My hell

Natalia's POV

I heard a knock on my room's door, and I wondered who it was. My first guess was Luca, as he was the only one I talk to nowadays, and he usually checks up on me. I knew that he was afraid that I might get too depressed and ending up killing myself. I had assured him numerous times, but I could tell that his mind was still not at ease.

I got up from the bed and went to the door. I opened it, and I was startled when I saw Aaron's new girl. I encountered her twice today, and I did not say a word to her. Since she was Aaron's, I believed that she would hate me.

"Hi." She smiled at me, and I frowned back at her. "My name is Courtney."

"I guess you already know my name." I said, and she nodded.

"Natalia. Aaron told me."

"I see." I stood there looking at her. She looked like she had more things to say, but I guess that my stare was making her feel a little awkward.

"Do you mind..." She looked behind me, pointing at my room. "Do you mind if I come in?"

I frowned. Why would she want to come inside my room? Or was she looking for a way to get me in trouble? I knew that I had to be careful around her.

I moved aside, silently inviting her inside. She took the liberty and sat on the sofa facing my bed.

"I saw you at dinner, and I wanted to speak to you, but you went away before I could talk to you."

She seemed polite, which made me even more wary of her.

"I am sorry, but I was not in a good mood that time, and I would had spoilt your fun if you had attempted talking to me." I decided to play her game with her.

"I am new here, and I would be staying for a few days. I thought that it would be good to have a female face around. Of course, there are the omegas, but I am sure that they would not be free talking to me." She then smiled.

She waited for me to say something, but I didn't. I just kept staring at her. She shifted uncomfortably, before she sighed.

"You seem to be in a bad mood."

"That is nothing new. Don't worry, you will get used to it." I responded to her, and she stared down at her laps for a moment.

"You and Alpha Aaron don't see eye to eye." She stated, and I nodded curtly.

"We don't."

"I hope that what ever you have between you will not ruin our chance of becoming friends." She then smiled at me, and I forced a smile back. That statement even made me more suspicious than I already was.

I knew that she was very much aware why I hated Aaron. It was not news within and outside the pack that Aaron killed my father, and she was just faking this friendship thing. Anyway, I knew better than to trust anyone. Everyone I trusted betrayed me already, and I learnt my lesson bitterly.

"I will leave you to rest." Courtney said, standing up and I bid her goodnight.

The next morning, I made some flower pots and took it to one corner outside the pack house. I wanted to plant some flowers.

This was not something I usually do or enjoy, but I was bored. I had my phone, but I didn't want anything to do with it at that moment. Planting the flowers would mean giving life to a new plant. It made me feel like I still have a purpose in this life.

I bent down, burying the seeds in the sand inside the pot. Just as I finished with the last one, I heard footsteps and a voice before I could even get to be proud of my work.

"You, what the hell do you think you are doing?" It was Kenneth, and I just rolled my eyes.

"I am planting flowers."

"There are no plants allowed here. If you want to plant flowers, do it in your room."

I stood my ground against him, my hands folded across my chest. "For as long as I could remember, anyone is free to plant flowers, as long as it does not cause a litter."

"It is no longer allowed."

"Just back off Kenneth, and stop trying so hard to be what you are not. It does not suit you." It was obvious that he wanted to be the Beta, and he was trying so hard for Aaron to see him so.

"It seems to me like you still have not learnt your place in this pack."

I ran my hands through my hair in frustration, marvelling at his newly found stupidity. Had he always been this way? Was I truly that blind not to have noticed it?

"Since you are trying so hard to be Beta, you should take your shenanigans to Aaron. He will not see you making a fool of yourself here, and you would be wasting the opportunity." This was the first time I spoke to him so rudely. He was much older than me, even older than Aaron, but I didn't regret it one bit.

His eyes widened in shock, before he reached for my neck. He was about to tighten his hand around it and choke me, but he abruptly released me. I then remembered Luca telling me that Aaron actually punished him for locking me up. I didn't know the punishment, but I guess that he didn't want to be punished again.

I smiled smugly, but in the next moment, he took one of my flower pots and threw it hard on the ground, breaking it into pieces, and I froze for a second. My chest tightened, and tears formed in my eyes.

"Why? Why the fuck are you so bitter?" I screamed at him in frustration. I was already trying to manage my damaging mental health, and here he was, making efforts to see me fail. I could not wrap my head around his new attitude.

"Next time, you will learn your place in this..." His sentence was cut off when we heard a growl behind him. He looked back and saw Aaron.

Aaron was angry, and his eyes glowed in a bright golden yellow, and his fangs were out.

"What did I tell you about hurting her?" He growled at him, and I shivered.

"Alpha I... I..." Aaron didn't let him complete his statement as he rushed at him, grabbing him by the neck and hitting his head and back hard against a wall. Kenneth groaned in pain as he struggled to breathe.

I was surprised at the force at which Aaron attacked him with, considering the fact that he was defending me. Why would he defend me like that after causing me so much pain?

He pressed harder on Kenneth's throat, and Kenneth placed his hand on his, trying to pull it away. His eyes soon began to roll back, and I feared for his life.

"Alpha... Please." I watched in terror as Aaron choked the hell out of him, before roughly throwing him aside. My heart races as I knew Kenneth to be strong.

I then stared at Aaron and he gazed back at me. I also knew him to be strong, but not this strong. Was he hiding all that strength all these while?

"Natalia..." He the called me, his voice softening and his eyes coming back to their normal grey colour.

At that moment, I saw a glimpse of the Aaron I knew, the one who would protect me. I shook my head fervently as the thought came. It was all a deception. He was not the angel in my dreams, but the devil in my nightmares. I resisted the urge to break down in front of him, thank him for helping me and punishing Kenneth. No matter what, he was still my hell.