The Ruthless Alpha’s Slave

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Chapter 1

~Skylar~

When I was younger, there were tales of the great beyond that we were told about. We, the children of the pack, used to be seated at a table away from the adults where matters of business were conducted and our caretaker, usually one of the women, was kept in charge of us.

One of them told us about how when we werewolves died, we went straight to a place where there was only nature and enough space for us to frolic in our wolf forms without having to change back to our human forms. It was something that always intrigued me because it sounded too ludicrous to be true.

Now that I was dead, I couldn’t understand why there was nothing like nature around me and I was still in my human form. All I could see were blank walls painted a shade of grey. While I was still trying to understand what was going on, the door that I didn’t even notice swung open and in walked a woman, her face as radiant as the sun.

“Are you the moon goddess?”

My voice came out awestruck as I raised my body up to a sitting position in the strong and hard bed that I found myself laying in. The woman’s expression was weird as she gazed at me. When she didn’t answer me, I looked down at myself, stretching my hands out and trying to notice any differences.

“Am I dead?”

There was still no answer from her.

“Who are you? I’m Skylar”

I offered her a tentative smile hoping that it was going to make the cold look on her face leave in exchange for something warmer and more welcoming.

“I know you, murderer”

It was like someone threw a bucket of cold water over my body as I physically jerked back. What business did the moon goddess have calling me by that degrading title?

“I…”

My throat suddenly went dry, I couldn’t find it in me to produce any more words as I looked down and started fiddling with my fingers.

“That would be enough for now, Greta. You may leave”

Another voice, this one, far more familiar and a lot more welcoming reached my ears. My head snapped up as I laid my eyes on Roy, my boyfriend, if I could still even call him that.

I watched as the woman I thought was the moon goddess, Greta, walked out of the room but not before sending a nasty look in my direction. When the door closed behind her, I turned back to Roy.

“What’s going on?”

He rushed towards me and picked my hands in his, warning my ice cold heart.

“How do you feel?”

His eyes roamed all over me like I was some sick invalid who needed to be watched over very closely.

“What’s happening? Am I dead?”

He shook his head.

“Do you want to be dead?”

What was this, a therapy session where my questions were thrown back at me for the purpose of racking through my brains and coming up with some inane solution?

“What happened, Roy?”

His hands left mine as he ran a hand through his hair and shook his head.

“You tried to kill yourself, Sky. That’s what happened. How could you do that? How could you even think of doing that to people who love and care about you? To me? To your father?”

My nickname that I hadn’t heard in so long made my eyes water because it reminded me of a time where everything was perfect in my life. I had a family who loved and cared about me, a boyfriend who doted on me like I was going to vanish into thin air if he took his eyes off for half of a second and everything I could have ever asked for was within reach but like they said, all good things came to an end and when it came crashing down, I least expected it.

“I didn’t try to kill myself”

My retort was weak as tears fell from my eyes like rain drops onto my hands that were in my laps.

“I know what I saw, Skylar. Do you have any idea how crazy it was to find out that my girlfriend would jump into the lake despite everyone else begging her not to just because she wanted to be free?”

My eyes snapped up to him. Who told him all that?

“What are you saying? No one begged me to do anything. Where did you hear that from?”

He stared at me for so long that I doubted he was even hearing what I was saying.

“Roy, I didn’t try to kill myself. I would never commit suicide”

The memories of when I stopped fighting and just decided to let go left a lot of guilt on my shoulders but in my defence, I never planned on doing anything harmful to myself. I had just gotten tired of how painful every breath had become.

“Those people who told you all that were the ones who tried to kill me”

He c****d his head at me and scoffed before looking around the room like there was someone else with us before looking at me again.

“So you’re trying to tell me that of all the people who’d try to kill you, it’s…”

He broke off just as he was about to say the name of the person that gave him the information and waved his hands at me.

“You know what? It’s of no use”

I wanted to tell him that it was of use to me because then I could know just who it was that hated me so much that they wanted me dead. It was one thing for me to get bullied, it was another for me to be wanted dead.

