6. How to get rid of her?

EUDORA

It’s only been a few hours since I clocked eighteen and things have already spiralled out of control even before dawn. I have come to realise that clocking eighteen was only a ceremonial welcome to the hell that is my life from now on. No wonder I dreaded this part of my life so much. I was expecting every single thing–rejection, a near future as either a breeder for an Alpha or his toy and a life of torment. 

What I did not expect is those things, coming from the person I trusted the most. I never imagined what I would do in a situation like this because Adolf was never my case study. It was meant to be a random boy I'd probably meet at prom and get humiliated by him in front of the whole school. 

For some reason, I felt like I could have handled that one better just as I handled all of the bullying and assault all through middle school to high school. I could have made it through and I didnt think I would ever say this but I would have preferred to be tossed off to another Alpha than bear the pain of Adolf objectifying me. 

It was too much for me to handle. Even too much to think that I couldn't escape him right this moment with him staring at me like I was a prey and he, the predator. He was an Alpha and he could have his way right there and then and there was nothing I could do about it. Not even if I tried. 

“So…” He said, hands moving up the the little knot tied in front of my nightwear, I watched with bated breath and glossy eyes how his hands reached up in a slow taunting and torturing move to grip the edge of the rope and tug at it, allowing them to come undone and give him a glimpse of the swell of my large breasts. 

Please…

I could only plead with him in my head. 

“Are you going to submit to me or do I have to force it with my aura?” 

The Alpha aura is a powerful command no one can resist. Asides from their strength and they naturally being born to be the leader, the Alpha aura was what made them an Alpha. A single word using it would have me on my knees in seconds, writhing in pain and then I would prefer being in his bed instead. 

“Conan…please.”  I whispered. 

“Shhh…” He cooed, one hand slowly palming an almost bare breast, “It’s better this way, Eudora, you don’t have to suffer in the hands of some other Alpha. I will take care of you.” 

He leaned in closer and hardened his touch on the top of my breast. His touch repelled me more than I thought it would and I closed my eyes as he began to slide my clothes off. I closed my eyes and prayed for a miracle. For someone to save me, at least tonight. 

My cloth was about to slide down my arms when a loud howl stilled his hand on my arms. He snapped his head toward the direction of the sound. Relief flooded me and it almost had me in tears. 

I was saved by none other than his father. I recognized that howl as the usual calls of the Alpha in the wee hours of the morning at exactly 4am. It made me marvel at how much time has passed since midnight when I clocked 18 and got rejected. His father had unknowingly saved me. An Alpha howl couldnt be ignored by anyone as long as they could shift. The howl was a wakeup call to everyone. 

It came again, even louder and fiercer this time. 

He seethed, angry at the interruption before snapping his head back to me. I shuddered . He stepped away from me and I caught my dress before it slipped all the way down. I held myself protectively in my arms and slowly fell to the ground beside my bed. My legs were weary from standing and running all night long. 

He  looked down at me. 

“Wait here. I know you have your wolf now but it’s best that you don't join the run. We don't want the pack to know anything yet.” 

I nodded slowly in submission. I didn't plan on letting my wolf out too anyway. I was glad he thought of this and let me be. He was the only other person who could command a shifter to sit still and not go out for a run. 

With one last look I couldn't decipher, he stalked away from me and left the room, slamming the door behind him as he did. I coughed up air, letting myself finally breathe freely in his absence. The scent of him still took up space and it still invaded my nostrils. 

Slowly, I picked myself off the floor and tied the knot of my dress with shaky hands. I reminisced on how close I had been to Conan taking me. Once he takes me, I will be his forever. There would be no remedy and no turning back.

 I would only get his attention when he needs another wetness to delve into. He would only seek me out to fulfil his wildest fantasies. I would be reduced to the background and the shadows, never to show my face where high ranking wolves stand. 

I would be nothing short of a maid at the beck and call of his Luna. She would throw me leftovers from her table and watch me slurp them up like a dog. She would let me have her Alpha only after she has rubbed all of his essence on him and I would be made to taste it. To taste her and him all at once.

