Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Carmine froze, staring hard at the news on TV.
A news anchor was announcing the engagement of her mate, Alpha Kade Marshall, with Ruby
Williams, a famous fashion model.
Alpha Kade and Ruby were standing together with his hand wrapped around her waist. as she waved
at her fans, showing off her five-carat diamond ring.
The plate in Carmine’s hand came crashing down, shattering into a thousand pieces as tears rolled
down her eyes at Alpha Kade’s betrayal. Her mind became numb. The world around her darkened. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
What could go wrong in a day?
Ada, the cousin Kade had sent to keep a watch on her, came rushing to her, her screams sounding as
if from a tunnel where light was dimming faster than a speeding bullet.
Two nights ago, Kade found her on her eighteenth birthday in the forest outside the pack’s territory.
‘Mate!’ her wolf had screamed in her head.
He rescued her from her rogue family who had abandoned her after injuring her severely to die in the
hands of the Blue Moon pack Alpha, who was notorious for catching rogues and killing them. Kade,
Alpha of the Blue Moon pack, had brought her to his lodge where she healed.
Today Carmine was looking forward to seeing him because she had healed completely and wanted to
give him all she had-her virginity, to show her appreciation and trust in him, and also ready to commit
her life to him.
However, seeing the news, shock exploded in her chest like a bolt of lightning, leaving her breathless
and trembling. Her wobbly knees sank to the floor.
Ada took her to her bedroom where she made her lie, giving her pitiable glances. She tucked her under
the blanket, switched off the lights and closed the door. Not able to take the pain anymore, Carmine
succumbed to the darkness that enveloped her like inky waters.
She woke up to a faint buzzing sound of her phone. She picked up the phone. “Hello?”
“Carmine,” Kade’s dominating growl sounded.
“How could you do this to me?” she said in a h o ar se voice. “I am your mate!” She heard. music
behind him as a honeyed voice that called him.
“Kade, please come here darlinggggg!”
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“I will get back.” he growled at her and immediately disconnected. Carmine tossed the cellphone away,
threw a pillow on her face and cried hard, shards of betrayal stabbing in her heart. Her stepmother
Anne and half-sister, Deena, injured her when the Blue Moon pack warriors attacked their settlement
along the banks of the river that flowed outside their pack.
Her family’s brutal abandonment didn’t hurt her more than Kade’s betrayal. It was her father’s plan all
along to abandon her in the Blue Moon pack’s territory.
Hours later, the door opened with a bang, and Kade walked it. He clapped his hands, and the lights
came on. Dejected and confused, she got up and stormed to him, questioning his action. “You have no
right-
He shot his arm at her and grabbed her by her throat. She screamed when he picked her up in the air
using his Alpha strength. She grabbed his wrist as she looked into his light brown eyes, choking and
gasping for air with dread.
“Don’t you dare question my actions!” he snarled and left her. She fell to the ground, coughing and
choking. She crawled away from him, her b*dy shaking with fear and misery. “Did you think I would
marry and declare a rogue as my Luna?” he said, walking away from her to the bar. Pouring whiskey
for himself in a crystal tumbler, he turned to her, his gaze full of lust.
He sipped whiskey. “Ruby is my Beta’s daughter and capable of becoming the Luna of the Blue Moon
pack. She is beautiful. popular and perfect for an Alpha. However you -he sauntered and sat down in
front of her. Curling his fingers beneath her chin, he lifted her face. “You are perfect to be my mistress.”
Then his hands went to her dark hair that was braided to her hips. He traced them to their inch-ling
golden ends. A tingle ran down his b*dy. “You will bear my pups, who will be my army against the
Supreme.”
Carmine was worse than an omega and they expected submission of her. People loved. to tra mple the
omegas and kill the rogues. That’s what her status was. Lowest of the lowest. But right now he
stomped her self-esteem. making her feel disgusted and terrified. Carmine stared at him, fear
burgeoning beneath her skin. “I will leave…” she murmured. “I will never stay with you…
He fisted her hair in his hand and yanked her head back, growling. “You will go nowhere. You will
always stay here and satiate my needs. If you think of leaving. I will kill you and if you think of revealing
our bond, I will kill you.”
“N-no Alpha Kade,” she said through her fear, her voice shaky, her eyes going wide.
“Shut up!” he growled as he rose to his feet, shoving her.
Her lips trembled as she stared at the monster in front of her, an ominous feeling enveloping her. She
shook her head. “No, you can’t…”
Kade scowled at her and then said those fatal words, “I, Alpha Kade Marshall, of the Blue Moon pack,
reject you, Carmine Jones, as my mate and as my Luna.”
Her wolf, Ember, howled in agony. Carmine screamed as excruciating pain blasted through her chest.
Stars burst in her vision and for the second time in the day, the betrayal stung her like a poisonous
snake. Kade glared at her with disgust in his eyes as he calmly gulped his whiskey down. Ada came
running in.
“Drug her,” he instructed her. “She shouldn’t run away from here. If she runs, I am going to throw you in
the dungeons. You get it, cousin?”
Ada nodded vehemently, in panic. “I will, Alpha,” she said in a submissive voice.
Kade glanced at Carmine, who was still lying on the ground curled up. “Pathetic,” he spat. He made the
right choice. How could he make a rogue, his Lama? Ruby was smarter, stronger, and perfect. Carmine
was… a rogue. Because she was his mate, it was difficult for him to deny the mate bond. His wolf didn’t
let him reject her. He had to satisfy his wolf and for that, Carmine was a necessity. He was going to
claim her soon, but not mark her.
That wasn’t the only reason he would keep her prisoner in his secret cabin. Cammi was a rare wolf who
had golden-tipped r. He had seen how her hair ended in golden streaks, even if he cut them a few
inches. He had read in his history books that such she-wolves made very rare appearances, like once
in a hundred years because they gave birth to strong Alpha pups. And he needed an army of those.
Because he had to- His phone buzzed.
“Kade?” Ruby cooed. “Why did you leave the party? Everyone is looking for you!”
“I’ll be there soon, baby,” he said and, with one last glance, left Carmine.
Carmine watched him leaving through blurry eyes.
her to the bed. “Stay here, Carmine,” she coaxed. “I will get you poi
Ada helped that will soothe your pain.”
Carmine made a decision.