Little bites, alpha(to be taken down for editing)

"Better actually" I answer her. She chuckles.

"Not that". Confused I ask,

"What then?"

"I just saw my brother and he was smiling really hard and I think you have something to do with that" Henrietta smiles at me.

"I doubt that. We've never had a civil conversation" I reply trying to hide my excitement.

"This is different. Thank you for this Raina and I'm sorry for earlier" She apologies.

"I overstepped. I should not have disrespected you that way. I understand you were just trying to help" I reason with her. Besides she is the only friend I have here. Staying mad at her is not going to do me any good.

"No Rain. We are friends now. I'm not just the alpha's sister to you anymore" She tells me.

"I don't keep friends but I can make an exception with you" I smile at her. She smiles.

"Why?" She asks me.

"Because you are the only one who has been nice to me since I got here". She laughs.

"Not that Rain. I meant why don't you keep friends?"

"As you already know I've been a slave almost all my life. Some of us get abused, some get bought to be overworked, some get bought to be used as sex toys while some of us_"

"Nobody did anything to you right? You weren't abused" She says to me scared for the answer.

"No. I am fine but that is not my point. All I'm saying is that we don't get to be attached to anything or anyone because it's get taken from us before we even get a chance to be with it" I tell her

"I understand you Raina and I want to be your friend and this is not because your mate is my brother. I really do like you and I don't want anybody even Lucian to get in the way of that" She says.

"Thank you Henrietta. Even though I'm a slave you decided to see me far more than that, something nobody ever does, for that thank you" She pulls me into a tight hug.

"To a new friendship" She whispers.

"To a new friendship" I say too raising my imaginary cup and she does the same and we give a toast. We laugh after the toast at our childish play.

"Now that we've established that we are friends tell me about you. I will do the same, let's know each other" She says.

"Ahem_ where do I start from?" I ask.

"I don't mind. Tell me only what you are comfortable talking about, no pressure" She assured me. I nod and then start.

"I was fifteen when I became a slave but before then I lived with my parents in our pack. I grew up in moon howlers pack as a child but everything changed after my parents were no more. A war broke years ago and my parents being warriors had to fight for the pack. They knew the pack was not strong enough to win but my parents were hardworking people, very dedicated wolves to the pack and they were not ready to let go of what they have worked for so they tried to fight. My father told me to run as far as I could and they will meet me and I did run, I ran fast and long. When I sensed I was getting to pack areas I stopped and waited, I waited but they did not come back to me

"They might still be alive. We can try looking for them" Rietta says. I give a small laugh.

"I went back after hours and I did not find them. I was just fifteen and I loved my parents too much not to go and help them. I wanted to help with the fight but when I go there everything was loud with wailing and dark with only screams of pain as the evidence of life in the pack territory. I searched and searched but I did not find their bodies. At fifteen I knew I couldn't pronounce them dead, I did not find their bodies so I had hope that they were still alive. I slept for the night and when I woke up, I woke up to chaos. Families mourning their dead while I kept searching for them."

"I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that."

"Thank you. I found their dead my bodies. My parents were dead. My mum's unborn child died with her that day. I was so angry but before I could do anything we heard an alpha coming to get the weak ones among us. Our neighbouring pack alpha promised that if we came with him he was going to save us from the new attack on us and we trusted him, he lied, fucking asshole. After all, our pack had done for theirs. After all my parents had done he decided to betray us. He took us all in and we became slaves and that was where_”

"Lucian took you from" Rietta completes. I nod and clean my tears in the process. I feel so good saying this. I have never talked to anybody about this before and now I feel I can trust Rietta.

"Yes. In a way your annoying brother saved me from my eight years of suffering. A lot happened in the pack but that will a story for another day" I say.

"I understand. No pressure, we are taking this at your pace" She hugs me and lets me cry. I cry hard on her shoulder especially now that I know she's going to be here for me.

"Thank you, for letting me rant about my parents. I have not talked about them in eight years and it feels so good now" I say I between tears.

"Anytime. I am here to listen"

"Wow! I'm crying" I say loudly.

"I'm crying. Why I'm I crying?" I ask tears still falling. Rietta chuckles.

"You're just very happy you talked to someone about what happened to your parents. Right now I have a plan for us on Monday" She says.

"I_ might not be available" She laughs.

"You have plans with my brother?" She asks.

"Not exactly plans. I just gave him the whole of next week to prove that he wants me" I tell her.

"He got himself a challenge" I laugh.

"Who don't we have an outing today or maybe tomorrow" She suggest.

"You know I have only twenty dollars and I have to save it up for new toiletries. I can't I'm sorry" I apologize.

"We are spending Lucian's money which is yours too"

"No, I'll have to ask him first and I can't ask him" I argue.

"He's going to say yes" She tries encouraging me.

"I don't doubt that but I don't want him spending on me besides I have twenty dollars which is enough for the time being and why I don't I make you food for lunch? I'm a great cook" I say. She smiles.

"How do you feel about spending my money then?" She asks me.

"I don't know. I've never been out for lunch before. My parents could not afford us going out for lunch"

"Well get dressed because we have somewhere to be" She announces.

"About that, I don't have any cloths to fit the outing. I don't want to embarrass you."

"You are the Luna now, you can never embarrass me" She kisses my head and leaves the room to get ready.