Set me free, Alpha

Chapter One

Aurora's P.O.V

Staring out of my window and watching the moon go back into hiding, all I could do was hope he does not come back. I knew that wasn't going to happen but it was enough to ease my pains. He was the Alpha of the pack, Alpha Zane and an Alpha can't leave for that long. Today makes it the third day he went for one of the business trips and I have a feeling he was going to get back today.

I shrieked from the cold air that gushed through my skin, I quickly turned around water dripping from my hair and my clothes. The head servant was standing before me, glaring hard at me while clutching the bowl tightly by her side. She drenched me in water.

"You lazy brat! How dare you still lazing around by this time" She said in a bellow of rage. I could not blame her. The door at the entrance was so weak that thousands of people could come without it making a sound. Who cater for maids anyway?

Before I knew it, she tried to hurl the bowl at me but luckily for me, I was able to dodge it before it hit me. In a fit of rage, she grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled it hard till it felt like all my veins were about to pop out.

I struggled to remove her grip from my hair but the more I struggled, the more her grip tightened around my hair.

"Owww" I yelped as tears welled up in my eyes. "How dare you!What gives you the right to think that you can avoid anything that I hurl at you! You twopenny-halfpenny slave" She said.

A knock on the door startled her and slowly, she released her grip on my hair. Apparently, one of the servants demanded her presence because she needed her help with something and I was more than grateful for this perfect timing. Even though all the slaves hated me, at least i was saved from this excruciating pain.

"Go, I would come meet you now" Head servant Mia said before glancing at me. "You better get a grip of yourself and come out now before I finally unleash all my anger on you, daughter of a betrayal."

'Daughter of a betrayal' That was the name Head Servant Mia always addressed me with, it's a name that I have gotten accustomed to even though it hurts to be labelled as that.

The slammed door caused me to flinch on the spot. I pulled my drenched cloth over my head as I searched my eyes for my thick sweater that was gifted to me by my late father. I missed him so much that every remembrance of him always caused tears to fall from my eyes.

My wolf growled as I tried to fight back the tears that threatened to fall.

"I wish I wasn't so weak, I would have fought everyone that caused you this immense pain" My inner wolf, Aya, howled.

"Aya, I wish I wasn't so helpless but what can I do, what can we do?" I sighed, tying my wet hair in a messy bun.

I hated my life, I hated how life was unfair to me in general. I was a slave but I was still the lowest of all slaves, everyone looked down on me because of a sin that I didn't commit. They all took out their aggression on me for something I knew nothing off.

I sauntered towards the kitchen with many thoughts running through my mind. The servants were busy with the different chores assigned to them, some were busy chopping the veggies while some were busy with washing the dishes.

Head servant Mia's eyes caught mine and I froze instantly on the spot. She gestured something with her eyes while I followed the direction of her eyes till my face landed on the bag of chillies on the floor.

I exhaled sharply as I stared at the bag of chillies, this was my punishment for waking up late. Peeling this chillies was my punishment.

"Make sure you peel everything up in an hour! The Alpha would be returning today and he has held a dinner party for all the pack members" She glared as I sat on the stool.

"Yes" I nodded, trying to hide my fears. He's finally coming back today. I should be ready for another round of torture.

Alpha Zane was coming back home after months of traveling around the world to carry out pack duties and some other business deals.

All the times that he was absent at home, I was happy that he wasn't home, he made my life a living hell and sometimes, I find myself wishing that he could just slump and die.

I let out a sigh, slipping the gloves through my finger as I peeled the chillies, the only companion and friend that I had was my inner wolf, Aya.

After I was done with peeling the chillies, I proceeded to cleaning the kitchen on the head servants instructions.

My stomach growled as I cleaned the kitchen's counter, I was hungry but I didn't have the nerves to voice out about my plight because all the servants had a fixed time about when they could eat breakfast.

As I was cleaning the kitchen's counter, one of the servants rushed into the kitchen and said, "Alpha Zane is back."

My heart skipped a beat for a second, it wasn't because I was filled with joy or happy about his return but it was because he was back, the man who waged terror against my soul was back, the man who I abhorred extreme hate for was here to torment my soul. The ruthless Alpha was back!

