Arranged to be the mute Alpha's wife

Elena.

I never wanted my life to be like this. What does it mean to be forced to get married? On my own birthday, when I turn eighteen? I should be able to choose the person I want to spend my life with. Why is this happening to me?

Why am I standing here, looking at myself in the mirror, wearing a white dress covered in pearls? I'm wearing things I didn't even choose. I didn't even pick these earrings-they put them on me. Sure, the earrings are expensive. So is the necklace around my neck. Maybe it's worth more than a million dollars. But to me, it feels like I'm wearing chains-chains that will tie me to a prison.

They're marrying me to someone against my will. All because of the Alpha King-the king of the werewolves. He's the grandfather, the leader of our pack. He decided to pick a suitable girl to be his grandson's wife. The problem is, I've never even seen the Alpha. But I've always heard about him.

They say he's a killer. Not a cruel person, but a strong, wild killer and a fighter. People say he's like a beast. Everyone talks about how, when he turns into a wolf, he's huge and black, with red eyes like a vampire. He destroys his enemies easily and with so much power. They say he has no mercy and never forgives.

And somehow, the Alpha-the one I'm supposed to marry today-I don't even know how old he is or what he looks like, because I've never met him or even seen him from far away. This Alpha doesn't talk much. People say he only speaks at certain times. Some say he "talks with his hands"-he fights, he kills, he chokes, he points.

But what I know is I'm being forced into this marriage because they chose me. I don't even know how the Alpha King picked me. Why did the king of the werewolves choose me?

They say it's because no one has ever touched me. They say I never had any relationships with boys. They say I've never left my village. They say my family kept me inside most of the time. They say I don't have any friends. They say I studied at home, not at school. They say I was always respectful and still pure. They say I helped my parents with housework and farming.

That's true, but not because my family was strict. It's because my family was just average. Then my dad got sick, and I don't have any brothers or sisters. So I decided to help him. I didn't want to be a burden. I helped my family with love in everything.

But now, they think that by marrying me to the Alpha of our pack, they're helping me. They think I'll be happy forever-living in a palace, being the queen, having no one control me. They think I'll be able to travel, go out, wear whatever I want, have jewels, diamonds, gold, and servants.

That's why I agreed with them. But right now, as I look at myself, I see a totally different girl. All my life, I dreamed of waiting for my soulmate. I know that now it's almost impossible, and many people never find their true mate. But I still believe that maybe fate will send me my true mate one day.

Suddenly, I hear them knocking on the door. They're calling my name.

"Elena! Elena! Open the door! Hurry up!"

My breath gets faster.

_I'm so scared. My body's shaking. I'm so scared. My body's shaking._

I kept repeating it in my head over and over.

Finally, I felt calm. I walked to the edge of the balcony, closed my eyes, and took a deep breath. I didn't look down. I didn't hear anyone trying to stop me. And then-I jumped.

The fear disappeared. The pain disappeared, too.

Suddenly, I woke up. I opened my eyes. I didn't know if I was dreaming or what, but I felt pain. I remembered everything. I remembered I tried to kill myself. I remembered the jump. I screamed out from the pain.

Suddenly, I looked around and saw a lot of servants around me. I was in a bed that wasn't mine, wearing pajamas.

_Where am I?_ I thought.

All at once, they started saying, "Thank God you're okay! Thank God you're safe! Are you alright?"

I got out of bed slowly, and they helped me. I looked in the mirror and saw I was wearing white pajamas-the wedding pajamas, almost see-through. On my hand was a wedding ring.

I asked them, "What happened? Did the Alpha leave me? Did you save me? What's going on?"

Suddenly, I heard a voice from far away-the Alpha King himself, the grandfather, the king of the werewolves. He said, "You are now married to my grandson."

I found myself unable to speak. I couldn't even look at him.

Then my mom and dad came in behind him, saying the same thing in quiet voices, "Thank God you're alright. But the King decided you would marry his grandson, even while you were in a coma. You've been in a coma for a week."

I fainted again from the shock. I never thought they would actually marry me off while I was unconscious. How did they do it? Did they put me in a chair while I was in a coma-injured-and marry me off? Did he touch me? Could he really be that awful, to have sex with me while I was unconscious? No, that can't be. He probably doesn't know either.