The Enslaved Luna

The opening of the domed hut opened and the burly guard holding Lily thrust her into the middle of the room along with another girl. Lily stood up tall as she could feel her wolf growling inside her, wishing to kill everyone in the room, but the silver chain on her neck and hands would not let her. She had been captured a few weeks ago and tossed into a wagon with other girls bound for the slave-trade. Suddenly, the guards separated her and another girl into another horse-drawn cart, dressed them in skimpy clothes that barely covered them, and drove them out into the middle of the desert. “Mine!” A tall man sitting in the middle of the room snarled as he stared at her. His long, black lashes did not move as he stared at her. His skin was tanned from many years under the sun and his face sculpted by the shifting sands. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen. A woman with kohl-rimmed eyes next to him reached for him and he immediately pushed her back. Lily’s heart rate quickened as her lips let out an audible gasp. “Mine,” she repeated. This man was her mate and her wolf purred at the scent of incense and apricots. It was intoxicating. The man circled her and took her in every inch of her, greedily licking his lips as lust filled his eyes. He noticed how pale her skin was and how her long hair was the color the whitest sand he had ever seen. Her green, almond-shaped eyes were demure but alluring, while her red lips tempted him to take them at that moment. “What is your name, little mate?” Lily hesitated. “Lily.” He lifted her chin up and looked into her eyes. “I am your master now. You may call me Alpha Omar.” He dropped her chin just as quickly and turned to her captors. “I will take this one. You can take the other one.” The man without one eye took a step closer to Omar. “Alpha, she will be worth more.” Omar growled lowly, but it was enough for all the captors to take a step back. “I will pay you double the money of a regular girl, but if you persist, you won’t have a head left to negotiate.” The man kneeled down on one knee. “Of course, Alpha.” Omar nodded to his men. “Take her, but she is not to be treated like the others! She is my Luna.” Two of the biggest men she had ever seen in her life immediately grabbed her as she tried to plead with her mate. Her mate who had just bought her. The men blindfolded her and placed her on a horse behind one of them. She could feel the fear rising in her as she knew there was nothing she could do. “We’ll be okay,” her wolf, Jade said to her. “I’m so sorry, Jade. This is all my fault. I should have never took that job.” “You had to. You didn’t have a choice. It’s okay. We’ll get out of this.” Lily softened into the back of the man she was riding on. “As long as I have you, I’ll be okay.” When the blindfold came off, she was alone in a room with a canopy bed in the middle. She looked through the drawers of the dresser and in the closet, finding light-weight dresses, and then tried the door and knew there was no way out. She touched the silver collar on her neck and anger filled her. At that moment, he walked in and her heart skipped a beat. “Welcome to my home, Luna, “ he smiled as he walked warily towards her. Lily could feel the mate pull as his scent became intoxicating, but she willed herself to look away. “Am I your Luna or your slave?” “Luna.” “Then why do I not have any freedom? Take this collar off. Let me leave.” He laughed. “Why would I do that? You’re mine by every right there is. The Moon Goddess herself has decreed that we should be together. Who are you to fight that?” Lily balled her hands in anger as she looked directly at him. “I am not yours and I never will be!” He took a step towards her and she found herself in his arms, pressed against his chest. His hands roughly grabbed her buttocks and positioned them towards him as he whispered in her ear. “I could take you right now and that would be my right as your Alpha, your mate, and your master, but I can wait for you.” He let her go and she stumbled backwards, heady from being so close to him. “You do have that other woman that was with you. You’ll be fine.” He sauntered towards the door, but turned around at the last minute. “Isabella? She’s my best girl, but you’ll have to learn to get along with her. You and her will need to keep the rest of the girls in line.” Lily was taken back. “What other girls?” Omar knocked on the door and the guard behind there opened it for him. He smiled as he said “welcome to my harem.”