VIOLET

There was no single remorse on his face as he said those words. I wondered how someone could reject you without even looking like he cared at all.

My mouth remained open as no words would come out. This couldn’t possibly be happening. Why was he doing this to me?

It felt like my heart was being shattered into thousands of pieces and there was nothing I could do about it.

“W-What?” The words left my mouth in a stutter.

“You heard me. I don’t want you as my mate. The sooner you get that into your head, the better.” He looked at me with disgust, written all over his face.

If looks could kill, I’d probably underneath the earth. I wondered why he was looking at me with such hatred in his eyes.

Like I was some vermin that had crawled from hell. I felt like collapsing into a puddle. This couldn’t be happening.

“You heard what he said.” A voice said from the crowd.

I watched as the slut of the pack, Sienna, gingerly walked up to meet us. Tristan’s eyes were set on her, watching her every move as she stopped before him. I watched as she snaked her arms around him.

Her long black hair fell to the small of her back. Her lashes seemed to flutter the more she stared at Tristan.

She was looking at him with hearts in her eyes. I felt like throwing up. It was all so disgusting.

He wrapped his hands around her face. I couldn’t help but watch in remorse as she crashed her lips against his.

He let out a hum as he fervently kissed her back, both of them oblivious to the stares of the crowd around there.

With each second I stood and watched them, it was another second that my heart seemed to shatter into pieces even more and more.

They didn’t care that I was standing right there before them or that my whole world was crumbling right before my very eyes.

They finally stopped after what seemed like forever. Tristan turned to regard me, his face twisting in disgust.

“I could never accept the reject as my mate.”

He pulled away from Sienna and turned back to me, disgust creeping back on his face. I could tell whatever he was going to say again would shatter me completely.

My heart thrummed violently against my chest. I didn’t think I could take another onslaught of it. Unfortunately, he didn’t look like he cared much.

“I don’t like you. I have never liked you. I will never like you. As a matter of fact, we don’t need a retch like you in this pack.” He closed the distance between us.

He was so close; I swore I could feel his breath on me. The whole place erupted into murmurs of agreement. I looked around, wondering if there was anybody, anyone at all that would come to my aid.

What I saw was something I expected…it didn’t make it hurt any less though. They were all looking at me with disgust written all over their faces.

They didn’t care one bit. I bit my lip, my body trembling with both heartbreak and anger.

All this while, I had suffered through nothing but pain. Yet, they had decided to pay me back this way.

After everything I had endured from them. Tristan had noticed my trembling and was staring at me.

“I won’t take it.” My voice was low, I barely even heard myself.

“What?” Tristan asked.

“I said I won’t take this.” I whipped my head up to glare at him. “You think you can just do this to me? After everything I’ve been through?”

I pointed at every single one of them present, the rage welling up in me the more I looked at their pathetic faces.

I refused to accept their mistreatment any longer. They thought it was okay to treat me however they liked. Like hell, I’d accept that.

“You call yourself an Alpha. Yet you remained silent and watched them all treat me this way. You let them do this to me. You let them bully and punish me. You let them treat me like a maid and all for what, huh? Because my parents aren’t here anymore? Is that it?”

My rage would not be caged or controlled anymore. Something in me wanted to stop and just cower into a corner but I was done doing that.

I would not remain silent in the face of this injustice any longer. I turned back to Tristan, my eyes burning with hate and anger

“You might call yourself an Alpha but you’re nothing but a fucking coward.”

For a split moment, I was happy that I had let out all the things I wanted to say. Immediately, I started to wish I hadn’t said that.

The hard look on his face let me know that I had definitely stepped on the wolf’s tail.

Before I even had any time to react, my face whipped to the side and I collapsed on the ground. Tristan had just slapped me. I looked up to see him glaring down at me like I was some ant beneath his shoe.

“You really had fun running your mouth like the bitch you are, huh?”

He spat on me before proceeding to kick me in the stomach. I let out a pained yelp, my eyes fluttering close as the pain seemed too much to bear.

“Morris! Jay! Grab her.” Tristan ordered.

Just as I opened my eyes, two male pack members grabbed me and hefted me up to my feet. I was now staring Tristan straight in the eye.

“Since you’ve proven that you’re not worthy of all the kindness we’ve shown you in this pack, I thought of doing you a favor.”

My eyes widened as my heart rate sped up. I had a feeling I already knew what was coming.

