Prologue

.I walk down the stairs as quietly as possible. the pack house is large but many people could wake from me making too much noise.

I walked past the alphas room. my father's room. Right next to it was my brothers room, the future alpha. I could already hear him up and training.

I walked past his room, giving it a quick tap before headed down more stairs into the kitchen at the heart of the pack house.

I pulled out eggs and bacon for the pack and began cooking as people began piling in.

No one acknowledged me as they grabbed their food and I was fine with that. Many of the females looked exhausted from the torment of their mates. my skin crawled looking at them. I never wanted to find my mate. The thought of it made me sick. All the females in my pack suffered because of their mate. only my mother ever spoke of the good parts to having a mate. I could hardly remember the details now.

my brother finally made his way down the stairs with his mate Sarah next to him. She smiled at me and she came up and said hi softly. My brother hugged me good morning and thanked me for the food as he walked by. My brother was a good mate. I knew he was, his mate Sarah was the omega of our pack and treated badly until she was named the future Luna by the mating bond and inevitably suddenly became beloved by the pack.

My father came down shortly after them. I looked like my mother and I knew it. I had her black hair and blue eyes, the only difference was her skin was extremely pale while mine was slightly tanned from my father. My brother was the spitting image of our father. He had his straight brown hair and hazel eyes but he looked kind by nature while my father looked cruel.

I expected him to walk by and ignore me as per usual but instead he stopped and looked me in the eyes.

I almost flinched away from him. It was common for the wolves to hit me and it resulted in me having many bruises, and while my father didn't do it as often as them I was still scared.

His cold hazel eyes looked down at me.

"Amora, you will be attending the Alpha dance with me, your brother, and Sarah to represent our pack since you are of alpha blood."

I tried to keep my shock to myself as I shook my head and averted my eyes.

He didn't say anything else and took his plate and d walked off so I looked to my brother who looked as shocked as I felt. Although I was a female alpha I was never going to lead the pack so I had no place at an alpha dance.

"It's tomorrow. I don't understand why he chose to tell you now and why he wants you to go at all." my brother Tristan said in the privacy of my room.

My room was embarrassingly tiny, but it had always been that size and had nothing to do with the packs unfounded hatred towards me.

"Do you think he's planning something?" I asked biting at my nails.

"He could be trying to sell you off to another alpha because of your blood. Alpha females are rare after all." He responded bluntly.

A whine almost slipped out of me.

"Well that's better than finding my mate anyway." I responded, trying to keep my voice still.

Tristan sat down on my bed and looked at me sadly.

"why don't you want a mate? having a mate is amazing Amora."

"you are literally the only male in our pack who treats his mate right. I'd rather die than live with a male who I can't leave that constantly hurts me."

I responded as I searched my closet for a dress, shocked by how little of them still fit me.

"wear the Black one to represent our pack." Tristan said as he stood up and made his way out.

I sighed and pulled out the dress he suggested and placed it out.

I finally laid down and thought about the day ahead. Alphas would certainly challenge each other so the day would be filled with fighting. My only hope was that the other Lunas and girls of alpha blood there would be kind.

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I walked down the stairs a few minutes later to get some water when I ran into a person. I fell backwards into the floor and immediately felt a kick in my gut. I looked up to see Ophelia the pack omega looking at me with hatred. Her smile was crooked as she spoke,

"You're a pathetic excuse of an alpha."

I limped back to my room an hour later with no water. She had made sure not to bruise the areas you could see with the dress on but it didn't help with my pain or anger.