Torn Between Two Alphas

The sound of Alex's voice thundered across the clearing, making Nora's heart skip a beat "I reject you as my mate!" he bellowed, his voice booming across the trees.

Nora's breathing hitched, her chest heaving as she struggled to process the rejection. Her eyes welled up with tears, but she refused to let them fall.

Alex's fists clenched, his knuckles white with rage. He tried to speak, but the words got caught in his throat, choked by the anger building up inside. "I'll never be bonded to someone who killed my mother!" he roared.

Nora's hands trembling as she reached out to him, clutching his leg tight to appeal to his conscience. Her voice was barely a whisper.

"A..lex, I didn't do it. I swear that I had nothing to do with your mother's death, but Alex was not listening. He lifted his hand to silence her speech. "You're a liar!" he exclaimed, his eyes filled with hatred. "You're a cold-hearted killer."

"You evil girl, you dare open your mouth to speak? Eve, her step-sister, ran towards her, dragging her by Alex's legs. She could see the cheeky sneer on her face; she didn't need anyone to tell her that she was the cause of her anguish. She lay slumped on the dusty dirt of the Zodak pack's assembly, her tears soaking the soil as her heart splintered into a million pieces. The sting of Alex's words replayed in her ears, and the sour taste of betrayal entered her tongue.

"Alpha Alex, the man who quotes all the phrases of love to her tiny eyes, looks at her with such hatred."

Her mind reeled at the cruel twist of fate. His rejection burned through her soul like fire.

"Today, before everyone in the Zodak pack, I renounce Nora as my mate and Luna. I formally declare Eve to be my Luna.

"Alex, no. "Her heart felt like it had been shattered into a million pieces; she felt like she was drowning in a sea of despair." You can't do this to me. With his final sentence, her father stepped out of the crowd."Since it is a law in the Zodak pack that any female wolf whose mate rejects for committing an atrocity must be taken as a maid." I, therefore, send Nora Roland as Maid into Eve and Alex's home to help them deal with the commotion. Her father's voice was the last nail in the coffin. Being degraded to a maid at the home of her biggest betrayer was a humiliation she never expected to suffer."No, Father, I will never enter Eve's home as a maid."Enough," Alex hissed, stepping forward. His piercing stare met mine for a brief period, and I looked hard for a peek of the love that had once been there. But all I found was cold indifference.

"You heard your father's decree. You belong to us now. Accept your fate."

Her hands trembled, and her pulse raced as her eyes wide and breath shallow."No Alex," I screamed. "I did nothing to merit this!

"Alex's lip curved in scorn, and he turned on his heel without another word.