When we got to school we walked inside and we went to Bella's locker first and then mine. Everyone obviously knew who we were but they kept their distance from us. Both of our father's were known for being crazy. And no one wanted to mess with the Alpha or Beta's daughters. So we only had each other at school. Which was fine with us. The further we stayed away from people, the least likely they were to find out about what was actually happening in our house.
When we got to our first class we sat at the back of the classroom as usual and I pulled out my notebook and pen and started scribbling on the page in front of me.
When our geography teacher arrived and started the class I just sat there with my head on my hand scribbling in my book and barely paying attention.
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When I was 6 years old I woke up in the morning to my 26-year-old mother and my 48-year-old father screaming at each other in our old house. The one that we had before we moved to the packhouse.
I stayed in bed for ages because I couldn't find the courage to get out of bed and go out there to see what was going on. I could hear things smashing and my mother screaming at my father.
I then heard the slap that he gave my mother while yelling at her. And that's when I got out of bed. I opened my door and slowly crept down the hallway and stood at the kitchen doorway and my mother was on the floor holding her face and dad was standing over her.
She saw me standing there and scrambled to her feet.
" It's alright sweetie. I'm alright. Hey, why don't you go and get dressed and then you can go outside and play with Bella. How does that sound?" My mother asked crouching down to my level. But I just shook my head and looked at my father before I turned back to my room and I closed the door.
I started getting dressed but their fight wasn't over. I could still hear them screaming at each other and I was shaking while I was buttoning up my shirt. But I managed to get dressed and I walked back to the kitchen.
My father was storming out the backdoor from what I could see and my mother was holding a rag to her bloody nose.
" Why does daddy get so angry all the time?" I asked.
" I don't know sweetie. He just does. Hey, are you all ready? I think Bella is alright outside. I saw her playing in the playground earlier. Why don't you go and find her while I clean up this mess and all the broken glass." Mummy says to me.
" Okay mummy." I say. And I hugged her before I walked outside and Bella was still at the playground.
I got on the swing next to her and she looked at me and then back to the house.
" I could hear your daddy screaming from here." Bella says. But I just nod my head. She knew that meant that I didn't want to talk about it. " Do you wanna go and annoy Ethan. He's with his friends." She says. And I smile at that and shake my head.
So we jumped off the swings and went running to find Ethan so we could annoy the crap out of him. Something that we loved to do all the time. And it always cheered us up.
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I was snapped out of my thoughts by Bella nudging me so I looked at her and she pointed down at the picture that I was absent mindedly drawing. It was a big snarling wolf attacking a women and child.
I quickly change the page and start paying attention to the class that we were in. Try to get my mind to concentrate on what needed to be done at school.
The day went by pretty quickly and before we knew it, it was time to head home. But we always took our time before going home.
We slowly went to our lockers to get our things and then we headed outside but we saw that same black BMW sitting out the front waiting for us.
" Ethan. What are you doing here?" Bella asked.
" I'm giving you guys a lift home." He responded with a beaming smile.
" It's alright. We can walk. It's not that far." I say.
" Too bad. Get in." Ethan ordered. So we got in his car and he actually took us into town instead of taking us home.
" The Alpha told us to get home straight after school because of that party tonight." I told Ethan.
" Don't worry. Dad and the Beta know that you girls are with me. I told them before I picked you guys up. Don't worry. You won't get in trouble." Ethan assured us.
Ethan took us to an ice cream store down town and took us inside.
" You do know that we're not 10 years old anymore, right?" I asked Ethan.
" I know. But I thought we could all sit down and talk." He says.
" A coffee shop would have been better." I say sitting down. The other two got ice cream but I didn't order anything.
" So Tessa, how are the ribs going?" Ethan asked.
" Pretty good. I think their just bruised. They'll be back to normal soon." I say.
" Yeah. Thank goddess for werewolf healing." Ethan says. And I just smile at him.
" So Bells, how has dad been since I left? Has he gotten any worse?" Ethan asked.
" About the same, I guess." Bella says eating a bit of her ice cream and then she side eyed me. But unfortunately, Ethan managed to see us. But he didn't say anything about it.
I had a really bad feeling that he only bought us here to fish for information. He was asking too many questions and I didn't really like it. So I kept quiet for most of that ice cream adventure and Bella and Ethan just kept talking like always. Like they were just talking about old times.
When we got back to the packhouse Ethan said that he needed to go run some errands for his dad before the party so Bella and I went inside. Both of our dad's were sitting in the living room waiting for us and we knew that couldn't be good.
" We are having people here in a few hours and you two have been out galavanting with Ethan." The Alpha says.
" He picked us up from school. What did you want us to do? If we didn't go with him then he knew that something would have been up." I defended us while Bella sank back a little. She was never able to stand up against them.
" Well, now you two have a lot of work to do, don't you. There's cooking that needs to be done and all the bedrooms in the packhouse need to be ready in case anyone decides to stay over." My father says.
" I'll go and help Bella with the rooms and then I will get started in the kitchen." I say.
" There's not enough time. Bella can clean the bedrooms. That means scrub the bathrooms, change the sheets, vacuum, everything. In every bedroom in this packhouse. And Tessa, you need to get started on appetizers, then the first course, then the second course, then the main course and then dessert." The Alpha ordered.
" Yes sir." I say. I look at Bella and we had to head in seperate directions.
I went to the kitchen and there was no one there. Hardly any omega's worked at the packhouse because the Alpha and dad made us two girls do everything. It was a wonder that we were even allowed to go to school most of the time.
But I grabbed some ingredients out and I started making the main course because it would take hours to cook and then I got started on several different appetizers to give the guests some variety.