“You just came out of a traumatic situation, I shouldn’t be rehashing it for you”

“No, please, tell me, I want to know”

Before I was even done speaking, he was already shaking his head.

“You know what you should be doing? You should be getting some rest”

When I wanted to argue, he raised his finger up in the air to silence me, the waves of Alpha command reaching where I was on the bed. I couldn’t even disobey if I wanted to, given that he was the alphas' son and the next in line to become the head of the pack. Our relationship was an expected one given that he was the only child of the Alpha and so, heir of the Bloodmoon pack while I was the only daughter of the Beta of the Blood Moon pack who just happened to be best friends with his father.

“Don’t even think about leaving this room. There’s nothing sharp or pointed that you can use to harm yourself so trying to find any is of no use. You can ring the bell for Greta if you need anything”

He turned to leave and I couldn’t help myself as I breathed the question that I had.

“Where are you going?”

Without turning to face me, he gave me an answer that made me feel like I took a punch to my windpipe.

“I’m going to clear my head away from you. It’s not everyday I get to hear that my girlfriend and the woman I planned on getting married to would rather be dead than ride the storms with me”

Before I could even reply and reiterate that I didn’t plan on committing suicide and even if I did, it had nothing to do with him, he was out the door. The sound of the lock as it clicked into place was like a gunshot going off in my ears, loud and uncomfortable.

Chapter 2

~Skylar~

I didn’t know how long I had been in the room given that I was yet to move from the same position that I sunk to after Roy left. Greta had come in a few times with food, water and change of clothes, giving me the stink eye every time she did.

From her snide comments, I gathered that Roy had been the one to dive into the lake to get me out himself after which he brought me not to the pack house but to a cottage somewhere not too far away from the pack house. I didn’t know a place like it existed and I had not the faintest idea why he thought it best to bring me there.

Since he left, Roy hadn’t come back and it left me going crazy with my thoughts. Thankfully the horrible memories from that night hadn’t come again, leaving my hands bloody. I was still thinking when the door swung open and my eyes moved immediately towards it, hoping that it was going to be Roy but getting disappointed when I saw that it was only Greta with yet another change of clothes in hand.

“Master Roy says that you should change into this and follow me”

My eyes left the door which I was expecting him to walk through and rested in the clothes that she dropped on the bed.

“You should have a shower, you stink”

I looked down at myself before getting to my feet and trudging in the direction that she pointed. I didn’t even know that there was a bathroom here, not like I was going to do anything about it anyway. Stripping off everything I was wearing, I stepped into the shower and scrubbed my body clean. When I was done, I changed into the clothes that she brought in for me and dried my hair with the hand dryer before stepping out to where she was still standing, waiting.

“Let’s go”

I made for the door, ready to go see Roy and get things over with. Though I was nowhere close to being the person I was, I really didn’t want to remain a shadow of myself when it was obviously hurting the only person I had left in my corner. The last thing I wanted to do was push him away.

“Wait”

For someone who was eager to get away from me, she was yet to move a muscle.

“What’s it?”

She pointed towards the covered plate of food that she brought in earlier.

“Master Roy said to make sure that you wiped the plates clean”

I felt a prick in my heart at his thoughtfulness and care even when he was not on the best terms with me. Though my stomach roiled and the thought of eating made me want to puke all the way through Sunday, I didn’t argue but instead, took myself to the seat and plopped into it.

“Every morsel has to be eaten, Miss Sky”

My nickname in her mouth made the fork that was headed to my lips stop midway as I looked at her. I didn’t like it when she called me that because it sounded like she was mocking me but because I didn’t have the mental strength to get into anything with her, I let it go and kept eating though the food tasted like cardboard in my mouth.

“Where’s Roy?”

I asked the moment we were out of the cottage and in the sun, heading towards the pack house.

“You’ll see him soon”

As we walked, I could see a lot of people heading towards the pack house as well and that made me frown. It was almost like everyone was summoned and that wasn’t something that happened often in the Blood Moon pack. Besides, if there was to be a summons, it usually was announced weeks before to allow for schedules to be rearranged so the pack was running without a hitch.

