The Rejected Alpha

Revelations

Because even though he watched it all happen, he didn’t have the pleasure of killing his brother and his stupid mate himself, he wanted to enjoy torturing the product of their love. Making her life miserable was his life mission and until he decided to let her go join her parents, there was no other way for her to leave the pack alive. The woman Sabestian married and made his Luna is a little slut. She is very good in bed, but that is all she is about. She could hardly get anything done and so, by proxy, the girl, just living and with no use became the pack’s maid. Mirabel is pretty good at doing chores too. She learned at a very young age and did everything that needed to be done without being told. Almost everybody in the pack has some task for her, it's almost like they all forgot that she used to be the previous alpha's daughter.

They all treated her like a slave and gave her only the dirty and most tedious chores that nobody wanted to do. If she ever felt too weak to do the chores properly or accidentally got out when the others were still moving about or the others caught a whiff of her scent, the consequences would be so dire that she would wish to be dead a thousand times over. She wasn't even allowed to die or kill herself. She had tried and failed already, each time being saved at the last minute, by one of her uncle's lackeys who just happened to be passing by at that very moment. This made her realize that she was being watched even if she couldn't see them. They were making sure she didn't die before they wanted her to. Their task was to see to it that she didn't die easily until Sabestian said so, even if she was alone in her cold and dingy dungeon. She knew in her heart that she was being watched.

*****

The unmated she-wolves were all excited about the coming event because the moon ball is held once every year on a full moon night and everyone is expected to be present except the younger wolves, the pregnant, or the newly mated wolves. It is generally a big event and a chance for all unmated wolves to meet their fated mates and also create and renew alliance between packs. A long time ago, only three packs participated in this tradition, but gradually other packs began to join by showing interest and asking to be invited and thus, stronger alliances were formed in the hopes of eliminating Alpha Aleric of the Howling Moon Pack, as he is getting uncontrollably stronger by absolving smaller packs.

Rumor has it that he recently went to a neighboring pack, beat the alpha to submission, and declared himself the new ruler. This pack, the Blood Moon pack, that he just took over, was one of the biggest and the warriors were known to be fearless and strong, their alpha was the strongest, but Aleric didn't even spend half an hour before conquering and claiming the pack as his own. If a pack member refused to accept him as their new alpha, he just outrightly snapped their necks without giving it much thought. Everyone is afraid of the Howling Moon Pack. They are called savages and Alpha Aleric is the devil incarnate.

*****

Sebastian was just getting ready for his speech on the podium when one of the patrolling wolves, panicked mind-linked him about the uninvited guest getting close and looked like he wanted to invade the ball, although the brave wolf was asking if they should attack him and try to take him down on the spot, while waiting for backup or to just let him through. The problem is, he wasn't even invited to the ball, he was just coming to make trouble for everyone here and, although there were many alphas present, the possibility of winning against Aleric is still close to none, so the best form of attack is offense and defense. Without a moment to waste, Sebastian mind-linked his warrior back to let him through. It is better to let him through than letting him kill thousands of innocent people on his way in. Sebastian was banking on the possibility that he might be able to understand the maniac if they tried to be civil with him. The problem is, there is no reasoning with a psychopath, it is still imperative to try and find out why he wanted to attend their ball.

He hurriedly climbed the podium to warn everyone of the impending danger, since he couldn't mind-link everyone there. He only needed to say four words and everyone panicked. The whole party arena became gloomy and silent as the people awaited their doom, from the unwanted guest who they all knew was only coming to cause trouble. Others were sharing different horror stories about the brutal savage Alpha. Why was he coming and for what purpose? No one knew the answer but they were all about to find out soon. It is a clear fact, however, that wherever Aleric goes, destruction follows in its wake as there's bound to be some sort of argument which always leads to blood baths.

Even though Sebastian liked to think of himself as being strong and powerful, he knew he didn't stand a chance in the presence of real power and, given everything they knew about Aleric, he did things the way he wanted and Sebastian worried that Aleric might try to take over his pack. He just hoped that everything would go according to plan. He contemplated enticing him with a few of the she wolves, but if that failed, then maybe he could end up in bigger trouble. The best plan was to arrange with the other alphas to kill the tyrannical alpha and be rid of him. A slow smile spread across Sebastian's fat grisly face as he thought about how powerful and respected he would be if Aleric were to be killed in his pack. Everyone would respect him. What's more, he would be known and remembered as the alpha of all the packs Aleric ruled over. Now that is the ultimate power.