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CHAPTER FIFTY NINE
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Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY
I race through the night in wolf form, my anger and need for revenge driving me. Even though I know this is dangerous, it feels like fate. It feels like I need to be back home.Time slows in the most agonizing way possible. My thoughts shift between fear for my daughter and horror over what's happened to my pack. I can't get their deaths out of my mind. The only thing that helps is knowing that I will avenge their deaths soon.The closer I get to my home, the more intense my thoughts become. What was once a place of peace for me has become a place that haunts my nightmares.I’ll make it a place that haunts them.As I near my home, an awful scent clouds all the familiar, far more pleasant scents. It has warped this space into a place I don’t recognize.It’s the smell of dust, blood, tears, open intestines, and unimaginable pain. It’s the smell of corpses who have already begun decaying.I want to turn back. I know I can’t do this. It’s too awful to even fathom. This is too much fo
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY ONE
Grief is not something that can be overcome in a matter of months, but it grows softer over time.However, two months is just not enough time.The loss of my brother, who raised me, my mate, who had been my heart, and then the death of my unborn daughter that I had been the cause for, is enough to break a person.Not a day goes by when I don’t regret my actions and wish I had listened to Caleb.My hands settle on my flat stomach as I sit on the rock outside the home that had belonged to me and James. I have been living here for a month now. I’ve not yet summoned the strength to go looking for Caleb.A part of me feels guilty now that I remember my strong attraction to the man when I had just lost the love of my wife. That guilt has transformed into waves of self-hatred.What kind of woman looks at another man when the body of her mate has not even turned cold?I look around, feeling my stomach rumble.I had considered going back into town but there are still rogues there. Clyde
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY TWO
For a moment, I’m frozen in fear and the creature moves closer to me, it’s face inches from mine. That’s the moment I choose to let out a blood curdling screen.My right hand transforms, and I slash at the creature’s face.It howls in agony, and I scramble off the bed onto the floor and rush past it, shifting in midair. The creature is on my heels and when I look over my shoulder, I can see that it’s chasing me, it’s left eye injured and bleeding. The size of it strikes terror in my heart.It’s huge! It’s functioning eye is a terrifying red and it has black fur and it’s double my size in my shifted form. I push myself to move faster but it’s gaining on me. I don’t stop moving, ignoring my pulsing heart as it starves for oxygen. My legs are burning with the sudden exercise, and I know I won’t be able to keep up this pace for much longer.I cross the river, splashing through it, knowing I will never be able to outrun it. And then just as I think this situation cannot get any wor
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY THREE
“Hellhounds?” I ask, slowly, not sure if my hearing is working correctly. “What exactly are – I thought they were stories. I mean, aren’t they just myths?”I can hear the sounds of ripping flesh behind me and despite my identity as a wolf shifter along with the darker impulses it brings, the vicious tearing sounds from behind me make my blood curl.“Myths?” Their leader studies me. “Hellhounds are not myths. They are dangerous beasts. Intelligent and blood thirsty. They are also the best demonic trackers.”“Demonic?” I stare at him, uncomprehending. “They are not from this world.”“I don’t understand,” I feel tense. “Why were they after me? Why did they try to kill me?”“They weren’t here to kill you,” The figure corrects me. “They were her to capture you.”“Balin, we need to move,” One of the men says, his voice grim.“Wait!” I cry out in panic. “Let me take some things from my home. My mate’s – At least let me take a picture.”There is brief hesitation before Balin, their l
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR
“Elves?” I feel stunned. “I thought –”“You thought we didn’t exist?” Balin asks, quietly.I feel uneasy, “I don’t – To be honest, I don’t know much about other species. I was far too young when I was kicked out of my pack with my family. As a result, I never learnt the history of the Others.”“Your parents never educated you?”I open my mouth and then snap it shut, before finally, “My parents were killed. I only had Ben, my brother.”The wave of grief is fresh when I mention him.“Is he–”“He was killed along with my mate.”“I see.”There is no sympathy or pity in Balin’s voice just a calm acceptance.He then looks at his two companions, “Idril, is it done?”Idril nods and both he and Aldon step back. I turn to face the fire and can feel my heart being torn into shreds. “It’s gone,” I mumble to myself.“And so should we be,” Balin says, sharply. “Come.”I flinch, “What?”“You have to come with us.”“Why?”Balin looks at me, his gaze sharp, “Because the hellhounds wer
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE
My voice gets stuck in my throat as I see the large serpent raise its head prepared to strike. Its fangs are the size of my arm, and a choked scream leaves my mouth as I stand there, frozen in fear. And then it strikes.I jump out of the water, my body moving on instinct, my wolf at the forefront of my mind. However, moving in water is different than moving on land. And I’m also extremely malnourished. Thus, my movements are slow, and I feel part of the fang graze my arm. I cry out in pain as the poison enters my blood scream.It’s like my insides are burning and twisting and I fall onto the ground.The serpent rears back, its body moving and twisting on the ground as it readies itself again. Terror at its massive size has me sick to the stomach. But a part of my brain size that its large size might slow down its movements.I might get a chance to escape.But first, I have to get out of the water. Despite the burning pain I am in, I manage to avoid a second strike, runni
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY SIX
I stare at him for a few seconds and then let out a breath I didn’t know I had been holding. “You should have just let me die.”Balin frowns, “Why?”“I’ve–” My breath catches. “I’ve got nothing left in this world, Balin. I’ve got no one left. Everyone I loved is dead. My brother, my mate, my child. What’s the point of living?”He studies me and then responds, “I am aware that wolf shifters live in packs, that your kind heavily depends on your bonds with each other. But we all come into this world with some purpose. You mentioned that your mate and your brother died protecting you. That was their purpose in this world. To die so you could live. You think it did not occur to them that you would grieve for them or that your continuing life wouldn’t be easy?”I go still at his words.“It was a selfish decision.”“No,” Balin’s voice is hard. “Your decision to stop living, your refusal to honor their sacrifice is a selfish decision.”His words make my blood boil and I burst out, “Th
Rejected by the Beta CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN
My brows knit together as I say slowly, “Not much. Like I told you, my brother never really taught me any kind of history. We were too busy trying to survive as rogues.”Balin exchanges a look with his companions before murmuring, “It might be easier to show you.”“Show me?” I blink and then he’s reaching out and his finger enters the flames, and they rise higher than before, making me scramble back in shock and fear.“Watch,” he advises in a grim voice. And I do.I see figures in the fire. “A time ago, a long time ago, there were three worlds. One for humans, one for the Others, and one for the demons. Demonkind was never satisfied with what they had. The Others were prideful individuals. And humans? Humans were still discovering themselves. They were little more than animals at that point.”I see three floors in the fire with beats with horns on the top level and strange shaped creatures in the middle and then ape like things on the bottom.And then suddenly, out of nowhere
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