her wolf emerged so soon...” Her head turned to me, and I knew what was coming. “You told me that you don’t have your father, how did he die again?”

I studied her face for a moment. I had been answering her politely during the first minutes, but now I was irritated. “He was killed. I’ve mentioned that twice already.” I snapped at her.

“Oh, yes, the attack of the rogues.” She stopped blabbering for a second and then continued. “Did that leave you with any kind of trauma?”

“No,” I retorted angrily.

“All right. Everything’s good then. We should be able to see something in the following month or so.” She gave me a warm smile while patting the papers above her desk. I sighed and rolled my eyes. She meant pregnancy, but to hell with her.

The moment Alpha Bane knew that everything concerning my reproduction system was fine, he said okay then marched out.

He left me sitting in the chair, not forgetting to bang the door pretty hard before he left. It shook the frame. A final reminder of who held the power.

The doctor only gave me a sad smile, but I glared at her.