Before the next day, my body underwent its complete healing. Amy was back to life too and her cheerful greeting woke me up from my slumber.
As I prepared for work that morning, I glanced at my already packed luggage seated in front of my wardrobe. I had arranged it just yesterday in preparation for my escape, not wanting anything to delay Natalie's and I movement.
Our plan was simple and I had no doubt that we would be successfully. It was something we both anticipated for ages.
Grabbing my work bag, I slung it across my shoulder and head out of the house to work.
Natalie and I worked at the pack's hotel. Although the pay was meager and nothing compared to the tedious tasks we performed daily, it was better than having no decent job or money. It enabled us to save up for our departure from the Crimson Pack and so far, I could say we've gathered enough to take us out of the city and pay for an apartment.
"Hey, I'm tired," Natalie stood up with a sigh, nudging me to do the same.
We'd been working all morning and evening was slowly drawing in, yet we were only halfway through the task.
Thanks to the Alpha handover ceremony tomorrow, work was even more demanding today, and we had barely covered it.
"Come, let's take a break." She beckoned.
Feeling tired myself, I followed her without any argument to the last compartment of the bathroom, where we usually hide to rest whenever we get tired from work.
"I brought some food."
Natalie had this look on her face that she usually wore whenever she had done something wrong and mischievous, so I waited in anticipation. I watched as she reached into her pant pocket and pulled out a mushed-up brownie from it.
"I took it from the kitchen," she smiled proudly at me.
"Stole," I corrected.
"Yeah whatever," she shrugged, giving me a share of the pastry.
"You know you'd be in so much trouble if Paula finds out, right?" I reminded.
Paula was our direct observer and one of the top housekeepers in the hotel.
Natalie waved my words off with her palm, "eagle eyes?" She raised a brow, addressing Paula by the name she secretly gave her due to her sharp eyesight. "she wouldn't. I was careful."
I was hungry so I didn't mind the state of the brownie nor the fact that we were eating in a bathroom, I munched happily on the food.
"How is your body? Does it still ache from yesterday?" She asked with a mouthful of brownie.
"No, I healed just fine," I said, smacking my lips.
"This is so good," I hummed, taking more bites.
"Right?" Natalie licked her lips hurriedly, "it was worth every effort. Damn the royals who thinks they're the only one who gets to eat tasty food like this," she huffed. "I should do this more often, right El?"
"No, please don't. You might not be so lucky next time. If she catches you, you'd undergo the seven punishment and get whipped. I don't want you to pass through that hell, Nat."
"Geez, relax! I'm just kidding, nerd." she laughed at my over seriousness.
When we were done, we wiped our lips and washed our hands, getting rid of any evidence that could get us in trouble.
"We should join the others, there's still so much to do," I told her.
"Yeah," she huffed, "thanks to that jackass Derek, we get to do double the usual work. I'm so glad we won't be here to experience his reign. By this time tomorrow, we will both be far away from the pack, probably in another city already," she smiled in excitement.
I nodded, the thoughts causing my stomach to bubble in joy.
Suddenly, the door was thrown open and Brittany Stones, the Alpha's daughter stood in front of us with a burning glare.
"Why are you both here when there's still so much work to do?" She snapped at us.
I was dumbfounded for a moment.
"We've been working all day, we just paused for a minute to rest." Natalie started to explain to her.
"Oh spare me that! I've been in the hotel for hours and you both were not among the workers. Do you have an idea how important tomorrow is? Well, I bet you don't because you both are nothing but slaves! Cursed fellows that hang around one another!" She spat at us.
When we said nothing, she continued.
"Who gave you the right to rest? Did you forget your place so soon? You are meant to serve for eternity because you are lowlifes! You are meant to be trampled upon and work hard until your limbs start to fall apart and your eyes start to pull out. Until your death, you are meant to serve non-stop. That is exactly why you were born in the first place, you bitches!"
"Okay, that's enough now, Brittany. We heard you the first time, you don't have to go on," Natalie countered her.
"Or else what?" Brittany snapped at her.
I noticed Natalie starting to get up to possibly fight her, so I quickly acted.
"We're sorry. It would never happen again--
Like a sting from the deadliest insect, Brittany's hit landed on my left cheek. My face moved due to the force and I instantly tasted blood.
"We worked all morning non-stop, we only took a break to rest. Why is it such a big deal?" My voice went a bit high as I spoke, tears already gathering in my eyes.
