I shuffled into the pack dining room to gather up the last few dishes, rubbing my hands red and raw from scrubbing against my clothes.
I'd been working nonstop since sunrise, my body dragging with exhaustion, but no one cared. No one even looked at me as they laughed and talked, their plates clattering and forks scraping against porcelain.
I kept my head down, my shoulders hunched, moving from table to table like a ghost
A half-eaten piece of toast slid off a plate and hit the floor at my feet. I bent down quickly to scoop it up before anyone could notice, but the sharp bark of a laugh cut through the room.
"Look at her. Scurrying around like a rat." One of the upper class werewolves spoke.
My cheeks flamed, but I kept my gaze down, clutching the dirty plate tighter. It wasn't worth it. It was never worth it. I was used to the humiliation.
However I didn’t even make it three steps out of the dining room before someone grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked hard. I stumbled back with a gasp, pain sparking across my scalp.
Laughter rang out behind me, cruel and sharp.
"Slut," a male's voice sneered right in my ear. "Bet that's why you’re always crawling around on the floor, huh? Practicing?"
Another yank, harder this time. Tears sprang to my eyes, more from fury than pain.
I clenched my jaw so tightly it ached. My hands curled into fists at my sides. I was supposed to take it. I always took it.
But today... today, something inside me snapped. I honestly didn’t like being called a slut. I was so innocent to be called one.
Before I could think, before I could stop myself, I whirled around. I didn’t even see who it was, just a blur of a smirking face, a hand still tangled in my hair.
I grabbed his wrist and shoved hard.
He stumbled back with a yelp of surprise, crashing into one of the heavy wooden tables. Plates and cups rattled, a few falling and shattering against the stone floor.
The entire dining hall went dead silent. Dozens of eyes snapped to me. Shock. Outrage. A few, lingering amusement.
The male, Carter, I realized distantly, a cocky Gamma’s son who thought he ruled the younger ranks straightened up with a snarl.
"You little bitch," he hissed, lunging for me.
I didn’t retreat.
Something hot and wild was rising in my chest, pounding in my blood, no longer caring about the consequences.
For once, I didn't cower.
For once, I met him head on.
I sidestepped his grab, shoving him again, harder this time, sending him sprawling into a chair.
"My name," I said, my voice shaking but loud enough to carry across the hall, "isn't slut. Or bitch. Or mutt." A low, dangerous growl vibrated in my throat half-human, half-something else.
“She is going to fall in trouble,”
I heard one of the omegas whisper, fear threading her voice. I ignored her. The only thing I could feel was the burning heat inside me, clawing its way out.
Literally.
With a sharp, aching crack, claws pushed through the tips of my fingers, black and glinting under the harsh dining room lights. My hands trembled not with fear, but with rage barely kept in check.
A collective gasp echoed through the room. I could smell it now—
The sudden spike of fear. The sweat. The way their laughter dried up and their bravado cracked.
Carter’s eyes widened. He took a stumbling step back, bumping into another table. For once, he didn’t have a smart comment ready. For once, he realized I wasn’t helpless anymore.
"You freak," he spat, but his voice wobbled.
"Say that again," I said softly, my voice edged with something not entirely human anymore. My wolf was probably taking control.
The air in the dining hall grew thick and heavy, as if the very walls were holding their breath.
"You of course a slut", He spoke, loudly and l lost it all. A snarl ripped from my throat, a savage and broken sound. My body moved before my mind could catch up, my legs launching me forward.
I slammed into Carter with a force that knocked the breath from his lungs. He toppled backward onto the floor, gasping, scrambling away on his elbows like the coward he was.
But I wasn’t done.
I stalked after him, my claws gleaming, my wolf howling just beneath my skin, furious and wild and free for the first time. I could barely hear the gasps and shouts around me.
Could barely process the footsteps pounding toward us.
I could only see him, his stupid, sneering face. His stupid, cruel mouth. The one that had called me a slut. A mutt. Less than nothing.
"Get away from me!" Carter shrieked, scrambling backward until he slammed into a chair. But I was already there, grabbing the front of his shirt, hauling him up like he weighed nothing. His eyes were huge now, white all around the irises, filled with terror.
"Say it again," I hissed, my breath hot against his face. "I dare you."
He whimpered. Actually whimpered.
“Alpha Xavier will kill you if you kill me..” He coughed out.
“Do you think I give a shit about him?” Well, I did. But I didn’t want to show my weakness. I honestly feared him and he was the last person I wanted to see.
“Who don’t you give a shit about?”, I i’mmediately froze when I heard that voice.
It was the Alpha himself.
Shit! I was dead.
What was he even doing here?
I slowly turned, my heart pounding so loudly it drowned out the distant murmurs and gasps from the pack. But the moment my eyes met with his evergreen eyes, the world seemed to still. My heart stuttered in my chest,
and then...
Mate.
The word echoed through my mind, foreign yet somehow familiar, as if it had always been there, buried under the layers of my existence. My wolf, who had been so silent for so long, roared to life inside me. It was like a spark ignited in the deepest recesses of my soul, a deep connection that made my skin flush, my heart race.
I blinked rapidly, the realization hitting me
No. No, it couldn’t be true. Not him.
Alpha Xavier’s eyes narrowed, watching me carefully, the tension between us thickening with every passing second. I could feel my body trembling, my breath shallow and erratic as the bond tugged at me, desperate for connection.
His lips twisted into a cruel smirk, his gaze scanning me with a coldness that sent a chill down my spine.
