Laura’s POV
The realization of everything happening around me finally dawned on me and my chest clenched tightly. The Alpha whose name I haven't gotten to know dropped me roughly and I fell on the ground.
Lifting up my gaze to look at my stepfather, he had his bundle of money with him and his excitement was visible. Cleaning off my tears and desperate, I pleaded.
“Father please, don’t do this. Don’t let him take me,” I started crying again, my eyes burning and itching from the insane amount of tears I’d shed, “I’ll do anything you want me to do, you can do anything to me just please….” I was still talking when I felt a hard slap across my face.
The cynical sound of my stepfather’s laughter made my heart fall to my stomach as he also crouched in front of me and held my face tightly.
“Be grateful you’re worth this at least.” He snarled at me as he brought the money to my nostrils so I could also perceive it.
He stood there and at that moment, I knew my fate had been sealed already. I’m going to be sold as a slave to the Alpha and there is nothing I can do about it.
“Take her away before she starts constituting her nuisance and like I said earlier, she’s all yours. Do whatever you please with her, Alpha Devin.” My stepfather’s voice wouldn’t stop echoing in my ear.
“Alpha Devin?!” My eyes widened in shock. Alpha Devin was always quite the topic and he was known for being ruthless.
He just sold me to Alpha Devin!
I couldn’t watch him leave but I could hear his receding footsteps and the sound of his laughter as he left. He must’ve been happy with the money he got from selling me off to Alpha Devin.
I stopped hearing my stepfather's footsteps and I slowly tried to steal a glance at Alpha Devin but he caught me. His arms were so strong that his veins were visible.
“Stand!” He ordered, his voice coming out in a roar, tearing me apart and making me shake with fear. I dared not allow him to repeat his statement.
Staggering, I stood up as hurriedly as I could but my eyes were still fixated on my foot, the bruises from the feet lashes I got from my stepfather were still visible and open.
“What’s your name?” He asked and my body quivered in fear as every word I tried to get out of my mouth got stuck in my throat, “DO NOT MAKE ME ASK AGAIN.” He yelled and I jumped.
Understanding what might happen to me if I delayed him one more minute, “Laura, Alpha.” I answered, my voice shaky and I could see an annoyed expression cross his face.
He gave me a look of contempt before ordering that I follow him closely. I wanted to beg for mercy, apologize for a sin I haven’t even committed but I knew better than to say anything.
I struggled to take a breath but it got caught in my throat and made me perspire as each step I took was agonizing.
Every muscle in his body tensed and I couldn’t help the strange sensation that gripped my body.
How am I going to live my life as a slave in his den?
His back was huge and every step he took was one that commands authority, respect and fear. I’d thought I was going to be thrown in the trunk of the car but I sat with him in the car instead.
The ride soon started and I couldn’t help but chew my nails and shake my legs. I was anxious and not only that, I was scared for my life.
What if he’s worse than my stepfather? What if? He is definitely worse than him!
My mind drifted to my stepfather again and questions started running through my mind. If he hated me so much to have sold me as a slave then why didn’t he just kill me instead of humiliating me and letting me go through this pain.
The drive was silent and nothing could be heard inside the car, only the revving sound of the car’s engine. I looked out the window as I finally decided within myself to let it all go.
I’m going to be leaving everything behind and I just have to live with the fact that I’m now a possession of Alpha Devin. He could choose to kill me and no one would question him.
It wasn’t long before I started feeling a sense of excitement, my body shook with pleasure and it was strange. Something like this has never happened to me before.
I moved uncomfortably in my seat and that caused Alpha Devin to snarl at me as he took a side glance at me, I tried to calm my wolf down but she was too excited.
My stomach churned with happiness and extreme excitement and every attempt to get my wolf to behave proved futile as I heard the words I never expected to hear.
‘Mate! Mate! Mate!’
She cried happily as she danced around and my eyes widened in disbelief and shock as I turned towards Alpha Devin who seemed oblivious to what was going on.
Is Alpha Devin really my mate?
I never expected that the man I was sold to would be my mate, just when I’d thought life had been unfair to me, the goddess had to make one of the strongest Alphas my mate.
I lifted my gaze to meet his and I didn’t miss the surprised look he also had on his face. It was a mixture of disgust but mostly surprise.
Can he also feel the mating bond?
Smiling, I twirled my dress around my fingers as I waited for him to acknowledge the mating bond and it seemed that my prayer was answered when he cleared his throat and prepared to talk.
“Yes, I feel it too.” He started as if he was answering a question I’d asked. I had no idea I’d said that out loud and he heard.
“But I never expected my mate to be a worthless slave or a weak she-wolf and that being said,” he continued, my chest clenched as I realized that whatever he wanted to say next wasn’t something I would want to hear
I started finding it difficult to breathe as my stomach tightened and I waited for him to complete his statement.
“I reject you.”