Memories about how he tormented me flooded my head as I began to stagger backwards while placing my hand on my head.

"Hello, daughter of a rogue" I heard that cold, mysterious voice that has always made me pee on my pant and chills to my body. He walked towards me and I could feel my soul leaving my body. Not like he would let me die. He would make sure I get treated by the best pack doctor after due torture.

"Did you miss me?" he whispered into my ears, holding me neck tightly and choking me. I shock my head in fear before nodding quickly. I didn't know what to do. The tiniest act gets him angry and the last thing I want to do right now was annoy him.

"You were hoping I die shamelessly like your father died after killing my father?" he said in annoyance and I knew that was the end for me. I was touched by the terrible thing he said about my father but I was busy fighting for my life, no time to be sober.

My vision went fuzzy and black for a few seconds and the only thing that I could hear were smirks and evil laughter that came back as echoes in my ear.

Darkness consumed me as I dropped straight down to the floor, my eyelids fluttered as my vision got more blurred, the only thing I remember seeing was the black Italian shoes right in front of me and an evil Alpha trying to strangle me.

I flicked my eyelids open as I scanned my eyes around the room that I was in, it didn't look like the room that I have spent almost all my life in. It looked like the room whose walls have gotten used to my screams of terror and agony.

Slowly and slowly, the scent of his room hit me in the nose, It smelt like a mixture of fresh lavender and fresh roses.

All of a sudden, it dawned on me that I was in my tormentor's room.

I was lying on Alpha Zane's bed!

Chapter 2

Aurora's P.O.V

I sat upright on my bed, removing the sheets that was wrapped around my body. I darted my eyes to the purple drapes that served as a cover for the window and my heart stopped for a moment when my eyes caught the huge portrait of Alpha Zane that was hung on the wall across me.

In the portrait, he was wearing a black tuxedo suit that displayed his muscled chest. His teutonic gold hair were coiffed to perfection and his eyes gleamed like they were a sparkle with mirth and shone like the stars were gathered inside. His eyes were as bright as lode stars that someone could get lost in them.

He had a wide smile on his face that looked like a beam of light that could illuminate the darkest corners of the room.

Alpha Zane's portrait would make one think that he was the nicest person in the world but the case was otherwise.

How I got here was what I couldn't decipher! From what I can remember, I fell to the ground and saw an Italian shoe before me.

I let out a groan as I felt a sharp pain in my head "I must have really hit my head on the floor". But, how did I get here? Alpha Zane clearly detests me so who was trying to put me in trouble by bringing me into this room plus we had a dinner party to prepare for! What was happening.

I leapt up from the bed and strode towards the door when an hoarse and deep husky voice caused me to pause at my track "Where do you think you are going to?"

My fingers began to tremble as I slowly turned towards where the voice emanated from.

He was sitting on the Piano's bench with his gaze fixated on the keyboard, he raised his head up to mine and it sent chills down my spine as I quickly lowered my head, staring at my feet.

"I thought I asked a question?" I heard him say.

"I-I didn't mean to leave" I stuttered with my head still ducked down.

"You must be wondering why you are here?" He scoffed as he began to play the Piano. "Yes" I muttered under my breath, fervently praying that he releases me before he decides to take out his anger on me again because to me, he was a psychopath who should be locked up in a mental institute.

"Did you miss me so much that you fainted" I heard him scoff again while I bit my lower lip as Aya growled angrily inside of me"I wish I could devour him and make him fall at your mercy."

He shot a glare that sent chills down my spine. His teutonic gold hair were curled all the way back as his high peeked cheekbones complimented his chiseled jawline.

His sea rover blue eyes pierced into mine and it felt like every part of me was weakend with the way he glared at me. I quickly ducked my head down, fiddling with my fingers as I swallowed the heavy lump that formed in my throat.

I heard footsteps approaching me and I knew that I was in for trouble again but the question was what did I do again?

The earthly scent that swirled around him alerted me that he was here.

