Chapter 1

“As all the girls are seventeen years old now, we’ll study about mating rituals. This subject will be compulsory to pass for your graduation degree. Fail in this subject will be considered an overall fail.”

Old Fiona’s announcement in the first period excited the whole class. Young she-wolves were now allowed to talk about their mates openly. Every girl was blushing and whispering during the first lecture, even omegas were dreaming about the miracle of mate. Then it came down to Chloe Parker, a Wolf-less omega. She listened to the entire class attentively, reaching to the conclusion that having a mate will only increase the number of rules in her overly disciplined servant life.

“I am better without a mate. What will he do for me? Molding me according to his wishes. No, thanks!”

After college, she went to the pack house for her full time slave duty. Chloe was an orphan which was abandoned by her parents when she was just an infant. The only thing left with her was a necklace, a blue stone on a gold chain, wrapped around her hand. Luna Lily Lawrence found her on the pack borders and decided to foster her as she can be a free slave in the future.

Chloe was working as long as she remembered about her life. Two meals of leftovers and a roof to the head was more than enough in Luna’s eyes. And she was also thankful for this, no wonder if she would be a sex slave or a rogue without Luna’s mercy for her.

Being weak and homeless, she was an easy target for bullies. Often she had black eye or burn marks due to the utter affection of strong wolves. Head of the bully’s group were Alpha’s twins: Noah and Stark. They were also her age fellow, but they studied in separate class as per pack rules.

She was the main source of entertainment for them, her long blonde hair was fun to pull and paint with anything they see fit. She started tying them in a bun, but still, they found creative ways to ruin them.

Messing up their room right after cleaning was their second favorite hobby. Chloe had to endure three days of starving just because Luna saw their bedsheet stained with juice.

One midnight, she was scrubbing busy in scrubbing the kitchen’s floor when Noah kicked her from behind, and Stark emptied the dirty water basket over her. She ran towards the servants' bathroom, their mad laughter was following her. Chloe got rid of her clothes and stood under the running water, crying silently.

“She looks so gross, brother, her mate going to puke after seeing her body.”

Chloe was electrocuted with the audacity of Alpha twins to barge into the locked bathroom. She sat down immediately, curling up while covering herself with her long hair, as her clothes were in Noah’s grip.

“Hey, don’t look at us accusingly. It’s our place, we can go anywhere we want.”

Stark flashed the master keys, which they got on their birthday. So, it was their new trick to stalk her everywhere.

Then he threw her dress, leaving dejectedly.

“There’s no fun brother, I am feeling nauseated too. Let’s go see our girlfriend.”

After this humiliation, for the first time, she prayed for her mate. The one who’ll protect her from indignity and mortification. No matter how strict he would be, at least she’ll be safe under his rule.

The next six months spent in hopes and begging, she also saved some coins to buy a pretty dress to wear for the mating ball. Chloe wanted to look presentable for him, minimizing the possibilities of getting rejected. She was ready to live as a mistress, in case her mate had a girlfriend before.

Finally, the day came and, like every year, Alpha Jackson announced for the mating ball. All unmated wolves were enthusiastic to participate in it, markets were loaded with new stock for sale. Chloe bought a nice blue dress from a thrift store and went to the ball as a contestant, not a server.

Mating ball was held on 31st December, it was still some hours before her 18th birthday (according to Luna) so she picked up a glass and stood in the corner to observe everything. Her green eyes were shining with anticipation, she was playing with her braided hair and her necklace, fearing from Alpha twins who were dancing and drinking with beautiful she-wolves.

Chloe was relaxed that they didn’t have any time for her, and looked at her classmates who had found their mates. As their pack had over thirty thousand pack members, this ball was the only source of meeting as she couldn’t go to every corner of the pack daily.

The clock struck twelve, and she inhaled deeply, trying to scent the different wolves around her. She was told that after 18th birthday, omegas can smell like common wolves, but that was not her case. Her senses were not heightened, she was still the same human as omega, standing alone in the crowd.

As the party will end after sunrise, she comforted herself that she just needed to be patient, her mate will definitely scent her. She kept her eyes on all the omega boys, who were picking their partners gradually. In the midst of her quest, the pack’s gamma, who was happily mated with two kids, identified her classmates Julia as his second mate. Indeed, the Goddess was happy tonight.

Sudden roars of celebrations caught her attention when the Alpha twins found their mate. Emma was the most gorgeous unmated She-wolf in the pack, so the two years age gap between them didn’t ruin their eagerness. They marked her, simultaneously shifting to mate at the spot. The whole crowd circled them while cheering for their union.

As Chloe didn’t have a wolf, she was unable to feel the emotions behind this kind of mating. She went back to her mission, leaving her scent outside the hall for her mate. She wondered about the pack doctor’s evaluation, who confirmed that she is a wolf born. Then what kind of wolf was she? Is there some lower level apart from omegas whom she belonged to?

With every passing second, she was getting desperate for her soulmate, wandering through empty streets. At every turn, her heart thumped with the possibility of seeing her mate there. But when the sun rose from the east, she accepted her defeat. Her eyes brimmed with tears that just like her parents abandoned her, the Goddess also cursed her to stay alone. She was unable to comprehend that what she did wrong to piss off the heaven in such a way that it wasn’t willing to give her one chance for happiness?

With lots of complaints in her heart, she came back to work, cooking for a feast as it was the first breakfast of newly mated Alpha couple. She was sure to be mocked for her loneliness, so she braced herself for further misery.