The Lonely Life Of An Omega (Teen Wolf)

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

"What!" The scream is projected more at me this time then it is at his sister, as what she says finally sinks in. He debates yelling at me some more but I'm to busy screaming from the pain of the wolfsbane coursing through my veins, so he turns the anger on Marissa. "How much did you give her, You know she could die!" He says trying to keep me pinned down as my body shakes, trying to shift. "Relax I only gave her enough so she would have to shift, but maybe I overdid it just a little." She's says as my screams start to come out as more of a howl. He doesn't say anything in response, only gives her a piercing glare. "How could you not see what she was, she's been lying to you this whole time. She can't be trusted!" She yells. "And clearly either can you!" He snaps back then turns to me. He has a look of hurt and disgust in his eyes but he still tries to help me. "Lucy, Lucy calm down ok. You need to let yourself shift, don't try to fight it." He tells me but I can't do it. I hadn't shifted since my last night in Beacon Hills when I had almost killed Stiles and if I shifted now, who knows what dangers it could bring. "I can't... I just can't, it's to dangerous." I say squinting through the red haze to try and find his face. "Lucy I'm right here I won't let anything happen." He reassures me but I can't protest any longer as my eyes start to burn and I feel the familiar prick of fangs in my mouth. Shifting caused the wolfsbane to stop hurting me but it hadn't left my system yet. I actually feel better being back to my true self after keeping it bottled up all these months. I twist my fingers around admiring my claws and breathe a sigh of relief. "Lucy?" Hunter whispers and my head snaps up, remembering there are other people in the room. I'm having trouble speaking so I just growl when my eyes meet his. As he stares back I hear his sister gasp. "It can't be." She whispers and I tilt my head to the side as I try to figure out what she meant. Hunters widen eyes stay locked on me as he moves cautiously towards me. Whenever I shift its not like I'm controlling myself anymore but rather sitting back while the wolf takes over and I realize now after talking with Peter that this isn't normal. So I can't stop myself from bolting out of there, even if I tried. All I know is the harsh environment sets me on end and I needed to get out of there. I run through the front door and down the street trying to find anywhere I can hide.

I haven't shifted back yet not because I can't but because I don't want to. I keep my hood up so no one can see my face and run until the city meets the forest. It's good to race through the woods for once without the worry that someone would catch me. Or at least that's what I thought when I finally stopped to take a break before heading back towards my house. I decide to shift back and I watch as my claws retract. "I'm not going to let you get away from me that easily." I hear Hunters voice come from behind me but when I turn around there's no one there. "Go away." I yell to the obis. "No." He says and suddenly he's right behind me. I turn away not wanting to look at him or hear what he has to say. But he grabs me by the shoulders and forces me to turn to him. "Show me your eyes." He says and I'm taken back by it. I know my eyes were still glowing from the wolfsbane but I didn't want to lift my head up. "Why." I ask but he doesn't answer, just pulls my chin up. I push his hand away but not before he gets a good look at my emerald green eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?" He asks with a sigh. "I didn't know if I could trust you." I eventually say. "Why is it so hard for you to trust people? Do you not understand how big of a deal this is?" He says sitting down beside me on the cold ground of the forest. "Because the last time I thought I could trust someone, they almost got everyone I cared about killed and yes, ok I'm a werewolf, deal with it." I snap at him. "Well I hate to break it to you but not everyone's like that. But Lucy you should have told me sooner." He says. "What that I'm a werewolf because its not really that big of a deal. I mean if you hadn't noticed your one to." I say. "No not that, I mean your special?" Special? There was nothing special about the damn curse. "I'm not special. I'm nothing but a monster with green eyes. This curse only hurts people. You of all people should know that." I say in disgust of myself. "Lucy me and my sister thought we were the only ones left. We thought the rest of our kind had been hunted to extinction." Hunter says then pauses. "How have you stayed alive all these years?" He adds in a whisper. "What do you mean?" I ask so confused. How could we be the only ones left? "Surely you've come across hunters right? Well they are nothing compared to the people that are devoted to killing off our kind. They see us as a bigger threat to the world then even werewolves. They believe that eventually we'll all turn into out of control and blood thirst parasites. Going after anything with a heart beat, just like our ancestors did thousands of years ago. That's why the people drove us into the forest because they couldn't bring them back to the humans they once were or at least that's how the story goes." He explains a more detailed story of what Stiles once showed me online. "So that's who killed your parents?" I ask but immediately want to take the question back. "Yes, but my mom and dad were good people. They weren't one of us. They were normal human beings, killed by the hunters who didn't know it wasn't their generation that had the gene but ours. Not until it was to late for us to save them. Ever since then me and my sister have been on the run from them, never staying in one place for to long." He says sadly before looking away. "Did you know what you were when it happened?" He looks back at me before shaking his head. "Yes, Marissa and I had been born one and we grew up trying to learn how to control it." He says I nod hanging onto every word he says.

"Ok now it's my turn to ask some questions." He says and I look at him quizzically. "Honestly how have you stayed alive all these years?" He asks again and I shrug, unable to answer. "I don't know, my mom and I were always moving around because of her job." I explain shifting my gaze away from his face, towards something out in the forest. "And you never encountered any hunters?" He asks in shock. "Of course not. I was completely normal until a few months ago when I was bitten one night in the woods." I shutter at the memory but Hunter doesn't seem to notice over his own hysterical breathing. "How is this possible then?" He mumbles to himself rather than asking me. "What's possible?" I finally ask him as he stands up. "You weren't born one of us so how is it even possible for you to be what you are. If you were bitten then you should only be a werewolf or even dead, but not this!" He raises his voice as he starts to pace. "Hey it's a question I've asked myself many times before but maybe I had the gene the whole time and it just wasn't activated yet." I say considering it as a possibility. "Ya I guess it has to be possible somehow for you to be this but it still doesn't exactly add up." He says deep in thought. "Will you have to move again soon?" I ask changing the subject away from me and he gradually calms down. "Soon my sister thinks maybe two months at the most." He says and I'm surprised by his answer. "Really, your going to stay after the close encounter with that hunter yesterday?" I ask and his face darkens at the thought. "I thought you knew?" He mutters quietly. "Knew what?" I demand. "Lucy she wasn't looking for me, she was looking for you." He admits and I jump to my feet "What!" I yell at him in shock. "How did they figure out?" I ask. "Well if I hadn't been so blind I probably would have saw it too." He says and I give a small sigh. "Lucy you can't stay at your place anymore, it's not safe." Hunter admits and I know he's right but I have no where else to go. "I have no other choice." The only other home I had ever known was Beacon Hills, and I couldn't go back there, not now. "You have me and I promised you, I'll always keep you safe." He says and I know he's telling me the truth. "Now come on, you can stay with me." He grabs my hand and I don't pull away. "Really? Are you sure?" I ask completely surprised by the gesture. "Of course we're practically family." He answers cheerfully as he pulls me back towards civilization. "Fine but only on one condition. I get to make my own coffee from now on." I say and he laughs in response. We spend the rest of the walk back in silence. He never lets go of my hand, afraid I might decide to run away again. When I can finally see the street come back into view, that's when I stop. "What's the problem Lucy?" He asked after almost ramming into me. "Nothing, I just wanted to thank you again for helping me." I say and he nods. "We're in this together now, I'm not going to let anything happen to you." He reassures me and I smile. As we keep walking I can't help but feel the safest I have ever been before, in the hands of someone who finally understood me.