“From this day onward, you are no longer a member of West Creak Pack.”

It was then, I felt my world crashing down. I didn’t bother fighting the darkness that consumed me.

VIOLET

My eyes fluttered open, the rays of sunlight falling on my face. It made it hard to fall back asleep.

It felt like someone had put sandbags on my eyelids. It was so hard getting them to open but eventually I did.

It took some time before my eyes finally adjusted to the light. With a groan, I pushed myself up into a sitting position and looked around. I was on the floor outside the main house.

I looked back at the tall building that had served as my home and prison for twenty-two years. The torture and torments I had endured in that house wasn’t something I liked thinking about.

All of a sudden, memories of the previous night began to flood my mind. I clutched my chest, feeling like my heart was going to give out.

It was still hard to believe that all of it had happened. I had been painfully rejected. The worst part was that he had embarrassed and humiliated me before the whole part.

I took in a shaky breath and got up to my feet with a few groans. There was no point in hating myself over what happened.

I didn’t regret a single word of what I had said last night. I meant every single one of it.

I would no longer take the horrible treatments of the pack members. What happened was very clear.

Tristan had made his choice very clearly and decided who he wanted to choose over me. The battle line had been drawn and I would not be succumbing.

“Mark my words Tristan Black. I will make you pay for everything you made me endure.” I swore to myself.

I made my way to the back of the house where I knew the window to my room would be. I looked around and my eyes landed on the tree.

I looked down at what I was wearing. I was still in yesterday’s gown. It would be impossible to climb with it.

I began to rip at the seams until I knew I would be able to freely climb up. It was a shame I had to ruin the only beautiful gown I had but I knew it was necessary.

Taking in a deep breath, I began climbing the tree.

It took some time before I finally made it to the branch that extended all the way to my window.

I looked around, making sure no one was watching me. It was still pretty early in the morning so most of the pack members would still be asleep by now.

I crawled into the room through the open window and landed less than gracefully. There was no time to waste.

The rest of the pack would be waking up any minute from now. I quickly took off the gown, grabbing a shirt and some black jeans before putting them on.

Grabbing the bag and packing most of my essentials into it was easy. Once I was done, I put on my hoodie and flipped the hood over my head.

Standing by the window, I took one final glance at my room. Blowing out a breath, I got out of the window and climbed down the tree with my bag still in hand. I landed on the ground with a small thud. I quickly looked around, making sure no one saw me.

“We’re good. We’re good.” I tried to reassure myself as I bolted for the forests.

It wasn’t all that far from the main house and soon enough, I had made it there. I looked back, the houses already in a far distance. My heart thrummed in my chest as the thought of what I was doing echoed in my head.

It was for the best. I deserved this. I needed to do it for myself. I let out a breath before turning and heading deeper into the forest.

All my senses where on alert as I walked through the forest. I didn’t have a phone that I could use so it only made my journey the more difficult.

My main aim was to find someone that could help me beat Tristan Black. When I thought about getting revenge, there was only one person that came to mind. The one person that I knew Tristan hated with every single cell in his body.

Alpha of rival Dark Moon Pack, Lucian Sinclair.

He was well known as a monster among wolves, with a ruthless reputation and a knack for defeating his enemies in the most brutal way possible. Was I sure if I could even find him? How was I sure he would even agree to help me?

I pushed away all the insecure thoughts and focused on my goal. I had to have faith that I could find him.

I had a map that would direct me where I was headed. I took multiple stops and breaks, occasionally foraging the forest for some food.

I would then get up and continue my journey. This continued for almost five days. By the fifth day I was already tired of everything.

It was as if my mission wasn’t yielding any success at all. I could feel myself on the verge of giving up. What was the point in doing anything?

By now, West Creak must have realized my absence. I tried not to think about it as I forced myself to trudge on.

It was already late afternoon and I had barely even eaten anything all day. I decided to rest against a tree when I felt my feet were about to give out. This was all so hard.

It was hard holding on to my resolve with each passing day. I could feel myself slipping further and further.

Would this even work? What if I even succeeded in finding Lucian? Who’s to say he would even help me?

I was still deep in though when a howl made me freeze. After some seconds two more howls followed the first one.

My body tensed as I already knew what it could mean. There was only one possible meaning to those howls.

Rogues.

VIOLET

“Fuck my life.”

