Wolfborne

Chapter Two: The Selection

Kayden's POV:

I was lounging in my room in just my trousers reading a book on the history of our pack as my younger brother barged in.

"Kayden come on let's go father and the guards are waiting for us. It's time for the selection".

I rolled my eyes on the mere thought of the stupid tradition. I had managed to convince my father to delay my selection for one year so I could do it with my brother. The real truth to the matter was I hated the selection. It was cruel and pointless, plus it ruined families. The tradition had been going on for hundreds of years since the tainted bloods were created. All son's of alphas and betas were escorted out to the tainted village on thier eighteenth birthday to select one female who was at least eighteen to become thier personal play thing, until the son found his mate. Then it was to thier discretion on if they wanted to keep the female as a mistress.

"Alright alright I'm coming. I will meet you at the carriage" I responded in slight annoyance.

As my brother Kameron rushed to the carriage like a kid on Christmas. I decided I might as well get ready before my father came in after me. I tucked in my long sleeved button down white shirt and pulled on my suspenders. My father would probably strangle me for dressing like commonfolk but I didn't care, I just wanted this to be over with. I looked in the mirror slick my messy hair down with hair grease and a comb before leaving my room to join my family in the car. As I made my way down the stairs I ran into my mother. She was the only person in this world that understood me. She sighed softly at the sight of my unhappiness.

"Mother don't you think we can get father to delay my selection again. I don't want to do this. I'm not a monster."

She stroked my cheek softly and sighed again shaking her head "My love I wish I could convince him to make you not participate in this selection at all but your nineteen years old. We were lucky to be able to delay it for a year. You know how your father is. So try to put on a smile and make your father think your happy about this. You don't even have to meet the girl your going to select just point at a house that your father lists off and the guards will handle the rest."

I know my mother hates when I am unhappy so I decide I will try to cheer up for her not my father. I smile at my mother and tell her I love her before exiting the house and joining my brother in the carriage. I hear my father's grumbly voice boom.

"What took you so long Kayden". I roll my eyes and look out the window ignoring him. My father begins to shout using his alpha voice "I asked you a f*****g question".

I snapped back at him "I was studying in my room before I got ready".

I could feel my father's glare on me as he turned his attention to my younger brother. I watched the scenery pass by as the carriage headed to the tainted village. My brother and father made talk about the tradition as my brother asks fifty million questions about what it's like and how is to have a tainted girl for slave. I clenched my fist in anger hearing thier words. The words slave and tainted blood pounded into my head making my blood boil. How were they inferior to us. They were wolves, members of our great pack but yet we treat them like the scum of the earth. I couldn't understand why.

We finally arrived to tainted village and we all exited the carriage. I looked around in shame that they had to live in these little wooden cabins with tin roofs. While we purebloods lived in exquisite brick manors and mansions. I leaned against the carriage bored as my father listed off all the homes that had eligible females for my brother and I to choose from. I glanced at my brother in disgust as he was bouncing up and down like a child as my father talked. I decided to look around the village to keep my mind busy.

That's when I saw her. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever saw. She wore a beautiful simple dress that was white with little flowers. Her hair was wavy and she wore a flower crown upon her head like a princess. Her scent intoxicated me and made my mind spin. Her eyes caught mine then she ran. As her father called her back to her home quickly. I never thought I would actually participate in the selection but I wanted her. Alayne her name swirled in my head like the most perfect tune.

Alayne's POV:

I hugged my father as I walked into the room with my mother.

"My girl look at you so grown up" he said with tears in his eyes.

"Papa I will always be your little girl don't worry".

He smiled brightly as he tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear. "It's time for you to head to the village center my child" he spoke softly.

I nodded and walked with both my mother and father out to the porch. I smiled looking back at them as I left to meet the other wolves that were to be initiated into the pack as adults. As I walked towards the center, a scent caught my attention it was husky and smelt heavenly. I had never smelt such a thing in my life. It made me feel tipsy and my head spun in circles. I started to look for where the smell was coming from hoping and praying this was a sign from the Moon Goddess herself to lead me to my mate. Then my eyes locked with the most attractive man I ever saw but he was a pure blood. I was confused and my feet locked in place as I stared at him. Until I heard my father's voice ripping me out of my trance begging me to come back to the house. I ran as fast I could to the house to be greeted with my parents faces full of worry and fear.

My mother rushed me inside and ask me in a quick hushed tone as my father guard the front door "Did you take your potion this morning".

It dawned on me that I hadn't. "No momma I forgot. I apologize let me go fetch so I can go to the ceremony ".

I went to go to my room until I froze at the screams of a distant neighbor. I looked at my mother eyes full of fear.

She rushed me to a storage closet and spoke in hushed tones "There's no time for that my child here take my potion and don't come out of this closet no matter you hear".

She shut the door on me with tears streaming down her face. I closed my eyes and drank the potion. I heard our front door bust open as my mother screamed

"I won't let you take my baby! I won't let you take her!"

I heard fighting in the living room and more screams until the screaming stopped. Then I heard rough males voice taunting me to come out of hiding.

"Come out, Come out where ever you are".

I held my breath as he walked past the closet until the door slammed opened.

"There you are you little slut" he screamed as he grabbed my hair dragging me out of my house.

I screamed and wailed in pain not just from him pulling my hair but for my parents who laid lifeless on the floors. I was bound and thrown roughly into a carriage with another female who looked close to my age. She was sobbing and her beautiful brownish blonde hair was a mess. My attention snapped from her as three males got into the carriage with us and to my surprise one of them was the pure blood man from before.