14 years later
Octavia Pov
“Wake up bitch” a voice said, followed by cold icy water on my body. I woke up startled. I looked at who poured me water. It was Samantha. I quickly stood up.
“M.mo..morning Luna,” I said, bowing shakily. I don’t want to upset her.
“Take your morning to yourself, dirty rag. My clothes need washing. I want you to wash them all with your hands. The washing machine spoils my clothes, and I want them ironed and folded. Do you understand?” She asked, glaring at me. I flinch and shakily nod my head.
“Answer me when I talk to you, bitch!” she said, then she dragged my hair and slammed my head on the wall. Then, she kicked me in the ribs and threw me to the concrete floor.
“O..o.ka..okay lu..na” I stammered out with tears burning my eyes. You can’t cry out, Octavia; she is going to punish you more. I thought, biting my lips in pain.
“Better,” she said and walked past me while deliberately matching my hand with her 6-inch heels. I lay on the floor, crying and cursing my cruel fate. She was my best friend. Everyone would have been saved if I had not run after her. The pack won’t have hated me. Everybody would still be alive; my father and mother would still be alive.
After what happened, the pack hated me; they blamed me for killing all the men. Our Alpha and Beta were on a trip, so I did not kill them during my outburst. My mother died from losing her mate three weeks after my dad died. The pack turned me into their slave. I turned to their punching bag. Every wolf shifts at age 13, but I didn’t shift. They laugh at me and mock me. They said the moon goddess was punishing me for my sins.
Then, at age 16, we were supposed to find our mate. I found mine. It was the alpha’s son, Dylan. As the norm, if a female mate is already 16; they recognize their mate, and the mate recognizes her as well, so I found out on his birthday. If the female mate is not yet 16, he can’t recognize her. He called me. I thought he wanted to accept me, but he rejected me and forced me to accept the rejection. It was really painful.
Then he claimed Samantha as his mate. Three weeks later, he marked her. I feel everything, their kissing, and their lovemaking. I feel it because we still see each other daily, so the bond is still there. I go through the heat every month. My body hurts whenever they get intimate, and they always do it occassionally. But after everything he is doing, I still hope he will one day love me. Even if he contributes to abusing me physically and mentally, I still pray to the moon goddess that he will notice me one day and treat me with the respect that mates are meant to share.
Samantha might have found out he was my mate because she forced me to be calling her Luna Samantha. My life is so pitiful. I am covered in bruises and whip marks. The only thing the park doesn’t do is touch me intimately. I am too filthy for that. I carried my weak self up, limping to my small bathroom, which consisted of a shower. There is no soap for bathing, and I can’t buy one because I don’t have the money. I can only wait until I see small money inside the pack members’ dirty laundry pocket to buy new soap. After washing my body, I wore some hand-me-down clothes, which the pack members had worn and thrown away, then I went to the pack house.
Even though I’m staying in the pack home, I’m relegated to the tiniest room in the basement. Then I went to the kitchen to start my chores. Serve the pack members, then clean the plates. After that, I start my other chores. I took some trays, then went to the big dining room. I started serving as usual; some kicked me, while some tripped me “coincidentally.” Some ignored me, and some laughed at me. I am already used to it, so it doesn’t bother me much, I just serve them and leave. Alpha and Luna came to the dining room. They took their seats, and everyone in the room sat quietly. Dylan became the alpha last year. He is already 19 now. His parents are traveling and enjoying their retirement. He looked at me and smirked. Oh no, I thought fearfully, something terrible is about to happen.
“I have an announcement,” he said, looking at Samantha lovingly.
“Babe over to you,” he said.
“Okay, baby,” she said, smiling widely. She turned and faced us, looking at me directly.
“I am pregnant,” she said, smiling wickedly. I looked at Dylan, emotions running through my veins. He finally won. I stood there with tears running down my face. I finally lost my mate. There is nothing I can do. All hope is gone. The pack members were jubilating. I quietly walked out and went to my tiny room. I sat down and cried. My mate chose my former best friend over me. He mated her, made her his luna, and gave her my position. I still hang on to the hope that he will love me one day.
