What is worse than someone knocking on your bedroom door in the middle of your peaceful sleep? Someone banging on your door interrupting your peaceful sleep.
"Rinah, wake up." Amara's voice at this moment was like cat claws gliding across a chalk board. I even regretted why I allowed her to pick me up for training.
"No."
My eyes still closed, I could hear my bedroom door creak open. A cool draft from the halls slipped in along with the red head. Turning away as quickly as I could, I pulled the blankets over my head and ignored her plea for me to get up.
"It's training time. Get your ass up." Cool air nipped at my skin when she ripped the covers from me.
"What the fuck, what time is it?" I screeched, covering my eyes from the bedroom light she had turned on.
"Its six in the morning, now come on." I sat up, my eyes trained on her as I thought of a million different ways I could rip her apart.
But I could not be livid with her. If I would have overslept, I would have had another confrontation with the head wolf. I knew the rules and that was the last thing I needed. Slipping from the warmth of the mattress, I dragged myself into the bathroom.
"Do you train this early every morning?" I questioned once I returned to the bedroom. Training was different where the omegas lived. We didn’t train this early and it isn't a mandatory because we always have to do other chores.
"Not every morning, maybe every other morning", Her statement was confusing.
"Anyway, we are used to it." She confirmed.
"I hate it here even more." Words blurted out of my mouth as I slipped on the new sports bra and my spandex shorts which were in the closet. Whoever who bought these clothes for me, was told that I will need them for training.
I decided to put on a little extra, on the account of my situation and where I'm. I put a T-shirt over my sports bra and some sweat pants over my shorts, hoping to avoid the mistake of drawing in any more attention. I didn't want to have trouble with the Alpha on my first day to train with his beloved werewolves.
"You're going to have a heat stroke in all that." Amara scanned over my clothing before her eyes met mine once more.
"I think I'll be fine." I lied. She was right. I would not be surprised if I dropped dead out there.
I slipped on the Nike sneakers and confirmed to Amara that I was ready to go. We walked out the room and down into the kitchen area.
"Come on, we train out back." She pushed open the sliding patio doors and I followed her onto the large patio.
Inhaling, I took in the morning's fresh air and the scent from the nature its self as other members practiced on the grass ahead. It was nothing like the air that blanket the area where omegas live. Out here, tall sky scrapers and buildings were replaced by the tallest of trees.
I followed her down the steps, each step bringing in another pair of lingering eyes that were shocked to see me.
An omega in the upper class ranked werewolves.
Eyes were stuck on me like glue.
"Come on, train with me." Amara tugged me toward a vacant spot on the field. Even after showing her my emotionless face, she still threw herself on me.
I ignored her and took the time to look at others. My almost optimistic inner wolf forced me to smack on a winning smile and a positive attitude as I met the pack I was 'destined' to be a part of.
The unmated wolves smiled, their exterior showing me friendliness. Smiles, winks, and gentleman-like gestures. However, I knew their inner wolves were up to no good. Down puppy. They all didn't know that I was mated to the Alpha.
Mated females smiled and waved. Women who saw no competition nor threat because they have found their mates and were already bonded to them.
Then there were the eyes of the unmated females. Venomous glares that would slay me if they could. Pure animosity with no real reasons of actually loathing me so soon. Eye rolling, teeth sucking, lip smacking, and eyebrow raise she-wolves.
Some who knew that I was an omega were despising me.
"Hello Rinah?" A male's greeting snatched my attention away.
"And you are?" I questioned. I did not expect any male here to know my name, except for the Alpha. I was beginning to wish he did not know my name either.
"He is our assistant trainer." Amara's shoulder pressed against mine.
"Oh I'm so sorry, hello trainer." As an omega, I lowered my head, showing my utmost respect to him. Seems to be the only one who was not a fool with power. He wasn't like the stupid beta and he didn't discriminate me just because I'm an omega.
"It's nice for you to finally join us."
"Thank you. It's nice to be here and to meet you."
He smiled at Amara and me before he excused himself from us. He walked toward the house and disappeared in to the sliding back doors.
