Episode 3

Five minutes later Alpha Derrick and Luna Kelly walked in, with Michael hanging onto his Mother's neck and Gracie on her dad, squealing as he tickled her.

They finally get seated and Rose, the cook, serves the food. My favorite, steak and baked potatoes. The food got passed around by Rose and some other kitchen workers.

Joshua, her son, also helps out at times and I can't always help but notice how he gives Mavis an extra large serving of food.

He definitely has a crush on Mavis, but Mavis, being two years older than him, has decided to just see him as a little brother. But I guess the smile she gives him anytime he serves her a plate suffices for him. His cheeks get all pink and he can't look her in the eye and moves on to serve the next person, me. Who begrudgingly gets less food than the former.

I'm pretty sure if she keeps smiling at him like that, one day he's just gonna give her all the food and leave the rest of us to fate.

I can't blame him though, Mavis is beautiful and has such a warm personality. Apparently she got all her looks from her mum, that's what she tells me. But she believes she got her hair colour from her Dad, since her mum was blonde. It was just an assumption though.

Mavis was raised by her single mother, who was Alpha Derrick's older sister. When she passed away, Alpha Derrick assumed responsibility of Mavis who was just 14 at the time. She doesn't talk about her Dad much, probably because she doesn't even know who he is.

She has been living with the Alpha's family ever since, and Rose being the Alpha's cook, stays in his home as well.

That gives Joshua enough time to ogle Mavis, day in and day out.

I've seen it happen. It's unhealthy really, but cute.

The three-year old twins, Michael and Gracie, were already at it, fighting each other on their seats, for which reason, no one knows. They kept screaming and hitting each other, in a playful way of course, until someone dropped a plate and broke it.

Suddenly they were both silent and did their best to avoid their parents' gaze. It was quite laughable.

We were about to get started on the food when Beta Shawn rushed in.

"Alpha! They crossed the border, they're attacking us, they're on their way here!" Beta Shawn was all sweaty but he didn't look scared, if anything he looked furious. Alpha Derrick stood up abruptly.

"Who?" He asked handing Gracie to her mother who quickly took her, beginning to shield her two kids.

"The Blood Moon pack." and that was the last thing I heard before the windows all around us were shattered and wolves came barging in. And all I remember were screams, crying, blood and then darkness.

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I woke up with a pounding headache. I sat upright and held my head. Everything felt woozy and stuffy and it took me a little while to fully come to.

Then I took in my surroundings.

I was in a small room with steel bars at the end which made me realize that I was in a cell.

There was a small beat up body in the corner of the cell. I studied the person a bit longer to see that it was Mavis. I rushed to her only to realize she wasn't the only beat up person. My whole body ached and I felt like I had been run over by a truck. But I didn't see any actual bruises on myself, I just felt that way from the inside.

"Mavis, Mavis, wake up." I shook her.

Minutes later she groaned and turned around.

"What? Where are we?" she asked sitting up and groaning at the same time.

"I should be asking you, I have no idea." I explained.

She sat in silence for a while and then looked around.

"Shit, we're in the Blood Moon pack's dungeon." She muttered standing up.

"Hello? Is anyone out there, Alpha?" She called. No response.

"Hello?" She called again, gripping the bars this time. She immediately let go as she hissed and fell to the ground.

"Mavis!" I stood up and rushed to her.

"Are you ok?" I asked. She just squeezed her eyes tightly whilst rubbing her palms. They were extremely red as if she had just touched hot coals. I curiously looked at the bars.

"Wolves bane and silver, don't touch that darling, she'll be fine." a familiar voice said.

"Rose?" I looked at the cell opposite us and I was right, there she was, her beat up figure still holding a genuine smile.

"Are you girls ok?" She asked.

I looked over at Mavis who looked better now.

"Yeah, we're fine, but where are the others?" I asked.

"They are in cells all around us, they just haven't woken up yet."

"What happened?"

"We were attacked by the Blood Moon pack and they've captured us, and from what I know they are probably planning to kill us, in the worst way possible." She sighed.

"Kill us?" I asked terrified. "Why?"

"To settle an old score." a manly voice said from a couple of cells to our right.

"Alpha?" Rose spoke up, looking in his direction and squinting her eyes a bit.

"Yes." he sighed.

"Why would you say that Alpha?" Mavis asked leaning closer to the bars but making sure not to touch them. He let out a long sigh before he spoke.

"I killed the Alpha's father." he said.

Wasn't expecting that. Alpha Derrick doesn't seem like the murderous type. There has to be some rational explanation.

"Why?" I asked.

"I just did, it was a battle for supremacy and I won. We're wolves, we're territorial." He let out a bitter chuckle. "But now I'm going to pay for it, including hundreds of innocent people." He answered.

Before I could get another question in, someone spoke up.

"Alpha, I see you're awake." A deep voice said .

"Marcus." Alpha Derrick growled.

"That's Beta to you." the Marcus guy growled back. I couldn't see him but I could smell him, he had quite a strong aura for a Beta, much stronger than Beta Shawn's.

"I don't care, where is my mate and children?!" Alpha Derrick started to shout. His wolf getting the better of him.

"I suggest you control your temper for when the Alpha comes back, trust me you'll need every bit of strength you have for what he has planned for you ... and as for your mate, let's just say she's in good hands." Beta Marcus said before walking away, passing by our cell and heading off.

Alpha Derrick let out a frustrated growl before everywhere went silent again.

I sat back down leaning against the wall taking everything in. How did this become my life?

It's hard to think that right now as I am wallowing in self pity, a group of heartless wolves are planning the worst ways for us to kick the bucket. Just in that moment Mavis moved closer to me and hugged me saying it's gonna be alright. But she didn't sound convinced of what she was saying, I wasn't either and I had this gut wrenching feeling things were only gonna get worse.