Chapter One
Thalina
"Don't forget everything I told you, and make sure you send back reports of your progress every week," Father said.
I nodded at him and looked out of the window. I could already see the school, and my reality became clearer than before. I was being sent on a mission for my pack—a mission that could either take my life or the life of the most powerful person in the kingdom, the Alpha King. He was the ruler of all ten packs, and our pack was one of them.
"He has been traumatizing us for years; we need to put an end to it."
Ever since Father told me about this mission, I had been wondering why I was chosen for such a significant task. I always knew Father didn't care much about me, and he always blamed me for Mother's death, but I couldn't understand why he had to send me on this dangerous journey, especially when I just experienced the biggest heartbreak of my life.
"Ember and Fenris will be getting mated soon," Father said, and I immediately turned to him, my eyes wide.
"Wh…what?" I stuttered.
Ember was my stepsister, and Fenris was my mate. I had caught them cheating just a few days ago, and the pain was still lingering in my heart.
I had tried every possible way to get those hurtful thoughts and that agonizing scene out of my head, but nothing was working.
The only good thing about this mission was being away from Ember and Fenris, because just seeing them takes me back to the moment I walked in with excitement and joy to surprise him for the new job he got, only to be welcomed by sounds of moans and cries of ecstasy that tilted my world on its axis, leaving me breathless and confused.
I had the widest smile on my face and my heart wouldn't stop thumping with excitement. I had planned to finally have that first sex with him, one I had been looking forward to. I had watched so many videos just to learn how to do it the perfect way.
I was waiting for the right time—waiting until I turned twenty-one—but soon realized I couldn't wait any longer. I loved him so much that just the thought of waiting more months without being touched by him made my whole body heat up. I wanted him so badly, and that day felt perfect.
I shook my head and sniffled, fighting back my tears as his cold words after I caught him rang in my ears again. He had said, "I Fenris Knight, reject you, Thalina Noir as my name," and immediately, he turned to Ember and accepted her as his mate. Right there in my presence.
Those words echoed in my ears again, and my lips shook. "Not again," I murmured under my breath.
I had spent the next few days crying and wishing everything I saw and heard wasn't true, just as I desperately wished it wasn't true when I walked in on them.
The sight still makes my heart twitch with pain: how he was slamming into her and the cry of her body being filled with pleasure. How he was giving her every single thing I had imagined receiving from him. The way he groaned loudly and called her sweet names, ones he never called me.
I was fucking stupid!
I was stupid to have thought the small things he did were love. He did the bare minimum, and I assumed he loved me just as much as I did. But the fucking dunce was just playing games with me.
How stupid of me not to have noticed! But I was sure I felt that spark, that tumbling and swirling of my wolf inside of me. I was convinced he was my mate.
"They will be getting mated," Father repeated, his voice harder and more serious than before. "You made a scene back there, and the entire pack now knows what happened. It is only right that we get them mated to protect the family's dignity."
"Dignity?" I scoffed.
Why was I the one being fed stories about family dignity? Wasn't Ember thinking about the same dignity when she slept with my mate? And Fenris, the fucking dog who wouldn't keep his cock in his pants and had to get down with my stepsister—I wish him hell!
"You could have come to me to tell me what you saw instead of creating a scene," he continued. "Ember and Fenris want to be together; it doesn't ma—"
"Father!" I chimed in. "Fenris is my mate. He loved me, he—"
"He wouldn't have done what he did with Ember if he truly loved you." He shrugged.
He was right about that. I needed someone to say that to me, someone to talk some sense into my head before it sinks in that Fenris never loved me. It was all a facade.
"You will be sent the notice a few days before the mating ceremony. It wouldn't be right for you not to attend," he said, readjusting in his seat. "We are here," he added.
I looked up to see that we were right in front of the school, and my eyes fell back on him. He had that blank look on his face as usual, the one he always has when he's with me. It was always different with Ember—smiles and laughter.
I looked back at the school, and my heart sank. A mixture of fear and uncertainty gripped me, and I spent minutes wondering if Father was doing this for the pack or to take me out of the family.
No one has ever seen the Alpha King; no one knew how he looked like. Yet, I was sent to kill him.
That didn't make sense to me at all, but I was a girl who lost the right to live for herself and make decisions when I lost my mom. Father doesn't care about my well-being and safety; the only thing he was bothered about was getting the position he had been promised if I succeeded in killing the Alpha King as I was sent to do.
"You are here now; do not get distracted and forget your mission," he turned to me. "I am going to be the pack minister if you succeed in this mission. I am going to be wealthy. You can't afford to fail."
I wasn't sure if that was a threat or encouragement, but I just nodded at him. It was the only thing I could do. I pushed the door open and was about to leave when he grabbed my hand and pulled me back.
I was expecting him to say something nice and wish for my safety, but he cleared his throat and said, "You must attend Ember and Fenris's mating ceremony when it's time. Those two are in love."
I didn't say a word. I pulled his hand away and got out. My bag had already been dropped by the driver. I grabbed it and headed for the school gate, with Father's words ringing in my head.