"That's our assistant trainer? Hmm nicer than the head prick." I laughed a little with her even though it wasn’t funny at all.
"Look Rinah, I know the Alpha has been an asshole to you but... ." She started but she was cut off in mid sentence i'mmediately.
"Everyone listen up!" A male's dominating voice boomed across the field to catch the immediate attention of his spectators.
Speak of the devil.
A quick glance over my shoulder, I caught the eye of the Alpha. Walking onto the field, he stood towering and strong. He stood out from the other males that looked to him with high esteem and admiration. Despite that overlarge head he acquired from the title.
I looked him over. My sour expression and narrowed eyes widened once I scanned over his frame. Shirtless upper body showed me a built physique and frame that proved that his athletic body was his strongest trait.
Averting my eyes away, I scanned over my now clammy hands. A side effect of my heat. I took in a relaxing breath, hoping to calm myself of the inappropriate thoughts that were running through my mind.
"We have a new trainee with us." He pointed out, which caused all eyes to shift my way. "So go easy on the weakling."
A noticeable scowl appeared on my once friendly face. Even after the punishments, he decided to pick up on me and how dare he call me weak.
As usual my inner wolf wanted to prove him wrong and challenge him.
I really didn't know what the hell was wrong with me. I was punished severely but still I didn’t fear him.
"Step out here." He demanded of me.
I walked out and stood in front of him. Does he want me to fight him? Even though I may not win, I will not have a problem beating on him a little. Such an amazing idea such as that one only made me smile. Once he noticed my fearless look, he began to frown.
"Jamie, step out here." Right on cue, a female stepped forward. Wavy blond hair tied into a ponytail with a face dressed up with the right consistency of makeup. For training? Really? "This Is Jamie."
"Hi." I greeted.
"Humph." She rolled her eyes before they switched back to her Alpha.
Oh. I looked toward the Alpha as well. I could only wonder about the unsettling grin he had plastered on his face. Oh I get it. He picked a nasty one. A bitch.
"She is one of our good fighters so you will fight her. I want to see what you got." He spoke and I glared at him.
He wanted to play this game again.
To watch me suffer.
"Ok, start." He ordered.
With a snap of his finger, I watched as Jamie got into her fighting stance, ready to strike. My hands up in defense, I watched as a smile crossed Jamie's lips. I could see how she was going to enjoy this.She charged at me, swinging her right arm in attempts to hit me in the face. Just in time, I dodged it.Her hand snapped back before her right leg lifted, connecting with my exposed rib. Such a small leg sent a powerful blow to my side before her left fist sent a viscous blow to my face.OH's and ah's escaped the crowd as I hit the ground. I wiped my mouth, checking for blood as I looked up at her. She was hopping around, a smile painted on her face from her hit.Weirdly, I found it amusing more than annoying."Again." Alpha yelled to me, urging me to stand and continue. I also enjoyed the amusement in his tone of voice.Standing to my feet, I ignored the shooting pain that sparked from my side as I stood to fight again."I will go easy on you." Jamie winked at me."Don't." I snarled
Next, Bridget swung but was disappointed when I blocked her weak hit. The speed and power of my legs sent my foot against her stomach which sent her tumbling to the ground. Kera was left standing. Right leg. My inner wolf had forced me to notice the slight limp when she had first walked in to the circle. A damaging weakness that should have never been spotted by an opponent.They say never kick a man while he is already down? What about a bitch? My hands up and my fist clinching, I brought all her attention to my hands before I dropped down and spin kicked her legs right from under her.She hit the ground with a thump as her hands clutched her bruised leg. Finally, they scrambled back to their feet. Hatred. Humiliation. Loathe. I could see the anger burning in their colorless eyes. I could see that they were not ready to give up. Good. Neither was I. Still fighting with anger, Jamie charged at me, her arm ready to strike me.I anticipated the attack; however I did not expect the next
