I looked totally different, beautiful but still different.
The hair, the expensive clothes and heavy make-up was not who I was. Yes, I was a girly girl who liked to doll herself up when I have time, but I didn't go to this extend. They call the look natural but I have more makeup on my face than anything else.How is that a natural look? Do they even know what natural mean?My hair that was black, now looked brunette with highlights. My lips were painted nude, so were my nails. I was wearing a champagne off shoulder lace gown with sleeves that reached under my elbows. The dress was decorated with lace but had a silk skirt which didn't look bad if I say so myself.I loved heels, heck I had bunch loads at my house even though I didn't pack any when I came to the Choosing but these silver pumps I was wearing now, were to die for, an inheritance I was going to keep for myself after this shitshow ended."Are you ready?" Ingrid asked from behind me. I was admiring yet hating on myself in a full length mirror."Are you?" I asked back. I knew deep down I didn't have anyone to blame for the circumstances I see myself in, but I couldn't help but take it out on Ingrid."Sophia, I am sorry for not telling you the whole truth but that was not my place. I was just doing my job, and don't ever forget how many times I asked you if you were sure.It's not my fault you didn't read the contract. If you need someone to blame? Look at the mirror." She hissed after listening to me whine the whole time I was getting ready for this absurd wedding.I wasn't even sure if the groom and his wife agreed to all this.Did I care at this moment? I would think not but damn it. I did care.I wanted him to fucken have a spine and say no, but again that little voice in my head reminded me that I would have to go back to my old pack and attend the Choosing yet again next year. I didn't know which thought scared me more."Whatever makes you sleep at night. But know one thing, you have destroyed someone's marriage. Took their happiness away and their relationship as mates." I poured salt on the wound to hurt her, and that's when I remembered the saying, but even then I was not going to apologise to her.Hurt people, hurt people."That's where you're wrong, Sophia. Bryce and Laura haven't marked each other yet, and their marriage ended yesterday. As far as I'm concerned, they're just friends at this point." She told me.Okay, I won't lie. That took me by surprise. What the hell shit show did I walk into?Six years without a mark? Really? even a blind omega could see that something was wrong there.Did the contract forbid them to mark? What else was in that contract I didn't know about?My regret for not reading it intensified. I needed to find a copy of that contract Asap."I didn't know that?" I told Ingrid. My voice was lower now, and a little polite, which was suspicious since I was about to tear her a new one just seconds ago."What do you want?" She questioned my intention immediately.I knew I wore my emotions on my face but damn it. This was not what I needed right now."Why would I want anything from you?" Even when I was lying through my teeth I was stubborn."Spill it or I'm walking you out of here and straight to the chapel without saying a word to you. I hate games. I have Queen Luna for that, and I am sure as hell not gonna play them with you." She hissed, which was fair enough."Can I get a copy of the contract?" I didn't beg per se, but I might have given her my puppy dog eyes."Is that it? Is that why you're suddenly being polite? What a waste of your breath. The Queen mother made sure I sent you a copy to your email the moment you signed it. She might be evil but she is not stupid.The law states that both parties have a signed copy of the contract. She knows that, apparently you're the only one who didn't." She smirked at the last part. Mocking me.Fuck her. My life didn't consist of such things. Without having a mate, I was even allowed to work because they were afraid I would seduce others.Imagine that. How childish can adults be?"Let's get this over with!" I said referring to the wedding since I had nothing more to say to her.****Have you ever bought a book because the cover is so beautiful, but you know it's not that good? Actually it was the worst book you have ever laid your hands on, but the wrapping is so beautiful you imagine it's the best book you have ever read?Because that's what this feels like.The double door from the chapel looks so beautiful, it makes me want to walk in happily but I knew what's inside was nothing but a facade. I was marrying someone else's, mate.I was doing it against my wish, and for some reason I knew the groom was feeling the same way I did. I didn't understand his reasoning for agreeing to this but I knew his grandmother even if it was just for a few minutes.I knew that woman got whatever she wanted no matter the consequences and I was afraid this time, I might pay for her wrong decisions."Ready?" Ingrid asked, holding the door nobs."Ready as a deer being hunted by wolves would be." It was an insane metaphor but I didn't care. Even though I was the hunter myself, at that moment I felt like that deer.Ingrid didn't even bat an eye at my