Serafine ignored her, picked up her bag, and set to leave the room when the other girl stretched her leg in front of her, making Serafine fall. Serafine stood up, dusted her skirt, and left, ignoring what her step-sister had done. She was done complaining as, in the end, she would be the one who would end up beaten by her father. She has learned to shut her mouth no matter the pain she is going through.
It's good that you made the right choice. Now, one more thing, we got news today that war might still break out in the future if the alpha fails to fall in love with you after three months. " So, do all you can to make him fall for you, earn his affection, or else" Serafine's dad said as his eyes landed on the puppy lying on the floor beside the door. He walked towards the door and picked the puppy up.
" Give him back please", Serafine pleaded as her father grabbed the puppy by its neck, strangling it a little.
Ignoring her plea, her father said " Else, say bye-bye to your precious puppy". His hold on the puppy tightened a little.
"OK, I agree, I promise, I will make him fall in love with me," Serafine said while shedding tears. She was not aware that she had started crying. Her puppy is the only thing that has given her solace these days, the only thing keeping her sane.
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Serafine got to the Lucid pack with the help of the wolves sent from the pack to pick her up. On getting there, she marveled at the sight she was seeing. The members of the pack did not even behave like wolves at all and if not for the fact that she was aware that this was a pack, she would have thought the people she was seeing were humans. And to add to this, the technology in this pack is impressive and almost on par with human technology.
When she got to the Alpha's house, she was surprised at what she was seeing. There were only a few female workers there.
'I thought most workers were female' Serafine thought to herself
"Welcome Serafine, I will call you by your name for now, because you are not yet our Luna. " I will be the one to attend to your needs today, so please follow me while I lead you to your room," an older lady dressed in a maid's uniform said as she turned her back at Serafine leading the way, not turning back to even check if she was following her.
Serafine could see from the look on the lady's face that she did not like her, and she was not surprised, as someone liking her right now was not her priority. Initially, after her father told her about the three-month deal, she had it in mind to make the alpha of the lucid pack hate her instead of liking her, as she did not even care if any war should break out. But after using her precious puppy against her, she would do all in her power to get this done so she could go back to save her puppy.
"This will be your room for the meantime. I would start going, and please let me know if you need any help," the maid said, not even hiding the bad look on her face for Serafine.
"Thank you so much," Serafine said with a small smile on her face.
The lady was about to take her leave when Serafine suddenly asked
" When can I meet the Alpha?"
" It is not a question I can answer as of now. " I am not even in the right position to answer that, Serafine, so, you will meet our Alpha when he wants to see you," the maid said, giving Serafine a fake smile.
Serafine sat down on the mattress feeling tired from the journey. Unlike others, Serafine has not gotten her wolf yet. For a reason, her wolf does not want to manifest itself yet, even though she is already 18 years of age. Her father once told her that it was because of her wrongdoings, which is why the moon did not give her a wolf. So, without her wolf, she was no different from human beings as her abilities are slow, and she heals slower compared to other wolves.
She stood up to go to the bathroom, then she saw two identical doors and did not know which one was the bathroom. She pushed one of them and suddenly, she found herself in another room different from hers. The room belonged to a male. She was sure of that because the interior gave a dark, shady, and dangerous feeling. She felt a shiver run down her spine as she felt the presence of someone behind her. Just as she was about to turn, she heard a cold and menacing voice.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
She turned back to receive the shock of her life.