My footfalls echo down the hallway, each step bringing me closer to Alpha Damien’s office. My breaths hitches, my hands tremble thoughts of my encounter with the stranger all a distant memory caught in a web of anxiety. The question of why he sent for me runs nonstop in my head, the thoughts sending shivers through my body every step echoing my fears the grip on dread heavy on me.
Everyone knows what happens to omegas here.The stories never ending, one more dreadful than the last. Alpha Damien breaks in the female omegas before they are mated, while the Luna punishes them afterwards for laying with her mate. It doesn’t take much to know why I’ve been summoned with the mating ceremony only a few hours away.
Alphas office looms ahead, brown oak doors leading to slick wooden floors beneath my feet, the inside; the dim lighting barely breaks the gloom. Suffocating darkness covers the room. The heavy oak desk sits in the center, papers scattered across it. The walls are lined with books that are barely touched adding to the stillness the air suffocating and thick, like something rotten lingers in every breath you take.
My legs feel like lead, the doorway looming before me, there are only two reasons an omega gets called here- punishment or… something worse. My stomach churns but I force my voice to steady.
“Alpha, you send for me.”
He eyes remain fixed on the papers, the room stifling in the silence. “Yes, Tisha,” he says, voice calm, almost too calm
I try to calm my shaking hands, clasping them together in front of me leaving me awkward and exposed the silence pressing in from all sides.
Eyes looking into mine finally, I fight the urge to not flinch, his deceptively handsome face hides the cruelty beneath those dark brown eyes and warm smile, those searing me, like ambers catching on kindling.
“ I asked you a question , Tisha, “he says, his voice dangerously soft ,
I-I’m sorry, Alpha,” I say, my head bowed the words slip out, the weights on them heavy in the room.
“Eighteen” he beguiles me, his voice curling around the word as though testing it.
“And when did you turn eighteen?” he ask a coy smile playing on his lips the disgust rising with every passing moment.
“Today Alpha,” The words leave my mouth filling the room bile crawling up my throat.
He leans back in his chair, a predatory smile slowly spreading across his lips. “Well, then I must give you a gift. Come here.”
His voice drops, taking on a honeyed tone that makes my skin crawl; his hand pats his lap an invitation-a command. The room feels too small, the air too thick. I stand frozen, heart thundering in my chest. There’s no way he actually believes I’ll walk over and sit there, does he?
“Tisha!”
Every muscle in me locks in place, fear rooting me to the spot. My mind scrambles for an excuse, anything to delay this to escape this- “Alpha, I-I’ve been working all morning, sweaty, dirty. I wouldn’t want to ruin your clothes. Let me freshen up first… please.”
A small desperate smile pulls at lips as I wait, hoping he’ll let me go –just this once.
He chuckles low and mocking “Tisha, Tisha, Tisha always a smart mouth.” He rises from his chair, his steps deliberate towards me.
With every step he takes I take one tinny step of my own backwards the room closing in on me bumped against the wall he frames me his hands leaving a trail of cold dread in its wake. “You’ve always been a sight to behold ever since I found you in that forest”. His voice drops lower, more intimate, as if sharing a secret. “I have dreamt of this moment.”
His hands move over me, lingering, possessive. I feel bile rising, every touch searing into my skin like a brand, his breath hot against my ear as he whispers things I refuse to acknowledge.
“Please Alpha…” my voice crakes, barely above a whisper. His hands explore lower, and my body locks up, every part of me screaming to run.
Tisha… he murmurs, his lips grazing my neck, “I could keep you all to myself.” His hands grope, touch, explore.
I can’t breathe. My thoughts scattered across, trying to focus on anything but this moment – the cottage my parents once owned in the woods, ice cream, books anything but his touch, anything but him.
“Get on your knees.”
The command hangs in the air, suffocating me I’ve been here before, kneeling for him without him crossing that fine line, though I know what he wants. The special ‘training’ he had me endure at the mistress’s quarters taught me all I needed to know about what he expects.
Fighting back tears, I slowly lower myself to the ground, hands shaking as I reach for his belt, bile rising as I touch the leather. My fingers work the clasp, my body going numb with every clasp.
“Alpha, there’s trouble, “Theo, the beta announces, swinging the office doors open without knocking.
