CHAPTER 3

A slap landed on my face and I whimpered in pain and Hera howled at the same time."You asked for this!" I saw his eyes darken and I knew he was mind linking. He dropped me and I landed on the floor with at hump. Soon enough warriors appeared out of no where grabbing me and leading me out of the pack house while other pack members came out of their rooms, murmurs and grumbles grew. I was taken outside the pack house, standing in the open field with pack warriors by my side tightening their grips around my arms. We were soon joined by other pack members who stood on looking with confused faces wondering what was going on. Alpha Titan came out of the pack house too, he was dressed now and he had on a very terrifying look. I was overwhelmed with fear and curiosity but mostly fear as I wondered what he was going to do to me."Silence!" He barked at the pack members and they seized their chatter immediately, "Today, I shall teach this Omega." His gaze was directed at me,"Never to cross me ever again!"I whined knowing that it was my mate talking to me like this and causing me this pain."Bring him out!" He screamed and I saw my dad being dragged out of the pack house looking haggard as usual. They left him on the ground paces away from where the Alpha stood."Dad..." I screamed alarmed trying to run towards him but was immediately held back by the warriors, "What are you going to do?" I yelled at Alpha Titan. The pack members gasped at my audacity, "Leave him out of this, I am the one who angered you.""No dear mate, No." His smirk was sinister, "I know this will ruin you more and you will live with this guilt forever."What guilt? I asked myself as I watched him shift into his huge brown wolf. And before my very eyes, he lunged towards my father and then I knew what he meant by the guilt. I watched as he pounced on my father, snapping his neck between his wolf jaws, the crunching sound made me sick to my stomach as blood splattered. I fell to the ground slipping away from the warrior's hold as I watched my dad die before me, a death I had caused. I howled in pain. I only wanted a day which wasn't entirely happy as I knew I couldn't be happy but at least peaceful cause it was a special day, what I didn't expect was to be the cause of my own father's death on my 22nd birthday.

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Guilt had never eaten me up this much,the first time I ever felt this way was when my now late father had constantly reminded methat I was the cause of my mother's death. She had died bearing me and now, all pack members made an effort to taunt me about how I was the cause of my father's death. It's been weeks since Alpha Titan had snapped his neck killing him, weeks since I was left outside on the open grounds to mourn my loss,weeks since I had been beating myself up and being distant from everyone, including Amara, Hera, and myself. Hera was in a state of mourning too. Even though she had hated him for putting us through shit, he was still our father and she felt a sense of grief knowing that he was gone. Amara didn't know what was going on, it didn't affect her that her grandfather had died. He had been a total stranger to her and he barely even recalled her name, she only knew she had a dead grandma. My fingers felt numb from kneading the flour repeatedly, the pack members had suddenly stated that they desired British meat pies today and scones after tossing away the mouth-watering pancakes I had made. Well, it was their loss, I would pick up the pancakes late for my daughter and me to eat.I tried focusing on making the dough to perfection and not letting grief and sadness distract me.I quickly put off the cooker and in panic, I picked up the hot pot, it burned my handsI dropped the pot immediately. It fell to the ground with a clank spilling its contents on felt a harsh blow dealt on my back sending meto the ground, my face hit the burnt pot as I felland I screamed in agony as I felt my face burn.The pain was searing."You bitch!" Ahand grabbed my hair pulling meup, "What the fuck is wrong with you?"It was the Beta's mate, Nora. Another person who made an effort in ensuring that my life was miserable and it seemed her cruelty only heightened with her pregnancy."Apart from spreading your legs, what else areyou good at?"" She hissed, "Burning meat pie fillings?""Let me go, Nora." I struggled to try to pull her hands off me but my efforts were in vain. She slapped me across the face again where my skin had burnt."How dare you talk to me like that?!" She barked,"Do you know how expensive food stuff is?" She asked with a dry laugh, "Oh no, you don't! You are so wretched you can't afford shit!" She said to me, "Wait till the Alpha hears of how you wasted and burnt food." She pushed me and I landed on the floor right on the spilled filling.Let me handle this bitch! Hera growled.Hera no! I shrieked but it was too late. She forcetook over and I felt her canines and claws come out."Stupid bitch!" She growled before lunging at a very startled and wide-eyed Nora.Hera pushed her to the ground and was about to claw at her face when she was suddenly thrown off her.She hit the wall and I whimpered in pain as she howled. I quickly took back control. The Beta, Carlo was standing before me glaring down at me with furry. I was picked up by as I whimpered submissively overwhelmed by his aura, his arms were around my shoulders gripping them hard as his claws dug into myskin, I could see his eyes glowering, "How dareyou hurt my mate?" He boomed."I.." My words were halted with a slap across mycheek."Oh my God, I think I am bruised." I heard Nora whine as if in pain, "She pushed me so hard,what if the baby is hurt?"The mention of the baby and whining of his mate seemed to fuel his anger more."I will deal with you before the Alpha even gets back." And with these words of his, I was dragged out of the Kitchen and outside the packhouse straight to the torture center forrouges."