Draka's POV

I wish that the ground will open and just swallow me, so that I don't have to keep existing to experience this pain.

They are all laughing at me, pointing at me and jeering.

"How foolish she is!"

"She thinks that Rowan, the future Alpha, would ever be mated to her?"

"She is nothing but a kitchen girl, she thinks that she can become a Luna?"

I shut my years as I feel the pain growing in my heart like a thundercloud. I knew I was going to get rejected, I knew that there's no chance between Rowan and i, but the mate bond pushed me.

I wipe the tears from my face, but it won't stop pouring out. My heart is broken.

"You have heard your future Alpha, Draka. He has rejected you." Alpha Dante says. "Accept his rejection!"

I know that it's just protocol and I have to accept his rejection, but I run into the woods because the laughter is just too much.

I know that disobeying Alpha Dante is going to attract a heavy punishment, but I don't care.

The tears are blinding, but I keep running into the woods. It's dangerous, I don't know which kind of animals that will find me.

I finally get to a huge tree and fall on my butt. I pull my knees and cry as hard as I can. I cry for my parents who died and left me alone, I cry for being fated to be mated to Rowan, just to be embarrassed at the end. I hate my life....

****

I have managed to recover from the embarrassment of the rejection from Rowan. I waited for Alpha Dante and Luna Denise to punish me, but they don't. No one even speaks to me about it.

I go about my duties around the house, and it's almost as if what happened has been forgotten. I haven't seen Rowan since the day it happened.

I am in the kitchen, mopping the ground so hard that my hands hurt. It's midnight and it's not a hunting day, so everyone has gone to bed.

I'm the only one here. Stella didn't show up to wash the dishes, so I have to do everything by myself, that's why I am here so late.

I stop mopping for a second, trying to clean sweat from my forehead, that's when I see Rowan coming out of the woods. He is not wearing a shirt, his body is glistening with sweat.

His hair is wet, his pants are hanging so lowly on his waist and his chest is heaving.

I grab the mop tighter, I feel my wolf growling inside of me. She wants him, even after the embarrassment and the rejection.

"Stop it, Draka. Please, stop it," I mutter as I continue to mop.

I should hide. If he confronts me about what happened, I have nothing to say to defend myself. I'm going to ogle at him the whole time.

I keep on cleaning, trying to get my mind off him. I try to tell myself that he is just going to head to his bedroom and leave me alone, but he pushes the kitchen door and barges in, frightening me to the extent that the mop slips out of my hand.

He doesn't even look at me, he walks to the refrigerator and grabs the biggest bottle of water. He starts to chug it down like he is a maniac.

I swallow a gulp as I move away from him. Whatever I am feeling, whatever my wolf is telling me, it's getting stronger. I don't know if I am going to be able to resist it.

I have never shifted to my wolf form, she has been dormant for years, she has never come to save me when I'm in trouble, she only reacts when Rowan is close. She is such a.... whore.

He looks at me with the darkest eyes and my throat immediately goes dry. He looks like he can hurt me, I'm crazy, but I want him to.

"What do you have to eat in here?!" He hits his hand against the refrigerator. His voice is different, it's hoarse, it's new.

I don't say a word, I walk over to the cooker and starts to dish out some food for him. My hands are shaking, sweat is gathering on my forehead.

I gasps as he suddenly grabs my hand and uses his other hand to grab my chin, forcing me to look at him.

His hands are so hot, it's like he is running a fever, I want to ask if he is okay.

His face comes closer to mine, I can see his teeth are bigger and pointier, I can hear the little growls coming from within him.

"What are you doing here?" He grunts.

"I don't know..." I sound so close to tears.

He growls with anguish as he pulls away from me, cursing himself. He was fighting it too, I could tell.

"Get out. Now!" He orders.

My wolf protests, but I run to the door as fast as I can. He is faster, he blocks the exit before I get to it.

I take a step back, he looks scary, his muscles are showing through, like he can crush me if he wants to.

He grabs my neck and I hear my wolf purr from excitement. His warm hands are all I want on me.

His eyes are completely dark this time around. I know exactly what's going on, I have heard the other park girls talk about it.

My wolf is in heat. She has been releasing scents to attract her mate and she has got me caught up in a tight spot.

