Chapter 2

I woke up with cold water being splashed on me.

"Gasp."

I looked to see the Omegas waking me up. I looked around to see I was in a cell.

"Hi girls what's going on?"

"Are you kidding me?" "How did you even live through two hundred lashes?"

"Lets just say I am used to it you see." "Before I became a wolf I had a family and what I mean by family I was an orphan and when I did something like talking back or not listening then they would give me lashes."

I can feel the burn from my wounds. I looked myself over to see the bandages. I tried to stand up but fell back down and passed out from the pain. I woke up again with cold water being splashed on me. I look to see Luna.

"You are free to go back to the Omega's house." "I just don't get it." "How did you live through the lashes?"

"I am used to it."

I stood up wobbling my way past Luna. I got to the house to see everyone with worried looks on their face.

"I am fine so what is on our list this morning?"

"Making breakfast and cleaning as always."

"Sounds good, I will get started with the meal then."

I walked into the kitchen and started to make breakfast when I heard someone come in. I looked up to see Alpha, Luna, and their son Liam.

"Good morning Alpha, Luna, and soon to be Alpha what can I do for you this morning?"

"Shut up."

They all started to kick me and do whatever they could until they were out of breath. Do they all want me dead that badly?

"Slave you are lower then an a Omega you are to sleep in the cell for the rest of your time and tonight we are having a party for another packs son and you need to make us food and get things ready for tonight you got that?"

"Yes Luna I understand."

I slowly got up off the floor to see them all walk away. I got everything done for the party. I wonder who the man is to have such a big party?

"Slave it's time for you to go to her cell."

I followed Luna to my bedroom. She pushed me in and locked the door.

"I can't come to the party?"

"Don't make me laugh slave the son of another pack would despise you do you really want to be made a foul to everyone?"

"No Luna."

I watched as she walked away. Then I heard more footsteps coming closer to me.

"Look at you I see that my mother has put you in your place."

"What do you want Liam?"

"What did you just call me?" "Slaves like you don't call me by my name you are to call me Alpha to be."

"Oh please you aren't even close to becoming an Alpha."

I watched as he opened the door. What did I get myself into this time? He grabbed me by the truth and threw me against the brick wall.

"Gasp."

He started to kick me before I could catch my breath. I don't know what happened, all I could feel was pain all over my body and then everything went black.

"Night slave have fun living down here in the dark." "What a loser."

"Liam, son where have you been?"

"Father the worst thing just happened to me the slave tried to make love to me it's a good thing I kicked her and put her in her place."

"Son we will deal with her later but for now I want you to meet Matthew, my best friend's son."

"It's nice to meet you Matthew my name is Liam."

"It's nice to meet you too." "I am sorry I am a bit distracted tonight." "By chance do you have a new scent in the house?"

"No why?"

"Oh it's nothing if you will excuse me I need to use the restroom."

What is wrong with me? My wolf is going insane and I can control the urge to go looking for whoever has that scent. I walked back out of the bathroom to the celebration of my twenty-first birthday.

"There is my son." "What do you think?"

"Think of what father?"

"There are some very beautiful ladies here tonight. Does anyone catch your eyes?"

"Father I have been over this many times." "I want to find my soulmate, not just any girl." "I want to find my mate, the one that I want to be with for the rest of my life."

"But son you are to be Alpha someday." "What if you don't find your mate?" "I want to have grandchildren before I die."

"I understand father but I will love no one but my mate."

I can smell that smell again.

"Come gather all, we have a big treat for you tonight." "We have a pack member who has done something wrong and we have to punish her." "She tried to make love to my son."

"Father what is going on outside?"

I walked out the door to see a young girl tied to a pole barely able to hold herself up. That's when the scent hit me again. Where is that smell coming from?

"Father, how could she have tried to make love to Liam if she is in that kind of state?"

"I don't know, son." "Let's walk down there and take a look."

I followed my father to the arena. What a way to lash pack members for doing wrong. I am against this but it's the way they do it here.

"I… didn't…. do it." "He came…. into the…. cell and kicked me."

I fell to the ground and I gave up. I can't do this anymore I can't live like a slave and take all of this I looked up to the moon and prayed for this to be my last day.

