Chapter 9

Phoebe’s Pov:

I cannot believe this is happening to me. The only person who has stood by me is going to die because of me. I am truly a bad omen.

Immediately Adrian uttered those words, my whole world came crashing down. Mia is all I have, nothing must happen to her. I left Adrian at the lake after expressing my genuine hatred for him.

I started running to the pack hospital. But I had to slow down and catch my breath. I was not this weak! What is happening to me? I can’t even run for five minutes without stopping to catch my breath.

“This is all your fault Adrian” I screamed.

I remembered the first time Mia and I met…..

15 YEARS AGO…..

“What are you doing at the edge of the lake, are you not scared of falling?” I heard a soft voice behind me, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I turned back to see a pretty blonde girl. She was wearing a pink dress that reached her knee and clean white sandals. She came closer and I noticed that she also had tiny freckles.

God!! She is so pretty. I wish I was pretty.

“ Hello, I am Mia. Nice to meet you.” She smiled, extending her hands to shake me.

What is nice about meeting a girl that her parents abandoned?

“ Hi, I am Phoebe. Nice to meet you also” I replied shyly.

“ Ohh, you are the new girl. Alexa has told me so much about you. She said you have a strong scent and you are also fast.” I was about to butt in before she continued.

“ Well I think Alexa is jealous of you,” She said smiling.

What is so funny about that? Was she trying to mock me?

“Listen, I don’t know why you are smiling but there is nothing fun about it.” I said, attempting to leave.

“Oh my, I didn't mean to offend you, I am sorry. Are you okay?” She asked pulling me for a hug.

Who is this girl and why am I just meeting her? She is so nice.

I hugged her tighter and broke down in her arms. She started rubbing my back to calm down.

When I was finally calm, I pulled out of her embrace and wiped my tears with the back of my hand. Before she could speak up, I beat her to it.

“I just joined the pack two weeks ago. The Alpha found me in the woods and brought me to this pack. I don’t know who my parents are. The Alpha said he was going to take care of me from now on. He was treating me well until this morning.” I said, trying not to cry again.

“The princess accused me of taking her jewelry and reported me to the Alpha. I tried explaining myself to him but he turned deaf ears and instructed the chief maid not to give me food. He also said I'll be doing community work for two weeks.” I said now looking at her.

“I promise I did not take the necklace. I swear.”

“I believe you Phoebe,” she said, pulling me for a hug once again.

“You do?”

“Yes Phoebe, I do. And I also know that Alexa did not misplace her necklace. She is just being a b*tch” she said irritatedly, making me chuckle.

“You have a cute smile, you should smile more often.” She said again, making me blush.

“I have a feeling that we are going to be very good friends, Phoebe. But I need to go now, before my mother starts looking for me.” She said, straightening her pink dress.

I wish I had someone who’d look for me. My parents are not even looking for me.

“Listen, don’t be sad because of Alexa and her father. They are all trashy” She said, reducing her voice.

“Everything is going to work out eventually.” She said, pulling me in for a final hug and jogging off.

Okay, this girl is a hugger.

I was pulled out of my memory lane when I felt myself run into a wall.

I looked up and I realized that I was at the pack hospital.

Mia promised me years ago that everything would work out. But nothing has worked out.

Instead, everything has gotten worse.

Dear Moon goodness, please keep Mia alive.

I prayed silently before I made my way into the hospital.

I could feel some of the pack members looking at me disgustingly. But I decided to ignore them.

After walking around the pack hospital for twenty minutes, I finally found Mia.

If I had my wolf, I’d have smelled her scent and It’d have been faster.

Standing in front of Mia’s room are Mia's parents, the Alpha, the Beta, and Adrian’s Beta.

Why is he there?

He cannot possibly be….

Oh my goodness!!

Can he be Mia’s mate?

I pushed aside my thoughts and gathered the courage to approach them.

What is the worst thing that will happen?

They all know Mia is my friend, right?

I did not take up to three steps forward before someone shoved me to the wall roughly.

The person grabbed me by the throat, and I could feel my bones cracking.

“You bast*rd!! See what you’ve done to my little sister. I told her several times to stay away from you but she would not listen to me.” Mia’s brother snarled.

“I told the Alpha to throw you out of the pack a long time ago. But he refused!! You’ve done nothing but bring us pain, misery and shame. Now my sister is lying in a f*cking hospital because of you” He growled, squeezing my throat more.

At this point, I was already seeing black dots. I could feel myself gradually losing consciousness.

“ I am going to end your life today,” he said, releasing his grip from my neck, and dragging me on the hospital ground.

I could hear faint voices trailing after him. But I was too weak to open my eyes. I decided to let him do whatever he wanted. I have no purpose in this life as it is. Little did he know that he was going to do me a favor by killing me.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING??? LET HER GO RIGHT NOW” I heard a voice roaring angrily before I finally gave up and lost consciousness.

Who could it be?