*Leroy POV*I wake up to find Cali in my arms. My heart is filled with immeasurable joy. Having her like this is heaven. Our union was pure bliss and nothing I ever imagined. Prophecy or not, I have made up my mind. There is no way in hell that I am ever parting with her. Her alluring golden eyes flip open and my heart flutters. “Morning,” she greets with a yawn. “Morning, my love,” I respond and play with her hair. She narrows her eyes at me. “What is it?”I flash her a smile. It’s amazing how she knows that something is on my mind. “I don’t want to be mated with anyone else ever again,” I inform her of my decision and she lets out a sigh. “I don’t think that’s up to us, Leroy.”“It has to be, Cali. I can’t go through this rollercoaster again. Yes, I loved Phoebe, but I can’t do this. We are mates, we should be together forever.”At this point I don’t care what I need to do to make this happen. Dad and his cruel regime are long gone. Phoebe is gone and she had nothing to do wi
*Cali POV*I walk through the bed of roses in my meticulous garden. It is an attempt to clear my head. Leroy is driving me insane. We claimed each other during the Luna red moon, yet both our marks are gone. It’s a clear message that we are not yet permanent mates. It sucks, but we both knew the prophecy. He is taking this too hard. I can’t deal with him right now, hence walking here when he is inside interrogating his Epsilon. I enviously watch the batteries flipping their colourful delicate wings. They seem at peace and happy. Perhaps like I was a day ago. The whole of the red mood was complete bliss. For a moment, I thought life was perfect. Having my mate with everyone and everything else completely gone is something words cannot express.I am still walking aimlessly in the garden when the Epsilon shows up. “My Queen.”“I did not summon you,” I say and realise just how short my fuse is. This man has shown up like this my whole life. He only does when he has a point to make. “So
*Leroy POV* The Luna red moon is over, the pull between Cali and I is not longer as strong. The Epsilon says we are meant to feel nothing for each other, but that has never been us. I have always loved her before I even knew that she was my future. My heart rejoices when I am around her. My soul and my wolf are at peace. She is disappointed that our marks are gone, but I am distraught and angry. I am livid by the time the Epsilon informs me that Cali will conceive and I will have no part in my child’s life until she and I are permanent mates. “Like hell am I letting that happen!” I roar, fighting the urge to tear down everything around me. “Some things are out of our control, some are within. Still, every decision has consequences. A second chance mate is around the corner and…” “I don’t want another mate. I only want her!” I don’t mean to yell at the Epsilon, but he is frustrating me with his usual riddles. “Dad fucked up, many parents do, why am I paying such a heavy price?
LeroyZenith is clinging to me and I can’t push her off. All my energy is spent at keeping Sky down. It’s like she knows it too because it does not matter how rude I am to her, she just won’t let me go. “I will never accept your rejection. Never!” Zenith repeat ms her words while Sky yeps mate nonstop. “You will hurt Cali,” I tell my stupid wolf, but he won’t stop. My heart is hammering out of control. The look Cali’s pack members are giving me is enough to make me freak out. They already hate me for what my pack did to them, now I am hurting their beloved Queen. Cali is also up there thinking I am choosing Zenith. No, I can’t lose Cali. I just can’t. “Let me go, Zenith,” I say sternly, but this woman tightens her grip on me. “You are my mate. You vowed to love me forever,” she reminds me of a promise I can never keep. “I loved you then, not anymore. My heart belongs to Cali.”I don’t know how many times I have said this, she just refuses to hear me. “It does not. I will fight
*Cali POV*I am starting to think that being a nameless slave was preparing me for this. I am the most powerful queen with no dignity when it comes to my mate. I watch Leroy run out to his mate with a ripping pain inside. I feel like my heart is being torn apart. I guess he has made his choice. I can feel Gold breaking before shutting down. Unlike me, all she knows is being royalty. This hurts her more than it does me. I head to the shower and wash Leroy off before putting on a flowery summer dress. Maybe it will light up my gloomy mood. There is a lot of commotion around the second floor. Betty puts me up to speed about Zenith sleeping with Duncan. I am not surprised when someone calls for help to stop Leroy from killing Duncan. I know how possessive Sky can get. This is something that would drive him crazy. I don’t bother going to investigate, but head to my favorite spot in the garden instead. I hum a tune in my head and focus on planning my future without a mate. “It is not hi
*Nameless POV*“This is not sparkling enough, you worthless piece of trash!” Beta Diana yells while her little princess giggles. A slap on my face, a kick on my ribs and a spat on my face, I block her words and continue scrubbing the corridor. There is a much more inferior position in the Ruber pack than that of an Omega. It’s reserved for those not worthy of anything. Yes, that’s me, the nameless girl. No rights, no roots, no identity, not even worthy of a name. No one knows where I came from, if they do, they don’t talk about it. I have been on my knees since dawn, scrubbing these floors. Tiles and a mop would be more effective, but I don’t have a voice here. I am a worthless, good for nothing slave, Beta Diana took in when no one came forward to claim. That’s what they all think, but they are wrong. From the depths of my soul, I know that I’m worthy of so much more than this. Just wait until they see my wolf, then they will know that the nameless girl is not so nameless. I have
*Leroy POV*The boys are all pumped up, ready to whip the other side but my mind is not here. They are all disappointed when I chose to warm the bench after half-time. They will have to play the rest of the game without me because I can’t concentrate. I am still trying to make sense of it all when the game ends and Marcus comes to join me.“Who is the girl?”I look blankly at him, but I know what he is asking. “Which one?”“Second from the left. The one giving us nothing?” he points out. I knew he was referring to her but I still can’t help but flinch at the confirmation. “Why?”I don’t even lift my eyes to look and try my best to sound uninterested. I knew the moment I saw her in those tight clothes that she will turn heads and I don’t like it. Sky is continuously stirring and growling inside. I am doing my best to suppress him. “Look at her, man. She’s bootylicious!” Marcus insists while seductively licking his lower lip and making an hourglass shape with his hands. That’s when
*Nameless POV*I blink back my tears, my head spinning and heart shattering into tiny pieces. My spirits were so high a few hours ago because I could see the horizon. I was so close. “Oh, don’t act out now. Consider it an honour that someone is willing to spend a dime on a worthless piece of trash like you,” Diana sneers as my tears roll down.Rose stops polishing her nails and giggles. I don’t know why they hate me so when all I ever did was serve them. “I must admit, he is definitely the sex slave kind of a guy. I really wonder what he saw on you though,” she sneers.My heart is already bleeding. A part of me was hoping that my buyer is a madam looking for a slave to do chores around the house, not a man. Whoever it is that is buying me must have seen me in that stupid cheerleading formulation.“You must have flaunted your worthless thighs for him to want you so urgently. Serves you right,” she adds.It serves me right? I was just doing what the school made compulsory and this is