Apple Of Death

SORA'S POV:-

After mopping each floor of the alpha's mansion, I was beat. I naked my way toward my bathroom. I stripped my clothes off of my body and stood under the running warm water. My body was sticky with sweat. Unlike others, unlike her precious Solana, I was merely a human and I was to mop a mansion and wash the toilets. Plus if anyone asked me to clean their rooms, I was supposed to do that as well.

Despite the fact that I hadn't eaten all day, I was so exhausted that I just wanted to lie in my bed and just die for a while if I could. Even if anyone would call me, I wouldn't be able to listen because hell… I was dead. But I couldn't get this lucky. And no one dies for a while.

After cleaning myself up, I stepped out of the bathroom. I towel dried my hair and my body. I didn't even have enough strength to get something to wear for the night. I laid on my bed. As I had expected, almost instantly, my eyelids started to get heavy. I was soon pulled into a world that was free from all the bullies.

When I woke up again, it was past midnight. My stomach was growling. In fact, I was woken up by my growling stomach, demanding some food. I crawled out of the bed and walked toward the closet. Since I was still so tired, instead of wearing my clothes, I wore a pair of cotton shorts and wrapped a nightgown around my body to cover it up.

I went downstairs to find myself something to eat. I couldn't say I was either disappointed or angry or even surprised when I saw the kitchen door locked. It was my mother's doing. Back at the pack, she used to do it just to let me starve. According to her, I was fat and I didn't need to eat much. 

I was a soldier for fucks sake. Cursing her in my heart, I walked out of the mansion. The cold breeze hit my skin, reminding me of the weather that had started to change. And so far, I haven't found any of my warm clothes.

I walked toward the forest despite reading the beware sign. "It's better to be someone's meal but dying out of starvation." I whispered to myself as I entered the forest. I went a little deep and to my luck, I found an apple tree. I took one of the apples and walked deeper into the forest. There were lots of trees and plants of different fruits and even vegetables I found around the forest. But I was in the mood for something packed with protein.

I heard the water running and a smile appeared on my face. I knew that the Dark Crescent Moon Pack had three forests and two rivers. One of them was known to be the deadliest. But that one river was packed with fishes. 

With a growling stomach, I made my way toward the river. Just as I was about to step out of the treeline, someone grabbed me by my waist from behind and pulled me away. "Hey! Let me go!" I screamed at whoever dared to touch me. The next second, my mouth was covered by his hand as he took me out of the forest. Without asking me, I was taken back up the mansion. 

They rudely dropped me on the ground. Before I could see whoever it was, they just disappeared. I stood up and started walking around. I was angry and determined to find whoever had the guts to touch me without my permission. I turned to the corner and bumped into someone. Before I could have hit the ground, a pair of arms wrapped around my waist.

I finally looked at the person and my heart skipped a beat. "I apologize for being extremely rude, but I had to make sure that you are alright." He whispered softly as he stood straight, pulling me along. It was one of the guys who had locked me up into the dungeon upon the alpha's order. It was the one who looked at me with pity.

"Who are you?" I asked and he quickly placed his index finger on my lips. 

"Not here. Come with me." He whispered softly as he grabbed my hand and pulled me to his room. He locked the door and turned to look at me. I gulped hard as his eyes were on my chest as he started walking closer toward me. 

My heart started pounding against my rib cage as I started taking steps away from him. "Don't be afraid. Please don't think of me as a pervert. I was just looking at your wounds. They are not healing." He asked, making me sigh in relief. I watched him disappear in his bathroom and he came back with a first aid kit in his hands.

He sat down on the couch and offered me his hand. "Who are you?" I asked again, staring at him suspiciously. He chuckled softly and stood back up on his feet. 

"I am Alpha's son and your step… Well, it almost feels like I am committing a crime whenever I say that word. But it cannot be helped. My father found your mother first. I am your step brother, Sebastian Cougar." He replied in a nervous tone and I couldn't stop the giggle that suddenly slipped out of my lips. 

His cheeks turned pink and I found it adorable. He was blushing. "Now do you think you can trust me? I am just trying to tend to your wounds. If they are not healing, I have to disinfect them and cover them up after putting some ointment on or they can get infected." He added, taking his seat back on the couch. Like a moron, I was staring at him until he patted the space beside him on the couch.

