The Desert Alpha's Mate

CHAPTER 1-THE SHRINE

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING! ⚠️

The first few paragraphs in this chapter contain s*xual assaults. Reader discretion is advised.

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"Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!" a shrill scream of a woman could be heard throughout the cave located in the vast dry land of the Araba Desert. It woke up the creatures inhabiting the cave which were resting during the night. Birds and bats flew out of the cave, startled by the noise. Her scream was followed by the snarling and growling sounds of an animal. Maniacal laughter of not just one person could also be heard in the background. The scream of the woman slowly diminished, only to be followed by a sob and whimpering sounds.

After a few minutes, a group of five sturdy men could be seen leaving the cave. Their laughter was so loud that it echoed back throughout the entire space. The cave was located near the border of Sahara Clan lands and the neutral land for all the clans inhabiting the Kingdom of Aucrolux. The Sahara Clan was known to be the biggest and strongest of all desert wolf clans living in the land of Araba.

"Ashraf, quickly! What were you still doing there, making sure to spill all your seed in her?" one of the men shouted, looking inside the cave.

"F*ck off, Jubal! I was making sure she was okay. We don't want to lose another woman now, do we? We are already suffering enough from the scarcity of women yet you all act like beasts after finding one," Ashraf angrily scolded the group. He was the last man to leave that cave. He was holding a woman wrapped in his robe.

The woman was unconscious. If looking closely, one could easily notice the bruises all over her face. She wore nothing but the robe she was wrapped in.

"You are too soft, Ashraf. Sometimes I wonder if you truly belong to our clan. If I didn't know who your father was, I would've thought that you were a runt that joined us," Jubal said with a scoff.

"And if not for Alpha Alister I would've already wiped that smirk off your face," Ashraf retorted, glaring at Jubal. The other men just laughed loudly at their banter; they were all used to the squabble between the two.

"Come now, men. Now that everyone has had their fill of her, let's take her back to the clan, so we can add her to our collection of breeders," the oldest man in the group said. Stopping the exchange of throwing dagger glances between Ashraf and Jubal. The other men followed the older man's instructions. Ashraf carefully wrapped the girl with his robe, and then he shifted into his wolf form. One of the men helped him to put the girl on his back, so he could carry her home. When the girl was secured on his back, the other men also shifted into their wolf forms. Six wolves with different shades of gray could be seen running away from the cave. One of them with a deep dark gray had a bundle on his back, and into the darkness of the night, the six wolves ran from border to border unnoticed.

SAHARA CLAN CAPITAL

"Your Imperial Highness, there is news from the border," Beta Sabir reported in front of the King.

"Proceed," King Abdul, the Alpha of all Alphas of Desert Wolves said to his second in command. He was the crowned king of all the desert wolf clans that composed the Kingdom of Aucrolux in the Araba Desert. He was the Father of the Saharans, the clan that was said to be the pillar of the kingdom. They were the largest and strongest clan in the whole kingdom which was composed of twelve different clans. According to their legend, they were the first gray wolves that came directly from the lineage of Silu 'ah, the mother of all gray wolves, their goddess.

"Another woman went missing last night from the Idoles Clan. Their tracker traced the tracks of the victim onto the border of our land," Beta Sabir said, the second in command of the King and known to be the man without any emotion. For, no matter if happy or sad, no one could ever see him show any sign of emotion. Regardless, he was still feared and respected by everyone for he was still a brother to the king.