Chapter 2

Ariel

That was over eighteen years ago but the memories of it seemed to be still Fresh in my heart as tears gradually dripped down from my eyes.

I was the last hope of the pack and I was going to get back my father's throne at anything it was going to cost me, even if it meant my own life.

And today, I was going to meet with that cruel Alpha once again and make sure I make him experience the true definition of pain.

He had his headquarters at my pack and that was going to make this easier for me.

I was outside on that fateful day waiting for the spy I had sent out to come back with the news.

Then, I saw the hooded guy who had a lot of doing in the pack house.

"How did it go," I inquired quickly.

"Just as you had instructed," he replied to my relief.

"So what big news do you have for me?" I inquired quickly.

"The Alpha Charles will be coming over to a dancing ball of some kind but it's a secret though, he should not be seen in the audience like that so he would be dressed like a commoner, he loves sexy girls dancing a lot," the young man said with a childish smile hanging on his face but that didn't interest me.

I had to find my way into that place where the rest of the dancers would be.

"Do you know how I will be able to get myself there?" I inquired quickly, running out of ideas.

"Just be sexy and join the rest of the girls in the queue, nobody will call you out since they are out of girls now. Well that's just what I think and it's the only possible way," he noted.

"Thank you very much," I appreciated quickly with a thick frown still hanging on my face even when I was trying to put forward a smile.

"Anything for you my lady," he replied. "But what do you need all these pieces of information for if I may ask? He inquired.

"Nothing that would interest you," I replied shooting a sneer at him.

"You got your pay already so that is what should matter to you now," he said to me.

He placed his hood over his head and walked away out into the street and he was soon lost in the mist.

I turned around quickly. I was a worker in a restaurant so I had to return as soon as I could or it wasn't going to be cool for me.

Most people saw me as some weird werewolf because I was twenty-five now and still hadn't wolfed out which was abnormal.

When I got to the restaurant, my boss, Miss Evelyn was already waiting for me there foaming with anger.

"You fool, she thundered angrily at me.

"Where have you been, you left me alone with all the customers, right? You human wolf," she thundered angrily at me.

The words 'human wolf' made me so angry that I had to clutch my hands tightly to control my rising anger and I twisted my lips in disgust.

She did not even allow me to finish my statements and she threw a thick slap at me.

"You fool, how many times have I told you never to leave this place without my permission?" She thundered.

"But it's already past my working time," I half yelled at her.

"And so, I brought you up from that street where everyone rejected your wolfless ass," she said to me.

The words were like a dagger passed through my chest and I could already feel tears forming at the side of my eyes.

She noticed my mood swing and she decided to push it even further with her hateful speech.

"Now you don't even have a mate, too bad for your poor ass," she noted with faked sympathy.

I noticed exactly what she was trying to do. She was trying to make me feel less of myself but I wasn't going to be weak.

"And since when did you have the right to my private affair?" I shot a sneer at her.

"You are only my employer," I reminded her.

At the sound of my words, she burst into dark laughter making my face twist into so much hatred for her.

"And don't only have the right to pry into your private affair, I more or less on your life," She said to me.

"You own my life? just because you gave me a job?" I thought highly irritated.

"Too bad but I quit," I spat on the floor...

"You quit?" She gasped. "Remember the contract you signed with me, you have three more years to work for me," she noted.

"What crazy contract is that," I said faking ignorance.

"Don't fake ignorance with me stupid girl," she fired at me.

"I don't care about you or your contract but I am leaving," I said to her and began to walk away from the place but she held me and tried to slap me in the face.

But I held her hands in the air and threw her to the floor.

"Don't try that with me again," I thundered.

I broke into a run before she could recover from her fall. The dance was going to start in about two hours and I had to find my way into the place as soon as I could.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me toward the place that my spy had described to me.

I could feel my heart beating hard against my chest as though it was going to tear out from my chest.

Then, I saw the light of the building just ahead of me. "I made it," I said to myself but I knew that Evelyn was certainly going to come after me but I prayed that before then I would have gotten the Lycan's home.

I placed my hands on my legs to catch my breath before I continued with my walk.

When I got to the place, the doors were shut and a security guard with a thick frown hanging on his face shot a deadly stare at me making my heart pound even ten times faster.

"Hi," I greeted briefly.

"How do I get in there," I said to myself. "And this seems to be the only entry," I thought in my head.

"What are you doing here?" The guard inquired briefly not even returning the courtesy.

"Hmmm," I said not knowing the perfect lie to tell him.

"Are you here to apply to become one of our new girls?" He inquired quickly seeing how confused I was.

And I saw this as my big chance to get into that place.

"Yes," I replied quickly with all the strength that I had in me.

He brought a few papers from his jacket and I signed them quickly afterward, he took me to a lady who seemed to be the owner of the place, Mrs. Victoria.

"Good day ma'am," I greeted quickly.

"She is so dirty and unkept," she said twisting her nose.

"What's your name girl," she inquired with her hands tightly over her nose.

"Aurora ma'am," I replied quickly.

"Freshen her up, you don't want him to suffocate our guest with her bad odor do you?" She noted.

"Okay ma'am," the guard replied with a slight bow.

I was taken to a bathroom

and I had my bath. Then I was given a cloth that revealed my sexy shape and the guard returned me to Mrs. Victoria.

"Now you look beautiful and sexy," she said to me with a broad smile hanging on her face immediately after she saw my drop-dead beautiful face.

Your contract would last seven years," she said to me.

I was confused by her words, "contract?" I inquired with my jaws far apart.

"The one that you signed When you walked in," the guard said to me.

"But I didn't know about that, I am only here for one night to get...," I said to her but she would not listen to a word that I had to say.

"And how is that supposed to be my business, you will start your job right from now. After your seven years elapsed, you will be free to go wherever you want to," she said to me but I wasn't even listening to her.

I had made the biggest mistake ever, all because I wanted revenge.

"And remember, we have your signature, and this whole place is guarded," she said to me.

"You can't leave until I decide other."

I didn't know what to do at this instant, to run or to shed tears.

"And for the job, we do here," she continued.

"It's a one-night stand kind of business. We bring in male customers and every night you dance and if you are chosen, you get a 10 percent payment from us," she noted.

"Just ten percent," I could not help but exclaim.

"Yes, you heard me, just ten percent 'cause we bring the men to you, the only work you have to do is dance, the rest is for your satisfaction," she shot a glare at me.

"Now you will follow the young man before you to the dancing hall," she noted and walked away.

I could feel fresh tears forming at the corner of my eyes as the guard pulled me away towards the crowd of girls.

"Don't mess things up, be a good little girl," she whispered into my ears.

I continued to walk with the other girls to wherever they were heading until we got into what I will call a stage and the audience was filled with a crowd of horny male werewolves shouting.

"Dance for us, shake that ass," they yelled at the top of their voice.

Then, cool music flooded the hall and we began to dance touching the sensitive part of our bodies.

While they danced, I just stood staring at the audience if I could see the Lycan king somewhere or anybody that matches the description that had been given to me.

Then I found myself in the audience with a glass of wine in his hands and that evil face that brought back all the old memories and made me twist my face in hate and disgust.

But apart from this cruel face, I perceived a strange scent, so strong that I could not help but keep sniffing.