"Oh! Sorry!" I replied and sat down beside him. He started with my arms, then my legs. One after another, he took care of all of the wounds I had on my body. I got them all as someone dragged me back to the mansion like an animal. 

"Looks like you got one on your chest as well." He spoke in a low tone, his cheeks turning a darker shade of pink. I lowered my gown a little, just so he could see the wound.

"Who the fuck bring me back here?" I asked angrily as he was cleaning the wound on my chest. 

Sebastian turned to look at me and raised one of his brows. I gulped hard as that look of his sent chills to my stomach. "It's his fucking fault that I am wounded. And now I am supposed to do all the chores tomorrow with all these wounds on my body." I turned my face as I added to what I actually wanted to say. I knew my cheeks were burning. That's why I decided not to show him my face for a while. 

"Oh! In that case, it's my stupid brother who believed that you were running away. That's why he brought you back like that. Anyways, you shouldn't worry about the chores. I will ask someone to get them done before your mother wakes up." Sebastian replied to my question and I couldn't help but smile. He was not just caring, but also kind and considerate.

"What if my mother found out?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"She will not. I promise. Anyways, what were you actually doing in the northern forest? Don't you know that place is packed with dangerous beings ready to kill and eat anything that goes in?" My heart sank in the pit of my stomach as I heard him. I was definitely not expecting that.

"I was hungry and the kitchen was locked. It's probably something my mother just started from the moment she saw me in the mansion." I replied to him in a low tone. But his words were echoing in my mind nonstop, making me nervous. I knew I had read about the wild shifters and rogues wandering around that forest. That's why the Dark Crescent Moon Pack had locked it up with a beware sign. 

Sebastian looked at me for a moment then nodded his head. He was done with the wound on my chest and the one in my shoulder. "Yeah! She just locked the kitchen today, asking all the omegas to leave as the kitchen would stay closed until the morning." He informed me as he walked into the bathroom with the first aid kit.

I felt guilty for cursing the other brother in my heart when he actually saved my life. I would have been dead by now if I would have stepped a foot out of that treeline. "I need to apologize to him for every curse word that I thought of when he was bringing me back home. And also thank him for saving my life." I whispered to myself while slapping myself on the back of my head.

LOID'S POV:-

I was sitting on the roof of the mansion when a delicious scent reached my nostrils. It was the same scent that was keeping me awake at night. I looked down and found her walking out of the mansion. My eyes fell on her chest that she didn't cover at all. I turned my face away, she was still not an adult.

I was admiring the beauty when Sebastian started screaming in my mind through the mind link that she was running away. I tried to convince him that she was only going for a walk or something. But when he tried to wake up dad, I knew I had to intervene to save her.

"Shut the fuck up, you, moron. I am going after her." I growled at him through the mind link and jumped off of the roof. With my wolf reflex, I could jump from higher grounds and not get injured. But then again, everything had limits. I shut off the mind link and started following her scent.

She was a walking bar of chocolate. She smelled that delicious. I followed her scent to the part of the forest that was known to be the graveyard as no one ever came out alive from there. I grabbed her by her waist, placed my hand on her mouth and took her back home.

I left her at the door for Sebastian, asking him to tend to her wounds as I went back to kill the ghoul that had the taste of her delicious scent and was about to get out of the boundaries to have her. When I got back, I heard her talking to Sebastian. That bastard took all the credit like always.

She told him about the reason why she went into the forest. Her mother was a bitch. Feeding her one child while starving the other one, was just wrong. The whole time, her stomach was growling as I brought her back home. I went downstairs as I knew what I was supposed to do.

With a few kicks, the door of the kitchen was broken. All the lights were turned on and my father and his new mate came running to the kitchen. "Loud! What is your problem? Why would you do that?" My father had the audacity to ask me that question. Ever since he marked his new woman, he had turned into a coward. He was doing everything that she asked him to do without even considering thinking once about the right and wrong.

"Who the fuck locked this door? Don't you know I get hungry at night and come to get snacks? If I see the kitchen door lock again, I will break it just like that." I growled angrily while glaring at our new step mother. She was hiding behind my cowardly father. I walked into the kitchen, grabbed a pack of chips with orange juice and walked away. I dared not look at her, as I wa

s not sure what I would do. But from the corner of my eyes, I saw a small smile on her face.