I watched the girl try and talk but it came out in a whisper. I heard what she said but yet no one was listening to her. She fell to the ground and looked up to see where she was looking. Is she really going to give up? That's when I locked eyes with her and my wolf went nuts.

("Mate.")

This is my mate? I can feel anger boiling inside of me. How could this have happened to her? I looked into her eyes again to see two different colors. I now understand why they don't like her. It's because she is different. It is very rare for a wolf to have two different colored eyes.

"Whip."

I looked to see my mate being whipped.

"NO!" "Stop this at once."

"Son, what are you doing?"

"Father this girl is my mate."

I can hear everyone gasping.

"Son you can't be serious." "She is weak just look at her."

"Growl."

I have never done that to my father before but my wolf and I are pissed. Why would my father say anything like that? I heard another lash hit her. I ran as fast as I could to her side.

"Son, what are you doing?" "She is dying just leave her."

"I don't care who she is, what she looks like, or even what rank she is, and even if she is weak or strong I will always love her for she is my mate."

I untied her from the post and carried her bridle stile back to the castle into the room I was staying in.

"Sigh."

I can feel my wolf crying as I cry just looking at what has happened to my mate when the door opened.

"Son, are you insane?" "She was to be punished until they thought she had enough."

"Father they were going to kill her and not just that she is my mate if you ever had a real bond with your women then you would understand." "You also know that I am against that kind of thing." "If you are going to keep on telling me what I should have done please leave right now."

I can feel my blood boil again as I walked over to her side and sat down by her.

"I have called for a doctor from our pack to come and take a look at her."

"I understand, son but I just hope you know what you are doing."

"Yes father I do."

I can see tears in his eyes. It must have really got to him when I told him about not finding his mate.

"Father I am sorry I just really want to protect my mate even if she is the way that she is."

"I understand your reason son but you are right I don't know what it is like to have a mate that you are connected to."

I walked over to my father and hugged him.

"I am happy that you are my father."

"Knock."

"I am here." "What happened?" "Who is hurt?"

"Yes doctor thank you for coming on short notice." "This is my mate, can you help her?"

I slowly opened my eyes to see men standing around me. I tried to get up but with no strength I couldn't do anything.

"What is going on?" "Why am I here?"

All I could do was whisper because the pack hasn't fed me in days.

"It's ok you are safe now." "My name is Matthew, this is my father, and this is the doctor who will be taking care of your wounds."

I walked over to a desk where there was water and glasses. I poured her a big glass.

"Here."

I grabbed the glass and drank the water fast. My throat feels so much better now.

"Thank you."

I handed him the glass back.

"What happened to you?"

"Nothing, I am fine."

"No you not, You have lashes all over your body." "How long has this been going on?"

"I.. I can't remember it's been so long since I have been here and have been treated this way."

Tears rolled down my face remembering everything. I felt a sharp pain go through my back and I turned to see the doctor bandaging my wounds.

"Why are you all being so nice to me?" "I am nothing but a slave here in this pack."

"You are my mate my wolf could smell your scent all night can't you tell?" "Isn't your wolf smelling my scent too?"

The tears I was once shedding came rolling down my face again.

"I haven't seen or heard her ever since my first shift." "I don't know what happened to her, all I know is that my first shift was my last." "But if you say that I am your mate I do believe you, you are not like the others here when I was announced and Omega by the Alpha and Luna it was fun but then I became lower than that because I stood up for the Omegas but now I don't even think the Omegas like me anymore because I do everything and they don't have to worry about what they used to have to do."

I sat down and held her hand.

"I am here for you no matter what."

"Son, can I have a word with you?"

I followed my father out of the room.

"Are you insane she is a slave are you sure you want her to be ruling by your side hell from what I have just heard she has no wolf."

"Father enough do you really think I care about any of that hell if she was fully human and my mate I would still want her."

I walked back to her side without letting my father say another word about her.

"I never did get your name."

"Sorry where are my manners my name is Chloe I don't have any parents I lived in an orphanage until I turned eighteen then I came here not knowing what was going on until I shifted for the first time."

"If you don't mind me asking what was it like to be an orphan?"

"Excuse me Matthew, may I have a word with you?"

