Sold To The Shadow Alpha

"Watch where you are going!!!" The driver honked hard at me as I had crossed the road without looking or thinking twice.

But I did not take a swcond look at him or try to apologize; there was only one thing on my mind as I continued running, to get home on time so I could avoid the harsh treatment that my father and stepmother would not hesistate to melt out to me if I get to the house late.

As many times as I slipped and fell, I could not stop running. No one in his right senses would want to move about in the heavy downpour of that night but I had no choice. My knees were bruised and it stings so bad but I don't have to care for myself right now; I needed no one to tell me what would become of me if I did not make it home on time.

The beatings and starvation I received the last time I was a few minutes late was not something I would want to experience again.

I barely held up as I got closer to my father's office, breathing rapidly because I had ran all the way. I was going to walk past the door when I heard a voice from behind the closed door; it was mystepmother.

"....she has given us enough trouble, Morgan. Getting her to leave this way is the best way to get rid of her." I was quick to know that they were taking about no other person than me; she has a certain disgust in her voice whenever she was referring to me anytime.

But I was still yet to figure out what she was talikng about.

It will not be in my favor if I was to be caught eavesdropping and I knew I should leave but what I heard had drawn my attention and I wanted to hear about what they were discussing further.

"Once he comes to take her, the money will be ours, is that all we need?" She continued.

I could not believe what I just heard and I almost dropped to my knees. Obviously, she can not be talking about what I thought she was, right?!!

"Boom!" I suddenly heard someone said behind me and I turned swiftly around, shocked to the marrow. It was Axel, my stepbrother, and I could see the usual mischievous look in his face.

"It is high time you come home. I guess you have not learned to arrive early, have you?" He was staring hard at me as he talked which made me really uncomfortable, giving that my I was wet from head to toe and my clothes stuck to me body tight.

He took a few steps towards me and I moved back from him; I had no idea what he might do next and I was not ready to find out. Since my father married his mother and they moved into our house, he has shown a lustful desire towards me, making various attempts to get down with me but I stayed away from him as many times and as far as I could which surely pissed him off and he retalited by dragging me into troubole with his mother and my father when he was sure that I will surely get punished by them; I guess it pleases him to get back at me that way. His actions would have gotten worse but Valerie, my stepmother, intervened and cautioned him to stay away; although not out of good will, she could not afford to lose the only source of the family's upkeep.

The creaking of the door meant only one thing, the people inside were coming out and Iknew that I was done for that night. A look at Axel and the satisfactory look on his face for getting me into trouble made me want to send a few of his teeth flying from his mouth.

Without being asked anything, Axel spoke in a proud manner, "I present to you the spy of this house.I caught her listening in to your conversation."

"Come here." My father's voice thundered in my ears and sent shivers down my spine. I could tell from the look on his face that he had had enough to drink that night and I immediately knew that whatever action he was going to take at me in that moment was going to be horrible. Each step I take toward him was aided by fear.

I was expecting Valerie to add fuel to the already burning fire as she always does,she was unexpectedly quiet but she did not take her eyes off me for a second.

My father stretched his hands forth and I knew what he wanted. I quickly pulled my tattered wallet out and handed it over to him. He pulled the money out of it and his face tightened immeditely, I feared trouble was at bay.

"What happened? Why is there not enough money in here?" He bellowed at me.

My voice suddenly left me for a brief second but I quickly found my voice to answer the question he had asked if I do not want to be punished for not answering him.

"That.. that.. is all I could raise today. I could only do a few job today."

The next minute, I felt sparks flying out of my eyes and I hit the wall hard before crumbling to the groiund. He stood over me and I immediately put my hands up in defense because I knew he was about to unleash loads of blows on me. I was pleading as the blows landed hard on me but my pleadings only came out in whispers; I had no strength to speak out loud.

Valerie stood by and let the beating go on for a few minutes and when she saw that I was at the edge of passing out, she walked up to my father and held his arm to prevent him from further dealing any blows to me.

"Morgan." She called him softly, "That is enough. She will not be of much use to us if you should damage the features he is looking for in her."

Of course, he listened to her and stopped. I crawled to sit against the wall, nursing my bruises. At least, Valerie saved me this time and I am sure she only did that because she had something to gain from it. She had had an instant dislike for me from the moment she came into the house and did not hide it. The joy of having someone to fill in the gap of mother in my life instantly left my life and I have learned to live with it; one thing I could not figure out was how she wrapped my father around her fingers so tightly that he would do whatever she wants without thinking about it twice.

She came to where I was sitting against the wall, stopped to my level and proceeded to check the level of damages my father's blows had done to my face.

