Chapter 7: Desperately Wanted To Escape

Gray silently prayed to the Goddess that the Alpha was shamelessly naked before her and Alice's eyes would disappear. Although she knew that the after-shift tends to be naked, seeing this man's dangling thing was sore in her eyes. 

She observed as the Alpha crawled back down the tree. 

"He's giving up?" Alice asked her. 

"Maybe. A size like his wolf would not fit in any branch of this tree," Gray replied. "He's going to wait for us to go down."

Gray knew Alphas never gave up easily, especially if females were involved. She was proven correct as the Alpha scent-marked the tree and sat down, waiting patiently for the two Alphas to show up. And when they finally arrived, they were extremely slow approaching Alpha Judah. But when he didn't move and showed no threat, the Alphas lunged at him. 

Gray cringed as she watched them attack the first Alpha. As much as she wanted the alphas to leave her alone, she didn't want Judah to get seriously hurt. Clearly, he knew how to fight and was holding onto his own for the most part. Although the other Alphas weren't a match for him, Judah was getting tired, and they were starting to draw blood, and it was becoming hard to watch. 

Gray looked at Alice, who was watching with wide, tearful eyes. She's never seen such violence over something trivial as a female like them and attention. But who's to blame? They are rare and yet able to give birth and give strong children compared to normal females. 

"We have to do something. They'll kill him," Alice said.

Gray didn't want to help. She knew that the second she got out of that tree, she would have an Alpha or two on her ass, and she wouldn't know what to do or where to go. And she knew that no good deed goes unpunished. 

She turned to Alice. 

"I need you to hug me," she said. 

"Now? Seriously?" 

"Trust me. Those Alphas are after you. Your scent is so strong, and if they smell it on me, they'll leave him alone and chase me instead."

Alice shook her head. 

"No! You're in danger!"

She grabbed a rock from the little makeshift pocket she had made in her shirt and hurled it at one of the Alphas. One of the Alphas looked at Alice and growled. She shrank back and shut her eyes in fear. 

Gray couldn't blame her. He was terrifyingly huge. The first wolf was the biggest, but his wolf wasn't as aggressive. This wolf was the second biggest of the three, with a dark grey coat and huge black paws. He was trying to climb the tree while the two were still engaged in a fight. 

This gave Judah the break he needed. He was able to take on the smallest Alpha easily. The other one put up a fight, but Judah held out longer, and the other wolf left, probably deciding that neither of the girls wasn't worth the trouble anymore. 

Unfortunately for the girls, this allowed both of the remaining Alphas to start clawing the tree, trying to get to their prize. 

Alpha Judah was starting to make progress, and he was halfway up the tree. Gray realized that he was actually after her, not Alice, when his eyes met hers. Gray started to panic because she didn't want an Alpha. They were too strong-willed, dominant and too demanding. She would much rather have an omega who would make her bear his pups and leave her alone afterwards rather than an Alpha who would no doubt impregnate her over and over again and force her to bend to his will. 

Gray looked at Alice, who was shaking and weakly throwing stones at her pursuer. 

"We have to shift and get out of here," she said. 

Alice shook her head frantically. 

"No! Our scent will be much stronger, and I'll be a dead giveaway! We have to split up, Gray. You'll be caught for sure if we stick together."

"No, I can't leave you! You'll be hurt!"

Alice nodded her head, looking down at the relentless Alpha that was close enough to drag her down. 

"He's going to catch me anyway. Once he does, then what's the worst that can happen?"

Gray looked at Alice like she had grown a second head. "He'll-"

"I know what he might do, Gray. But then he might not. My father always told me to accept things we cannot change. There's nothing we can do. The longer we fight it, the more painful this entire process will be. It's time to give up, Gray. Please."

Alice was crying at the thought of what might happen the second she came down from the tree, but she knew she had to do it anyways. She was just making the situation more dangerous by being near Gray, and she wanted to give her a chance. 

Before Gray could respond, they heard a creaking sound coming from the branch they were sitting on—the woods filled with pregnant silence. The girls looked at each other and the two Alphas below before plummeting to the ground, their limbs flying out and trying to catch themselves but failing to do so. 

When Gray made sense of what had happened, she realised that she had landed on top of Judah with her eyes widened. She looked at Alice, whose Alpha was standing over her, letting her know that it would be easier to submit than run because he had already won. 

Gray felt tears prick in her eyes at the sight, but Alice just looked at her. 

"Gray, you need to run right now. I'll be okay. Stop crying!" 

Gray nodded and rolled off of the big black wolf, trying to regain her footing. The Alpha was doing the same, standing up slowly and swaying a little bit, pushing his focus to Gray. Before he ever had the chance to lunge for her, she took off.

At this point, Alpha Judah was quite irritated. Actually, he was extremely irritated.