The Alpha King's Ma(ID)TE

Ember's POV

I met evil when I was only a child! The dark shadows I saw that night made me realize there is more to the world than humans roaming the earth.

I lost my mother immediately I was born and with no choice,he's forced to get married to his mate who became my step mother. No one supported father because mother wasn't a werewolf like him but he never told me what she was like till that night... I had no idea what we were running from but his last words to the 4 years old me was to never return to Greenhills.

I was just a child left alone in the woods with his painful howl ringing repeatedly in my head. I knew nothing and had nowhere to go so I could not leave.

My stepmother hates me with passion and so are my two step sisters.

They hated the fact that I was alone with father that night and only I knew what happened to him but how do I explain to them that I don't remember everything because I didn't see everything.

Thanks to Genevieve,the house keeper but a beta, I had no problem growing up without love from my stepmother and step sisters.

She loves me like her own and helped me get adapted to the world of werewolves. Since father was a werewolf before he died,people believed I would be a half human and half werewolf,they believe my mother being human was a stain to their pure blood but everything started going south when I clocked 18, when I should meet my wolf as expected.

My stepsisters met theirs and they have beautiful colors. I remember staring at the moon till daybreak with Miss Genevieve but nothing happened! That marked the day of my official slavery in the house.

I was made to do all sort of strenuous works and my room was situated from the main house,even far away from the housekeeper's room.

They kept me away from the outside since I'm nothing but a weak human without my wolf. I have nothing to offer the family.

The only favor they offered me was not telling on me to the whole pack else I would have nowhere to go.

Things went bad in few months after I clocked 18,our pack,silver claw got attacked by rogues because it's the time of the year when it's cold, it becomes hard to scavenge for food and survival is always hard.

Packs fights another for food and resources and including the rogues that have no rules and principles.

The killing was becoming too much and after much deliberation and cry for help to neighboring pack, we found help but our Alpha gave up since he couldn't protect us.

He left with no trace,he left us to the hand of a monster, Alpha Cyrus of Blue moon pack.

Rumor has it that he's an Alpha whose name must not be mentioned! He's emotionless,cold and ruthless and that's why he doesn't have a Luna.

Apart from that,no one knows why he couldn't keep women.

He is the type to avoid like plague by all means but I'm not concerned about that since I will never meet him, not in this lifetime coupled with the fact that I'm always indoor and he lives in a big palace towards the heart of the town.

About 150 pack members made it to Blue moon territory at Neoman, New moon town which belongs to Blue moon pack.

And here,I hope things would change,I hope to finally find my wolf and be rescued by a Prince Charming.

Years passed and I clocked 20,still no wolf and living the life of a slave in my father's house.

A loud clattering sound smacked me back to reality forcing me to scan my environment and my searching gaze fell on the bowl still rolling on the ground,I must have spaced out while doing the dishes.

"Ember!" A familiar voice came almost immediately and I looked over ti the door to see Miss Genevieve holding a fruit basket so heavy that I knew she must have been calling me since a while to help her.

I hurriedly dropped the plate in the soapy water and dried my hands on my apron as I ran to get the baskets off her head.

"I'm so sorry Genevieve, I was..." I paused when I could not find an excuse to cover my crime,she threw me an angry stare before weariness bore her face.

"I have been calling you since Ember,what were you thinking?" She asked softly with one of her hand on my shoulder and the other hand to lift my face up to her.

I forced out a smile so she won't be worried about correcting me on the same issue over and over again.

"I'm so sorry,I was lost in my wild thoughts again, I'm growing up you know,haha." I chuckled with pretense and seems she bought my lies seeing as she raised her hands akimbo and shook her head with a smile.

"I should stop getting you those books Ember, Mrs.Kingsley won't take it easy with us" she said.

I resumed back to the washing and winked at her that I got her.

I picked up the plate I dropped as I hum a song quietly.

The cold wind whipped through the trees outside the window and into the house,the harsh collision of the cold air on my face sting like crazy.

Cold is a very big problem for me but no one cares.

"Ember,I heard the women discussing an interesting topic at the market today,do you care to listen?" Miss Genevieve asked.

"Yes sure please " I squealed in excitement since I never get to go out as I wish,the very talk of outside makes me happy.

"The women said the Alpha king would be holding a feast soon,it is to chose his mate I guess" she said.

"A mate? Who would love someone like him? And I heard he finds mates every year but no one ever returned once they enter the palace to be marked" I said now wiping the tables.

"Where did you hear that from when you never went out?" She asked.

My heart rammed against my chest when I realized I almost sold myself out to her just now.

I envy the ugly face Alpha though,he gets to find new mates every year when I might never meet mine cause I have no wolf" I whined.

"Everything is with timing Ember, just like your name,you're a Spark that can't be hidden, whatever belongs to you would come to you" She said to me with a smile and I returned mine more affectionately.

We were interrupted with an approaching footsteps and it spells danger. I know those steps more than anyone.