"I would take it you have heard somethings when you were listening by the door, right?"

I was not ready for another round of beating by my father so I shook my head negatively. She smirked, stood up and said.

"Ok. If you heard nothing, I will tell you the situation of things again."

My heart was racing hard, although the night was already a bad one, I silently prayed that whatever she wanted to say was not goiong to make it any worse...

She changed her mind suddenly, "It will be much ok if Morgan should be the one to tell you himself, I think." She ended her sentence with a mischievous smile, just like the one on her son's face earlier.

My father folded his arms and leaned against the wall, "There is sometehing you have to do, Ava." He stared and I sensed it was not going to be something good he was about to say.

He paused for a moment, probably finding the right way to put his words, "You are not being very much useful around here anymore. And instead of wasting away, we have decided to find something else for you to do."

Valerie was not having the way he was dragging the point so she urged him, "Ooh, for f*ck's sake!! Would you just say it already?" She snapped at him.

"You would be going to the the Shadow Pack."

There was a confused look on my face, I did not understand what he meant by that. Am I to go get something for him from the pack or what? Axel, who had been standing by and watching everything, noticed the look on my face and spoke.

"Mum? I do not think she understands fully what he just said to her."

"Let me explain further to you." Valerie started, "Just as your father had said, your income has gotten really low these days and we were just planning on how to deal with that when luckily, the Shadow Pack reached out that they are going to be in need of your... let me say, services, probably as a maid or what else would you be good for over there?" She laughed dryly at her own sacarstic question.

I stopped listening to whatever she was saying right after she mentioned that part about the Shadow Pack. My father was still standing there with his arms folded and he neither did nor said nothing. This should be a dream, my father would surely not give me off like that and certainly not to that pack that was mentioned.

"Shadow Pack", the name alone was enough to make an adult wet his pant. That is the most ruthless and brutal pack I have ever heard of; they had no side to reason with and just as their beginning, they believe in settling scores through and only through violent means. One could say that they were all really following in the steps of their Alpha; Klein, he was nothing short of brutality itself and he does not think twice before shedding the blood of anyone he was displeased with, he was not a man to reason with. And my father was ready to send me away to that kind of people? That is just as much as sending a goat to a pack of wolves.

I looked directly in my father's direction, still waiting for him to say something but he said nothing still. The thought that he was part of this and would just do nothing pricked at my heart like finely tipped needles; it hurt so much that I could not hold back the tears that were already formed in my eyes.

My body hurt from what I have been through that night, I could feel the pain in my tummy grow stronger, it was like a fire had been set in my heart and my throat was hot and dry. No words came out of my mouth even though I badly wanted to say something to him but I could not.

"You should go to your room. The Alpha will be here tomorrow, you have to get up early to receive him; we do not want to keep him waiting." My father said as he made his way back into his office, closely followed by Valerie but she stopped and turned around to face me.

"And make sure you clean up too. You should not be looking miserable on your first meetup with him. Do not be sad though, we are only making sure you do not waste away." Her dry laugh scratched my eardrums as she shut the door behind her.

I could not standup from the floor yet and I felt Axel's hands caressing my shoulders.

"I really pity you that you have to go this way but I could put a word in with mum for you. You know she listens to me and she might find another thing for you to do instead of selling you off."

Even if he did not mention it, I knew exactly what he was asking for and it just made me wish I could relieve his arms of the filthy hands he placed on me. I brushed his hands off my shoulders, dragged myself off the floor and went to my room. He said after me.

"You can not escape me."

I sank to the floor in despair as soon as I entered my room and began sobbing hard, stremas of fresh tears running down my cheeks.

"All these would not be happening if you had not left so soon mum. Why did you have to leave?"

If my mum were to still be alive, my father would not have had to take that old hag in and we would have continued to be the happy family that we were but alas, it all happened and there I was, about to be sold to a bloodthirst Alpha.

My thoughts were not enough to stop me from falling asleep even though I could not have a good night sleep because I was still hurting all over but for the period I slept, I was away from all the troubles and it felt good to have my peace; I only get to keep it when I am asleep.

The strange sensation I was feeling all over my body woke me up the next morning and I was scared with what I saw. It was Axel running his fingers all through my body where my old clothes could not cover. I scrambled to one side in fear, trying frantically to cover my body.

"What are you doing?!!!" I shrieked at him.

He grinned, showing all his teeth, "What does it look like I am doing?"

His eyes went wide as I have never seen before; filled with lust and desperation...

I grabbed the only clothing that I could spot on the bed and ran towards the bathroom while his laughing voice could be heard from behind me.

