CHAPTER 1
Ava’s Pov
“Ahhh!” The sounds of everyone’s screams filled my ears as we all ran as fast as we could as the enemy pack attacked us.
My parents and I ran as fast as we could, and the guards were protecting us, fighting against those who were coming at us.
“Ah!” I screamed as one of the men was about to slash me with his claw, but my father jumped before me and kicked him away.
While we were running, I looked back briefly just to see what was going on, and to my horror, I could see our pack members being slaughtered. Even our warriors were being taken down. My friends were all slashed right in the stomach, and they all fell to their knees with blood gushing out of their mouth.
Tears found their way down to my cheeks as I felt my heart tear apart. It was unfair for them to have been killed this way.
We got out to the garden, and my parents turned me to face them.
“Ava, I want you to hide right under that bench. They will certainly not look toward that side. But when everything dies down, I want you to run as fast as you can away from here, okay?” My father urged, and my mother hugged me.
“Why? What about you guys?” I asked as I held on to my mother’s silk robe, but she removed my hands firmly, but gently, with tears in her eyes.
“I am the Alpha; I will fight for my people until death.” My father responded.
My parents turned from me, leaving me with two guards, and they began to make their way out of the garden, and I was screaming for them to come back, but before they could make it out of the garden, right before my eyes, the enemy warriors attacked them with spears, and they fell to the ground, dead.
“No!” I screamed out loud in agony, and the two guards who were with me tried their best to fight against the enemies.
But unfortunately, they were also killed too, and they came for me.
The warriors dragged me, but I made my feet drag slowly just so they wouldn’t be able to have me so easily, but in one swoop, one of them carried me and hung me around his arm.
“No! Let me go! Mother! Father!” I cried out as they walked past my parents, who were murdered in cold blood.
I hit his back so hard with my fists, but he wasn’t moved.
“Shut the hell up!” One of them hushed me angrily, and they took me away from my pack, where I called my home.
Looking back at the pack, I saw how they set some parts ablaze and silent tears found their way down to my chin. Who knew where these people were taking me and what they had in mind to do against me?
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Soon, we got to another pack, which I believed was theirs, and as the man who was carrying me let me down, he dragged me into the pack house, and we passed through different hallways until we got to a door, and he opened it and pushed me inside.
I landed on my butt and winced in pain, then I quickly rose to my feet and banged the door as hard as I could.
“Let me out! I want to go home!” I cried out in pain.
“It’s of no use. You are in the Dark Moon Pack, and now a slave.” I heard someone with a soft voice speak to me.
I turned to look back out of shock, and that’s when I realised that there were 2 more girls who were wearing a cream straight gown that looked a little worn out.
“I’m guessing they got to your pack and killed everyone, right?” She asked softly.
I nodded my head slowly, and more tears ran down my eyes, then she came closer to me and hugged me.
“It’s okay. We all went through that too. But you’ve got to embrace yourself; the Dark Moon Pack is one of the most horrible places to be. A lot worse resides here.” She said to me, and that made me feel struck with fear.
Throughout that night, I mourned the loss of my family until I fell asleep at midnight.
The next day, I woke up with a big splash of water at my face, and I gasped for breath as I sat up immediately.
“You lazy being! Get out of bed, instantly!” A woman yelled at me, and I got down from the bed immediately. “Now, you all follow me. You have a lot of work to do today.” She said, and I joined the other girls who followed after her.
“Who is she?” I asked one of the girls in a low tone.
“She is in charge of putting the slaves through on what to do.”
I watched as she gave everyone a particular task to do, and when it came to me, she sneered.
“Clean the guests’ restroom.” She ordered and led me to where it was and shut the door on me.
I almost puked at the sight and leaned my back against the wall.
“Mother, father, why did this have to happen?” I sobbed softly.
I had never been engaged in something of this sort, and just thinking of doing it looked so impossible. I began to put my hair together to pack it up, and that was when the door opened again.
“What the hell! Oh, I see what’s happening now.” The woman said it in anger and dragged me out.
She took a sharp knife from one of the maids and cut my long hair short.
“No!” I cried out.
That was my pride.
“You dare scream out, um! You wait and see what I’m going to do to you.” She said and left me, and I continued crying as I stared at my precious hair on the ground.
The woman came back with a light-looking wood and began to beat me with it.
“I’m sorry. Please forgive me.” I cried out, but she didn’t listen to me.
“Forget wherever you came from; you are now a slave to the Dark Moon Pack, and you should act like one. Now, go back to that restroom and clean it up.” She ordered me, and I slowly headed back to the restroom with aches all over.
Tears flowed down my eyes as I got to the restroom, and I looked up at the window.
“This can’t be my fate, moon goddess. Please help me.” I pleaded softly.
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Things got worse for me daily as it seemed like the head of the maids didn’t like me, and she constantly beat and insulted me, making me really tired of everything.
“The birthday party has started. I want you all to be your best today, okay?” She urged us, and we all responded.
Tonight was the Alpha Prince’s birthday party and his coronation, and my roommates and I all came out to serve guests.
But while doing that, I felt the Alpha Prince’s eyes on me, and he began to walk up to me. As soon as I raised my head and looked at him, my wolf purred.
“Mate.”
“You.” He pointed a finger at me, then grabbed my hand, making me feel so much pain.
“Ouch!” I screamed out in pain, and that caused everyone’s attention on me.
“I, Alpha Ryan, reject you as my mate, and I ban you from this pack.” He roared.