“What’s happening?”

I muttered to Greta when we arrived at where the rest of the pack was. She looked at me like she didn’t know me, sneered at me and then walked away leaving me baffled at her attitude. I decided that it was best I kept to myself because I could already see some pack members giving me the stink eye. I wasn’t ready for another round of bullying or anything like that. The hall where we were gathered in the house was the one usually used for official announcements which was why everyone was agog with excitement because we could only speculate what the announcement was about.

“All bow”

We all bowed to show our respect to the alpha as he walked in with the rest of his cabinet. My father, his beta, was as usual just behind him. As I gazed at my father, I couldn’t recognize him as the man from my childhood. Where smile lines had been were now replaced with frown lines. His eyes that used to look like they were alight with life and joy seemed to be depleted of all forms of life. He even looked like he lost some weight. My heart ached because I knew that it was all because of me.

“Good day, members of the Bloodmoon pack!”

The alpha took the stand making me drag my eyes from my father who was standing beside him as always. The alpha was a man that scared almost everyone just by merely looking at them. It was obvious that he wasn’t interested in frivolities and didn’t waste his time on nonsense which was probably why Bloodmoon pack, though small, was quite prosperous.

“My son, Roy Bloodmoon has gathered us here for a matter of grave importance”

Roy climbed up the stage to meet with his father and mine. While my father stood on the left of the alpha, he stood on the right hand side.

“We know of the unfortunate incidents that have ravaged this pack and left us in a state of shock and pain”

I felt like the ground should have opened up and swallowed me at that moment because of the number of eyes on me while people whispered amongst themselves.

“For us to move on, we have come to a decision as it pertains to the leadership of this pack. As we all know, I am not as vibrant as I used to be. I have one heir here, my son”

He broke off to put his hand on his son's shoulder. Though Roy was a tall man, his father who was a couple inches shorter than him was a very imposing man, all thanks to the muscles and the scowl that never left his face.

“I am officially announcing my retirement as Alpha to this great pack. From today, my son will take over me as Alpha and he will be selecting the woman who will rule this great pack of ours with him”

Chatter immediately broke out as people started to converse amidst themselves in groups, excited about the prospect of a new leadership in the pack.

The alpha moved away and allowed Roy to take the stand. The whole hall fell quiet as they stared at him but his eyes remained on only one person and that was me.

“People of the Blood Moon pack, the woman that I have selected to be with me on this lifelong journey is a woman that I believe possesses all the qualities that a Luna should have…”

As he spoke, I tuned him out because his eyes stayed on mine. It was like we were having a conversation outside everything that he was saying. However, whatever hopes that I didn’t even know I was harbouring were fast dashed to a million and one pieces

Chapter 3

~Skylar~

Hope was the worst out of all positive emotions that existed. I said that because it wasn’t the easiest thing to come by but yet it was so fragile. I couldn’t believe my ears, I watched unseeingly as a woman that I was more familiar with than even my own face hugged my boyfriend or rather ex-boyfriend on stage as he slid his mothers ring onto her finger.

People were muttering around me but this time, it was not for the mistake I made but out of pity. After 4 whole years of being in a relationship with Roy, I couldn’t understand. Just that morning, he had sent over Greta to me and I had thought that he forgave me.

“Skylar…”

I heard Roy’s voice from the speakers, making those who weren’t already looking at me turn towards me.

“That’s enough”

Another voice boomed over the speakers as the microphone was taken from Roy. His father came into focus as I blinked at them.

“Skylar, you really cannot expect my son and heir to this great pack be with you. You’re not the kind of woman that should be Luna. Besides, he’s already expecting a child with Macy so he’s doing the right thing by being with her”

My heart that I thought was already shattered into pieces broke yet again. I looked at Roy who couldn’t meet my eyes and then over to the woman that I called my best friend.

“My boyfriend, Macy? You were seeing him behind my back?”

Macy rolled her eyes as she rested her hand that bore Roy’s ring on her still flat stomach.

