Chapter 1
Eva’s POV
I jerked awake with a force and snapped my head around me quickly, peering into the darkness that had befallen my old pigsty of a room.
I felt different, insanely different and it felt as though I could see life from a different perspective. Quickly rolling out of the mat on the floor, I turned on the coal lamp that I had placed close to my bed and gasped when I realized that it was way past midnight.
What the hell?
I slowly rose on my feet, unsure of what it was that must’ve awakened me until a small voice whispered at the back of my head that today was my birthday… My 18th birthday!
Today was also exactly a year after my family and a lot of people from my pack were killed. The day I had been forced to become an orphan and a slave. I couldn’t believe it.
How time flies…
I could vividly remember how they had snuck in in the middle of the night, while everyone was busy preparing for my 17th birthday party the next morning; and had taken out every living soul in my pack, ranging from little children to adults.
Surprisingly, they had spared me for some sick reasons, and had taken me as a form of souvenir to their Alpha who immediately waved me off and recruited me as one of his many slaves.
They always mistreated me in every way, threw insults at me and even beat me up for the slightest reasons but those ill treatments they meted on me wasn’t enough to keep me locked up, nor enough to have my mouth sealed.
I was a Princess, the daughter of a strong Alpha for that matter, and thus I couldn’t tolerate being trampled upon even now that I had been reduced to the position of a palace slave.
I remembered how weak I had been that night, and how I had been abused by Alpha Adonis’s soldiers. The thought brought fresh tears into my eyes, but I wept not out of sadness but out of anger.
Now I was of age and I could already feel it. I had always wanted a day like this to come, a day when I would be classified as an adult and would be able to escape this hell hole of a place.
I seeked revenge too, but that would have to come later, after I had successfully escaped from here and had returned to pick up the burnt down remains of my father’s pack.
Anger surged through me like I was reliving that gory day, and it also brought tears to my eyes whenever I remembered everything I had lost.
A noise in the hall snapped me out of my reverie. I could hear the unmistakable sounds of a female whimpering and I quickly stood up, I was curious and wanted to know what was happening.
I stealthily crept out of my room, following the sounds of the whimpering until I arrived at a scene where one of the brutal soldiers of this pack was trying to force himself upon a young girl of about my age.
I wasn’t surprised though, because stuff like this was a usual occurrence around here but I still got pissed whenever I saw or heard of it happening.
In blind rage, I picked up a plank which was carelessly discarded on the floor and used its blunt edge to hit the soldier hard against the head.
His agonized screams filled the air, but in a way it seemed to make me feel better.
“Bitch! Bitch!” He chanted, holding his head but I ignored him and quickly went to help the girl to her feet.
She quickly muttered a rushed; “Thank you,” and ran off; and I was about to run out of the scene myself when the bulky, bad smelling soldier forcefully pulled on my legs, thus making me fall to the floor with a loud thump.
I literally kissed the dirt when I fell and spat out some of the dirt in my mouth before I went back to trying to escape. He grabbed at me again, but this time, I was a little more prepared this time. I began stomping at his chest with enough force to break his ribs but he still wouldn’t let go.
“Let go, you animal!” I screeched whilst stomping ferociously on his chest in order to make him let go of me but his grip was like a vice, unwilling to tear away.
During the course of our struggle, a sweet smelling smell immediately attacked my nostrils. It smelled of pines and something minty and surprisingly made my wolf, Isla, jerk awake.
She suddenly began prancing about in my head, making it quite difficult for me to focus on the soldier who immediately noticed that I had lost focus and used the opportunity to send me sprawling to the floor.
I struggled against him and at the same time , tried to block out the smell that was attacking my nostrils but they both proved abortive.
Just as the soldier was about to land a fatal blow to the side of my head, a deep voice sounded at the end of the corridor, immediately halting his movements.
“And what’re you both doing there?” The voice asked curiously. I immediately looked up at the owner, only to have my breath hitching in my chest.
The sweet smell was coming from him, this proving that he was my mate; but that wasn’t the problem now, the problem was the fact that he was Alpha Liam, the son of retired Alpha Adonis.
His father was responsible for the deaths of my people.
“No!” I snarled with a voice so thick with emotions that the soldier literally cowered back in fear. “Are you my mate?!”
I had always envisioned my mate as someone I would love and who would love me too. I had always seen my mate as someone who would get me out of this suffering, but then I was presented with this?
This young man whose only aim was to inflict me with pain and more pain?
I saw a deep frown immediately etch on his perfect face and from the look in his eyes, I already knew what was coming.
He was about to reject me and I knew it; I didn’t even try to stop him either, instead, I held my breath and waited for it to come.
