On my eighteenth birthday, my father sent me to Alpha Marcus’s bed to settle his debt. After that one night, he seemed captivated. He doted on me, keeping me by his side every day. Then, one day, a phone call pulled him away. When I saw him again, he was holding his mate, who had been missing for five years. He threw me out of their bedroom. I confronted him, furious, but his reply was dismissive. “You’re just an Omega bought to pay a debt. I’ll discard you when I’m tired of you.” The woman’s delicate laughter echoed in my ears all night. I curled up in a corner, my tears soaking through my dress. I had overthought everything. But to pay for my mother’s treatment, I stayed in the Castella Pack. Then I saw my mother’s body. With trembling hands, I took off the necklace he had given me. The debt was paid. Any feeling was gone. I never wanted to see him again, alive or dead. I watched Marcus come home with her in his arms after being out all night. She was the person in the photo on Marcus’s desk-Serena, his mate who had been missing for five years. Marcus glanced at me indifferently and spoke lazily. “You. Move to the maid’s room on the first floor.” I stood frozen in disbelief. My fists clenched, and I bit my lip hard before the words tore out of me. “Don’t you have anything to say for yourself, Marcus? Anything at all?!” His face darkened instantly. He looked down at me, a cold sneer twisting his lips. “You’re just a gift. Be grateful I’m not throwing you out of the territory now that I’m done with you.” My heart clenched, the pain stealing my breath. Serena clung to Marcus’s arm, her plea for me dripping with false sweetness. “Marcus, she did keep you company for three years while I was gone. Why not just put her in a guest room?” Marcus gazed at her with utter devotion, tapping her nose playfully. “Anything for you, my love.” When his gaze turned to me, it was filled with cold disgust. “Aren’t you going to thank Serena? If she weren’t so kind-hearted, how could you stay by my side?” I smiled bitterly, desperately trying to control the tears welling in my eyes, but they still fell drop by drop as I bent down to express my thanks. Marcus frowned at the teardrops on the floor. “Is all this drama necessary? I’m only asking you to change rooms.” A bitter smile touched my lips. I turned without a word, hurried to the master bedroom to gather my things, and moved to the guest room. From the doorway came the man’s coaxing voice and the woman’s departing laughter. The next moment, I was lifted by the waist and placed on the desk. Marcus’s domineering, scorching kiss swept over me. After the kiss, my mouth was full of the taste of blood. He rubbed my lips and spoke harshly. “Were you just throwing a tantrum at me? Remember your place! I’m your Alpha. Understand?” His fierce gaze stunned me, and the stinging pain on my lips brought me back to reality. So this was it. I’d been deluding myself all along. There had never been any love or affection. I felt like I’d fallen into an ice cellar, trembling all over as I nodded. Seeing this, he seemed to feel sorry for me. He gently rubbed the top of my head and kissed my forehead. Tears immediately filled my eyes. In the past few years, I’d loved it when he did this, but now I only felt mocked. “Hurry up and pack. I want you moved out in ten minutes. Don’t worry, I won’t cut off your mother’s medical resources. You just need to stay by my side obediently.” I looked up and met his teasing eyes. My heart felt sour. He was my Alpha, my support. Only he could afford the astronomical cost of my mother’s treatment. For my mother’s sake, I had to endure. Turning my head, I saw the necklace nearby-the token of love Marcus had given me. I tentatively asked. “Can I take the necklace?” Marcus waved his hand dismissively. “It’s just a worthless necklace. Take it if you want.” My heart stung like I’d been stabbed with needles. The token of love I treasured so much was just a worthless trinket to him. I left in disappointment. By the lake, I ran into Serena, who was touring the grounds.
