All Chapters of Alpha Hugo - The Forced Rejection: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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A forest of lush trees and berry bushes, running and panting; trying to outrun the beast that had just bitten him. He stops by a tree; trying to catch his breath, the burning sensation in his chest as he tries to calm his breathing; lifting up his bloodied blue shirt, he tried to get a look at the bite that was now starting to burn, he ran his fingers tenderly over the mark, wincing at the pain; the bushes behind him rustled; there was no breeze, the night was calm and still, he looked up at the sky, the moon was full and the sky clear, not a star nor cloud in sight. Slowly looking over his shoulder, he saw two glowing red eyes and heard a low growl, backing away and keeping his eyes fixed on the glowing eyes that peered at him, the beast, before the boy could turn and run the beast leaped forward and then it ended, waking up horrified and sweating, his breath deep and heavy, Hugo had been having the same nightmare for the past two years, he had tried everything, light reading before

Weeks turned into months, every day was a struggle for Hugo; between the pack matters and the hotel being busy; the financial burdens from his family crushing him, some days he just wished the earth would open up and swallow him, hell had to be better than where he was… Today marks three years since Hugo’s dad passed away, he woke up feeling the void in his life. Hugo got out of bed by midday and prepared a few snacks, his dads favourite whiskey; a quick shower and slipping on black board shorts and a black t-shirt, Hugo got into his silver BMW x7 2022 edition and headed off to the pack house. It was a twenty-minute drive down to the private beach. Hugo just needed to get out the house and reach out to his father for some sort of guidance. Hugo reached the pack house, by this time of day most of pack members had gone off to their day jobs; kids at school and it will be a little peaceful. Hugo had his private house just a few meters away from the huge pack house, Hugo’s house faced the

The next day Sarai was up and about as if nothing had happened the day before, Bruce had tried calling her a number of times to wish her for her birthday, but she was not interested; today was about her, she was a whole twenty-four and she would not let anyone, or anything steal her thunder! Sarai woke up and got dressed, in a few hours her family and some friends would be coming over to celebrate her. Sarai put on her summer dress that was Emerald green, looking down at her bruised arm and torse she concealed it all with makeup, she could not afford for her family or friends to see what Bruce had done yesterday; just last night she had escaped her father noticing her bruised arm and her sisters almost spotted her torso being bruised when she was reaching up on the shelve for popcorn seeds. The colour of her birthstone as well, the dress ended just four fingers above her knees with lace cute out around her waist, earlier in the week she also got a fresh cut of her hair shoulder length

Two months had gone by and Sarai was finding it more and more difficult to settle in; most days she sat at home with her sisters or they would go out for lunch or brunch; in a couple of weeks her sister Serena would go back to medical college in China and Sadie would start the high school year, Sarai would then be completely alone. A lonely, sad twenty-four-year-old, with no social life and living with her parents; Sarai decided that she would start a cute little bakery at Rockshore Mall outdoor food court now that she was on the verge of being unemployed, she remembered the call she received from work a few months back,FLASHBACK STARTS“Hello, yes this is Sarai Carter speaking”. “Miss Carter this is Simon from BlueSky Airways, how are you today?”“I am well Simon, how are you?”“Well, thank you for asking. Miss Carter, I am sure that by now you are aware of why I am calling”“Yes, I have an idea and that this is for formality”.“Miss Carter, I would like to inform you that this is