Marked by her Alpha

Danielle scrubbed the last dirt off and heaved a huge sigh of relief, working full time in a diner is the worst job for a young girl like her. She removed the dirty gloves from her tender palms and her clothes too, running the cold shower to wash up her body properly.

She breathed in and out calmly, keeping in mind that she had to make it by seven for her birthday party which her best friend, Freda had organized specially for her. The dress fits her tiny body perfectly, she applied makeup and sprayed her cheap perfume.

Freda is already outside, waiting patiently for her best friend to get ready for their big night out.

"You look stunning, Dani."

"Thanks," she replied.

The truth is that she is nervous about tonight. She has never hung out before, only working her ass off to make ends meet for her and her family. They weren't doing so well financially because they were omega wolves, the lowest and poorest rank of werewolves.

Although, other lucky omega wolves are faring well like Freda's family. She does not have to do menial jobs like me to make money.

"What are you thinking about?" Freda asked, concerned at how absent-minded her friend was.

"Nothing, are you sure that this night will be worth it?" Danielle asked, her nervousness kicking in and taking over her.

Freda chuckled lightly, "Relax, Dani. You are going to be fine and once you taste some wine, you'll feel free."

Danielle nods and relaxes her mind, they arrived at the club few minutes later. Freda held Danielle's hand as she led her inside, the music blasts into their ears as they make their way in. Danielle is in awe at the new environment she is in, young adults are dancing to the loud music while some are making out at hidden corners.

Freda pops a bottle of wine and cheers excitedly, "Happy eighteenth birthday, Dani!"

She pours the wine in two glasses and hands Danielle one glass to take. The latter gulps it down, her face contorting in disgust when the burning taste of alcohol swirls down her throat.

" It is good, isn't it?" Freda yells.

Danielle can only nod as she takes another shot of wine, this time around she smiles in satisfaction and begins to move her body to the music. The wine made her to feel good and for once, she forgets about the miseries that are going on in her life.

"This is good, Freda. I think I will be doing this often!" she yells back.

Danielle is grateful that she has found her mate when she was sixteen, this gives her less worry about transforming into a werewolf this night. Her cellphone vibrate in her bag, she picks it immediately she sees that it's her parents.

"Mom, Dad, I can't hear you!" Danielle scream over the phone, she is holding the urge not to hang up and continue her party but the voice at the background changes her mind rapidly.

"You better come back home or your parents is as good as dead," a deep voice growls.

Danielle quickly alert Freda about this who begins to panic at what she hears.

"You need to take me, please...." Danielle pleads.

Freda agrees and they rush out of the club. Luckily for them, the car belongs to Freda she drives as roughly as she can handle to my house.

"Let me follow you inside," Freda offers but Danielle objects.

"It's not safe for both of us to go in there at once, just go home."

"Stay safe, Dani," Freda says and I wave her goodbye as she drives off.

My parents are already tied up when I enter inside, my father's face is purple and swollen and I understand instantly that he must have been beaten severely.

"Who the hell are you guys?" Danielle asks them boldly.

They laugh and approach her in a haughty manner, Danielle takes a few steps backward in fear.

"You should be asking your parents who we are, little girl. We'll be taking our leave now but have it in mind that we will return at the end of the week for our money."

Money? Danielle looks at her parents dumbly while the men leave.

"Danielle..."

"What are these men talking about, mom?"

Her mother, Ellen, is already filled with tears while her father, Anton, is struggling to get up.

"We will tell you but promise not to freak out," Ellen said.

Danielle has no other option than to accept to keep her cool.

"We didn't want to tell you because we thought that you'll be mad at us. At the time that completing your high school became difficult, your father borrowed three hundred thousand dollars from a man called Ezekiel Williams. We sorted out your school bills and used the rest to start a business but it crumbled in a flash, the money is gone with no way to pay back," Ellen explained.

Danielle slumps on the couch, she realizes that the situation is not something simple. The man wants his money back and her parents do not have it. Seeing the manner in which her father was beaten up, Danielle knew instantly that this man must be powerful but aside from that, she needed to do something about his money.

"Mom, how do I meet this man? I want to talk to him so he can give us more time to figure this out."

Ellen shakes her head, "Danielle, Ezekiel Williams is a dangerous man to deal with. You can't mess with him like that, leave the situation to us."

Danielle bursts into tears, it's obvious that this man will kill her parents by the end of the week if they don't provide his money. She has to do something about it, maybe she should try to raise half of the money as first installment.

She looks at her father, he is breathing in and out heavily with bruises all over his body. Her eyes glimmer with determination to help her parents out and save their lives.

