"Do you, Carl Hillard, the Alpha of the River Alley Pack take Ethel Adams as your wife and Luna, to stand by her and be with her all the remaining days of your lives, in good and bad health, in good and bad situations, to offer her strength when she needs it, to be her husband?" The priest asked. This time, Alpha Carl was much more at peace knowing that no one would barge in to inform them of an attack on their Pack. "I do" Alpha Carl replied all smiles. The priest gave a small nod and turned towards Ethel. "Do you, Ethel Adams take Carl Hillard, the Alpha of the River Alley Pack as your husband, to stand by him and be with him all the remaining days of your lives, in good and bad health, in good and bad situations, to offer him strength when he needs it, to be his wife?""I do" Ethel replied, almost too quickly. Alpha Carl chuckled at how ecstatic she was. Like they had planned, there were very few people at this wedding. They put on the rings and Alpha Carl had his chance to
"No, I won't" Ethel shook her head firmly in front of her parents. Her mother reached forward and grabbed her both hands. "You have to, Ethel, you have to help us with this, for your sister, for your family, for us and for you" Her mother said softly, trying hard to convince Ethel. "No, I can't mum. You just have to tell Alpha Carl that his mate had an accident and is in a coma right now. He would have Lucy when she wakes up. How... How can I act as a substitute mate? I... I can't" She shook her head. "You are going to be doing it. There is no other way out of this. You have to!" Her father's tone was completely different from her mother's tone. It held not even a single bit of softness or emotions for her in it. "It's not like you have a wolf side or a mate anyways and you getting any of the two is almost an impossibility. You should be grateful to get this chance" Ethel lowered her face and bit hard on her lower lips, trying to convince herself that her father's words did
Ethel was bent over the floor, picking the torn book on the floor. She hugged the book to her chest and let out a heavy breath to calm herself down. Books were her biggest comfort since she had no friends or relatives willing to be her comfort. She got up from her crouched position and as she did so, she got a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Everything that she could call her feminine beauty was hidden under the baggy hoodies and the baggy pants that she was wearing. For Ethel, there was no reason to dress up, no one bothered to glance at her anyways. Ethel moved closer to the mirror but did not have time to examine herself in it properly as the lights suddenly went off. Ethel gasped and sprinted towards the light switch, she tried turning on the lights but it was not working. Her lips let out a panicky cry, she was afraid of the dark and it was something that everyone knew. Ethel did not have to be told that her father had turned off the lights of the house intentionally. Eth
"Heard from Lucy's family yet?" Alpha Carl asked as he walked into the elevator with his beta, Tyler following after him."Yes Alpha. Lucy would be coming over to your home tonight as she is now totally healed from the minor accident she had" Tyler replied. "Good" Carl remarked, his lips barely moving. He could not wait to finally have his mate with him, by his side and he was glad to the moon goddess, his mate was beautiful, smart and was pretty strong too. Carlos was satisfied with the capabilities of his mate and hoped he would be satisfied with every other thing about her. It was the custom of the River Alley Pack that the mate of the Alpha would stay with him for three months before becoming a Luna. During these three months, the Alpha would have to study his mate and ensure she is worthy of being the Luna of the pack and whatever was lacking in her had to be improved within those three months. It was also within that three months that most mates grew to know each other. Al
"Welcome to your new home, Miss. Lucy" Tyler welcomed the mate of the Alpha as she stepped into the mansion. "Alpha Carl is not back from work yet but as soon as he is back, he would definitely be glad to see that you are here" Tyler added. "Thank you" Ethel responded, she could feel her heart pounding with every step she took. And in her head was this voice that was screaming at her that this was going to go wrong, this was all folly. "Follow me, I will lead you into your room" Tyler gave her a warm smile that Ethel responded to with an equally warm smile. Tyler walked forward and Ethel followed behind him until a question popped up in her mind. Was she going to be sharing the room with Alpha Carl?"Excuse me?" She tried to sound as confident as Lucy would have sounded. "Yes?" Tyler looked back at her. "Would I be sharing a room with... With my mate?" She could feel something inside of her snort at her when she said those words. "Actually no, it's Alpha Carl's orders. The bot
Alpha Carl pulled away from the hug as soon as he had made that discovery. His face was covered in confusion as he took two steps backwards, away from the woman that he had thought to be his mate until only a few seconds ago. Ethel felt her heart racing and this time it was more of fear than excitement. The way he was staring at her, his gaze that had suddenly gone much more intense than it was before. "Is... Is anything wrong?" She slowly questioned him but there was no response from Alpha Carl and the next second, Ethel's back had been pushed against the wall and his arm was to her neck, almost choking her. Ethel gasped as her back hit the hard wall in a single second."Who the hell are you?" He questioned, his eyes turning a bright red that scared the hell out of Ethel. "Wh... What do you mean?" She stuttered out, not willing to give up on her guise, not just yet. "You are not my mate, who are you?" His voice deepened but this time not in that hot manner that it had done previ
"This can't be good, Matthew. This can't be good" Mrs Adams, Ethel's mother repeated her words like she had been doing throughout the entire journey to the Alpha's home. "Your stupid daughter. We sent her over there just this night and we are already being called" Mr. Adams replied his wife in a mindlink and sighed heavily. "She told you that it was not going to work, Matthew. You should just have told the Alpha the truth. If you had done so, this would not be happening" her voice was panicky as she replied him back in the mindlink. "Do not blame me for this. Just blame Ethel" He groaned his response and looked forward to Tyler who was driving the car."Beta Tyler" He called."Yes, Mr. Adams?" Tyler looked into the mirror. "Do you know why we are being summoned right in the middle of the night?" He asked, slowly. "I have told you a thousand times already, Mr. Adams, I do not have any idea why I was asked to bring the both of you" he replied and Mr. Adams let out a shaky breath an
"You are useless, Ethel" Mr. Adams said to his daughter. Ethel lowered her face back to the floor, sobbing silently. "You see what you caused? I am having my toes chopped off! And it is all because of you! Don't you dare come back home! Don't you dare come back home or else I am getting you killed, Ethel!!" He screamed at her.Tyler pressed his lips into a thin line and glanced over at Ethel for a second, her shoulders shook lightly with her sobs. Tyler took his eyes away from her and looked at Mr Adams who would not stop ranting about how useless his daughter was. "Mr. Adams" Tyler called when he could not stand it anymore. "You should not talk to Ethel that way, not when you were the one who schemed all of this""Beta Tyler, you... " Mr Adams stopped talking and sucked in a large amount of air into his lungs and glared at his daughter. Tyler walked over to Mr. Adams and grabbed him by the arm. "Mr. Adams, let's get your toes chopped off. I will try to make it as painless as p