Kemira

“If you find your mate, he will have to pay to take you off our hands. We have carried you for years. We will not allow the debt you carry to be forgotten. If you don’t find your mate on your next birthday, you will become a concubine for the castle. For myself, my son, or whatever guest visits the castle.” Alpha Leopold gives an evil grin. He has always been too touchy with me. I try to steer clear of him if he is alone, but he is the Alpha. He has already used me several times for his pleasure. He loves pain and torture. He loves to break me. He is the reason I want to leave more than any other. And for my parents to sit here and accept this?

“Well, Alpha Lev has me, my Alpha. She is not needed at all for my mate.” Gemma speaks up, clutching onto Lev's large, muscular arm. He looks me up and down. A glimpse of desire before he growls at me. I look at the floor.

“Do not speak for me, Gemma.” I hear Alpha Lev speak to her behind me. “Go on, father.”

“Keep your woman in check, Lev.” He looks at Gemma, who lowers her head. “So tomorrow is your birthday. We are having the party to announce Alpha Lev and Gemma claiming each other as chosen mates. It will be your last chance, Kemira. You will be on duty to clean and cook for the event. If you happen to find time, you may search for your mate.”

“Thank you, my Alpha! She is grateful for any offers you give to her. We can not apologize enough for her evil doings. This is the least she could do by assisting you in all manners.” My mother speaks, and I keep my head down, trying to hold back my anger. My tears. It won’t matter. Nothing matters.

“You may all leave, except for you, Kemira.” Alpha Leopold’s eyes glimmer with lust. I’m covered, yet I feel him looking at me as if I’m naked. Everyone leaves the room. The only people to look at me are Alpha Lev with the same glimmer of lust. His mate Gemma shows me nothing but anger in her eyes. The Alpha rounds the table and locks his door. He walks up behind me and runs his hands up my arms.

“I’ve decided to keep you. There is no way someone will claim you. You do behave so well for me when I have you alone. Making you scream my name over and over.” I look down at the floor as the bile tries to rise in my throat. I wish I had someone on my side. Someone who believed me. I told my mother the first time he touched me. She told me I owed him for taking his mate. That was the least I could do. He waited until my birthday two years ago to begin using me. Brutally taking me. Forcing me to do whatever he wanted. He enjoys torture, bondage, and choking. I can’t count the number of times I’ve blacked out and found myself in the little room he keeps for me on his floor. It’s a closet. With a cot. I wake up in their sore all over with bite marks and bruises. I lie there waiting to die until the door is unlocked. Usually, by his assistant. My parents and brother were happy to have me move into the pack house. That way, they didn’t have to explain what happened to me.

It was three years ago. I was without my wolf, yet they have made me work in the castle ever since. To pay back a debt I never owed.

“Are you not looking forward to spending the night with me. I will have you stay in my room after your shift. Then you report to me right away. Are we understood?”

He licks my neck, and I refrain from trembling. He is an awful man. I can’t take another one of his horrible sessions in his room. I have to escape during the party. Forget about finding my mate. I knew he would never let me go.

Alpha Leopold doesn’t wait for my answer. He turns me to face him and forces his mouth on mine. Sticking his tongue down my throat as he grips my ass. Pulling me into his erection pressing against my stomach.

“On your knees.” He demands, and I fight the tears wanting to release. He pushes me down and begins to unbuckle his pants. Then there is a knock on the door. “Fuck.”

He fixes his pants and yells. “Who is it!”

“Sorry, Alpha, you have the Lycan king counsel on line one for you.” His assistant Roge speaks through the door. I’ve never been so glad to hear his voice in my life.

“Lucky bitch. Get up. Leave, I must take this call. It’s very important. We will finish what I started with you later tonight.” He begins rushing to his phone. “Hello, this is Alpha Leopold.”

He sounds like a totally different man now. Not the one that was about to force me to please him orally. I leave his office while I have the chance. I return to the bathroom and grab my supplies, but I find the bathroom has been trashed. The little time I had between this shift and working the kitchen is all but gone. I quickly get to work cleaning the mirrors of the red lipstick, claiming I am an easy lay. The faucets were left on, and the water was overflowing onto the ground. Tissue is everywhere. Wet blobs of tissue are stuck to the ceiling and covering some drains. I quickly get to work before the girls come back, and I have to start for a third time.