Now he got her pregnant. I cried, my chest aching. I could feel his happiness and another emotion I couldn’t place. Sometimes I feel his emotion when it’s very high. Can he even feel mine? I have no idea if he is capable of doing so, but if perhaps he is, I am pouring all of my pain, anger, and heartbreak into this bond. I am done; I can’t stay here any longer. I sneak out of the dining room and run to my basement. I picked up my bag, my mum’s jewelry, and our picture frame, and then I sneaked into the kitchen and took some food. They were all jubilating, so they did not notice me. I ran to the border. If I step out, I lose all connections with the pack and my mate forever. I looked at the house and the surroundings; I tried to remember a memory of me being happy in this pack, but I couldn’t remember anyone. The only thing I can remember is being beaten and abused. I looked at the pack that had brought me nothing but pain. And I took a step. I don’t know what I am doing, but I am getting away from this pack forever. I cut ties with the pack.
“I, Octavia Johnson, cut ties with Light Beam Pack” with that being said, I stepped out of the border, cutting ties with my former pack.
Dylan POV Octavia, my mate that I rejected. Did I feel pity for her? No. Did I feel terrible about taking her best friend as my mate? No. Do I feel guilty about emotionally abusing her and letting pack members treat her like trash? Yes, yes, I do. I had a crush on her when we were younger. She was such an adorable little girl. I remember wishing she would be my mate and the moon goddess granted my wish. Then all the pack members hated her, and all my friends started insulting her. I pitied her at first, but then I started having more fun taunting her. I never raised my hands on her, but I commanded people to. When she didn’t shift, I made fun of her every chance I got. She never said a word. She never made a sound when anybody hit her. She endured it all. Samantha doesn’t know, but anytime Samantha hits her, and she leaves. Octavia looks at Samantha longingly. That is the only person she cares about. As her mate, when I taunt her, she just looks at the ground. She makes no sound, a
Octavia POV It has been an hour since I ran, and I have just been wandering around. I feel lifeless and empty. Why is my life so horrible? What did I do to deserve this? I didn’t kill those people intentionally. My father died, and I was sad about it. I don’t even expect that strange power; It just happened. I was just a kid, but those people maltreated me, abused me, starved me, made me do all their chores, called me names, and laughed at me, and now my best friend and my mate mated. She is not even my best friend. She is my ex-best friend, and he is my ex mate. I laugh humorlessly. No matter what they did to me, I still had hoped he would notice me, and I was ready to forgive if he apologized, but then he got her pregnant. All hope is lost. I have no one to call my own, not even a wolf. My life is so pathetic. I felt salty water on my lips. Then I realized I was crying. I cried more, and I felt so useless and pathetic. I saw a pond. The water is so clear and shining. I entered th
Silver POV“MATE?!” my wolf Shadow screamed. Mate? I have a mate. This shivering and shaking girl is my mate. My wolf Shadow kept on shouting, mate, while moving around in my head.“Will you chill out!!” I yelled.“Mate! mate! mate!” He kept on chanting. I rolled my eyes. He has finally lost it. I look at my mate. I can’t see her face. Her hair is covering it. I moved closer, trying to sniff her again, but she must have thought I wanted to bite her or eat her, so she started shaking more.“Pl…pleas…..” she trailed off and I noticed she stopped talking and moving. She fainted!“One of you quickly put her on my back” I mind-linked my warriors, facing them. “Umm but Alpha, she is a ro…” I cut them off, flashing my canine.“Fucking put her on my back now!” I yelled at them. They flinched.“Okay, Alpha,” Ivan said. He shifted to his human and went behind me. He placed her on my back. I adjusted her very well. I ran to the hospital and mind-linked the head-pack doctor, Doctor Agnes. “Doc
Octavia POV Beep…beep. What is that sound? I opened my eyes and looked around. Why is everything so bright and white? Am I in heaven?! I was confused. No, I’m pretty sure this is not heaven because I feel pain all over my body. I sat up, holding my head. I am starting to have a headache. I rubbed my head groaning. Then I heard the door open, and I looked up. “Oh, you are awake,” a man wearing a white coat said. “I am Doctor Agnes; what is yours?” he continued, moving closer. I panicked and started shaking. “Pl..please...let m..me g…go” I said, shaking terribly. The doctor put his hands up. “Calm down; I won’t hurt you,” he said gently, but I was far too panicking. Everyone always hurts me. I curled into a ball, rocking myself back and forth. “St..stay a..wa..away!” I yelled. Then the heart monitor started making loud noises and making me more scared. “Go away, go away!, go away!” I screamed with tears running down my face. “Nurse!! Get me a tranquilizer!” I heard a man scream.