A violent shudder rocked my spine at the thought of living that miserable life. So violent it made me gag and brought bile up my throat. I ran through the adjoining door in my room that led to the bathroom and bending over the toilet bowl, I threw up into it. The margaritas were long due to be swirling inside the toilet anyway. 

When there was nothing left to push out anymore, I walked over to wash my hands and face in the washbasin. I splashed water all over my face before turning the faucet off and looking up to see my face in the mirror. 

My eyes were swollen and red-rimmed. I was a mess of wet hair and mud. How had  Conan managed to kiss me in this state when I even detest the way I looked?

 Looking in the mirror now, I didn't only see myself as that Omega who is the thrice the size of a normal werewolf and has really weird hair but still had hope for a better future. I now saw an omega who would forever be in shackles and is noe hopeless. 

I had nowhere to run to. I’d be dead the moment I stepped out of our borders. 

My fate was inescapable and I figured out the faster I embraced it, the better. 

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When I tried to sleep that early morning to ease the painful ache in my head, I wasn't able to even shut my swollen eyes. 

After an hour of trying, I decided to do my usual chores. Maybe that way I could forget my inevitable future even if it’s only for a while. I pushed myself off my bed and walked out of the room. 

The house was deathly silent. The Alpha and his family with the pack were probably still out running. It was good for me anyway. I wasn't sure if I was ready to face them yet after what happened early today. I have always known where I stood with them but it didn't seem any more pronounced than it was hours ago. Luna Eleanor must have been convinced she was doing the best for her son despite how much love she showed me. They had even thrown me a birthday party just to throw me off moments later.

I shook my head. I didn't want to think about it at least for now that I had the house all to myself. I began cleaning from the living room as it was still a mess of ruined cake, decorations and splintered wood from the centre table that had broken into two. 

I went to work and began cleaning them out. It was my routine to start from the living room and end it in Conan's  room even when he wasn't home for 5 years. I cleaned out the room of the Alpha and the Luna before moving over to his room. 

I opened the door and walked in , realising that the room wasn't as empty as it used to be anymore. And it also wasn't as welcoming as it used to be. I remember how I spent hours here doing more than cleaning and just going through his stuff that he failed to take with him. They shouldn’t appeal to me anymore after what happened but for some reason, they still did. 

I plopped myself on his bed and looked around. He had his clothes scattered everywhere on the floor. There were also a few books and the bags he had returned home with. He must be done with school and ready to take over the pack anytime soon. 

Looking at his things brought back memories of how he used to be so bright when he talked about his dreams to go to attend a human college and learn their ways. Of course, our realm had colleges too but he has always wanted a taste of adventure. He talked about it so much that I dreamt of it too even though it was almost impossible for an Omega. 

The farthest omegas are allowed to go is high school. I do not know who set the rules and thought it was okay to limit our lives to that but there was no changing it. High school was our last bus stop. No one would spend that much money on an Omega who would end up as a shadow and won’t be able to stand by an Alpha in public gatherings. 

Conan was the one who made me dream big dreams. Like attending a human college. 

“If you ever get to go to college, what would you like to do?” He had asked one day just before he left for college. We had been going through the introductory book to the school he had chosen and I caught a glimpse of a nurse in scrubs, smiling. She looked free. Fulfilled. 

“Her. I want to do what she does.” I think I was 12 then. 

“You want to be a nurse?” 

I nodded and we laughed it off knowing that was just wishful thinking. 

Even now, I can still see the bright smile of that human nurse. Would I be happy if I do the same thing she does?

The howl of the Alpha snapped me out of my thoughts. It signalled the end of the run, meaning they were on their way back. I hurriedly began cleaning the room and I was done in record time, arranging his clothes and books neatly. 

Just as I was about to leave, my eyes caught a colourful pamphlet that must have slipped from me while cleaning. I crouched down to pick it up. I recognized it as a pamphlet related to Adolf’s school. 

