The Alpha's Bride

“You want me to leave the pack?” I give a shaky laugh, my tone disbelieving. “Dad, are you hearing this?”My father is staring at the ground, his fingers entwined so tight that his knuckles are white.At his lack of response, something cold moves through my body, and this time my voice is more scared, “Dad? Dad, why aren’t you saying anything?”“He agreed to this,” Robert says. “It’s for the good of the pack.”I’m beginning to feel hysterical at this point, “This is a joke, right? I can refuse, can’t I? I refuse. I won’t go. This is my home-”“Enough!” My father’s voice is sharp in a way that I’ve never heard before. I slump onto the couch, shell shocked, mumbling, “This isn’t real. This can’t be real.”“Unfortunately, it is,” Robert tells me. “The sooner you make your peace with this, the easier it will be to adjust.”“But my family is –”“This mating is a political thing, Danielle,” The Alpha says, his voice calm. “You are the only female who fits the requirements.”“But-”

Cameron’s actions are vastly different from the rude way he walked out on me and the stark disgust in his eyes when he first saw me. But even now, I don’t see a trace of affection within his eyes.Three days have passed since I was brought here.Three days in which I waited in our bedroom, and he didn’t arrive, making me look like a fool. My face is flushed with humiliation on the third day when Ness arrives, with an entourage of maids.She doesn’t dress like a maid.It bothers me but Ness wears no uniform like the rest of the staff do. She usually has on a tight fitted short dress, her hair styled in waves, her cleavage on display. She is also not treated like she is a servant of the Moore family. I have to ignore the way she touches Cameron when she sits next to me at breakfast, a place that should be mine. I, on the other hand, have been demoted to sitting at the end of the table, like a stranger.Cameron doesn’t shrug off her touches end something in me breaks at the sight o

“W-What-?”Under the pain of the blow, there is shock as I look at my mother-in-law whom I had considered to be a lovely person.I’ve never had anybody hit me in my life, not even my parents.“How dare you?” Vivian hisses at me. “How dare you talk such fowl things about Ness in public? Do you even know who she is? The status she has in our family?”She grabs me by the front of my dress, not even caring that it’s already torn and throws me against the wall making me cry out in pain, “She is a part of this family! I sent you there to get to know some people, not spread lies about Ness!”“W-What?” I stammer, looking over at Ness whose eyes are red as Cameron holds her in his arms.He’s never so much as touched me.“I didn’t say anything about Ness!” My words are a cry. “Those girls attacked me! They tore my clot-”“Oh, yes,” Vivian says, furiously. “We heard about that story as well. The girls came here, crying, saying that you ripped apart your clothes because they refused to hel

The strange gleam in his eyes strikes a fear in me that makes my blood go cold but when I blink, he’s giving me a concerned look, that terrifying look gone.Did I just imagine the whole thing?Jason studies me and his voice is calmer, “Leaving isn’t an option, Danielle.”“The mating mark-”He sighs, “You need to give Cameron some time-”“He hasn’t even touched me,” Tears blur my vision. “Two women I was supposed to meet today, they tore my clothes to see the mating mark and they insulted me because it wasn’t there!”Jason’s face stiffens, “What?”That terrible anger is once again in his voice, “Who? Who did that?”I wet my lips, stammering out their names, “Lisa and Dolores. Vivian arranged for me to meet them. I walked all the way into town-”“You walked?!” Jason looks furious now. “Vivian made you walk into town instead of giving you a car?”I don’t think Vivian is entirely at fault there. “She didn’t know-”“She is still responsible for you!” Jason’s voice is cold. “Of

My breathing is ragged as Cameron gently unveils the truth to me, “What? My dad - My dad knew?”Cameron gives me an uncertain look, “I thought you knew. Jason insisted I take you as my mate and that’s why my family was so furious. I couldn’t take another mate after Maria. I was told not to touch you unless I gave you the mating mark as well. The way Jason spoke about things, he implied that you were aware of your circumstances and were eager to come here.”“Jason said that?” My head is reeling at the wound of my own father’s betrayal. “Your family - did they -?”“I told them today,” he says, heavily. “So, my life is just a game to all of you?” I feel my body growing heavy. “You, Ness, Vivian, Michael, Jason, my father, all of you think I’m some piece of meat to be tossed around?”“T-That’s not true,” Cameron protests.My heart aches and I hold out my hand, “Give me a phone. I want to talk to my dad.”“You’re not allowed contact-”“I am a living breathing being!” I scream at hi