Alpha's Reborn Mate: Waking up as his Sister-in-law

[Valeria's pov]

"Oh my! Valeria, you are here too?" Someone placed her hand over my shoulder as I turned around. "Are you really here for the mating ceremony?" My anger rose hearing those mocking words, knowing that I was wolf-less and there was no way I could find my mate. Nothing new for me but it still hurt as heck.

"Well, I doubt you would even shift now. But good luck on finding your mate." The random woman smiled and went away, when I noticed people staring at me in disgust. Abandoned by my father, the beta of the pack and disliked by my step-mother and her kids. None of that was hurtful as much as being wolf-less was.

Looking around with my helpless eyes, all I could see was men and women dressed for the party. Everyone was eager to find their mates and shift for the first time. Under the moonlight, with drinks in their hands and the loud chatter. It was the moment when I noticed my dad's affection towards his other daughter who had just turned eighteen.

I felt a longing for his love but ignored them and continued to have another drink. Today was the mating ceremony and everyone was gathered on the highest castle situated on the cliff. The news was spread that after five years, today the moon goddess was going to bless the wolves with mates. Sharp at ten, under the full moon.

Touching twenty four and being wolf-less was a big tragedy. But what irked me was the idea of staying mateless that night. Chugging down another shot of fruit cocktail, I was startled when a female attendant came forward. "Pardon the intrusion, miss. But the pack seers insist if you leave the ceremonial area."

Hearing those words once again reminded me of my tragic life. Those fucking seers who influenced the decisions of the pack had

already labelled me as a cursed one. "We don't want any kind of hindrance in the ceremony. The moon goddess might bestow wrath on us while you are here. Please miss. I can serve you food and drinks in the inner hall."

My blood boiled at those words and I asked with my voice getting defensive. "And how the heck those seers know I will not shift tonight and won't find my mate either?" It wasn't the attendant's

fault but I could not contain my anger either. What happened was not my fault. Being wolfless was not something I had decided. My father disowning me wasn't my mistake either.

"We know that you are still wolfless and are past the expiry date, miss Valeria Hayden. There is no way you will shift tonight and find a mate." I heard the seers speaking when they walked in the front garden where the ceremony was about to start. My face got creased with utter shock over their bluntness and anger on their chosen words.

"Thus, we think it would be best if you leave the area." The seer wearing white robe was making a gesture for me to follow. Clenching my fists in anger I had no other option as the chat had already snagged everyone's whispering. How could they do something like that? Looking around I was ashamed and had many complaints about the moon goddess.

A part of me wanted to keep on drinking but things weren't good for me there. Glancing at my father, the beta of the pack with his second wife, I sighed and grabbed a bottle of wine placed in the corner of the shelf. There was no point in talking to those people who were adamant on their stance. Knowing they didn't need me there, smashing the bottle on the counter I headed towards the inner hall.

Taking a bigger step towards the castle's main ingress, as soon as I pushed open the door I froze. It was the moment when something made me halt in the spot, within the empty ingress of the castle. I

felt myself being drawn, as if something started to call out to me. A voice resonated in my head with the echo of 'mate' and ecstasy filled my bones.

Perhaps, the moon goddess had finally blessed me with my mate. As it was said, smelling a scent out of nowhere along with the feeling of orgasm was equivalent to finding a mate. Chasing that scent I was suddenly excited as that could be the end of my misery. All the rejections. Those mocks. The whole darn claim of those stupid seers who thought I would never find my mate.

Moving across the far stretched main hall of the castle, I ran towards the arcades while sniffling the scent. Each step which took me further towards my mate set my body on a constant sensation. Suddenly, I felt as if my body was on fire. Every single cell of my body wanted to actually feel his warmth. Around my neck, navel, face and between my thighs.

Clasping my legs closer I tried not to moan when my thighs touched each other. My body was on fire and the heat was increasing with every step. I was in the heat and the constant echo in my head had now caused changes in my body. Glancing on my hands I could feel white hair growing on my arms.

