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Chapter 2- Run, Aura
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When I was five, I asked my parents what it meant to be an Omega. My father had smiled at me and pulled out a dusty book from his study. He explained to me the qualities of an Omega. All omegas were blessed with fruitfulness and wisdom. Most had fast feet and sharp hearing. They were best suited for Alpha's and most got mated to alphas.
Omegas were rare creations but in the second Clan Clash, almost all were killed. My parents successfully made me feel special, a worthy pack member.
Then I went to highschool and the bullying started. I'd get my head smashed into lockers and my body kicked like the trash they called me. It was then I knew how worthless I truly was and so I had come out top in all my classes just to earn a little respect but even that didn't work.
I've felt useless several times. I've felt unwanted almost all the time but never in my life have I felt so rejected, so worthless.
My heart trembles within my chest. I can feel the fragile bond I share with Alpha Mich break. My muscles contract and I fall on my face, the excruciating pain easily overwhelming me. My eyes pour out uncontrollable tears as I can barely feel the bond that ties us together. It's hanging on a thin thread and it's in this moment I remember what I was thought in Recreation Class– a mate bond can only be completely broken if both parties agree to it. Though the mate bond is damaged, I know all hope isn't lost. As long as I don't reject him back, our bond can still be fixed.
Alpha Mich's eyes darken evilly, his face red with anger. "Reject me!" he orders, his voice dripping with hate.
My father's frightened voice rings out, pleading with him. "No! Please... it'll kill her. She's not..." His eyes meet mine. Pain fills his gaze and I know he is asking for my forgiveness.
"She's not strong enough," he finishes, his head falling in defeat.
Alpha Mich's eyes suddenly turn a dirty yellow, a proof of his wolf taking over. “Who are you to rebuke my order?!" he seeths, his voice deeper and more menacing. His voice now taking the commanding tone of an Alpha.
My lips tremble, my head falling in submission. The guards tighten their grip on my father, and fear grips my heart like a vice.
Dad's head is pulled back by his hair and without meaning to, I'm up on my trembling feet. “No! Please, don't…don't hurt him.” My voice is broken in fear but no one pays me attention as the Alpha raises his hand in a silent order.
"Forgive me, Alpha..." My father barely finishes when his throat is slit, blood gushing out. My mother's scream echoes in the distance, her voice filled with agony. "NO!" She fights against the guards, desperate to reach my father's lifeless body. I am paralyzed with shock, my eyes wide in horror, my soul brutally torn from me.
But then I hear her voice, a distant whisper that grows louder in my mind. "Run!"
I'm barely aware of the cold shivers that envelope my body as I watch my father's lifeless body slump.
“Run, Aura!” My mother's voice shakes up my headspace and without thinking twice I jump to my feet, my brain barely registering my surroundings.
The cold air pricks my sweaty skin as I run blindly into the night. My legs speed up without my consent but I falter, crashing into the grass when my mother's pained cries reach my ears.
“No, no, no…please..” My words are a result of my bruised nerves.
“Please goddess, pl…please.” I beg, wanting to wake up from this nightmare already. I can't loose them. Life can't be this cruel. I'm living a nightmare, a terrible nightmare. One I can't seem to wake from.
My feet threaten to fail when I push up into a more desperate race but my fall was enough for some wolves to catch up with me.
My pack mates snarl at me as they slowly corner me, instilling fear in me.
My heart swells but it's not a result of my fear rather it's a familiar nudge from my wolf. I quickly release my hold over my body, retreating to the darkness of my mind.
The wolves leap but my wolf is faster. My clothes are shread as my little brown wolf emerges and with the speed of light charges into the woods.
If there's any advantage I have in my wolf form, it is being able to outrun almost everyone due to my small size and large stamina.
It's not the first time I'm being pursued through this forest but it might be the first time I get caught. I stumble and trip, but I keep running, using my knowledge of the forest to evade my pursuers. Adrenaline courses through my veins, terror driving me forward. I stumble into the sacred grave of the fallen, hoping to find refuge.
It's pack law, no one hurts a fellow pack member within the yard of the fallen warriors and alphas.
I cast a glance backwards, my breath coming out in short gasps and my heels burning in pain. To my relief everyone stops at the brink of the yard. Everyone except someone.
Alpha Mich charges towards me, his fangs bared. Death lurks in his orbs and I know I am out of time. I try to scramble to my feet, but my legs are like jelly. I am trapped, with no escape. My heart pounds as I stagger backwards. I can barely think of an escape when he's upon me. His fangs sink into my neck, and pain like I've never known consumes me. My heart breaks with the betrayal of my mate as his fangs sink deeper, brushing excruciatingly against my bone. I scream as I feel my life force fading away.
“Mich!” The ex-Alpha's voice is one the whole pack identifies and I would have sighed in relief when Mich released his canines if I wasn't coughing up blood.
My vision blurs, my body feels heavy, like it is weighed down by an invisible force. I am unable to move, I can't breathe.
The sound of snarling and growling fill my ears and a new fear seizes me. The new arrivals whoever they are don't belong to pack. A sense of resignation slowly washes over me as my eyes close in defeat but not before I hear a loud voice.
“You broke the law. She belongs to us."
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My heart drums in rhythm with my feet pounding against the damp earth, mud coats my bare feet, slipping through my toes just like my breath coming in ragged gasps as the wolves close in around me. Panic claws at my heart when I spare a glance behind me. Their eyes glow like lanterns in the dark, the zeal to kill burning like wild fire in their orbs. I move faster, my soul freezing, blood curdling as my mother's scream pierces the air. I don't see him at first but as I get closer, the trees around me blur and I see my father standing in the direction I'm heading. Blood pours down his eyes and the open slit in his throat. My steps falter as hot tears break free. “P…Pa!” I scream. He gazes at me with accusing eyes. His voice is barely above a whisper, "You caused this." Those words sear into my mind like a branding iron, the guilt and horror boldly threatening to consume me.“NO! NO!” I scream in fright when sharp claws dig into my skin, scraping against my bone. Alpha Mich pays me
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