She can do it!

"You said what?"

"I want to ask for an advanced payment this month," Danielle repeated herself.

She is standing in front of her manager, Angela, with hopes that her request will be granted.

Angela laughs hysterically, this crushes Danielle's hopes and boldness. She bends her head, wishing that the earth will open up and swallow her.

"You want an advanced payment for this month, Danielle. What could be the reason for this?"

Danielle gulps, "The reason is that my parents are in debt and need to pay up by the end of the week."

Angela gives Danielle a daunting look, "You dare to come here and tell me this. Danielle, we will abide by the rules of this work."

"Please ma'am, I just need this money urgently."

"Get out of my office and don't come back or you'll be fired!"

Danielle exited the office with tears in her eyes, she called Freda and asked if she could meet up with her. Freda arrived a few moments later, and seeing Danielle in tears broke her heart.

"Dani, what's wrong?"

"My parents are in debt to a certain man, he is dangerous and will probably kill them at the end of the week if they do not deliver the money."

"That's bad, how much are they owing him?"

"Three hundred thousand dollars..."

"What the hell! That's a huge sum of money," Freda exclaimed.

"I know, Freda. I need to raise at least half of the money before then so I can beg him to spare my parent's life."

Freda sighs, "I would have loved to help you out but that money is a huge amount and my parents will never give it to me. There must be some other way we could raise this money."

"I asked my manager for an advanced payment but she refused, I won't be getting paid any time soon."

"I will also think of what to do. For now, you have to keep calm and continue your work. Are you on full day?"

"No, I will be closing soon," Danielle replied.

Freda nodded and got up, "I will see you around."

Danielle nods and goes back to work. Just in time for a man to enter and ring the bell for customer service.

"Good afternoon, sir. How may I help you?"

"I want to be served the best cuisine on the menu," he replied.

She smiled and checked the menu out, "That will be chicken sauce and pasta."

It is also her favorite meal which is why she recommended it to him.

"Fine then."

She went to the counter and made the order. While waiting for the chef to get the meal ready, Danielle turned to look at the man to see him staring at her intently. She looked away, her cheeks flustered.

She served him the meal without looking at his face, but she could feel his eyes on her. Why was he staring at her so intently?

"Here's your meal, sir?"

"Thank you, Danielle."

She paused and courageously looked at his face.

"How did you know my name?"

"Your name tag."

She smiled again, remembering that her name was pasted on the name tag on her shirt. She had to wait patiently at the counter for him to be done with his meal and ring the bell for payment.

Before she could reach his table, the man had left already. She checked his money and discovered that there was an extra sum of twelve thousand dollars, so she went after him immediately.

Luckily, he was just about to enter his car when she reached him.

"Sir, you left your money here."

He raised the corner of his lips, "How much is that?"

"Twelve thousand dollars."

"Are you not in need of that money than I am?"

She thinks for a minute, that money might not be up to the amount needed but it could help to lessen the burden. Smiling in appreciation, Danielle thanked the man and goes to hand over her shift to her other colleague.

Freda came to pick her up and drove her to the club.

"What are we doing here?" Danielle asked.

"I know that what I'm about to say is triggering but I can't think of any other solution. I have a job for you that can earn you three hundred thousand dollars in one night."

Danielle sat up and said, "Tell me about it, Freda?"

"A one night stand."

"I can't do that, Freda. I'm a virgin ," Danielle declined.

Freda rolled her eyes, "We were all virgins at some point. Think about it, Dani. Someone is willing to pay you three hundred thousand dollars for a night."

Danielle is worried with this but the price to pay could be worth it. Getting this money will help her family a lot and imagine when she does this for a week or more, she'll be able to raise money to start her own diner.

"Do you have an idea who this man is?" Danielle asked.

Freda shrugged, "Nope, and I have not slept with him before. But the job was given to me, I asked for the negotiation and he accepted so tonight's gonna be a good night. He won't know that we switched and when he pays, you'll use that money and sort your problems out."

Danielle nodded, the plan sounded like a good one to her.

"I'll be doing this more often if it works out this night," Danielle said.

Freda cheered, "That's my girl! Tonight will definitely work out, I've been doing this for a couple of weeks now and it's been going great."

Danielle's mind relaxed a bit, three hundred thousand dollars in one night might not be so bad to get. Her parents might question how she got it and she'll have to cook up a lie to tell them.

They stay at the lounge and wait patiently until darkness sets in and the club is now filled to the brim with people.

"It's show time, Dani."