Laura’s POV“… I reject you…”The words still rang some sort of bell in my head and my stomach tightened. My wolf immediately felt sad and I could feel her despair.She was probably not expecting that we’ll get rejected by our mate but what were we thinking? That Alpha Devin would accept us with open arms.My wolf got calm and I felt the hot tears burning at the back of my eyes. It took every ounce of strength in me to stop me from crying and I held my chest as I leaned against the door for support.“So, I want you to listen because I have a few rules that when broken gets ugly,” Alpha Devin started and I couldn’t help but wonder.Doesn’t the mating bond mean anything to him at all? How was it so easy to act like he didn’t feel the pull?“Firstly, we’re not mates and whatever it is you’re feeling should be kept aside as that shouldn’t interfere with our business.” He continued, pausing as he raised a finger and turned to look at me.His eyes were now redder than they were and it seeme
Chapter four LauraIt had been about three weeks since I have lived at Alpha Devin's pack. What had happened in the past weeks hadn't been something I would have imagined for myself, ever in my life.After Alpha Devin had sex with me the first night, I had thought that he would somehow change and accept me after that, but instead he asked the servants to take me to my room.My room was basically a holding cell with a small, a table and a chair. The door was made of thick oak, so I could barely hear anything that was going on outside. The only source of sunlight was through a small high up in the wall that even if I climbed up on the chair, I still couldn't reach it.I was so confused at that moment and I started banging on the door and asking why I had been locked up, and a servant said that it was because the Alpha didn't want me roaming the palace because people might see me, or even worse I might run away.I had stayed quiet and waited patiently, hoping that he would finally come
LauraI laughed as I rolled on my squeaking bed, finding what my wolf had said really funny. She had to be paying some kind of prank on me.'Thanks for the joke. It was really needed.' I said to her, waiting for her response.'I'm not joking, Laura. You're pregnant, and have been for a few days.'The smile on my lips afded away as I sat up in my bed realization dawning on me, the smile on my face disappearing.This is bad, really bad. I really couldn't afford to be pregnant at the time with Alpha Devin acting aggressively with me. If he found out, that would only give him more reasons to keep me hostage and I didn't want that.I ran my fingers through my hair before burying my face in my hands. I had to think of something, and fast. My head snapped up as a thought dropped in my mind.Would he change his behavior towards me if he found out that I was pregnant for him?That thought began to make me doubt every other thing that I had been thinking. Alpha Devin was my mate, and no matter
DELVIN POVMy mind has always been complicated, and I blame that on my upbringing…Resting my forearm on the couch I thought of how the day had gone, my mind going back for a minute to Laura. For what seemed like a minute, I tried to take my mind away from the fact that I might have been too mean —Even if there was nothing to justify my point.I clenched my fist as the thought of how my life would have turned out if I had my parents drifted through my mind.Though, there was every chance I might have been weaker than the way I had turned out, it didn't change the fact that my general Outlook of life would have changed.Deep in my heart, a dark cloud hovered one begotten from the hate I had for Laura's father.As I puffed out the smoke from the cigarette I was smoking watching the mist drift through the air, all that clouded my mind was her father fucking face.The image of his face was definitely what I had seen in my nightmares for years, and having gotten the chance to take reve
LAURAThere was just one thing on my mind and that was getting away from my toxic husband as fast and as far as I could.It was the only thing that was necessary at that moment, as I was dealing with something far more greater —Fear.I could feel my hair stuck to my sweat-soaked face, as the evening was hot or rather it was from the adrenaline that was pumping through me vigorously.Deep in my chest, I could feel as my heart pounded without a pause.As my pace slowed down from me becoming weary, all I thought of was stupid I had been all this while, hoping that Delvin would change for the better.He never did, despite those nights of tears after I had been violated by this man that should love me, he never at one point looked at me like I was something he could have an atom of feeling toward —And I was done dealing with all of it.I rested my wrists on the top of my head, trying to catch my breath while my eyes unwillingly coasted the darkening wood.All I had was my sight and scent
LAURAThe sight of the wolf sent my heart racing, as it took a while for me to tell if this was still a dream or what I was experiencing was reality.I shut my eyes, listening to the distant beat of my heart, heavily thudding against my rib cages till the sound was quite glaring.As my mind raced, I muttered a word under my breath of how I hoped this was all a dream I wanted so badly to wake up from.The more the hours trickled by the more evident it became that I wasn't dreaming—This was fucking reality.I opened my eyes and stared into the yellow eyes of the wolf that was before me—That apparently had the wrong color of pupil — Looking deep into the yellow eyes of the beast, I could tell it was most definitely an Omega and definitely not wild as it deep down in its core I could see humanity.What if this was one of his men?I thought to myself, it was hard to even think with the beast walking toward me on all paws.I closed my eyes again, this time for the worse as it was merely fee
LAURA.Turned out his name was Steve—This beautiful soul that saved me from a catastrophe waiting to happen.To me it was the most beautiful name, and a part of me felt I owed him.In a way I couldn't help looking back at his face.It seemed quite reflective, and so radiating that I could almost see my face in it. It's Steve's face of course. Long dark hair, matching eyes that were piercing deep into my soul, a smooth voice that sounded like music to my ears—it wasn't just my wolf clinging to this very gorgeousness. I was as well.“ . . . What would you like for dessert?" It was the first time he was speaking at that table.During that short while I could tell that he rarely spoke, and when he did, it was beautiful. So breathless…breathtaking.Seeing that I was being indecisive, he beckoned to a maid."Trust me on this one.” He winks. Turning his attention back to the maid that just arrived at his side of the table.I turned to the other end of the table where the lady I had seen
I wasn't sure if I was making the right decision, but I walked side by side next to him, and he kept staring at me.I chuckled, and he turned to me before he could spill what he had in his mind.“Steve!” A voice called from the main house.He groaned and turned to me, “Give me a minute, I’ll be right back” he said to me with a smile and walked into the main house to join his parents.I walked around the garden all by myself and the night was silent and peaceful, soothing my insecurity and burdens.“How can he possibly have feelings for me”“Is he sure about what he is saying?”“He barely knows me”“What if I am a spy from his enemy?” I thought to myself as I walked around.I wasn't sure if I was judging him or judging myself.He is entitled to his feelings, I am no one to judge what he feels, but I can't bring myself to accept his feelings, a feeling of barely forty-eight hours.“It's just impossible” I mumbled.It's even more absurd that I can't even tell what I feel toward him, “I