I AM THE SECRET SON-IN-LAW

CHAPTER 1: MATE

Damian’s POV

“I am the future Queen of all supernatural beings here ! I will not have a mere omega werewolf as my mate !! That too a frigging weak orphan”, the powerful royal spat out when she finally found me hiding in the corner of the kitchen, washing the entire palace’s utensils with tears streaming down my eyes.

I was just a month elder to my mate’s 18 years of age and had been working as a disguised omega in the royal household after my Alpha parents and the entire pack had been massacred by the evil forces of the Black Mystic Pack a decade back.

I was an Alpha too and the heir to the mighty land of the previously 1,000,000 strong wolves of the Golden Warrior Pack.

However, the head witch of our pack was a second mother figure to me and had managed to escape the brutal blood bath before managing to whisk me away with her to the Royal Orphanage.

She had enchanted a pendant to suppress my Alpha powers and clasped it around my neck with a warning.

“No matter what, never take off this pendant, Damian. Do not reveal your true identity till the right time comes and before you ask, you shall know that time yourself, son. Alas, I have to leave you here alone but do not stop your training”, she sternly emphasized with a pointed look. She had been my personal trainer since the tender age of 3 and I could already recite all the basic spells by heart and take down an average wolf in a fight. “This book has all the spells and warrior training moves, which shall guide you. Do not ever slack”, she had quickly relayed the necessary information through breathless gasps.

“Please don’t leave me, Aunt Selene”, I cried as she clutched her bleeding abdomen.

“My time has come, Damian. You were the best student I ever taught in the last 100 years of my life”, she breathed out somehow as I held her life draining body in my arms with tears incessantly dripping down my cheeks. “Avenge our death, Damian. You are meant to be the King of all. Just stay patient with your mate . . . . ”, was the last thing she said before her pulse dropped and heartbeat stopped dancing in curves to set permanently to a flat tone.

Since then I had been living under the guise of an omega in the royal household and using resources meant for orphans.

After the royal guards found the revered witch’s corpse in my arms, I had been treated with the highest degree of suspicion possible and had a lonely and hard time since then.

While other orphans were treated with utmost care, even the old royal couple had found it hard to hide their disdain for an “omega” who might have killed the centenary old witch.

Why didn’t they add two and two together that the Black Mystic Pack might have killed the witch and that I was a victim just like her ?

However, lady luck was not on my side and before I knew it, I was treated like a slave and given a small attic, much smaller than the one, royal servants got, to keep me at bay from other pups at the age of ten.

“I, Melissa Meyers, reject you, Dami- . . . . ”, the Princess was cut off when the Royal Seer slapped her hand over the Princess’s mouth.

“Do not bring upon the curse of the Moon Goddess by rejecting her choices. You have been trained to be a royal warrior and Princess. Act like one and think about the supernatural world. What will they think when they know that the future Queen did not respect the Moon Goddess’s wishes”, the Royal Seer frowned.

“I don’t want a weakling as a mate !”, she rebuked horrified. “And that too a wolf who might have been a murderer !!”, she exclaimed making me flinch.

“Which was never proven”, the 150 year old Royal Seer snapped back. “You can stay away from him but do not reject him”, she firmly ordered. “Think about the kingdom and if you can not, then the subjects and the Council will take no time in replacing you with someone else with a freaking mate”, she added before sauntering out of the royal kitchen.

“I hate you”, the Princess screamed at me before storming out of the backdoor and shifting to her wolf.

I was an immensely strong Alpha- physically and mentally but it hurt. It hurt so effing much.

A wolf’s best day in their life was to find their mate and it only turned out to be second worst thing in my list after my parent’s and pack’s death.

Was I never allowed to be happy in this lifetime ?

I had a mate who despised me so much that she even went to the extent of calling me a ‘weakling’ and ‘murderer’.

How was I going to avenge my pack’s murder and win over my mate ?

How could I gain everyone’s trust ?

“We will keep training to be stronger to win over our mate”, my wolf, Leo surprisingly, resolutely said. The Alpha wolf was shockingly alright, inspite of almost getting rejected and weeded out of our mate’s life. “The Moon Goddess surely has a plan for us. Atleast she did not reject us !”, he pointed out through the mindlink.

“It was not done out of love”, I sighed as I wiped the gold plated cutlery dry. “She doesn’t love us either”, I mumbled woefully, trying really hard to not let any more tears make their way out of my Alpha eyes.

“She will eventually and we will make sure of it !”, he  determinedly said before fading at the back of my mind.

I am not sure, buddy. I sorrowfully thought but cheered up anyway at the thought of atleast having a mate, estranged even if she was.

I still had someone whom I would swear to protect and love all my life.

No matter what !

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