Lupita walked into the party hall of the Alpha's court. She hoped not to get seen so she bowed her head.
She frowned. This was the last place she wanted to be. The place reeked of alcohol and lust.She wondered what was fun to drink. It made one behave stupidly. She wrinkled her nose in disgust as her eyes fell on the large number of drunk werewolves sprawled on the ground."I thought the party was held in honor of the late parents of Alpha Romulus," Lupita muttered to herself. "This looks more like a club party."Music blared from the speakers and those who had not passed out, yet, shook their bodies vigorously to the music like they had all gone mad. Lupita shook her head as she watched she-wolves who called her a woe throw themselves at werewolves who held a high rank in the pack."If it weren't for the food, I would never come to this place," Lupita muttered to herself as she looked around. She hardly got to eat. This occasion was a good place to get food to eat. She knew that she would not get served but Lupita only needed the leftovers and she was sure that they would be lots of them.Lupita began her search for the leftover food of the other werewolves. Each time she saw even a crumb, she would happily rush to it. She held a bag in which the food she could gather went into.Like she had hoped, some of the werewolves were too engaged in the party to notice her. The ones who did just pointed and laughed scornfully. After a little while, they returned to partying.Whatever Lupita did, she made sure she kept a safe distance from Lilith and her posse. For some reasons unknown to Lupita, Lilith seemed lost and Lupita was grateful for that.Lupita's face fell as her eyes fell on Conan who was across the room, talking to other werewolves like he had done nothing big hours ago.She winced in pain as her chest began to hurt. Her heart ached and this time it wasn't because she had lost a mate but because she had lost a friend. Did she blame Conan? No, she didn't. She had in fact forgiven him. He did what he had to do for his good."He is a jerk. He does not deserve your forgiveness," a little voice said in her head."Only a selfless person would accept me wholeheartedly. A person who would love me as he loves himself. Sadly, a person like that is rare. I might not meet such a person in this lifetime." Lupita sighed sadly and looked away from Conan. Her eyes moved to Maya this time and she locked eyes with her.She hoped Maya would at least look remorseful, but Maya stared at her with an emotionless face turning away. Lupita blinked back the tears that started to form.Her mind went back to the day she met Maya. That was ten years ago. It was the day Alpha Romulus had brought her to Night Meadow Pack. She remembered that she had managed to escape from his captive and was about to cross the border. There were no Sentinels at the border as every single member was preparing to welcome their Alpha, Luna, and Romulus, who was only the heir at the time. Unfortunately for them, Romulus was the only one that came back."Help!" Lupita heard a cry of anguish back then. She was hiding behind a rock at the frontier of the pack. With just one step, Lupita would have crossed over to the other side and she would have been free from the terror she was currently facing.Tears streamed down her eyes as she remembered how she had thrown away the only chance to leave Night Meadow Pack because of the cry she had that night. Since that was her earliest memory, she could not remember how she planned to get to where she came from but she felt that somehow, help waited for her outside the walls of the pack, but Lupita decided to follow the sound of the cry she had heard.She traced the sound and she saw two grown male werewolves. One was on top of a fifteen-year-old Maya. The other whipped Maya since she had refused to stay put.She crouched, grabbed a stone, and shot the man that laid on top of Maya on the head. The man turned to Lupita angrily and went after her. The other man joined and they both pursued her. She was small, nimble, and energetic and they got stressed out after trying to catch her for a long time without any success.Lupita hoped that Maya would run away as she stalled the man, but Maya was near death so she couldn't stand and run away. Lupita had to keep the men busy until they got tired and slumped. Strangely, her energy surpassed other werewolves.She went to Maya, placed her hands in hers, and dragged her along with her since she was just eight and wasn't strong enough to carry a fifteen-year-old. This slowed her down, but Lupita cared less. The only thing she had in mind was to save the girl with her, but before she could get to the frontier of the pack, the warriors arrived, and at the command of the new and young Alpha, they captured Lupita and took Maya along with them for treatment since Maya was their pack member.More tears streamed down Lupita's chin as she recalled the words of Maya after her wounds were tended to: “In this pack, no matter what you face, just know that you have a friend that'll stand by you.”Lupita quickly wiped the tears that stained her cheeks before they drew the attention and mockery of