Her demeanor had completely changed from before. A mocking smile played at the corner of her lips. “I thought you’d be someone formidable to keep him interested for five years. I never imagined you’d be such a lowly Omega. Stay away from him. You’ve been his bed partner for years, and I don’t like it.” My body trembled. Eyes red, I stared at her and couldn’t help but retort. “You want me to leave? But he ordered me to stay by his side! He’s my creditor, my Alpha. I can only obey!” She glanced behind her. Suddenly, she grabbed my hand, slipped backwards into the lake herself, and shouted. “Help!” Marcus’s angry roar came from behind me. “Vida! What are you doing?!” Marcus immediately had someone pull Serena out. She cowered pitifully in his arms and spoke with false sympathy. “Marcus, don’t blame her. She’s just too jealous of me.” Marcus’s eyes were ice cold, veins bulging on his neck. In three years of knowing him, I’d never seen him like this. “Vida! You’re so ungrateful. Then go be a servant!” Seeing him favor Serena so much, my eyes turned red with anger, and aggrieved tears fell uncontrollably. The next second, I jumped into the lake. Marcus immediately stepped forward to grab me, but Serena tripped him. Marcus frowned. “She can’t swim-” Before he could finish, he saw me already standing in the lake. The water only came up to my waist. I looked mockingly at the two of them on the shore and sneered. “So I tried to harm someone with water this shallow?” Marcus’s face stiffened. Serena also went pale and tried to explain, but Marcus stopped her. “Whether you harmed her or not, the fact remains that you caused her to fall into the water. I won’t change what I said.” My hands clenched tight, nails digging in as if trying to gouge out flesh from my palms. I took a deep breath and nodded in agreement. I already knew he was biased toward her. Why did it still hurt so much? The three of us returned to the house to change clothes. I’d just taken out my clothes when I heard a knock on the door. I opened it to find Serena standing there with a pleasant smile as she walked in. “I think it’s more convenient for us girls to change together. Don’t you agree?” She took off her clothes, revealing large areas of marking scars that stabbed painfully at my eyes. This was Marcus’s favorite thing to do. I used to laugh at him for needing to leave his scent everywhere he went. He’d gently pulled me into his arms. “This is proof that I love you.” Serena acted as if she’d just noticed, hurriedly covering her body with her clothes, her face flushing red. “After all these years, he’s still the same as before-he still likes to do this.” I stared at her numbly with a stiff face. After Serena left, thinking about everything that had happened today, I felt somewhat desperate. And this was only the first day. The woman’s moans brought me back to my senses. I covered my ears and curled up in the corner of the bed. I squeezed my eyes shut, but tears still slid uncontrollably down my cheeks. When I woke again, it was from a sharp pain.
In the darkness, a pungent smell came over-wolfsbane. Serena was bent over by my bedside. With each of her movements, my foot felt like it was burning. I immediately pulled my foot back and said in a low voice. “What are you doing?! This is abuse of private punishment. I’m going to tell Marcus!” Serena listened to my questioning with a smile. “Punishing you, of course. Don’t bother telling Marcus. Even if you tell the Wolf Council, no one will help you.” I tried to struggle to my feet, only to find my limbs were weak. I could only watch helplessly as Serena used silver needles covered in wolfsbane to pierce my skin again and again. The wolfsbane seeped into the wounds, bringing excruciating pain and numbness. Early the next morning, I went to guard the cemetery. Every step I took brought piercing pain. I grabbed Marcus and tried to expose everything Serena had done to me. Marcus frowned and told me to show him proof. I looked at my fair, rosy feet without a trace of injury and was speechless, but I couldn’t let this opportunity pass. I pressed my fingers hard, trying to squeeze out the silver needles from the wounds, but the wolfsbane had already seeped into my bloodstream. The pain made me break out in a cold sweat, but only a few strands of poisoned blood emerged. Marcus impatiently shook off my hand and warned me sternly. “Vida, this is the last time. I don’t want to hear you slander her again!” As he turned and left, my last hope was shattered. The light in my eyes dimmed inch by inch. Every night after that, Serena would come to my room, and no matter how I tried to defend myself, I’d be drugged and unable to resist. But for my mother’s sake, I had to endure no matter what! Until one day at the crematorium, I saw that familiar face lying among the bodies. The nurse from the medical station