“We both know that you never really loved him so stop acting like you did”

I scoffed because I didn’t even know how to react. What was I supposed to do? What was I to say? There was no manual when it came to something like that? To say that I was completely blindsided and would never have expected anything like what was unfolding before my very own eyes was the understatement of the century.

“Roy, aren’t you going to say anything?”

I waited for him to at least apologise but he just kept avoiding my eyes. Macy shimmied closer to him like she wanted to get into his skin given that they were already standing so close. All the time that I spent with the both of them separately ran through my mind and the truth was that never in a million years would I have thought that they would do something half as horrendous as that to me. I trusted them so much with my life that…

“Look, Skylar, we both know that you’re unfit to be a Luna. You can’t even change anymore. You haven’t changed since the incident”

The alpha brought up yet another thing that made me have sleepless nights. Since the incident, my wolf hadn’t made an appearance. I didn’t know if that was meant to be a punishment for me because of my mistake. I didn’t know anything about that and what I was supposed to do.

“You should leave. There’s no place for you here anymore”

I had thought my threshold for surprises had been reached but apparently, there was still space for more.

“Leave?”

The alpha nodded and ran a hand down his jaw, through the growing stubble there.

“If you can’t change into your wolf, then it means that you can’t stay among us because you’re no longer a wolf. It’s possible that the moon goddess has taken her away as punishment for your sins”

As the words left his lips with little or no emotion, I could only look at my father who was nodding as he agreed with everything that was being said.

“But where would I go? I don’t know anywhere else but here”

Yes, I may have crossed the pack limits once or twice but that was always supervised. In my 21 years of living, I had never ventured out of pack grounds by myself and now they wanted me to just leave? After taking away my father, best friend and boyfriend in the blink of an eye?

“I don’t care where you go. You have 2 hours to gather whatever is important to you and get off my property. You’re no longer a part of this pack. You’ve been banished, Skylar”

Like my life was of no importance at all, he walked away from me, my father following suit.

“Dad”

He didn’t turn back as I called out to him again and again. Once the alpha was gone, people started waking away as well, but not without sending looks of pity and other emotions that I didn’t plan on deciphering my way.

“Roy…”

I turned to the only person that I felt could still help to change the tides in my favour but before I could get to him, I was stopped by the guards stepping in the way.

“Roy…”

He didn’t pay me any heed, not even to render an apology or tell them to let me get through to where he was standing. He just kept looking at me.

“Roy…”

He ran a hand through his hair and turned to leave as well. Just before he did so, he stopped in his tracks.

“You should leave without a fight, Skylar. Don’t make them use force on you”

After 4 years of being with him, those were the only words that he seemed fit to say and he couldn’t even say them to my face. I watched as he walked away, leaving the woman that I once viewed as a sister from another mother behind.

“Skylar, Skylar, Skylar, oh how the mighty have fallen”

The guards in front of me stepped away when she came closer to me. I didn’t say anything, my eyes drawn to her hand where the ring that was meant to be mine lay on her finger just resting on a pregnancy that I was supposed to be carrying for Roy.

“Too bad that you had to find out about our love that way”

She chuckled as she smirked at me.

“Do you hate me that much, Macy?”

I couldn’t believe how someone that used to be so sweet to me could have turned against me in such a manner. She wasn’t just my best friend, that was too little a word to describe how I saw her. She was my sister, the only issue was that my mother wasn’t able to conceive her so another woman who happened to be her mother did it instead. That was how much I loved and trusted her.

“The hatred I have for you is what keeps my heart pumping blood, sister”

She sidled up closer to me and put her mouth just in the shell of my ear to whisper.

“You should have just died and saved yourself the hassle when I shoved you in the lake the other evening”

My knees buckled and I fell to the ground at the realisation that she was the familiar voice that I couldn’t pick out clearly because of how muddled my head was. She took a step back, smirked at me and then turned to the guards.

“Drag her out of the pack, she has no place here”

As I was hoisted up by them, all I could think of was the searing pain in my chest that made it difficult to breathe and how almost drowning in that lake wasn’t as painful as what I was feeling.

Chapter 4

~Skylar~

As they dragged me out, all the fight was gone in me. All I wanted to do was fall to the ground and become one with the earth but even that little request of mine couldn’t be granted.