Jacksons P.O.V“Tisha… that other girl called her Tisha so…fitting”“We shouldn’t have left, we should have stayed,” my wolf Silver says his voice deep and gravelly in my head clawing at my thoughts. He’s been relentless since we left.I grip the steering wheel harder, the leather creaking under my fingers. My eyes narrow on the road ahead, but the image of her keeps creeping in. Black curly hair, soft like sunlight filtering through leaves. She didn’t belong there, yet she moved like she was part of that wild place. It made no sense.“She’s nobody.” I push the thought away, but Silver doesn’t relent.“She’s something. You felt it. We both did. Find her.”I shake my head, trying to focus. The streets pass in a blur as I speed past the outskirts of blackwood territory. With every few seconds, the memory of her flashes through my mind—her delicate fingers reaching for those flowers like there was no care in the world. The scent of the pine, earth and wildflowers still clings to my sense
The sun hangs low beneath the horizon, on our drive back to the pack house the trees stretching for hours The road stretching endlessly, flanked by towering trees that blur into a dark green haze as we speed along. My shoulders relaxing finally letting the stored up tension slip off the events of the day I had only a few minutes before I would have to go play politics with Blackwood pack.The air holds the scent of pin and lilies my mind lingering in the gardens with her.As the car approaches the gaint black gates of the pack house, I exhale, watching the looming gates glide open.We drive into the large black gates that lead into the pack house, the drive way stretching deeper into the large compound gardens and flowers lined along the sides leading up to a gigantic duplex with large oak doors. The car pulls up to the front of the house with Jason the packs Gama waiting by the entrance of the house “Alpha, we've got a problem.”Those words hit me like a punch to my gut, there was
Tishas P.O.VMy chest tightens breaths short and sharp. My hands tremble uncontrollably. The aftershocks, the fear, the sheer idea of what almost happened in there have me shaking with no control. I press my back against the cold stone wall, trying to melt into it, disappear.Years—so many years, and for what? Everything suddenly makes sense—the classes, the smiles that sent shivers down my spine, the constant warning bells. This is why he kept me untouched by other wolves. His personal pet.The hallway felt too bright, too open. I need to leave this place now. I got lucky, but who knows how much luck I have left.Legs still unsteady, I force myself toward the Omegas' baths. His scent clings to me. I need it gone.The shower runs for what feels like hours. My skin turns blotchy, red, and raw. I scrub until I can’t scrub anymore, but I still feel his hands on me. Tears fall harder. I can't crumble. Not for him. The reality of it, threatening to pull me under.“Tisha, are you in there?”
Jacksons P.O.V "Why is she not waking up? Why can't I feel her wolf?" These thoughts circled my mind. My footsteps are the only sound in my office; every step is a ripple of the anxiety coursing through my vein. I clench my fist, tension coiling through my veins. The image of Tisha, lifeless and unmoving on my bed, gnawed at me. He somehow couldn't shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong; my hold howled, his grief grating on my nerves. She has been like this for two days. Two whole days. The pack doctor said he couldn't do anything about her situation, and that just made everything worse. Her wolf was absent, a void where the unmistakable bound should be. What was wrong with my mate? “Jackson, you need to breathe." Devon, my beta, said his voice steady yet laced with a tinge of concern. He had been by my side, trying to keep everything around me sane.Truthfully, I was grateful for him, but right now I needed him to shoot up. My mate was in there laying lifeless, and yet
Tisha’s P.O.V“Run baby, Run!”Mama’s words like urgent strokes urge me on as I take the path through the forest. The scent of rain and moss hangs heavy in the air, my breath hitching, my feet slipping the ground beneath me softening with every step. The howls of wolves echo in the distance – the screams and groans growing distant with every step. Twigs snap and the leaves rustle- Branches claw at my feet and shadows cast eerie figures like eyes watching, chasing-“Run Tish, Run!” Cold air burns my lungs, but I don’t stop, I can’t. Not when Mama’s words urged me on, her voice low and urgent. Her blood splattered all over the floor- I could hear them behind me snarling, gaining ground.“Keep running,” I muttered to myself faster, faster… My feet slipping on wet leaves I push harder, my breaths coming in ragged gasps each one sharper than the last. I stumble, catching myself against a tree, blood mixed with sweat drips down my face, it’s not my blood but Mama’s. Shadows moved.I can’
Jacksons P.O.V "Why is she not waking up? Why can't I feel her wolf?" These thoughts circled my mind. My footsteps are the only sound in my office; every step is a ripple of the anxiety coursing through my vein. I clench my fist, tension coiling through my veins. The image of Tisha, lifeless and unmoving on my bed, gnawed at me. He somehow couldn't shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong; my hold howled, his grief grating on my nerves. She has been like this for two days. Two whole days. The pack doctor said he couldn't do anything about her situation, and that just made everything worse. Her wolf was absent, a void where the unmistakable bound should be. What was wrong with my mate? “Jackson, you need to breathe." Devon, my beta, said his voice steady yet laced with a tinge of concern. He had been by my side, trying to keep everything around me sane.Truthfully, I was grateful for him, but right now I needed him to shoot up. My mate was in there laying lifeless, and yet
Tishas P.O.VMy chest tightens breaths short and sharp. My hands tremble uncontrollably. The aftershocks, the fear, the sheer idea of what almost happened in there have me shaking with no control. I press my back against the cold stone wall, trying to melt into it, disappear.Years—so many years, and for what? Everything suddenly makes sense—the classes, the smiles that sent shivers down my spine, the constant warning bells. This is why he kept me untouched by other wolves. His personal pet.The hallway felt too bright, too open. I need to leave this place now. I got lucky, but who knows how much luck I have left.Legs still unsteady, I force myself toward the Omegas' baths. His scent clings to me. I need it gone.The shower runs for what feels like hours. My skin turns blotchy, red, and raw. I scrub until I can’t scrub anymore, but I still feel his hands on me. Tears fall harder. I can't crumble. Not for him. The reality of it, threatening to pull me under.“Tisha, are you in there?”
