Chapter Three: Rogue Wolf

BRIELLE’s POV

As much as I wanted to stay till I could see my best friend who was now my sister and papa, the guards by the gate didn’t have the same thoughts and eventually, I had left there.

For the past ten years, I had thought that life couldn’t get as bad as it was, I was the abandoned and hated child in the pack.

From being the alpha’s daughter and the little princess everyone cared about to being discarded and taken to live with omegas had been a huge shift for me.

                         

Now, this was even worse. I was alone and away from everything I had ever known.

I wrapped my arms around my body tighter as the night cold came in another wave. Even with my natural body warmth, I couldn’t handle the chill that came from being alone in the woods.

“Daddyy…” I mumbled softly, my voice easy to hear in this quiet night. I had rushed packed and didn’t even consider thick clothing. I had also not packed anything to eat in my bag and so I could only take out my bag and put on three more layers of clothing until I felt better.

With the bag as a pillow, I allowed myself to drift off to sleep.

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I’m woken up by the sharp pain in my stomach, it felt more like a kick and the moment I opened my eyes I saw myself surrounded by four women and one man.

“What are you?” One of them asked as she raised her leg, I rolled away out of instinct as the pinch from the last kick still had me struggling to breathe.

“I passed the night here.” I replied softly. My sense of smell was good and I didn’t have to sniff to know they were shifters too.

“Are you some rogue trying to encroach on our property?” One of them asked with a glare and I looked around me carefully.

I had done my best to leave the pack lands of my pack while not crossing any boundaries but now, with that kick and me scrambling away, I was just on the verge of entering into their land.

I rushed forward back, my hand reaching for my small bag. I was tired and hungry. I was certain that even if somehow, I managed to call my wolf to me, there was no way possible that I would be able to fight five shifters in my current condition.

“Who gave you the right to run bitch.” The man among them sneered, closing the gap between us in two large strides.

“Do you think you have any right as a rogue to leave when we are talking to you?” He asked as he yanked my head back with my waist length brown hair.

“I can smell the rejection on you from a mile away.” One of the four girls said and another echoed her words immediately.

“Pfftt. And you think you can raise shoulders here with us?”

I felt shame wash through me as they mentioned the rejection and my wolf that I hadn’t gotten the chance to bond with whimpered softly within me.

A dirty and sharp slap pulled me from my thoughts.

“It’s just so good that we have just been annoyed by some blood sucker just now. You will be the perfect way to let some of those pain go.” One of the girls, the only one that hadn’t talked since they got here said as she strode forward.

Without any warning, she dealt my already weak body a sharp kick that had me rolling some distance away and I cursed as my mouth ate earth from the suddenness.

“Let’s make her feel like rejection is bliss.” The girl commanded as she flashed me a smile that sent shivers down my spine. She looked nothing different from the grim reaper in that moment.

One more kick to my back side and I felt my consciousness fade away softly.

I pinched myself, unwilling to give in. Who knew what they would do to me if I passed out.

Yet, the exhaustion my body had just been through was a lot more than what it could handle and I soon found myself slipping away into the unknown darkness.