Substituted as a bride to the cruel Alpha

ASTRID'S POV” I felt a tight slap across my face where I stood and my lips broke and gave way to fresh blood. I could taste it in my mouth. My cheeks ached as tears pricked at my eyes and my fist clenched into a ball of rage but I dared not move away from the spot I was unless I wanted to make it worse. Ever since I lost my parents, my life had been worse compared to hell. My mother was a human who just had to fall in love with a werewolf and they had me. After she died, my dad remarried his mate who later had a daughter for him. I always found my mother's passing strange as she was fine one night and the next morning, was found dead in her bed. Nobody cared enough about her though to have the death investigated. Only a few days later, my dad brought home his mate who was already pregnant. Soon after, he left to join my mother in the same strange way she had passed. My suspicions were my step mother killed both my mom and my dad but I didn't have any proof and even if I did, no one would spare me a listening ear or the time to take action. Just like my mother, I was a human. In other words, I was useless. I'd had to live with my step mother, Eva, and my step sister, Leyla, who treated me as no more than a doormat. “Why do you have to be so stupid?!” My step mother spat at me with eyes widened in anger and frustration. “Everywhere I go, I am reminded of this baggage that I have with me and you always have to let it show that you are so useless! Why were you even born?!” I always asked myself that question as well. Why was I even born in the first place? To live like a slave and be treated like a non living thing? She scoffed as my eyes fell to my feet. I hid my hands behind my back and stood in an apologetic manner. She hadn't given me the chance to speak, therefore, I couldn't apologize. “Who gave you the permission to touch my things? Answer me when I am talking to you, you filthy pig!” She spat out at me. “I didn't mean to–” Another slap landed on my face, shutting me up. I winced from the pain and cupped my cheeks in my hand. I stared up at her as tears trailed down my cheeks. “Of course.” She stood with her hands on her hips. “You didn't mean to, it was a mistake. Every time you ruin something, it is always an accident! You yourself are an accident! Only the moon goddess knows what made that fool Roland marry a puny human.” Roland was my father. I gritted my teeth in anger. The way she spoke of my late parents always got on my nerves but there was nothing I could do about it. My dad was an alpha and could do things the way he wished. That was how he decided to marry my mother after falling in love with her and no one could question him. “Stop wasting your strength on this useless thing mother.” My step sister, Leyla spoke up. She rose from her seat and walked towards us. “I have a few chores for her to carry out. That's the only thing she is good for, running errands and washing the toilet.” She threw a small sheet at me and along with it were a few hundred dollars. “Hurry! Make sure you get everything on that list.” Leyla was four years younger than me yet she treated me like she were the older one. Like a queen treated her least favorite maid. I bent down and picked up all the dollar notes and the list and turned to walk away but my step mother called me back. “Before I forget, my friend is waiting at JK hotel, she has a package for me. Go and pick it up for me and don't you dare break it or else I will break you!” She glared. “That's the room number.” She scribbled down on a paper and threw it my way. I nodded my head and picked the paper before leaving. I could hear her scoff in irritation as I walked away. The list was quite a long one and it took some time to get everything. Finally, I was done and I made my way to JK hotel to receive the package. Taking out the ruffled paper from my pocket, I stared confusedly at it. “Is it a six or a nine?” I didn't know which way to turn it but I finally decided on six since that was my birthday. Arriving at the room, I knocked twice but got no response. Knocking once more, I twisted the knob and it opened right away. “Hello?,” I said as I walked into the room and closed the door gently behind myself. It was a giant living room with no one in sight. I went towards the bedroom and knocked as well. “I'm from Eva Nightingale.” I said softly before pushing the door open. A man stood in front of the mirror in the room with his back turned to me. As I stepped into the room, he twisted his head to look at me but his face was concealed by a black mask. ‘It must be nine.’ I thought to myself. “I'm sorry, I got the wrong room.” I bowed my head apologetically before turning to leave. A hand suddenly gripped my wrist and pulled me. A gasp escaped my mouth as I collided with his firm body. “I'm sorry but I'm going to need your help.” His voice was stern yet gentle. All I could see from his face were his pale grey eyes. I tried to push away from him but he grabbed my waist and suddenly pressed his lips against mine. His hands ripped my shirt open, revealing my bra and then he cupped my ass. “Stop it!” I tried to fight it but he was inhumanly strong. All the groceries in my hand fell to the ground as he lifted me in his arms and pressed me to the bed. His soft lips pressed against mine even harder than before then began to trail down my neck. I moaned softly as I felt his tongue against my n****e. He placed tenacious kisses all over my body and I was so lost in the unwanted pleasure that I didn't even realize when he slipped my jeans down my legs. He was on top me again, pinning me to the bed with his fingers intertwined with mine. A short gasp escaped my mouth as his member slipped inside me. He began to thrust inside me, hastily and quickly. A mix of pain and pleasure escalated through out my body as he made love to me, his soft moans against my ears brought moans from my mouth as well. His lips didn't cease from placing taunting kisses on my skin and sucking my breast whenever he could. At the moment, I didn't want to stop him. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. It felt good.