Seeing that a weak Omega dared to talk back at her, Brittany slapped me again and this time, the force sent me to the ground.
As she started to grab my hair to slap me again, Natalie started to growl.
She was ready to attack Brittany as she couldn't stand her ceaselessly abusing me.
"Natalie, ignore her. You don't have to fight, please."
I began pleading with Natalie. If a fight should break out between them, she would most likely be at the losing end because even though Brittany was not as strong as her, she was the Alpha's daughter.
Natalie was always ready to defend and fight for me. In the past, she suffered a lot because of me. Aside from bearing the cursed tag just for hanging out with me, she also partook in some of my punishments for standing up for me.
I didn't want anything to hinder our departure from the pack tomorrow, so I despairingly held Natalie back, seeing that my words were not pacifying her.
Her growls increased and even though Brittany tried so hard to hide it, fear was written all over her demeanor.
Reluctantly, she grabbed a handful of my hair and started to pull me up, raising her hand to hit me again.
At this point, Natalie couldn't stand it anymore as she tore free from my grip and charged at Brittany with the speed of lightning, dragging her off me and slamming her into the wall.
"Natalie, no!" I screamed, trying to stop the fight.
Brittany stretched her hand to scratch her but Natalie slapped it away and held her head, running her face sharply through the wall.
Brittany's face instantly reddened but she charged toward Natalie again, trying to grip her hair. Natalie caught her hand this time and twisted it backward until her cries filled the compartment, she forcefully tilt her head and sunk her fangs deep into Brittany neck flesh before letting her go.
Brittany dropped to the ground, her cries unending as the strong smell of her blood occupied the atmosphere.
She started screaming for help and kicking Natalie at the same time, causing Natalie to get angry all over and charge at her again.
"Natalie, we have to get out of here!" I tried to separate the two, when the sound of approaching footsteps drove sharply into my ears.
I froze. Recognition hitting me like a wave. Fear enveloping me.
He's here.
"Natalie, please stop. We have to leave now!" I kept saying while pulling her at the same time. "Natalie--Derek Stones, Brittany's brother, and future Alpha of the Crimson Pack reached the scene with his guards before I could do anything. My breathing hitched as I stepped back, momentarily staring away from his burning gaze. Immediately, the guards stepped in and tore Natalie off, helping Brittany to her feet. Natalie was now calm but I could see the fear emanating from her gaze. "What happened here?" Derek bellowed, murderously glaring at me. Dramatically, Brittany's burst into wails, her chest falling and rising heavily as she pointed an accusing finger at me. "She caused it! She started it. Just because I corrected her for a wrongdoing, she ordered her friend to hit me. That cursed Omega put her hands on me! Look at my neck, she fuckin bit me!" "What? That's a lie. You started it, you slapped me first and abused us." "Now, she's calling me a liar," Brittany further wailed.
...Despite Paula's fury, I strained my ears to listen to Natalie's voice again but I could no longer hear it. Her smell was gone too. "Get back to work, there's so much preparation to make for the Alpha's ceremony--Disinterested, I brushed past her and bolted to the exit again but her warnings brought my steps to a halt. "If you step out of here, I will report you to your father and make sure you're severely punished." I froze, turning to her.I rushed back to her and fell on my knees, "I just want to save my friend, why won't you just let me go? They're going to kill her, Natalie is going to die if I don't save her right now." Paula heaved a sigh, stepping away from me. Her fury stare dissolved into one that depicted boredom, "you can't save who is already dead, Omega." "W-what?" My gaze snapped at her, "what are you--"Natalie is dead, I saw the guards execute her just now. Now, they're setting her body on fire. Get over it and return to your duties, you don't want to annoy
..."W-what do you want?" "It's the full moon," he turned to me, "and I noticed that you didn't come to my chambers so I came to see why." "I just got back from work and I'm exhausted," I said, my gaze fixed on him. Derek started to get off my bed and walk to me. Each step he made fueled up disgust in my system, I felt like charging at him and snuffing life out of him, but I relaxed, knowing it was impossible. An Omega like me had no strength compared to a wolf of the Alpha bloodline. Derek would kill before I even made a threatening move at him. He pointed at my luggage, "why is that packed?" He asked."I don't think that should be any of your business." "Lousy bitch," He mumbled with a scoff, "let me guess, this is probably ready because on your twentieth birthday tomorrow, you plan to escape from here?" Instantly, a cold shiver ran down my spine, and soon, my entire body started to quiver. Derek smirked, noting my body response. "I see you really believed that a wolf like
