TWO
804 Words
10 YEARS EARLIER
“Madison come to my office immediately.” My father glared at me in disgust as I pulled the sweater over my head. I jumped in fear and tried to hide myself.
“Oh stop being such a prude. You are a wolf we run naked in the woods sometimes.” He made and noise in his throat and walked away.
His wife and mate Yara walked by my open door and sneered at me.
“You are so fat. How come that diet I put you on is not working? Hurry along mateless.” She cackled and her words cut through me like a knife.
I know why I was so fat, my friend and went to a party and I woke up alone with my clothes torn off me. I was pregnant.
I didn’t tell anyone because I was afraid and ashamed.
Hurrying downstairs I was hit with the sudden overwhelming essence of an Alpha.
Knocking timidly my father’s second opened the door and I saw my father and a young man hunched over his desk.
“She’s here we can get the proceedings started.” I glanced at my father’s second my heart hammering in my ears.
The young man looked up at me and I could see disappointment and disgust on his face.
“I thought you said she was agreeable looking? She looks like a beached whale.” I fidgeted with my greasy hair and stared at my shoes.
“Unfortunately she is pregnant with someone else’s child.” My father’s cold dismissive tone shocked me. His revelation shocked me even more.
“Oh don’t look like a fish gasping for air. Everyone could smell it on you.” My cheeks flamed red and I fell to my knees embarrassment weighing down on me.
“Not only do you want me to marry an ugly, fat pig. You want me to marry a slut too?” The young man’s eyes flared with indignation.
“You already started the contract. You are a young Alpha, and your family is an old pack but we have the money, resources, and territory.” The young man grunted and continued glowering at me.
He made me feel like the smallest thing on the face of the earth.
“I am an Alpha I can cancel the contract.” Anger made the room stifling hot and I gasped as pain rippled through my belly.
Slickness washed down my legs and I cried in pain. Yara walked with a smirk on her face.
“I see the process has begun. Think of it this way Alpha Evan. She may not be whole, she may not be pretty, but she is fertile and that is all that matters.” Another shockwave of pain flared through me.
“She isn’t my mate.” The words stung.
“Oh, I know, this halfling will not have any mates. She is cursed.” Yara nuzzled my father and narrowed her shrewd eyes at my future husband.
“You failed to mention any of this when we first started negotiations.” The wave of power washed over me again.
“Minor details. Evan Farris, I now congratulate you on becoming one of the strongest Alphas on the East Coast with the biggest territory.” My father clapped the young man on the shoulder and smiled which looked more like a grimace.
Another wave of pain washed over me, darkness threatening to overcome me.
“Here is the money promised for the girl. When will she be able to breed again? I need to have a binding ceremony as well.” They were talking about me as if I were not there.
I should be used to being invisible.
The darkness slipped around me as my body ejected the fetus that was growing in my belly.
I was sold to Alpha, the oldest pack on the East Coast.
I was not a virgin on my wedding day, and I was not the Alpha’s mate.
I was a broken and defective Luna.
“Do stop whimpering and get her cleaned up. She should be ready to breed again in a few weeks. As for the binding ceremony, we can have that tonight.” Yara glowered at me as I lay on the floor crying.
Evan had a slight look of concern on his face.
“Are you sure that is wise? She looks like she would barely be able to withstand the binding.” I let out another anguished wail and someone slapped a hand over my mouth.
“Shut up you stupid cow.” Another ripple of pain pushed through me and something rushed from between my legs.
“That is disgusting.” I could hear contempt in Evan’s voice.
That was something I would grow used to.
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