CLAIRE's POVI was almost convinced I was being lied to, that someone was playing a dirty, dirty trick on me.A mate was the most reverent topic in the land of wolves. Mated wolves were the happiest and the ones who died were said to be unfortunate and not blessed by the goddess. It was a thing of joy. True love.Everlasting and eternal lover.That was what a mate was supposed to be.Why was mine a tormentor?Why did he keep making me feel pain?I looked into his eyes, looking for any sign that he actually did not mean all that he was saying now. I looked for all the signs that he was just being an asshole on purpose. I looked for any telltale that would show me that he was just a little bit sulky because his mate turned out to be the weakest of the omegas.I saw none. Not a telltale or a giveaway.I watched him look at me with so much disdain. So much hatred.“Why?” I whispered. Tears streamed down my face. “Why? If you did not want a mate, if you did not want me… why did you bring

CLAIRE's POVI waited patiently for the door to open, not looking anywhere a camera could be in the room, I hoped that was as effective as any dismissal in the world of dismissals.Almost tentatively, the door opened and a big, hulking figure walked in back first, as if trying to protect something from the swinging door.I frowned but then he turned and a small smile graced my face for two reasons.One, he had come in with a tray of food! I tried not to let my mouth water and my stomach grumble at the sight and scent that filled my senses. I tried not to think about the fact that I had not eaten anything for hours. I clenched my hands tightly against my sides as I watched the enforcer set the tray beside my bed. It was all I could do not to jump on him and eat him plus the food; i was that hungry.Instead, I watched him and my lips managed a small smile when he set the table and straightened to look at me.He gave a small respectful bow and my grin grew wide. I also smiled when I re

CLAIRE's POVI had been tormented all my life, I had been mistreated all my fucking life and treated like shit. All that was not as painful as what was happening in that moment because I had been made to believe that I had deserved all the sorrow that came my way. I was told that, as an omega, I was prone to suffering. I was every wolf’s doormat and I was to be grateful for not being killed out rightly.But this? This was all shades of wrong.I heard them all, their insults, their jeers against me. It was all so painful.I was supposed to find my mate so he would make me happy for the rest of my life, my status as an omega would not mean jack shit to him. He would love me for who I was and he would protect me.I laughed bitterly even as I felt the throbbing headache from the punch and the blood seep into my eyes. I blinked it off, trying to get my beating and understand what had just happened to me.My mate was supposed to be a dream come through, not this one though. This one made

CLAIRE's POVI sat in my room - Dominik’s - room all day, downcast and utterly drained. I tried not to panic about the fact that I did not feel my wolf anywhere near me. I had been hurt by the pack members and my mate.She had also been hurt so I decided that she was having an alone time to lick her wounds.Silently, I wondered how I had ever lived without her. She was the crazy to my sane.She gave me the sultry and stubborn head vibe. I did not really understand where I had suddenly gotten my craziness at first but after Dominik had left the room, it started to dawn on me.The first time in my entire life when I felt I did not want to just lie low and take peoples insults was the night she finally came out. She was like a different entity entirely, an entity that lived in my head and sometimes took over my body. Where I was indeed weak and submissive, she was crazy and sultry and stubborn and … crazy.And now that she was not here, it all felt weird to me.I had been drained bo

CLAIRE's POVI felt it the moment Elide broke free, my limbs elongating and stretching to a crazy limit that I thought my bones would pop. It felt like hours but actually it was just seconds.I opened the red door in my mind and this time Elide did not take her sweet time strutting out, she pounced, eager.And with a loud, earth cracking howl, my shiny black wolf with grey grey eyes popped out and without waiting to see if Luis was beside her or not.She raced off like she was being chased, right towards where her dangerous looking mate was circling lazily, as if waiting for something, or someone.The horny dogs.Elide gave a wolfy smirk as she walked towards where he was, circling and pretending to focus on whatever he was pawing at on the earth. The rest of the pack members were nearby, playing and running or just lazying around. Elide could not deny the joy she felt in her heart at the thought of belonging with these people.But at that moment, that was not really what was on her m