While I was in the kitchen my father walked in and he lingered behind me and I could feel my whole body tense up but he stood behind me watching me. He didn't even try to move any closer to me. He was just intimidating me. That's all it was to him. A fucking game. He thought it was funny.
By the time everything was ready the omega's arrived because they had to serve the food and I went up the backstairs to our apartment and I went straight to my bedroom.
I had a shower and I couldn't even bare to look at myself in the mirror this time, so I just had a quick shower and I got out and went to the wardrobe.
I got dressed into a floor length gown with a white strapless bodice with a light pink floral lace over the top that also went over my shoulders to make the straps and black the skirt of it was plain black and black strappy high heels.
I then brushed my ass length snow blonde hair and I put on a silver and diamond bracelet and matching earrings. But I kept my neck bare, except for my hair hanging down. And then I started to walk downstairs.
I made to to the main area of the house and I stopped at Bella's room just as she was coming out and she was looking a little nervous about this party.
" Alright. Just relax and greet a few people. There's nothing to worry about. Once we do that then us two can sit at one of the tables in the ballroom and everyone else can do whatever the hell it is that they do." I tell her.
" Alright. You know I hate these parties. Getting all dressed up. It's like our father's are putting us on display." She says.
" That's exactly what their doing. And they know it too. Come on, before they get pissed at us for being too long." I say hooking my arm around hers and we started walking down the hall.
We walked down the stair case and off to the right was the living room but all the furniture had been cleared out of it and the rooms adjacent to it so people would walk around freely and talk and have a good time. And the main ballroom was set up for dancing while the dining room had been lined with four very long tables that could easily seat a couple hundred people.
Walking to the living room was really nerve wracking but I made sure that I held my head high and people did look at us.
" It's only because we are the hottest ones here. Just remember that." I whispered to Bella as I felt her tense up. And we continued walking into the room.
Alpha's from other packs would come over and introduce themselves and of course we needed to be on our best behaviour and represent the pack well and we were nice and polite to everyone and we would have light conversations with people.
I noticed that there were older Alpha's with their teenage sons who were obviously learning the ropes to becoming Alpha's themselves and there were others in their 20's and 30's that were there with friends or even their Beta's. I wasn't sure.
We had been at the party for about 20 minutes mingling when a familiar scent filled my nose and strong arms wrapped around my waist and I knew immediately that it was Mason.
" Take note of the people that you like in this room sweetie. We can invite them to our wedding." Mason hissed in my ear while smelling the crook of my neck.
I tried to unravel his arms from around my stomach because I was now in a lot of pain with the broken ribs but he wasn't letting go for anything. I didn't have the strength to get him to let go.
All of a sudden there was a growl that ripped through the room and the band stopped playing and I heard something smash. Like it was a wooden chair or something.
Everyone looked in that direction and there was a man standing there that I had never noticed before. He would have been in his early 20's, brown hair to his shoulders, a brown goatee, 6-foot 6 at least and very defined muscles that were now tense as his intense gaze was staring directly at me and Mason.
But I didn't know who he was. I was frozen in the spot and this man was just staring at us with pure hatred in his eyes. But then I realized that the hatred was for Mason. Not me.
" Mine." He demanded.
" Mine." The dangerous and menacing voice demanded in front of everyone in the room. All the Alpha's from nearby packs and even ones that have travelled long distances to be here.Mason finally loosened his grip around me and I noticed the women standing next to that stranger with a horrified look on her face. She tried to grab his arm but he shook her off and marked towards Mason and me. I very subtlty pushed Bella to the side away from where this man was coming for us. Just in case anything happened, she could be ready to duck and cover. " You are mistaken. Her father has already promised her hand to me in marriage. Once she turns 18 we will be marked and mated." Mason announced proudly and another menacing growl erupted from that mans throat. " You are not touching my mate." He growled out through gritted teeth. " He's your mate." Bella whispered. " Who are you?" I asked." Tyler Lowe. Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack." He announced. And my mouth almost dropped open. They were a la
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TYLER POV As the army drew closer only the patrols were visible and the rogues stopped just on the other side of the boarder. My patrols came together to look at them but we couldn't communicate with them. The rogues were the first ones to crouch down a bare their teeth. They then charged at my patrols that were grossly outnumbered but as soon as they stepped foot over the boarder then the rest of us came running out and clashed with them in a thunderous collision. They weren't expecting us to be ready for them and some retreated immediately. But most stayed to fight until their last breath. I saw the three bigger wolves fighting through the crowd and the biggest of them all. A massive black wolf who I assumed was Ethan lunged at me, but to my surprise he tackled the rogue that was coming up behind me and tore his throat out. Ethan just nodded at me and we kept on with the battle. We fought left, right and center. But the rogues are so little that they can't really stand a chance.
BELLA POV "Bella, what the hell are you doing?" Ethan yelled from the other side of the bars as I pulled a syringe out of my pocket. "What needs to be done." I replied coldly while staring at Mason. He looked weak. He hadn't eaten in a while. Sleep deprived. But I know that he was still stronger than me. A couple days in this place doesn't mean that I can take him on. That was never going to happen. But then I started stalking towards Mason and he stood up looking all big and tough against me and he really was. He was huge compared to my tiny stature. But I didn't care. I really didn't. I just saw what he did to my best friend. Something that no one ever deserves. He started walking towards me and I could hear the panick in Ethan's voice and Tyler was screaming for the guards to get the other key. But Mason lunged at me and I knew that this was going to be my only chance. When He knocked me to the ground and was on top of me I jabbed the saringe into his stomach and injected the c