The Alpha's Abused Mate

THE ROGUE ALPHA'S MATE

Hi everyone

Thanks to every one of you that loved and supported my story and I have decided to do a follow up book centering on Devon and Skylar's daughter, Lycandra. I'm still working on the story line but I have already started on it. I've decided to give you a snippet on what the next book will be about and would love to hear from you in the comments or via email on dlyca04@g*******m.

Thanks again for everyone's support because it was difficult to finish this book with this whole COVID business as well as losing my husband in May this year due to a heart attack, but with the support of my family helping me with our two young kids and the positive feedback from you guys, I was able to push through and complete it.

Enjoy the teaser chapter and please let me know what you think.

Lots of love

Lyca DarkMoon

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LYCANDRA POV.

A howl pierced the air. I feel the warmth of my body leave me to be replace by a block of ice in my stomach. "Stupid, stupid, stupid. What the hell was I thinking?" I chastise myself and force myself to turn and to run, but I stick in place. Run? Run to where? I've been wondering absentmindedly for a while, stewing in my anger and silently cursing the fight inside of my head that I completely ventured of the path.

Another howl pierces the air and this time it was closer and I cursed myself for stalling. Not caring in which way, I dart off in a direction and silently hope and pray that it's the right way just as long as it's away from that threatening noise.

My mind is racing and I barely take note of where I'm going, just as long it's away from that unknown howl. I may not have a wolf but I know every howl of the my pack wolves and that is not one of them. I should have listened to my father, he said that there were rogues in the nearby area but I just...

A snarling noise behind me cuts my train of thought and instinctively I look behind me. I wish I hadn't. Huge glowing eyes were coming at me fast and in a panic and not looking where I was running, my foot got caught on a protruding tree root. I yelp as I feel myself falling forward and I hit the ground, hard, hitting my head on one of the rocks on the forest floor.

Dazed and in pain, but at least I didn't render myself unconscious. For a moment I have no Idea where I am or what I was doing as I lift myself up on shaking arms and knees. A angry snarl behind me makes me whip around to face the threat , but just as quick, I am pinned down onto my back and I scream in pain. My head is spinning and blurring everything around me till the point of wanting to throw up. Squeezing my eyes shut, I force the  feeling down. What's happening? Where am I? I think confusedly to myself and I jerk when something growling, cold and wet nuzzles into my neck.

My eyes jump open in shock to see a huge black wolf on top of me. His hind legs are caging my legs together and one clawed front paws is digging into my shoulder whilst the other is next to my head.

My body fills with dread and a sob escapes my throat as my mind clears and I remember what happened. The party. The fight. Me running off. Rogues in the forest. OH GODS!, I'm going to die here. I whimper in fear as more sobs escape my body and this elicits a growl from the wolf who was sniffing and licking me intensely making me shiver and my skin tingle.

He lifts his big head and icy blue eyes stare into my own and for a moment everything stops. My heart, my breathing, even the noise around me fades away and I gasp as an intense feeling starts building inside of me, almost like a tidal wave pulling me into the sea of his eyes and instead of the fear I was feeling, a calmness washes over me, pulling me towards him like a magnet and my body humming in expectation and heat, but of what I didn't know.

I'm vaguely aware of him shifting on top of me but I watch in awe and admiration as his face morphs in front of my eyes that are still looking into his and I gasp for breath as I gaze at the most handsome man I've ever seen in my life. Yes. A man. There was nothing boyish about him.

He was clearly older than me, but it couldn't be by too much I guess. He had a short black beard that looked as though he hasn't shaved for more than a week and he had a crease between his eyebrows that made me think that he frowned a lot, but at this moment he was looking at me with a strange expression on his face. Not angry, but not happy either.

A dull ache in my shoulder breaks my staring spell and I whimper when I fully register what was going on and this seems to pull him out of it to as he frowns down at me before jumping up from me as though I burned him. The sudden movement, sends a searing pain in my shoulder, making me cry out in pain as my eyes tear up. I hear him growl in annoyance, but it was cut short when more howls pierced the air around the trees and again these were not from my pack.

"W-who are you?" I ask on a whimper of fear, but I only receive a angry throaty growl in reply. I force myself through the pain to sit up and try to get to my feet but my body is visibly shaking. Seeing as he was not attempting to attack me again, I start shuffling backwards whilst keeping eye contact. Fresh fear runs through me as I see him taking a step towards me for every few feet I backpedaled until my back bumped into one of the trees, making me utter out a small cry in pain. 

I catch something shift in his eyes, but it was gone just as fast as another howl pierces the air. Closer this time. My heart jumps in fear. Oh Gods, is he waiting on the rest of them before he starts tearing me apart or or... What is he going to do to me? My mind rushes through of what my dad said about rogues. About how ruthless they are. Taking what they want, especially woman even if they were willing or not and as my thoughts whirl around in my head I fail to notice him that he came closer to me.

I start in fright when he stands directly in front of me and for the first time I realize that he was naked and I blushed furiously through my fear and I quickly look away from him. I turn my gaze onto my aching shoulder and see that there were four long s***h marks cut into it and I whimper in pain again when I try to move some of the torn fabric from the torn skin.

"You're human." I jump at his deep voice, snapping my head back to meet his gaze and I see confusion and anger staring back at me. "What is a human doing on werewolf territory?" He demanded as though I crossed into his own lands. Anger stirs in my chest. I'm so tired of everyone holding it against me for being different.

"That's non of you're business rogue." I snap back before I could stop myself. My anger cutting through my fear for a moment and just as suddenly regret it as he lounges for me. I cry out in pain as he grabs me around the throat and pulls me up to eye level with him, pinning me to the tree. I pant in pain, trying to draw in breath from his tight hold and tears roll down my face. "Look at me!" He demands but I shake my head as best I could. I can hear him snarling at me, but I refuse to open my eyes to look at him and this only makes him angrier and he pulls me towards him a little before slamming my back against the tree, making me cry out in pain, but he slightly loosens his grip.

"I said, look at me MATE!" He demands and growls out on the last word. I feel my body go limp and cold, my eyes snap open to his of their own accord as all breath leaves my body and I swear my heart stopped just then. NO no no no. My mind suddenly spins and a sob escapes my throat as I stare at him in disbelief.

He smirks down evilly at me and a new tremor of fear rakes through my body as more sobs escape me. "NO." I cry out.