"Raise your head" Alpha Zane commanded in an harsh tone, slowly trailing his hands over my face while I felt a feeling of electricity rush through me, weakening all the nerves I had inside of me.

The feeling of his fingers brushing through my skin sent cold shivers down my spine and my stomach tied in a knot from the effect of his touch.

I raised my head and tried to so hard to avoid making eye contacts with him as I felt a sudden wave of uneasiness.

"You heard that I was back and you fainted" He scoffed while I lowered my head, cowering in fear.

All of a sudden, I felt his grip around my jaw as he jerked my head up with his face hovering over mine. My heart juddered as he tightened his grip around my jaw "So you fainted because of me? I am sure that you wish I wasn't back," He said as my eyes twinkled with tears.

"N-No, Master"

He released his grip around my shoulder and before I could heave a sigh of relief, I felt a hit that landed across my right cheek. Another cheek landed on my cheek as I fell on the bed, trying to scamper for safety.

But he caught me by the wrist and pushed me till my back hit the glass shelve, causing it to shatter to the ground with the books falling on my head.

"You broke my possession?" He thundered, approaching me fiercely while I tried to crawl on my feet despite the pain from the shards of glasses that pierced in the foot.

Alpha Zane grabbed a fistful of my hair and hauled me up with it as I let out a loud scream because of the broken pieces that pierced further into my skin.

"You horrible wench!" He sent a slap across my face, causing me to fall on the shattered pieces of glasses again.

Aya howled inside of me, crying about how she wished she could come to my rescue and save me from the hands of this horrible Alpha.

He kicked me in the stomach till I blurted out blood from my mouth, when he noticed that I was too weak to even lift a finger, he yelled for a servant to drag me out his room and clean up the mess.

After I was dragged out of his room, a middle-aged servant whose name is Layla, applied ointment on my wounds as I writhed in pain.

I was grateful that she did not yell at me or try to hit me when I quivered because of her touch on my wound. She didn't say a word and kept on applying the ointment on my skin before using a bandage as a cover.

She handed me so pills and a glass of water. I sniffled as I threw the pills into my mouth and downed the whole glass of water.

"Have you eaten" She asked.

"No" I nodded.

"You shouldn't take a drug on an empty stomach"

"I would be right back," She said, slamming the door shut behind her.

My mind strayed to the maltreatment that I received from Alpha Zane. What I did to warrant that treatment was what I found difficulty in decoding.

I wish him all the bad things of this world and hopes that he would never find his mate and remain lonely for the rest of his life.

The moon goddess must not have given him a mate for a good reason and I hope she doesn't give him his mate till loneliness overshadows his life.

Chapter 3

Aurora's P.O.V

Alpha Zane has been looking for his mate for ages and almost all the top ranking officials in the park have found their mates and the only one remaining was Alpha Zane.

"His mate would be the unluckiest person in the world to have such a ruthless man as a mate" I thought inwardly when Miss Layla walked into the room with a tray in her hands.

The tray was filled with plates of bacon, scrambled eggs, toasted bread and a cup of coffee.

"Thank you" I muttered, devouring the food while she just stared at me.

I was still eating when she said, "Do you need my help to break me from the shackles that hold you captive."

"Hmmmm"

She was about to make a statement when the door flung open, head servant, Mia, was standing at the door glaring at me with anger written boldly on her face.

She came towards me and shoved the tray aside, grabbing me by the wrist as I let out a wince but she didn't seem to care. She grasped me by the shoulder and said, "Foolish girl, get a grip of yourself and listen to me! you would be the setting the table for the pack's today and you would do anything that they ask of you without you behaving timid or showing any pain."

"Ummm, me? Only me? Why" I stuttered as she attempted to hit me on the cheek but held herself back.

"I won't add to your pain by hitting you but clearly know that this is on Alpha Zane's command and you have to do it because you can't disobey an Alpha"

"Why am I even telling you all of this? It's not like you don't the rules. If you love your peace of mind tonight, dress into a better cloth and set the dinning in the next ten minutes" She said as I scurried into my room hurriedly, putting on a yellow flowery gown above knee height while tying my hair into a messy bun.