I confirmed Derek's absence before dashing towards my luggage. Wiping the beads of sweat gathered on my forehead, I noticed the zip was undone and the padlock broken, lying beside the luggage. Panic set in my belly pit as I stretched open the bag and examined the content- the few clothes I owned were still in the luggage as I left it. A pair of flops. My undergarments. A smaller bag where I stored my toiletries that I rarely used. I paused thoughtfully, took it out, and poured out the content. "No. Please no.." I mumbled as I scattered the content on the floor with my hand, searching for it with my heart jumping towards my throat. It wasn't there. My wallet was missing. My heart leaped into my mouth and my eyes started to water as I miserably went through the content again, even though the realization already hit me a minute ago. I picked them one after the other into the bag, praying and hoping that my eyes were playing tricks on me. That my hard work for the past three years ha
....The wolf was lying lifeless by the time I got there, a pool of blood by his side. I noticed a sharp cut on his stomach, a gash that revealed thick lumps of his flesh, and a slight view of his bone. His chest slowly rising and falling was the only physical evidence of life in him. He was losing so much blood and looked so pale. Immediately, I knelt beside him and brought down my bag, I zipped it open and pulled out some of my clothes from it as fast as I could, and held it over the wolf's wound. It got soaked with his blood in no time so I grabbed more clothes and applied pressure again, my heart racing as I feared for the wolf's life."He's losing life," Amy spoke for the first time since we arrived here, her voice was fidgety. "He won't die. I can't let him die." "Ellen--" "No, Amy. I'm going to save him. I will save this wolf!" My emotions clouded me. Tears blinded my eyes as I took out another cloth from my bag, adding it to the already bloodied ones. In a flash, I was de
I was curled up on the cold floor after my father left. I remained in that position until dawn and the creaking of my door brought me back to full consciousness. I crawled on my stomach to stare fully at it as it cracked open and Derek sauntered in. He was dressed in the ceremony regalia, a navy blue Armani suit, and looking all ready for the handover. I stood up while he stared at me with a mocking gaze, "I see you took my words lightly." He cackled. "You put my father up to this, didn't you?" My teeth gritted as I asked. I'm pretty sure my father wouldn't want anything more in the world than my inexistence. Yes, he hates me to that extent. And I had no doubt Derek was involved in his sudden contradiction. "It doesn't matter. I hope now you have accepted that you can never leave the pack under my watch?" "I'm old enough to leave if I want to, I do not need even your permission." I tried to remain confident. Derek scoffed, "you can keep trying if you want, but you should know t
..."You cursed wench!" Mira Tate screamed at me, staring down at her white dress with a mixture of distaste and fury. I tore my gaze from the crowd of desperate stares fixated on us and started to apologize to Derek's girlfriend, Mira. Another of my worst nightmare. She was Derek's girlfriend and as you must've guessed, she was just as cruel as him. At the slightest chance she gets, she never ceased to display her cruelty. "I-I'm so sorry.." I started to say."Oh, I'll make you sorry!" She snarled and in an instant, a handful of my hair was in her fist as she pulled me back and forth, causing a burning sensation on my scalp. I cringed, as her grip tightened, trying to tear myself from her grip. "Let me go, you're hurting me!" I cried, struggling. At this point, I was sure she had successfully uprooted some strands of my hair as the pain aggravated. "You fuckin bitch, you purposely did this, didn't you?" She gritted. "To disrupt the event and ruin my dress, you piece of shit!"
A cry flew out of my mouth as the soup burnt into my skin. A pin-drop silence fell over the room and soon I was scampering for help, my eyes burned with pepper so I had to squint them. Mira had gotten out of the kitchen somehow, leaving me to fear for myself and more for the man-wolf who was supposedly my mate, standing by the doorway. Why was his scent familiar? I noticed he was still staring at me, a flash of anger resting in his eyes. I was unable to tell who the emotion was directed at but I feared it was for me. I was an Omega and this man looked extremely powerful. As he started to move, my fear heightened. I wondered where he was going because his movement was further into the kitchen. Was he going to kill me? Trample on me for daring to be his mate? My life flashed before my eyes as he made each step.While Amy jubilated about having a companion, I saw my life flash before my very eyes. "Get out of my way!" The burning pain disappeared for a moment when I realized he was ma