Chapter 6


    I was forced back into the duties I thought I’d escaped. Yes, forced. A warrior dragged me back to


    the kitchen and I got a good scolding from Maria. She did not know I ran away. All she cared about


    was the perfect execution of the hand-over ceremony. Nothing else mattered but her reputation as a


    diligent and dutiful event nner for the Silver Moon pack. The warrior hung around the kitchen.


    Every time I came out with a tray, he was there, keeping an eye on me and trailing behind me to


    make sure I didn’t escape.


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    This was Kade’s way of ensuring I did what he asked, that I continued to stay back in this wretched


    pack, acting as his ve for the rest of my life. The thought of how long I would continue like this


    made my shoulders sag as I carried a stacks of tes to therge hall that would soon be open to


    guests.


    Today, I was part of the cooking and catering service so I put on a white shirt and ck skirt like all


    the other omegas working alongside me. It would be a long day. The official event was scheduled to


    last for five hours. At midnight, we would all watch the initiation ceremony after which there would


    be an after party for the youths to celebrate all night.


    As my punishment for turning upte today, Maria put me on duty to serve both during the day and


    at the night party. She must think I did not deserve sleep because of my one hourteness.


    “Move out of my way, omega.” A random girl in the pack shoved past me to get to her friends.


    They were all dressed in tight fitting, short gowns with wless and beautiful makeup covering their


    faces. Their hair and nails were done and the girls giggled, admiring themselves as they got


    together. The three of them looked like dollsughing, hugging and giggling.


    The pack invited several Alphas from prominent packs and these Alphas woulde with their


    Betas. One or two people may be lucky enough to find their mates at such arge gathering and the


    rest could settle for short flings with powerful men.


    The girls were dressed to the nines and the men did not fall too far behind. Everywhere I went, I


    saw a cluster of dazzling looking people catching up with friends and excitedly whispering about


    what Alpha or Beta they looked forward to seeing the most.


    “Alpha Adrian will be arriving soon,” I heard one cluster say as I worked to set up the banquet area.


    Members of the pack came in to admire the hall’s setting before the event started, but none of them


    volunteered to help out the omega’s who decorated the ce they were fawning over. They all


    walked about in their heels and fancy dress shoes, making the omegas have to work around them.


    After setting up the banquet area, I went back to the kitchen to join the others in bringing the food to


    the hall I had set up. The warrior assigned to make sure I did not escape followed indiscreetly as I


    went back and forth, not bothering to help me haul tes and food.


    “Have you seen Alpha Dimitri? He and his Beta arrived an hour ago. Man, he got my panties wet


    from one look!” A girl sighed, clutching her hands to her chest.


    “He looked at you?” Another girl asked, the envy clear in her tone.


    “Forget Alpha Dimitri. I heard Alpha Cahir will be arriving today.”


    “No way will Alpha Cahir being. He always sends his Beta to functions like this but I would not


    mind though, I have seen pictures of that man and damn is he hot!” A girl fanned herself.


    “Yeah, Beta or Alpha, we would be lucky to catch the eye of one of them.”


    I closed my ears against the mindless gossip around me. From girls praying to catch a man’s eyes


    to men betting on snagging one of the daughters apanying their fathers, the talk started to


    disgust me so I allowed my misery take over me as I worked.


    “Hey you.” Someone in the crowd called as I covered the chafing dishes after I was done setting up


    only for someone to pull me by hair. I winced at the sharp pain I felt on my scalp at the tight grip on


    my head.


    “Who are you to ignore me?” I twisted my body to see the person who had such a tight grip on my


    hair. “Did you not hear me call you?” She spat out, her green eyes darkening as she red at me.


    “Avalon, what is it this time?” I sighed, trying to pry her hand from my hair.


    “You bitch!” She dragged me closer by my hair. “Who are you to speak to me like that!?”


    Avalon was one of the few Alpha she-wolves around my age in this pack. She had vibrant red hair


    and dark green eyes, pouty lips and a tall slender body. She had the nastiest attitude on anyone I


    ever met. She was rude to everyone but she was even ruder to me and for what!?


    “I am sorry, I did not hear you call. What is it you want?” I asked in a tired voice. This pack had the


    ability to drain all of my energy in a short time. I did not know what Avalon wanted from me but a lot


    of times, she just wanted to humiliate me to make herself feel better.


    “You need to learn your ce.” She shoved sharp and pointy nails into my chest, making me


    stumble back. “This is Kade’s asion. I don’t want you ruining it for him,” she dered.


    No one on the knew that Kade and I were mates because no one was there when our wolves


    recognized each other. We were the only ones there when he rejected me and I epted his


    rejection and I knew darn well the shame of being mated to an omega like me would never allow


    him tell anyone. On the other hand, I had no one to tell anything because I had no friend. Yet


    sometimes I wondered if Avalon knew. She was rude to everyone but why did she make it a point to


    pick on me? It made me think she was jealous of me because of Kade which made no sense as I


    was rejected already!


    “What makes you think I am ruining it for him?” I asked her, tired of her stupid antics, irked by


    everything.


    “When I am talking to you, you keep quiet!” Her palm struck my cheek. My head whipped to the side


    and stayed like that for a full minute. I didn’t even have the strength to cry or fight back. “Who are


    you –“ Her hand raised again and I readied myself for another p but someone caught her hand


    midair.


    “That’s enough.” I raised my head to see Kade staring down at his girlfriend with indifferent eyes.


    “Baby, this bitch insulted me!” Avalon lowered her hand, her ugly expression morphing into one of


    sadness and helplessness. “I was just trying to teach her a lesson.” She sniffed.


    “Leave this ce.” He addressed me with cold eyes. “And make yourself scarce throughout this


    event.” He pulled his girlfriend with him. “The event will start in thirty minutes.” He announced to the


    crowd watching the drama unfold.


    I exited the hall behind them, felling nothing but fatigue deep in my bones. After the incident, Maria


    took me off the list of people to serve in the hall, cing me in the kitchen to wash the dishes and


    join the preparation for the night party.


    The party was in full swing now. All the sounds in the pack house had migrated to the hall and I


    could hear bits and pieces of what was happening in there. I and a number of other girls were


    working in the ginormous pack kitchen when Avalon walked in, her heels cking on the ground.


    A few people turned to greet her but she ignored all of them, walking to me with purpose shining in


    her eyes. I knew a confrontation was underway and it involved me the minute the door opened and


    she walked in. High ranked people like Avalon did not enter the kitchen for any reason. They always


    had omegas to serve them.


    “Stay away from my boyfriend,” she snarled as she came to stand behind me. I pretended she was


    not taking to me.


    Asides her rudeness, Avalon had a ir for drama and she did not know now was not the best time


    for drama. No matter how much Kade doted on her, how did she think he would react to her causing


    trouble on a day so important to him?


    “Are you deaf or do you think you have a chance with him because you have huge breasts?” She


    sneered. I ignored the urge to look down at my chest. I was curvy but nothing about my breast was


    huge.


    “I am talking to you!” She poked my shoulder as a cool feeling washed over me. Home never had a


    scent to me but the scent I perceived next made me feel at home. “Here, maybe this will help you


    return to your senses!” Avalon’s words faded from my existence as I turned.


    Mate!


    My wolf howled one word as I turned to see a man filling the doorway. Before I had time to process


    the new revtion, scalding hot liquid poured from my head, roasting my skin.


    “You should run.” Those were the words I heard but they sounded like ‘you are dead,’ considering


    the harsh voice that spoke them and the growling that followed.