Locking the door, I tried to control my tears and breathing. I had to stop hyperventilating, or I was going to make myself sick.

I listened as the door to my room opened, and Valerie walked in.

"What's taking so long?" Valerie screeched.

"Just having some fun." Axel replied.

"Where's your f*cking clothes! Axel?!" Valerie's' voice said angrily before she began to bang upon the bathroom door.

"How dare you seduce my son, you sl*t! You're nothing but a f*cking wh*re! I can't believe I ever tolerated your existence!"

How could she think I was trying to seduce him?

Inside the bathroom, I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks as I crawled on hands and knees towards the shower. The hot water cascading down over my body was a welcome release, and I made sure it was hot enough to turn my skin red. and I was desperate to remove the feeling of Axel touching my skin. I want no trace of his hands upon my body to be left.

I tried to be quiet as I cleansed myself and as fast as I could.

Please make him leave, I thought. I need him gone.

Up until today, Axel hadn't been able to do anything sexually agressive to me, thank the moon godess. His mother had been keeping a close eye on him. After all, I was too valuable to her. I was a meal ticket waiting to be sold.

And now, they found the perfect buyer – the murderous Alpha of Shadow Pack.

The tears ran until there were none left to come.

Outside, their argument continued.

"Are you kidding me?!" Valerie raised her voice so I could hear it with the water in my shower running.

"Stop f*cking around with this sl*t, Axel. Our distinguished guest is almost here, and we can not keep him waiting. Honestly Axel, I don't know why you have such interest in this thing."

Axel snapped back, "Mother why don't you go find something to entertain yourself with, and stop worrying about what the h*ll I do. I'll do what I want with her."

"Then feel free to explain to Beta Nick why you are late!"

Valerie obviously knew exactly how to handle her son.

This time Axel, did not say anything. At least, not something I could hear through the bathroom door.

I knew he didn't care for what his mother, or even my father, had to say. He had no respect for anyone! It was just shocking to me that even a monster like him would not dare disobey the Alpha of Shadow Pack.

"Hurry up." Valerie scoffed before I heard the bedroom door close again.

Turning off the hot water I heard Axel tapping on the other side of the door.

"You got lucky, Ava. That luck will run out eventually though."

I quickly made a point to pull the clothing over my head, zipped up the back, and fixed my hair as much as I could.

Taking a deep breath, I tried to still my shaking hands. Hopefully, Valerie hadn't gone far.

Please don't let him touch me again. Please, goddess help me!

As I opened, Axel's greedy eyes scanned my body. Now that I knew what he wanted from me, I couldn't imagine spending a single minute more with him alone!

Before I could walk past him, he snatched me by the neck and pulled me inches from his lips. I whimpered at the thought of what he was thinking.

"When the Alpha of Shadow pack is done with you, you're mine. I will make you beg me to let you have your release, little... sister."

I was so disgusted that I wasn't able to say a word.

"Look at yourself, Ava!" He said as his hand pulled me into the bathroom by my neck and forced me to look at my reflection in the mirror.

Only then was I able to recognize the beautiful white dress I was wearing.

The strapless design revealed my silky shoulder, on which my reddish-brown hair lay. The elegantly embroidered bodice flattered my small frame. The embellish diamonds sparkled under the dim room light, and the airy chiffon skirt drifted gracefully covering my slim legs.

I loved everything about this dress.

How could I not? It was a gift from my dear mother–the only thing I had left from her.

Mother prepared this precious dress for my come-of-age ceremony, for when I met my mate. When my father tried to sell it a few years ago, I begged and pleaded with him to let me keep it.

I knew I would enrage him but I had to. I was able to keep it, but not without the most violent beating of my life.

Mother, I miss you more than anything...

As an Alpha's daughter, I was supposed to have been respected, loved, and cherished. I would have been spoiled and treated like a princess, and one day, when I was of age, I would meet my mate in this dress, and he would see me as the most beautiful girl in his world.

Maybe my mate would be another Alpha who would declare me as his Luna.

That would be something any father and mother would be proud to announce - their little princess becoming the queen she was always meant to be.

But here I was–the lowest of the low, not even worth caring for.

In the reflection, I could see the red marks around my neck. My skin was bruised and scarred from years of abuse. My crystal blue eyes were slightly red from all the crying. I looked like me.... and yet I didn't.

I only saw a pitiful girl in the mirror.Why did this have to happen to me? What did I do to deserve to be treated like this?!

Finally, I was able to put on this gorgeous dress. But it wasn't for meeting my mate.

It was for greeting my new master - a ruthless stranger, and a dangerous man.