Debt

Damien

" Where is your mate, Damien? " My uncle's voice echoed in the dimly lit, cold living room, startling everyone present.

He was the Alpha of the Night Wolves pack and was on the brink of causing havoc, but what he had asked of me was to the extreme. I can't possibly have a Luna if my wolf has not called for one.

" I don't have one!! ". Those words were like poison to his consciousness and his reaction defined it. I wasn't bothered, that was not the first time he had ranted about me getting a mate but I think that someone needed to remind him that a wolf can't be forced to have a mate.

" Then consider yourself not worthy of being my successor as an Alpha ".

My eyes narrowed as I gnashed my teeth, I had long suspected that my uncle would walk down that path. For the first time in a while, I panicked. There was not a thing I wanted other than to be the pack's Alpha. My wolf had never longed for anyone, so how would I have a mate?

" You can't do this! " I blurted out but it seemed my uncle had long turned deaf ear to my pleading.

I knew there was more to this than just me not having a mate, he wanted to strip me off my right and hand it over to my cousin, Daemon. What better opportunity is there than this?

" Then watch me…. Daemon!! " My uncle called for my cousin who had a smirk on his face, he knew what my uncle was about to say, it would be my biggest loss if my uncle named him the Alpha's heir.

" If in two days, Damien doesn't present me a mate, I will have no choice but to name Daemon, the Alpha's heir ". My uncle said with full authority over everyone's hearing.

They gasped, they knew I wouldn't agree to this and would possibly rebel against my uncle if that ever happens.

The smirk on Daemon's face was the direct definition of what happened of an evil plot being executed perfectly. I knew how much Daemon wanted this opportunity and here it was, knocking at his door.

" Father, why the wait, we all know that he won't be able to have a mate, who would want to become his Luna after seeing those scars. " Daemon blurted out.

Some certain things still didn't add up, my uncle was willing to name Daemon his heir but just like me, Daemon and my other cousins didn't have a mate, so why should Daemon be the one to succeed him? this was another evidence that they had been planning to overthrow me.

" That's why I am giving him just two days to get a mate, else he will never be an Alpha, to make you more determined, if I don't see your mate, then you will no longer be a member of this pack ".

My uncle's words made me subconsciously widen my eyes, I knew my uncle never liked me but couldn't believe it was to the extent of banishing me from the pack because of what!..... a mate?

Something was surely fishy.

" I am done with you, leave my home!! ". Those words were what I had been waiting to hear. Without waiting for another second, I left my uncle's mansion.

" Joseph !! " I called for my beta.

" Yes Sir ".

" Get me, Greg! " I said and immediately headed to my car. I can't just give up, I had made up my mind to be an Alpha and when that happens, my uncle and cousins would be the first wolves I will deal with but first, I needed a mate.

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Seeing Joseph at his house, he knew something was up and it could be that Damien had come to ask for his debt.

" What are you doing here, you know how angry my pack would be if they saw you here," Greg said.

" Damien has called for his favor, he asked I bring you to him ". Joseph said as he ignored Greg's question since he was not in the mood for questions and answers. When Greg heard what Joseph had said, he panicked, he knew Damien would never ask for something simple.

Without waiting for Greg to say anything, Joseph left his house and Greg was wise enough to follow suit.

" Did he say what the favor might be? " Greg broke the awkward silence that reigned in the car. His curiosity was killing him, he wanted to know how big the favor would be but the nonchalant Joseph said nothing as he pushed all his focus on the road. When Greg saw that Joseph had planned not to say anything, he cowered in fear.

" Get down, we are here! ". Joseph finally spoke when they got to Damien's mansion and drove out of Damien's estate.

Greg sighed, he couldn't believe that he would step his feet in any of Damien's properties again, it's been over twenty years and everything was still the same, the faces, the flowers, the lack of color, the awkward patterns, it was all the same but he hoped that Damien wasn't the same as the little wolf he had met twenty years ago.

With lazy steps, he walked up to the entrance of the building and sighed, he knew what or who was waiting for him the moment he opened the door. After what seemed like two minutes, he finally summoned the courage to open the door and as expected, Damien was in the living room.

He seemed to have been lost in his thoughts as he did not notice the presence of Greg marveled when he saw Damien, he couldn't believe that he was staring at the little werewolf who had saved him and his daughter's life from rogue werewolves. He still had those ugly scars on his face and just like their last encounter, the scars were fresh.

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" You sent for me! " That voice, I couldn't believe I would ever hear it again but desperate times called for desperate measures. I turned my gaze to Greg and flashed him an intimidating smirk.

" You are here, as you know I want you to pay your debt," I said

" Yes, anything you want, I will do it ". He said but soon, I think he would realize the gravity of his words.

" I want you to give me your daughter, she will pose as my mate until I become an Alpha ". As expected, he was shocked, I guess he wasn't expecting me to ask for that but now that I had said it, it has to happen.

It was now a game of staring contest as we both stared at each other….intensely, without saying a word.

" Do you have any problem with that? " I asked with a mischievous smirk formed by my thin lips.

" Why do… . "

" You don't need to know, Joseph will come for her tomorrow! " I buried Greg's words back into his throat, there was no room for questions. Greg must do as I said else, he would pay with his life, as that was the deal.

" As you wish, I will get her ready by tomorrow " Greg blurted out. I found it difficult to understand his behavior, his daughter was an Omega and it would be to their advantage if she was by my side. There was not a wolf out there who would want this opportunity to slip their hands.

" Go!, that's all ". Knowing that it was his queue to leave, Greg immediately left my mansion wondering how he would break the news to his daughter on how she now had a job as a fake mate to a wolf who had saved them when she was just two years old, she probably wouldn't remember the scene.

I finally let out a sigh of relief, the issue of having a mate had been resolved, which meant I was one step closer to bringing my uncle, the Alpha, and my cousins down when I finally became the Alpha to the pack.

" They will surely pay for what they did to me" I mumbled and let out a deep masculine chuckle.