the rest of the werewolves.She continued her search for food and suddenly, her eyes met that of Alpha Romulus. It felt like blood was drained from her flesh as her eyes met the cold blue eyes of Alpha Romulus.Fear gripped her so hard and she froze. Looking away was hard. Alpha Romulus smirked and walked. She shuddered and looked away immediately.She continued searching for food, hoping to not cross paths with either Alpha Romulus or Lilith."Mate!"Lupita froze as she heard the word. Like everyone present, she looked at where the word came from and where it was directed at."Mate!" Lilith said again and everyone gasped as they saw who she referred to."Alpha Romulus is Lilith's destined mate?" Lupita was not too shocked. They were both meanies and deserved each other, but didn't it mean that Lilith would be Luna? Lupita did not know if she should be happy or not. If Lilith becomes Luna, would it distract Lilith from bullying her or would it give Lilith more power to bully her?"I hope it isn't the latter," Lupita muttered to herself as she anticipated Alpha Romulus' reaction like every other werewolf did."Mate!" Lilith said for the third time with a smile on her face as she looked at Alpha Romulus.Everyone began to murmur as they watched Alpha Romulus' poker face. He just stood with a straight face, watching Lilith as she kept on calling him mate without saying a word."I, Romulus the Greatest, Alpha of Night Meadow Pack, reject you, Lilith, as my mate."Everyone gasped at Alpha Romulus's words."He's mean to his mate too? What a man," Lupita muttered to herself."She deserves it," a weak voice in her head said, but Lupita could not help but feel for Lilith who was too heartbroken to speak. Alpha Romulus strode forward, pushed her away, and continued walking. The werewolves made way for him as he walked into the crowd. They were all eager to see his next move."What is he up to?" Lupita asked herself as he drew closer to her. She took a few steps backward and hastened his footsteps. In no time, he was in front of Lupita.Lupita furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. What was going on? "W—what are y—you d—""I choose you," Alpha Romulus said with a straight face."Choose who? For what? To clean your room?"Everyone broke into laughter.Immediately, Alpha Romulus drew closer, placed his mouth on her neck, and bit it, marking Lupita as his mate.Everyone present froze.None of them saw this coming."Luna, what do you think of my hairstyling skills?" Luna. The word was strange to Lupita. What she was was far from Luna. Wasn't she the most hated slave in Night Meadow Pack? It baffled her how things changed overnight. Yesterday night, she crawled in search of leftover food to eat while she got mocked by other members of the pack. The same night, Alpha Romulus rejected his destined mate and marked her as his mate instead. It was confusing. Alpha Romulus had brought her to his pack so she could be tortured. Why did he change overnight? Did he change or was this another trick of his? Lupita wondered. Lupita looked in the mirror before her and smiled. "Your hairstyling skills are awesome." She took a few seconds to admire the hair that the petite maid had styled for her. "It's beautiful." The maid beamed. "Luna, do you want me to do any other thing for you?" Another thing that baffled Lupita was how people changed overnight. Before now, people treated her like a rag, now, they we
After the ceremonial rites were over, Lupita and Romulus were ushered to the room while most of the pack members stayed behind for the after-party.They were both in Romulus' room and it made her uneasy.‘Welcome to hell.’ Lupita shuddered as she remembered Romulus' words. Since those words, he had said nothing to her. She wondered what those words of his meant.Lupita took a look at Romulus. She was seated on his bed, but he went about doing what he wanted without acknowledging her presence.Lupita opened her mouth to say something, but she closed it as Romulus made his way to the bathroom.Without bothering to change and take off her makeup, Lupita's butt was glued to the bed. Thousands of answers to why Romulus had marked her ran through her head and none of them did anything to make her feel much better.A few minutes later, Romulus walked out of the bathroom with just a towel around his waist. He was bare-chested and Lupita looked away immediately.She heard him scoff."Y—you sho
Romulus rolled his eyes at Vlad. Vlad lunged toward the whore Romulus invited. She quickly wrapped her clothes around her body before Vlad could get to her.Vlad gripped her by the hand and dragged her out of the room.He beckoned Lupita to come into the room."I'd go to my room instead," Lupita said."Before now, you were acting like you were heading to a battlefield. It was like you were ready to beat Romulus to a pulp. Now that you're here, you're caving in," Vlad teased and Romulus frowned at him."I'll take my leave now." Lupita tried to sound polite. She took her to to to to leave afterward."What are you doing?" Romulus asked with a frown."Stopping you from hurting a woman.""You can't save anyone from me. I'm not the Romulus you used to know. Circumstances made me change."Vlad glared at Romulus. He glanced at the door and then turned to Romulus. "I won't let you hurt her.""You're making me look like a bad host," Romulus commented flatly. "Didn't you say you'd arrive tomorro
