ALPHA KING'S DESTINED LUNA

CLARA I fall to the ground for the umpteenth time as a result of the mighty kicks directed to me by Angela. She doesn't care where the kicks land or whether she hurts me or not. I feel like several ribs are broken but she's not willing to leave me alone despite my ear-splitting screams and pleas. It's like she's determined to send me to an early grave! "Are you going to reject Asher or not?" She demands as she gives me a resounding slap just below my ribs. "You stupid bastard, I'll make sure I kill you before you take my man from me! Asher is mine and nothing can make him yours, not even the stupid mate bond!" She scoffs yet again. "Please don't let me lose the only thing that I've put my entire hope into." I beg her as I try to sit up, still sobbing. "You've been robbing me everything since I was a child and I've been quiet about it, always letting you have your way. Please let me keep my mate because you are beautiful and you have a lot of men who like you!" "Shut your dirty mouth up your pathetic tramp!" Angela cusses as she kicks me at the ribs, sending me flying across the room. I hit the wall with my back and upon falling on the ground, I pray that I don't get a serious concussion. "Asher is mine you b***h. He has been pursuing me of late and I like him as well, don't you dare ruin our relationship!" Angela demands. "You're lying Angela! You only want me to reject my mate because you hate me. Please let me accept Asher and I'll leave home as soon as Asher and I move in together. That way, my presence will never bother you any more!" I continue begging and making promises, hoping she will just have pity on me and let me have my way. Well, it seems she's not willing to lend me a listening ear because my plea only infuriates her further. "Asher won't even look your way Clara!" Angela scoffs. "You're so skinny and ugly, you're not even fit to be a Luna!" What? That really hurts! But I'm sure she's only saying this because she doesn't want me to be with Asher. If she thinks she'll make me give up that easily, then she's in for a rude shock! "Please Angela, Asher is my only hope right now, don't make me lose him!" "What if Asher doesn't want you to be his mate and ends up rejecting you? Won't you die out of shame? Won't it hurt you even more than you making the first move? Think sister, think!" I freeze for a moment and immediately I recollect myself, I assure Angela that I'll won't bother Asher anymore if he himself rejects me. I know that really hurts but I have to say those words so as to show how strong I am. "We have a deal then, dearest big sister!" Those words roll out of Angela's tongue, filled with a lot of mockery and hatred. She's so cunning! "Don't move an inch from this place and I'll bring Asher here and I bet you, he will reject you and the pain will be so much to endure! You'd wish your poor mother never gave birth to a miserable bastard like you!" She says then exits the room. "Leave my mother out of this you b***h!" I say amid clenched teeth but I'm glad she doesn't hear because this would warrant me a few more kicks, punches and slaps! My name is Clara Amos and my father is our Pack's Beta. After my mother's demise when I was only two years old, my father was lucky to meet his second chance mate who happens to be Alice my step mother. Immediately after moving in together, she took in and a few months later, she gave birth to angela. At first, Alice was always kind to me but immediately she delivered, everything took another turn and she started mistreating me. Angela and I loved each other when she was younger despite her mum trying so hard to separate us but she later have into her mum's demands when she was barely five. Since then, my life has been a living hell and I've been forced to endure mistreatments upon mistreatments. I've been slapped, kicked, battered, denied food, I've been forced to eat left-overs and unhealthy food, I've seen it all in my eighteen years of live! Since my father has been busy all through, delegating his duties as the Pack's Beta and the Alpha's assistant and advisor, he barely has time for me and he has never realised how much his wife and daughter hurt me. I've been afraid of informing dad because whenever they beat me up and I threaten to report them, they always threaten to harm me and Alice has severally threatened to hire people to kill dad if I ever tell on them. Well, he's the only relative who I can count on and I don't want to lose him, knowing what Alice is capable of! However, now that I am eighteen and having just realised that Asher is my mate, my heart is almost at rest, hoping Asher won't reject me but I'm damn wrong! Fate has other things on store for me! Asher is the current Alpha of our pack, the Green Shade Pack. He has just taken over from his dad and to be sincere, I don't like him that much since he is a womaniser and he uses young girls to satisfy his sexual desires. However, I have a feeling that he will change immediately we get mated because I'm determined to shower him with a lot of love and affection! As I sit here, leaning against the wall whilst in a lot of pain, I can't help but pray that Asher accepts me and takes me out of this misery! As much as I'd like to visit the Pack clinic to see doctor Victor due to the unbearable pain that I'm in, I can't dare to leave and then miss the chance of Asher meeting me at home when Angela finally brings him home. I'm eager to see if he'll accept me or reject me! I decide to endure the pain as I curl myself up on the floor and wait. 'Just go to the hospital first and let's get treated Clara!' my wolf Carmelita sounds from my head. I Know she really cares about me but this is not just the time to show emotions and agree with her. 'No way Carmelita!' I sturbonly refuse. ' I'll stay her and wait for Asher!' I say and immediately shut her out, putting a wall between us. As I've just said, it's not yet time to be controlled by our emotions! If she feels like it, she can as well heal me! A few minutes later, I feel relaxed and the pain subsides and I silently thank my wolf, hoping she has taken pity on me and healed me. However, I don't move from the place I'm seated and instead, I just lie down and rest. Time is moving so fast and before I know it, it's already dark and I can't stop panicking, asking myself why Angela and Asher are yet to show up. Without knowing it, I finally fall asleep here on the cold floor! "Get up you disgusting fool." I wake up to Angela kicking my thighs painfully. I sit up straight on the once cold floor which is now warm under my second hand clothes. "Doesn't Asher want to reject me? Can we be together as fated by the moon goddess?" I ask joyfully, ignoring Angela's ill treatment. "Listen to yourself!" Angela mocks, laughing out loudly like a maniac. "Do you think Asher can stoop that low and waste his time coming here?" She mocks further. "Come on, Asher was too disgusted by you to come here and he said he can't waste his time coming to see your ugly face. Asher said he doesn't like you any bit and you don't deserve an Alpha like him!" Oh no! Those words prick like a needle being driven inside my skin. I feel like a bee has just stung my heart due to the immense pain that I'm feeling. Is Angela serious? Did Asher have to reject me while still far from me? Is this what it's supposed to be like? I thought a mate who doesn't like the other and he or she wants to break the mate bond says it at their face so that the other person can accept the rejection? So why on earth did Asher sent my step-sister? Before I know it, Angela fishes out a phone and waves it at my face. I'm eager to know what's happening therefore I stare at it closely. A video of Asher and Angela kissing and hugging each other catches my attention. Asher is heard confessing that he doesn't like me, that I'm too skinny and not as fit as Angela and that no one can compare to Angela in his heart. My heart aches and I'm sad and shocked at the same time. I can't believe that Asher is that heartless to reject me in my absence. I grab the phone to look at it, but I clearly see that it's really Asher who's saying all that. Angela provocatively asks me if I believe it now and then grabs the phone back. She then demands that I reject Asher and since I'm very sad, I say that I refuse Asher but Angela says that it's not valid that I say so therefore she says the right thing herself and demands that I repeat after her and without giving it a second thought, I mechanically repeat her words and just immediately, I start feeling particularly dizzy and before fainting, I hear Angela happily bragging that she has recorded everything!