“Stop!”

A powerful voice rooted the guards to the spot. Even in my despondent state, I could feel the waves of power rolling off the familiar voice and that made me open my eyes, hope that someone had finally come to my aid surging in my veins violently.

“Father”

I breathed out in relief when I saw the shoes that stepped into my line of vision. With a small smile, I raised my head up to look at him.

“Beta”

The guards bowed to my father, acknowledging his presence and proving that I wasn’t seeing things. It was surprising that my father had come to stop the humiliation that I was being put through because that meant him going against his friend and alpha.

“Father?”

However, the smile that I was sporting fell when I realized that the look on his face wasn’t one of concern or love but of what seemed to be hate.

“Don’t call me that, I am not your father!”

I blinked at him stupidly once and then twice wondering if I was suddenly hallucinating.

“You are not my child and you’ll never be. There’s no way you could have come out of my loins. You’re a bastard”

I kept blinking at him not actually understanding what he was saying. What did he mean that he wasn’t my father and I was a bastard?

“Father?”

My voice sounded really broken and if I didn’t feel my chords vibrate as they produced the word, I wouldn’t have thought that it was mine.

He stepped away from me and narrowed his eyes at me before clearing his throat and spitting in my face. The phlegm from his throat landed on my left cheek and I felt it’s movement as gravity dragged it downwards in a slow and irritating manner.

“I am not your father and I will never be”

My heart completely shattered without my even realising it as I was in such a great state of shock, I watched as he gave me his back and walked away, not looking back even once.

The guards seized my hands tighter and continued hailing me out of the pack but I didn’t take cognizance of whatever they were doing. They could very well have torn my clothes off and I would still have been staring blankly at them.

“b***h, don’t you ever come back”

One of them snapped at me before spitting on the ground beside where they threw me to far away from the pack borders.

“Too bad you’re so unattractive. I’d have had some fun with you”

I didn’t know whether I was to feel bad that they found me so unattractive that they didn’t even want to take advantage of me or if I was meant to be feeling relieved that they found me unattractive enough to leave me alone.

“If you actually look at her, you’ll see that she’s not that unattractive”

They more or less started arguing between themselves whether I was what they said I was but all I could think about was sleeping and never waking up again. I closed my eyes and hoped to block everything out but hands on my body made me snap them open.

“Calm down”

The face of the guard above me was not as comforting as he probably thought it was. I felt his hands as they cupped my breasts through my shirt, his fingers rubbing them.

“Please”

His eyes widened and he looked back at his companion who was already looking at me with disgust just before he shook his head and walked away, leaving me to a fate that I didn’t know how I was going to get out of.

“She’s already begging for it”

He let out a laugh before trailing his hands down to my trousers. I tried to clamp my legs together so that he couldn’t do whatever it was that he planned to but he was way stronger than me.

He overpowered me and with one hand, grabbed my thighs and spread them apart before placing his knee in between them to stop me from clamping them s**t again.

To stop my attempts at pushing him off me, he pinned my hands above my head with a hand.

“Just be a good girl and give me what you’ve been giving him”

I didn’t know who he was talking about but I knew that I wasn’t going to allow him do whatever he wanted to me. Even with my hands pinned above my head, I kept flailing about, trying to push him off with my body.

With his free hand, he slapped me right across the face.

“Stop acting like a child!”

His hand trailed down my top again and instead of just groping as he was doing before, he dragged the neckline down so that it tore. I heard the tear as the seams gave way, the sound loud despite the roaring of blood in my ears.

“No, no”

He smiled up at me, his eyes beady and sweat already accumulating on his forehead. As his eyes trailed down my breasts that were held in place by my bralette, he licked his lips.

He moved his hands over them before he seized one so tightly that I felt the pain at the back of my skull. I let out a cry, tears already overflowing from my eyes.

“You bad girl, you’re even enjoying it

He squeezed tighter which made me buck my hips instinctively and try to push him away but instead of that having the effect I hoped, it only made him crazier.It made him wild.