Slave No More: The Alpha's Broken Luna

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was the only servant on the estate. Everyone called for me whenever they needed something, and they

force that my vision blurred. I made no sound. Years of suffering through this treatment had taught me one rule

," he spat. "You were told to clean the

urage to smash it against his skull, my day might have been somewhat pleasant. However, I restrained myself. He was much s

ha Darek. Do you even understand how impo

ed to force an answer from me so he could use it as an excuse to puni

was too insignificant to pay attention. From what I had gathered, he was ruthless and feared b

largest pack in the world," K

ur pack, and we had never provoked a war. I could

nails sank painfully into my thin skin. He spun me around a

," he muttered be

d against the heavy wood. The room was already spotless. Every pen remained in its proper pla

rned eighteen. Four years had passed since then, yet I remained there as a slave in my own home. I handled the hardest and most thankless chores

s throat, and my b

ed a man sitting in a wingback chair in the corner of the room. One ankle rested casually across his knee, and he held a g

bled backward until my spine struck the do

Alpha?" he asked. Dark amus

I hurried to my feet. "I.

wer rolling off him even without my wolf. He didn't int

e he

. A hard lump formed in my throat. Alpha T

the man could see me clearly. Instinct took over, an

l scent. You're a s

w he would react. Most people laughed

growled. "I'm not i

I whi

my mind. It might be the whip, or they might lea

rent? How did you fail to sense

..

that q

don't have

glass and slow

kind of humiliation I dreaded every time. No one had ever cared enough to listen to my side of the story.

to someone," he continued. "Avoiding someone's

is voice sent a shi

used on the floor. I would never have dar

s sealed,"

d her twice. However, a man like him w

his glass on the side table. The weight

anyone do t

impress, I could destroy the entire alliance

a puni

al the entire truth,

ther anger had seized him or whether my punishmen

or flew open

re you doing in my offi

the man with t

ster disturbed y

blood. The man before m

is hand to hit me. I shut my eyes

do that if

pha Darek's voice as it c

risen from his chair and locked his larg

s intimidating. A calm but frightening power

name sent an odd jolt through me. "You weren't waiting at the door to welcome me as requested, but

le part of

e sense to me. He had no reas

ould punish me for this later. Before that happened, I would

ucted through his tightly controlled

the room. I wanted nothing to do w

out softly when I ent

toward me at once. I had dared to s

Darek in the office," I said in a

gainst the table and stormed

u to fetch me. If he hadn't, I would'v

fingers tightened around the strands. His heated breath touched my ear. Not a single word left his mouth. He didn't need to say

from the office as I could manage. However, that short break soon ended. B

ed my face to look empty and ob

e and some glasses. We ha

and the crystal flutes. As soon as I returned to the office, Alpha Darek's steady gaze followed everything I

he bottle to fill the glasses. Before I managed to pour anythi

serve m

istake would earn me another beating. I should have moved more quickly. I

d the moment I saw Toren st

your sister?" Al

ed, making little effo

ttention away from me and

her as if she's

t rigid. Being challenged always angered him, espe

ting me, and drawing my blood. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. My body remained locked in place while every par

r parents' death

e I struggled to hold

arek asked. His low voice su

e them w