003 Fate Worse Than Death

Willa's POV

The alpha refused us bluntly when granny barely even finished her plea.

Anger of humiliation exploded inside me.

Of all the packs that I had been to, this one was the worst! Though I was hated before, at least those packs hated me for a reason!

"Granny, let's go!" I pulled granny on the arm, dodging the Alpha's eyes. I would definitely offend him if he saw the hatred in my eyes.

The red-haired woman snorted with contempt.

"Willa--" Granny wouldn't move even after their insult. We needed a pack.

I needed a pack.

"We don't need them!" I rose my voice as I turned to granny. She sighed with a sad look. The red-haired woman let out a short laugh at my outburst, and my ears turned scarlet.

Alpha Kirsch glared at her, and she just shrugged.

"I was hoping we could find a home here, Willa," Granny said slowly. Of all the times that we moved before, granny never sounded so sad.

It broke my heart.

I blinked in shock as tears brimmed my eyes. Every time I messed up, granny would just up and leave with me. I never thought she might want a different life.

It burned to bow down at the horrible Alpha to beg for acceptance, but I turned and faced the cold Alpha reluctantly, swallowing my pride: "Please, I'm sorry but--"

Alpha Kirsch rose a finger and stopped my words, he wasn't even looking at me.

I bit my lips, feeling burned. The red-haired woman giggled. I wished I could eat her alive with my glare. What had she got against me?!

Right at that moment, I smelled something familiar in the air and my blood froze. I turned around slowly in fear. Only a few meters away, stood Alpha Jason, Liam's father.

"Well, well, well." Jason clapped his hands, smiling at the cold Alpha, "I have heard Alpha's Kirsch's good name, but I didn't know you were THIS good. You found me my lost lamb already!"

Granny looked genuinely shocked when Jason appeared in front of us.

I wasn't.

Of course Jason was going to hunt us down, and of course, he had his alpha friends to his help.

"You are so predictable, Scarlett." Jason smirked at granny, "I knew you would turn to the Gemini Crescent for help. All I needed was a phone call."

My blood ran cold.

Alpha Kirsch was helping Jason?! Good name my ass!

There was little chance of us to escape from one alpha, let alone two. I always thought the rogues were our worst enemies, yet I never knew I would die at the hands of two alphas.

"Come home, little lamb, and I'll forgive you." Jason held his hand to me. It was the hand of the devil. I flinched as I grabbed granny's arm tight out of fear.

[Granny.] I muttered, and I could hear the fear in my own voice.

[Don't be afraid.] Granny answered sternly, and at that moment I almost feel like she was also an Alpha! Her dominance calmed my fear a little.

"You can have my dead body!" I bared my teeth at Jason, trying to hide my fear with shouting.

[I'll stall them, and you make a run for it. Remember everything I taught you. I'll catch up with you when I can.] Granny gripped my hand.

She meant "IF I can".

Granny was good, but she was 54. There was no chance for her to survive two Alphas' attacks. Not to mentions their underlings!

[Granny! I won't leave you!] Desperation caught me tight as I realized granny's intention, I nearly burst into tears, [I only have you...]

[Willa, you are strong and independent! You will be fine. Remember to use the ring!]

The ring. Granny made it for me when I was seven. But what good could that do?! I could last on it for a few days tops.

Jason stepped up.

I pulled out my knife by instinct, and granny shifted into her wolf form. Her shifting triggered a lot of the wolves to shift. All three of Alpha Kirsch's wolves and the five wolves that Jason took with him.

Granny had the battle one to ten.

Only the two Alphas and I were still in our human forms now. I pressed the blade to my hand, ready to battle. But Alpha Kirsch pulled my wrist away from my blade before I could slash my palm.

"What are you doing?!" Alpha Kirsch exclaimed in shock.

"Let go of me!" I bared my teeth at him, stabbing the knife into his hand. He hissed at the pain before he took my knife away, but he didn't let go.

Blood oozed out of his hand, and the red-haired she-wolf bared her teeth at me.