"My wolf?" Slowing down my eyes got teary knowing that I was finally shifting. "My goodness! I am shifting on the same day when I found my mate." Pacing my feet in eagerness as the scent got stronger as I passed through the last arcade and reached the garden. Immersed in my imagination of all the beautiful things that he would do to me filled my body with passion.

"Arh.....henghn, yes!" The bubble of my imagination came down crashing when I heard a feminine voice. Numerous thoughts clouded my mind including what if my mate was cheating on me already? My heart started to beat fast as I heard fast thumping and the feminine moans grew louder.

"Please, Alpha Aaron!" It was the moment when I recognised the voice, which felt familiar and it made me stagger a bit. "Mark me! I know you want me~" The feminine voice came out seductively. I wanted to back off but the realisation of being betrayed had crushed my heart. My destined mate was with a woman. Not with any random one but my own step-sister, Alice.

I had never felt like this as the emotions were becoming a volcano inside me. Not knowing how to contain them I decided to confront my mate. How could he do something like that to me when we hadn't even met yet? From the name Alice spoke, Alpha Aaron was from the East pack. All the packs had settled in the South pack for the ceremony as we had the highest peaks. The best and romantic place for the mating ceremony.

As I walked in the midst of the hall while glancing around to spot them. The garden was at the back of the castle, with a beautiful fountain in the middle. Alice was half naked laying on the thick boundary of the fountain while Alpha Aaron's dick was inside her. I gasped in horror as he finally turned to see me and our gaze connected.

"Please, don't stop." Alice spoke seductively while pulling alpha Aaron closer by his shirt as he smiled broadly and kept on pumping in her pussy. How could Alice steal my mate from me, that too right in front of my eyes? I couldn't expect anything less from her, she had been eyeing someone during the whole ceremony.

I stood there watching both of them with disgust, with my thighs dripping. How could moon goddess play with me like that? 'Our mate doesn't love us.' My wolf spoke up to me in a disheartened tone. For the first time I heard my wolf and we both were disappointed in what we saw in front of us.

"Hah! So, you are the one who called out to my wolf for mating." Alpha Aaron glanced at me when my step sister laughed in

between her moans. Seeing them entwined into each other I could not even utter a single word to split them. Blankly nodding at the alpha, my heart shattered into a million pieces.

I was the one who was supposed to be bent over and having his seeds. My teary eyes glanced at Alice who was savouring his dick. I could not contain my anger when both of them simply ignored my presence. How could they when both of them were doing something sinful? One was my mate and the other was my step-sister.

The alpha's groans, Alice's moans, the sounds of his dick clashing into her wet pussy, I could not bear to watch them. Placing my hand over my heart, turning around I was about to leave with reality. It was the moment when alpha Aaron spoke to me when he was nearly finishing himself inside Alice.

"Stay here!" The alpha's voice demanded my stay and my body froze there as if I was bewitched. Hearing his every grunt and Alice's moan until he was finished. "Oh alpha Aaron~" She grabbed his collar and spoke in a seductive tone. Alpha Aaron pulled Alice closer and kissed her lips while I watched both of them like an idiot.

"Who are you?" The alpha asked while looking at me in curiosity. It was the moment when Alice settled her skirt and stood behind him. The next thing I saw was her arms on Alpha's chest which made me realise their relationship wasn't just a fling. "She is my wolfless step-sister, Valeria. The famous cursed one." Before I could speak, Alice gave my horrible introduction.

"So, my mate is a cursed one? I assume you just heard your wolf today. Correct?" Alpha Aaron asked me as he looked at me from my head to toe in disgust. "Intriguing. However, I am not taking someone like you as my mate." I couldn't comprehend his

nonchalant tone while talking about his mate. I was not wolfless anymore, how dare he insult me like that?

No way that man whore and brat was my mate! "As you see, Valeria. Your sister, Alice, is the one I want." Stunned, my eyes glanced at her and then the gaze shifted towards alpha Aaron. He stepped closer and I felt his hand caressing my shoulders in a swift motion. He still hadn't rejected me which was why I could feel that his touch burnt my desires.

