Larisa walked into the training grounds, her hair packed into a tight bun. She was wearing a black on black attire and she looked beautiful and smart to say the least.
Her blue eyes looked around the training grounds and wavered as soon as it landed on one of the trainers, Kimberly."Kimberly is now a trainer?" She mumbled and bit down on her lips.It was a new session for the trainees. The previous set trainees had left and although she had been among the previous set of trainees, she could not leave.For seven years, she had been a trainee. Every wolf without a wolf side spent a year as an official trainee and the unlucky ones spent two years as a trainee.They had to spend a year learning basic fighting skills and as soon as they got their wolf side, they would be getting ready to leave the training field for another level of training, a training that involved the freshly shifted wolves.But Larisa had spent seven years as a trainee. She was supposed to find her wolf side at age 18 and graduate from being a trainee but she was 25 now and here she was, still training.Larisa hated it, having to train with the other seventeen year olds but she had no choice. It was something she had to keep on doing until she shifted.Some of the trainers were her age mate and would use every available opportunity to talk about how failed she was for being a trainee for seven years.It hurt Larisa, a whole lot and a lot of times, she would absolutely lose hope in finding her wolf side. But the talks, the bullying from the others made her determined to get her wolf side and it wasn't going to be just any wolf side, it was going to be one really strong and powerful.She wanted a wolf side that would let her rise above the gossiping and the bullying."You are here again, Larisa" One of the trainers chuckled, glancing at her with mockingly.It was Kimberly, she was the old beta's daughter and a trainee in the second year Larisa had trained."Why don't you just give up? Take at look at the other trainees, they are kids. You are the oldest amongst them. Why don't you just give up and stay home? You are never going to get your wolf side, not to talk of joining the wolf trainees" Kimberly mocked.Larisa gulped down and forced a smile out of her thinned lips."Soon, I will get my wolf side soon" she replied in between gritted teeth."You told me that six years ago" Kimberly grinned and Larisa felt like wiping that grin off her face.But the only way to do that effectively would be to shift."Alright, alright. I can't do anything to get you out of here anyways" Kimberly groaned and sighed."Go and join the others" she pointed at the other trainees warming up.Kimberly responded with a nod and almost turned to leave before Kimberly grabbed her arm."Seems like you are forgetting who is the boss, Larisa. You do not respond to me with a nod. You say 'yes ma'am' or 'yes trainer'." Her grip on Larisa's arm got tighter, so tight that it hurt.Larisa knew Kimberly was using her wolf strength. Larisa didn't want to say those words. She knew Kimberly was doing this, just to humiliate her."You are not going to say it?" Kimberly asked and Larisa gasped as she felt her claws pushing into her skin. Kimberly grinned at her."A... Alright ma'am" Larisa let the words out of her gritted teeth and Kimberly let go of her."Perfect" she grinned and walked away, flipping her hair backwards.Larisa turned away and her face scrunched up into a look of hurt.She glanced at her arm where she had just been gripped and she could see a small amount of blood oozing out of it."This... This will be over someday" she whispered to herself, holding back the tears that threatened to fall."This is not the first time you are going through this, Larisa. Do not be emotional" she said to herself as she walked over to where the other trainees were.She was the oldest amongst them, like it had been for the past few years."Doesn't she get tired? She was a trainee when my elder brother was one too and now I am here and she is still a trainee" one of the trainees gossiped."Maybe she will still be a trainee when our kids become one too" another replied and they both giggled.Larisa clenched her fists but did nothing. She was starting to get used to the talks and she knew it would not stop even if she asked them to stop.The only solution she had was to get her wolf side."Let's not talk about her. Did you hear about it? The Alpha is going to be here today" A girl giggled."Oh my! Really?! I can't wait to see him! He is perfect, isn't he?" Another girl giggled.Larisa bit on her lower lip. He was perfect in looks, she agreed with that and he used to be perfect with everything but that was once upon a time.During her first year as a trainee, he was just the future Alpha and the youngest male trainer and she remembered him clearly. He was the trainer all girls drooled over and for some time, he seemed interested in her and she had stupidly fallen in love with him. She thought he would love her and be with her but the interest he had in her was lost when she did not get her wolf side on her eighteenth birthday.He had lost interest in her, abandoned her, given up on her right at that moment. The Alpha was just like every other person. He did not want to be affiliated with someone like her.Her jaw clenched hard. She had to become strong, she had to put an end to the humiliation she was facing.Larisa had made up her mind, if she did not get her wolf side in this training session. She was going to put an end to her miserable life and return to the moon goddess who had let her be born to go through this misery."It's time! Enough warming up! Let's train!"Alpha Leandro walked towards the training grounds, his beta and a few other men behind him. He was like rumored. His looks were perfect. With hazel beautiful eyes that seemed to pull every woman to him and dark hair that had been beautified by the cut. His straight nose down to the pair of lips that he had and to his neatly cut beard. His body was covered in a neat and obviously expensive black suit but the suit could not hide all evidences of how hot his body was. He wasn't just hot but he knew how to put his hot body into use. He was a sex idol and the few girls who had managed to get into his bed could kill to get another chance to be with him. "Alpha Leandro is here!""Oh my! The Alpha is here!" "This is the first time I am seeing him and.... And he is so perfect! He looks better than you told me he is!"Excited squeals and giggles from the girls filled the training grounds but as he got closer, the giggling died down. They had to respect their Alpha with silence."Alpha Lean