"Strip..." he orders me....

******

For days I keek getting random flashbacks of me and Rowan in the kitchen. I have never experienced anything like that before.

He tore my clothes and took me right there on the counter. I felt my soul leaving my body, I was moaning like a sex addict, even though it was my first time of ever being with a man...

He left afterwards without a word and I went to shower and clean myself up. I didn't tell anyone about it, I haven't seen Rowan since then too.

Luna Denise walks into the kitchen and I immediately bow my head and greet her.

It's so early in the morning, she is not what to inspect my cooking, so my heart immediately starts to thump.

"Come into my room, Draka. Now." She walks out.

Gosh, I am in trouble. She would have sent someone to call me, but she has come herself.

I wordlessly follow her to her bedroom and my jaw falls to the ground as I see Alpha Dante and Rowan in the room.

She shuts the door as I bow to greet Rowan and his father.

"Good morning, Alpha Dante. Good morning, sir." I say, without looking at anyone of them.

"What happened between you and Rowan?" Alpha Dante asks with his hands folded.

"I, uh... I don't understand..." I stammer. What's going on?

Rowan sighs and looks away, that's when I know that I'm really in trouble.

"Don't you dare lie to us, Draka. Remember that I can punish you," Luna Denise warns.

I clasp my hands in front of me. It doesn't stop them from shaking too much.

"Did you and Rowan have sex?"

I can't lie, it could cost me my life. I might be living a very miserable life, but I don't want to die.

"Yes, Luna." I answer in truth.

I hear Luna and Alpha sigh with disappointment.

"Rowan, did you forget that you never broke the mate bond with her? She didn't reject you!" His father says angrily. "You are mates now."

"What?" My heart drops.

"You can't reject her now. She is now your mate!"

Rowan's POV

Are my parents saying that I will have to take the kitchen girl as my mate?! What are they even thinking?!

My mate is supposed to be the daughter of an Alpha, a woman who would contribute something to society.

Draka is seventeen years old and has never shifted to her wolf form. How can a broken girl be my mate?

I try to reason with my parents, but they are not even willing to hear what I have to say. I don't know what glitch got me mated to this girl, but she is not my mate!

But I had sex with her and that sealed it since she never accepted my rejection. I still remember having sex with her in the kitchen.

I have had sex with many woman, all kinds of women, but she is the most memorable of all of them. I can't even say that I regret having sex with her– if I could turn back the hands of time, I know that I would definitely fuck her all over again.

My parents are going to leave the park as soon as they step down as Luna and Alpha. They will go away and I will take charge of running the park. I need a Luna, but Draka is not the right girl for that job. She might be my mate (by some kind of mistake) but she is not Luna material....

*****

The whole pack, amounting to a hundred strong men and women, are bowing on one knee with their hand against their chest.

"All hail Alpha Rowan ! Alpha of the red moon pack!"

"All hail Alpha Rowan !"

I stand before all of them, I have a calm face on, but my heart is all over the place. My parents are gone, I will never see them again and at the age of twenty four, I have become the alpha of one of the strongest packs in the area.

Apart from my pack members, behind them is another five hundred people. They are dressed in different colour codes to visually represent the packs they are from. Their Alphas and Lunas stands in front of them.

They have all come to show their support for me, I am the youngest Alpha in the history of all the packs, but they all know that I am the strongest.

I have my father's fighting spirit and I have my mother's toughness, none of them would dare to go against me.

As I walk down the steps to go over to them, they bow slightly to me. Showing their submission to the supremacy of my pack and my leadership.

"Welcome to the red moon pack," I say. "As far as you don't start any trouble with us, you can keep your heads on your necks."

"We brought gifts, Alpha Rowan ," Alpha Silas says. He runs the white moon pack. "We have come to tell you that we will be loyal to you, as we were loyal to your father. May your rule be great."

The other packs shows me there gifts too. Bags filled with dollars, gold, silver, diamonds, human slaves, and beautiful concubines.

I stood in front of the three stars pack, they have brought a very interesting gift with them. It's one of them, tied with chains like he is a slave.

"Alpha Erus, this gift of yours is interesting." I gesture. "Why do you have one of your werewolves tied up like a present?"