"No." His voice was low, but the finality of it hit me like a slap. "You're not my mate."
The rejection was like a sharp blade to my chest, and for a moment, I couldn’t breathe. My wolf recoiled in pain, howling in agony at his words, the bond severing in an instant, leaving an ache I couldn’t describe.
Xavier’s eyes never left me as he gave a small, dismissive wave toward the pack warriors standing in the doorway.
"Take her to the cells," he ordered, his tone devoid of any compassion. “She needs to be locked up until I decide what to do with her.”
"When am l going to see her then?", I asked my interest picking up."As long as you don't disobey me, you will see her soon", He murmured while tying properly his bowtie."Let's go then to the dinner", l said without any hesitation in my voice. For some reason I was believing his words. He might allow me to go and see her but I knew my mom. She might refuse me to come back to the Alpha."As an obedient Luna?", He asked."Yes as one", l accepted quickly. At that he walked out of the room. I was silent through out the whole moment. The only thing that shocked me was that as soon as we reached where the dinner had been held, he out of the blue gripped my hand. I looked at him for any answers but he kept his face straight.The place was filled up with different Alphas all impreccably dressed up and chatting happily with glasses of wine in their hands. Once Xavier and l stepped inside with his hand in my own, all eyes i'mmediately fall on us. Of course that was expected, he was among the k
"Dress up right now", He groaned out."After showering, mother fucker", l hissed out before making my way to his bathroom. As soon as l entered in the bathroom, l barged the door angrily clearly showing him that I was pissed off.While inside, l didn't undress immediately, l just stood there with my head in my palms. My life was seriously fucked up but l had to do this. I was left with no option. "This is my fate", l reprimanded myself before l stood up in the shower, letting the water flow down my body. However just as my body was starting to relax with the warm water flowing down it, l out of the sudden heard someone knocking on the bathroom door.''What the hell do you want to do?", l asked loudly while running my fingers through my hair. Still in the shower with the water flowing down my body, l shrugged my shoulders as l heard him still knock on the door. I wasn't going to panic because of him. I wanted to take my time, showering and then dress up later."Are you disobeying me Am
It was Steven l saw first but Alpha Xavier was also behind with his hands that were crazy scary. "You may leave", He spoke out and Steven walked out. Left alone with him, I felt the overwhelming urge to turtle, to totally cower but honestly that wasn't me. It was me in me but I turned and glared at him.He didn't say a word for a moment but just looked at me."Who gave you the permission......"If you didn’t hold me hostage, I wouldn’t have come here?", I immediately cut him off and I blurted out with seriousness evident in my voice.I regretted that later because wordlessly, he matched towards me. He was quick that before I could take a step back , he had me pinned on the wall.He had his hands on both sides of me, caging me in his embrace. He looked at my face and his eyes traveled from my eyes to my mouth and then to my eyes again. Then his mouth was on mine within minutes. Shocked, l didn't respond sooner. He didn't deserve my response after what he has all done.But for some reas
Half of his body was now covering me. I stayed still as a stone loss at words to say. I couldn't pull away, his grip on me was so strong. Soon enough, l felt his lips softly touch the center of my back and kissed upwards to the crook of my neck. It's where he stopped and surprisingly fell asleep again. His lips just stayed there in the crook of my neck.I just wanted to cry because it felt so loving.It felt tender and yet it twisted me up like a pretzel. The guy was some sort of a master of mind. He was holding me in a romantic way as if we were a newly married couple. I woke up sometime later. The room was dark and he was getting on clothes. He perhaps had something to work on because he left the room quickly. I stayed in the bed. I didn't want to wake up forever. Ever. And his bed was comforting and it smelled like him.---XAVIER'S POVI felt a pang of regret at the things l said to her. At the way I took her but in a split second. I wanted the rush of it all. I especially loved i
"Please Xavier", l lastly submitted but he kept pounding into me. He went on for what felt forever, chasing his orgasm, grunting into me. He kissed the back of my neck and tweaked my nipples, his other hand rising and lowering on my throat."I do feel you , let it go .... cum for me", A guttural moan escaped out of his mouth and with that l couldn't hold it anymore. I let it go lastly and as l came fiercely over his hard veiny dick , my pussy twitched , grabbed and milked his dick.With the way my pussy milked his cock , he also finally thrusted in to me before his cock erupted his warm , sticky juices inside my pussy , filling it up to the brim. Finally he groaned long and husky and oh my God it sounded so sexy. For a minute he was limp on me and lastly withdrew his half flaccid dick out of my pussy , glistening with both our juices.As soon as he rolled off me , I just remained silent, not believing everything that had just happened. I couldn't do nothing but just lie there. Maybe I
XAVIER'S POV"Amby", l warned in a very serious voice. She glared at me in response. She was so fucking sexy with rage in her hazel eyes. "Sick bastard", As soon as I heard her curse, l instantly growled and then reached for her. Using her strength, she removed her hand from my grip then ran to the wall but I was so fast."It's time to submit to your mate", l quickly pinned her against the wall then licked from the base of her throat up to her cheek. I was losing control. I just wanted to mark her. The more she pissed me off the more l lost control. "You mine Amby, you my mate, all mine, l know you defiant, rejecting that fact but you either going to be my breeder or be nothing to me, the way you behave in the next little while will determine which one , it's time to let me in"AMBY'S POV.I knew what he meant when he said that l will be nothing to him. I was either going to be his breeder or be a thousand feet under in the ground. I knew it that he was capable of that. Until this poi