Larisa was seated on the floor, shattered and in her human side, naked. Tears rolled down her cheeks as the discovery had broken her completely. Finding her wolf side was supposed to be a huge relief, it was supposed to provide her with the happiness she sought. She had desperately hoped and prayed for her wolf side to be strong and powerful but all hopes was now gone. She was not strong or powerful, she wasn't even a normal wolf. She was an omega! The lowliest of the wolves. There was barely any difference between being a wolfless girl and being an omega....No, there was a difference. A wolfless girl could hope to have a strong wolf but an omega had no hopes. It was the end. "Larisa, you do not have to cry this much" her grandma wrapped her arm around her and patted her gently. "At least you now have your wolf side""It is not enough, granny" Larisa cried. "It's never going to end now. They are never going to stop picking on me" she cried. "Picking on you?" Her grandmother
Alpha Leandro stood, facing his window with a picture in his hand. His brows were pulled into an expression that could not be read.A knock came on the door and his cold eyes blinked. "Come in" his voice was almost inaudible.He dropped the picture in his hand on the table.The door opened and a maid walked into the room. She looked really nervous and scared, even. Her knees were visibly bucking and her eyes blinked repeatedly."Alpha" she called, obviously doing a lot of work keeping her voice firm."Drop the cup of coffee" Leandro said, not sparing her a glance.The maid hurried to drop the cup of coffee on the table but her shaky legs could not hold her for long.Just as she got to the table, her legs shook terribly and she lost control of the cup in her hands.The coffee spilled on the table, quickly getting to the picture on the table.The maid panicked and quickly got on her knees."I am sorry, Alpha. I am really sorry" she apologized repeatedly with her voice cracking terribly
The next dayLarisa sat in her bed, her legs stretched out. She had her phone in her hands as she nervously tapped on it."How is it going? Do I have any hope of getting a job?" She texted Alex.It was evening already but it would still be a few hours before Alex would be back from work and she just couldn't wait anymore to know if he had been able to get to the beta and if she could really get a job.She stared at the screen of the phone waiting for him to view her message and give a response. "Maybe he is not on a break right now" she mumbled and sighed. Larisa threw herself back on the bed and stared at the ceiling above her.She suddenly remembered him, Leandro. His eyes that seemed to be a window into a world, a paradise that he had built himself, his hair that he had so much loved to run his hands through, hair that she thought she would be able to run her own fingers through and then his lips, lips that she thought she would get drunk with its taste but all of that had change
Larisa ran into the house with her arms spread wide apart. She let out an excited scream that startled her grandmother and Alex who was already back from work. Alex who had been thinking he would have to comfort her for the night was quite taken aback to see her so happy. "You are good?" He was the first to ask. Larisa grinned at him and did a quick spin in the middle of the room. "I got a job!" "Really?" Alex stood up.Larisa nodded happily. "Though the pay is low but I got the job... As a personal maid for the Alpha" Larisa replied and Alex's face turned sour suddenly. "You got a job close to the Alpha?" He asked. "Yes? You are not happy for me?" Larisa asked. "You can't get a job somewhere else?" Alex asked and Larisa's brows pulled close. "You don't want me to work near the Alpha? Is there a reason why....""I just don't want it! It's silly! You will become like those girls out there, drooling over him soon enough" Alex clenched his fists. "Alex" grandmother called. "
"Mate" his wolf side called out excitedly but Leandro simply groaned. He didn't want this... It meant that she had gotten her wolf side. Was she going to lurk around him and never leave now that she had figured out that they were mates?Their eyes were still locked onto each other as they stared deeply into each other's eyes as if to bring out secrets and emotions they had buried long away. As if wanting to keep those secrets and emotions buried, Leandro was the first to look away."You are my...." She tried saying but he cut her off."Don't say the word" his cold voice made her stop talking. He looked back at her, making sure their eyes met again. He let out a puff of hot breath through his lips and got up from his chair, quickly pulling himself together. He had to reject her immediately."I am not your whatever" his deep voice resounded through the room. Larisa gulped down. Even though, she was not here for his love and she didn't want to be his mate after he had abandoned her,
A smile parted Larisa's lips as she heard him say those words. She had won and this was going to be the beginning of her good luck and victory in life. "Thank you Leandro""Alpha Leandro" he corrected her sharply. Larisa wanted to argue. Wouldn't it be easier to seduce him if she could call him by name? But she decided to stick to calling his name with respect; for now."Thank you Alpha Leandro" she corrected herself. "What are you doing? Get to work already" he walked into the bathroom. Larisa let out a breath she had not even realized she was holding. Her eyes closed momentarily and then she set to work immediately. She was genuinely excited about having a job. After laying the bed, she stopped, realising she was not with the cleaning tools. She left the room to get the cleaning tools but by the time she was back, she could no longer scent him out. He had left the room already, most probably for work. The files on the table had been cleared up. Larisa shut the door behind he
Larisa chewed on her lower lip for a few seconds before hurrying to catch up with Leandro who was just about to take the stairs."Alpha Leandro" she dashed in front of him, making him stop. His ever cold gaze settled on her with a questioning look. "What would you like to eat? I have prepared different dishes already. " Larisa asked, the words had slipped out of her mouth before she realised it was silly to her goals.'Slow, I am just starting slowly' she made a mental note to herself. "Leave""Ugh?" Her jaw dropped slightly and his gaze on her turned a bit more intent. "You heard me quite well. You should get off work now and resume tomorrow. I have had enough of your presence today" he said and brushed past her, intentionally letting his shoulder push against her own shoulder. A look of hurt washed across Larisa's face but she was quick to replace it with a fake smile. Larisa wanted to go after him and insist that her job for the day was not over but she decided not to do so.