Ariel

With an air of exhaustion, sweat dripped down gradually from the corner of my face as I proceeded towards my room. Or I will call it my dungeon

My hands ache after all the cleaning in the pack house and I knew that more was coming from me.

But since my stepmother and her daughter weren't there any more, I knew that it would be possible for me to catch a breath or two.

A slight sigh escaped from my mouth while my eyes paired through the window, the beautiful scenery of the pack house from the outside spoke of its unrefined grace and wealth

Yet, the first daughter of such a majestic pack was treated even worse than a slave, with hair scattered all over the place and dull eyes as a result of lack of sleep.

My father hated me so much because even after five years of turning 18, I was still yet to wolf out, talk less of finding a mate.

But no one knew the truth, I had a wolf but it seemed as though it was a curse as I could never reveal the reality of it.

It was a white wolf, which was strange. It might get me killed and worse than not even having a wolf I had kept this curse hidden all along.

My heart was racing swiftly on my chest as multiple thoughts flooded through my head at regular intervals.

He saw me as nothing other than a disgrace to him and the pack. And to make things even much worse for me than it was already, there was gossip flying around in the pack that he was never my Father after all and my late mother was a harlot

But even in all this, the only one that would have saved me was my mate who was going to rescue me from this hell hole that was called a pack for me.

Suddenly, the door flew open, and even without looking upwards, with the aura that radiated around me, I could already tell exactly who it was.

"What could I have done wrong this time?" I thought about trying to figure things out in my head but I could hardly pinpoint any reason that would make him mad at me.

My eyes spin around slowly towards him but instead of an angry face, it catches up with something surprising.

Alpha Noah held a parcel in his hands and a smile was hanging on his face. This was the first time that I had seen him smiling around me since I turned 16.

"What could be going on?" I thought in my head because this seemed way too good to be true.

"Ariel, how are you doing today?" Alpha Noah inquired, still staring at me with an odd smile hanging on his face while I was lost in the realms of my confusion.

"Could this be a trap?" I thought, my eyes throwing piercing stares at his face for any form of deceit but I could not seem to find any such expression on his face.

"I'm fine Alpha Noah," I replied, not trying to breach the rule of not referring to him as my father as he had earlier warned me that I was going to be beheaded.

Sigh again.

"You don't have to call me that. I am still your father, remember." The words that he just spoke to me sounded way too good to be true.

"Could it be that I have been so bereaved to start imagining things in my head?" I was unable to come to terms with what he just said.

"Call me Father." He said to me when he noticed the hesitation in my eyes. I pinched my skin hard trying to wake up from this pleasant nightmare but he was still stalking before me.

My eyes were clouded with tears but I pushed them back almost immediately while I continued to stare right into his eyes

I didn't want to do anything that was going to make him feel uncomfortable this time

"Guess what, I got you a dress." I heard him saying and I bet you are going to like it."

I was speechless for a while that I didn't even know what I was going to say and he saw the looks on my face.

"Come, Ariel, why don't you come and try it right away." I heard him saying.

My feet swayed gradually towards him as my eyes paired into the parcel that he had in his hands

Gradually, he unfolded the gown that lay in his hands but it seemed like something that a celebrant would wear and for the longest, I could not pinpoint any celebration the pack house

"But Dad, what are we celebrating?" I could not help it but Anymore but inquire, trying to push forward a smile that just wouldn't go through

"Your wedding ceremony." He chimed in rashly, snapping me off my balance almost immediately and I fell back in my steps confused than ever

"My wedding?" The thoughts rang in my head once again like echoes from a far distance.

For a few minutes, it seemed as though all the joy that I just experienced had been pushed down the drain.

"But.." I wanted to say but he would not allow me to spit out a single Word out of my mouth.

"But what?" He thundered at me.

"What else do you think would make me so happy apart from getting rid of you? I can't wait for you to leave with your curse. At least I would be free from all the gossip. That is if they are not true." I heard him saying.

The words came to me like a splash of cold water sprinkled all over my body while I shivered right on the spot where I was standing

And to think that I was capable of his love and falling for this crude act of his broke me even more to the core of my bones.

But maybe he was right. And if I were to give it a name, I would have named it the curse of the white wolf.

"But father." The words escaped from my mouth

He shot a scoffed look at me. "I am not your father. Go tell that whore of a mother to tell you who your father is because I can never give birth to a human." He thundered at me, tearing me apart into pieces.

"I regret not listening to Margaret." He brought the name of my stepmother once again into our conversation.

"Just had she advised, I should have pushed you away from the pack house a long time ago instead of keeping you in the pack house. Hoping that you were going to find a mate when there was possibly no hope for you." He spat on the flow throwing the dress towards me while I shot a glance at it.

My feet shivered and I fell to the floor, sobbing my eyes out.

"Sob as much as you want. I don't care but get ready because you will be getting married to Alpha Rex by Saturday." I heard him saying.

It was like a stab right in my heart.

Alpha Rex was the Cruelest Alpha prince. My heart raced fast as he was thought to be a murderer and that was the person that I was getting married to.

I could hardly breathe as my emotions continued to flatter right in the inside of me and my eyes wandered erratically with fear.

I have not seen him before but from the picture of how Cruel he was, I could picture his cruel fangs dripping with blood. The beast right from the depths of the earth.

"Not Alpha Rex, not Alpha Rex." I cried out as more tears poured down gradually from my eyes.