EUDORA.I spent the next few days doing the same I have been doing as an unofficial member of the Angels and Banes pack. It was the usual rinse and repeat process for me. I’d wake up every morning, roll out of bed just so I could go get lashed out at the table because “My fear was making him lose his appetite.”, “Could I eat a little faster? My sluggishness was distracting.” and “I don’t have to sit around and pretend like I’m not done eating just so he could finish eating first and leave me alone at the table.” Alpha Rex was always grumpy but at least he didn’t shame my body. It was the only thing I was giving him credit for. Although he still scares me to no end, I’ve gotten used to that grumpy look on his face like he carried the weight of the whole world on his shoulders and it cost him his ability to smile. The only thing that has been different about waking up every morning in his home in the past few days is my determination to get through to his sister. After breakfast eve
EUDORAIt was Zena. Zena was the one who had opened the door to her room and she was staring down at me with an unimpressed look on her face. It took a few seconds for it to register. For my brain to actually process the fact that Zena, who has been locked in there since forever, opened the door to her room herself.“Ho—how?” I stuttered terribly looking from the door to her. Was I seeing things? Was this a dream? It was very much possible because I had been dozing off when the door suddenly opened. “H-ow…how did you…wow.” I couldn’t form any sane words. My mind was a mess that had happened like that because it was trying too hard to understand what was going on.“You know he’s going to kill you right?” Zena said calmly, like she didn’t just open a door locked from outside. I shook my head, breaking out of the trance and standing up to my feet instantly. I cared less for her brother and his threats of death at that moment. All I wanted to know was how she got the door to open if i
ALPHA REX.“It’s tomorrow.” Logan gave me a reminder like I didn’t wake up every single day counting the hours until it’s finally time to get rid of the Omega. “I know. Are the men ready?” I asked, playing with my glass of cheap whiskey—that was all I could get at the Banes club that has now become a second home to me. The ice cubes made up for its bland taste as I found them mesmerizing to look at with the whiskey forming little bubbles around them. “Yes, they will camp at the borders tonight.” I nodded, satisfied by Logan’s answer and relieved that everything was finally going to come to an end. All of my plans were falling into place. “They better not mess this up for me. They only attack tomorrow night when the old geezer leaves the pack with the Omega.” I said to Logan, who nodded dutifully at my command. I’d had enough of forcing the shitty drink down my throat and so I set the glass down, shifting it away from me. I couldn’t wait till all of these ended and things went b
EUDORAI’m back here…again. Alpha Rex had made rules that I was obligated to follow to the letter but there had been an unspoken rule that I had personally made. One that I deemed even more important with grave consequences than any of the other rules. I have repeatedly broken all of the other rules he made while I kept to the one I made for myself. Well, until now.I was never to step foot into Alpha Rex’s room again but here I was standing in the middle of it, exposed to the toxic and angry waves radiating off him as he glared at me. I felt so small standing there. I felt the need to be protected and covered by something. To be shielded away from his piercing eyes that conveyed a deeper expression of disgust and hate than any word from his lips could ever do.I fiddled with my fingers, fear eating me up molecule by molecule that I feared I would collapse to the ground and die. It was so hard to steady my breathing. So hard to not feel like I have finally met my death. Why had he
ALPHA REX. I let Zena out of her room the next day and although her eyes held surprise at seeing me standing by the door of her room, she masked it with a frown. “What do you want?” She rudely asked.“Come out. Let’s have breakfast.” I said calmly to her even when I wanted to do more than just talk to her in a calm way. I still couldn’t get the scene of her and Omega out of my head but for some reason, I just couldn’t bring myself to call her out on it either. “Why? Do you suddenly feel guilty after locking me up for days?” She snapped. I sighed, I didn’t have time for this. Alpha Tauren was already on his way and my men were already on standby. I already planned to meet Alpha Tauren away from home and the only place that could be possible was the Banes club. I was just going to leave that morning without having to see my sister but I couldn’t stop myself from heading for her wing. I must have been delusional to think she would smile or laugh at me the way I saw and heard her la
EUDORA. “Run.Keep running. Don’t you dare look back. Run far away from here. I will guide you. I know you do not want me but I will lead you to where you are meant to be. Where you don’t have to feel threatened by anyone, a place where you don’t have to be ashamed of me. Run, Eudora. Run.”And I did. I ran blindly. I ran without any inhibitions. I ran with no destination in mind. I ran with fear in my heart, not knowing the second when all of my efforts to get away from here would be in vain. I ran with the thought that it was better to die running, best to die on these tracks than live the kind of life I had just a taste of but knew in that instant that it wasn’t the kind of life I wanted to live. The voice in my head telling me to run was one I recognized too well. I had first heard it the first time I was in danger of being taken by rogues. The same voice had told me the same thing; to run because I was in danger. It belonged to my wolf. It had to be her. The corny company
ALPHA REX. I’ve heard stories of the meeting hall in my pack and how it used to be before I took over. My earliest memories of it was when I was younger…way too young to be locked up like an animal at the time. I’d been a waddling toddler who knew nothing so being allowed in a place as important as that was a privilege I got from being a pup and also the future Alpha of the pack. The Alpha and Luna of the pack converged at the hall with other high-ranking members of the pack to discuss the important issues concerning the pack. Invited Alpha’s and guests from other packs were also received at that hall. There, they made and broke destinies with just words of mouth and writings of ink on pieces of papers. I destroyed it the moment I took over. It was one of their many legacies that I didn’t leave standing. I didn’t exactly bring the building down but I dispersed the high-ranking wolves and instilled fear in everyone of them. Some moved out of the pack while some were still around,
ALPHA REX.Every one of my muscles tensed. I watched the scene play out right in front of me yet I found it hard to believe this was really happening; that somehow, Alpha Tauren had outsmarted me. “Let go of me!” The Omega’s screams rang through the half-empty hall, the echo of it bouncing through the walls as she kept struggling with the men whose strength tripled hers.I swallowed…hard. My Jaw was locked so tight it hurt.Alpha Tauren looked straight at me, a satisfied look crossing his features no doubt at my shock that I failed to hide. It wasn’t that I failed to hide it, it just wasn’t easy to hide the feeling that my plans fell through because somehow, he found her before I did.Alpha Tauren raised his hand, a signal to his men to let the Omega go. They did, in a not so gentle way, pushing the girl to the ground so that she fell face first right at the foot of my seat. Slowly, she pushed herself off the ground and her eyes met mine. She was seized with fear that made her fr