Chapter 2Eva’s POVAlpha Liam immediately gestured to the soldier who did, scurrying away like a weak ass pregnant woman.He turned to stare heatedly at me with a gaze as dark as a crow flying through a pitch black night. For a moment I was lost in his eyes but then the earlier infatuation washed off when I remembered how fully involved he was in my suffering.“He’s still the son of your father’s murderer.” Isla said in my head and I slowly nodded. I hadn’t forgotten,He took a few predatory steps towards me and as soon as he was right in front of me, he landed a single punch to my face which immediately threw my head backwards.My body twitched violently and I knew I was about to attack him but I reined in my anger because I knew that snapping right now would be the end of me. He would kill me off, the same way that his father had killed my parents.“Don’t you ever call me your mate..!” He growled. His voice sounded low and menacing, the kind that was supposed to scare people off bu
Chapter 3Eva’s POV“Who are you?” I asked softly, while staring into his deep dark grayish orbs. He had the most enchanting eyes I had ever seen, and the way it glinted under the evening sun held me mesmerized.“I am Alpha Alpha Trent.” He mumbled slowly, his deep voice sounded like melody to my ears, and I smiled slowly, allowing his voice to envelop me like a cloak.He momentarily numbed all the aches I felt and for a minute, I almost forgot the scratches and the bruises that were beginning to form on my face and body.I quickly took in his overall appearance, noting to myself that he was probably here for Alpha Liam’s coronation, but relaxed all the same because I knew that he wasn’t a member of this bad pack.I didn’t ask where he wanted to take me to, didn’t even try to show him the way to my room and simply allowed him to carry me bridal style away from where I previously was to wherever it was that he was taking me to..My head immediately began feeling heavy again, and keepin
Chapter 4Liam’s POV:“Where is she?” I bellowed at the top of my voice to my mother and sister who just looked on at me like I was spewing gibberish.They exchanged meaningful glances with each other and then my mother began taking slow precise towards me as she spoke;“She left. She was taken away by the Alpha of Black moon pack.” Her voice sounded squeaky, shaky even and with the way she rushed out her words, it was almost obvious that she was scared of what I could do.“And why would he take a slave from my pack without my consent?!” I snarled, baring my teeth.The next words mother spoke sent me staggering a few steps backwards in both anger and hurt; “we think they’re mates, they had this pull that was obvious so we let her go.”My anger flared at the thought of Eva being in the arms of another man. She was my mate for god’s sake!“I still don’t get why you’re this pissed, I thought you’ve always wanted her out of here!” Raquel mumbled under her breath. Most times she was so du
Chapter 5Eva’s POVI could feel a pair of eyes on my body the whole night but surprisingly I couldn’t pry my heavy eyelids open. It felt like there was a force holding them glued together, thus the reason I couldn’t open them.I wafted through several series of deep sleep, and when my eyes finally sprung open, I was met with Alpha Trent’s deep dark eyes staring intensely at me. I gasped.“Good morning.” He said softly, with his hands outstretched as if in a bid to calm me down but I wasn’t calm. I couldn't even be calm when I had just found out that he had been watching me in my sleep and could even be the person I had felt looking at me.“Calm down,” he said, “I won’t bite you.” I visibly relaxed when he uttered those words and even relaxed more when he suddenly stood up to walk towards the room’s entrance.“You’re Ill and the doctor says that you need tons of rest and food because you’re also malnutritioned.” He said slowly, almost pitifully.I sucked in a deep breath when I heard
CHAPTER 6.Eva's POV. I was already being skeptical about my stay here. Just finding out that the sister of Alpha who helped me had the exact attitude of Raquel and it scared me. Now I don't only have to contend with his sister but also this man I couldn't identify. He was grumpy and even tried to hit me. I supposed that I should be prepared for another hurt and violence in this place. Can't my life ever be free of hate and abuse?. "Kyle, get out of my way" He said in anger, I could see his veins popping slightly in his head. Was he that upset about my words?Did I talk too much? "Uncle, calm down. She is just a child like you said, please don't be too harsh with her;Teenagers get to do some disrespectful things because of their age" Kyle said in my defense but respectfully. But I was no teenager to be abused anymore. I am an adult now and I could as well stand up for myself. "I am not a teenager, I know that I didn't say anything wrong to get you the slightest upset" I shot at
CHAPTER 7.Sofia's POV.I tried holding back my tears but they kept welling up in my eyes. My heart squeezed tightly in my chest at the thought of returning to that pack where I was treated like nothing but a common slave.It was where I was punished every day of my life. I even got abused by them at such a young age. My little pain seemed to have disappeared when Alpha Trent helped me.I thought he was different from the others.His eyes and intentions were different and for the first time in a long time, I felt cared for and important.I probably allowed his care to get into my head and make me feel that I was worth care and attention. I was extremely wrong because all he did was show me a little kindness, maybe to elevate his status.On everyone's lips, would be… Alpha Trent, the Alpha of the black moon pack helps a young and tortured female werewolf from her mystery.It was so sarcastic and pathetic but nothing but the truth. I am sure he did it for his own fame and popularity. How
CHAPTER 8Eva's POV.I sighed at my thoughts. I was being suspicious of the person who helped me when everyone turned their backs on me including my own mate. He abandoned me, I presumed that he had known that I was his mate a long time ago.But he cleverly hid it because he had no feelings at all for me. He joined hands with his mother and lover to wreck my life. He rejected me without thinking twice about the pain it would cause my wolf.Thankfully I never had any feelings for him because he had crushed me too many times and had made me hate him and his father to the extent that severing the mate bond was nothing to me.Just a little twinge and I was fine. I had no right to doubt Alpha Trent's intentions for me;He stood up to those evil people and carried a petty slave in his arms.Thinking of his arms, I felt that sensation again as I recalled his his warm skin touched mine. His skin looked smooth and felt soft unlike mine that was rough from working like my life depended on it and
CHAPTER 9Sofia's POV. I was agitated by his tone. Why was he sounding this way or what was he thinking?. I stared at his dead panned face and I got scared for a moment. Beta Kyle and I were just chatting and nothing more than that though I was touching his shoulders and arms at intervals because I was in the moment of humor but that shouldn't get anyone angry. Did he think I was flirting with his Beta? The last thing I wanted to do was to flirt with any male here, no matter how attractive they looked. Beta Kyle was a handsome man but he wasn't my type and even though he was, I wasn't ready for any kind of relationship. Even if I was flirting with his Beta that shouldn't get him this annoyed or vexed but I was still a slave to him, therefore I had to know my place. Maybe the Alpha thought that I was going to enchant and tempt his Beta and friend into a relationship to stay permanently in the pack. Well, he was certainly wrong about that. I wasn't ready for any sort of commitmen