The Enslaved Luna

Chapter 5

Lily had asked Inez to assemble the harem in the courtyard for Lily to address them. She hated the idea of the harem, but she knew there was nothing she could do about it now, so she decided to try to make their lives a little easier while he was there. Lily saw about 30 women sitting outside as she approached them. “Thank you all for coming. I know some of you may find this situation hard to be in, while some are grateful to have a home here, and although we may have our arguments, I want everyone to know that if they need to speak to me, they are welcome to. I am also coming to terms with my place here and I’m not sure if I will ever accept it, but I can at least try to make it a little more pleasant. Is there anything you would like? Anything that I can do?”

Meredith raised her hand and Lily nodded. “I would like to go back to school. I know that’s not possible, but if I can get my hand on books in my field or be able to talk to other like-minded individuals, that would be nice.”

Lily nodded. “I can look into that. Thank you, Meredith. Anyone else?”

A short, quiet girl with long, black hair stepped forward. “I would like to see my mother.”

Lily smiled. “I can bring that up as well. Is there anything that I can do to help you all?”

Another girl with auburn hair spoke up, “I like to do yoga in the morning. Would you like to join me?”

Lily laughed. “I can do that. We can have early morning yoga for those that would like it.”

The group chatter continued on and Lily could feel a few of the girls dropping their guards around her. There wasn’t much she could do in terms of freeing them, but maybe she could offer her solace if needed. It was a situation most of them didn’t want to be in. The girls broke off into groups and Lily found herself walking with Inez, Meredith, and Tanneth in the garden.

“I’m glad you’re here,” Meredith said with a smile on her face.

Lily returned her smile. “I’m glad I’ve found friends among you.”

Tanneth c****d her head. “This can’t be easy for you. Befriending the women that your mate and Alpha are having his way with.”

“Be careful,” Jade warned her.

Lily paused for a moment as her anger subsided. “It’s not ideal and honestly, if I had a choice, I would’ve rejected him, but I know he wouldn’t let me go. He is my mate, but maybe I can make him a better person.”

“Let’s not talk about HIM,” Meredith interjected, “I want to talk about things you could eat if you could have it. I would want chocolate cake. I crave chocolate and we get so little of it, but chocolate cake, I haven’t had that in years.”

Inez perked up. “I would want my mother’s empanadas.”

Tanneth picked a flower and inhaled the scent. “Ice cream. I want ice cream in this Goddess-forsaken place. Honestly, I don’t believe in the Moon Goddess anymore. Someone must’ve killed her.”

Inez was shocked. “Why would you say that?”

Tanneth threw the flower away. “Because if she were alive, how did she allow this hellhole to be our reality?”

Meredith nodded. “I stopped believing in her the day they killed my mate and sold me into slavery. I prayed to her for help, but it must’ve fallen on deaf ears because here I am.”

Lily sighed. “It’s hard to feel her presence in these times. Where are any of the Gods? The God of men, of shifters, of witches and warlocks, and more. Only the fairies escaped unscathed by leaving to Elysium.”

Jade growled. “She’s here. She must be here for me to be here.”

“Then why did she allow this to happen?” Lily responded in her mind link. Jade remained silent. She couldn’t comprehend how a creator could leave her creations in such a bind as this. The war lasted two years and after that, everything had changed for the worse.

Lily parted ways with the girls and sent Inez on a mission to find a book. As she walked back to her room, Isabella and two of her cronies blocked her path to the entrance. Isabella stepped closer to her. “Well, if it isn’t the little Luna who could. Do you think you’re going to come in here and magically change everything? Do you think those girls will actually listen to you? They’re just saying what they want you to hear because you’re going to be the Luna. I know those girls and every single one of them is a back stabber.”

Lily stood her ground. “And why would you care what I do as Luna? I’m not stopping you from scheming your way to the top.”

Isabella laughed. “Like you have ever had do that. I know girls like you. Girls like you grew up with a silver spoon in your mouth and never had to scheme your way out of anything. I bet you never had to work a day in your life before the war. Let me look at your hands.” Isabella lunged for her wrist and grabbed it, pulling her towards her.

Lily regained her composure and tried to wrench her wrist free. “Let go of me, you witch.”

Isabella reached out her other hand to slap Lily, but another hand grabbed it and brought it down. It was one of the eunuchs who wore a mask covering his face. Lily was able to free herself and stepped away. Isabella turned towards the man. “How dare you touch me without the Alpha’s permission. I will have your hand for that!”

