"There should be a way! You don't have to marry him to secure a business deal. You should go talk to the Alpha. He can't do this with you, that's precisely wrong." Ashley complained. She was supposed to be working but she came to check on me when she got the news of my marriage with Alpha Kerr from the White Moon pack.
Right now I become the hot topic of the town, with everyone talking about me and my groom.
"Don't you think I already tried that Ash? I went to talk to him, but you know how our father is. He doesn't even listen to me and says there's nothing he can do now. And I have no choice other than marrying the worst Alpha in existence if I don't want to sour the relationship between two packs."
I continued pacing the floor in my room, trying hard to not go over the board and start throwing things to calm down my anger. It helped though. I hated making poor Ashley clean the mess afterward. She already had enough on her plate.
Just settle for a walk for now.
While Ashley was sitting on my study chair.
"You can't be thinking about marrying him, you know the rumors. He is a ruthless and cold-hearted bastard who killed 1000 without an ounce of mercy. Nobody wants to meet this alpha, let alone marry him." Ashley repeated what I already knew. She was as startled by the news as I was.
"I have no plans to marry him, Ash. Rest assured." I assured her. She nodded and stood from the chair.
"There should be a way to get you out of this and I will find it for you." She said with a cheerful smile which I replied with a heavy heart. Before she left the room to go back to finish her household duties before anyone found out she slacked off and then punished her for that.
Technically we both were Alpha's daughters which gave us a royal status in the pack but the rule didn't apply to her. The fact that her mother was not the Luna of the pack and she had a weak wolf made her unworthy to be called Alpha's daughter. These were the reasons provided by everyone, including my father, who treats her worse than an omega.
I felt bad for her. Once I would become the alpha, the first thing I planned to do was make it up to her for all the years she suffered in this pack. She deserves better, more than anyone else in this pack.
But right now I had to do something about my future or all my plans would fall like a house of cards.
If I married the Alpha of the White Moon pack and became his Luna so the Golden Moon pack would merge with the White Moon in the future.
The White Moon pack was the largest and strongest pack. It came on number one on the pack ranking plate and my pack Golden Moon held the third position all over the world. If these two packs merged I would have control over the strongest and biggest pack in history.
If I go as my brain said, It didn't sound like a bad idea yet my heart did not allow me to imagine that. I felt sick thinking of marrying someone other than my mate.
For us werewolves, it was a big deal. Growing up we heard stories about how the goddess of the Moon has prepared a pair for each one of us. And we could find our other half once we turned eighteen. Your mate would be the best thing that could have ever happened to you. He would make you happy and protect you.
Sounds like fairy tales, right? I grew up hearing these tales every day and witnessed others finding their mates and living there happily ever after. I wished that for me as well.
Soon the day turned to night. I stayed in my room and tried to come up with a way out of this mess but found none, except one which was reckless and filled with uncertainties.
Yes, I was going to run away from my pack.
I knew the risk and the punishments I would get when returned but it was the cost I was willing to pay to save myself from getting into a lifelong relationship with a stranger. I made my choice clear.
I waited for Ashley to come back but she didn't. Tomorrow, Alpha Kerr and his people would arrive, and that would also be the day of the marriage.
All I had tonight. If I didn't sneak out of here tonight then there's no other way to get out.
Feeling sorry for not saying goodbye in person I wrote a letter to Ashley. I didn't want to make her worry about me.
When midnight came, I had two changes of clothes, documents, and some cash packed in my backpack. I was all set to go.
I sneaked out of the packhouse using the servant doors. The night was my cover and thanks to the scent-covering pills I had it would not be hard to cross the pack boundaries undetected.
When your pack was filled with warriors no other pack dared to mess with you until desperate enough or led by a psychopath. I never felt grateful for such an advantage until today. Thanks to that we never needed vast security to guard our borders.
With a handful of guards patrolling the border and my knowledge of every inch of the pack landscape, it was child's play to breach the security and sneak out of the pack.
I felt bad leaving home but that was only to save my dreams. I would go to find my mate and then come back to ask for forgiveness from my father. I knew he would beat me but with time he would accept us. He had to. He would have no choice in this matter.