Chapter 1 – My Cruel Mate

Caliana’s POV

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

“Get out,” I growled, but he only smirked and approached me. I shivered when he grabbed my waist and pulled me to him. Vince forcefully plants kisses on my neck and I fight him, my claws digging into his flesh, but he’s too strong for me. Tears flood my eyes when he grabs my neck and throws 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 wolf surfaced and let out a mighty growl that made the walls vibrate. Vince froze and looked at me with terror on his face. He jumped out of 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 them know because they would kill me. Ever since my father died three years ago, my stepbrother and stepmother 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 I sighed in relief, but I knew that tomorrow, they would come up with a plan to get rid of me. I was a risk to them.

“What do you mean you sold me to that cruel Alpha!” I exclaimed, looking at my stepmother in shock. 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, or evil as I call her. She is bad at managing finances as she spends her pack’s funds on spoiling herself with diamonds. The company also ended up losing partners and most of them refused to associate with us because of her proud and uncaring nature, so they withdrew their support, making us a target for rogues.

I glared at my stepbrother who almost assaulted me last night. He doesn’t look ashamed of his actions. Vince hates me and will do anything to see me gone, even if he is selling me to the dangerous Alpha, Edward Chasia, a powerful Lycan Alpha in the west region. He is said to be the Lycan King’s cousin. Edward and his three brothers are ruthless killers and take overpacks that are not 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 to the highest bidder in business deals and alliances, but that was stopped after Queen Anaiah came into power.

“I don’t care about the law, will you seriously let all your dear father work to go down the drain because you refuse to be with Alpha

Edward?” She was guilt-tripping me, she knew how much I loved this pack. My parents built it from nothing!

“It’s not such a hard job, all you need to do is satisfy the Alpha’s sexual needs and who knows, if he’s pleased with you, he might even make you his official mistress or, even better, a Luna. That’s how I got here.”

“We’ll find a way to save this pack. Just give me some time… I will work harder and-” I was cut off by Vince.

“How can you be so selfish, Cali, you should be happy that for once in your pathetic life, you are of use to us,” he grimaced. I glare at him and he drinks his whiskey, continuing to go through the terms. The brothers want this pack under them as a way to prevent war with their natural enemies as it is right in the center and whoever owns it will be at an advantage. However, I don’t know why they 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 two but, 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 their protection, 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 door behind me.

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

Edward’s POV

“You bought me what!” I roared.

“A Luna, I’m sorry brother, but the deal is already done, we need that pack under our control as Dean was after it,”

Dean is a Lycan Alpha who hates me because I killed his father in a duel. The old man came here to intimidate and challenge me about my territory.

“How does that useless pack help us in any way? They are insignificant,”

“You know that land is historical, hence no pack can fight there. Having it under us is a benefit plus. Evelyn mentioned Dean was seeking it out. He brought some favorable terms as well,” My brother, Jamal sighed.

“And how does the girl come into play,” I growled.

“She solidifies the agreement, she’s the Alpha’s daughter,”

“Oh please, Jamal, we could get that land without going through all this,” I sneered.

“I know that but the former Luna begged me to take them under our protection. Evelyn was our mother’s dear friend, I couldn’t turn her away.”

I growled and hit my desk, making it break in half. I can’t believe he did that.

“The pack needs a good Luna,”

“I can choose my own.”

“You know that’s a lie.”

“I don’t need a Luna,” I retorted.

“Didn’t you hear what I said about the historical land? Besides, I’ve already bought her,” He shrugged, not caring that he had brought a woman I didn’t want. Jamal is my brother and beta, he is a good judge of character and he knows what’s best for the pack and if he thinks the woman is good, I will keep her. She will be my Luna only in name but I will never accept anything more.

“She’s your problem henceforth and I shall not do anything for her,” I declared, reaching the door, I turned to him and smirked

“Maybe fuck her once or twice, I should get my money’s worth, right?” I winked and exit the room, leaving Jamal with an oh fuck face.

I shift into my huge Lycan form and take a run into the woods, remembering what happened when I allowed myself to care about a woman, she cheated on me and plotted my death. I vowed never to love another woman again.

In the evening, I went to my room, but surprisingly, the pack whore, Candace, was in my bed, naked. I pulled her by the ankle and slammed my erection into her pussy. I covered her mouth with my hand, not wanting her to lament stupid things.

Caliana’s POV

My childhood best friend Levy escorted me to the “Golden Stone Pack, my new pack. The Chasia brothers couldn’t make it so they sent a car and driver.

“People say the pack members of the Golden stone members are rude and inhumane as their leaders,” He says. They consider themselves Golden Lycans, a rare kind because they are the strongest for miles.

“They do call themselves gods of the west,” I sighed, sarcasm dripping off my words.

I meet the driver’s gaze through the rearview mirror and his lips curl into something sinister. My eyes widen and I press a black button that puts a barrier between us.

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