Her Past
Serafine POV
Alexa leads me around the pack house and between the smaller houses. After a moment she stops at a house and pushes the door open. My eyes instantly look around and assess the place for any tricks or traps.
“It’s my house,” she smiles at me. “I’m mated and married to Garrick.” She gives me a smile, and I nod and step inside. She doesn’t seem old enough to be married, but then again, many get married the moment they find their mates.
“So, were you born here?” I ask,
Her head shakes, and she gestures to a chair. I sit in it and watch as she makes us coffee. She places down the cups and sits with me.
“No, I wish I was, but no.” Her words are quiet and I look around, stopping when I see pictures.
“You have a son?” I whisper. I’m not sure why I’m shocked, maybe because she looks too young to have a child that old? “I do,” she smiles and sits. “His name is Alex. I had him before coming here,” she explains.
So he’s not Garrick’s? Unless Garrick came with her?
“My pack was one that didn’t have enough money and resources, and my family would sell me. One of the Alpha’s knotted me, repeatedly to get me pregnant. At which point, my family disowned me, because I cost too much. I was going from pack to pack for five years, then while I was at one, Garrick was there. We’ve only been together for two years.”
I stare at her, I guess that could have been me. My father didn’t sell me to make money in that way, but he could have. “And Garrick accepts your son?” I whisper.
She smiles and nods. “Garrick sees Alex as his son, he’s amazing with him. I was anxious coming here, many packs rejects females who have children outside of their bond. Here, I was accepted.”
“That’s good,” I whisper.
“It is, I was so sure I wouldn’t find my mate, and when I did? I was worried he would be an alpha and reject me. I was the daughter of an alpha so I should have been mated to one. I’m glad I wasn’t, been mated to a beta, it’s better.”
She looks so happy. “I’m glad you found somewhere you’re welcomed and accepted,” I whisper. That won’t ever be me. “You have,” she says and I look at her. “You’ve found somewhere you’re welcomed and accepted Serafine.”
My head shakes. “No, i’m not, I’m bought, and brought here.”
“True, but Alpha has given you permission to roam freely, hence we’re here. He’s told everyone to treat you like you’re part of the pack, so you can make this place your home.”
I want to believe her but I feel like it’s a trap. How do I know this is real and not all a lie, and fake?
“So Xander didn’t tell you to talk to me?”
Her face changes and I know he has.
“He did, but not in the way you think. He said he wanted you to have friends here, get to know people. He has told me that I don’t share our conversation with him, even if you speak badly of him.”
I’m not sure how much of that l–trust.
“I get it, when you’re hurt by someone, getting back trust isn’t easy. Just consider it, you’re living here, you should have friends and connections.”
She’s right, I should have friends and such but trusting anyone is hard for me right now.
“What can you tell me? About the pack, others here?” I ask.
“Well, I don’t know a lot as I’ve only been here two years. I can tell you that everyone is welcoming and kind. As I said, I was an Omega, with a child that wasn’t to my mate, I should have been a disgrace, but everyone here is nice. Not just to me, but to my son as well.”
“You have found a home here,” I whisper.
She nods quickly. “I have, I get it though, you need time, to see that people here are trusted and aren’t tricking you.”
I do, but this is nice. “I never had this,” I whisper.
She looks at me confused.
“Has Xander told you about my pack?” I ask.
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“I know of it, but not of you.” She smiles and waits.
“I’m the only child to my father, I was a twin, my brother died and I lived. Which should have been seen as a good thing, but
of course my family wanted a boy. So I was essentially hidden away.”
Her Past
“It’s rare for the girl to survive in a twin pregnancy, especially if a son wasn’t conceived before. Did you have friends?”
My head shakes. “No, I was literally hidden away. My room was a box, without a door. I know people think I’m lying, so I don‘ 1 expect you to beleive me. I didn’t know until getting here that my father used the omega he bought and made her act like she was his daughter. I had no relationships, not even with the forced maids.”
Her face softens. “I believe you, those who haven’t been in that situation don’t see it. But I can, I can see in your eyes that you have never learnt to trust anyone, to let anyone in. Which says you were alone.”
“Thank you,” I whisper, something inside of me pulls, and I realise how much I needed to hear that. To have someone tell me they believe me. “Xander thinks I’m lying, everything I say, he thinks is a lie, a game, a play for my father.”
She doesn’t answer, she just watches me.
“Which is amusing, the fact he believes I would do all this, and help the man who locked me up for my life, refused to let me use the bathroom, forcing me to wash in a pond, and such. He does though, he thinks I’m here for my father and I doubt I can ever change his view.”
Nodding she leans forward. “Xander is not an easy Alpha, he’s good, don’t get me wrong, he protects us. He has issues with trust, so for him, I don’t think he will ever fully trust you.”
Her words hurt, and I nod. “So, I will always be his mate, but never accepted fully. How long until he decides to reject me and mate with someone else who he sees as a worthy Luna?”
She stares at me, and opens her mouth like she’s about to argue but stops.
“I want to say Xander would never do that, but his trust issues, says he would rather have a Luna who isn’t his mate, so that he feels safer.”
All I can do is nod. So I’m here, I’m expected to live here, make friends with these people, be his mate, but never be ‘accepted as his Luna. I still haven’t decided if this place is better or worse than my fathers pack.
Only time will tell, but maybe that’s the thing? Maybe if I can find a way, I can leave here? I can run, find a pack where I’m free. Free from both Xander and my father.