Danielle's anxiety increased when Freda whispered to her that the time was right. She was led through the elevator to the hotel at the upper floors of the club.

"This is our chance to swap, the man will be here soon so you have to be ready," Freda informed.

"How will I get the money?"

"When you're done with him, he will transfer the money to you. Once it's morning, I'll be back so we can leave together."

"Thank you."

Danielle entered the spacious room. She turned off the lights, so that the man would not be able to see her face. Then she laid on the bed and wait for him arrive.

The moment the door opened, Danielle's heart skipped a beat. A strong scent hit her nose and his dominant aura made her to tremble. Luckily for her, he did not complain about the lights but instead he reached out to touch her face.

"Sit up," his strong voice ordered.

She obeyed and sits up, her face coming closer to his.

"Kiss me," he ordered again.

Danielle wanted to grumble about his commands but held herself, remembering that she had to play her part well if she wanted the money. She kissed his lips but accidentally bites his upper lips.

The man hissed, "A bad kisser."

"Sorry," Danielle muttered.

He squeezed her bosom lightly and guided her hands to his core, she shivered as she rubbed his hard rod and a slight moan escaped her lips.

"Is this your first time?" he asked.

"No," she lied. She figured out that he might be mad to know that she is a virgin so to be on the safer side, she had to act like a professional.

She rubs him harder and this time, he moans out. The next play takes Danielle by surprise, he tears off her clothes and removes his too. When she sees his rod, Danielle gasps in fear thinking that this will not fit inside of her. Her lips began to itch to tell him the truth.

Then he trailed kisses on her neck and Danielle's mind was pulled into another universe. A sharp pain is felt at her right neck, Danielle screams as the pain jabs her skin.

He had marked her as his mate, but why? She grabs his shoulders when she feels his rod penetrating inside her roughly, she screams as a second pain shots through her system. The man cussed as he pulled out of her, he suddenly put his clothes on and stumbled out of the room.

Danielle tried to call him back, at least to pay her the money but he was long gone. The pains were excruciating and too much for her to bear, the mark on her neck was burning as it began to form a scar that can never disappear.

Danielle held the sheets tighter, the pains in between her legs had gone into a whole new level. Why did she put herself in such a mess?

Now her virginity was gone without any price to pay for it. She should have allowed Freda to take her job since she was experienced in it. She manages to text Freda to bring extra clothes when she comes to pick her up, she slowly endures the pain until sleep overcomes her.

The next morning, Freda is shocked to see her friend in an uptight position. She looked as good as dead and blood stains on the sheets.

"Danielle, are you okay?" Freda asked.

"No, I'm not."

Danielle showed Freda the mark on her neck, Freda gasped.

"How could he do this to you?" Freda raked.

Danielle burst in sobs, "Thats not the worst part. He abandoned me, Freda. After breaking my virginity, he left without dropping a dime."

Freda slumped on the bed, not knowing what to say anymore. Danielle showered up quickly and changed her clothes, she and Freda exited the club quietly until they got to the car.

"I have to report him to my manager, " Freda blurts out.

Danielle shakes her head, "You can't do that. He will find out that we swapped and might even punish you for that."

"But you're hurt and you need the money badly," Freda whined.

"I can not implicate you in my mistake, Freda. After all, he asked me and I lied to him. Maybe that was why he went too hard on me."

Freda sighed, she was worried that her friend might bleed to death. But Danielle kept assuring her that everything was okay. Danielle's phone rings, she becomes scared because it is her manager.

"Where the hell are you, Danielle?" ANGELA barked.

"I'm on my way to work, ma'am."

"So you think you can come to work as you please. You are fired!"

"But ma'am..."

Her manager hung up, Danielle burst into tears for the second time.

"Dani, what's wrong?"

"My manager just fired me."

"What?"

"Just take me to the nearest pharmacy so I can get some pain reliefs."

Danielle could not believe her worst fate happening in less than twenty-four hours that she met that stranger. Now she is grateful for the lights that were off, it would have been shameful to collide with him in public.

With the remaining twelve thousand dollars in her bag, she purchased drugs and food to back it up. Freda took her home, Danielle is relieved that her parents are not at home to see her in this horrible condition .

"I'm going to stay and wait until you get better," Freda said.

"I just want to be alone, Freda."

"If you say so," Freda agreed and left her alone.

The painful memories cloud her head as she thought about it again. The man's voice was mesmerizing at first, she has felt butterflies in her stomach when he was close to her. But those feelings of ecstasy disappeared when he marked her, she realized that she had made a terrible mistake.

Now she is stuck with a mate who is a coward and a huge debt that might kill her parents in a few days.