Chapter 4
SONIA’S POV
I refused to pay attention to his words. The stubborn part of my mind still told me that this could not be my new life. My father was going to come and rescue me. Something would happen!
He turned to his soldiers. “Seize her and bring her along” They immediately rushed to do his bidding.
I struggled against them, but it was obvious my puny strength could not win against two strong soldiers that were twice my size. I panicked as they started dragging me out of the room, following in the Alpha’s wake.
“Wait! Is this how you repay me for sneaking out to heal you? Surely you have a little bit of goodness in you; you can let me
- go.
He turned around and walked up to me, looking very surprised. “Sneaking out to heal me? What nonsense are you talking about?”
I frowned. “Freya said there was an injured soldier, that’s why I came outside.”
He laughed harshly, “Do you expect me to believe that the reason you disturbed yourself to come outside was because a soldier was injured! You and your family are selfish; you care nothing for anyone but yourselves.”
I shook my head. “I came out because she told me a Bloodmoon soldier had been injured. I even had my healing kit with me. Why then did you think I came out to the garden?”
He narrowed his eyes. “Freya said you were loose, that you slept around with your father’s soldiers to amuse yourself. She promised you’d come if you learned a foreign soldier was there to sleep with you.”
I stared at him in shock, fighting with the tears that threatened to overflow. I did not know which hurt me more, my best friend’s betrayal, or my father refusing to end the war on my account. “I am not lying to you, I swear it.”
“Then where’s the healing kit now? Don’t tell me you’ve lost it?”
“It fell off my hands when you grabbed me-”
Alpha Ramon let out a harsh laugh. “Of course. How convenient. Let me tell you, lies will not bring you out of this situation. The only thing that can save you is your father’s decision to end this stupid war. He still has time.”
“But where are you taking me?” I could not help asking in a small voice.
He smiled coldly. “Right now, you are my breeder, no less than my slave. I will take you out to the top of the mountains where your father and his soldiers can see, then I will use you for the only thing a breeder is used for: sex. Alpha Fenris must understand that every action of his has consequences.”
“But it is my father you are angry at. Must I be punished for my father’s sins?” I asked in a small voice.
He laughed and turned around. “Welcome to the real world, Sonia.”
“No,” I whispered, feeling the air leave my lungs, but no one paid me any attention as they dragged me after Alpha Ramon.
I was taken to a high hill, and from there, I could see the soldiers fighting below. I felt sad to see so many people lose their lives, all because my father wanted a war.
Alpha Ramon grabbed me roughly and threw me on a raised podium. My breathing became uneven as I realized exactly what he wanted to do.
Please let me go, you don’t have to do this,” I begged, but he merely ignored me. He faced the fighting men below and started speaking-
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Chapter 4
“Alpha Fenris, I know you’re down here fighting today. It was my messengers that lured you out to the battleground. You will witness firsthand the life your daughter will live forever as my breeder. There are only two ways to stop this: end the war now, or you’re going to have to defeat me to get her back.”
He turned to me then, and the tears continued streaming down my eyes. “Please don’t do this. I’m begging you. You wouldn’t want to force yourself on a girl who doesn’t want you.”
Alpha Roman smiled coldly. “Who said anything about forcing myself on you? Of course I would stop immediately if you ask
me to.
“Really?” I asked, confused. Did he really have so much confidence in his sexual prowess that he thought I’ll let him seduce me on top of a hill so that my father’s men could watch and be demoralized.
–
“If if that’s the case.” 1 stammered, “then…” he was so close to me now, I forgot what it was I had wanted to say. His aura engulfed me, it was like he had been masking his aura all along, and now, he let it loose on me,
Alpha Ramon walked up to me, and pulled me up on my feet, whispering into my ear. “Do you want me to give you a step by step rundown of what I plan to do to your father when I win this war?”
“You wouldn’t – you can’t win” I shook my head.
Alpha Roman merely laughed, and something in his mind told me that he had the battle programed exactly how he wanted it to be. “Lets strike a deal my beautiful ex mate, sex with you, up here in this podium, in exchange for your father’s life when I
win.”
The tears still filled my eyes as I nodded. Even though my father had betrayed me for his quest for power, he was still my father. I still needed him. “Okay,” I whispered, ignoring the pill of attraction I felt to him.
“Good,” he smiled, walking away.
“Wait,” I called out. “I don’t understand, where are you going?”
Alpha Roman smirked. “Unlike you, I don’t like sleeping with someone I’ve already rejected. My beta would do the job for me -but of course, you can always walk off if you don’t like this deal.” He raised his voice then and called out. “Blane, the whore is waiting, don’t disappoint her.”
His words hurt me even more than his actions. He thought I was a whore, believing a maid’s words above mine without even asking me. What kind of man rejected his mate without even getting to know her first, eagerly believing the worst of her?
My eyes where surprisingly dry as his beta walked up to me and laid me in the podium again. I closed my eyes when I felt his powerful body on top mine, and when he finally claimed me, taking the one thing I had always sworn to give to my mate my virginity, I made a silent vow to the moon goddess. Alpha Roman may win this war, he may destroy my pack, but I was going to destroy Alpha Roman for treating me this way, or I would die trying,
“Alpha, she was a virgin–quite unusual, given her history,” I heard his beta say, his voice coming from far away.
I felt the Alpha’s strong arms lift me from the ground, and again, my wolf purred.
I opened my mouth, and some internal force compelled me to speak. “Mate,” I said in a broken voice.
Confusion washed over me. I could not still be his mate, not when he had already rejected me. It dawned on me then: Ramon and I were fated mates; no rejection could separate us.
This realization was just too much
for me to bear. I buried my head against his chest then and wept.