I rose my wrist to my lips, trying to bite myself. I needed my blood. But Alpha Kirsch took my other hand and gripped both of my hands with one. I was held in a begging position, which made I want to bite him even more.

Though he lowered my hands so it wasn't too uncomfortable, I couldn't break free.

"Thanks a lot, Alpha Kirsch." Jason had a vicious smile, walking toward me, "You are a crafty little wolfless, aren't you?"

The viciousness in his voice rose fear in me.

"You are wolfless?" Alpha Kirsch bent his head to ask me in a surprised but happy tone. Happy cause he could mock me for not having my wolf? How insecure was he?!

"I WILL have my wolf in two months, AND my revenge if you dare let me live today!" I bared my teeth at Alpha Kirsch, furious at his taunting.

The smile disappeared from his face.

Alpha Kirsch blinked in confusion. His eyes flickered to the beast inside him before he nodded slightly: "You think you can still get your wolf before you turn 18, is that it?"

If you don't shift before you are 18, you would never shift. No one believes late boomers could be that late though, and obviously, he didn't either.

I rolled my eyes, not answering. Alpha Kirsch didn't laugh at me this time. He turned to Jason: "You can't have her."

"Of course, I wouldn't expect to get her free. Name your price, I'll buy my wolf from you." Jason smiled at Alpha Kirsch.

"What wolf? She's wolfless." Alpha Kirsch smirked, having his fun with Jason.

"You take me back, and I'll burn down your whole fucking pack!" I shouted at Jason to hide my fear.

I would have a fate much worse than death if he got me.

"Did you hear that?!" Jason complained to Alpha Kirsch, "She murdered my son and now she threatens me!"

"Liam died? How weak IS he?!" I blurted out, frowning in confusion. A few drops of my blood were not supposed to do that.

"Attempted to murder him!" Jason changed his story as he shouted at me frantically, "And you will suffer as much as he is right now!"

"He deserves every bit of it and more!" I bared my teeth at him.

"You poisoned him with wolfsbane!" Jason shouted so loud, I flinched a little, covering my ear with one of my hands, which was not helping much. I thought I was losing my hearings.

Frowning, Alpha Kirsch pulled me further away from Jason as he told Jason coldly: "Calm the fuck down! No one raises a fuss on my turf."

Jason frowned, apparently not expecting Alpha Kirsch to talk to him in such an unfriendly way.

"He was going to rape me! Was I supposed to give him candy instead?!" I shouted, ignoring Alpha Kirsch's outburst. I tried to kick Jason but Alpha Kirsch pulled me backward. I staggered, and my kick landed on Alpha Kirsch's leg instead.

Well, he deserved it, too.

Alpha Kirsch glanced at me, and his eyes turned pure black, his hand shivering at fury. It was a sign of his wolf taking over nearly full control of him -- he was in rage now.

"You are just AS horrible!" I struggled as I trod one foot on his body, struggling to break free, "You are all pedophiles, murderers! I wish I HAD killed Liam and I'll do it again!"

"She stays with me." Alpha Kirsch took a deep breath before he turned to Jason, fury in his eyes, ignoring my foot on his waist. My struggle was in vain.

Great, now I pissed both of them.

"I know! She gets under your skin." Jason nodded agreeing, narrowing his eyes at me with a despised look, "She's a crafty little cunt. I'll teach her some manners before I--"

Alpha Kirsch suddenly took a step forward, dragging me along with him as he punched Jason right in the face, making Jason fly back several meters.

I froze in shock before I burst into laughter.

"You like it, huh?" Alpha Kirsch glanced at me with a smirk. His eyes was back to emerald.

Actually, he WAS handsome when he wasn't in rage.

I pressed my lips together, staring at him nervously. I didn't annoy him so much that he would offend Jason only to lock me up in a torture dungeon, did I?

"Leave, Jason." Alpha Kirsch turned back to Jason who just got back on his feet, "She's under my protection now."