I sat in the office for pretty good hours until I lost it. This was probably one of the punishments the Alpha planned to give me because what the hell was this. I came in this office in the morning but now it was past mid day. I was hungry and bored to hell.To alleviate the boredom and silence, I finally decided to go through the papers on his desk. Yes I was warned but this boredom was so much. Besides the boredom, I was a snoopy woman and everyone should've known that by now.My eyes fall on the large map spread out on the desk and my interest in it increased.Without thinking, I reached out for it.It was a map of a city- not our city but another city nearby. I found it boring so I decided to look away and pick up the old, leatherbound book that seemed to be tearing apart from the inside.As I opened it, I realized, it was a journal- Blair's journal. I froze and then kept it aside, I couldn't read his journal or anyone's, that was a private. I wouldn't want someone to read mine i
The warm water ran down my body as I showered. I struggled with forgetting everything that happened during the day but it was damn impossible. For the case of the warriors that challenged me, I now wanted to rip their heads off so desperately and then the Alpha, I wanted to puke all the sperms I swallowed.I washed my body for a pretty good time while lost in my thoughts not until when the water became more hotter.I stepped out, dried myself and wore something comfortable. My whole world was whirling since the moment I was caught by the Iron Alpha Blair, I wasn't able to think about anything except for survival. I was grateful that Blair had let me live after what I did in the morning but a part of me broke when he told me that he didn't want me.Maybe I was expecting something else.Maybe I wanted him to desire me. But he didn't. He only wanted me as a breeder.Groaning, I rubbed the towel through my wet locks and dropped it aside. The packhouse was quite silent as if all the wolves
I ignored Amara who was knocking on my door and decided to sleep. My heat was setting in and I didn't want her to enter and know that I was in heat.I closed my eyes for a second but was unable to sleep so I turned around on the bed and faced the window.It was a full moon.A full moon.The moment I stared at it, my heart beat quickened and sweat collected around my forehead immediately. I took in large breaths and knew it that I was damn screwed up. It was here.The dreams.... every time I get my heat.All of the sudden a glint of light shinned into the open window. The large full moon lit up the normally dark room, blanketing the walls in the reflection of the light then everything changed.My mind drifted far away in the dream world. [ I looked around the small room, taking in the scenery as much as possible. I was lying in a full sized bed, naked yet fearless of my current situation. Beside me was a small bedside table with a small lamp, which seemed to be the only decoration in
Clearly bothered, I leaned against the bed's headboard and stared up at the ceiling.Times like this I began to wish I was a human. Heat? It would just be a thought rather than my actuality. The random sex cravings? A thing of the past. I would be that normal person living in the real world. A world without the thought of my kind.I sighed out. My skin cringed when my mind began to replay my dream. Such vivid images played in my head. Each scene ignited a fire inside of me, leaving me warm and anxious."No." I leaped to my feet. In desperate need to clear my head of such foolery, I decided to get out of this room. Get out of this house.I need to run. The Alpha refused me everything but he didn’t talk about running in the trees.I slipped on a graphic tee and a pair of pink shorts before I walked out of my room. The bare halls were quiet so the last thing I wanted was to disturb anyone.Creeping as if I was walking on egg shells, I took to the back door of the house and slid on to the
I stretched my arms to the morning daylight. As an omega, it was usual of me to be awake by four, sometimes even earlier but today, I woke up at eight, just a couple minutes before I could thrash around and leave for school.I did everything quickly but nicely and in a good mood not until when I made my way to the hallway. "The whore's going to school." When leaving, I bumped upon the stupid beta Steven who was getting inside his car. He was probably going to a pack meeting but still he decided to provoke me.I stopped on my steps, something I rarely ever did. Turning around, I replied to him, "The whore's going to many places. You might want to start looking out.""Wait for it..." He laughed off my insult and got inside the car before driving past me. The bumper of the car was an inch away from parting my spine into two.I jumped on the sidewalk and began my ten minute journey to the school. It was ending, the senior year. Graduation was just two months away.Mom had many plans for
