The Cursed Alpha's Mate

alled Aysel, it’s best to hide. I learnt these tricks early in life. I knew not to look up, not to make a sound an

, I ended up at the right, whether I took a step to the left or not.

y hand and tumbling to the ground, crashing – loudly – to the floor and spilling its red content against the fair feet of the Alpha’s daughter, in the middle of

daughter, let out a blood-curdling scream, as if it took her that ten seconds of silence to pro

the left, and right again. She kept smacking me as everyone stared with their mout

addressed his daughter, his eyes filled with deep ha

ising as she hit me for the last time. “Why are you so jealous of me?” She cried yet ag

in a whispery voice

if I broke down here. I told myself I had to wait – I had to wait for them to take me out for a beating when the enforcers would give me a good reason

behind, dragging me out of the hall. I looked at the few people who still watched the drama unfold as the Alpha went back to his speech, a muscle tw

elonged to me. I slept here, had all my possessions – a single bag – in this r

rved for at least five days but down here, in the cold, damp basement of the pack house, time became relative. I could ha

lot and needed brute force to open on most days. Skylar came in with

few years ago, Lucien had been my best friend. I told

held his hand and stared up at him th

issed my nose. I pretended to hate it but it war

mentioned my other best fr

’ The sound of his laugh

mates so I tried to do something swe

ust wanted to

Skylar’s shoulder. The alpha female stared at me with i

lk?’ I watched as he twirled Sky

king tone. ‘What do you want? You’re wasting my time.’He st

e kept well but I’d been his best friend since we were in diapers and I knew he loved receiving flowers

Tears stung my eyes when my best friend

to the present. She’d taken off her ruined dress to come b

called, dragging me out of my flat bed. I got on my knees wit

head spun at the blow that landed on my hea

humiliated me in front of the entire school

my reputation. I’d be a madman to mate with you.’ Tho

held down by Lucien. I’d learnt to take a beating without trying to run like the other omegas did because when Lucie

ne in the Redville pack hated me but Lucien had a special place in his heart for hating me, a part of his mind d

when I blinked. I didn’t expect that but it made Bethel guffaw.

lpha continued to laugh. I wouldn’t fight didn’

want to see her naked?” Skylar boomed from behind u

ng cut off his sof

ved me from humiliation but it made Lucien angry. He forced my head down

wanted me to die and it seemed he wanted it today. The belt came back again with Lucien continuing to squeeze the life out of me

ueezing my neck harder. My wolf whimpered, the

more after that command. I’d become a mess by then. I couldn’t scream. I couldn’t thrash, cou

e table they bent me over. My body slid to the ground whe

sped for air now that I could take as much as I needed while B

’s words came from a distance away, echoing faintly in my ringing ears. “You’re

s loud obnoxious laughter. I curled into myself, tea

er tongue. “She deserves another beating just for bringing up bad memorie

beating. Look at her,” Lucien sneered.

hey make me pay for the sins of my peop

ld I cope with the Alpha’s wrath when it came? I in

d her boot into the side of my head in a h

die’ Were my last though