The Lycan's Slave

Chapter Two

Sebastian's POV

Disgust and anger rushed through me at the thought of being mated to the person whose aunt connived with her husband; the alpha of the moon-blood pack to kill my parents and had planned to kill me to take over my pack until I wiped every last one of them.

How could the moon goddess do this to me? For years, I had longed to have my mate in my arms but no matter how hard I searched and hoped, it was all futile.

And now that I had decided to pick a mate myself, she sent this slave as my mate. A weakling who wasn't even worthy to stand by my side.

My wolf howled excitedly in my head, fighting ferociously to claim her immediately. Clenching my fists, I shut my eyes tight, struggling internally to keep my wolf at bay.

"Mate," I heard her say softly.

My eyes fluttered open at her words and as they met with her blue ocean eyes, my heart leaped in my chest. I could see the fear in them and I could also see the expectation in them.

As if I was in a trance, I slowly began to stretch my arm towards her but Imelda's voice brought me back to reality causing my arm to stop mid-way.

"Don't you dare Sebastian! Are you really going to accept being mated to a slave? Not just a slave, someone whose family member caused the death of your parents and plotted your death to take over the pack."

Imelda gripped my arm and slowly turned my head towards her. "Are you going to abandon me and your child for that thing?" She continued.

My eyes widened at the news of me being a father and I turned fully to face her, searching her eyes to see if she was joking but the seriousness in them made my eyes lit up.

"I am going to have a pup?" I whispered.

She nodded slowly, a smile spreading across her face. I could feel my wolf's internal struggle as he was torn between accepting his pup and accepting his mate.

Slowly, I turned to face the slave girl. Tears cascaded down her cheeks, as she stared at me with pleading eyes.

"Alpha, I..." She began.

I cut in, interrupting her. "Shut up."

"I, Sebastian Connor, the alpha of the Blackwood, reject you as my mate."

A sharp pain hit my chest, causing me to stagger backward. I watched as the slave girl fell to the ground, tears rushing down her cheeks as she held her chest in pain.

I turned towards Imelda and took her hands in mine. "I chose you to be my Luna because I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and my pup."

"I love you too baby. Thank you," she replied, pulling me into a hug.

A knock sounded on the door causing us to pull apart.

"Come in," Imelda yelled.

A maid walked hurriedly into the room. She immediately fell to her knees, her head hung low and I wondered if she had committed a crime.

"What crime have you committed?" I asked curiously.

"I haven't committed any crime alpha. I am here to inform you that the lycan king is here and he seeks your presence," the maid explained.

I nodded slightly and Imelda dismissed her.

Imelda directed her gaze towards me, a questioning look in her eyes. "Do you still want to do this?"

I raised a brow in confusion, wondering why she was asking me such a question. "Why won't I? We already agreed on this and there is no reason for me to go back on my words."

"I only asked seeing as she's your mate. You might want to keep her now," she said, her eyes filled with tears.

"She is not my mate. You are my mate!"

She bobbed her head slightly with a smile on her lips. "Then let's go and get this over with."

She took my hand in hers and pulled me towards the door. As we got to the door, she halted and turned to the slave girl with a scowl on her face.

"What are you doing? Come with us you fool," she yelled.

With that, she pulled open the door and we made our way toward the meeting room.

We got to the meeting room and met the Lycan king; Alpha Xander sitting with two guards by his side. We walked to where he was seated and with a faux smile on my face, I stretched out my arm for a handshake.

"Welcome. It's an honor having you here," I said.

He glanced at my outstretched arm briefly and directed his eyes back to my face. "I do not see the girl anywhere."

I squeezed my arm tightly, my lips pursed in anger at his arrogance.

How dare he treat me this way in my own pack?

Xander was the lycan king and he has always been an arrogant fool. I hated him with every fibre in me but he had proved himself useful in helping me conquer the pack that was plotting my downfall. So I made a decision to keep him close to me for future purposes despite my strong dislike for him.

Imelda spoke up, breaking my line of thoughts. "She is outside and would join us when needed."

"I came here for her, I need her in here now," Xander said coldly.

With a clap, Imelda ushered the slave girl in.

"Go on your knees before the Lycan king!" Imelda said through gritted teeth and the slave girl immediately obliged.

I directed my gaze towards Xander and found his eyes lingering on the slave girl. His eyes didn't hold the usual coldness they did when he stared at her and I began to wonder what was happening.

When I asked Xander what he wanted after he helped me conquer those miscreants, he had asked for the slave girl. I had tried dissuading him, wanting him to choose something more worthy but he insisted on having her.

I felt happy about the fact that he didn't pick anything that would cost me a lot but I also couldn't help but wonder why her. His actions were suspicious then and even more suspicious now.

A loud thud on the table startled me out of my reverie.

"This is for the girl," one of Xander's guards said, pointing to a bag containing gold on the table.

My eyes widened in surprise and I turned to Imelda to see that she was already staring at me with excitement in her eyes.

"We... We are giving her to you as a gift alpha," I said, surprise evident in my voice.

"I prefer to know that I bought her and that you no longer have any claim over her," he replied, finally directing his gaze towards me.

I bobbed my head slowly, still baffled at his actions.

"Go get him something to drink," Imelda said, unable to hide the excitement in her voice.

"There's no need for that, I'll be leaving with the girl now," Xander said.

"You can leave after the drink alpha. It won't take your time at all," she replied.

She turned to the slave girl and urged. "Go now and be fast about it."

The slave girl hurriedly scurried out of the room and soon returned with the drink for the Xander.

Xander picked up the drink, stood up, and then handed the drink to one of the guards beside him.

He turned to us, his eyes cold as steel. "Next time, only do what I ask."

Imelda rose to her feet. "I'm sorry, I thought..."

He raised his arm in the air, and Imelda clamped her mouth shut. "You talk too much for someone who is not yet Luna."

Imelda shut her eyes tightly at his words and I could tell she was pissed off and trying to control her anger.

He directed his gaze back to his guards. "Bring the girl along."

With that, they began making their way towards the door but a loud thud made them all stop in their tracks.

We directed our gaze to where the sound emanated from and lying there on the floor limply, was the guard whom Xander had given his drink to.