Chp 1 Pt. 1 The Slave

Haley

“Haley you are going to be late for school!”

“I’m coming mom!”

I slept through my alarm again. If I make mom late to work because she has to drop me off I’ll be grounded for sure. I can see from my bedroom window the bus is already pulling up, making me rush downstairs.

“Bye mom! Bye Dad!”

“See you after school little wolf,” yells dad.

I hop on the bus and sit next to my best friend, Grace. She has beautiful, wavy chocolate brown hair with stunning green eyes. All the boys love her and sometimes I am a bit jealous.

“Hey Haley, did you hear?”

“Hear what?”

“Jake took over his father’s position early. Alpha has cancer. Alpha Jake is going to be visiting all the schools to show off his title.”

“That’s sad about Alpha Leo though, he has been a good Alpha.”

“Yeah, my big brother says Jake is a jerk.”

“You coming to my birthday party this weekend, yeah?”

“Of course! I wouldn’t dare miss you turning eleven!”

We smile as we get off the bus discussing my birthday plans. Luckily my best friend and I have the same classroom. Mrs. Meadows begins her lesson immediately, today is some history lesson about the human civil war. Apparently we must know about human history along with wolf history. I get the gist of the war. Some thought slavery was bad and some thought slavery was okay and each side fought for what they believed was right. I wish we could do that, our pack has many slaves among them and I think it’s wrong.

“Alright class, get changed for our daily combat training. Do your best, Alpha Jake will be watching,” says Mrs. Meadows.

“Oh my goddess, we need to impress our Alpha. I don’t want to be deemed weak and end up an omega slave,” says Grace.

Grace and I change in the locker room, I throw my hair in a pony tail and head out to the training field. I am not worried about seeming weak. My parents have trained me since I could walk and I could take any of these wolves out, probably some of the warriors too but mom and dad don't want me to draw attentin to myself. Grace and I pair up to do a little sparring warm up before our gym teacher assigns us to who we will be actually fighting.

“Everyone line up,” says Mr. Frank, blowing his whistle. Next to him are Alpha Jake and his Beta, Carson Matthews.

“Haley you are with Mary.”

I groan at who Mr. Frank has paired me with. I really dislike Mary, she is the ultimate mean girl in school. She has beautiful blonde hair with blue eyes, but her attitude is what kills her beauty.

“Must suck being one of the only wolves not born into this pack Haley. Alpha Jake will make you a slave or banish you for sure.”

I roll my eyes at her attempt to piss me off, nothing new to me. My parents left our old pack, but never told me why. I am sure it has to do with me and what I am. My silence at her words only pisses her off and I can’t help but smile at her.

She rushes me and I just smile. She is making this too easy by making the first move. I easily side step her, grabbing her wrist and twist it around her back. I put my leg between hers, tripping her to the ground. She lands with a huge thud on her chest. I begin twisting her arm, forcing her to submit or I’ll break it. I can tell she is stubborn as she refuses to tap out.

“Enough!”

The Alpha command has me immediately releasing Mary and I stand, facing the Alpha. Mary is crying and pulling the damsel in distress act, which I think is a poor choice on her part.

“What is your name,” Alpha Jake asks, directing his question at Mary.

“Mary,” she stutters.

“I suggest you work on your form and step it up. I don’t tolerate weakness in my pack and as you know, I have no problem turning anyone into a slave if they cannot be useful any other way.”

His words are cold and hold a tone that lets us all know he is not kidding. He is worse than his father.

“You, what is your name,” he asks, circling around me.

“Haley sir.”

“You fought well Haley.”

I freeze as he places his hand on my shoulder by my left ear. My birthmark is not really noticeable unless you look hard enough and know what you are looking for. It blends in with my olive skin tone, but when I tan in the summer it tends to stick out more. I should’ve put my hair in a side braid, he is so close that he could see it.

“Come with me Haley.”

I have no choice but to follow Alpha Jake off the field with his beta behind me. Grace gives me a fearful look, neither one of us knows what this means. He leads me to the principal’s office and orders him to leave. He sits in the big leather chair and motions me to sit.

“You are fairly new to Red Moon are you not?”

“Yes Alpha. My family moved here six months ago.”

“And you live here with your parents?”

“My aunt and uncle sir. My parents died when I was really young. My aunt is my biological mother’s sister and my uncle is my biological father’s brother.”

“I’m sorry for your loss.”

“It’s okay Alpha, I never knew them and my aunt and uncle are amazing parents.”

“I’ll be keeping an eye out on you Haley. I always take special interest in those who show warrior potential. Go ahead and go back to class,” Alpha Jake orders.

I bow my head in submission to him and leave the office.

Alpha Jake

“What do you think Carson,” I ask my best friend and Beta.

“Well, I can’t catch a scent off of her and her birthmark is definitely a tell. She’s a blood red wolf.”

“My thought as well. She will serve me one way or another. Preferably of her own free will, it’ll make things easier but I have no issues making her a slave to keep her here.”

She is actually quite pretty for a little pup. She has chocolate brown hair with a hint of red in it. Her gorgeous hazel, green eyes stand out against her olive toned skin. Given that she beat our strongest warrior's daughter, I can tell she will be a fierce warrior. I’ll have to break her.

“What do we do about her parents?”

“Easy, if they don’t cooperate we kill them. Let’s head to their house now and discuss their daughter’s bright future in Red Moon.”

“Yes, sir.”