The three stars pack has been at loggerheads with my father for a long time and just before he stepped down from being alpha, he had beaten them into submission.

He told me about them and their dubious ways, how they thought they could outsmart him many times. Just before he left, he told me to be wary of them. That was the last advice he gave to me.

"Alpha Rowan , you are right, this is a very unconventional gift." Alpha Erus agrees. "This is Gregory. He was caught talking shit about the red moon pack and was trying to form a little group to ambush your pack, without our knowledge, of course. He was found and I have brought him today so that you could do anything you want with him."

I look at the frightened boy and a smile curls up the side of my lips. He can't be more than twenty two.

I look around the hundreds of werewolves around, this is a time for me to show them who I truly am. This is a time for me to make them fear and respect me even more.

"Speak up, boy. You thought you could attack the red moon pack?" I ask.

"It was just a stupid joke." He shakes. "There's no way that I was going to do it. You people are the most feared in all of the lands."

I know that he is lying, he is just trying to get himself to escape death.

I turn around to make sure that everyone is watching what's happening.

"This should serve as a warning to all of you. No one who goes against the red moon pack will ever live long enough to tell the story."

I raise my hand and my nails starts to elongate into claws. I watch the boy's eyes turn white with fear and before he can open his mouth to plead for his life one last time, I slice his throat open and the blood splashes on his pack members.

The force cuts his head off and his body crashes to its knees before he falls on the ground. Dead.

Everyone has their jaws slacked. I can see the fear in their eyes and I like it very much.

I take out a handkerchief and clean my hands. "The after-party will start immediately. Please, there is enough food for everyone."

The music starts to play, as if it's melodious tones is supposed to help them forget that I have just killed someone in front of them.

I walk past them and go into the house. It's empty and quiet, except for my footsteps on the wood flooring.

I look at my wrist, it's getting covered with hair, killing that boy has triggered my wolf's hunger for blood. It has been a while since I killed anyone.

I walk up to my bedroom and push the door open. Draka is on the ground, crying and holding her arms around herself.

As soon as she sees me, she stands up and rushes towards me with tears in her eyes.

"Please, Alpha Rowan , I didn't do anything wrong," she begs. "please, don't lock me up here again."

Seeing her like this makes my wolf growl in lustful hunger. She is the only thing that can cure my hunger for blood.

I unbuckle my belt and takes a step closer to her, my eyes taking off her clothes as the hot breath of lust leaves my nostrils.

"Strip." I order her.

Draka's POV

"Ahhhh..." I moan as Rowan enters me. He is so huge and I can barely keep my mouth shut.

Rowan has my hands pinned above my head and my head is pressed against a pillow. His hand is right under my belly, aiding my weak legs to keep still while he repeatedly drives into me.

My eyes are rolling back into my head. My head feels fuzzy and I fear that I don't want this to end.

His grunts come harder and he grabs around my waist tighter. He finally thrusts into me before stopping.

He moves away from me, I pull the cover over myself and hide my face. It has happened each time that Rowan has become Alpha.

He has kept me hostage, forbidden me from leaving the house, and he has made me cook his meal and satisfy his sexual urges.

I am so scared of Rowan, he is such a tall giant of a man and I always think that he could snap my neck if he felt like it.

I have not recovered from the shock of him being my mate. He is way beyond my league, I don't know why the moon goddess has chosen him to be my mate.

I am scared of Rowan and also harbor the fear that he hates me too. I am nothing but a common kitchen girl.

I sit in the corner of the bed, my legs are still shaking and I feel the sensational throb between my legs. As I watch him come out of the bathroom and put on a shirt.

"Don't bother staying up and cooking for me today." Rowan says. "I won't be coming back home. I will be back in three days."

"Can I go out into the woods?" I ask. He stops and looks at me.

I have never asked him for anything. I have hardly spoken more than a few words to him. He seems surprised that I've asked him anything too.

"What did you say?" He asks, his frown causing my heart to shrink.

"I just want to go to pick some mushrooms, the way I used to do before... before you became Alpha."

"There is no need for you to leave the house. You can ask Stella to pick the mushrooms for you," he waves off.

Yes, Stella has now become the kitchen girl. I don't work in the kitchen anymore, I only cook for Rowan when he orders me.