I closed my eyes unexpectedly while craving more of his touch. Souring his brief touch when a mocking laughter brought me back to reality. "Haha, look at her. She wants to be touched and fucked like me." Alice made the remark while slipping her arm into his. "Poor thing! Being delusional is a disease, Val." Her words felt like a hard slap to me as I stepped back.

"I can already smell your arousal. It seems Alice is right but too bad I am not going to touch you anymore. What if I encountered the curse too?" Alpha Aaron leaned in making a sly expression as he whispered. "Cannot afford it, right? I am the alpha of the East pack, I need to be in utter health. And Oh yes, I should have a strong she-wolf by my side."

Glancing at Alice I knew he meant it seriously when the alpha mentioned he was interested in her. My step sister laughed when she placed her hand over Aaron's chest. "Did you think you were going to get mated to him? Aren't you a sight for sore eyes when you are cursed, Val? Get some sense and know your place." Alice cackled while alpha Aaron looked at her and kissed Alice in front of me.

"Whatever you thought was going to happen tonight, will not occur anymore." Alpha Aaron ogled me from head to toe, while pulling Alice closer to his chest. "As I made myself clear, I am not going to associate with someone like you." The words felt like a sharp arrow to me, lowering my head I tried hard not to cry in front of them.

"Oh, please. Don't act all this crybaby now. It isn't going to change anything, I am still not going to mark you as my mate. I don't care if you have heard your wolf or not, you are cursed Valeria and I want the best for my pack." Sniffing at those hurtful remarks, while clutching the hem of my gown. Tears crawled down on my cheeks and got lost in the garden's soil under my feet.

"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Alpha Aaron snapped and I immediately looked up at him. Meanwhile, Alice kept on glancing at me intently with an utter mock in her eyes. She knew that once again she held victory over me. First it was my toys and now my mate. Wiping off my tears I looked at the alpha while waiting for the rejection.

"I can't believe Alice is your step sister. I mean just look at you, and look how heavenly she is..." He trailed off and kissed Alice once again who giggled and snaked up on the alpha's arm. Alice winked at me as she made her position clear to me as the luna of East pack. What was I then? Nobody. Despite now hearing my wolf I was still a mateless she-wolf. Why? All of that was her fault. Yes! Alice.

I eyed her with jealousy crawling up in my heart, despite the anger that boiled in my stomach. How dare she snatch something which was mine? That too once again! I could not let that happen. "Hurry up, alpha. Please don't delay it. Reject her and take me as your mate." Alice whispered in a seductive tone and I saw the alpha smirking.

With a sinister look the alpha turned towards me. A malicious smirk appeared on his lips as he looked at me and inched closer.

"I, Alpha Aaron, of East pack...." He began and my eyes widened, not because of shock. But the way he immediately obliged to Alice's request stunned me. They were truly involved with each. My eyes moved swiftly and steadily as my breathing started to turn irregular.

"Hereby reject you, Valeria, of South pack." A sharp pain seared through my chest, as his voice grew even more nonchalant. I could not bear the pain and my legs gave up, slumping on the ground I placed clenched my chest. While I was aching with the excruciating pain in my body, Alice giggled and Aaron kissed her as his approval.

"You're pathetic. Once again, left with nothing." Alice cursed from above me while the alpha looked at me with a cold gaze. "A little rejection and you have yourself whining on the floor like a kid. Come on, grow up and leave the pack. We don't want you here and now your mate doesn't want you either, Valeria." Alice mocked me while the alpha stood silent.

My ears got fumed with anger from what she had just said. How dare she tell me what to do!? I found the courage to get up, despite the pain in my limbs and the pain surging through my heart. "What did you say, you bitch?" I shouted with the tears staining my face as anger welled up inside of me.

"What?" Alice smirked. There was a pleasure over her face as I reached for her hair and pulled her. The sting in my heart didn't compare to how much I loathed her at that time. "Leave me, you crazy bitch!" Alice yelled while trying to break free from my hands. We both quarrelled while the alpha leaned against the fountain boundary to watch the show.

