THE ALPHA KING'S OMEGA

Chapter3

The night of the ball arrived and as our car pulled up in the driveway I couldn't help but gape, the place was huge. You call this a pack house?, more like a mansion, no scratch that, a castle, the place literally screamed luxury, and even that seemed like an insult to the exquisiteness of this place. And guess what? This was just the outside. I was in awe of this place, it was at least a hundred times bigger than our pack house back at Silverstone.

"Oh please, would you cover your mouth and stop gaping, don't you dare embarrass our Silverstone pack" Renee's mother, Luna Marie sneered.

I quickly closed my mouth and comported myself, steeling my resolve and putting on the most perfect smile I could muster to her, to which she just rolled her eyes and flipped open her hand fan fanning herself like we weren't in a car running a near twenty-five degrees of coolness from the ac.

Just as we were about to come down, Renee gripped my hand tightly and warned, " Whatever you do, do not provoke someone high ranking, do you hear?, Whatever you do don't involve us the Silverstone pack ... Oh and also make sure you STAY. THE. HELL. OUT. OF. MY .WAY"

'As if, we didn't beg you to bring us along in the first place ' Alayna snorted, but I just nodded calmly outwardly.

Finally, we alighted the vehicle and we walked in through a pair of huge dark brown mahogany doors, with golden handles and the emblem of the Royal moonpack, a golden wolf on either doors. The inside was even more breathless taking than the outside. It was white with.golden pillars and golden chandeliers with bright light reflecting off them. The floor made of material I couldn't quite recognize but it literally screamed quality and I could see my face shining of it, it gave me the feeling like I was walking on gold, it was really exhilarating. The royal stairs was pristine white on both left and right sides with a layer of golden carpet lining the middle and shining gold hand rails, looking like they'd been polished a million times, definitely fit for a king.

In the ballroom, of course we're thousands of wolves in exquisite evening gowns and perfectly tailored suits, various alpha's discussing politics or strategic alliances, the ladies chatting over how much they've accomplished or how remarkable their mates are and their achievements. The grandeur of this place had me in awe, but it also made me realize something: there was very little I'd seen in the world, my life had basically been limited to the Silverstone circle and I'd never really thought about seeing places or going on escapades before but seeing all this my mind was set. I wouldn't give Renee a chance to cage me in the palm of her hands. Instead, I'd shape my own future, I'd never even seen humans before, I'd want to mingle, learn their culture, I'd heard, on their side fancy parties and events like this were a norm. Then and there, I decided that if Renee found her mate, I'd run away, I'd earned my freedom already. With a new-found determination, I raised my head high and made to continue walking when suddenly someone bumped into me, and I fell on my butt, a tray of desserts tumbling down as well. I looked up to see a redhead staring down at me in horror, her big doe eyes welling with tears.

" I'm so so sorry, lemme clean you up... " she said mutters as she quickly took out a napkin from her servers apron and frantically dusted me off as tears spilled down her eyes. I tried to stop her but then she cried even more as she tried to clean me up " woo... Woo... Mum's going to kill me" I'm grateful we're in a deserted part of the hall, hence no one had noticed the commotion but sooner or later they would if they would if she kept on crying, I didn't know what to do so I did the only thing that came t mind. I wiped off some cream that'd spilled on my cheek and licked it.

" this is so good" I couldn't help but moan at the deliciousness. What started off as a way to cheer her up, becoming a source of delight to me, I reached out to my cheek again when I heard her giggle but try to cover it up. She was a cute girl.

" I'm Jasmine" I stretched out my hand for a handshake but instead, she pulls me up and dusts the rest of the crumbs off before saying " I'm not supposed to speak with the guests." " Well, then good thing I'm not really a guest then, I'm just someone forced by a lady to attend with her just so she could terrorize me if she actually finds her mate." I shrugg " oh my god your life is so terrible, I'm Avery" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at how quickly her mood switched from formal to bubbly. She led me through the exit and through some paths till we got to a bench.

" Don't worry we'll be free to talking over here, none of the guests would dare come here, this is the route to the late queen's garden. " she said proudly and I began to doubt my life choices, I was after all still partially a guest, but Avery told me to just relax that everything would be fine. We chatted about our lives, she was best friends with the princess, her mother was the head maid at the palace and the more I heard about her, and how she'd scold the princess and Avery with a stern look I couldn't help cracking up. Wanting to meeting to meet such a wonderful woman in person, I told her about my pack life and she even cussed at them with tears streaming down her face, I couldn't help but laugh at that, I even told her about my crazy idea to run away if Renee got her mate and she said she wholeheartedly supported me, and she could even help.

My night was going great, until alpha Jacob's voice boomed in my head through the mind link asking me back to the hall immediately, so I rushed back to the hall as quickly as I could after exchanging numbers with Avery. But just as I was making my way towards them I accidentally bumped into a elegant-looking girl about my age, causing her drink to spill, a drop landing on her sleeves, she was definitely royalty if her dress said anything.

" I'm so sorry..." I hurried to apologize but was cut off with a slap to my cheek and as if that weren't enough, she splashed all that was left in her glass onto me.

"That's enough Rosalind," a girl stood before me and said but I couldn't register anything else as a searing pain hit me, it felt like a thousand needles were pricking at my skin. My brain throbbing due to the pain. The drink had been laced with wolfsbane, it gave the same effect alcohol gave to humans but it hurt like b***h when it comes with contact with a werewolf's skin, luckily it was mixed, or it would have left a physical scar, the only problem currently was the prickly pains I was feeling and Alayna was not helping matters as she howled something loudly over and over again but I could hear her my brain was buzzing, and not in a good way. It felt like my bones were getting heavier, I struggled to hold my feet. Just then I heard a loud growl, struggling to look up my eyes caught his, his steel grey orbs staring back at him, I only read one word from his lips.. MINE. and then it all clicked. Alayna's words suddenly becoming clear ...MATE... I couldn't celebrate that I'd found my mate or even take a good look at him before the world swirled under my feet and I succumbed to the darkness, but not before feeling something warm wrap around me.?