Chapter 3

Louis POV

I hated going home to my drunk father and his crazy wolf. You never knew which of them was in control until you saw his eyes. Derrick was ruthless and dangerous. I knew I had to beware of him.

On a hot summer night, Libby went to Alexis' house for a sleepover; after returning home, I came face to face with my father, furious wolf Derrick, who punched me in the face. I already had mentally prepared myself for the attack, but it didn't hurt any less. I tried pleading with Derrick to stop hitting me; however, he was relentless. I prayed to my mother to send someone to rescue me, and Beta Anthony came running to the packhouse. He stepped in between us during the attack. By the time Anthony got him to calm down enough, Derrick had covered our bodies in gashes. Anthony's wolf Tony was healing his cut; however, I was bleeding profusely. My cut was down to the bone. Anthony had to rush me to the hospital for stitches.

If it weren't for Beta Anthony stopping him, he probably would have beaten me unconscious.

At the hospital, is the first time I met Dr. Johnson. She was very kind to me. She asked me how I got those cuts, but I decided not to tell her about my father. I feared what he would do to me if I told anyone. The way she looked at me was like she already knew the answers. She handed Beta Anthony her business card and walked away without saying a word.

By the time we returned home, the omegas had already cleaned the house. I thought to myself, why was I so unlucky? My mother died, and my father hates me. I had to find a way to get out of this depression stage. My will to live was slowly slipping away. My father had banned me from training with warriors. He told me I was not good enough to become the next Alpha. As I was standing in the kitchen, I found the sharpest blade. I was determined to end my life. I could not take the verbal, physical, or sexual abuse anymore. Beta Anthony walked in, and I stopped dead in my tracks.

"Who is going to take care of your twin if you die? Who is going to run your pack? Did you think about the consequences of your actions?" He was disappointed with me. I never felt like a failure until now. My actions would have destroyed a lot of people. "Since you like playing with knives so much, how about you focus your energy on learning how to cook," he said while walking out of the kitchen.

Taking Beta Anthony's advice, I learned how to cook. I found cooking to be a form of relief. The omegas taught me some of my favorite meal recipes. To my surprise, I enjoyed cooking. I would cook with omegas every day. Now I didn't have to wait for someone to cook Libby or myself something to eat.

After cooking dinner with the omegas, we sat dinner on the table and called everyone in the dining room to eat. I forgot to remove my apron before leaving the kitchen. As my father walked into the dining room, we heard a large growl. I knew it was toward me. My father fought Derrick for control. The words that left my father's mouth left the entire room speechless.

"No son of mine will be gay or a housewife," my father lunged for me. Anthony stepped before him, trying to protect me from my father's wrath. As I watched both of them transform into wolves, their bone snapping instantly. It was my chance to run away as they tore into each other. They covered the dining room in blood, nearly hurting Libby as the omegas pulled Libby to safety.

"Stand down, Beta, this is not your fight," my father made Anthony submit under his Alpha command. As I reached the window, I heard Derrick gaining speed up the stairs. Climbing out the window, Derrick barreled through, sending glass and bricks everywhere. I fell from the second-story window, hitting my head on the ground, causing it to bust open. Blood covered the ground as Derrick landed on top of me. His claws entered my shoulders, ripping my flesh from the bone as he retracted them. Derrick's body weight crushed my ribs and punctured my lungs.

When I finally woke up, I was in the hospital. I had no memory of how I got there. Libby was sitting on my bedside, crying. "How long was I asleep?" My voice was raspy and dry.

"You have been in the hospital for a few days. You lost a lot of blood when you fell out the window," she said. I looked at her as the tears stained her face and told her I was okay. We will run away from him.

Libby informed me that she was staying at Beta Anthony's house because our dad had a mental breakdown. She didn't feel safe being in the same place with him alone. She stayed with me until Beta Anthony picked her up.

Just before my father came to pick me up from the hospital, Dr. Johnson came to talk to me. She told me how her brother James was the Alpha of Fox Village, and he agreed to take me in. I politely declined because I could not leave my twin sister with that monster at home. She told me to think about it. She would ask her brother about bringing my sister along, too. My father signed my discharge papers, and we left.

Doctor Johnson would check on me during my body's healing process. She was going to help us escape to her brother's territory undetected.