I cursed underneath my breath, scrambling to my feet. If it was truly rogues, then staying there would spell my doom. I didn’t waste any time and began running in the opposite direction from the howls.

The cold wind whipped past my face but I didn’t care all too much. All that mattered to me was escaping from them with my life.

That was all that was important to me. It was the only coherent thought that formed in my mind.

My legs ached with each step I took but I knew I couldn’t dare slow down my pace. Any false step would mean my death.

I’d suffered and endured so much these past few days. I couldn’t let it all end here. My fingers were clinging hard onto my bag as I sought to quicken my pace.

My heart began thumping faster as the howls began getting closer. They’d taken notice of me. It would be better if I could transform now and run but that would only slow me down and give them an advantage over me.

I could hear the sound of their growls getting closer and closer. The thud of their feet hitting the ground filled my ears.

They were right behind me and I could feel the bloodlust emanating from them. They were definitely after my blood.

I increased my speed and began running faster, picking up the pace as best as I could. I was so engulfed in getting away from them that I didn’t bother taking note of where I was running to. All I could think of was getting away from them.

After some time of running, I noticed I couldn’t hear the sound of their growls. There were no thuds coming from behind me. I slowed down to a stop and looked behind me.

They were gone.

“Fucking idiots.” I clicked my tongue, trying to catch my breath.

My chest hurt so bad from running so fast. On the bright side, at least I had managed to escape them.

I still didn’t understand why they’d stopped chasing me all of a sudden. Rogues were known to chase down their prey to the ends of the earth.

I pushed away the weird feeling gnawing at my chest and tightened my grip on the bag. I had no idea where I was at all.

Just as I was about to bring out the map and try to decipher my whereabouts, my whole body froze.

It was pure primal instinct for an animal to know when it was being watched. I could feel it deep in my bones and didn’t even need anyone to spell it out for me. I wasn’t alone.

A low guttural sound made me snap my head to a nearby bush. More growls sounded from all around me.

A small gasp escaped my lips as I watched a number of wolves walk out from different directions. Soon enough, I was surrounded by all of them. I tried to step back but there was one behind me.

I was really in for it now.

The biggest of them, a big black wolf walked up to me and stopped just a little away from me. I felt the urge to flinch back in fear but held my ground.

I hadn’t done anything wrong. If it came to it, I would not be going down without a fight.

“Who are you? What do you want from me?” I yelled out to them.

The black wolf growled in response, its eyes glaring at me intently. For a second, I was sure it would definitely attack.

What I didn’t expect was for it to slowly shift back into human form. I’d seen a lot of handsome men in my life and it was safe to say, this man was blessed by the goddess when it came to looks.

The tall man walked closer to me, eyeing me up and down with a look of suspicion in his eyes.

“I think we’re the ones who should be asking you that.”

The other wolves shifted into a group of men, all of them watching me intently. I had to resist the urge to squirm under their intense gaze.

The man in front of me was probably contemplating if he should just kill me off. My heart sped up at that thought.

“Check her bag.” He said to one of the other men.

The blonde hair man grabbed my bag forcefully and emptied out its contents on the floor. They probably had no interest in what they saw and turned back to me, annoyance reading all over their facial expressions.

“Who do you work for? What allegiance do you serve?” He threw a barrel of questions at me, not giving me the chance to muster a single answer.

“I-

“You’ll be coming with us.”

Without giving me a chance to defend myself, the others grabbed me and began dragging me with them.

“Hey. Wait one second. This isn’t what you think. Who are you? And where the hell am I?”

They didn’t bother answering any of my questions and just dragged me along with them. My heart beat sped up as various scenarios ran through my head.

Where were they taking me to? Who were they? I’d heard of people getting kidnapped this way. Was the same thing happening to me? Would I be whisked off to heaven knows where? My body parts sold off?

I tried fighting out of their grip once again and the black hair man turned to glare at me.

“Do that again, and I’ll cut your legs off.” He threatened.

His threat was crystal clear. Obey or suffer the consequences. Shit. Everything was happening so quick, I barely even had any chance to react. I couldn’t ask anything else. Who knew what they would do if provoked to anger.

Right. The best thing to do would be to just cooperate with them and give them what they wanted.

Maybe they’d let me go if I did that. It was naïve to think that way but I didn’t have much of a choice. I remained quiet and let them place a bag over my head.

I didn’t expect the painful blow to my head before everything went black.