Haunted Alpha

Prologue

Armella Peyton

      I feel so barren. I have no hope anymore. Nothing could have prepared me for this emptiness.

      I was always the one to look at the brighter side of things. Always the one clinging to a possibility. But now I just wanted to sulk in this darkness and never go out to the light anymore.

     These past three weeks of solitude just staying in this room had me thinking of my life.

     And I realized, most of my life I was rejected. I tried so much to be accepted. But it was like trying to fit into a jigsaw puzzle when your not a piece of it in the first place.

     My father left mom when he found out she's pregnant with me. He left us.  Not even with a reason why.

     I was twelve when my mother died. That left me with my stepfather. But with my mother went means, I should be gone in his life too. My mom wasn't his real mate. So not even a day when my mom was buried, he left me with his old Aunt Beth and went his way. I was still grieving but I accepted my fate thinking I'm still lucky to have a person to take care of me.

     When the day I turned seventeen came, the old lady sent me to live with the omegas. And told me besides serving in the packhouse I should do extra work to pay her for everything I cost her with me living with her.

      You must have thought my life with the old woman was nice. But it wasn't near the word nice. I was the one to work for us two. Earn money so we can have food to eat. The old lady even though I owe her everything I had when I was living with her.

      So I moved to the house where omegas lived. Believing maybe I can have friends. Because it was hard for me to have one, even at school.

     The omegas living there weren't really welcoming to a fellow omega like me when I came in. They passed me loads of work in the packhouse. Too much for me to handle. I felt like going back to old Aunt Beth's "care" for the first few weeks living there.

      It was in the middle of the senior year when I met Dawn. She was from another pack and transferred to ours when her brother found his mate here. She became my very first friend.
A real friend. Life got easier to bear. Those were my happy times.

      But sadly it had to end. She found her mate. A high ranking male. He mustn't like me for her. Or for them. So he poisoned her mind. Since then, she thinks of me as someone who wants to cling to her just to get some fame because of her new rank in the pack. I wasn't considered a friend anymore.

      I don't keep grudges though. I think I would do the same if I was her. Choose my mate over a friend. Like any other wolf out there would do.

      Throughout the end of the year, I am once again a loner. It was like I'm not used to that feeling. Then I guess it was a preparation for the next major rejection in my pathetic life. The rejection from my mate.

     It just... I never thought my life would be a series of unfortunate events. I always hoped for better days to come. Always. Even after his rejection.

     It was a night that was supposed to be fun. To celebrate. The night of our graduation. The pack prepared a party for the young ones. I was there,  not to celebrate but to serve the guests. Members from nearby packs came to join the celebration.

     I remember everything. It will be a memory forever carved in my mind. The moment our eyes met. The smell of him. Like the woods at night. He's a beautiful face. He's perfection.

     The electricity that travelled my arms when he moved us out of the crowded hall. We went outside the packhouse. We kept on walking until we're in the woods. I was out of my trance when he released my arm. The electricity is gone. His back on me. I see his fists clenched. I started to have a very bad feeling in the gut that moment but chose to ignore it.

    " The goddess cursed me." That was his very first words to me. I was in trance again by his voice.

   The goddess cursed me. His words now sinking in my mind. Now confused.

    " What are you saying? " I asked.

   He turned to me. His glaring harshly at me. The bad feeling now getting worse. Eating my gut like a cannibal. It was the next words that sent my world to the edge of crumbling down.

     " I'm cursed by being mated to you! I can't believe you're my mate. Your nothing but a pathetic omega! "

     Words. I never let words get me. But when it comes from someone who's supposed to love you unconditionally, your soulmate, it will surely get you hard.

    " I can never do this. There's no chance. This has to end. "

     I can feel it now. That dreadful feeling coming before you lose something special.

   " I Weston Archangel reject you and your wolf. You can never be Luna. I can't have you as a mate. "

     I want to say something. Ask him why. Plea for a chance. But all that's coming out from my mouth are sobs. Cheeks now wet and salty with tears.

     My mind is chaos. My wolf whining and howling inside my head.

     I didn't even notice him walking to me. But then I felt his tight grip in my arms.

    " Nobody needs to know this. Don't tell anyone that you're my mate. Because you will never be. Do you understand? " he said, disgusted, gripping harder at my arm.

     Tears blurring my vision. My head not thinking clearly but I nodded. I can only nod to answer him.

    " Tell me you understand! " he shouted. Sharp nails now digging into my flesh. Drawing blood.

    " I...  I understand. " I whispered

    " You're being disrespectful omega! Now tell me again. Do you understand? "

    " I understand...... Alpha." I said much louder this time.

    " Good Omega." He released my arm. I fell to the ground. He turned around. And was out of my sight.

     I'll always remember that sight. His back on me. Leaving me in the darkness.

    I'll always remember that night. The night I lost my hope. The other half of my soul.

    Your mate will love you no matter what. The words of the elder flowed in my mind during a lesson about mates. Remembering it now. All I can think is... its the biggest lie told. Ever.