Blinded by rage and still having no idea how to shift, I was taken over by Alice as she shifted. As the fur appeared over her arms and neck, instinctively I released her hair. "What the heck?" Alice shifted into her wolf form in front of me and growled. Bending over she pushed me, due to being at the near edge of the cliff I was thrown off.

"Bravo! That's like my Luna!" That was the last thing I heard from Alpha Aaron's mouth. I could see Alice in her wolf form, standing at the edge of the cliff as she watched me falling into the pits of

darkness. Only if I had another chance. A second chance for revenge. To forcefully take what belonged to me, to destroy what refused to come to me. One last chance, moon goddess!

"Miss, Valeria." I heard a feminine voice calling my name. Opening my eyes, I found myself sitting in front of a mirror. Where the heck was I? The last thing which flashed in my head was falling off the cliff. Glancing in the mirror I saw an unfamiliar face, unknown place and strangers around me.

"We are really sorry for the lazy work, miss Valeria. Please, tell the alpha to spare our lives for the delay." They knew my name but why was my face unfamiliar? Touching my make-up tainted cheek I tried to believe the beautiful woman in the reflection was me. "The alpha must be waiting for you." Another one spoke cheerfully.

The alpha? Wedding attire? Unfamiliar face? What the heck was happening? Just then the door opened and a tall handsome man walked in. "Are you done?" The maids who were preparing me for the wedding immediately bowed and called his name. Alpha Calhaun Castello. I had heard the name before, my eyes widened upon realising that he was the alpha of North pack.

"No need for any more decorations. We need to get done with this ceremony." I was still figuring out what was happening when the alpha reached for my hand and pulled me. "Clean the room and prepare it for our wedding night." Alpha Calhaun ordered them while my stunned eyes simply stared at him blankly. After he was done, the man dragged me out of the room towards the main hall.

"I am not going to cater your tantrums anymore, Valeria. Our deal was fair and square, give me a child and in exchange you will get the title of my luna. Yet here you are, enjoying all this luxury beforehand." It didn't take me long to figure out that perhaps I was inside someone else's body who had the same name. Moon goddess has actually given me a second chance.

Grinning at the new circumstances which were in my favour. I slipped my arm into his, trying to act cheeky. "Pardon me, alpha Calhaun. I will keep up my part of the deal." Knowing that now I could have power to take my revenge, the new situation excited me. I was still in the same world but inside a different body and in a new pack.

Lady luck was on my side, I was sent back in the same timeline where alpha Calhaun was about to marry his fiance. Except this time, I was the one who was going to take vows with him. The strongest alpha among all, the leader of the strongest pack. One thing was certain, the alpha didn't like his fiance aka me. I had to fix that thing in order to attain the power which came along with the title of luna.

"Getting cheeky, ain't we? Alpha Calhaun raised his eyebrow at me, when I figured out from his reaction that he hadn't had a good relationship with his fiance. Did his fiance die during the doll up session or whatever happened to her, I didn't care as long as the new situation benefitted me. Perhaps, that was the reason why Calhaun sensed my 'new and weird' behaviour.

"Shouldn't I be, alpha? We are getting married, I am going to be your luna now. What else would I want?" Keeping my tone normal I remarked while smiling at him. Whereas, the alpha took the bigger step towards the main hall while being suspicious of me. Nonetheless, he couldn't prove anything if he wanted to.

"Says the one who was throwing tantrums earlier. You are acting strange today, Valeria." Alpha Calhaun took me towards the

golden door which was closed. We both halted there in front of it while talking. Luckily, the alpha was disclosing all the necessary things to me all by himself. "Aren't you missing your little love affair, Aaron?" The name froze me.

Was alpha Aaron having an affair with Valeria of North pack, the previous owner of the body. Darn, that asshole! Good thing he rejected me as his mate. Lowkey, I felt happy that now he was with Alice and might even cheat on her too. "Don't worry, I have invited him too along with his luna Alice." Alpha Calhaun informed me, the realisation made me happier but for a different reason this time.

"I am glad you have invited him, alpha. Would be a sight to behold!" Smirking at the information, my reply stunned him and a brief smile appeared on his lips. The doors opened and we both walked inside with hands and hands. Loud cheers, laughter and hooting echoed in the hall. Whereas, I savoured the attention which I never had earlier. This was my time to shine! All alone!

