”Come to me, Mia”. Mom stands in the clearing smiling at me. A lovely day it is. She’s wearing her favorite blue floral dress and beckoning me. I giggled and ran to her. I ran and ran but the distance wasn’t shortened. This is strange. I’m running at full speed but I can’t get closer to her.

“Mom!” I screamed, starting to panic, and became terrified as I saw a red hooded man appear behind her back, blood dripping dagger in his hand. I need to save her. 

“Give it up, Mia.” Dad’s ghostly voice wafts beside Mom. He is strapped to a giant tree.

“Run for your life. There’s nothing you can do.” He said disappointedly, “You were never qualified as an Alpha’s daughter.” 

No no no, I frantically shook my head. I can do this. I must do this. 

“You are a disappointment, Mia.” Mom looked at me, her eyes were indifferent. No mom, please don’t do this to me. Suddenly her face started to melt into formless blood, soaking in the fabric and forming a small puddle on the ground. 

‘Aahhhhh…’ shrill screams escaping mom’s lips started to echo throughout the forest. 

Nooooo! I screamed, and woke up. 

“Shut the fuck up! Everyone else is sleeping!” 

“I’m sorry.” I whispered. She didn’t bother to answer me back. 

It is a dream, a dream that has been haunting me ever since my parents died. Thanks to the scolding, I was now fully back to reality. 

After my parents died, Alpha Wyatt took over the pack. I am no longer the Alpha’s daughter but degraded as an Omega. The old room, gone. All the love and care, gone. I I now live in the omega dungeon, sharing a big room with nineteen other omegas. 

I sat up with difficulty. The wounds on my back hadn’t healed yet. When Alpha got angry, or he suffered some inconvenience or he just got bored, he would come down here and… well, basically used me as his punching bag. Sometimes to make sure his hands don’t get dirty, he would tell me to pick up a knife dipped in wolfsbane and cut up my arms, legs, and ribs until the blood would pour out. Wolfsbane injuries heal slower. They hurt more. 

Yesterday he slipped on the wet ground when I had been mopping, and his ankle twisted. Since it was obviously my fault in his eyes, I had to count down to twenty till he finished whipping me. 

I took out a piece of red silky fabric from my secret pocket that I sewed on my clothes. The cloth is old but the color is still vibrant as new. I held it tight and memorize my own thoughts. Today is the day that I’m going to make my parents proud. 

“Just wait and see.” I whispered, staring up at the ceiling, hoping they could hear me. 

Closing my eyes for a brief moment, I shook my head, and stood up on my feet to start the pack chores. 

As I was preparing the food, an old maid, Diana, who had been working as an omega in our pack for years and had always been the kind one to me, inched closer, sneaking an orange to me, “Happy eighteenth birthday, Mia.” she whispered with a small smile. 

I took it gratefully, sliding it into the pocket of my apron, “Thank you.” 

First birthday blessing. First gift. 

We continued to pretend to work closely as she whispered again attentively, “You are of age now. Are you looking forward to finding out who your mate is?” 

‘You will know what completion feels like when you find your mate,’ mama had said, ‘He’ll ignite an eternal fire in your heart that shall not be put out by anything or anyone.’ 

My heart sank when I thought about Mama. 

I resemble her very much in appearance. When I was little, whoever saw me would always say how I was the mini version of Miranda. They would see her shining brown eyes, curly hair, and small five feet five inches frame in me. She always held adorable little mischiefs and strong determination in those small eyes of hers. Despite being a luna of our pack, she was the person that brought soul and laughter to the whole packhouse. 

I looked like her. But I missed the look that she used to have in her eyes. Mine were filled with grief, covered in dark circles, and there was a cut on my right eyebrow where the hair didn’t grow anymore since the day alpha Wyatt had inflicted an injury on that spot. 

“Mate.” I savoured the word again as a quiet whisper. It is a privilege that I can not afford. But if there is anyone who might turn out be my mate then he would be… 

There was a knock at the kitchen door. Someone opened the door and immediately bowed, “Beta Liam.” 

Talk about the Devil! My fingers tightened in fists, my heart thrumming harder than ever. It’ll be convenient if we are mates. It’ll be good for the plan. Mia, you can do it. 

I took a deep breath. 

thought to myself,

round to face him.

Nothing. 

had a black, roaring wolf tattoo on his chest. Except for the battle wounds on his body, his whole personality was like a bad boy version of the boy next

respected everywhere and logically, would be a fitting person to be

he came closer to me, I bowed, “Beta Liam.”

contact. The hurt that flashed across his eyes could

thing when Alpha called. Fear had already engulfed me. I can’t afford anything to go wrong

hid my trembling hands behind

he eats daily with one extra spoon of sugar, like

He extended his hand, “Give it to me.

My hand touched his briefly, our eyes connecting with each other. A hint of a

out of the packhouse and bringing me to the large execution ground.

terrible

breathing stopped when I saw a big stage in the middle, five werewolves were lined

executioner. A smirk played on his thin lips. His bald head shined under the sun, his

princess!” he announced loudly as I got closer to the stage with a

stage. I then recognized the

when he noticed that my wounds kept on bleeding from all the wolfbane whips. The other one, was a pack member who hadn’t hit me when everyone else in the

Alpha Wyatt smirked at the people lined up, “this slut is pack property. Why do you show any sign of mercy to her when I say you are not

spitting, “You think you are bigger than your alpha?”

Wyatt straightened and turned around to face me. His eyes were cold, and his face was filled with disgust for me,

head to toe, wondering how in the world things had turned out like this! Why? I could not

the alpha, clinging to his arm and kissing the side of his face with wet kisses, “pretty sure she fucked all of them and

alpha and luna. When a sudden attack happened, killing my mom and dad both, Alpha Wyatt snatched the

knew me. And then, instead of being my savior, she became one of my

maid?” she pouted and shook alpha’s arm to get his attention, “I want to see something fun. Let

the knife from his hand, he threw the knife right at my face. It flew past me,

his thundering voice shook the ground,

tried to fight off the overwhelming fear. I fell to my knees, my whole body shivering in fear, “Please… a- alpha. I can’t do that. I can’t skin

years. Humiliation, pain, physical wounds and more

begging you.” Tears streamed down my face, making everything blurry. His green eyes still

how merciful I am to

toward me. “Don’t be afraid, princess,” he grabbed my hand and forced me to hold the dagger

over.” The blade shined a dangerous silver light on his skin. One push, and

my hand out of his grasp, taking back control and

rage rised, his body trembling. Olivia hurriedly came down and slapped me hard across

blood, even my tooth was

fit of hysterical laughter, tears streaming from his eyes. He grabbed my face and squeezing hard,

And before anyone could do anything, he took the dagger from me and slit the cleaner’s throat with one swipe. He dragged me beside the corpse.

blood in, Princess” He whispered, “that’s the least you

Wyatt walked to the edge of the stage, his eyes never leaving my sight, “Alright, how about since it’s your special day, I show you some mercy?” he said in a low voice.

me and then bark like a dog, I might consider

whose hands were clenched in tight fists. His face was

was clear. Four people were still strapped to the colums. The

cheeks as I obeyed and crawled to him on my hands and knees, holding back the sobs in

“Woof Woof.” 

with laughter,

came running from behind and rushed to Alpha Wyatt, “Alpha, Alpha Alessio is…” his voice got

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