"It's okay. I can take care of the rest." Lupita was nervous as Vlad tended to get wounds. "You injured yourself. I can't leave you?" Vlad asked, inspecting her leg for any more wounds. Seeing that there weren't any more wounds, he rose to his feet. "You should tread carefully. I do not think your pack would like a Luna with wounds on her body." Lupita smiled a little. "Wounds heal." "Not all wounds heal and that's why you should be careful," Vlad said and she gave him a wide smile. After watching him for a while, she asked: "Are you really an Alpha?" Vlad laughed. "Why did you ask me such a question?" "Alphas are usually cruel, but you aren't." "Your current Alpha is cruel, but not all Alphas are," Vlad said. "The previous Alpha was super nice, unlike his son." Lupita recalled the brown-haired muscular man and the white-haired woman with purple eyes that she had seen in her dream. She decided to ask Vlad about a man and woman like that but closed her mouth immediately afte
Lupita's heart fell immediately after she saw Lilith.Sandy took Lupita with Susan and a guard that was meant to protect Lupita to where Lilith was.Lilith was tied up in the ant house of her brother's house.Her fair skin got dark. Her hair was a mess. There were holes all over her cloth because of how Lilith chewed them all the time."Now you've seen her, haven't you?" Sandy said flatly.Lupita was moved to tears. She crouched in front of Lilith who kept on rolling on the dirty floor."Lilith, I'm sorry that this had to happen to you?" Lupita cried out.Susan cried too. Lilith could be a pain in the arse sometimes but her condition was just too bad."Are you really sorry?" Lilith laughed. She sat up straight and brought her face closer to that of Lilith who crouched down before her."You're the one, aren't you?" She took her face away and began to laugh."She's the one. She's the one. She's the one," Lilith said repeatedly, laughing at intervals."I'm sorry." Lupita drew closer to L
The news of Lilith's recovery reached Lupita after a week of treatment from the physician Vlad recommended.Lupita was excited. Not minding what Romulus would think, she searched for Vlad to tell him the news.She decided to check his room after a long search and she saw him."Vlad," Lupita shrieked with a big smile. Vlad smiled back. Nobody needed to tell him why Lupita had come to see him with a big smile on her face."The physician I recommended turned out to be a good one, right?" Lupita nodded.Vlad opened his arms for a hug and Lupita's smile disappeared. "You won't hug me?"Lupita responded with silence.He smiled and raised his hands for a high five. Lupita gave him a small five and gave him a high five."We did it," she said excitedly and Vlad laughed."You're happy that Lilith is fine now?" Vlad could not still understand how someone could be so kind."I'm very happy. Lilith was wronged. I'm happy she's alright now.""Is it wrong to reject someone you don't want to be with?
CHAPTER ONE"ROLL ON THE GROUND AND CLEAN IT UP! ROLL ON THE GROUND AND CLEAN IT UP!"Lupita looked on in despair as they all chanted. She looked down at the spilled drink before her and wondered what wrong she had done to deserve what befell her.Lupita was the most picked on slave. Her rank was the lowest in the pack. Omegas were better than she was.For some reason Lupita could not fathom, everyone picked on her more than they did to the other slave. She had lost the memories of the first eight years of her life so it was probably because of a mistake she had made during that period, but she could not remember anything. What she had done wrong was unknown to her and no one was close enough to her to tell her what had happened.Lilith, the sister of the current Beta and the daughter of the previous Beta, had ‘accidentally’ spilled her drink and of course, Lupita had to clean it up. She had no problem with cleaning Lilith's drink up. What she had a problem with was how Lilith wanted h
"MOTHER! FATHER! DON'T LEAVE!" a thirteen-year-old young lad cried out.A few meters from where he stood was a beautiful couple. The woman was as beautiful as a goddess. Her long, wavy, white hair fluttered in the strong wind. Her beautiful purple eyes held pain. Her lips curved into a warm smile as she locked hands with the muscular, powerful-looking man beside her."PLEASE DON'T LEAVE!" The lad broke down in tears. "They've got to be another way.""Take care of yourself," the goddess-like woman said. Her voice was more soothing than a massage and from the lad's reaction, he wanted to hear that voice every day. "This is for the better.""We love you," the man said with a warm smile and they both began to wither away until they disappeared, leaving the lad behind."NO!!!!" The lad cried out in pain."Alpha Romulus! Alpha Romulus," a voice kept on calling."NO!" Alpha Romulus' eyes snapped open and instead of being a thirteen-year-old lad standing in a windy, deserted land, he was olde