The Twisted Alpha
It's been a year since I arrived here as the new Luna of the Blood Meadow pack. Alpha Thomas is determined to mate me or kill me. I have fought him for the last twelve months with the help of my beta and gamma. I say my beta and gamma because when we first arrived here, and I refused to obey my new alpha, the lessons taught by my new alpha began. After my first lesson, Mark and Kelp swore their loyalty to me. We have created our little pack of three.
My life here is similar to the first seventeen years with my parents. My alpha has taught me my place in his pack. He has also included what a mate is for and how to accomplish the expected behavior. Accountability is a huge part of my lessons and why one is held accountable.
Alpha Thomas has a terrible temper, and he cannot control it. One day, he will lose that temper with me, and who knows what the outcome will be? Mark and Kelp keep telling me to hold on; they'll figure out some way to get me out before that happens. Knowing he will not accept my decision, I will never mate with him.
I should have known my parents would never love me, and when I realized on my seventeenth birthday that they had sent me away, I finally understood I had no one who cared for me. No matter how hard I try not to, I still hope I find my fated mate, and he will save, love, and help me heal.
But for now, I have my Fishy and X. What I call them when they irritate me. When Mark first introduced Kelp to me, I found his name hilarious. He finally told me that during one of the times he was taking care of me after a life lesson from my alpha, his mother and father named their children after things she liked and pregnancy cravings. I thought he was kidding until I met his brothers Poach, Dragon, Siberian, and sister Cherry. I still giggle every time I think of that story.
The pack is an excellent pack of shifters. They fully accept me and try to help so the Alpha won't be so angry with me. They do not understand that Alpha Thomas is always angry because I will not submit to him. He is not the one fated to me, and beyond that, he makes my skin crawl.
Since we arrived here, he has made me watch what he likes to do to relax. I am uninterested in his extracurricular activities and block out what he shows me. He doesn’t care if I enjoy the things he does. The reaction he gets from me gives him a thrill. He is disgusting, and it is such a shame his good looks are wasted on a nasty person like him.
I refuse to show or give him anything and speak to or look at him like I see him. This makes him angry to the point that his anger is out of control. His lessons increase to match his rage, and he still cannot get the response he wants from me. However, I am proud that my spirit has not broken. My pride will get me in more trouble before this is over.
"Luna, Alpha is on his way. He is back from his trip." Mark mind links me. I pray to the goddess that he is tired and goes to bed. I am 19 now, and my moon cycle started while he was away. He will smell it if he gets near me.
No such luck. He is behind me, wrapping his arms around me. "So, my little Katia, you are finally a woman." I freeze, barely breathing. "I can now mate and mark you. You will be carrying my heir in no time."
He spins me around so we face one another. "Little Ghost, look at me!" I continued to stare, looking through him, not at him. Katia, did you hear what I said? Answer me!" He pins me to the wall. "You will answer me, or I will take you outside to see my new toy," I say nothing. Oh boy, another new toy he has purchased for my enjoyment. How did I get to be so lucky?
Thomas drags me through the pack house and outside. This is the first time my lesson will be taught for all to hear and see. I stand in the middle of the training field, waiting for the lesson to begin. The wolves who were training and almost everyone else gathered around in shock.
"Oh goddess, what is he thinking? How can he treat her like this and still expect her to mate with him?" I hear someone in the crowd ask. I sarcastically think it’s because he’s too stupid to realize this isn’t how you win a girl’s heart.
Suddenly, I hear the woosh and crack of the whip as the most excruciating pain I have felt rips through my body. I hear his unsettling laughter behind me, "Tell me, my little ghost, how did you like that? My new toy has little tiny knives on the end." Oh, lucky, lucky me!
I finally understand that my lesson is training with my alpha. This lesson is reserved for those the alpha feels have challenged his authority. Since arriving at the Blood Meadow pack, I have trained with the other warriors. I am still getting better. I will never defeat an alpha.
I refuse to make a sound and fight back with everything I have. I have come out the loser of this fight and stare at my poor gamma, who feels everything his Luna feels. Tears are running down his face as he watches his Alpha walk up behind me and taunt me even more. He knows I cannot win and is enjoying humiliating me.
I realize he is not going to stop. I am starting to feel the aftermath of the challenge, and his touch is making me want to vomit. As I hold Kelp’s gaze to keep from screaming, my wolf comes forward and forces my first change. Well, now, things are about to get interesting.