Luna's Second Chance Mate

SAMANTHA “The fact that you and your family see me as a slave doesn't mean I'll give myself to you easily!” I scoff at Prince Juan the Alpha's son who has been on my neck since I hit thirteen. “Just leave me alone, okay? I have a deadline to meet!” Well, I'm busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the palace members but Juan won't leave me alone. The other maids are busy in the house doing other chores and since I'm not in school today, I'll be fully in charge of all cooking. This has been the norm since time immemorial and I no longer take it as a big deal. I'm already used to hardships....already! I'm convinced that Juan hates me passionately because he spits at me, like always, and pulls my hair, warning me to behave myself, reminding me that I'm only a slave in this palace. He won't stop calling me a rogue who has nothing to offer except my filthy body. He hates the fact that his parents took me in when I showed up at their doorstep, sickly to the core hence taking pity on me. He's quite enraged today since he reaches for a metal spoon to hit me but before it can get into contact with my skin, someone holds his arm from behind, making him cuss and curse, swearing to deal with the person. I heave a heavy sigh of relief when I turn back only to come face to face with Joe, Juan's best friend and Beta's only son. He urges me to get back to work as he promises to deal with the troublesome Juan. In this palace, he's the only person who has had my back when everyone else turned theirs on me. He always stands up for me, sometimes getting a tough scolding from his parents Beta Alex and and his wife Diana. Alpha Phil and Luna Helen of the Red Moon Pack pay less or no attention to me since they're quite convinced that to them, I'm nothing but their servant...a mere slave! Their daughter Tina and the Beta's daughter Vivian do not pay any attention at all towards me and that alone taught me to mind my own business. Whenever we come into contact, they either pretend that I don't exist or become extremely mean towards me. Well, this has been my daily life since I turned twelve up till today. I'm somehow used to it.... I watch as Joe leads Juan away but not before Prince Juan swears to deal with me when he's done with Joe. I just sigh and smile inwardly, hoping that his are just empty threats and he'll soon forget I exist. Well, he's already eighteen and about to meet his mate and settle. My name is Samantha Albert and I'm seventeen years old. Soon, I'll be eighteen and I'll also leave this place in search of my own mate. Everyone here knows my first name which I couldn't lie about but no one knows my surname. I've been pretending that I can't remember my parents' names because if the Alpha gets to know who I am, he will have me killed just as he did to my parents. What else they do not know is that I have a brother who's now living in another pack and he's ready to show himself up immediately he hits eighteen. He's only sixteen. His name is Gary Albert! Surprised huh!? I lost my parents in a fire accident when I was only twelve. Back then, we were living peacefully in our own palace where we had everything we needed as a rich family. My father was Alpha Albert Morris of the Blue Moon Pack and my mother, the Luna's name was Karen Albert. Our pack was located a few kilometres from this Pack and I'm sure you're wondering how Alpha Phil managed to get rid of my parents and why he did that yet we're not from the same pack. Well, it all started when the two Packs decided to merge and become one Pack since both of them weren't that big. That meant there would only be one Alpha and one Luna, one Beta, one Gamma and one top warrior. Since my parents and Juan's parents were already Alphas and Lunas, they were going to leave the decision on who would rule the joint kingdom to the moon goddess while the rest would just remain advisors. However, the two families were supposed to live in the same Pack house which they hadn't yet agreed on and to be sincere, everything was going well according to plan as we all waited for the goddesses' decision. All this happened while my brother Prince Gary and I were far away in a prestigious boarding school and to be sincere, not everyone knew about us. That's why it has been easy to fool these people who murdered my parents! Pathetic murderers! Well, as the two Royal Families waited for the goddesses' decision, they continued doing things jointly, to an extend of bringing their warriors together. They had already agreed to name the two Packs after the Pack where the chosen Alpha and Luna would come from. It seems Alpha Phil and his Luna couldn't accept to be just normal advisors to my parents, hence ending their lives in such a gruesome way. **** After serving everyone breakfast, I head to the laundry room so as to continue with the cleaning. Ever since I came here, my life has been a mess and I'm just looking forward to my eighteenth birthday so as to graduate from high school and also to meet my mate! **** It's Juan's eighteenth birthday and he graduated from high school three weeks ago. His father Alpha Phil decided to throw a party for him and he has invited all princesses and other high ranking wolves daughters from all the surrounding Packs to come and try their luck in being Juan's mate and future Luna. My roles at this party are well outlined and I have been given strict instructions not to cross the boundaries. I'm