Thinking about it, they had many reasons for sending me on this mission where they knew it was eighty percent guaranteed that I wouldn't return. If I were back at home, I wouldn't let the mating ceremony happen. Ember and Fenris couldn't live happily after they broke me like this. They couldn't be together after they made a joke out of me.
Silly me! I was so excited to spend my first night with him. I was happy and just couldn't contain it. I had been looking forward to the day, but I wished I had never looked forward to it. If only I had known I would be welcomed with the most heartbreaking and painful scene of my life. Those scenes just wouldn't leave my head; they wouldn't fade away. How could he do that to me?
"You have to drop your bags here, miss. They'll be taken to your apartment later," the man at the gate said to me, and I complied without saying a word. The only thing in my head was that scene of Fenris pounding into Ember with her moans filling my ears. "Scan that code and download the school app; it will help you through your stay here."
I scanned the code and downloaded the app as he had said. My mission was to find the Alpha King and kill him, but I was being sent to a school instead. I was also confused by this until it was explained that I could only enter the royal castle through this school. Every month, the top students in the class would take an excursion to the palace, and I would find the Alpha and kill him. Simple as ABC—those were Father's words after he explained.
"Take this," the man handed a note over to me. "I hope you have your admission form with you?" I nodded in response. "Great! Find his office on the map and get him to sign the last part. You can only be qualified as a student when it is signed," he added and looked up at me with a smile. "Welcome to Wolfhaven College."
I flashed a smile at him, which faded the moment I stepped into the school. Following the map to the office I was directed to, I remembered planning to do a lot of things with Fenris—how I thought I would go to college with him and we would live our best lives. I thought he was as excited as I was, but he never really cared about me; he never loved me. Every single thing he showed me was just a facade, a game he played on me with Ember.
He could have been real with me. He could have just told me he never liked me and not made me believe he did and look forward to spending that night with him. He could have told me the truth and not let me walk in on him like that. Would it have hurt less if he had told me? I wasn't sure it would, but at least I would be free from the sounds that continued to haunt me—the loud moans and cries that kept ringing in my head.
I finally reached the door of the office and knocked, but received no response. After standing there for several minutes without getting any reply, I tried to see if the door was unlocked, and it opened.
I took a step in, stopped, and looked around, but I still couldn't find anyone. I wanted to go back, but what the man at the gate said made me stop; I needed to sign the form before I could be considered a student. I took more steps further and halted at the sound of familiar, heartbreaking yet soothing sounds.
I shook my head, thinking it was the constant sounds that had haunted me ever since I walked in on those two buffoons. But I was wrong, completely wrong when I saw him.
He stood tall, his broad shoulders framed by a white shirt that was untucked and rumpled. His trousers were dropped almost down to his knees. His round and perfectly structured ass made me drool. I never thought a man's ass could be so sexy.
His back was turned to me, and he had one hand gripping the edge of the table for support, while his other hand stroked his cock. I could tell that just from the movement of his hand and the way his head swung back every few seconds, also the raw, guttural moans and groans escaping his lips.
"Yes! Fuck!" he groaned, sending shivers of pleasure up my spine, a thrilling mix of anticipation and desire coursing through me.
I felt my stomach tightening into knots. Oh! God, I had waited for days to have this moment with Fenris, to share this moment with him, to hear him moan and groan like this.
"Oh! Fuck it!" His gentle moans echoed through the air.
I instantly became breathless and aroused.
The tightening in my stomach seemed to loosen, sending my pussy dripping with so much fluid that I struggled to pull my legs together, causing me to stumble over the table beside me.
"Who the hell is that!" His commanding baritone voice filled every corner of the room.
My spine tingled with fear, but it was instantly replaced with thrill and excitement when he turned and my eyes fell on his over eight inches long cock.
My heart skip with delight and my stomach knotted in a burst of ecstasy, my legs became wobbly and shaky just with the thought of having that hard veiny cock deep inside of me.
Fucking hell! I was dripping and fucking wet just by staring at him. This was what I wanted from Fenris but he had to choose Ember over me.
"Why are you late? And are you just going to stand there?" He grunted in frustration, his hand still moving through the length of his cock, stroking it hard and fast like he was going to cum soon.
His shoulder length dirty blonde hair was in waves, which was now messy from swinging his head back and forth while fisting himself.
The scent of his strong cologne gripped me, sending more waves of wetness dripping down my opening and making all my reluctance and confusion vanish.
He was a stranger and a professor in this new school, but I couldn't help it, not with his hard and enormous cock that I just couldn't take my eyes off.
Fuck it! I wanted that in my mouth.
I shuddered at the overwhelming pleasure that completely engulfed my body. I was confused about what he was saying, and wanted to speak, but I couldn't. "Get on your knees and do your fucking job!" He growled. "Your lips are so sexy… I want to fuck it very hard!"
I quivered. Was he really serious right now? Does he really want to do that to me because I was so fucking down for it.
"I hate to repeat myself, baby-girl. Get… on… your fucking knees!"
The dominance and authority in his words guided me to him, leaving me with no protest or reluctance. I thought it would take me forever to get over Fenris, I wasn't able to do with the thoughts of him for days, but at this point, all I could think of was getting filled up by his glistening cock.