Bare walls surrounded me as the half-moon shinned into my open window. Its crocket smile taunting me, shaming me for my unforgettable actions, the dream I had last night. This time it wasn't a full moon so I didn't except to have any dream.My mom's words were the only ones currently flowing in my head. Even after telling that I was fine here in the pack, she still insisted that we should escape and so soon.I stretched on the bed with a loud yawn and tried to get my bearings. "Hell yeah", I stretched out my neck to look out at the window. With my eyes opened ,l listened to the forest outside. Everything was cool but my inner part wasn't. I had my mom's words in the head still running and I had the heat issues.I needed to work on this heat again. This time I had the solution for it. I had my dildo, I got it from my mother's place.I reached under my bed. I gripped the sued straps of my duffle bag and pulled it from under the bed. Unzipping the small hidden pocket inside of the bag
It was a weird feeling not to work with the pack from sunrise to sundown. Instead, I stood on the balcony that looked out over the countryside. My room was one of the few that had a balcony with a view of the sprawling mountain range.Snow blanketed the peak, indicating that the entire mountain would soon be covered in the soft, icy grip of winter's mercy. Much like Saint, it was without sympathy, making roadways impassable, cutting the pack off from the outside world.The icy wind bit into my naked arms, sending my hair whipping against my face while I watched the sun setting behind the highest mountain. The thin gown I wore did little to keep the chill from settling in my bones, but I wel- comed the cold that burned my face, leaving it red from the freezing air.Already the pack was behind schedule, running around without no one leading them. The alphas had ignored Toralei's guidance, and even from the front balcony, I could discern that the lumber they'd accepted wasn't weathered o
"Monsters can hide in plain sight, with no one suspecting what lies beneath the surface. The world is filled with them, and most are human. Lucas was always a monster, but he hid it behind kind eyes and smiles. It was my job to find the demons and drive them out, and I failed. Maybe I deserved what I had endured since I'd failed the pack in spotting the monster within our midst. My father never hid the sinister nature he wore like a cloak around him. The pack was always wary of him, but they stayed because of me. Because of my legacy and the bloodline that I hold." Guilt washing over me that I was held in a prison of my own making. Not me, per second, but the blood rushing through my veins drove Fenrir wolves to our gates, where they'd become my responsibility to protect."It isn't your fault, Braelyn. What happened to you down there-it shouldn't have happened to anyone. Ever. Saint is coming. I'll call Douglas and secure passage. You figure out how to lose your guards." Tora's eyes f
It took days to fully heal from my injuries, even with copious amounts of vampire blood that had been fed to me intravenously. During that time, Saint had hovered. He'd been inside the room with me, trying to force conversation, which I'd ignored for the most part. There was a certain freedom in knowing someone else was taking care of the pack and that it wasn't up to me to oversee it all anymore.On the fifth day of being on bed rest, Saint finally slipped out of the room to deal with a disturbance. It left me alone for the first time since he'd shown up here and ruined my plans. Slipping into the closet, I dressed into a soft pair of jeans and a cashmere top.I slid my feet into a pair of knee-high leather boots and stepped out of the bedroom, peering up at Xavier, who leaned against the wall with his phone in his hand. He pushed it into his pocket the moment he noticed me."How are you feeling?" His kind, blue eyes met and held my stare. "Fine," I said sharply as his mouth tipped i
"Fuck off, demon. She's not yours to toy with and in no condition to deal with your games," Saint grunted, settling beside me in nothing more than a pair of loose-fitting shorts. "Inhale," he ordered, holding the joint to my lips. I licked my chapped, blood-covered lips, and he sighed, nodding to the men leaning against the wall, silently watching us. "She needs water, more blood, and that fucker's head. In that order, gentlemen." "I'll grab water," Phenrys announced, pushing off the wall."I'll get more blood," Bowen snorted, following him out of the room."I'll help Ezekiel convince Cole Van Helsing that we need his assistance to go hunting. Lucas couldn't have made it too far off this mountain," Sian stated, nodding toward Ezekiel, who continued staring at me."You're in agony, yet you don't make a sound. You are either very good at hiding the pain, or you've had lots of time to master it, little girl. How much pain have you known in your lifetime to hide that emotion from your pre
