LYCAN’s REJECTED MATE

My head banged wildly against the alarm beside

my bed, causing my heavy eyes to open slowly as I

grunted angrily under my breath. The noise jolted

me out of my slumber so violently that I had to

rush at the devilish instrument, turning it off

roughly as if it were the source of my problems. I

wish I could smash it on the floor, but I dare not,

knowing the punishment that would follow.

My weak eyes trailed through the walls up to the

slightly opened window in my room, and I could

see it was dawn already. It was too early in the

morning for anyone to get out of bed except for me.

A loud hiss slipped from my lips as I hung my head

low, feeling the heaviness of my heart. A rush of

both anger and sadness was sweeping through me

as my eyes burned and I struggled to keep my tears

at bay.

Even when it had been barely two hours since I

went to bed, it still felt like a second as my eyes

were both heavy and fighting to close. I was very

drowsy, and all my body badly craved was to lie

back on the bed and go back to sleep. I was sitting

up on the bed, leaning against the wall, while I

repeatedly yawned and rubbed my eyes.

I was too weak to move my body away from the

bed. The house was silent, as if no one lived there,

but that wasn't the case; they were all asleep. All

were enjoying their sleep while I was forced to

wake earlier and do the house chores, even though

I was always the last to go to bed.

I yawned for the umpteenth time and stretched

with a wince of pain as I felt the burning sensation

of the welts from whips running along my upper

arms and back, which were yet to heal. My eyes

glanced through the clock, and my teeth gnashed.

It was past a minute already, and I dared not linger

on the bed after the alarm went off or they would

turn me into a beating statue for being lazy and

disobedient.

The thought of being beaten up again after all the

maltreatment yesterday made me jump out of bed.

Hot tears warmed up in my eyes as my head ached

with banging pain.

My legs also hurt with throbbing pain and wouldn't

stop hitting me with spasms so hard, reminding me

of how bad my health was. Every part of my body

cries out for rest, but I can't offer that.. I felt

drowsy and so heavy for my scraggly legs to carry,

and the bed was just staring back tauntingly at me

like a dreadful trap set to destroy me.

I could feel my baggy eyes struggling to close while

I fought back to keep them open, as I felt so sleepy

and at the same time exhausted with an aching

back and spasming legs.

All I want is to lie back on my bed, but I am wiser

than that. I know the torment I will put myself

through if I ever lie back and sleep after the alarm

clock has rung. The last time I tried it, I got an

everlasting mark along my back from the slash

from my stepmother's wolf's claw.

You must be curious about who I was and what I

did wrong to get through all of this. Let me

introduce myself.

My name is Ella Damon, and I'm the daughter of

the Alpha King, Darren Damon - one of the most

powerful Alphas, respected and feared by other

packs.

History had it that he never lost a war and had

waged war and extincted the Pack that killed his

parents when he was a child. He grew and suddenly

became unimaginably powerful in the face of war.

No one knew how he got those mysterious powers,

which enable him to fight like the wind and strike

like unseen forces. His wolf beast was also greatly

feared, as it was ranked as the most dangerous and

heartless, devouring its enemies so easily and

brutally.

Being the only child from his Luna should have

earned me such dread and respect from everyone

for the rest of my life, but that did not happen.

Instead, I became a slave, abhorred and spurned by

everyone, and was banned from mentioning the

Alpha as my father or adding his surname to my

name.

Everyone, including my father, had rejected me

and also stripped me of my royalty. They made me

lower than the omegas with a slave status. My

father has also publicly disowned me in front of the

entire pack and has repeatedly threatened to expel