I took a glance at myself in the mirror and tears welled up in my eyes on seeing my reflection. I looked pathetic with bandages plastered over my body, my lips were swollen with traces of blood on it and I had a dark eye and a puffy face that was caused from too much tears.

I sprinted to the dinning and set the table arranging the dishes on the elongated dinning table. I glanced at the clock and quickly stood at the corner in the dinning hall when I saw that it was almost time.

Within the next five minutes, the packs trooped into the dinning hall, taking their seats and I was glad that none of them noticed my presence.

I would be more overjoyed if none of them demanded for my presence till the whole dinner ends but I know that wouldn't be possible.

A deafening silence enveloped the room and even though I couldn't see his face because of my head that lowered.

From the aura that his presence carries, I already knew that he was here, Alpha Zane was here.

All the other packs stood up in respect to him and only sat down as soon as he took his seat.

When they all too their seats, I walked towards them in order to dish out their food.

I tried to compose myself in every way possible inorder not to get scolded before the packs, the last thing I needed was for another misery to be added upon my life.

I was still dishing out the food when someone grabbed me by the wrist, causing me to stare at the person right in the eye.

It was Elle, Alpha Zane's ex-girlfriend, she was a Beta and she had a very bossy and rude nature. She was extremely lousy, uncouth and didn't know when to speak.

Apart from the all bad things mentioned about her, she was extremely beautiful. That was the only good thing about her.

"What" I mouthed, trying to remove her grip from my hands.

"Zane, isn't she the daughter of the Rogue that killed your parents?" Elle said, fixating her gaze on Alpha Zane who glared at me as if he was about to rip my heart out in the open.

"Please let me go, I need to dish out my master's food" I pleaded.

This was one of the reasons why I detested Elle with great passion, she always to bring the matter up anytime she has the chance too.

My father was a rogue who murdered Alpha Zane's parents and somehow, my father was caught by the then Beta who tracked him down and killed him in retaliation of what he did to the former Alpha and his Luna.

Unfortunately, I spared alive since my father spared young Alpha Zane's life but the twist was that I was taken as a slave and Alpha Zane had held a grudge against me for years.

I was suffering for the sins of my father.

"Yes she is the Murderer's daughter" He replied as Elle turned to look at me with disgust written on her face.

"Ewww"

She pushed me as I fell on my butt to the ground while letting out a soft whimper. My body ached with immense pain and this Elle was determined to add to it.

I gathered all the strength I had inside of me and walked towards Alpha Zane in order to dish out his food but as soon as I got there, he picked the glass filled with water and splashed it on my face, he also picked the bowl of soup and emptied the content on my head till my body was dripping with soup nd water.

A loud gasp filled covered the room and I heard a chuckle that followed after, at that time I knew it was Elle.

"Get out of here" I heard him say and I lowered my head in respect.

"That was it!I have had enough" I cried, trying to catch my breath as I walked towards the rooftop.

It was better to be dead than to go through this type of maltreatment for the rest of my life.

I cried my heart out, hoping that someone could come to my rescue. Deep down, I didn't want to die, I just wanted to end the pain and my misery.

I stood at the edge of the rooftop, crying, trying so hard not to look down. I crumbled back to the ground when I noticed that I couldn't do it, I couldn't commit suicide.

My life must be so miserable! Why was I always filled with fear.

"I told you that if you wanted to break free from your shackles, then you need my help!" I heard someone say.

I froze at the spot on hearing the voice, it was Miss Layla, but what was she doing here?

"Layla" I cleaned my tears and stood on my feet while she walked towards me shaking her head.

"So you want to kill yourself because of an Alpha that doesn't care about you" She scoffed, leaning on the railings at the rooftop for support.

"What would you have me do? I am a worthless slave" I cried.

"Don't say that again Aurora, your father was a strong Rogue, he was fierce and he wouldn't want to see you in this kind of situation"

"I know Layla, I know"

"So, I want to end your misery by giving you this" Layla said, stretching a small bottle towards me.

"W-What is this?" I stuttered, hesitating to collect the bottle from her.

"Wolfsbane! You can do as you wish to the Alpha with this wolfsbane."