words or give me a second to take a deep breath, okay I lie I have been standing at the door for about fifteen minutes now, but even then. I still needed more time.A week maybe or more.But nothing can ever prepare you for that walk I knew everyone was going to stare at me, and you didn't even know their judgy faces.There were about ten people on the left. The groom's side, and one sitting with a sad smile on his face. That was my father sitting on the bride's side. Even though I knew this wasn't real, I wished my mother and sister were there for kural support.My father was not even allowed to walk me to the alta, as the Luna Queen said. Father's don't have any rights to their daughters. Daughters are born to be only raised by them. From the moment they were born father's knew their daughters were going to get out of their houses, when they became of age, and my father should have made his peace with that and said his goodbyes at home before we left.Evil, evil woman.The song for the bride was playing on the piano, and I tried to calm myself but my heart was beating so loud that's all I could hear. I tried hard not to look at anything but feet but there he was.The man that was supposed to be my husband in a navy blue tied fitted suit. He looked handsome without a doubt but he was not mine. His blue eyes stared at me with hatred, but I didn't mind or blame him at that moment.His brown hair was combed neatly to the side, and his pink lips were set into a frown.It didn't take me long to reach the alta with the elder as an officiator standing by. I didn't know what to say but now my head when I reached there, and without a waste of time the ceremony started."Ladies, and gentlemen." Said the elder. "we are gathered here to celebrate.." as she said the word I could hear a scoff and that's when I saw her. Laura in the front seat wearing a nude dress that brightens her features.The moment our eyes met, she glared at me. Again, who could blame her?I averted my eyes quickly, abd looked at my hands."Without a waste of time. Alpha Bryce, may you repeat after me?" He asked politely and my soon to be husband nodded with haws clenched. The elder said the words and he almost followed them."I, Bryce Bane next Alpha King take thee, Cursed girl. Ow I am sorry Sophia Stademan right?" The elder nodded and the crowd laughed. The idiot didn't even respect my father.I knew I would have things easy but this, I didn't expect from someone was preparing to be the next leader."To be my legal wedded wife as Luna Queen requested." Yes, that was his vow to me. There was nothing wrong with that vow since she was considered above all next to Selene.The elder asked me to the same, and boy the stupid Alpha wasn't ready, shame."I, Sophia Kathlyn Stademan. Take thee spineless Alpha Bryce who couldn't even fight for his chosen nate, to be whatever the Queen Luna requested him to be." I said proudly, and if looks to kill damn it.I will be six feet under, but I knew he as much as he wanted to murder, he couldn't."How dare you?" He growled at me, his eyes changing yo yellow, the color of anger. "I am your Alpha, you should address me with respect you mutt.""How dare me? I dare you. You may be an Alpha but you have no right to disrespect my father like that. The title doesn't mean you're beyond manners. Remember one thing Alpha Bryce, marrying you I wasn't not my choice either but doing so doesn't I am going to be your slave." I hissed.How dare he?"You riff raff, daughter of a nobody.." I didn't even wait for him to finish the sentence and I slapped him. He was not going to take about my father like that.As I did it. I knew it was a mistake I was going to pay for but I didn't care.He growled his eyes turning red. He was furious. I bet nobody has slapped him before, but he was not the only one upset. His friend-wife was on her feet ready for a war, but before things could escalate the double doors opened and we will stopped immediately at the sight of the Luna Queen.Her glare was enough to shut us up, abd kill the anger in Bruce's eyes but we both knew this wasn't over. It was just the beginning.But damn it, I was ready.Being desperate, doesn't mean I was stupid nor timid.Bring it on, Alpha Bryce."He started it." I complained like a pup after being scolded. "Queen mother, you know me. I don't behave like a lunatic. I am a respected Alpha not some mutt who can't control their tongue." My so-called husband responded even though I wasn't talking to him but his grandmother. "Calling me a cursed girl in front of my father is holding your tongue? Is that Alpha like?" I shouted at him. "Permit me to kill her, your majesty!" He growled at me. "Both of you, shut up!" Luna Queen growled at us. "No one is dying today. Do you hear me? Bryce doesn't even think of touching a hair on her head. If you ever touch her, I will kill you myself." She warned "...and you!" She turned to look at me, and I immediately bowed down. "Bryce is not only your husband but your Alpha, addresses him as one. Instead of you two fighting you should be figuring out how you are going to give me a heir tonight, which is not negotiable" she said the last part the minute our mouths were about to open. "Tonight?
