Magic Blood of Alpha's Broken Mate Book 1: Her Choice (Paranormal Second Chance Wolf Shifter Romance Book 1)

By LiliBeth

My name is Sarah.
I am an alpha female, but I live like a slave in the middle of my father's pack. I am just the bastard child of my family, the product of rape and everyone hates me. I hoped that when I turned 18 my life would change. But everything got worse, and on my eighteenth birthday my own mother tried to kill me, but the odds were in my favor. I lived while my mother died.
I continued to hope that something would change.
All I wanted in this life was to find someone to love me. All I wanted was to find my mate, and more than that I wanted that mate to be my friend, Patrick, the Alpha King's son. The only man who ever showed me some kindness.
I hoped that he would take me out from Blood Mon Pack, where my father tolerated me only because of the magic in my blood.
It is said that hope dies last.
Well folks! Let me tell you, my hope died! The day I found out that Patrick wanted my sister, and that I was just a tool in his hands.
Like I said, I'm Sarah Thompson. In the eyes of some werewolves, I am less than a slave. But is that an actual fact or my pack members got it wrong?

This is book 1 of the series

• Language: English
• Publisher: BestNovel
• Release date: Mar 20, 2024

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Chapter 1 Happy birthday to me!

It hurts like hell, Gal said.

You are a wolf Gal, it's not so bad. It just looks ugly, that's all! Sarah said and pulled over her sleeve trying to hide all the marks she got after she donated blood for her sister again.

It hurts and you know it, Sarah, there is not even a single place on our arms where you can put a finger and that place not to be bruised. Gal howled but this time Sarah just stood still.

I am tired, she whispered to her wolf, looking at the doctor who left the room holding the bag with blood in his hand. She just stood there, seeing how everyone ignored her after they took her blood and when she was finally alone, she opened a little box from her desk and took out a simple chocolate muffin. She placed a little candle on it and smiled sadly.

Another birthday alone.

You've got me, Gal whispered. You've got me, Sarah!

I know, but it's my birthday and nobody knows it. After all those years, nobody cares.

She stood there, looking blankly at the muffin.

Let's make a wish, Sarah! Gal says and she tries to be more vivid for Sarah's 'sake.

Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! Gal sings while Sarah holds a muffin in her hands. She closes her eyes again and makes a wish.

It's not an instant wish, but a wish she's thought about for the last two years at least. Today she is eighteen and soon there will be a full moon and everything she dreams of will come true. She will find him. She will find the one who will love her forever and help her have that happy life she always hoped to have.

So she just opens her eyes and looks at the little candlelight, like a glimpse on the top of her muffin. She takes a deep breath and blows the candle out, smiling.

We will be happy, Gal! she said to her wolf, because that was her only wish for her birthday.

We will, Sarah! Gal, her wolf said. We will find our mate and we will leave from here.

You know what, Gal? Let's find her. Let's try again to speak with her. Maybe today, just today she will be more kind to us. After all she gave birth to me, not every day I turn eighteen. She says but she is interrupted by one of the omegas who sees her while she exited her room.

Do you know where she is? Sarah asked the omega with a sad smile.

Who shall it be? the omega asked, trying to pass her.

Ms. Tania... and this time Sarah almost whispered, calling the forbidden word in her head my mother.

Her mother was never eager to see her. And now seriously? Why she would be when Sarah was like a slap on her ego. She was the result of an atrocity. She was the bastard child of this proud and beautiful woman, a fantastic healer, who almost lost her desire to live after having Sarah.

Do you know how it feels to look every day at something that hurts you? This is the way Tania Thompson felt seeing her daughter. Sarah was a part of her life that she never wished to have, but she was forced to have the child.

She's on that lake again, the omega said and seeing that Sarah was on her way just, she pushed her a little so that she could walk from there.

Let her alone, the omega said while she went from there. You know that she hates seeing you.

I want to see her, Gal, and Sarah started to run, holding her muffin and praying that she would not be punished again after that.