The eunuch bowed his head. “I will report to him immediately and tell him what has just transpired and if were to take my hand, that is his will.”

This stunned Isabella and she murmured, “nnoo. You will not do that! You will not speak of this to anyone!” Isabella stomped off in a fury with her friends by her side, leaving Lily alone with the eunuch.

Lily touched her wrist. “Thank you…”

“The name is Javid,” he answered and bowed before her.

Lily smiled. “Thank you Javid. You could’ve gotten into a lot of trouble with the Alpha’s First Mistress for doing that.”

“And yet she is not the Luna. You are. May I accompany you back to your room?”

Lily headed towards the door. “I would be honored, Javid. How long have you been here? I don’t think I’ve seen you before?”

Javid entered after holding the door for her. “I’ve been out on the Alpha’s order and have just recently returned. How are you finding the Sand Dune pack?”

Lily felt she could trust this man with the truth. “Barbaric.”

Javid nodded. “How so?”

Lily shrugged. “We had rights before. Isabella was right. I did come from a privileged home. I never had to struggle, but when I left home, I saw how hard it could be for some even before the war, but at least we were free. Now, so many of us are not free and everyone is struggling to survive. Inez’s parents had to sell her to feed their other daughters. Is this any way to live?”

“That is not my place to say,” Javid said.

***

Tinna and Marquesa left her after a long lunch, where Lily got to know them better. She decided that if she had to be stuck here, she needed alliances and had to start somewhere. They both agreed that women in the pack deserved more rights and were on board with her ideas. As Lily returned to her room, Inez intercepted her and told her Omar wanted to see her. “What is it about?” Lily asked.

Inez kept walking ahead of her. “The Alpha didn’t say. He just said it was an urgent matter.” She led Lily to a room with a very large bed in the middle and mirrors surrounding it. It made her feel very uncomfortable. She didn’t even notice a tiny wisp of a girl sitting on an ottoman. She had blonde hair, pale skin, and looked to be no more than 18. Still a pup. The girl did not look back at them. She looked behind to ask Inez who it was but she was gone and Omar stood in her place.

Omar smiled. “My Luna, I hear you getting yourself acquainted with everyone in the pack and this makes my admiration for you grow. There is another thing you must do and it concerns this girl.”

Lily peered at her. “Who is she?”

Omar shrugged. “I bought her. She is the newest girl and you need to get her ready for me.”

Lily was stunned as her wolf howled in pain. “You can’t possibly make me do that. Please, Alpha, anything but that.”

He held her chin in her hands. “That is precisely why you need to do it. This is another one of your duties and you will do it.”

Lily closed her eyes as tears streamed out. “Never mind what will happen to me, but you’re going to take her against her will?”

Omar laughed. “I would do no such thing. She knows if this is not what she wants, we can drop her off with what she came with in the middle of the desert.”

Lily turned her back on him. “That’s no choice!”

Omar walked until he faced her again. “But it is a choice. You will always have a choice. If you do this for me, I will agree to letting some of the girls leave to see their families.”

Lily’s eyes grew wide. “How did you know about that?”

He laughed once again. “There is nothing that happens in the Sand Dune Pack that I don’t know about. You want others to like you, so I can give you this. Otherwise, I can always say no.”

Lily hated him so much in that moment. How smug he was. The smirk on his handsome face. How his body moved around her and how his scent called to her. This was no way to live. Lily nodded. “I can do it.”

Omar pulled her in and kissed her on the lips and her skin lit on fire as anger coursed through her. Omar left her behind and she took a breath, then walked to the girl. “My name is Lily. What’s yours?”

The girl looked away. “I’m scared.”

Lily sat down at the girl’s feet. “I was, too. This is all scary, but you will be safe here.”

“How do you know that? The last place I was at, they made me a prostitute and I had to sleep with so many men.”

Lily reached for her hand. “I am so sorry. That won’t happen to you, here. It will just be the Alpha if you choose to be in his harem. No one else will touch you.”

“Why are you doing this?” The girl asked.

Lily wiped away a tear. “I was bought as well. I may be his mate, but I have no more rights than you.”

“Laurena. That’s my name,” she said.

“That’s a beautiful name. Would you like a bath?”

The girl nodded and after her bath, Lily combed her hair and plied her with wine to try to ease her nerves. At the same time, she felt as if she were going to die knowing that she was preparing the girl to sleep with her mate. She sat Laurena on the bed and the two talked about the old days when Omar returned. Lily gulped as she saw he had no shirt on as his muscular frame made her want him but also repulsed her at the same time. Lily got off the bed and he kissed her.

