Chapter 3 Chapter 3

Kael's POV 

Where am I?

Pain slammed into me the moment I opened my eyes.

I looked around. I was back in my room which was impossible because I was certain I died last night.

So how in the Moon Goddess’ name was I still alive?

I shifted, trying to sit up and froze.

There was weight on me, a hand resting on my bare chest.

Selene?

My fiancée was in the States, tied up in some business meeting she claimed couldn’t wait. She wouldn’t be back for another week.

But her scent… it was all wrong.

I turned sharply, every muscle locking and realised it wasn't Selene.

Curled against my side was an omega.

Hold on a second…an omega in my room. On my bed. Touching me?

Rage exploded inside me immediately and before she could stir, my instincts took over. I shoved her hard and she flew off the bed with a startled cry, crashing into the stone floor with a sickening thud.

I was on my feet instantly, ignoring the dizziness swirling in my head, fists clenched as my wolf growled beneath my skin.

“Who the hell are you?” I growled. “And how the hell did you get into my room?”

She scrambled backward, eyes wide, palms raised.

“I…I’m Eliara,” she stammered, voice shaking. “I didn’t mean to…”

“I don’t care about your stupid name!” I snapped “I asked how you got into my room, you idiot!”

I lunged forward, claws itching to tear into her. 

Everyone knew the rules, purebloods and omegas should never mix. I could feel my wolf under my skin, pulsing, waiting to strike… but I couldn’t reach him.

For the first time in my entire life, my wolf refused to obey me.

What the fuck…” I growled through clenched teeth.

My gaze snapped back to her just in time to notice the drool glistening at the corner of her mouth.

My eyes snapped down and then I looked down.

Moon Goddess!

I was completely naked.

“What the fuck?!” I barked, jerking back and clapping a hand over my groin. “Where are my clothes?!”

I spun, scanning the room, heart hammering, heat crawling up my spine.

She swallowed hard, voice trembling. “Y…you were burning up all night. Sweating… thrashing. I…I took them off so you could breathe.”

I moved toward her, hands shooting up to grab her throat.

“How dare you talk back when I ask you a question!” I snarled. “You have no fear? You have the fucking guts to touch me with those cursed hands of yours?!”

But the moment I squeezed, something… strange happened.

She gasped, struggling for air but I felt it too.

My eyes widened. What the hell…?

I pushed her off instinctively, stumbling back, panting heavily.

“First, you’re in my room… now I can’t reach my wolf… and now I can feel your pain?! Who the fuck are you, and what have you done to me?!” I barked, voice shaking.

Instead of an answer, a deep, guttural growl echoed in my mind.

“You hurt mate.”

I froze, jaw tightening, pulse hammering.

I turned sharply to the empty space around me. “I beg your finest pardon… what the hell did I just hear?!”

“She’s our mate,” the wolf repeated, like I didn't hear him the first time.

My vision went red instantly.

“Shut the fuck up,” I snarled aloud, teeth grinding as I paced a step away from her. “You’re saying nonsense!”

I turned back to the omega despite myself.

She was still on the floor, back pressed to the stone looking malnourished just the way omegas were bred to be.

She wasn't my type…fuck, she isn't even supposed to be my type.

And yet, my cock jerked violently, hardening in a single, humiliating pulse.

“What the fuck…” I muttered.

I hadn’t even touched her and my body was already betraying me.

My jaw clenched hard enough to hurt.

An omega couldn’t be my mate.

It was forbidden, it has never been heard of and this must definitely be a sick joke!

If the rival packs found out, I’d be finished. 

An Alpha of my caliber tied to a nobody with no lineage, the Moon Goddess wouldn’t dare, not when Selene existed.

Selene was born to be my  Luna.

The woman I fought to reclaim after the pack ripped us apart and forced me into an arranged marriage when they knew I already had someone I love.

I had her now and I wasn’t losing her over some twisted mistake.

A sound of pure disgust tore from my throat.

“You’ll be beheaded at first light,” I hissed coldly. “I do not tolerate insolence, omega.”

Her eyes widened, but she didn’t shrink away.

“Alpha…” she rasped, pushing herself up on shaking arms. “I saved your life. You owe me.”

I spun on her so fast it made her flinch.

“Are you mad?” I snapped. “Watch your mouth before I rip it from your face.”

“No, Alpha,” she said hoarsely. “You were supposed to be dead. I saved you. I took your pain away. I made a deal with the elders and they promised me that if I could…”

“My elders would never disobey me,” I cut in sharply. “They know the laws. Pureblood and omega blood do not mix.”

“A deal is a deal,” she whispered.

That was the moment my temper finally snapped.

I shoved her hard and she stumbled back, fabric tearing with a sharp rip.

The room went dead silent..

Her dress split open down the front, exposing smooth, bare skin and breasts that strained free.

My breath hitched before I could stop it.

What the fuck in womanly perfection is this?

I laughed then to cover the shock that slammed through me.

“So that’s it,” I said cruelly. “This is how you did it. Hypnotized me, seduced me and tried to stain my blood with your filthy existence, tell me, who sent you!.”

“I didn’t want this either, Alpha,” she said, voice breaking. “I’m just an omega trying to stay alive. The Moon Goddess…she made it so.”

“Impossible!” I roared. “This will never be written into my lineage. Never. I can never be mated to an omega!” 

I stepped closer, towering over her trembling form, my shadow swallowing her whole.

“I would rather die a thousand times than bind myself to dirt like you, I'll not honour a bond that humiliates me by existing” 

“A-Alpha…” her voice cracked. “Please… you know what rejection means. You know it means death.”

I leaned down, my voice dropping to a lethal whisper meant only for her.

“Listen carefully, omega. If death is the price of correcting the Moon Goddess’ mistake, then so be it.”

Her knees buckled.

I straightened and raised my voice tingling with authority.

“I, Kael Blackthorn, Alpha of this pack, sever any claim you believe you have on me. I deny your existence in my life”

She sobbed openly now as she began to writhe in pain, and I turned away like she was already gone.

“Get out of my pack house,” I commanded. “From this moment onward, you are banished…”

Then I delivered the final blow..

“Should you take your last breath because of this rejection, know this…”

I glanced back at her over my shoulder, eyes glacial.

“...your death will be a mercy compared to what it would mean for me to accept you.”