"Yes doctor."

We walked back into the hall.

"It looks like Chloe has been abused her whole life." "There are old scars from many years ago." "I would be very careful in what you say or ask her."

"Thank you doctor."

I sat down by Chloe.

"I don't mind telling you at all my life is very boring though anyway I was the only girl in the orphanage witch I didn't mind I got to play outside and tackle the boys in football I was having so much fun until I got old enough to start school then all of my friends got families and I stayed in the orphanage doing chores all day sometimes I wouldn't even be able to go to school because of the chores and if I didn't do the chore I got lashes just like I do here I don't mind them you might think that I should because I almost died but they have to do a lot more than that for me to die in there hands I may not look strong but I really am." "Can I please have some more water?"

"Yes."

I got up and got her another glass of water.

"So what did you do to become there slave?"

"Well I walked up to the Alpha's son and told him that it wasn't right the Omegas were being treated as slaves and then that same morning I did the same thing to his parents so I got two hundred lashes and no one know that I have had worse so it didn't kill me so everyone though I was some kind of demon since I am still alive to this day so you see that is why people in this pack are against me being alive." "Anyway enough about me what is your life like?"

"For me my life was good." "I did a lot of training, got to have a lot of friends until I became of age to start and train to become the Alpha of the pack some day so I started to protect everyone instead of hanging out with friends I study to become a great leader."

"Hold on, you are the next in line Alpha?" "So it was your birthday that I had to set up tonight." "Happy birthday, what age did you turn today?"

"I am twenty one years old and thank you for the birthday wish." "We will be heading back to our pack tomorrow so you should get some sleep."

I kissed her on the forehead.

"Wait where are you going to sleep?"

"On the coach."

"No there is more than enough room in this bed." "Please, you need to rest too."

"Thank you." "I didn't want to ask because I didn't know if you wanted me to."

"You said that you are my mate." "I believe you and since we are mates you are more then welcome to share the bed with me."

I climbed into bed next to Chloe. She smells so good my wolf is telling me that he wants to take over.

("No not yet she is in a bad state to do anything like that.")

He whimpered and became silent.

I felt his hand wrap around me. I feel safe in his embrace. Is this what it feels like to have a mate? I felt a sharp pain go through my whole body.

"Ahhh."

"What's wrong?"

I watched as she shifted into her wolf form. She is so beautiful her fur is all white with a gray patch over her blue eye. Wait, where have I seen that mark before?

I watched Matthew's expression become upset. Does he not like me now because of my wolf?

"Whimper."

"What's wrong?" "Are you hurt?"

I saw tears roll down her fur and hurt in her eyes. What did I do?

"Hey it's going to be okay." "I love your wolf." "I am just curious about the mark on your face."

I started to paint and my tail started to wiggle. I turned my head to see it moving. For some reason I wanted to chase it so I got out of bed and started to spin.

"What are you doing?"

I couldn't help but laugh as she chased her tail.

"You know you won't be able to grab it."

I ignored what Mathew was saying as I grabbed my tail. I sat down because I became really dizzy. That's when it came to me I could smell a pine scent I looked at Matthew and my wolf went nuts and said to me mate I can feel my wolf wanting to have him right now but I held back.

"Whimper."

"What?" "Did you hurt yourself?"

I watched as she kept on shaking her head like she was trying not to do something. I can see her wolf trying to take over and that's when it hit me. My scent got to her wolf and she figured out I am her mate.

"It's okay."

I got out of bed and walked over to Chloe.

(Stay away I don't want to hurt you.)

"Growl." "Whimper."

"It's okay, I know what you are going through right now and it's totally normal I am going though it so I just can control it." "I will show you something."

I shifted into my wolf.

("Now we can talk to each other.")

("Please stay away I don't want to hurt you.")

("Hurt me please I am Alpha's son you underestimate me.")("Now come here I promise you wont hurt me.")

I slowly walked over to her because she didn't want to come to me. I rub my head against her and she started to calm down.

("I told you that you wouldn't hurt me.")("Now let's get some sleep.")

I laid down by her feet.

("Yea your right I am sorry.")

I lay down next to Matthew and rub my head on him. Why does this feel right? I drifted off to sleep.