The Blood Moon Pack was one of the biggest and strongest in the world. Some said that there is no other alpha stronger than her father is, only the Alpha King outpaces him in strength and wealth. Yes you've got it right. Her biological father is the alpha. He raped his own sister-in-law. This territory is any werewolf’s dream. The dense forests are everywhere and in the middle of the pack a splendid crystal lake is placed.

That’s her mother's favorite place in this pack, it makes her calm, and clears her memory of all the sadness.

There she is...Shit! Sarah do you really want to ruin our day? and seeing Tania's face, Gal is scared even if she understands Sarah.

She is our mother, Gal. She didn’t want us but a mother is a mother. Maybe she will let me stay with her today, she said.

See, she looks calm today, and Sarah’s heart softened a little seeing her beautiful mother sitting on the shore of the lake. She looked at her hand and at her arms. She was full of needle marks and she carefully pulled her sleeves over those bruised parts of her body so as to hide the marks. She didn't want to irritate her mother, she was a healer and a healer is always sensitive to the suffering of other people.

Ms. Tania! she whispered and in an instant Tania turned her head and saw her coming.

Go away! Tania said in panic and pushed her daughter. Why are you here?

Sarah just looked at the poor woman with her broken heart, then looked at the muffin she had in her hands and said in a very sweet voice.

... it's my birthday, please just stay a little with me. Just today! You are the closest person to me, and you are the only one who knows it is my birthday!

No, go away! Tania becomes a little bit agitated triggered by her daughter's presence, remembering the darkest day of her life. Just get the hell out of here and leave me alone!

Please Ms. Tania, I am already here. Look! I also brought a cake, please share it with me! And even if Sarah was used to this continuous back-and-forth marathon of emotions so many times in the past, today she has got it in her mind that she will have this little moment with her mother.

She caught Tania's arms and placed the muffin in front of her.

Let’s share this! she said, smiling at her mom. Today is my eighteenth birthday and I am alone. Please let’s share it!

And she stretches her hand to Tania and gives her the muffin but just before being able to say anything, Sarah’s bruised arms catch Tania’s eyes and some pin and needle marks appear from under the sleeve.

What the hell is that? and Tania’s heart almost stops and she tries to grab Sarah’s arm, but Sarah just covers her arms, pulling her sleeves over her fists.

It’s nothing! She said almost stuttering, It’s really nothing, Ms. Tania!

But Tania knows exactly what kind of mark that is, and she caught her arms using her force and rolled up her sleeve.

It is said that blood is thicker than water and who said that was right. Maybe Sarah was the product of a rape, and maybe her presence was unwanted every time she appeared in Tania’s face, but Tania never hated her daughter. She knew that the child was innocent. She hated the memory she was related with. She hated that damned drunken alpha who destroyed her life, but she never hated Sarah, she just couldn't stand her presence.

She hoped that the child would find happiness in this world. She even wanted to tell her something nice today, but her beautiful face which was in reality her biological father's face made her lock herself away with her memories.

Who is taking your blood? Tania growled, seeing the marks on her arm, and she lifted her sleeve just to find more marks.

Alpha Thompson, let it go please, it's nothing! Sarah said, trying to be calm.

Tania just looked at Sarah and she closed her eyes.

This is too much...she whispered, looking into Sarah's eyes, and with trembling hands, she grabbed Sarah's arms in her hands. She looked at her so calmly, and for the first time in her life, Sarah saw a glimpse of care. The compassion.

Sarah...Tania said, looking directly into her daughter's eyes.

You have to trust your mother, let's be free together.

Mother? Gal asked in shock. Did she say mother? and her heart is beating so hard. "Is she accepting us as her daughter?

Sarah looked at her, and tears moistened her eyes. She waited for this moment her whole life.

Tania looked at her and she also had tears in her eyes.

Do you trust me, Sarah? Do you trust your mother?

And Sarah just nodded her head, and her heart was bleeding under the attack of her own emotions.

I trust you...

And she closed her eyes to find the strength to say it.

Mom!

