Serenity's POV
Statham dragged me down to cells after my mother yelled at me."Why the fuck do you have to be so fucking stupid for?" Statham growls as he pushes me down the stairs.I tumble down the stairs hitting my shoulder hard at one point, till I hit the floor hard at the bottom.I sit up groaning as pain shoots through my shoulder. I'm pretty sure that there is now a fracture in my shoulder blade, adding to the busted lip and my left shoulder that is pulled out of the socket, I'm doing pretty good tonight. Not to mention the healing injuries I had before this happened.Statham pulls me up off the floor and walks through the dungeons."Statham, I honestly didn't know I wasn't allowed there, no one ever told me there were places in our territory that were forbidden to pack members or forbidden to me" I say while walking to my cell."Maybe you should of just stayed inside out of sight where you belong. None of us want to see your pathetic face, we all hate you Serenity." Statham sneers at me."Oh, believe me I know how much everyone hates me, you know the multiple beatings I get daily, the bullying, the name calling. I didn't think it was because I was the most popular wolf in the pack" I reply sarcastically."Watch your tone wrench, if you keep mouthing off I will need to teach you a lesson." Statham growls"Sorry Statham, it won't happen again" I say lowering my head.He grabs me by my sore arm and throws me into the cell at the end of the dungeons, throwing me in hard enough for me to hit the wall at the back of the cell face first. I hit my forehead hard on the stone wall of the cell causing my forehead to split on my right temple.I crumble to the floor groaning and holding my forehead."You deserve it bitch and so much more. Have fun tomorrow" Statham laughs manically before locking the cell door and leaving me alone in the cold, wet, musty cell.I slowly make my way over to the corner of the cell, sitting down on the floor. I'm in so much pain from my shoulders and head, and I was finding it hard to stay conscious.Tears are silently running down my cheeks, as my mind plays havoc with my emotions.'Why can't they just let me leave, why must I endure this maltreatment for just because my parents couldn't accept that I wasn't a boy, why did my gran have to biocan and die for, why has the moon goodness forgotten about me.'"She hasn't forgotten you Ren, she's not happy about how they treat you but your not forgotten. Also they won't let you leave as a pack is most strongest with its true Alpha, meaning that if you leave by your own volition, being the future Alpha, means that the pack becomes weaker. If you were to leave due to finding a mate outside of the pack or because you have died, the title of Alpha automatically transfes to Statham and the pack won't be come weaker as the title changed due to circumstances outside your own volition" Artemis tells me.Wiping my face I curiously ask Artemis "What happens if I decide to step down from the role of Alpha and hand it to Statham?""If you were to step down, it's the same as leaving the pack of your volition because you are willingly giving up your title" Artemis replies sadly." Honestly Artemis I don't know how much more I can take of this bullshit. It's becoming harder and harder each day to hold back from attacking them, of speaking my mind and putting up with all the shit that happens" I respond"Hold on just a little longer princess, we are 18 in less than a month then we can leave this pack forever and never look back" Artemis replies." I will try my best but I can't promise I won't eventually break. Goodnight Artemis" I reply"Goodnight" I hear my wolf say as I slowly lose myself to unconsciousness.The next morning I awake to the sound of the dungeon door being slammed open and heavy footsteps coming down the stairs.I slowly sit up, noticing that Artemis has healed me quite a bit while I slept. Not that it's gonna help much due to the beating I am about to receive.The footsteps stop in front of my cell, I slowly look up to see my brother Sutton standing there with a sadistic grin on face."Rise and shine wench! Time to face the music" Sutton laughed manically.I get up from the cold floor and walk over to where my psychotic brother is standing. When I reach him he grabs my forearm and drags me with him out of the dungeons.When we get outside the sun momentarily blinds me. I blink my eyes a few times to get them adjusted to the brightness of outside.Once my eyes are adjusted I realise that Sutton is leading me to the gathering circle.My stomach drops as the only reason our pack uses the gathering circle is for pack meetings, big announcements and severe punishments. I have been here 2 times before for punishments.Fear is building in me as I am not sure if I am going to walk away from this punishment."Scared little bitch? You should be, I honestly don't know why they have kept your worthless ass alive so long. They should of killed you the day you were born. Just so you know I have always hated you, even before mother and father started turning us all against you. I HATED YOU. Even though it was negative attention you always had everyone's attention on you, gran and gramps had taken you and raised you and they never had alot of time for the rest of us. No matter what I did I never got acknowledged, all anyone saw was their hated for you. When gramps and gran died I hoped it would change but it didn't it got worse because they started this shit with you. So I just wanted to let you know that I've always hated you