kept saying something in my ear. I felt cold all over. My fingers trembling, I touched my mother’s icy face and immediately collapsed to my knees. Marcus looked at my empty eyes and suddenly felt extremely panicked. He stepped forward to support me. He shook my shoulders hard, calling my name with a trembling voice. “Vida, say something!” I looked at him with dilated pupils, tears falling on his hands. “Marcus, I don’t have a mother anymore.” I returned to my room and fell into a deep sleep. When I opened my eyes again, three days had passed. I went to the medical station to collect my mother’s belongings and ran into her nurse. From her, I learned the heartbreaking truth. My mother hadn’t died from severe injuries-she’d been killed by a large dose of wolfsbane administered by Serena! And after Marcus learned the news, he immediately suppressed it and disguised everything to look like a natural death. “Vida, I really couldn’t bear to lie to you when I saw your condition, but I didn’t dare say much with Marcus there. That’s the truth. You should leave him as soon as possible. He’s not right for you.” I thought about how Marcus had once promised me he’d give my mother the best medical resources. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. The strange looks from people around me fell on me, but I didn’t care anymore. I wiped away the last tear from the corner of my eye and took off the necklace from around my neck, throwing it in the trash. The debt was paid. The feelings were gone. It was time for me to leave.
I planned to go see my mother’s body. But from outside came Serena’s sweet, commanding voice. “Hurry up and close the furnace. Marcus said Vida’s mother’s body needs to be cremated today.” “But where’s the body?” “Oh, I just put the body in the furnace. It’s already preheated. Close it and start burning.” Hearing this, my heart tightened. I quickly ran toward the door. Someone seemed about to come in to check if anyone was still inside, but Serena stopped them. “I’m the future Luna of Castella Pack! You dare disobey me?! Close it now and start burning!” I heard the sound of the door being locked. I rushed over and pounded on the furnace wall, calling for help, trying to make the people outside hear me. Fortunately, the person at the door heard my cries for help. Just as they were about to unlock it, Serena slapped them and snatched away the key. The temperature inside the furnace shot up instantly. I forced myself to calm down. Just when I was beginning to despair, my mother’s body suddenly sat up and pointed in a direction. I was a little scared, but still went over with a glimmer of hope to check my mother’s breathing. There was no response. I followed my mother’s guidance to that direction and soon found iron rings embedded in a corner. I was overjoyed. I wrapped my hands in my clothes and quickly grabbed the rings to climb up. But how could clothes block the high temperature inside the furnace? By the middle, blisters had formed through the clothes, and my shoes were nearly melted. I climbed to the top of the furnace, looked at the grass below, and jumped down. The burns and scrapes on my body hurt so much I almost passed out. But I absolutely couldn’t die here! I staggered forward and finally saw werewolves running toward me at the end of the road. When I woke again, I heard Marcus and Serena arguing. Marcus had Serena by the throat, pressing her against the wall of the medical station. “Who told you to use my name to do these things! I don’t care what you want to do to her. But I don’t want to see what happened today ever again! Serena, my indulgence of you isn’t capital for you to challenge my bottom line. Understand?” I sneered inwardly. He actually knew everything. He was just playing dumb. But now I could no longer shed a single tear for him. Serena’s face was pale, eyes brimming with tears as she explained. “I really didn’t know she was in there. Besides, I’m about to be your mate. Why would I bother?” I coughed, and Marcus immediately turned around, looking at me anxiously. I smiled faintly, reassuring him. “I’m fine, just tired. You don’t need to stay here with me.” I knew him. He would mark Serena, but he would never let me leave. I had to escape before the ceremony began. Two weeks passed. My wounds had nearly healed. I reached out to a contact from my old pack to forge travel papers for another territory. Watching the televised announcement of their marking ceremony, I headed for another territory. But as soon as I crossed the border, guards blocked my path. They were Marcus’s me. I turned to run, but a towel was thrown over my mouth and nose. My vision went black, and I lost consciousness. When I opened my eyes again, I saw the dark red glow of Marcus’s cigarette in the darkness. I trembled. My escape had failed.
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