Chapter 3

His men dragged me toward him. As I got closer, I could finally see his face. He was perfect. His long black hair fell over his shoulders, and his hazel eyes stared into mine so intensely that I had to look away.

"Do not look away!" he barked. He grabbed my face, forcing me to look at him. "You don’t smell like a wolf. Have you shifted yet?"

I was too terrified to find my voice.

"I must be deaf, because I don't hear a fucking answer!" he snapped. I felt a sharp blade graze my neck, one of his guards had moved behind me, ready to strike.

"N-no, sir," I stammered. "I haven’t shifted yet."

Disgust filled his eyes. He ran a hand through his hair and began to laugh like a madman. "Is this a joke? I am Calhoun Northman, the Demon Wolf, the Great Conqueror! And I am mated to this… pathetic omega?"

Nearby, Derrick looked up in shock. Only a short time ago, Derrick had realized I was his fated mate and rejected me instantly. Now, he just kept his head down, too afraid to say a word.

"I found her locked in a cell about to be raped Alpha." His Beta Damon spoke.

"RAPED!" Calhoun flared in rage, "Who dared to touch what is mine? Bring him to me!"

I was in shock. I was so sure he would reject me out right then and there like Derrick did. Instead, he actually seemed to care about what had happened to me. I couldn’t understand why he looked so worried or why he called me "mine."

Damon dragged Derrick's gamma through the ground and tossed him at Calhoun's feet. Immediately like the coward he was, he crawled and began kissing the Alpha's feet.

"P-please Alpha Calhoun, i didn't know she was yours. I thought she belonged to Derrick. I wouldn't dare touch her if I knew." He pleaded hitting his head repeatedly into the ground.

"What do you mean?, she is my mate, how could she be Derrick's?" He turned his gaze to mine awaiting an answer.

"I..I was mated to my alpha, but he rejected me." I replied remembering the sting and pain of his rejection.

"I had heard of it before, but I didn't know it was possible." He glanced over at me again. He had a different look, like he was staring right through my clothes and fighting his primal urge to claim me.

"You're a greedy man Derick, trying to take what belongs to me." He turned to the Alpha who couldn't lift his gaze, broken and defeated.

"She isn't yours to take." He finally found his voice.

"Everything that exists in this world is mine to take Derrick." Calhoun boasted arrogantly.

"For-forgive me Alpha Calhoun." Liam mumbled under his breath.

"No one touches what is mine and lives." Calhoun spoke coldly as Damon walked over to him with a golden sword. Calhoun picked and lifted the sword over his head.

"Any last words?"

"Alpha please....please spare me..pl.." he was silenced as Calhoun swung the sword and severed his head from his body.

"What is your name?" He asked and I replied with a shaky voice trying to ignore the pool of blood.

"Jinx." He handed the sword back to his beta.

"Jinx?" His raised a brow, "That is a strange name for a lady."

"It's a name given to me by my father, because I bring nothing but bad luck," I said lowering my gaze.

"You remind me of my mother, Jinx. She was a weak woman just like you." He said shattering my heart.

"Well Jinx, I want you to strip for me." He demanded and the blood drained out of my face, "Do not make me repeat myself."

I turned back, there were at least over a dozen people including Derrick, Yvonne and Rebecca in this place.

"I... I can't do that, you can kill me if you want but I won't strip naked in front of everyone." I defiled his orders, my arms were heavy and my knees were so weak that It felt like I was collapsing from fright.

"You will do as you are told like a good little whore and strip!" He raised his hands to slap me and I flinched, "I do not do love little girl. If your body is as beautiful as your face, I intend to make you one of my whores. Now strip!"

"NO!" I stood my ground. I did not know where the bravery had suddenly come from.

Perhaps I was fed up with life itself. In a single day, I had been rejected and betrayed by the man I loved for years. Almost raped and publicly disrespected by my second chance mate. At this point I felt like the universe absolutely hated me.

"I am your mate. I know your wolf wants me, I can hear it purring inside you. You should treat me with a little respect!" I challenged him and Calhoun glared at me like I had lost my mind.

Calhoun grabbed me by the wrist closer to him. I felt his hot breath on my neck and it aroused me, "Listen pup! You're nothing to me! Mate?, that means nothing to me, you see that little bitch crying over there?" He pointed at a girl crying on her knees next to her father.

"You and her have no difference to me. You're only hotter that's all. I do not want to be your mate."

"And I do not want to be your mate either!" I cried out.

A loud gasp echoed in the hall and I bit my tongue nervously realising I had spoken out of turn. But it was too late to take it all back as Alpha Calhoun had his hands pressed around my neck tightly making it difficult to breathe.

"You want to die that badly huh?, very well I will grant you that wish!" He grinned tightening his grip and I could feel my limbs going numb.

"Please...please Alpha do not kill me!" I struggled to say. I cursed myself. Even with everything I had gone through, deep down I still wanted to live. I didn't want to die. "I will do whatever you want...please just let me live."

"Have you learnt your lesson?" he asked and I nodded, "Will you be a good little bitch and do as I say?" He added and again I nodded ashamed of myself.

"I will. All I ask is you spare me...and my pack." I added and I could see the surprised expression on Derrick's face. I couldn't believe it either. Why had I risked my safety for the pack?

They only ever caused me pain, yet I was still risking everything for them. Maybe it’s because, deep down, I just wanted them to love me. I wanted to be accepted as one of their own. That was all I ever wanted.

"Very well, I will let you live and let that foolish Alpha have his pack back if you agree to become my breeder and produce an heir for me." Calhoun asked loosening his grip on me and closed the distance between us until I felt his hard erection poking my belly.

My brain went numb intoxicated by his scent while his hands caressed my skin making the middle of my thighs heat up in excitement.

"In ten seconds I will command my beta to take the men as slaves and their mates as whores for my men. You decide yes or no?"

"1...2..3...4..8..." He began counting pacing around the room. I glanced over at Derrick, even though he had rejected me and was responsible for my father's death, I still loved him, it couldn't change in a single day. And the pack...I wanted to protect them, just like my parents once did when they led the pack.

If this was the only way to save myself and the pack then so be it.

"Yes I will become your breeder!" I shouted before he counted to ten.

"Perfect. You made the right choice. Damon get the contract ready, I do not believe the word of this pretty little thing." He stated and I stared in suprise.

A contract?, wasn't he taking it a little too far?

"I will sort out everything here, and when I am done, we'll go back to my pack." He was about to leave and then stopped, "Oh and one more thing. How many men have you fucked?"

"I'm still a virgin Alpha." I replied in a low voice.

"Good girl. You cannot dare even look at another man once you sign this contract. It's a good thing, you already know how to keep your legs closed." He grinned at me, "No man is permitted to touch you. From this moment on, you are mine, mind, body and soul." He declared before exiting the room.

He was dangerous, rude and cruel and I absolutely detested him.

"I am sorry Jinx, please forgive me." Derrick spoke lowering his head in defeat.

"You can’t go with him," he said. "You were mine first." I saw the pain in his eyes and felt his heart shifting.

Was he upset because I now belonged to someone far more powerful than him? Was it jealousy or was it because I was willing to die for a pack that didn't deserve me? Whatever the reason, I loved seeing Derrick finally regret rejecting me.

"And you rejected me Derrick, so fuck off! I hope we never meet again."