He let her go. “That’s a good, little mate. Now run along.” He got onto the bed and Laurena looked at her with fear in her eyes, but Lily choked back a sob and ran from the room, not daring to look back.

Lily made it back into her room and threw herself on her bed, sobbing as tears soaked her pillow. She could feel a part of her heart in anguish as she knew what her mate was doing. The pain was unbearable. This was no way to live. She had to find a way to leave and leave tonight. She wiped her tears and gathered a small sack of food and tools. Luckily, Omar trusted her enough not to have guards stationed at her door, so she could slip away undetected to the horse stables. She picked out an apple from the pail and fed it to one of the horses. She mounted the horse and rode out of the stable under the light of the moon.

She had no idea where she was, but she didn’t care. Lily was going to get out of there one way or another. As she made it out farther, she could hear two large wolves chasing her. She kicked the horse and held tightly to the reins, urging the horse to go as fast as she could. The gray wolf lunged towards her and she managed to escape him, turning as fast as she could. Suddenly, the black wolve tripped her horse and they both came tumbling down. The two men shifted back, tied her up, and brought her back.

The two men dragged her into Omar’s room and dropped her on the floor. He nodded to them and they left without a word. Omar looked down on her and his face looked sinister as the candle light flickered on his face. “What were you thinking, little mate?”

Lily could feel anger and hatred coursing through her. “I was trying to escape.”

Omar chuckled as he stood before her only wearing silk pants. “Did you think you were going to get far? There’s nothing but desert for miles and miles. I think I need to teach you a lesson.” He picked her up from the floor roughly and pushed her into an adjacent room filled with what looked like torture devices. He threw her over a high bench like a rag doll and tied restraints around her middle so she couldn’t move. He took a wooden paddle, lifted up her skirt, and pulled down her underwear. “You leave my no choice, little mate.” His hot hand caresses her bottom before he started hitting her, causing her to cry out. She didn’t want him to know how much it pained her, so she tried not to let out anything other than a whimper.

Omar didn’t stop until her bottom was red. He released her and dropped her on the floor. “Take off your clothes.”

Lily looked away. “No!”

He leaned down towards her. “I like your spunk. I like when you challenge me, but you must learn that you are my property and no one can take you away from me.”

“I hate you!” Lily spat out.

“Good,” he said, then used his Alpha voice, “take off your clothes now!” Lily had no choice but to obey, shedding herself of her dress until she was naked before him. She could see him reacting to her form. Omar took her to what looked like a meat hook mounted to the ceiling and hung her up from there. He took a black whip and tested it out, the loud crack thundering in Lily’s ears. “Now, I want to hear the right answer, or you will see what happens to you. Who am I?”

Lily didn’t know what to say. “Omar.”

Omar whipped her back and she cried out. “It’s Alpha. Now what’s my name?”

“Alpha,” Lily said through gritted teeth.

Omar grabbed her and wrapped her legs around his waist. His scent hit her nose and she was nauseated and smitten all at once. Omar took one of her n*****s into her mouth and sucked on it, making her moan from the pleasure and the pain rippling through her body. “I can smell your wetness, little mate,” he said huskily.

Lily could barely concentrate. “I hate you.”

Omar snickered and placed his hand by her hot entrance, slowly grazing a finger across her. “We’ll see about that.” He entered her abruptly and she moaned as his deft fingers hit just the right spot. He put his member against her, tempting her. “Tell me you want it.”

Lily could barely think straight at this point, somewhere in between delirium and ecstasy. “Yes.”

He pulled her close. “Yes, what?”

“Yes, Alpha,” she said and he put the tip into her, causing her eyes to open wide and her whole body to shake. He slowly entered her inch by arduous inch and she moved with him, clamping her legs onto him.

“I hate you so much,” she whispered into his ear.

He bit her neck. “I hate you so much, what?”

“I hate you so much, Alpha.” He thrust his full length into her and she screamed, holding onto him for dear life.

He took her down and carried her over to where he had paddled her before, laying her with her bottom in the air. He spread her legs and entered her, making her bite her lips and yell out Alpha. Each time she called out his title, he pumped harder into her. As she was about to reach her climax, he placed her on top of him in a sitting position as he held her on the ground. She could no longer separate the pain from the pleasure and rode his length until they both came. She collapsed into his arms.

Omar parted her hair and kissed the top of her head. “You’re mine, now. Don’t forget it.”