only a slave here and my role is to serve food drinks to all the damsels and boys and to ensure they lack nothing. Well, I don't have a choice but to do so because I need to continue living here for several reasons; the food, school, a roof over my head and the worn out clothes I get from the Luna and her daughter. Juan's sister who's only seventeen and also unmated is dressed in a an off shoulder flowing white gown and Vivian, the Beta's daughter who's also her age mate and friend has tried her best to copy the princess's dress code. I'm sure she has her eyes on Juan and to be sincere, I wish her all the best because their attitudes match and rhyme perfectly well. They deserve each other! Shaking my mind off the thoughts, I run to the kitchen to bring another round of drinks after a mean male wolf shouts at me, calling me a slave and demanding that I serve him as the servant that I am. I don't blame him though. He's one of the bullies at school and he's Juan's friend and an errand boy. He's always at his beck and call, running his dirty businesses for him and covering him up at school whenever he's on the wrong. The party started at six in the evening and by ten o'clock, I'm already tired to the core and even as the other Pack House maids head to their rooms to sleep, I'm running here and there trying to please everyone. At around midnight, people have started dispersing and most of them are heading back to their Packs and to Alpha Phil Carson's disappointment, his son hasn't met his mate yet. Since I'm done for the day, or rather night, I decide to take a stroll along the Pack House and the calming breeze coming from the swimming pool attracts me and I find myself seated there bare footed, dipping my legs inside the water. I close my eyes and look up the blue sky, taking note of the glittering moon which illuminates the whole place, making the water to appear blue as well. Heaving a sigh of relief after having the water calm my sore nerves, I open my eyes and I'm surprised to smell some familiar yet intoxicating smell approaching the pool. I put my wolf instincts at alert and I look around, gladly inhaling the familiar yet intoxicating scent which is a mixture of lavenders and strawberries. No! It can't be him! Prince Juan Phil can't be my mate....no! Not him! The moon goddess can't be this mean to pair me with him! Instinctively, I get off from the pool and stand on the bare tiles without even putting on my shoes. Something bad is about to happen and I can sense it! Well, if he won't have the guts to reject me right now, I'll do it myself because I can't imagine having such a ruthless and heartless man for a mate...hell no! He walks closer towards me and I try to walk further from the pool because he might be tempted to throw me in there if I dare reject him and I'm yet to perfect my swimming skills. “You!” Juan scoffs and he points and accusing finger at me. “You can't be my mate! What did I ever do to the moon goddess for her to pair me with a mere and homeless slave like you?” he spits venom as he walks closer to me and grabs me by the collar. “Tell me homeless rogue, what did you give to her?” Gosh! I wish he knew I was a princess, an Alpha's daughter as well. “Reject me if that's why you're here!” I say boldly, trying to shove his hand away from my neck. “For how long have you known that we're mates? Huh? Tell me rogue!” “Just now!” I reply. Well, I know I'm not supposed to be engaging him since he's so disgusting and I feel like rejecting him first but I have to wait so as to see how everything will unfold. Tightening his grip at my collar, he spits at my face and scoffs, spitting venom like the snake that he is. “Do you know how many times I've tried to sleep with other girls so as to keep that disgusting scent of yours away, do you?” he asks, and I can see his neck veins bulging. He's quite enraged. “I knew you were my mate ever since I was sixteen and I had to live with that fact for disgusting fact for two years. I thought the moon goddess was somehow wrong that's why I agreed to my dad's idea of hosting a birthday party to be attended by princesses but at the end of the day, I never met my mate, a clear indication that you're indeed the one. Well, I'm sorry to blow your trumpet but I can't be your mate! Therefore, I Prince Juan Phil Carson, reject you Samantha Albert as my mate. I forbid you from ever telling anyone that we're mates and from now onwards, you're free to look for your mate as I continue for the search for my perfect princess!” Upon uttering those mean words, he lets go of my collar and spits at me once again and before he can step away, I shout at him; “I Samantha Albert also reject you the mighty prince Juan Phil Carson. I don't want a mean and disgusting mate and I'm glad you've gathered the guts to reject me first!” Wow! The pain I had already started feeling in my heart as the mate bond breaks disappears immediately and in its place, I feel some immense peace which sweeps over my heart like some cool breeze. I watch as Juan kneels on the ground, clutching his heart in pain and I let out a sarcastic laughter. He thought he's the only one with a degree of rejecting mates huh? Without minding about him, I search for my sandals and upon slipping them on, I walk towards the servants quarters where I enter into my room and close myself in, contemplating on my next move. I sure need to move out of this godforsaken Pack as soon as possible!