After the ceremony alpha Aaron and his luna came to greet us. "Congratulations on your wedding, alpha Calhaun and luna Valeria." Alpha Aaron spoke while looking at me, I could see lust in his eyes clearly. Meanwhile, Alice pulled his arm to restrain Aaron

from flirting with me. Whereas, I could feel alpha Calhaun glaring at both of them as a sign of his dislike.

Slipping my arm into his I smiled even though there was sarcasm in my words. "Likewise, Alice. How does it feel to be married to someone's leftover option?" My words threw all of them off guard, though my eyes kept on staring at Alice. It was a sight to behold to watch Alice being dumbfounded and hesitant. At the same time, I could feel that alpha Calhaun was equally stunned.

"Pardon me?" Alice tried to act nonchalant to my words, while Alpha Aaron was unsure how to respond too. I could see disbelief in his eyes when he saw how I was boldly ridiculing them. "You

cannot insult my luna like this, Valeria." This time alpha Aaron spoke while trying to act high and mighty in front of me. Before I could respond, my husband, alpha Calhaun spoke to them.

"Mind your words, Aaron. You cannot address my luna without a proper title." Alpha Calhaun didn't seem a bad person, even though it was obvious he wasn't really involved in the previous owner of the body. "Unless you are tired with your life." The next thing alpha Calhaun did was wrapping his arm around my shoulder. His silent encouragement made me realise my importance.

"It is alright, honey. It seems alpha Aaron and miss Alice," Stressing over the 'miss' I knew nobody would dare say anything to me. Being the luna of Alpha Calhaun had its perks, I could carelessly insult anyone without facing consequences. "Have misunderstood my words. Didn't you have another mate before Alice?" Alpha Calhaun raised his eyebrow upon my words.

"Poor girl, I heard she died upon knowing what a hideous mate she had." How could I leave both of them alone? Especially, when I had the chance to make them feel threatened. It didn't matter to me whether they were guilty or not about killing me. Now that I had the reins in my hands along with the support of the strongest alpha. "From what I heard, she jumped off the cliff as her rejection."

Alpha Calhaun seemed to be stunned with the way I was behaving. It wasn't a wonder because the previous body owner didn't like him. Now that I was inside the body and my actions were completely opposite. Seizing the opportunity I was showing my interest in the alpha. Similarly, the way he protected me showed that alpha Calhaun wanted to keep his reputation clean.

Even if it had to force him to protect me, the alpha would do it since I was married to him now. However, it raised other questions

as to why would he marry me aka the bratty girl? When those maids called me Valeria it took me a few moments to realise who I was now. Valeria Hawthorne, the real life princess of West pack. She was pampered, brought up without anyone saying no to her. No doubt she was a beauty with brains, Valeria was the one who proposed the marriage to Alpha Calhaun. Claiming that she had taken a liking towards him, her attention span died sooner. It was due to those frequent business visits, which ignited an affair between her and alpha Aaron. Since Valeria was the daughter of West pack's alpha, nobody had the audacity to question her antics.

However, despite all the gossip I collected about her, I still could not understand the reason; why would Alpha Calhaun tolerate her? From his behaviour till now I could conclude that she was not happy with her marriage ceremony. Might even had some plan to call it off until I woke up in her body. Nonetheless, the way alpha Calhaun was constantly siding with her, she must have been a cherished one.

Call it sheer luck or a second chance, I was in the body of the most powerful she-wolf who had the influence over the West pack. Now marrying alpha Calhaun literally meant having authority over the North pack. I was under his claws and nobody would dare do anything to me. Perhaps, that was why alpha Aaron and Alice didn't respond to my mocks. Instead, they took their leave.

"You really are acting strange, Valeria Hawthorne." Alpha Calhaun looked at me while releasing my shoulder. His hand reached my face and the next thing I felt was his knuckles caressing my cheek. "Tell me, do you have any other plans now? A new lover maybe? Something you wanna extort now from me?" Goodness! She really was an opportunist with a bad attitude.

