TO MAKE IT LESS PAINFUL

Hanna only remembered her now, she was Aria Darrin, the alpha's personal mistress. She was with the alpha throughout their period of slavery.

She looked so different now, wearing a beautiful dress while her face was no longer covered with soot.

Her black hair was tied up on top of her head and her lips were no longer chapped, but as red as a blooming rose.

"She can't wear something like this!" Hanna refused the item inside the paper bag that Aria gave to her.

"Why not? She is no longer the alpha's daughter. She is a slave now," Aria scoffed, her eyes full of disdain. "Or do you want her to not wear anything, since you don't like the dress?"

Hanna stiffened. She was sure that they could do that to her now, she was nothing but a slave. Iris was no longer the alpha's daughter, her position was even lower than an Omega in this pack.

"You can choose for her, seeing how useless she is." Aria glanced into the room again, but she couldn't catch a sight of her.

On the other hand, Hanna couldn't do anything but clutch the fabric in her hand.

"Tell her, if she wants to survive, she needs to get rid of her attitude and start to think what she can do to keep herself alive. That's what all the slaves in the Howling Wolf pack did when your alpha enslaved us."

With that being said, Aria turned around and walked away from there.

And now, Hanna was dreading the task of breaking the news to Iris.

Those people didn't know that her missy had never felt such liberation in her life, not even when her father was still the alpha.

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"We will unite the land of the two packs and merge them into one. The Blue Moon pack no longer exists and we will move the center of economy and power to the Howling Wolf pack. We will clean and use our old packhouse and our land as the center of the new pack."

Cane adjourned the meeting today, as he pointed out those people, who were capable of holding their positions and hearing his announcement, they cheered brightly to know that they would ground this pack house and revitalize their old packhouse that had been turned into a brothel by Alpha Gerald.

Of course, they were thrilled to know that they would return to their land, full of glory. Not only did they manage to free themselves from being slaves, but they also took down the tyrant, took back their land and the Blue Moon pack's as well.

"We will go to district six, I want to check on something there," Cane spoke to Jace, his beta, when they exited the room, as the meeting had ended.

"Tonight?" Jace frowned slightly.

Cane had been so busy, since he held the title of the alpha, there were a lot of things that he needed to do because danger was still lurking in the dark. There were a few packs that didn't like the fact that they were merging two packs into one, because in that sense, this would become the largest pack in this realm and everyone in power hated it when the power balance was disrupted.

"Yes, I want this problem to be solved immediately." Cane didn't slow down at all, as Jace walked next to him.

Jace wanted to remind Cane that tonight he had ordered Hanna to bring Iris to his chambers, but seeing how the alpha was in a hurry and the night almost fell, he said nothing about it. After all, the slave could wait. She was not a priority.

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"You need to endure this, Miss Iris. It will be over soon if you don't do anything and don't resist." Hanna cupped Iris's face and made her look at her, so she could read her lips. "Don't do anything, or they will hurt you even more."

Hanna knew that this was inevitable and in this kind of situation, all she could do was to advise her how to not anger the alpha and make it less painful for her.

"You need to survive this. I will be waiting for you here, okay?" Hanna wiped the tears that streamed down her face. This was not the first time she wiped her tears and surely, it wouldn't be the last either. "Oh, my child…"

Hanna pulled Iris into a tight hug, her heart ached very badly to know what Iris had to go through tonight.

Iris was wearing the set of lingerie that Aria had given her and covered it with a cloak, so no one could see her wearing such a degrading thing.

However, once she was in the presence of the alpha, she wouldn't be able to hide herself.

"I am so scared, Hanna…" Iris was crying silently, resting her head on her shoulder, as she hugged her tightly. She didn't want to let her go. This was her safe place, she was her person, the only person that stayed with her since she was a child.

Hanna released her body and looked at her.

"It will pass and a new day will come, you will find your happiness," Hanna said with a trembling voice, trying to hold back her tears.

Iris had seen Hanna say those words for the last fifteen years, since she was assigned to be her personal maid, a new day would surely come, but she had never found her happiness.

And with tears in her eyes, Iris was told that she couldn't afford to make the alpha wait, so she needed to go now.

With heavy steps, another guard escorted her to the alpha's chambers, the room that her father occupied before.

The room, where her father would bring countless women to look for pleasure. The thought of it sickened her to the stomach.

"The alpha is away, you can wait inside," the guard said, as he opened the door. He looked at her impassively.

The alpha is not here?