Healing the Ruthless Alpha novel Chapter 2

“What are you doing here?” I stood at the doorway with the door ajar and my heart in my throat.

“Close the door,” his gruff voice commanded as he stood, his head almost touching my ceiling.

For my eighteenth birthday, my father kicked me out of his mansion. It was something he wanted to do since the day I was born but could not until I was old enough. After that, I moved to a cubicle in the pack house, a small room with only a tiny window and no lighting at the back of the pack house. I have stayed here for the past three years but tomorrow, with my little savings, I would be out of this pack forever.

No, today.

The midnight clock in the leisure room already struck midnight thirty minutes ago.

“What are you doing here?” I asked Kade again, making no move to close the door. I didn’t want to be trapped in such a small room with this maniac.

He walked over to me and caught me around my waist as I contemplated running off. It would buy me a minute but I could never outrun Kade. He pulled me into the room and shut the door.

“Why are your things packed?” He asked in a quiet, dangerous voice that had my heart galloping.

What did he want from me this time? He rejected me already. He killed my friend few hours ago. When would he leave me alone!?

“With all due respect, that is none of your business. Why are you in my room?” I asked as I stepped away from his looming figure while goosebumps exploded on my skin.

“Sihana.” His tone held warning that made me shiver. “Were you planning on running away?” His nostrils flared as he crossed his arms.

A cold sweat broke out all over me. My hands trembled. My lips trembled. Every part of me trembled.

On my eighteenth birthday, not only did I have to deal with the misfortune of homelessness, I also found out I was mated to the biggest asshole on the planet. The Alpha’s son. While I was too worried about my status and how to please my father, a small part of me still held out hope to find my mate. Never in a million years would I have expected to be mated to someone as cruel as Kade.

He did not want me and I did not want him so the minute he found out we were mates, he rejected me. I accepted his rejection and bore the sharp pain of a broken mate bond with the calm satisfaction that I would not have to spend the rest of my life with a man that beat me and spat on me to amuse his friends.

Kade bullied me since we were kids. As the Beta’s daughter and the Alpha’s son, the pack always put us together. In a lot of cases, the Alpha and Beta’s children were best friends who ended up taking over from their parents together. In my case, I ended up a hated omega.

My earliest memory was of five year old me getting shoved face first into mud by a laughing six year old Kade. He never liked me and I never liked him but he had a bad habit – He considered everything and everyone as his property.

“What do you want from me?” I asked in a bitter tone, glaring at his feet. Why would this man not leave me alone? I suffered enough at his hands already!

“What did I tell you the day you rejected me?” He asked, taking a step towards me. I stepped backwards but ended up against the door.

“You rejected me,” I emphasized to jog his memory. “I don’t know what you want but I have to sleep now. Please leave.” I sidestepped him. Or I tried to. A hairy hand landed on the door beside me, blocking me in.

“Do you think you can be rid of me?” He snorted, amusement sparkling in his eyes. “In a few hours, I will become the Alpha. Your Alpha. Do you think I will let you leave the pack because you are old enough?” He snorted again.

“I am old enough to leave. There is nothing you can do about it now.” I bristled, raising my chin to look up at him. For once, I didn’t want him to intimidate me.