My Cruel Mate
My Cruel Mate. 1

I felt the bed deepen on my side. There was someone in my room. I thought it was a dream but thewarm hands on my body proved me wrong. I jumped up and turned on the light. It was mystepbrother, Vince. He was drunk... again.

" Get out,” I growled, but he only smirked and approached me. I shivered when he grabbed mywaist and pulled me to him. Vince forcefully plants kisses on my neck and I fight him, my clawsdigging into his flesh, but he's too strong for me. Tears flood my eyes when he grabs my neck andthrows me on the bed harshly. He gets over me and pins my hands over my head.

As much as I kicked and screamed, no one came to my rescue and in a split moment, my wolfsurfaced and let out a mighty growl that made the walls vibrate. Vince froze and looked at me withterror on his face. He jumped out off the bed and retreated to the door.

" You.. you. I thought you had no... no wolf," he stuttered. I always had a wolf but I didn't let themknow because they would kill me. Ever since my father died three years ago, my stepbrother andstepmother have taken over the pack. They are hungry for power and will do anything to keep it,even killing me, my father's heir.

" Get out of my room, Vince," I commanded, using my alpha tone. My stepbrother scurried off and Isighed in relief, but I knew that tomorrow, they would come up with a plan to get rid of me. 1 was arisk to them

" What do you mean you sold me to that cruel alpha!” I exclaimed, looking at my stepmother inshock. She groans, closing her eyes as if she hadn't dropped a bomb on me.

" We need money to settle our debts and you are pretty,” she shrugs.

After my father died, the pack suffered a great financial loss because of my stepmother Evelyn, orevil as I call her. She is bad at managing finances as she spends pack’s funds on spoiling herself withdiamonds. The company also ended up losing partners and most of them refused to associate withus because of her proud and uncaring nature, so they withdrew their support, making us a target forrogues.

I glared at my stepbrother who almost assaulted me last night. He doesn't look ashamed of hisactions. Vince hates me and will do anything to see me gone, even if he is selling me to thedangerous alpha, Edward Chasia, a powerful Lycan Alpha in the west region. He is said to be theLycan king's cousin. Edward and his three brothers are ruthless killers and take overpacks that arenot strong enough to defend themselves. That is how he earned the name: The cruel Lycan alpha."I'm not doing it," I said solemnly.

"You don't have a choice," Hisses Vince, glaring at me.

" You can not sell me, the new law the Queen made forbids it,” Not long ago, women were sold tothe highest bidder in business deals and alliances, but that was stopped after Queen Anaiah cameinto power.

"1 don't care about the law, will you seriously let all your dear father worked for go down the drainbecause you refuse to be with Alpha Edward?" She was guilt-tripping me, she knew how much Iloved this pack. My parents built it from nothing!

"It's not such a hard job, all you need to do is satisfy the alphas sexual needs and who knows, ifhe's pleased with you, he might even make you his official mistress or, even better, a luna. That'show I got here.”

" We'll replace a way to save this pack. Just give me some time... I will work harder and-" I was cut off byVince.

" How can you be so selfish, Cali, you should be happy that for once in your pathetic life you are ofuse to us,” he grimaced. I glare at him and he drinks his whiskey, continuing to go through theterms. The brothers want this pack under them as a way to prevent war with their natural enemiesas it is right in the center and, whoever owns it will be at an advantage. However, I don't know whythey have to sell me when they can just make a deal with them.

' They would have done it sooner or later just to get rid of us,’ my wolf barked. She hated these twobut, unfortunately, we couldn't do anything. Vince was the alpha of this pack and I could only obey,even if it was against my wishes.

" Now that Chasia has paid off our debt, invested in the company and we will be under theirprotection, things will be easy,”

"I'm proud of you my son,” Evil praises him. Looking smug

* And her?"

" One of the brothers will be here to pick her and she will cease to be our problem,” he answers,talking as if I'm not there. Tears streamed down my face as I ran to my room, locking the doorbehind me.

After hours of crying, I texted my friend, Levy.