The Supreme Luna

Alexa

"No, please, don't! Let me go!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

My hands were restrained by two men. They dragged me away from my own house, even though I screamed and kicked with all my might. My wolf couldn't fight back and could only whimper in my head.

"It's okay, Alexa. It will be just fine," my stepmother said, her gaze downcast. Beside her, my stepsister put on a display of fake tears.

"Mom! Please help me! Don't sell me out!" I cried for her help, but she stood still.

"I'm sorry, Alexa, but we have nothing else to cover up your father's debt," she said, tears streaming down her face.

Wasn't that a lie? How could they hide so many things in our house? Where had our TV gone? The car? Did we go bankrupt overnight?

"No! There must be some mistake!" I defended myself.

"Shut up, wench!" A brute slapped my cheek, and it stung so badly that my teeth scraped my lip. Blood dripped from the corner of my mouth. "Your father owed us a million dollars. Now he's dead, so you must pay with your body!"

"What? A million dollars?!" A pang hit my chest. My eyes widened in panic as I looked around at the brute and my stepmother.

"It's impossible! My father was a respectable man. He was the former Alpha! He would never do that!" I shrieked as the brute dragged me out of the house.

They didn't care about my reasoning. The man brought me to the door, holding my shoulders and arms so tightly that it hurt. Before the door closed, I saw my stepmother and stepsister stifling small laughs.

It was them! They were the ones who borrowed a million dollars from these men! I knew it!

All to support their lavish lifestyle. They traveled to another country for a week-long holiday just last week on a private jet. Was all their boasting funded by debt?

"No! It wasn't my father! It's them!" I cried out loud, struggling in vain.

"Shut up!" Another man pressed a handkerchief to my mouth.

A sharp smell assaulted my senses, and I realized it was wolfsbane poison. My head spun, and my consciousness faded. My vision blurred further, my body weakened, surrendering as they dragged me into a car.

Just before I lost consciousness, I vaguely saw a man staring at me from a distance. His face was illuminated by the moonlight amidst the growing darkness that imprisoned my sight.

Alpha Gabriel, the man who was supposed to be my mate, the one who was supposed to hold a marking ceremony with me next week, stood in silence. He stared at me with his cold eyes. His blonde hair shimmered under the moonlight, making him look like an angel to me, but his gaze held no mercy.

***

I woke up to a ringing sound in my ears. A rough hand slapped my cheek again, shouting at me to wake up. I opened my eyes slowly but still couldn't see anything. My eyes blinked, searching for light, but there was none.

My mouth was gagged with a thick cloth, forcing it open. I swallowed repeatedly to ease the dryness in my throat. Both my hands were tied behind my back. The silver chains scraped my wrists whenever I tried to free them.

'Help! Someone, help me!'