Louisa's POV
"She looks so tiny. She wouldn't make it." I heard a boy's voice. "You're a doctor or something?" I recognized that was Lucian's voice."It wouldn't need a doctor to see that she wouldn't make it. She's dying," the boy said.I'm not dying. I'm still alive!I opened my mouth, but there was no sound coming out of it except a series of scratchy sounds.I felt my throat burning.I didn't know how long I had slept. "Wa… water…" I gasped.Every time I breathed, I felt my throat was burning on fire. The cloth covering my eyes was lifted. In a blurry vision, I saw a boy's face. He was holding a bowl of water in his hand. I struggled to get up, but my back was hurting so badly that I couldn't move."She can't even sit up straight by herself…" "She'll be fine, Leon," Lucian said.I grabbed the boy's arm and said, "Leon... Water…""Aha, she's calling my name and she's grabbing my arm now," said Leon."I've told you, she's not dying. She just needs some time to recover." Lucian said. Leon looked at Lucian and said, "Do you mind giving me a hand, brother? Hold her up still…""Her back's broken. That's why she's lying on a stretcher." Lucian said.Leon rolled his eyes and said, "Aha, I see. That's why she's on the stretcher. Thank you very much for pointing it out to me. That's very insightful." Lucian sighed and took a clean bandage. He dipped the bandage in the water bowl and wiped my chapped lips carefully.I licked the water on my lips very carefully and I felt a little bit moist in my throat.The boy got closer to me. He looked like a miniature version of Lucian, about 13 or 14 years old, with blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. But his hair was cropped and spiky. "Do you have a name?" He asked, blinking his puppy eyes at me."She doesn't have a name, Leon. Leave her alone." Lucian said."Everyone has a name." Leon frowned and said. "Not me," I whispered. "Can I call her Lina? Layla? Lucy?" he paused and suddenly got sparks in his eyes, "Ah! Can I call her Luna?"It seemed that he was very fond of names starting with the letter "L". Lucian replied with a poker face, "No. She's not your pet. You can't randomly name her.""You're such a party pooper, brother, and people hate that." Leon pouted. "A man doesn't have to be liked by everyone, especially not by naughty little brats who don't have their manners in front of ladies." Lucian roughly stroked his younger brother's hair.Leon swiftly shifted into a small white wolf, scowling at Lucian. "Leon, I don't have time to play with you," Lucian said. Leon showed his sharp fangs and paws at Lucian and he growled as if he was making a cute threat to his elder brother. Then, he took a bite at Lucian's hand, but only closed his mouth around his fingers, instead of biting it. Lucian sighed as Leon started a fight against his imaginary hand monster, growling and jumping around at his fingers. Lucian looked at me and said, "You have to figure out how to heal yourself. Alpha Lucas won't accept a sick girl like you in our pack, especially the one who stabbed him in the chest."I bit my lips. It started coming back to me.I stabbed Alpha Lucas in the chest with a knife.He didn't die because, apparently, freaks like him just don't die.They just live forever and make everyone's life miserable."Why didn't you kill me?" I asked. "Why would I do that?" Lucian frowned."I stabbed your Alpha..."Lucian shrugged and said, "You've seen him. You know how handful he could get. Everyone who stays under the same roof with him for over ten minutes wants to stab him with a knife or jabbed themselves to death.""You get along with him," I said and bit my lips."My brother gets along with everyone," Leon said with admiration in his eyes. He looked up to Lucian. Lucian stared at me with a blank face while approaching me -"If I were you, I would focus on regaining my strength first. You're always in fear. That distracts you. You have to stay focused. Then, you'll get the power of healing yourself. Meanwhile, Leon will stay here and take care of you. You can tap his nose like this when he gets too naughty." He tapped gently on Leon's nose.Leon roared and snorted, then he shifted into a boy."Don't do that, brother! It hurts!" He covered his nose and whined. I couldn't stop but chuckle. He was so cute."She's smiling!" Leon looked at me with a sparkling smile on his face, "Does that mean she likes me?" "I don't know, you have to ask her," Lucian said patiently.He popped up his head next