Saint entered the shower a few moments later, grabbing the shampoo to lather my hair. Eryx joined us, and they worked together, silently cleaning my battered body. Saint pulled me against him, turning me toward Eryx, who peered down at my body with a murderous look dancing in his gaze. "We find Lucas, and we return what he did to her tenfold, Saint," he growled, his midnight gaze sliding up to meet mine. "Agreed," Saint whispered, holding me carefully as Eryx used a soft cloth towash my body. They worked like they'd done this before, helping one another to ease the pain. My eyes closed against the dark blotches swimming in my vision.I gasped, screaming as Eryx washed between my thighs. Air refused to reach my lungs as I fought against him cleaning my sex, riddled in shallow cuts.His jaw clenched, and pain filled his eyes."She may have internal damage," Eryx admitted.Saint's hands tightened around my chest, and his lips brushed against my shoulder. He was prepared to subdue me if
BraelynI could hardly walk, but I wouldn't allow anyone to help me. It wasn't pride or something else forcing me forward. It was that I wanted nothing to do with any of them. Saint abandoned me in that container, choosing to give others the responsibility for my care. I thought Lucas was my friend, but I was so very wrong. He watched me being strung up to die, cut multiple times, and returned to continue the torture. The alphas I'd spent my entire life focused on protecting and providing for stood idle while I was left in a dark hole to die.We passed through the gates, and my gaze slid over the wolves that watched us with curiosity. After a moment, they turned, giving me their backs, albeit hesitantly. My heart clenched, knowing that whatever Saint was selling, they'd bought it. Turn your back on an alpha was a show of disrespect, saved for those who had betrayed the pack. Fuck them, too, then.My attention shifted to Toralei, who watched me with horror-filled eyes. I could imagine
Carleigh would probably help him free her so that she could get back into my bed. Hellhounds were territorial, and she'd made no secret about her inten- tion, even after I'd turned her down repeatedly. Hell, I'd even invited Eryx to join me with her, and she still hadn't gotten the message that we weren't exclusive.It took an hour and a half to reach the lodge, and the moment we landed, Toralei was there screaming at me. I watched her marching up to me, poking her finger into my chest as her rage filled the air between us. "Where is she?" she demanded, hair wild and messed as if she'd been run- ning her fingers through it in anger. I slid my gaze over her face, noting the way her nostrils flared, and her pupils dilated."Where the fuck is who?" I countered, watching her face turn a mottled shade of red. "Braelyn! What the hell did you do with her, asshole?""She's in her fucking room, Toralei. Point that finger at me again, and I'll fucking rip it off." "Liar! She is not in her fucki
Saint - A few hours earlierI stood in the hallway, outside one of the many medical wards that held families uniting with their loved ones. Eryx stood across from me, speaking with a medic that had spent countless hours in the last two weeks tending to the chil- dren we'd found on the mountain. I'd spent a week here when we'd caught a lead on another smuggling ring and handled it before preparing to head back up the mountain. I'd needed the time away from Braelyn to let the anger I'd felt dissipate. I knew what everyone wanted and what was required. Putting Brae down, though, the idea left me cold and dead inside.She'd known about the killing fields, which meant she'd fucking known it was filled with boxes of victims. Fucking children that were helplessly awaiting torture. It would be endless with their immortality kicking in; even as young as they were, they'd heal if their tormentors didn't take shit too far.It had knocked me back, knowing she'd been aware of the children buried i
Days went by, and still, no one came to get me out of the dark hole in which they had left me alone. By the seventh day, I'd given up hope of anyone coming to retrieve me. Did the pack not realize that I was gone? Or had Saint made them see what a monster I was? On the eighth day, I was lying on the floor be- tween the bodies when a blinding light disturbed the container.Lifting my arm. I tried to block out the light as someone jumped down, and then pain ripped through me. I gasped, rolling into a tight ball as a booted foot connected with my stomach. Something metal slammed into my head, and then consciousness faded away.When I awoke, it was to being propped up on something small. Opening my eyes, I stared at the shadowy figure in front of me. Blood coated my head, and I tasted it inside my mouth. I inhaled, trying to scent who was in the cart with me, but only the stench of blood and death filled my nose.Turning my head, I screamed as something sliced through my shoulder and thro