Raised For The Alpha

Bonnie

I was sold to the Alpha when I was three years old, raised to be his Luna as the only girl left in the pack.

My family were starving, our pack was poor and my parents had a drug habit. The richest pack was suffering too. The Blood Moon pack hadn’t had a new baby girl born in fourty years. There were no females left to mate with, nobody left to be Luna. At first, they had tried to bury their heads in the sand. They were a lineage of strong warriors and very wealthy. They didn’t want to let other packs know that their downfall would be the soft women they didn’t think they needed. Many thought the Moon Goddess was teaching them a lesson. Only blessing them with baby boys.

They had sought mates through other packs but none of the relationships were fated, they had to be chosen. At first, it went well. The wolves wanted to join their pack, they were honoured. As time went on and they couldn’t conceive baby girls, no more females wanted to join their pack either, leaving an entire generation with no hope of finding their mates. This is where I came into it.

When Alpha Magnus turned eighteen, his parents were desperate to find him a Luna. The story goes that he was forced to mate with a girl his age who didn’t want to. She became pregnant with a boy, Oisin. He had an Irish name after his mother's heritage. The beautiful Luna Aiofe. She was so kind and caring, too good for the Blood Moon Pack. She had died whilst travelling in a storm with Alpha Magnus’ parents. That day, he lost his Luna and his parents. He became the most cruel man to walk the packs. Some claimed he had been taken over by the devil himself.

Nobody was willing to be his Luna. Everyone was terrified, but an Alpha without a Luna meant a weak pack. So he did the most disgusting thing. He bought a three-year-old to be raised as his future Luna. That three-year-old was me. Just the same age as his son. You would think that would mean we would grow up together, play together and be there for one another. It didn’t.

I wasn’t allowed to play as a child. I wasn’t allowed to leave my room. My food was placed outside my room and once per week, one of the maids was able to bathe me and then leave me alone. I was practically a baby, and I was left alone. On my ninth birthday, a maid came into my room. It wasn’t bath day and I thought my luck was changing, only to be told that I would now be a servant. It took a long time to build up my strength to be able to walk around the pack house, I couldn’t lift anything. My muscles were practically non-existent, and my body was in agony before I had managed to finish a room.

By the time I was ten, I was able to clean the pack house, cook, and take care of things. I was terrified of Alpha Magnus. I stayed out of his way as much as possible. I had no memory of what had happened to me or my family, but I knew I had to have parents. I didn’t speak to others so I didn’t ask questions. Many began to believe I was mute. I would listen though, and eventually, that led me to know everything.

When I was eleven, I met Oisin. We knew better than to communicate, so the only bit of interaction we had with each other was a smile shared between us. On my twelfth birthday, we realised we actually shared a birthday. There was a huge celebration for him, for me it meant I needed to work harder. There was more to clean, more to cook in preparation and I would need to stay up late to clean the mess and be up earlier than usual to ensure that the pack house was immaculate and back to normal before anybody awoke.

Five years earlier

I remember staring out of the window, making a birthday wish but I had no candle to blow out. ‘I wish to leave this place.’ I whispered. Not just wishing to the Moon Goddess, but begging anybody else up there who may listen. As I closed my eyes, Oisin placed a cupcake in front of me. He smiled and walked away. I was frozen. If I got caught eating this cupcake then I would be in danger, if I didn’t eat it then I was ungrateful. I looked around slowly and nobody was around. I had never tried a cupcake before.

I quickly devoured the cupcake, savouring every taste as the sensations glided around my mouth and in my head. I had never tasted something so good, it was incredible. Then just like my world came crashing down. It wasn’t just the reality, but I was told I needed to have a meeting with Alpha Magnus.

I tried to walk to his office but I could barely move my legs. My whole body was shaking with terror. I tapped gently on the door before his voice bellowed through the doors. ‘Come in Bonnie.’

I walked in, my whole body trembling with fear. ‘Sit down.’ He said, pointing to a chair in front of his desk. I had to sit in front of him, I was definitely in trouble now. He knew I’d eaten the cupcake. It was all a trick. Tears began to flow down my cheeks and I couldn’t stop them. I didn’t want to die. I hadn’t even tried to escape yet.

‘Bonnie, when you were three. Your drug-addicted parents sold you to me. You have been living here, rent-free, scavenging our food, costing me money to keep you here.’ He said angrily.

He must know about the cupcake. My tears turned into sobs.

‘A Luna does not cry. Stop that at once.’ He bellowed as he stood up, slamming his hand down on his wooden desk. He was so loud that the room shook. I was shocked into silence and his command stopped my tears immediately.

‘You will be my Luna on your eighteenth birthday. I will mark you and we will mate.’ He spat at me. I was trying so hard not to speak. I’d heard how everyone wanted to be a Luna. It was so special, but nobody wanted to be his Luna because he was so evil.

‘You will continue to be raised to be my Luna. I will expect a lot of you. Do not think you’ll be like other Lunas. There will be no tea parties with friends and shopping trips. The only parties you will attend will be where you accommodate me to stand by my side in silence. You will mate with me whenever I want to. You will cook and clean and this pack house will be spotless. There will be no room for error.’

I was twelve.

I didn’t know much about life, let alone mating. He had screamed at me in his office multiple times whilst I froze. It took me a moment before I could pick myself up and leave the office. When I had eventually closed the door, I ran as fast as I could to my room. I was too upset to be scared of the consequences of my actions, even though skipping the party preparations was a huge deal.