Ophelia POV

I started my morning as usual, I snuck down to the kitchen after throwing on my rags. I crept down the stairs hoping none of the warriors or the Alpha heard me as I made my way through the packhouse, once I successfully reached the kitchen I grabbed a banana and inhaled it before I started making breakfast for those who stayed in the packhouse. I made eggs, bacon, banana waffles with home made syrup, sausages, and mickey mouse shaped pancakes for the little ones, I also snuck some waffles and fruits to the omegas as I did every morning. I've been a slave for the Moonlight pack since I was 9 and Alpha Carter took me in after killing my parents. Alpha had found my father messing around with one of his 'special' slaves and chose to take his life, in doing so he killed my mother through the matebond. My parents were fated mates but my father could never take it seriously and the things he did with other women hurt my mother significantly, she told me once that it felt like she had fire eating at her skin any time my father was with another woman. Because of my fathers disrespect of the bond he made my mother weak, so when the Alpha took my fathers life my mother couldn't survive the loss of her mate. I lost both my parents and Alpha was ready to get rid of me but one of the Oracles in my pack told the Alpha that i would one day be of great use to him and since then the alpha has kept me as his slave. I'll be 18 in exactly 3 days, that means I'll finally get my wolf and shift, for any other wolf it'd be a day for celebration but I am absolutely terrified because I have no idea what the oracle saw that made the Alpha choose to keep me around but I don't want to be here when I shift to find out. If I'm goddess gifted the Alpha will never allow me to see the light of day again, so when my birthday comes this year I hope my wolf never comes so he'll see me as useless. The Alpha and his warriors along with the children that live in the packhouse finally came down for breakfast so I made myself scarce before Alpha yelled at me for being in the presence of the rest of the pack members. The only people I saw anymore were Alpha, his top warriors, and the omegas in the packhouse. Alpha Carter said I was his to use as he wished, which meant he would beat me, starve me, and even use me for sexual favors after I turned 16 and 'filled out' but somehow I had kept my 'innocence' in tact for my mate, even if the rest of me had no longer gone untouched by my Alpha or his warriors... I always dreamed that my mate would come and save me from this hell one day, that he would swoop in and whisk me away from this pack and it's Alpha, but the closer it gets to my birthday the more the dream starts to die because who would want a broken used mate like me? I had made my way back to my room and was doing my morning training, i always trained by myself in the morning, it felt right because my father was a warrior before the Alpha killed him so warrior blood still ran in my veins and the training helped me to keep my strength to fight off the warriors who tried to go to far with me. Once I got done training I started to head to my closet to find clothes that weren't soaked in sweat. I grabbed a torn up big tshirt and some blue leggings and threw them on. "OPHELIA!!" the Alphas voice roared in my head, "yes Alpha?" I responded as I threw my hair up into a bun, "MY OFFICE NOW!!" "yes alpha.." I scurried out of my room and to the Alphas office before he came and found me and dragged me to his office. I knocked on the door before Alpha scoffed at me to come in, "what can I do for you alpha?" i asked, my voice coming out meek and frail, I hated the way my voice sounded now I used to sound sure of myself but now I'm too terrified to breathe a word out of line. Alpha Carter's words snapped me out of my thoughts "We have the alpha from Cresent Ridge pack coming to visit for a few days and I expect you to go out of your way to do whatever he wants you to do, do you understand pup?" I nodded because I knew that just agreeing was better than trying to fight him. "you will be given a wardrobe to wear while he's here and you 'entertain' him but they will not be yours to keep once he leaves you go back to the trash you wear now do you understand? Our pack needs this alliance and you won't fuck it up for me pup!" he practically spat the last words at me. I nodded my head but I could feel my hands trembling. I may be a slave but I was gorgeous and no one, not even Alpha, could deny it. When I turned 16 it seemed like puberty hit me all at once over night, i have an average waist but large breasts and curvaceous hips, beautiful wavy fire red hair that fell to my butt and vibrant green eyes with a golden ring around my pupils, it wasn't hard to find me attractive. Matter of fact it seemed damn near impossible to any male, mated/unmated, which is why alpha usually kept me hidden. This alliance must be direly needed if Alpha was using me as a 'gift' for the visiting alpha. I went up to my room after I was dismissed to find a tailor and rows of gorgeous gowns lined up by my closet. "Hello, Ophelia I presume? My name is Winnie and the Alpha sent me to get you some gowns ready for the next 5 days for the visiting Alphas Company." I nearly grimaced at the last comment she said but I nodded and let her get to work. Several hours passed and every dress had been fitted to every curve of my body like a second skin, I felt like a princess in these dresses but I knew it wouldn't last. I put on the grey satin floor length gown that the Alpha had chosen for me to wear to meet the visiting Alpha tonight and headed down stairs so I could be in the living area when the visiting Alpha arrived. I stood fumbling my hands nervously for what felt like ages before I heard Alpha Carter open the front door talking to some man "Giovanni it's so nice to have you visit my lands, I hope you like what you find here and that we could enter into an alliance with one another." Alpha spoke arrogantly as they grew closer to the living area, "Well Alpha Carter I cannot promise an alliance will be made this visit but I am intrigued to see how you run your lands." the unknown voice said. I could hear their footsteps approaching and I kept my head down looking at my toes peeking out from under my dress when the most intoxicating smell of Bananas and Pancake batter filled my nostrils, my eyes crept up to meet the dark maroon eyes of an Alpha who seemed just as shocked as I was. "This is my 'gift' to you Giovanni. While you stay here she will be at your beck and whim, you call she'll answer." Alpha Carter had said but it felt muffled in my ears as I took in the perfectly sculpted man that stood in front of me, from his slicked back sandy brown hair to his gorgeous deep red eyes, my eyes slowly trailed down to his chest that strained against his beautiful maroon shirt that matched his eyes. My head snapped back up to his eyes when i heard a low growl come from the new Alpha, "Thank you for the offer Carter I appreciate the thought" He seemed to be struggling to keep his composure and quite frankly so was I. "I'm Giovanni, it's a pleasure, miss?" I couldn't peel my eyes away from his as his husky voice swirled around me when he spoke, I was melting where I stood just by being close to this statuesque man but I somehow managed to utter "Ophelia... That's my name Alpha.."