Chapter 2 Someone will love you

A few days have passed since that tragic day. Tania was dead, and she never left the infinite cold and darkness of the crystal lake. You could say that she was free from this world just as she wished, hidden in the deep, far away from everything she hated in this life.

Nobody said anything about her, you could say that in just a few days, her memory was completely erased. Not even a ceremony. Tania received nothing from her own pack as she left this world.

The only soul that was crying for her was Sarah. In her room, she was just sitting curled up like a little girl and she was crying for her mother. But she didn’t shed tears, her soul had been crying for several days. She couldn’t forget her words, but more than that, what was hunting her memories was that last look her mother gave her.

Was this place so close to hell that she chose to die like that?

Sarah just lives those moments again and again, and more and more questions arise in her head.

I trust you, mom! she said and right then Tania started to drag her into the crystal lake.

Mom? she asked, panicking. What are you doing? and she tried to stop her but she was not a match for Tania.

Trust your mother please. This will make us free. They will never be able to hurt us again.

Mom, no... please, she remembers saying.

Listen to me Sarah, her mother says, stopping for one moment. They will never let you go! They will use you again and again because you are just like me. You must die today. You and me together. Let's be free and escape from all of this! and she pulled her into deep waters.

Mom, I can't swim! Sarah cried but Tania put her head under the water and sank with her. But in the last minute, seeing the desperation in Sarah's eyes, she pushed her to the surface while she let herself be driven to the depths. The last thing she remembers is her mother's look, her calm face while she was sinking, and her last words, I finally am free.

She doesn't remember anything from that point, just waking up in a hospital room with a lot of IVs in her arms while the doctors were taking her blood. Nothing else.

Nobody said, I am sorry for your loss! Nobody asked her if she needed anything.

In the last few days, she has relived that day again and again. Asking herself a lot of things.

In her mother's last minutes of life, she never felt so close to her. And this is what is making her cry even more, because she found the way to her mother's heart just to lose her forever. Even for a few seconds, because that was all she got, but she knows that her mother cared about her.

And as she was mourning her deceased mother, someone knocked at the door.

She composed herself, thinking that was one of his father's omegas, who delivered meals every day.

And trying to make her voice sound normal, so that she would not alarm the Omega she just said, fearing that Omega thought she was on a hunger strike. She just doesn't want to make her father come here and force her to eat.

Can you leave the food at the door, please? I promise that I will eat it later. and she turned with her back to the door, taking a deep breath and waiting for the person behind the door to leave, but someone pushed the door open and came in, making her jump from her seat.

Hey, Patrick said, poking his head out the door, May I come in?

Of course you can! Sarah said, smiling sadly at him, while subconsciously pulling her sleeves over her fists. She covers her pin and needle marks with her clothes because she doesn’t want Patrick to worry about her. Nobody needs to know that she is donating blood for her sister.

I heard what happened, and he just came near her and took her in an embrace. I am so sorry for your loss, princess! Patrick said, caressing her back while he held her.

Sarah didn’t say anything, she just stood there in his embrace and for the first time she felt that tears reached the surface, moistening her eyes with water.

Patrick feels her shivering a little in his arms and lifts her chin, looking into her moist eyes. And his heart flinched seeing her so pale and sad.

He took his finger and wiped away the tears that started to flow over her delicate face. Incessant tears, which were kept hidden until now because Sarah couldn't find a way to make them come out. She cried in her heart and was stressed for days, but now is the first time she is able to cry for real about what happened.

Everything will be alright, princess, he whispered to her. Life goes on. I know that what happened was absurd and spontaneous, but you have to move on.

I have no reason to move on, Patrick, she said, drowning herself in her own tears.

I know that is hard, but you must find a way to move on, and he just stays there and looks at her pitiful look.

She cared about me, Patrick, Sarah said.

Of course she did, she was your mother. He starts but he stops because she cries even harder after hearing him.

She never showed me that she loves me, Sarah said. She always avoided me and made me feel unwanted but in the end she was sincere on the edge between life and death and she let her true emotions out.

Sarah looked into Patrick's eyes and said,

Just before she died, she looked me in the eyes,