The Alpha’s Surprising Mate

I can hear the screams of my pack. My father, the Alpha was yelling for everyone to run as he and our pack warriors tried to fight off the attack that was occurring. I was only 10 at the time. My mother grabbed me and pulled me over to my Aunt Christine and told me to stay with her and my cousins as she ran to help my father battle. That was the last time I ever saw my parents. My aunt, cousins and I ran for our lives but were soon stopped by warriors of the other pack. My aunt used her body to shield my cousins and I from the warriors but unfortunately she was killed before our eyes. As the Alpha’s daughter I was stronger than most children my age and had been training to fight since I could walk. I had not yet received my wolf but I knew I needed to try and protect us. I grabbed a stick from the ground beside me and launched at one of the men as they tried to grab my younger cousin Annalise while her younger brother Caspian cowered on the ground. I quickly stabbed him in the neck with the stick and watched as his face paled and blood spurted out. He quickly covered his wound with his hand and launched himself at me. I dodge his attack easily as I am very small compared to him. I strike again and dig the stick as far as I can into his thigh to try and slow him down. There were 2 other men there and they attempted to get to me as well but I easily dodged them. It wasn’t until one of them managed to grab Caspian and Annalise by the throat that I stopped. “Let them go!” I screamed. “I will kill each and every one of you if you hurt them.” “You don’t have a choice, you little brat. You’re lucky we don’t kill you now after the s**t you pulled.” One of the men snarled back. I tried to lunge at him to get my cousins away but was struck in the head and everything went black. I gasp awake from the nightmare that has haunted me for nearly 8 years. I haven’t seen my cousins since. I don’t even know if they are still alive. I was brought back to the enemy pack, and forced to be a slave. I knew there was no way I would be able to fall back to sleep so I sit up and look around at the cramped room I shared with two other women. They thankfully were still fast asleep. They aren’t very friendly and hated when I would wake them and would yell at me and sometimes hit me. I get out of bed and quickly get dressed and quietly go out of the room and to the kitchen where I started baking for the day. It was 3AM but it’s the best way to pass time. I make all different kinds of muffins and pastries and breads. By the time 5AM rolls around the other slaves make their way into the kitchen to start preparing breakfast for the pack of nearly 300. Today was different however. There were some people from another pack visiting because Alpha Monroe, said that he was selling some of the slaves to the other pack because he had too many and didn’t want to pay to keep feeding them. We were all very nervous because we didn’t know what to expect. We didn’t know what the new pack was called or where they were located or how we would be treated. At least at our current pack, Blood Moon Pack, we knew were we stood. The slaves were the lowest of the low and we would be beaten if we did something wrong or even looked at any of the higher ranked wolves. We were to stay invisible and out of the way. After breakfast was finished I was cleaning all the plates off the tables and bringing them into the kitchen to wash them when I was summoned by a guard. “You, servant girl. The alpha has requested your presence. You are to follow me at once.” My heart started to race and my palms began to sweat. I quickly put the dishes I was carrying down and followed behind the guard with my head down. My mind racing and being unable to regulate my breathing. We got to the alpha’s office and the guard knocked on the door before hearing Alpha Munroe’s voice telling us to come in. His office was large and nicely decorated. I glanced up and saw him sitting at his desk with his Luna Persephone at his side. I quickly looked back down before they noticed or I would be beaten. “Thank you, Xavier, you can stand outside and I will let you know when to come back in.” Alpha Munroe said to the guard. The guard nodded and stepped outside of the room. “You, servant girl. You may look at me as we have some matters to discuss.” I reluctantly looked up to the Alpha and fight to maintain eye contact, scared that at any moment he could snap and attack me. “I will make this short and to the point. You are being sold along with 10 other slaves to the Blue Moon Pack. Once you are finished here you will return to your room and get whatever belongings you have obtained over the years and meet at the front of the pack house where you will be taken to your new pack.” Fear gripped me at the thought of the unknown, especially because anyone who is anyone knows how back that packs reputation is. I am unable to respond so I nodded my head and then was dismissed. The guard, Xavier, escorted me back to my room and waiting while I quickly packed the 3 tattered outfits I owned into a plastic bag he had provided me with. Once at the front of the pack I saw some other slaves who had come to wait to be transported. I recognized a couple of them from the kitchen but the others were not familiar. After a short period of time there was a bus that came and picked us up. I heard the driver telling one of the guards that it would be about a 4-5 hour drive.