The Alpha King's Mate

My 18th Birthday

Pov Tessa

This is the week I've been dreading for the last 6 years of my life. At the end of this week, my life was going to become worse than it had been, worse than what it had been for the last 6 years if that was even possible.

I wonder if they had forgotten about it...I pray that they did. The constant s****l abuse, the constant fear of having my body be used as they wanted to do with it. Oh, how my life changed from when I was a child...I was once a princess, told that I would marry the Alpha King, king of all kings, and how I would be his queen one day, but I lost hope of that fairy tale a long time ago.

I hope this week goes fast, and perhaps I can escape my fate by the end of the week.

*****

I slowly opened my eyes, waking up from a restless sleep. I lay on my straw-filled bed, and think back at how I'm grateful that I finally have a real bed, after sleeping on the floor for such a long time, but it makes sense because of me being a maid for now 6 years.

The room itself is small, with a small sliver of a window, and from the little light coming into my room, I could tell that it was very early morning. Good, I still have time before I have to face James, perhaps some miracle would happen and I wouldn't have to face him, although I knew it was very unlikely.

I slowly got up from my bed and walk out of my room and down the servant hallway. We have a mirror in the hall for us to look to see if we are presentable. I look at myself in the mirror, my hair goes halfway down my back, partly matted from not being washed in a long time. I have a film of dirt covering my light skin, making my pale purple eyes look brighter against the darker skin.

I snap out of my trance and notice that other servants are starting to walk around to get ready to start their work for the day. Great, that means that I'll have to go to face James soon... Perhaps he forgot that today is my birthday, at least I can hope he forgot.

In our castle, we have servents that are a mix of omegas and humans, although there are few humans because most of the time they live in the cities, although they will serve werewolves depending on things they've done in the past or because of past things their relatives have done.

I start to make my way towards his room, taking my time walking up the stairs and going down the hall to his room. As I walk up to his door, I pause, standing outside for a minute before I go in. When I walk in, James is sitting on the edge of his bed with his shirt off. A smirk grew on his face as I walked to the fire to tend to it, and he gets out of bed and starts to walk over to me.

"Tessa, why don't you stop doing that and come to me?" He says, and I can feel his alpha aura come out while he was saying it to me.

"Yes, your majesty..." I stop what I'm doing and stand up to face him, and watch as he walks towards me, and I back up not wanting him to be close to me.

"Why are you backing away from me? I would never hurt you...and we have your birthday to celebrate today" He smirked at me again, and I feel disgusting having his hungry eyes on me.

"I don't think there is a lot to celebrate today, may I please just continue to clean your room?" I ask, hoping that I would get out of what I knew was impossible to get away from.

"Yes, there is darling, today is your birthday, and today is the day that we can finally have s*x," he said while walking towards me.

I start to back away towards the door, and I could tell that he was getting angry that I kept backing away from him. I stop when I bump into the door frame, and he closed the space between us.

"I can finally be close to you now my darling," he said as he pinned me against the door frame. He started to lean down, and my heart started to race, and at the moment, I didn't know what to do so I just pushed him off my me and started to run. I could hear him running behind me and calling for me to stop, but it was drowned out by the pounding in my head.

I'm not sure how long I ran for, but by the time I stopped I was deep in the woods and it seemed as though it was later in the day, although I didn't put much thought into it and I just felt myself fall into darkness.

*****

When I wake up, I'm hit with a strong smell of sage and oak wood, and when I open my eyes, I see that people are standing around me, and my eyes only go to one person who stands out. He is almost a head taller than the rest of the people standing around me, he has a muscular build with tan skin, his eyes are a piercing blue and his hair falls in short brown waves. I feel attracted to him in a way I've never felt an attraction before, and I can tell that he feels the same towards me as he starts to make his way over to me.

I look around the group of men around me and hear a gasp from one of them, and then someone said "She...she has purple eyes!"

"Yes...yes she does," the man walking towards me said, when he got to me he leaned down to me and said "Are you okay my darling? Are you hurt?" I look up at him, unable to speak for a moment, and then quietly respond.

"Yes...uh, yes, I think so," I say not meeting his eyes.

"Is it okay if I pick you up?"

I look at him for a moment and then nod my head. He slowly bends down and gently picks me up, and I fit perfectly in his arms and feel myself melt into his chest. I felt a wave of calm come over me, and I close my eyes and fall into a peaceful slumber.

*****

When I start to wake up, I'm surrounded by the scent of sage and oak wood. I open my eyes to find myself in a bed, softer than what I have slept on for years. I look next to me to find the man who carried me last night, who I know is my mate. He smiles at me as I role over to fully look at him.

"Hello my darling, last night we didn't get to fully introduce ourselves, I'm Andrew, but you can call me Drew," he says with a smile.

"Hi, I'm Tessa," I say, smiling back at him and moving to sit closer to him.

"Now, my love, why don't we break the ice with one another, ill start. As you already know, I'm Drew, and I am the king of alphas, and as we also know, we are mates as long as you accept it"

"Of course ill accept it," I say instantly and watch him raise his eyebrow with a smile.

"Well, I'm happy to hear that"

"Now, tell me about yourself, my love"

"Well, as you know my name is Tessa, and I am King Williams adopted daughter"

"You're princess Tessa? But, why are you in omegas cloths my darling?" he asks with a look on concern on his face.

"Its... it's a long story," I say looking away from him, "But, when my father died and my brother became king, he made me a servant because he said I didn't deserve to be a princess. He..he did a lot of things to me that I don't want to talk about" I look up at him when I finish and see anger on his face, and when he sees me looking at him, he smiles down at me again.

"Don't worry my love, I promise you will never have to live through something like that again," he said as he leaned down and kissed my forehead.

I lean into him and snuggle into his chest as he holds me, and then I remember that I must be filthy and try to pull away from him but he stops me.

"I'm so dirty...you probably don't want to hold me," I say to him, looking up.

"It's alright my love, I don't care how dirty you are, I'm just happy to hold you in my arms finally," he said smiling again.

"Why don't we get you a shower, you will feel much better afterward," he said as he started to get out of the giant bed and head towards a door.

"Why don't you wait in here for a moment, and ill go out and get some omegas to get you some clothes for you for when you're done," he said, walking away and leaving me in the bathroom.

I look around and marvel at how grand the bathroom is. It is larger than any we had in my old castle, with a large shower and a bathtub. I walk over to the bathtub, which has a window that looks over a grand garden, and turn on the water and look out the window as the tub starts to fill up. The kingdom here is grand, and I can't wait to be able to explore there.

I look back to the tub and see its almost full, and take off my old dirty outfit that I am happy that ill never have to wear again and step into the hot water, grateful to be able to relax after so many years of having to wash in cold water.