Stella has not been pleased, but she has no choice. I don't want to send Stella on an errand, I want to pick the mushrooms myself.

"Please, Alpha Rowan, I want to pick it myself." I plead.

Rowan is staring at me. His eyes cause chills to run down my spine.

"Come here," he gestures with his index finger.

I swallow a gulp as I stand up from the bed. I am naked, except for the blanket that I have used to cover my nakedness.

Rowan is so tall that I am barely at his chest level. He raises my chin with his hand, causing me to look into his eyes.

"Are you trying to run away from me, babydoll?" He demands to know.

"N–no, Alpha Rowan." I shake my head.

"Because if you do, I will find you and you don't want to know what I will do to you." he warns.

A small gasp leaves my mouth. I don't know which I feel more – fear for him or the urge to have him pin me on the bed again and take me all over again.

He lets go of me as he walks towards the door. "Go on. Pick up your little mushrooms and make sure that you come back before dark."

****

Three months. That's how long since Rowan was made Alpha and how long I have been kept in the house.

I take my bath and put on my dress. As soon as the pack members see me out of the house, they stop and stare at me.

I might be mated to Rowan, but I am not their Luna and they know this. They know that they are not obligated to show me any respect, so they only stare at me.

"Is she really sleeping in the alpha's room now?"

"She is no longer the kitchen girl, she is now his concubine."

"Don't worry, he will get tired of her soon and throw her out. She will become the kitchen girl again, he won't even look at her again."

I ignore their mean words and start to walk back to the woods. Immediately the cold air hits my face, it breaks into a smile.

I have not been out in three months and it feels so good to be out.

I have a small basket in my hand, I walk for ten minutes, down the path where I normally get my delicious mushrooms.

I kneel by the plant and uproot some of them and put them in my basket. I smile, I will make a nice meal for Rowan when he comes back. I know that he loves my cooking.

As I bring the mushroom close to my face, I immediately get a strange feeling as soon as the scent of the plant hits my nose.

I immediately get up on my feet and run in the other direction as I painfully throw up against a tree.

What's wrong with me? I never get sick.

I thought that was going to be the end of it, but I spent the entire night throwing up and developing a fever.

That's a surprise because I never fall ill. I have lived through many harsh conditions and survived, so why have I suddenly gone sick.

A realization causes my stomach to sink to itself. I hope that it's not true, but after stealing a pregnancy test from one of the girls' rooms, I find out that what I have been dreading is true.

When Rowan is about to come back, I spend the entire night cooking his favorite food. Everyone is asleep.

I can hardly keep awake, I'm so tired nowadays. That's when Rowan's car drives in and the light beams cause my heart to skip a couple of beats.

As expected, he sees me as he walks into the kitchen. My hands are shaking as I stir the pot. I don't know if I'm scared or excited to finally have him back.

He stops at the door, leaning against the frame as he watches me cook.

"Welcome back, Alpha Rowan," I say, avoiding looking at him.

"What are you cooking?" He touches his chin.

"Just some spaghetti. For you."

He comes closer and stands behind me. I feel his body heat.

"Rowan, I need to tell you some–"

"Shush. Don't speak." He warns me. "Put your hands on the counter. Don't take them off."

I inhale as I do as he has instructed. I have my back turned to him, but I feel his hands touching my ass, tracing the lining of my panties.

A small moan leaves my mouth and I just wish I could disappear.

"Please, I need to tell you something."

His fingers come between my legs, my legs turn to jelly, they are giving way under me.

"Rowan, I'm pregnant."

Finally, I have gotten the words out. His hands freeze and he moves away from me. His hands goes over his face, I almost burst out into tears. I don't know if he hates me for getting pregnant. I mean, we banged almost everyday.

"That's not a problem." He finally shrugs it off. "I will take the pub. He is going to be the next alpha."

"What if it's a girl?" My voice croaks. "What will happen to me?"

"You will remain who you are, the kitchen girl. My child will be mine to worry about." He says.

That's the coldest thing anyone has ever said to me. I feel the tears leave my eyes.

"But alpha Rowan, I'm your mate," the tears pour out like a river.

"Don't be stupid, Draka . You are nothing but a kitchen girl, you will never be my mate or my Luna."