Octavia POV Beep…beep. The constant noise is bothering me, and I’ve had enough of it. This time, I’m not drowsy, so I sit up. I looked around, and the big man was sitting in a chair beside me, looking at me. “You really need to stop fainting,” he said. Oh no, I fainted again. I rub my head, trying to remember. Oh, goddess! He is my mate! I gasp loudly, looking at him. Does he know I’m his mate? Can he feel the bond? Will he reject me? “Y...you a...are my mate?” I asked lowly. He smiled happily. “Yes, I am your mate,” he said. I look at him, expecting him to reject me. He looked back at me. Why is he not rejecting me? I questioned myself; I never thought I would have a second chance, mate. “What?!” He asked, looking at me amused. “A.. aren’t you going to reject me?” I asked again. This time a look of shock passed his face. “N... no…ooo, why would I do that?” He asked, looking confused. With each passing moment, my confusion deepened, and I wondered why he didn’t want to reject me
Octavia POV We entered the office, and he went to sit on his big brown chair while I sat in front of him. I nervously fiddle with my fingers. What could he possibly want to say? Or maybe he just doesn’t want me as his mate? Or he wants to reject me? Or does he want to take another woman as Luna because I have no wolf? Oh, moon goddess, help me from his rejection. I could feel my heart beating fast. “Octavia!” I had a voice yelling, cutting me out of my thoughts; I flinched, looking up. “I’m sorry for yelling, but I have been calling your name with no response. Don’t get too bothered; we just want to discuss,” he said. “O…okay,” I said lowly. “Okay, first, you have to tell me why you are a rogue,” he said, with a serious look on his face. “It’s really a long story,” I said. I am not scared of talking about my past, but it is not something I like to discuss. I don’t even know where to start. “I got time,” he said, resting on his chair and crossing his arms. “Okay, it started when
Octavia POVI criedout in fear and jumped on the Alpha. He holds me tightly and growls quietly.“Lillian!What did I fucking tell you!” He shouted at the woman who was wearing aridiculous clown costume with a welcome to the pack banner hanging in the room.Her outfit is very ridiculous and colorful, and she looks scary. I could alsonotice her strong presence; she had a powerful aura surrounding her. Maybe sheis an Alpha or Beta’s daughter. I always have this thing of sensing people’saura, and it’s weird because I have no wolf.“Comeon, bro, I was trying to give her a nice welcome,” she said. Bro? is she hissister? How did she even know about me?“Lillian,please get the fuck out now; I told you no surprises; when will you everlisten?” he asked. She rolled her eyes, ignoring him. She just rolled her eyesat her Alpha. Isn’t he going to punish her?“Hello!I’m Lillian, this stupid Alpha twin sister,” she said with an eye roll. Wow,twin Sister, he is a twin, awesome.“Umn..nice
Octavia PovWe wentdownstairs to the main living room but passed through a different door. Why arewe passing this way?“Whereare we going?” I asked, but she smiled.“Youwill see,” she replied, still smiling. We got to the basement and entered aroom that had stairs. We went down, and the place was a little bit dark, so Iwas getting scared.“Lillian,where are we?” I asked, nervously holding her arm. She laughed a little andleft me. I stayed in a spot, scared. Then suddenly, the light came up, my eyeswidened, and my jaws dropped.“Holyshit!” I cursed. “Noway!” I yelled. Lillian laughed. I look at the beautiful scene in front of me.“Anunderground car pack!” I yelled. Oh my God! I love cars and motorcycles somuch. This is the first time I am seeing a car collection of different colors.I was so happy and ran to each car, admiring it.“Wow!This is awesome!” I yelled. Lillian laughed, stirring at me.“ShouldI tell you something?” she asked.“Yeah,go on,” I said, smiling.“Yo