The sun hangs low beneath the horizon, on our drive back to the pack house the trees stretching for hours The road stretching endlessly, flanked by towering trees that blur into a dark green haze as we speed along. My shoulders relaxing finally letting the stored up tension slip off the events of the day I had only a few minutes before I would have to go play politics with Blackwood pack.The air holds the scent of pin and lilies my mind lingering in the gardens with her.As the car approaches the gaint black gates of the pack house, I exhale, watching the looming gates glide open.We drive into the large black gates that lead into the pack house, the drive way stretching deeper into the large compound gardens and flowers lined along the sides leading up to a gigantic duplex with large oak doors. The car pulls up to the front of the house with Jason the packs Gama waiting by the entrance of the house “Alpha, we've got a problem.”Those words hit me like a punch to my gut, there was
Jacksons P.O.V“Tisha… that other girl called her Tisha so…fitting”“We shouldn’t have left, we should have stayed,” my wolf Silver says his voice deep and gravelly in my head clawing at my thoughts. He’s been relentless since we left.I grip the steering wheel harder, the leather creaking under my fingers. My eyes narrow on the road ahead, but the image of her keeps creeping in. Black curly hair, soft like sunlight filtering through leaves. She didn’t belong there, yet she moved like she was part of that wild place. It made no sense.“She’s nobody.” I push the thought away, but Silver doesn’t relent.“She’s something. You felt it. We both did. Find her.”I shake my head, trying to focus. The streets pass in a blur as I speed past the outskirts of blackwood territory. With every few seconds, the memory of her flashes through my mind—her delicate fingers reaching for those flowers like there was no care in the world. The scent of the pine, earth and wildflowers still clings to my sense
My footfalls echo down the hallway, each step bringing me closer to Alpha Damien’s office. My breaths hitches, my hands tremble thoughts of my encounter with the stranger all a distant memory caught in a web of anxiety. The question of why he sent for me runs nonstop in my head, the thoughts sending shivers through my body every step echoing my fears the grip on dread heavy on me.Everyone knows what happens to omegas here.The stories never ending, one more dreadful than the last. Alpha Damien breaks in the female omegas before they are mated, while the Luna punishes them afterwards for laying with her mate. It doesn’t take much to know why I’ve been summoned with the mating ceremony only a few hours away.Alphas office looms ahead, brown oak doors leading to slick wooden floors beneath my feet, the inside; the dim lighting barely breaks the gloom. Suffocating darkness covers the room. The heavy oak desk sits in the center, papers scattered across it. The walls are lined with books th
Tisha’s P.O.V“Run baby, Run!”Mama’s words like urgent strokes urge me on as I take the path through the forest. The scent of rain and moss hangs heavy in the air, my breath hitching, my feet slipping the ground beneath me softening with every step. The howls of wolves echo in the distance – the screams and groans growing distant with every step. Twigs snap and the leaves rustle- Branches claw at my feet and shadows cast eerie figures like eyes watching, chasing-“Run Tish, Run!” Cold air burns my lungs, but I don’t stop, I can’t. Not when Mama’s words urged me on, her voice low and urgent. Her blood splattered all over the floor- I could hear them behind me snarling, gaining ground.“Keep running,” I muttered to myself faster, faster… My feet slipping on wet leaves I push harder, my breaths coming in ragged gasps each one sharper than the last. I stumble, catching myself against a tree, blood mixed with sweat drips down my face, it’s not my blood but Mama’s. Shadows moved.I can’