THE DARK ALPHA'S MATE

RALIA I sat in front of my window, starring out, and wondering what would have happened if my mother lived, if my father was poor, if I did not have any brothers, how my life would have turned out. I’m what they call a curse disguised as a blessing, or at least I am a blessing to my family and a curse to myself, though I am not allowed to say that out loud, it might . . . tarnish my innocence, and I am not allowed to do that. My family was not always rich. My father was a poor coppersmith when he met my mother, and according to what I was told, they fell in love with each other, married, and lived happily, but not for long. My mother kept giving birth to children – she had eight children before me, and there was just no money to take proper care of them. Things got worse and even more worse for my family, until – just like in the fairytale stories, they met a witch. The witch gave them the key to riches, and I was that key. According to the witch, my mother was going t

RALIAHis lips were a bit rougher against my own now, maybe as a punishment, maybe it was simply because he was angry, but it did not still fail to draw a moan from deep within my belly. I felt ashamed by the noises I was making, but he seemed to like them, because he became more gentle as he drew me to the bed beneath him, and the hands that wondered all over my body, touching me intimately did not hurt me, instead they brought me a kind of pleasure that was akin to pain.I felt shame and embarrassment wash over me, and I closed my eyes to hide from his face. His hands suddenly went still, and he swore angrily under his breath.My entire body tensed up because I thought he was finally going to hit me, maybe I had done something to make him angry again. My sister’s had never hit me before, but I knew it was only a matter of time before someone did.“Open your eyes.” He commanded, and even though I did not want to, I could not disobey the commanding tone of his voice.My eyes opened gr

RALIA Unable to understand anything, I watched as he pulled away from me feeling a little bit of regret. Surprising to me, I longed for the warmness of his embrace, the feel of his strong arms around me and his warm breaths caressing my bare skin.He probably has charmed me with his handsomeness because I don't understand this thingy feeling in my stomach. We finally got to his house and he led me to a room."This will be your room from now on"he said coldly with that lovely deep voice that makes my heart flutter."Someone would come to help you get comfortable". I watched as he leaves without sparing me another glance.I looked around the room, it looks quite comfortable. And somehow it doesn't feel like a cage- just like my former room.I looked through the window, it has a nice view. I could spend all day watching the city from up here. I moved and sat on the bed, it feels comfortable. But something's missing, I might never get to see Cheyenne again; I'm really going to

RALIAHe quickly stood up with a disappointed look plastered all over his face causing me to immediately regret my actions. I don't know why, maybe it’s because I love him but I always feel like pleasing handsome man in front of me, I always want to do only the things that would make him happy with me. But he isn't looking particularly happy right now. "Go to sleep" he said with his hoarse voice before I could figure out what to do to make things right..“get dressed in the morning I’ll show you to the garden”.I felt a pang of pain in my heart the moment he shut the door behind him. “I didn’t mean to react that way, I was just taking aback because he was touching me so intimately. I must have annoyed him with my action, I must find a way to make things right tomorrow”.I couldn’t get any sleep the whole night because I was lost in thought, thinking of a way to make things right.It was dawn already, I got up early so I can dress up to impress him.I was scouting through my ward

RALIAWe finally got to a destination, and he stopped. The whole place looked void of people, more like a desert.“where is this place?” I asked him“you would find out very soon” he answered.He seemed to be searching for something with his palm on the ground.He eventually got to a point and stopped. I watched his claws grow and his eyes turned red then suddenly there was a vibration under the ground like a small earthquake.And then a mighty tower building which I could swear wasn’t there emanated from the ground causing the whole environment to shake, the area which seemed deserted now looked like a small city.I opened my mouth and watched in awe.He held my hand and led me inside. The inside of the building is something indescribable, though it looked like an abandoned building, it cannot also be written off completely because it looked like something that was once a beautiful mansion.It looked big and magnificient, almost like a palace“wait for me here” he said and walked int