SUBMIT TO THE ALPHA KING

11:30pm.

Ivy walked slowly into a storage room. She was clearly very tired as she dragged her legs to the room. she let out a breath of relief. She was finally getting some rest after preparing a meal for everyone in the pack house. After she had made the dinner, some of the pack members began to make a different demand on what to eat. She had no choice but to prepare four more different meals from scratch.

There was not much she could do. If the dare refused to do as she was asked, she was going to face the anger of Alpha Trevor. She wouldn't want that. Because it was almost twenty four hours and she has not been punished for something. She wanted to maintain that for the rest of the night.

The storage room is where Ivy and her daughter sleep. They had a thin mattress that they lay on. When she walked in, she saw Lilly laying on it. The little girl seemed to be fast asleep. A smile spread on Ivy's face. Her daughter is the only source of happiness she has left. That was since the time her father gambled her off to Alpha Trevor, the Alpha of their pack.

Ivy was about to lay next to her daughter when Lilly turned to face her mother.

"Mommy, I am hungry." Lilly said in a sleepy voice.

Ivy smoothed her daughter's hair and smiled at her. With all the hard work she was doing in the pack house, it was hard for her to get what she and her daughter would eat.

Earlier that night, she was able to pick up some leftover bread for the both of them. But before she could hide it and bring it up to the storage room for Lilly, Beta's mate caught her and took it from her. She soaked them in water and threw them away.

"I am sorry, Lilly. I tried to get us something to eat but I couldn't. I will try again tomorrow. I will do that early so that you can eat immediately when you wake up." Ivy explained to her daughter.

With a small smile, Lily nodded. "I understand, mommy. I am not that hungry. I will sleep now." She assured her mother before moving closer and laying on her lap.

Ivy smiled back at Lilly. But deep down, she was hurt. Her five year old daughter is leaving a life like this.

Lilly was also an early shifter. When she was four, she began to transform into the cutest cub. That made the members of the pack call her names. They say she is cursed just like her mother was.

When Lilly's breathing became steady, her mother knew she was fast asleep. She gently laid her on the thin mattress and then laid next to her. Soon, darkness took over.

**Thirty minutes later**

Ivy was awakened because of an unbearable pain she felt.

"Ughhh...." She groans in a low voice in an attempt not to wake her sleeping daughter up.

‘He is at it again. That cruel bastard.* Ivy's wolf, Rieka said in her head. She also howled and whimpered in pain.

‘Why is he doing this to us? It is about time he set us free. I can't take this anymore. Just accept his rejection already.’ Rieka added.

‘I can't do that and you know it. He is going to kill us if I do.’ Ivy reasoned, looking at her daughter's sleeping figure. ‘If I die, I don't know what is going to happen to our cub. We have to keep going for her sake. We have to fight through this.’ She added.

Rieka whimpered again. ‘Fine.... but at least get him to stop. It hurts so much.’ She reasoned again.