incase you don't survive today" Sutton tells me.I don't reply to him and just lower my head till we finally get to the gathering circle.When we stop I look up to see what's in store for me. I know straight away whatever my mother has planned isn't good.The whole pack seems to be gathered. In the middle of the circle is a silver chain attached to a metal stake in the ground which has a silver collar and silver cuffs attached to it. I turn my head to the right and see my so called family standing there waiting for me.Sutton leads me forward and throws me to the ground infront of the chains. He leans down, with gloves on that I have no clue where he got them from, picks up the cuffs and puts them on my wrists and then grabs the collar and puts it around my neck.Straightaway I feel the burn of then silver on my skin. I mask my pain with a stoic expression. I will not let anyone see how much I am affected by silver."This will be a brutal punishment I will try protect and heal you as much as I can" Artemis tells me.Once I've been chained and my brother moves away from me Alpha Lucan walks forward "Deadly Nightshade pack you are called here this morning to witness the punishment of Serenity due to her showing disrespect to the Luna and her attempted attack on the Luna aswell." Alpha says.My mother walks forward to stand next to my father and you can see she has been attacked. She has bruises on her face and arms, superficial cuts on her arms and 3 claw marks down her left cheek.My rage builds up so fast that they are trying to say I did this that I don't think before I yell out " Are you fucking kidding me! I never attacked the Luna, last night I got in trouble for trespassing on the Luna's sanctuary. Your making up bullshit to make this punishment harsher than what I supposedly deserve. This is absolute bullshit.""Are you saying I'm a liar girl? Huh. Yes you are getting punished for trespassing aswell as the attack on your Luna. After we told you that you were in the wrong last night you attacked your mother and clawed her face as you shifted into your wolf. I had to Alpha command you to back down or you would of killed her if I hadn't." my father angrily replies to me.I must really have lost it as I keep arguing with my father" Mother! She isn't my mother, she refuses to see my as anything but dirt beneath her feet. She refused to care for me, raise me or do anything maternal for me. Gran raised me. I have no mother, the 1 time I called her mother she beat me while telling me she was not and never would be my mother also If I shifted like you say I did, what colour is my wolf then father, as not one person here has ever seen me shift, you included. The only people that ever saw me shift have died." I reply sarcastically." ENOUGH!!!" My father yells" This is your punishment for the crimes you have committed towards your Luna, You are to receive 150 lashes of the whip dipped in wolfsbane and nightshade. For challenging your Alpha you will receive an extra 10 lashes and will be put in the dungeon for 2 months were you will receive 20 lashes every 2 days of a normal whip. " my father in forms me.Serenity's POV"This is fucking bullshit and you know it. I never attacked the Luna. After I was thrown in the dungeon last night after getting in trouble for going to the waterfall, one of you or the Luna herself inflicted those injuries because there is no way I could of done it with a dislocated shoulder, a fractured shoulder and having my head slammed into the cell wall. I was already injured before seeing you from beatings from the Savage Six earlier that day." I yelled.The pack gasps in surprise, outrage and a range of other emotions, because I have just disrespected their Alpha with the way I spoke to him."Watch your tone with me Serenity, I am your Alpha and you will NOT disrespect me. You will receive 25 lashes every 2 days now instead of 20 and on top of that you will be chained in silver cuffs while this happens so you won't heal as quick. One more outburst and I will kill you right now." my father replies to me angrily.Lowering my head I say "Yes Alpha". My brother Sky
SERENITY'S POVI wake up and start looking around to get my bearings. At first there is only darkness around me, then everything starts moving like when you turn a kaleidoscope, when I'm suddenly sitting on the soft grass next to a beautiful lake with mist hanging over the water in a valley filled with trees and wildflowers and benches next to the lake. I feel a nudge to my right hand I look down to find my wolf laying next to me. I lift my hand up and she puts her head in my lap.I gently start stroking her head while I just sit there and listen to the peace and quite.I feel calm and at peace wherever I am. I feel no pain, fear or any other negative emotion I normally feel, all I feel is absolutely peace.I look down at my wolf's head in my lap "where are we Artemis? Why don't I feel any pain" I say to my wolf."She can't reply to you here, my child. She's not a part of you in this realm." says a soft and very familiar voice.I turn around so fast and there is my gran sitting on on
