Chapter Two

SIERRA

“If we lose her, I’ll break your paws!” the familiar dreadful voice sounded behind me. 

I cursed inwardly as I quickened my pace, the sound of frightful howls sounding close to me. I took a sharp turn out of the woods. If I could just reach the bar, I could ask my boss for help. At this point I don't mind working the floor for free, anything aside going back to Elvis. 

I ran at breakneck speed and I could feel my wolf getting tired. I shifted into my human form and I realized I wasn't hearing any noise. It seems I've lost them. 

But just as I was close to the bar, I could almost see it, a huge wolf appeared in my line of vision. I screamed and screeched to a halt. I whirled around to run but stopped when I realized I was surrounded. 

“Bitch!” the man who I had kicked earlier walked up to me. 

He had a scar on the right side of his face. I will never forget him because I gave him that scar. The mark ran from his right eye down to his cheeks. It made him look ugly, highlighting how dark his heart was. 

He was Elvis Beta, Orion. 

Orion walked up to me with a cruel smile on his face. 

“It’s been three years, Sierra, you wanna know what Elvis did to me when you disappeared?” he snarled in my face. 

I couldn't care less but I knew he would show me anyway. 

He raised his left hand and showed me his pinkie finger. I gagged when I saw it was just a stump that was there, the finger had been cut off. 

Orion laughed when he saw my expression, “Yeah, imagine what he would do to you. Even after you marked my face he didn't pardon me, he still punished me.”

I felt a shudder run through my spine as my lips trembled with fear. 

“Please, Orion, don't take me back. I can't go back to him, please let me go. I’ll disappear,” I cried. 

Orion laughed, “You have never been my favorite person, Sierra. And, sadly, I can't exact revenge on you for what you have done to me. Alpha Elvis likes his goods untainted, but I do have a small surprise for you.”

My heartbeat increased, anything surprising to Orion was never a good thing. I swallowed the bile that rose in my throat as I tilted my head at him. 

“What is it?” I found myself asking, my voice trembling at the end. 

I hated how weak I sounded and the fact that I couldn't easily defend myself due to how my wolf tires easily made me sad. Another thing my father had done to me. That man ruined me and my mother’s lives. I hope he rots in hell wherever he is. 

“We’re going to see your mother first, surprise!” he cackled like a maniac. 

My eyes widened in horror as I stared at him, shaking my head furiously. 

“No, my mom is dead!” I lied, anything to keep them away from her. 

Orion flexed his knuckles and stared at me, “You’re lucky Elvis likes his goods fresh. You would have been spitting blood by now.”

“Leave my mother alone. Elvis has done enough harm to her,” I cried out, memories of my mother’s screams resounding in my mind. I hated those years. 

Orion chuckled darkly, “No, Sierra, Elvis doesn't want your mother. He doesn't care what happens to the old hag.”

My eyes widened in horror as realization dawned on me and I began shaking my head. 

“No, Orion, you wouldn't.”

He laughed, “Oh but I would.”

He signaled at the men, “Load her into the truck. Her house should be just down this road. Let’s visit Mama Sierra.”

The men dragged me into the truck and I kept kicking and screaming. I even attempted to bite some of the men and I let out a shrill howl. 

Orion laughed at me, “No one is going to save you, Sierra. No one would dare rise against Alpha Elvis.”

As they pushed me into the truck I realized he was right. No one in their right mind would rise against Alpha Elvis which means I was doomed. 

Tears rolled down my cheeks as I rested my head on the side of the truck and stared at the moon. Every second spent in this truck took me straight home, back to my mother who would meet her doom in the most gruesome manner.

Everything that has happened in my life up until this point made me not to be a believer. I have never prayed to the moon goddess because where was she when my mother and I suffered? 

All through everything we always strived to make our way out of our sufferings but now I suddenly realized there was no hope, only a miracle. 

So I stared at the moon, closed my eyes, and whispered a prayer in my heart. If there’s a goddess there, please save my mother. 

Orion caught my action and he burst into laughter, “Stop it, Sierra, you're looking very silly. Even the moon goddess herself can't save you now.”

A few miles close to my house the truck suddenly came to a screeching halt as the driver screamed in fear. 

I raised my head in surprise wondering what was happening. 

“What’s going on?” Orion asked in anger. 

“Beta, there was something on the road. It looked like a wolf but also like a man,” the driver said, his voice laced with fear. 

Orion scoffed, “There’s no such thing. It’s either a man or a wolf.” 

Then he gestured at his guards, “Go, check it out.”

They all left the car except Orion, me, and the driver. A few seconds later we heard a scream, followed by bone cracking and a splash as one of the bodies of the guard fell on the truck. 

I let out a scream as I stared at the deformed body. Orion let out a low growl as he stepped out of the truck.

“Where are you? Show yourself!” he snarled. 

I peeked out through the window as I saw something move with lightning speed and next thing I saw Orion’s headless corpse. 

A scream tore through my throat as the driver reversed back immediately and attempted to drive away when the car was lifted in the air. 

The driver fell out and the car was safely placed on the floor. I stepped out of the truck, terrified at the lifeless and deformed bodies on the ground. Everyone was dead. 

Then in the middle of the road, standing in front of the truck headlights I saw them. They were three, incredibly tall with glinting silver eyes. 

“What kind of devils are you?” I asked, frozen with shock. 

They looked like a wolf and a man, just like the driver had said and truly there was no such thing. They weren't moving, just staring at me. 

Without thinking twice, I took to my heels and fled my heart pounding in my eardrums with fear.