Chapter 7. Karma?

The man walked out of the room, leaving Selena alone. He said that the investigation would take three business days, and that no matter what, death would be her punishment.

The only reason for the investigation was to decide what kind of way she would be killed. The council would decide whether it was going to be slow, torturous and gruesome, or whether it was going to be just quick and merciful.

Selena was beyond scared, she knew she had messed up and all she wanted to do right now was to make it right. But she didn’t think there could be any way to do that, so all she knew she had to do was to run.

So the girl stood up from the bed and walked over to the door, placing her ear on it to make sure that no one was near. When she was sure, she walked away from it and headed to the window.

She brushed the curtains to the side and opened the window. Her heart was thumping in her chest and she felt like she was going to have a heart attack, but she knew that if she didn’t leave, she would never be able to leave this place and would be killed in three days for a stupid mistake she had made.

Once the window was open, Selena poked her head out and looked around. There was no one around there so she climbed out the window and took a deep breath before jumping down.

She fell and her ankle twisted, paired with the pain from the accident, she almost screamed out. But she held it back. “F*ck!” She cried in her hand that she had used to cover her mouth. She was behind a bush, tears falling from her face freely as she tried to swallow the pain she was feeling.

Then after a few minutes, she stood up, she was a she-wolf so she had fast healing. But that didn’t mean she wasn’t still in pain, it was just much more bearable now.

It was night and most of the guards were focused at the front of the mansion so she used that to her advantage and snuck out at the back of the fence, climbing over it and jumping down.

Once out, she heard someone yell, “Hey!!”

She didn’t even attempt to look back, she started to run like her life depended on it. And it did. Selena ran and ran until she couldn’t do it anymore.

She finally stopped, her breathing deep and heavy. She leaned over, holding her knees as she tried to stop herself from fainting.

She was really sweating and her body ached from pain.

She looked back and no one was following her, thankfully. She then stood upright and ran her hand through her hair. She needed to get home. She needed to get home and explain it all to her mom.

There was no way her very own pack was going to kill her all because of a stupid mistake, right?

Still breathing heavily, she started to walk towards her house. The neighborhood she was in right now was a bit of a distance from where her mom stayed. This was more of a suburban neighborhood, while where her mom stayed was commonly called the hood. It was where most omegas stayed.

Selena didn’t care much about walking, she was barely thinking about it. It was like she was on auto pilot while she worried about the fact that her life was complete sh*t right now.

When she reached home, she was drenched in sweat and tired. It was maybe past midnight, the full moon was up so her skin was itching like it usually did every full moon.

She had no idea why, but she had dealt with this itching thing since she could remember. She had been taken to the hospital a couple of times in the past and they said it was nothing, and maybe psychological.

“Mom?” She said as she knocked on the front door of the house. She was worried and paranoid, she kept looking over her shoulder but no one was watching or following her. “Mom?” She knocked on the door again, this time ringing the doorbell too.

She was about to knock again when the door opened, her mom standing there. “Selena…”

“Mom,” she said, her voice breaking as tears ran down her face. She closed the distance between them and hugged the woman, but it was one-sided though. Her mom didn’t hug her back.

She pulled away and furrowed her brows in confusion. That was when her eyes strayed away for a few seconds and landed on her things by the staircase.

“I’m so sorry, my love, but you have to find somewhere else to stay. It can’t be here,” her mom said, avoiding looking her in the eyes.

“This has to be a joke, right?” Selena chuckled without humor. “Are you seriously kicking me out?”

“I don’t have a choice, Selena.”

The omega scoffed. “What do you mean by you don’t have a choice? You’re throwing your daughter out of your house when she has nowhere to go!”

“It’s either you go and Elijah won’t help out with Lily. It’s the deal he made with me. Your sister needs this, you know this, Selena. She’s in an induced coma. I can’t handle the bills and cost of everything. Please understand,” the woman explained, trying to touch Selena but the girl flinched away.

“Does he hate me that much? It’s not my fault, mom! It’s not my fault that I couldn’t love him!!” She snapped, her voice breaking.

“Don’t raise your voice at me. Don’t make it seem like I’m the bad guy. I did everything right to raise you, I did my best. I don't even know who you are anymore. The daughter I raised would have never disrespected Elijah like that. She would have never thrown a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity away all because she doesn’t feel butterflies in her damn stomach!!”