Silence. Nope awkward silence, that's what we were left with. We finally made the decision that even if we were forced to be intimate, having an audience was much worse. Now, the question remains, how the fuck do we do this without guilt or feeling dirty?"I'm going to take a shower, and you can also do it after." Bryce told me. How dare he? I was not one of his subjects. I will take a shower when I feel like taking a shower. "Why you first?" "Do you want to do it, first?" He raised an eyebrow at me, like I was a stubborn pup. The truth is, I didn't. I am not sure I want him to see me naked yet. Heck, I didn't even know how we were going to be intimate without touching. This was my first time, and I never thought my first time was going to be this awkward. If I had known, I would have taken Paul on his offer in tenth grade to have Netflix and chill. That way, at least I knew I was going to enjoy it. "No, I was just asking. I should have known that even a single question would t
Lights off but I could still see him. My enhanced eyesight didn't help, which meant he could see all of me too. "Are you listening to me?" He growled from the feet of the bed. "I am listening. I'm just mhmm.." okay, I was listening and frankly this felt a little weird to me. "Stop being stiff. I won't hurt you, not only for your safety but mine as well. My grandma would kill me if I did." He tried to joke which actually loosened me up a bit."Then walk me through it. You might be an expert but I am not, okay? Make fun of me all you want." I didn't care if he knew anymore. He didn't laugh, smirk or chuckle like I expected him to. "Firstly, stop clutching the towel like I am going to rape you." He instructed, and I obliged even though it was not fully. Relaxing was harder to do. Even after I left the towel to only rest on my body, now my bottom lip took the brunt. "Now, take a deep breath and try to relax. I am not going to bite, unless you want me to." He joked, and that made me
I heard the knock again, which caused me to finally open my eyes. The curtains were closed and I couldn't see what time it was, but what I wondered was who was at the door. Bryce wouldn't have knocked. He had his own key. Bryce, where the hell was he? I checked beside the bed where his clothes were kept but they were gone. Any trace that he had been in this room with me was gone. I felt a pang of disappointment in my heart but chose to ignore it. I didn't know what I was expecting but it served me right for expecting anything in the first place. I knew very well he was not mine. Another knock, this time urgent, got me off the bed, and I threw on the throw over my body covering very well, and went to the door to see what was going on. I opened the door and an older man, probably in his fifties, sipgeru blonde hair, brown dull eyes, wearing a royal suit, stood by the door bowing slightly. "Morning, how can I help you?" I greeted politely which caused me to wince at my morning breat
The room was way nicer and bigger than the room I had back home. Servant quarters my ass. If this is what Royal servants had, heck I want more of it. I had my own ensuite. The closet was big enough to fit the little clothes I brought with me, and I didn't mind the lavender colour on the walls even though they didn't match the duvet, and pillows. The colour was calming, and the room smelled clean. I spend most of the time there packing, and arranging things to my liking. I knew when we got to the palace it was pretty late in the evening and with the things that already happened here, I didn't realise I didn't eat the whole day. The moment I finished packing the closet, and I was about to take a shower and sleep, someone knocked on the door. I groaned internally because I was not ready to meet anyone yet. "Who is it?" I asked without opening the door. "It's Grace ma'am. Time for dinner." She announced, and my stomach took that as an invitation to growl with hunger. "Thank you, but
All I heard was 'tonight'. This man has disrespected me, belittled me and I am expected to open my legs for him again tonight? How does that make sense?"No, Bryce. I am not just going to take this disrespect from the queen mother. If she wants you to spend time with this gold digger every night, how am I going to spend time with you? How am I going to try and have a pup as well? Fucken fix this now!" Laura shouted which gained attention from the other pack members. I swear, I was not going to interfere in their business but she called me a golddigger. How dare she? I didn't even know I was chosen by the next Alpha King until afterwards. Even after that I was going to refuse but the contract binds me to them. "I am not a golddigger, and I do appreciate you calling me one. I didn't choose this." I said calmly. I did understand she was upset, which she had every right to be, but that didn't give her the right to disrespect me. "Are you talking to me?" She raised her voice again at
I got under the blanket, towel still wrapped around me, and waited for his majesty, the next Alpha King. I didn't even have time to relax in my room when I was summoned to the fourth floor. For the umpteenth time that day, I had to prepare myself and change my clothes, therefore taking another quick shower. The second floor was extravagant, everything was mostly decorated gold even though the walls were black. which should be expected in this family, they oozed money. It seemed like the whole floor was reserved for Bryce, Laura and the Beta whose name I can't seem to remember, no matter how hard I tried.I heard footsteps and I knew Bryce was coming. I tried to act cool, act nonchalant but no matter how hard, I tried to use my brain, I couldn't figure out where to put my hands. How to pose or maybe I should sit. Should I cross my legs to not seem more inviting? Or should I just lie there like a corpse? This was too confusing. Who could tell what to do in this situation, and for fuc
When I woke up, it was already daylight. I thought I would have been gone by now, but by the time I finished packing again it was one in the morning and I wasn't going to risk my life walking away at that time of the morning. Rogues liked darkness. That's where they shined, and I wasn't going to be one of their trophies from the Royal Pack. I thought I was going to just rest my eyes but it turns out I was more tired than I thought. The time on the digital clock read 08:30. I quickly changed into my tracksuit, brushed my teeth and fixed the bed. I took my bag, and got ready to move but the knock on the door caught me off guard. "Who is it?" I hoped it was not Bryce, Laura or even Queen Luna. I was not in the mood to fight or explain my decision to anyone. "It's Grace. Breakfast is ready." I released a sigh of relief which also made my frozen mind start to work. I didn't have my phone on me but this Grace girl might have hers. I needed to call an Uber and I hoped she would help. T