Alpha's Mate (second)

Episode-4

(Y/n's POV)

The Beta came outside to find me after the ruckus that shook the large house l was at. He had a she-wolf with him.
I learned her name was Joy.

"You will work with her today. And every day. She
will tell you what to do, when to do it, and where to do it. Do you understand?" Taehyung, the beta said.
"Yes, sir" Still keeping my eyes low and my head lower, I spoke to him in a whisper.
I was now working with the other she-wolves. I had learned over the years to keep my head down. Stay
to myself. Be friendly when needed, nothing more, nothing less.
Especially since I would get hit, kicked, or whatever they wanted todo to me.
I remember one time, I was in the kitchen and didn't answer someone quick enough. My hands were pushed onto the stove and held there while it was still hot. My palms burned so bad, it took three weeks
for them to heal. I still had
small burn marks on them, set there as a reminder of my
disobedience.

Time skip;

"I appreciate the help, Y/n"
Joy said with a smile and
cheerfulness about her.
"May I ask you something?" I nodded without using words or looking up at her.
"Why don't you have a mate? You are old enough for one, nice to be around as far as I could tell, and exceptionally beautiful, if I may say."
With sadness in my voice, I
whispered,
"I had a mate but was rejected."
"Tm sorry to hear that. I know what it's like to be without a mate."
she said with her eyes
half-filled with tears and a sadness in her mannerisms.

Joy was a middle-aged she-wolf who lost her mate in an attack by rogues a few years back. She had a
couple of children, one
three-year-old boy named James and a little five-year-old girl named
Julia. She was the motherly type and didn't mind taking on those without family as her own. Joy was full-figured with light brown hair that reached to her shoulders and hazel eyes that flickered between green and blue in
the sunlight. She also had a
softness about her features that made you feel at home just by being in her presence. She radiated understanding, compassion, and caring.
Joy stopped speaking for a while, letting the conversation linger. Feeling like I could without being Scolded or abused, I took a chance.
"Joy, does the pack's food mostly come from the gardens?" I asked.
"Yes. What we cannot grow, we either make or buy. But Alpha Jungkook believes growing our own supplies keeps us grateful for what
we have, that makes us stronger for it. Have you seen the rest of the territory yet?"Joy said.
"You mean there's more than this?"
I sounded surprised and confused all at once.
"Yes, y/n" She said and smiled as she realized that I was very naive about where I was or how big Alpha
Jungkook's territory really was.
"It reaches North about 25 miles and East through the forest, about 35 miles deep. South is the furthest, about 80 miles out, and then out West about another 20 or
miles." She said.
My eyes got big, my mouth dropped, and I just stood there in complete amazement and shock at how big Alpha Jungkook's territory really was.
"So, are there gardens all
over the territory then?" I
sOunded like an unbelieving
child.
"Yes" was all Joy said through a motherly smile, shaking her head from side to side.
We fell silent again.
"I love being outside. Thank you for letting me help you" She gave me a tender smile in acceptance and gratitude. We continued working in
silence. I was smiling mildly to myself, thinking, 'I could live here forever. Joy seems really nice, and the pack seems to work well as a unit. As a family. I just want to be accepted and do my part
without fear of being rejected or abused. Hopefully, they'll let me
be here In mid-thought, I smiled as my wolf, Karin, jumped at a new scent that filled our nose. It was an earthy musk with rustic forest undertones.

As soon as I smelled this
intoxicating aroma, my face
stiffened and winced in pain. I held onto myself as I felt pain shoot through my body as if I were being brutally beaten with a baseball bat. This was something Id felt before in my old pack, so
I knew that feeling well, I was not being touched physically, anyway.
The bond between my mate, who brutally rejected me, and me was still intact, even though it was only a little bit, and I could feel what he was doing. I had felt this pain before when he mated
with another girl, but this time, it was much, much worse. Then, the pain worsened with what felt like
hot red pokers cinching every part of my body while it was being beaten.
I couldn't take this fire building inside of me. It hurt worse than anything I could ever describe. I tried hard not to tear at my skin with my claws, but it was no use.
I started scratching and clawing for the burning pain to stop. But it didn't. It only got worse, and now I felt like I was in a pit of red, hot burning flames.

Goddess, please take this pain from me!
I laid in the garden, clutching myself for dear life, daring not to cry out, as I had learned it did more harm than good. Tears tried to leak from my eyes. I bit my bottom lip hard instead of screaming. Blood. I was
bleeding. My blood. I must've bit in harder than I thought. Darkness was starting to welcome me home.
Joy saw me fall in pain and came to help me as she called out for help from a couple of wolves coming back from the perimeter.
"Someone get the pack doctor! Quickly!" The pain was so deep that darkness took over, and all went black.

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