CHAPTER 01 Lillian's Despair

~Lillian's Pov~

"Lillian!"

It was getting colder outside, my head was burning, and my throat felt sore. I couldn't hardly move an inch from the bed, I had the worn-out blanket over my body and stared weakly at the broken window in my room that's like a walk-in closet.

The banging on the door came in, the moment I tried to shut my eyes for just a while.

I groaned and swallowed hard.

"Lillian! It's morning! Can you tell me what you're doing there and why I haven't gotten my morning coffee?"

Slowly, I lifted myself from the bed, and the wooden door creaked open.

"You heard me calling didn't you?"The strident voice asked and scrunched her nose in disgust. She was standing tall in the blue flora dress, with her slender figure, and a small face.

"Luna, I want to take a leave from work this morning. I don't think—"

Her brown eyes stared dagger at me, and she didn't let me complete my words before she pulled me up from the bed with a hand on my dress, and pushed me to the ground.

"What? You lowlife!"

I clamped my mouth shut and swallowed fearfully.

"Luna Sarah..."

"Don't ever call my name with that filthy mouth of yours!"

I'm unwell..."I mumbled weakly.

"Whose gonna do all the work? And make breakfast? Get to work now! Nick will be leaving for school, and the Alpha will be back soon!"She scolded, glaring at me.

"I can't..."

She chuckled and folded her arms.

"You're sly, Lillian. You're just pretending to be sick so you can get sympathy from the Alpha.

You're nothing good, but worthless."She marched towards me, held the hem of my dress, and pushed me outside the room. "Is this your tactic to let my husband look at you?"Her grip tightened on my dress, she slammed my back on the wall.

The pain shot through my shoulders, and I sunk my teeth on my lower lip.

"You're shameless!"She spat.

"To the kitchen!"

"Please, Luna Sarah, I..."I tried to plead but she won't listen to me. She pushed me towards the kitchen.

"I want my coffee, and breakfast served in ten minutes!"She hissed and strutted out of the kitchen, I adjusted the hem of my dress from falling off my shoulders and sniffed.

I don't know how long I'm gonna survive in the Nightstalkers Pack if I don't find my mate. It has been my wish to find my mate and my family when I turn eighteen.

My body shivered as I turned on the gas.

I have been misunderstood by Sarah, nothing I do seems to please it. She has already decided to hate me despite all my efforts, I have been bearing her wrath since childhood.

I was seven when I came to Nightstalker's Pack, and I had no memories of my past.

I have stopped trying to explain to her that her husband, the Alpha of our Pack, Nightstalker, Alpha Jenkins Johnson was forcing himself on me. She chose to believe that I was seducing him, and not him trying to get through my panties.

I ran my tongue over my dried lips, and started working in the kitchen. I made Sarah's coffee and went to her bedroom to serve her, and came back downstairs to the kitchen area to prepare breakfast.

After an hour, I was done preparing breakfast and decided to take my apron and rest for a while.

I exhaled and placed my elbow on the cabinet. I froze when I felt a hand wrapped around me from behind. I didn't hear the door of the kitchen open, or his feet on the ground.

I struggled to get his hands off me but his grip only tightened around my waist, as he pulled me closer to his lower body.

"Don't do anything..."His hoarse voice whispered beside my ears. "You don't want me to report you to my mom, do you?"I could feel his breath on my neck, and my hands dropped to the side.

I closed my eyes, and just let him press his groin behind me.

"Ssh."He whispered.

My fingers curled into my palm and said nothing. Nick was a year older than me, though he hadn't found his mate yet, and he didn't seem to be bothered about it.

He spun me around when he noticed I didn't react or push him away from me.

His brown eyes scanned my face for answers.

His eyes darkened at my indifference, he placed his hands at the side of my shoulders. "What's wrong with you?"He snarled. I stared at his dark hair, down to his narrow face, he was about six feet two slightly taller than his father.

"What do you mean?"I asked flatly.

He scoffed and let go of my shoulders. He turned his back to me and ran a finger through his hair.

"Why are you acting like I do not affect you?!"He flared up, I flinched at the sound of his voice.

He looked over his shoulders and glared at me. "Have you become a slut now?"

I shook my head, couldn't he see that I was sick, his touch irritated me.

"Can't you talk! Answer me when I'm talking to you!"He shouted and swept off the breakfast I had made off the island in the kitchen to the floor.

"Nick!"My voice came out faintly. My legs wobbled as I tried to move toward him.

He kept on scattering everything in the kitchen, even the coffee I had made for the Alpha because he likes having his coffee with his breakfast.

I forced my way to him, and pushed him off, screaming. "Stop!"

He screeched to the side of the door and regained his balance quickly.

"Did you just push me?"He pokes a finger on his chest.

I blinked my eyes at him and fiddled with my dress. I spent more than an hour preparing breakfast and cleaning the kitchen because I was sick, but he came and destroyed everything I was preparing for hours.

He smirked and stood erect with his hands planted on his hips. "I didn't expect that from you. Lillian."

I took a step back when he approached me, I couldn't move further when my back hit the wall.

He stood in front of me and lifted my chin with a finger. I could tell he was angry with the dangerous look in his eyes. "That was unusual."He commented with a soft chuckle. He lowered his head to my face, and I swallowed the lump in my throat. "It excites me."He smirked and let go of my chin, he picked up his bag, I didn't know he dropped them earlier and flung them over his shoulders.

"Tell mom, I have gone to school."He winked and sauntered out of the kitchen.

I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding and crouched to the ground, I buried my face in my palm and cried.

Nick's was just an imitation of his father, Alpha Jenkins. It was worse with his father that I wasn't regarded in the pack house anymore, he would force me down his bed and tear off my clothes.

A cold shiver ran through my spine as I recalled all that he had done and the way he touched me with his calloused hand.

I was never once treated as a She-wolf or a member of his pack. I was just a slave who was made to serve the Alpha's household.

I wiped my eyes with the hem of my dress and decided to face the debris that was everywhere in the kitchen.

I would be eighteen tomorrow, and I would be able to have my wolf and leave the pack the night after my transformation.

I was too tired to make another breakfast, I cleaned the kitchen and decided to go back to my room and rest.

I came out of the kitchen and ambled to the hallway, and I bumped into Alpha Jenkins coming back from his meeting in the Packhouse.

I froze.

My body was suddenly engulfed with fear.