All Chapters of The Alpha's Mistake: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Has a day ever felt so complete and perfect that you’re sure your life is about to take an awesome turn from there?Have you ever looked into the eyes of someone you loved and thanked the stars and moon for every alignment that led up to that moment?Have you ever been betrayed so accurately and devastatingly that you had no choice but to shatter into pieces?Just me?Well, you’re up for a long ride then.The day was sunny, as it is in April and the sun made everything look brighter, prettier, happier. Rushing into the rooms without permission as the wind blew our curtains open.Normally there might have been a few complaints here and there; someone may even have gotten up to do something about the dashing sun.But today, there’s only one thing on everyone’s mind. One thing that nothing else -not even nature- can compete with.Me.As the sun finds its way through my own curtains I rise from my bed with a flourish and toss the sheets aside. In all my life, this is the first day that I’

Water drips steadily somewhere in the distance, I can hardly see anything more than ten meters from me because of how dark and cold this place is, I shiver a bit as the sound of something crawling in the darkness startles me.I look up to the lamp hanging beside the doorpost across from me.The fire still burns brightly, I can still see the wick and it’s the very big kind, wax spilling down its side in large clumps, forming a tiny fire mountain inside the enclosed space.My eyes drop to my dress, and I drag my legs up. The hem of my gown rising to somewhere near where my feet are has turned brown with mud.The fabric laced above my corset is torn, hanging loosely in the stagnant dark. My emotions feel bigger than me, and I don’t know what to do so I stop bothering. Then I don’t know what to think.How did it get this bad all of a sudden? What have I done to deserve such a fate?Joshua had been trouble from the start. Dominic found him during his first year in college and then slowly,

My belly aches, my head is ringing, my eyes are prickly, and my whole body feels like someone dumped a sack of potatoes on me all day. And yet all these are the least of my concerns.Dominic just promised to put me on trial tomorrow. A fate even worse than being left here to rot. I have never been to trial before, never dreamt of it.But I’ve heard stories and watched other people’s trials long enough to know that it’s not a good thing to be the one standing in the grand circle surrounded by a panel of elders who think everything is wrong with the world we live in. There’s no winning against the panel, no one even bothers to make their case anymore.You just stand there, and try not to piss your pants while seven old men and women yell your sins back at you like it’s the chronicle of your life, ridicule you to filth and then pass a verdict just when they’re sure they’ve broken you down to nothing.And although there are many verdicts for many charges, only two stand in the court of th

“How dare she!”“Disgraceful whore!”“Take her back to the den with the animals!”The words are hurled at me harsh and endless, jab after jab of the most devious things I have ever heard from some of the “sweetest” people I've ever known. I try to keep my head up, try to act as if none of it bothers me. But no one is going to buy the act, not when I can feel tears brimming at my eyelids and I don't even need a mirror to know how red my eyes are.Whipping my head, I throw my hair over my face in a messy stream, hiding my eyes behind the wavy strands. “Look at her, she thinks her seductive nonsense would save her here.”Something about that voice makes me turn my head and when I do, I see the young boy I'd saved at the market just a day ago from some wild dogs. He’d thanked me with his heart and soul that evening, just the same way he condemns me right now.“Kyra, I would advise that you be very careful with the words you use when addressing his majesty. Your previous attempts to smear

“Hey! Get back here,” Slasher’s voice calls out after me and I can hear his steps picking up pace with mine but I don’t make the mistake of turning back, i just keep throwing one leg in front of the other while hoping he falls flat on his face or something because I’m not sure how long I can keep going. Suddenly I feel a pair of strong thick arms wrap around my lower abdomen, lifting me off the ground effortlessly. In the next second my legs are flying in the air and my whole world is tumbling. When I open my eyes again, I'm lying on the floor with sand and dust in all the wrong places.“Holy cow!” Slasher yells and I turn to find him on the ground next to me, instinct kicks in immediately and I struggle to my feet. “Oh no you don’t,” Slasher groans before tackling me to the ground again and this time pinning me under him.“Get off me, you animal!” “Will you stop fighting for a second?”I pause, and he watches me for a short second before slowly releasing my wrists. I don’t give him