Nowhere else to go? Don’t worry, at Brentford, anyone is welcome. Join us today. 

They were the words written on the front page of the paper. I flipped through it and there she was again. That nurse with a bright smile and perfect dentition. She was staring at me again.

Since humans didn't have the type of rank and class like the werewolf realm, I assumed she must be living her best life. 

I was still imagining myself in her clothes when I heard the front door open. Sniffing the air, I recognized the scents I got as that of Luna Eleanor and Alpha Oslo. I wanted to shove the pamphlet away and run like I was caught doing something really bad but I stopped when I realized they were right out Conan's  door. He wasn’t with them so I guessed he was rounding up the run while his parents returned home. 

“Do you have a plan?” I heard Luna Eleanor ask. 

I planned to not eavesdrop on their conversation but I couldn't help it when I heard Alpha Oslo answer; “I shall arrange a meeting with the Alpha of the Onyx Moon Pack. His daughter is of Alpha blood, fit to be a Luna and she turned eighteen days ago too. In a week from now, they should have been mated.The faster we act, the faster he gets over it.”

They were already in talks to find Conan a Luna. Everything was really happening so fast I barely got the chance to process it. My wounded heart only bled harder from their words. 

“And her? What are we going to do about her?”

Her. 

Me. 

My fate was about to be decided. What were they going to do about me? I listened with my heart beating in an irregular rhythm. 

“There is no Omega ball in any closeby pack until the next few months and no Alpha has ever shown interest in her during the times they visited. I don’t think anyone would show it now.”Alpha Oslo replied. 

I wondered if I should be grateful that no one wanted me or hate myself even more. 

“We can’t just leave her here. You saw Conan earlier too, he wouldn’t want to let her leave either.  it won’t speak well if the pack ever finds out they used to be mates. It’s a dent on his rule and our legacy. We have to get rid of her somehow without him finding out.” 

Luna Eleanor sounded alarmed. 

“We have to send her far away if we want to keep this a secret. I wouldn’t want the Onyx Moon Alpha to find out he was once mated either. Much less to an Omega.” 

My heart tugged even more painfully in my chest. I was too much of an embarrassment for them that I had to be a secret. I wanted it to be a secret too. I’d be damned to let the rest of the pack know that I was  brutally rejected by my mate, even worse, the Alpha’s son. All of the other wolves I went to school with and who lived in the pack would have more things to say to my face. I wanted it to be a secret as much as they did yet it didn't stop me from hurting. 

“I should have never taken her away from that field,'' Luna Eleanor lamented, dejection and regret lacing her voice. It felt like they were also laced with venom with the way they stung me. I couldn't believe she was wishing she had left me for dead back on the field where I was found. I couldn’t believe the way she sounded betrayed. Like she put her trust in me and I broke it even when all of this wasn’t my fault. Even when I wanted none of this either. 

“Don’t say that. You brought her here knowing she would serve a purpose for us in the future. It isn't your fault things turned on us this way.” The Alpha said. 

Of course, it wasn’t their fault the moon goddess decided to make my miserable life even more miserable. Now I was caught between a scheming Alpha, his Luna and their son who wanted me in the most carnal and destructive way. I was only eighteen and it felt like I had already lived a lifetime of misery already when it’s only just been a few hours since I attained the new age.

I commend this birthday for being the most eventful one though. The most eventful one of the past thirteen ones when I just wake up feeling the same way and going through the same thing like it’s just every other day. With the exception of Conan getting me a cake on all of my birthdays while he was still home with me. I wish those memories were the last ones of us that I could hold on to but they have now been tainted with memories of just a single day. 

“What then are we going to do with her?” Luna Eleanor finally asked. 

Silence. A really extended one that I almost thought they’d left without me realising it. 

“I do not know but whatever happens, She has to leave the pack before the Onyx Moon pack visits with their daughter,” his break after the statement was ominous and it had me holding my breath to hear what comes next. To know what laid ahead of me. 

“This week. Eudora has to leave this week.”