to my stretcher, holding the edge of it like a little puppy, "My brother let me ask you if you like me?" "Yes, I do," I replied with a faint smile."Woo hoo!" He jumped up and down. Then, he jumped on my stretcher and hugged me. It was very painful, but I could take it.Somehow, a hug from this little werewolf made me feel a bit better."Why don't you have a name?" Leon looked up at me and asked. "My mother passed away shortly after she delivered me. She didn't have time to give me a name." I replied."How about your father?" Leon asked. "Didn't he give you a name?""Not really. He barely even noticed my existence." I lowered my head and said.Leon noticed my sadness and tried to encourage me, "I saw a black wolf once. He was a rouge. He didn't have a name, either. Not everyone has a name, you know. That's just what it is. That's life."I smiled faintly at him. He was just too cute to talk like a grown-up.Lucian cleared his voice and said, "So this is what's going to happen. You'll focus on recovering first. Then, you'll become Alpha's breeder.""And after that?" I asked."You'll be killed." He answered in a plain voice and walked away. "Like all of Alpha's other breeders."I closed my eyes. My tears kept falling from the corner of my eyes. I would be Alpha Lucas' breeder and I would be killed. Nobody would know that I had ever existed. But the most agonizing thought was… My child would be born into this world without seeing their mother. They would have nobody. No. I couldn't let this happen to my child. I had to figure out a way to survive. Maybe I should run away. "Is that your answer to every question?" I heard my wolf's voice in my mind, "To run away? Ever since I knew you, you're trying to avoid everything. An evil stepmother. A tyrannical stepbrother. An ignorant father. Look at what that has got you so far." "What could I do? I couldn't fight them. I'm too weak." I replied. "Concentrate, girl. When you're in fear, you're distracted. You have to stay focused and think about it. Alpha Lucas is your mate. He's found out that you're his mate and he wants to know your real name. Why do you think he's doing that?" "He want
I couldn't believe it. Did I gain the ability to heal myself? My broken back was intact again! It was cured by itself! I slowly lifted my waist. It didn't hurt at all. "Can you stand up?" Leon prompted with excitement. I didn't manage to reply before he ran out of the tent. "I'll let Lucian know! Wait for me!" His voice was already so far away. It took me a while before I tried to lift my leg. I thought it would be easy since my back was fully recovered, but somehow I just couldn't lift my legs. I was a bit nervous. I concentrated and tried again. Still, nothing happened. I used my hands to pinch my legs. They both hurt. I wasn't paralyzed. That was a good sign. But why I couldn't lift them? I used my hands to push my upper body up. Eventually, I sat up straight. The blanket that covered my upper body slipped down when Lucian walked into the tent. In a panic, I pulled up the blanket to cover my chest. But when I lowered my head, I froze. T
Lucas' POV Fucking bitch. I thought to myself when I walked into my tent. I threw my sword on the table. It made a loud bang and all the maids in the tent kneeled in front of me, trembling. When I was furious, I would normally whip them to release my anger. But on that day, I wasn't in the mood. "Get the fuck out of my tent! Leave me alone!" I yelled at them. All of them disappeared immediately. I was in distress. I couldn't believe my mate would be a girl who looked so tiny and weak. Just like my mother used to be. The thought of her made me so disturbed. I couldn't think or do anything properly. I guess that was the mate thing they were talking about. It was something dissolved in the fluid inside my mother's womb, permeating through my skin and into my veins and marrow, even before I was born. It was my primal and innate need, the most sacred part of a wolf's life. It was written in my destiny. But, no. I wouldn't give in to my destiny. If
