Chapter 3

At that moment, Rose sent a silent prayer to the moon goddess, praying to save her from this savage beast. 

Even though Rose felt the sparks from his touch, also finding him handsome, she couldn’t ignore this energy around him, the Dominance which was oozing from him made the hair on her body stand up. 

Something about him kicked her survival instincts and told her one thing which is to run for her life. 

His cold blue eyes were fixed on her, he let his eyes travel down her neck and the rest of her body. His eyes nor his face ever once conveyed any kind of emotion. She felt as if he was looking at a perfect prey to slaughter. 

“What’s your name,” He asked in his deep voice, each word enunciated clearly. The lack of emotion in his voice only fueled her fear. She was trembling in his arms, scared of what he might do to her. 

Don’t be scared, He’s our mate, Kalea spoke in her head, her tone hinted the fear she tried to hide. Her instincts too warned her about the danger of this man. 

What kind of a man would hurt his mate? Kalea added. 

“I asked you a question, Little Mate?” she flinched at his deep and rough voice, his tone sounded impatient and everything about this man radiated danger and confidence. 

“Ro-Rosabel, My name is Rosabel,” She replied in her timid voice. 

Her fragile voice was nothing like the deep demanding and authoritative voice of King Zander. 

“Rosabel,” he repeated as if tasting the word on his tongue.  

“Do you know who I am?” He asked, looking into her eyes. 

Rose tried to calm herself but she couldn’t, she stared into his eyes, scared of him. A mate is supposed to know you better than yourself, every bit of yourself in person but all Rose could see was emptiness. She thought that either he was skilled at hiding his emotions or he was truly empty inside. 

She quickly lowered her eyes out of fear. 

Kalea kept clawing and pushing at her mind to make eye contact with him again and to say something but her fear had taken over her body, causing her to involuntarily shake. As seconds ticked by, alpha’s aura grew with each passing second like a ticking bomb. 

Suddenly the door of the room was pushed open and all his men rushed inside, sensing his dangerous aura. The air around her was so tense that scared her more, she couldn’t even move a muscle. 

“Your highness,” she heard someone interfering but didn’t dare to glance at the person. 

Alpha ignored Vilkas and continued to stare intensely at his mate, waiting for her reply. Everyone around them could feel his aura grow with each passing second. Many people dropped to their knees, unable to keep themselves upright against the ever-growing aura. 

One of his men stepped forward, trying to please the alpha and get to his good books. 

“Your highness, Did this little bitch cause you any trouble… I can torture her to death for you,” he said and Alpha immediately noticed the look he gave to his mate and the meaning behind his words, torture to death. 

Rose glanced through her lashes at the man who said it, sensing the meaning behind his words, and those dirty looks he threw at her made tears rush into her eyes. She felt as if he could see her through her clothes and it disgusted her. 

Before this filthy man could utter another word, Alpha king snapped his neck and killed him. 

Oh my goddess...

She gasped and stared at the lifeless body lying on the ground with those dead eyes staring at her. 

She was frozen in shock. 

She finds her mate's eyes which turned into pure black. Deep, Fathomless hatred burning in them. She took an instinctive step back. He looked terrifying to her. like a monster from a nightmare.  

H-he killed him!

He killed him, Kalea repeated with a happy tone. 

No, we can’t be with him, he’s a dangerous wolf and he can hurt us, Kalea. 

What are you talking about? He killed him because he disrespected us, Kalea replied. 

I’m sorry but we can’t go with him, Kalea,

He’s our mate!!

Moon goddess why? Why on the whole earth did you choose him as my mate!!

Rose stood there shaking in fear and staring at the dead body, Alpha sensed her fear and walked toward her. He pulled her to his chest and yelled out to the room. 

“Mine!,” 

With that she let her fear completely consume her and she fell unconscious in the arms of the alpha king. 

***

“Stop, Please!” Rose whimpered in pain as Alpha Adam kept whipping her until her back was a college of gashes, which continued to bleed and bleed. She knew it would leave scars. 

“What did you hear?” he whipped her while yelling at her. 

“Nothing, I didn’t hear anything, Please,” She cried begging him, 

While taking lunch to the Alpha’s office, Rose accidentally heard his conversation with pack nurse, Josephine who he has been fucking lately. He had been cheating on  Luna Nicole for years and everyone in the pack knew this but no one dared to talk about it. 

She knew she shouldn’t be lying but if she told him the truth he would punish her even more. She wiggled trying to free her hands but a cry escaped her lips as the silver chains burned her skin. 

“I’ll ask you one more time, You Little Slut! What did you hear?” His whips hit her back again harder and faster. The back of her dress was ripped and soaked with blood. 

“I swear, I didn’t hear anything, Please let me go, Alpha” She begged and cried. 

He continued to whip her a couple of times and placed it on the table. Alpha Adam grabbed a knife and dipped it in a bowl. By the metallic scent it has, She immediately recognized it as wolfsbane. 

Panic surged into her system and she struggled to get her hands off the chains but she failed miserably. She kept crying as her attempts kept failing. 

“No, Please Alpha, I beg you, Please,” She cried and begged. 

Alpha laughed at her struggles, “There’s no use trying to get out of those chains, you pathetic Omega,” 

“Please!” She begged, 

“You are so weak,” He laughed at her face. 

He walked over to her and placed the wolfbane-coated knife on her legs and made a swirling pattern from her ankles to the top of her thigh. He repeated this on her left leg too. 

“If I even saw you eavesdropping again, I’ll do much worse than this,” he threatened her and stabbed the knife in her thigh. 

She screamed in pain as the wolf bane entered her bloodstream. 

“NO!!” Rose woke up, sweating all over as that nightmare came back to her. 

She endured horrible tortures at the hands of Alpha Adam, his son, soon to be Alpha, and her stepfather kept haunting her every night. 

Escaping from those monsters, she landed in the arms of the devil himself, Alpha King Zander. 

May the Moon Goddess help her.