CHAPTER 3

"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. "You pathetic bitch!" 

"But you're not telling him the truth--

"Enough!" Derek thundered, putting his arm around Brittany and drawing her protectively to his side while glaring murderously at me.

"You, how dare you call her a liar," Derek lashed his voice at me, "and telling your accomplice to hit her, are you crazy?!" 

Derek's eyes were filled with contempt and hatred. At this point, I knew my defense was futile. What was I expecting, that he would believe me over his sister? 

A cursed Omega?

Even if he knew she was in the wrong, Derek would ignore it as long as I was involved. He would take the chance to watch me suffer.

While I was just a cursed helpless Omega, Brittany was the Alpha's daughter. They were powerful wolves.

 All my life, I had hoped for a day that I would be considered, trusted, and not taken for granted because of my position. 

But now I knew better. That day would never exist. Brittany was right. I'm a slave who deserved to be trampled on and made to work tirelessly until my death. This was my fate. The life of an Omega.

A tear slid down my cheek and I hastily wiped it off. 

I felt Natalie's palm comfortingly intertwining with mine but I gently brushed it off and fell to my knees. 

"I apologize, future Alpha Derek. Brittany is right, I was wrong for calling her a liar. We never should have fought her, we should have remembered our places. We're just slaves and nothing compared to you. Please pardon us just this once with your subtle heart." 

I rubbed my palms together as I begged. Reluctantly, Natalie fell to her knees beside me.

"She's right. But it was all my fault, it was me who hit Brittany and for this, I apologize. It will never happen again," she said with a grudge. 

"No," Derek said after a brief silence and my gaze went up to meet him, "your apologies are not accepted." 

My heart leapt into my mouth, rendering me speechless. 

"No one raises their hands on the Alpha's daughter and live, especially mere servants," he bellowed. 

"Please," I started to shake my head ferociously when he began walking towards Natalie, "please, no."

Natalie shuddered as he easily grabbed her off the floor and pulled her away from me. 

"Please let her go. Please, I beg you!" Tears streamed down her face. "It was all my fault, I started it so please take me instead. Please let her go and take me instead.." my cries fell on deaf ears and Derek handed Natalie to his guards.

"Behead her on the stake and light her body up," he ordered brutally.

"No!" 

Brittany's wail increased again, fueling her brother's wrath. "Ah! It hurts so bad!" 

 I found a smirk tugging at her lips. The bite on her neck was healing fast since she was of the Alpha's bloodline but Brittany didn't stop her false wailing. 

I knew she was trying to get her brother to not change his mind and it worked perfectly. The guards began dragging Natalie away. 

I immediately crawled to Derek and held his foot, "please kill me instead. I'm telling you it was all me, Natalie did nothing. I instigated it all, so please just kill me instead." 

"You crossed the line this time, Omega." He hollered at me. "I gave you so many chances but you just had to go past your limit." 

Natalie's increasingly distant pleas drove into my ears and I held tighter onto Derek's leg, restricting his movement. 

One glance at Brittany's face told me begging her was a helpless cause, so I turned to Derek again, resting my forehead on his shoe. 

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry, please spare my friend's life. Give me one more chance, just this once I beg you, I'll do anything you want. I'll be more faithful to you, I'll give you anything, just please spare her life." sweat mixed with tears and mucus smeared my face but I made no move to wipe it off. 

"No more chances for you, Omega. Because of you, your friend will die. I hope this shows you not to cross your limit next time." 

Derek said and kicked me hard in the face, my upper lip tore open and started to bleed.

I tumbled over and while I struggled to get up, Derek walked away with Brittany. 

Natalie's voice continued to echo in the hall as I got up on my feet. 

I have to save her! 

I raced down the hall and stopped at the exit. I tilt my head forward, trying to catch her sound. 

"Nat!" I loosely fisted my hand over my mouth and yelled. "Natalie!" 

"Save me, El. Please, save me." 

Faintly, I caught the sound of her voice. 

Meticulously, I began trailing it and it led me toward the exit of the hotel. I swung the door open and was about to run out when I bumped into someone. 

I staggered, caught my balance quickly, and started for the door again but my legs subjectively stopped when my path got obstructed.

Nat's voice started to get weak and distant,, her scent fading.

Paula's gaze was blazing as she stood in my path, "Where the hell do you think you're going during work hours?!"