Lucas' POV "She's too weak." I shook my head and said, "She's weaker than my mother used to be. If I accept her, I'll be weak, just like my father. She's a plague, Lucian. She'll ruin the whole pack.” Lucian said, "You have never told me anything about your parents. I only know that they passed away when you were very young.” "I have never mentioned them to anyone for a reason." I said. I had always been known as a fatherless demon. The cursed one. "Was that because of your mother?" Lucian asked. I lay on my back and stared at the ceiling of the tent. Then, I closed my eyes. That fucking she—wolf. I could still see the scars and bruises on her chest. Her thighs twitched and tensed when I touched her. The way she bit her lips and complied. Everything. She reminded me of my mother. I fucking hated my mother. "My mother was weak when she met my father. Her weakness and vulnerability evoked my father's compassion and sympathy. He married her to be his Lun
Lucas' POV "Is that fair for him?" Lucian ignored my warning and continued. Yeah, he did that all the time as well. Ignore my warnings and shit. Fucking douchebag. "You're a very formidable person. That's why a lot of people don't like you. But your wolf is completely another story…" "You liked me when you saw me." I sat up and looked at him. "Yeah, that's because I like everyone." Lucian said in a matter-of-fact way. I lay down on the bed again like an unplugged balloon. I just didn't know what to do with this man. I obviously couldn't kill him because he was a nice guy. He had been around in my life for more than 20 years. He was like an elder brother, or sometimes, a mother, to me. "What do you want me to do?" I rolled my eyes. "Let your wolf meet her and see how it goes." he said, "I can tell that she kind of like big furry animals. Hopefully, he'll be able to talk some sense into that girl. As far as I'm concerned, she's madly in love with you, but she couldn't realiz
Louisa's POV I didn't remember how long I had slept. When I woke up, Leo was gone. I was left alone in the tent. I could hear the music and hubbub in the distance. It seemed people were celebrating. Then, I felt it again. The strong impulse of mating. I couldn't control it. Alpha Lucas' sapphire blue eyes appeared in my mind. His macular arms. His ripped torso. My mate. I was born to be taken by him. Ah. The thought made me moan silently in the darkness. Before I realized it, I was starting to touch myself. Then, a dark shadow appeared at the entrance of the tent. I heard Leo's voice, "Alpha, she's still asleep." "Leave, Leo." "Yes, Alpha." My heart was pounding fast. It's Alpha Lucas' voice! But he didn't sound like he was sober. I quickly sat up and saw him walking towards me. He had already changed into a loose white shirt and a pair of grey pants. As he walked towards me, I noticed a strong smell of alcohol. "Alpha..." I said in a low voice, quickly covering
Louisa's POV I had no other choice but to follow his instruction and put another finger inside. The sudden increase of impact on my small hole made me feel extremely painful again. I looked up hopelessly at Alpha Lucas. "I didn't tell you to stop. So why do you stop?" he asked. "Please," I whispered in tears, "I can't do it anymore." The hem dropped down and covered my legs. "Do you want me to ask Lucian back to give you a hand?" "Please don't do that, Alpha. Please show me some mercy..." I choked on my tears. "So you want me to help you, don't you?" He looked into my eyes. "Yes, please, Alpha..." I whispered. He pulled me up and ripped off my gown. Then, he put my waist on his lap. He was fully clothed, but I was all naked. I didn't dare to look at him when he pushed his fingers into my pussy. "Ah…" I screamed in pain. His fingers were coarse with calluses. They kept throbbing ruthlessly on the tenderest part of my body. "This is what you've got, when you tell me that
Louisa's POV When I woke up, my head was still very heavy and I felt that it was about to explode. I was naked and I felt so cold inside the tent. So, I struggled to pull up the blanket and cover myself. The branding marks on my chest were burning, as if someone constantly sprayed salt on my wounds. I could go through Uma's box and look for pain relief, but I felt so drowsy to do so. Anyway, the pain was my least concern at the time. Hunger and thirst were the ones that were killing me. "Someone, Leo, please…" I opened my mouth, but my voice was hoarse. "Please… give me… some water…" Every word was abrasive, scratching my throat. Soldiers were walking past my tent. Nobody seemed to care about my outcry. I struggled to walk towards the entrance of the tent, but I was stopped by a soldier. "Go back, she-wolf. Don't ask for trouble." I wasn't asking for trouble. I was asking for survival. Just when I was about to give up, Lucian walked past the tent. "Water… I need water