I smiled at the alpha while taking a step closer to him. Reaching for the collar of his coat, pulling him closer, my lips barely touched

his. "Oh yes, alpha. I do have other plans." Lifting myself up on the toes, reaching for his cheek, whispering in his ear. "I want to extort every last drop from you." Licking his jaw before making eye contact with him, I could clearly see how flushed he was. Glancing down at his jeans with a meaningful gesture. It was the moment when alpha Calhaun wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me. His swift supernatural movement caught me off guard as my body was tucked to his. "I shall see how far that mouth of yours," He looked down at my lips with his golden glowing eyes. "Can run!" My ears got heated.

Pushing him away with a smirk, casting a last look I walked away. Alpha Calhaun licked his lips seductively, winked at me and then began attending his friends. I had many other things to do first, now that I was in the North pack and needed more information. Moving away towards the bar, gesturing to the man I sipped over the juice. My eyes wandered all around the hall with a keen gaze.

"Finally you got what you wanted." A woman walked over me dressed in a golden shimmer gown. Turning my head with a curious gaze I looked at her wondering who she was. "But you won't last long with alpha Calhaun. He will discard you like he did with all other women before you." What the heck was she talking about? Were there other women?

Before I could speak anything she gave me an evil smirk and went away. Turning around I saw the bartender looking at me. Pointing out towards the woman, raising my eyebrows, I waited for the explanation. "Mistress Anna, third mate of Alpha Calhaun. All of them failed to conceive and frequently grew sick. Alpha Calhaun demoted them all from potential candidates to a mistress."

Listening to that I figured out that Valeria Hayden was the fourth candidate to run for Luna's position. Which meant that now I had to conceive a child for the alpha in order to legally and officially be

called as the luna of the North Pack. Nodding at the bartender who brought another juice, he seemed to be having a lot of inside information. "Who are the other two mistresses?"

The black haired bartender smiled at me and began shaking the bottles. Lowering his head he began telling me the descriptions of the other two ladies. "On your right corner if you turn around, blonde in a tail with white flowers, red body con. That is mistress Jane, the first one." Glancing at the bartender I knew he was not an ordinary guy. Those expensive cufflinks, brooch spoke counter-wise.

He paused for a moment when someone else came to get a drink. "On your left, near the middle of the hall, bright lemon shaded short dress, same coloured heels. Miss Laine. Great attitude and mannerism. Miss Anna and Jane are on one side. Miss Laine is your best bet if you want the inside gossip." The bartender suggested while I turned around to cast a look at both ladies.

"And you are?" Facing the bartender once again, raising my eyebrow I questioned him. A bright smile appeared on his lips which trend into a soft chuckle. "Markos. Alpha Calhaun's beta." He shook his head, lifted a shot and gulped it while looking at me. As expected he was not an ordinary man, certainly not a bartender for having such knowledge of the internal circle.

Placing my juice glass in front of him, while making eye contact. Markos poured a shot for me too as we clink our glasses. "To the future Luna of North pack. Miss Valeria Hayden." It appeared he

also didn't like the three mistresses and probably had some hidden personal agenda too. Nonetheless, it was a good lead for me to have someone with such an insight to further extort.

Turning around while I sipped the fluids, wondering over what to do ahead. Anna had already welcomed me with her sarcasm. Jane had been dancing with some other guy. Made me wonder that the

alpha actually didn't bother what his concubines were doing. Anna and Jane both oozed grace and confidence. Perhaps they were from renowned families too. Like, former Valeria Hayden.

I was still wondering what exactly was going on in alpha Calhaun's head. He had three concubines and I was the fourth one, from the way Anna and Jane acted; the alpha had no issues in freeing them from the titles. Why were they still in the castle then? Engrossed in my own thoughts, when Laine approached me. "Greetings, miss Valeria." There was a smile on her face.

From the way she greeted me I could feel a genuine aura from her. However, I had to live up to Valeria's reputation, who was known for her reversed nature and cunning mind. "Please don't mistake my arrival for any challenge." Laine slightly hesitated, unlike the other two women. "I hold no grudge against you. Alpha Calhaun has brought you here and I wish you the best."