SKYLER'S POVIt's the middle of the night and I have snuck into the pack hospital again to see my sister Serenity. It's been nearly 2 months since her punishment. Watching Sutton deliver her punishment was truly disturbing. I have never seen something like that before and it will stay with me forever. You could tell he was enjoying it and was taking pleasure in the way he hurt her.Looking at her laying on the hospital bed with her back looking like someone attacked it with a meat cleaver makes me furious and distraught at the same time.I wanted to step in and stop Sutton but I knew if I did then I would have been punished aswell.I gently hold my sister's hand and just pray to the moon goddess she will be ok.Since I was old enough to understand, Stephan and I have been raised to hate Serenity. We were told that she was evil, that she tried to kill Statham when they were little, that she stole Statham's right to be the future Alpha and she also got our older brother Stryker killed d
UNKNOWN POVStanding in my office window, I watch my warriors train. Being the second strongest pack gives us a bigger target for rouges, other packs, and different supernaturals that try to take us out as they want to try to make a point. They never succeed as my warriors are well trained, and I like to make sure my warriors are ready for anything. "Alpha Brennon, Blake's mate Briella has had a vision and said she needs to see you immediately." My beta, Kane, mindlinks me."Bring them up to my office, and you join us too," I reply."Yes, Alpha," Kane replies.I keep watching my warriors till I hear my office door open and my Beta, Gamma, and his mate walk in.Gamma Blake's mate Briella is a witch, and she will get visions.When she gets them it's normally something very important.Turning around, I gesture for them all to take a seat. Once seated, I turn to Briella, "What was the vision you saw Bri, is the pack in danger?" I ask.Bri sits straighter and says to me "No Alpha Brennon,
SERENITY'S POV BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP....As my hearing slowly returns to me I can hear the beeping of the machines near me. I try to open my eyes but they feel so heavy.Just laying there listening to my surroundings I can hear what sounds like muffled sobs and someone holding my hand. I stay perfectly still and keep my heart rate steady and breathing even so that whoever is there doesn't realize I'm awake yet.I try to see if I can find out who it is by their scent without drawing attention to me.I gently breath in through my nose and get the scent of the person in the room with me.I get the scent of sandlewood and linen. Why is Skyler in my room? I keep laying there hoping he might say something so I can figure out why his here."Serenity, if you can hear me I just want to let you know that I am so sorry for the way everyone has treated you, myself included, I never wanted to treat you like this but I had no choice. I was told if I didn't I would be treated the same as you. I just
SERENITY'S POV3 MONTHS LATER........The last 3 months have been absolute hell. Sutton has not been lenient in any way, shape or form. Normally he adds extra to my punishment especially if he has had a bad day.I don't know what my backs like and I really don't want to know.The silver cuffs and collar were removed last night so I could start healing.The only reason they want me healed is because on the weekend Statham and Jayce are having a massive party because both of them will be 18. Statham and I turned 18 when I was in a coma. Jayce turns 18 on Friday so Saturday they decided to have a massive coming of age party. Both packs will be in attendance along with the Knightlock pack aswell.That way there is a better chance of them hopefully finding their mates.I honestly feel sorry for anyone mated to any of the Savage Six.I hadn't even thought of the fact I was 18 now since I woke up. I honestly hope my mate isn't in any of the 3 packs in this area as I know they will either rej
SERENITY'S POV After Jayce rejected me, everyone started laughing, but no one was laughing more than I was. When people start to realise that I am laughing aswell they all quiet down and start looking at me like I'm a freak or something.April was standing next to Jayce, looking smug as if she just won the lottery or something. She's about to find out that I honestly didn't want him as my mate. "Thankyou Jayce for finally pushing me over my fucking breaking point, everyone one of you fuckers will wish that you never pushed me this far.I have a few things to say before I accept your rejection.First: I am so fucking sick of the way this pack has treated me. I haven't done anything to deserve this treatment. All I'm guilty of is being born first and being born a female. I don't understand what I ever did to deserve this treatment. But I have fucking had enough.Second: I never wanted to have a mate in any of the 3 packs here tonight. I especially didn't want you as my mate, April your
SERENITY'S POVI turn away from the packs borders and head into neutral territory. I honestly have no clue where I'm going to go, so I will just let my instincts lead the way.I head towards the city that is about a 3 hour drive from my old pack.It'll take me about 6 hours walking or if I shift it will take me 2 hours roughly as Artemis is extremely fast.I decide to shift and head to the city and find somewhere to stay for a few days while I decide what I'm going to do next.I'm not sure what's best yet but I'm weary about staying close to my old pack. I wouldn't put it past them to come looking for me.When I'm just outside the city of Avondale I shift back and get dressed.Avondale is a supernatural town. It has mostly witches, vampires, other shifters that aren't wolves and the occasional rogue. I know I can hide here for a few days before moving on as no one from my pack every steps foot in the city. They try to avoid it all costs.As I'm walking through the city looking for a pl