Rebecca POV：
When I got up in the morning, the pain of my body almost made me fall out of bed.
Last night I had experienced the grimmest moment of my life—I lost my virginity to a stranger.
The mating ceremony took place in the Shadow Forest yesterday, where the Alpha and Luna of each wolf pack would bring virgin wolves to find their mates at the ceremony.
Being single, I had to attend this boring ceremony too, but I didn't want to find a mate.
After all, I didn't even have a wolf.
As I wandered aimlessly through the ceremony, I passed a giant fir when I heard the voice of my stepsister Linda speaking.
"Mother, I think you're a better Luna than the Rebecca's mother. They would only bring shame to our Burgundy Pack."
My stepmother echoed, "Linda, you are right, but Serena is dead, and her useless daughter is no threat to our position. Let's just find a way to get rid of her."
They were bad-mouthing me and my mother!
I rushed at them angrily and slapped Linda, asking her to shut up.
Linda screamed and ran into the Misty Woods, covering her swollen face.
My stepmother was furious and ordered me in Luna's tone, "Rebecca, I order you to find your sister immediately or you will not be allowed to go home!"
I could not refuse Luna's order, and even if I was more reluctant, I had to go into the forest to look for Linda.
I didn't think Linda would run deep into the forest, and as I strolled around the periphery, I suddenly smelled a nice vanilla smell that I had never smelled before.
It had a fatal attraction for me, drawing me to the source of the scent.
Suddenly, a man hugged me tightly from behind and I was about to shout for help when the man asked in a low voice, "Who are you?"
"Let go of me!"
I struggled desperately, but the man's strength was so great that I couldn't escape.
And my consciousness seemed to be occupied by another person. No matter how hard I struggled, my arms and legs gradually became weak and feeble, and finally my eyes went black and I collapsed into the man's embrace.
In a trance, I felt someone was undressing me but I couldn't move or even speak. I had no choice but to let the man rape me until I lost my mind again.
Suffering the pain between my legs, I got up from the bed and put on the clothes that were scattered all over the floor.
The strange room was empty, with only a tie resting on the bed.
Damn! He took my virginity and then just leave like that?
"Who the hell is he? Could he be my mate?"
I muttered to myself and put on all my clothes, only to find that the pearl necklace my mother left me was missing.
Did the man take it?
I rummaged around, but there was no sign of the necklace.
Suddenly, the door to the room was kicked open and my stepmother rushed in shouting, "Rebecca, there you are! Do you know how long the whole pack has been looking for you?"
The room still smelled like mating and I had hickeys all over my body from the man, so they knew what had happened last night at a glance.
Sure enough, as soon as my father came in and saw the messy room, his brow immediately furrowed.
My stepmother immediately glared at me and said, "Andrew, your daughter spent the night fooling around with a stranger. If people found out, our pack would be humiliated!"
My father gave me a look, "Rebecca, I'm very disappointed at you."
Thinking about what she said last night about kicking me out of the pack, I hurriedly explained, "No, I didn't! You have misunderstood me!"
"Look at the hickey on your neck. Are you still trying to cheat on your Alpha?"
My father was the Alpha of the Burgundy Pack, and my mother, named Serena Sharon, was the last Moon Goddess of the pack.
However, she died when I was three years old.
My father told me that Alpha could not live without Luna, so three months after my mother's death, he married my stepmother, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth treated me badly, and she has always made things difficult for me for as long as I can remember, as she did last night. My father would always believe what she said and ignore my grievances.
Therefore, I hated my father for betraying my mother and for keeping me bullied by others.
But it is not the time to talk about love and hate. If I don't explain myself clearly, I will really be driven out of the pack by Elizabeth.
"I didn't lie." I calmly explained the situation last night, "When I went into the forest to look for Linda, a werewolf took me and I woke up here. I didn't want to bother people to find out what I meant, and I don't know why I'm here, and I'm guessing that man would be my mate, otherwise he wouldn't have shown up at the mating ceremony."
"Your mate?" Elizabeth sneered at me, "No way, you're not kidding, because you can't have a mate."
I was furious at my stepmother's smug expression.
If she hadn't asked me to find Linda, I wouldn't have been caught and raped by that damned man!
Although that man could very well be my mate. I had strange feelings for him, different from the feelings I had when I was with other men.
I turned my head to my father, "Father, you'll believe what I say, won't you?"
My father looked at me with a compassionate look: "Rebecca, Elizabeth was right. I had a witch divine you once when you were born, and she said that not only do you not have a wolf, but you will never have a mate neither."
"That can't be! It can't be! How can I not have a mate!" I objected impatiently, "I know I don't have a wolf, but many werewolves like me have found their mates, am I right?"
Elizabeth taunted, "Could your father still be lying to you? Rebecca, that's the strange werewolf you were hanging out with last night, bringing shame to our pack!"
I shouted in despair, "No! Shut up! It's not true!"
How could I not have a mate? I was even more desperate than I felt when I knew I didn't have a wolf.
Werewolves all live in packs, and any werewolf without a mate would be alone for the rest of his life. I didn't want to be alone for the rest of my life!
I broke down and cried, while Elizabeth laughed with glee.
She looked at my father and said, "Honey, I know you're in a dilemma. But the pack's leaders are out there, and we must handle this properly."
My father did not refuse and coldly watched me crying, his tone full of solemnity and authority: "Rebecca, although you are my daughter, it does not mean that I will be partial to you. You have to be punished for what you have done."