Laine bowed slightly while her two maids stood a bit behind her. "No challenge and no grudge, you say?" Raising my eyes at her I examined Laine from head to toe. "Must be some other backhand reason for all this reassurance. Ain't it?" Laine's eyes widened at

my words, knowing how easily I caught her. "I would prefer you to come clean with me, if you are here to wish me the best."

I could see her expressions changing and turning into soft ones. "Miss Valeria, as you are aware of my position. I am the least favoured mistress of alpha Calhaun." Laine tried to elaborate what she desired from me as a favour. "I humbly request you to spare me from all these conspiracy events which would occur ahead. I wouldn't dare do anything against you."

Placing the wine glass on the marbled counter I gestured to the bartender. "Sounds like you are already aware of the cliche events." Seeing that there were three women already who had been demoted to mistress states. It was not hard for me to stay alert for the conspiracies ahead. Leaning against the shelf I smirked. "What is your exchange offer, Miss Laine?"

I could see her expressions changing in amazement once again. "You are living up to your reputation, Miss Valeria. Just as I heard." Smiling at her, knowing what Laine meant by those words. Valeria Hayden, the one everyone knew was a witty woman. Somewhere deep down I felt like my thirst for revenge mingled with her nature. Perhaps, which was why I felt a surge of power.

"I wish that I had something precious to exchange. All I can offer is my support and inside information." Laine lowered her head with her eyes having the emotion of pain. "Though alpha Calhaun doesn't favour me, his other mistresses have a hobby of ridiculing me. I know a lot about both of them, which I will willingly share. All I ask in return is...please spare me. I cannot take it anymore."

Her eyes grew teary when the maids behind Laine also bowed their heads. I could understand the gesture, she was indeed living a life bad as hell. Raising my one eyebrow in curiosity, without disclosing any sympathy for her. "What makes you think you are important enough for me to waste my time upon?" Taking the wine glass from the bartender, I twirled it while adjusting my eyes on her.

"I would rather prefer making a child for the alpha than wasting my energy on you." Sipping over the drink, glancing at her with my shining emerald eyes. "Don't worry, Miss Laine. I pose no harm to you, unless you strike first." Raising my glass at her, smiling at her I could see Laine stunned. "Now, excuse me." Walking away in the opposite direction with the glass.

Laine's worry seemed genuine if Anna and Jane had been making her life miserable. I could use that in my favour when needed, all I needed was to show my support to Laine. Nonetheless, while heading towards the other corner of the hall where alpha Calhaun was having some chat. Placing my hand over his shoulder, snagging the alpha's attention. Just as I should have.

"Shall we have a dance, alpha?" Alpha Calhaun stared at me without any expression. It appeared he was stunned by my boldness. "Certainly!" A smirk appeared on his lips, I chugged down the drink while looking at him. Dropping the glass right there instead of putting it anywhere. All the other men to whom he had been talking stepped away from us with a gasp.

Alpha Calhaun didn't move from his spot, instead he seemed amused with my actions. Extending his arm towards me with a lopsided grin. I could see that for some reason he was staring in my eyes. "Shall we?" Slipping my arm into his, I was led in the midst of the hall while everyone gave us way. Placing my hand over his shoulder, with alpha Calhaun pulling me closer from waist.

A gasp escaped my lips as I grinned at him. "Naughty, eh?" One of my hands caressed his neck, while the other rested on his chest. For some reason his heartbeat was calm even when I was making advancements on him. Alpha Calhaun stared deeply into my eyes as if he could see past my antics. "That's what you are, Miss Valeria." Swirling me around, I heard his words.

Turning and tucking me towards his chest, alpha Calhaun toyed with my blonde hair lock. "You wouldn't stare into my eyes, little girl." Leaning in towards my ear, his whisper sent a chill down my spine. "If you knew, I could see souls. You are not Valeria Hayden." As the alpha straightened himself with a grin, which I wanted to snatch off his face. My lie was caught. Would he kill me?