Alpha's first love

Mysterious guest

I wake up feeling my entire body sore. The pain from the burns is still there, but my royal blood is healing me even quicker than a normal werewolf, so by tomorrow, I will only have a few new scars left.

"Miraj, my treasure, are you awake?" I hear dad's voice next to me.

I look at him. He was once a great king, a beloved and respected one, but unfortunately for him, he was a kind person too, always helping others when they needed, even if that endangered him. And that brought his doom. But how can you be mad at a kind man that only wanted to help, when the selfishness and the greed of others that took advantage of him is at fault for all that went wrong.

"Father! How long did I...?"

No one brings them food here besides me. If I was asleep for too long, they had nothing to eat. That is the promise he made to the Alpha in order to obtain a refuge for us. The Alpha knew that the voice of a king can make him and all his pack kneel so he made sure that my father has no contact with anyone.

"Just for three hours. Your mother healed you."

I smile at him. The Moon Goddess blessed my mother with healing powers. She used to go from pack to pack in the kingdom to heal the ones that needed it. Now, her gift is imprisoned here.

"Is she awake?" My mother asks, before entering my room with such a soft voice that if my hearing wouldn't be supernatural, I wouldn't be able to catch it.

"Yes, mama, you don't need to whisper." I say with a smile as she enters the room with a plate of hot soup. She probably used her queen's voice to order some curious pack member that approached too much to bring the soup. I smile at the thought. She seems like a soft cupcake when you first see her, but if there is the need she can fit into a queen's shoes immediately.

But I don't get to enjoy this small, rare moment of peace with my family. Sensing I woke up, Alpha's voice screams into my mind through the pack link. "Come at the pack hose right now, lazy slave!"

My parents see my face shifting from happy to horrified and understand what happened. It's been three years, but it still hurts them that they can't protect me.

I force a smile and kiss them goodbye in a rush. Can't bear the look of their sad faces.

"I love you!" I say jumping towards the door. Two broken voices follow me. "We, too!"

I run to the pack hose, but still, it's not fast enough.

"How dare you take this long to come after I ordered you?" Alpha asks with a terrifying voice. "Just because you were born a royal and the rest of us had to wait for you that means things didn't change?"

I remain quiet, on my knees, in front of him.

"Answer me!" He screams as he kicks me in the stomach.

"Of course not, my Alpha. My father lost his crown and is a no one at your mercy. You were kind and allowed us to join your pack and for that we are grateful. As for me, I am just your slave."

I know this speech by heart now. When he is angry this is the only thing that calms him down, the remembering of having power over the king and having the princess as a slave. What an insecure, weak man he must be inside to still fear even our shadows. To still need, three years later, to hear those empty words.

But as expected, he calms down and dismisses me with a hand gesture. "Go cook."

He doesn't have to say it twice. I rush out of his office.

Fortunately, Carolina and her evil minions went out, to the nearby town to buy some outfits for tonight. I hear pieces of conversations as I cook about the mysterious guest that comes tonight. Apparently, he is a powerful, young Alpha and he is expected to reunite the packs and built a new kingdom to fight the rogues that had now made a base out of the old castle.

"A future king that is looking for allies and a future wife maybe." I hear Luna Anna telling an old lady.

"The Alpha was blessed by the Moon Godness only with boys, but the Beta has a lovely daughter. Who knows? I hear he is handsome, too." The old lady answers and they both giggle.

A lovely daughter? Carolina? I almost laugh out loud hearing this joke.

When the evening comes, Anna comes to me.

"Wear this tonight. You will serve the drinks." She gives me a black skirt and a white T-shirt. "And remember who you are. Don't speak, don't make eye contact with anyone. Just serve. Are you capable of that?"

"Yes, Luna."

"And this." She adds as she gives me some powerful perfume. "Make sure to hide your smell."

That's a bit odd, but what's the point of thinking too much about it.

When the evening comes I change my outfit, tie my dirty hair into a messy bun and start walking around, serving drinks while trying not to raise my eyes from the ground. When I go back to the kitchen after more drinks, curiosity gets the best of me and I take a look outside through the window. All the girls wear long, beautiful nightgowns. I spot Carolina very fast since she is dressed in a golden, puffy dress. She is even wearing a tiara. This girl really has no shame.

Suddenly, everyone gets excited. The girls arrange their dresses, the boys buff their chest and the adults get tense. The guest of honor is here.

He arrives in a black SUV, last generation. Powerful, handsome, and rich. No wonder everyone is making such a fuss.

But when the man steps outside his SUV, my heart stops, and all the memories of the past that I locked in the back of my mind come back at once to haunt me.

Alexander...