Life In the Shadows

Cruel World

I laid in bed longer while my mind was wandering all over the place. The people that risked their lives to save me, to teach me what I knew. They had prepared me for what the moon goddess had in store for my life, my destiny to be a goddess of the rejected. Trust me being the goddess of the rejects was extremely hard, I had to feel their pain their agony that they go through. Which doesn't help my blood lust one bit. 

Flashback

Iris and I were in her garden again, she was testing me on how to make certain medicines. Especially what was in the tea to hide the rejection pain. It was quite interesting that the mixer of herbs could send a signal to the brain saying that there was no pain. Iris was a trained medical doctor in the village, she was a human still. She was like a mother to me. The moon goddess had told her of my location to save me from being found by Orenji's pack. Which to my avail her husband was already saving me at the time. I felt a strong presence behind us as I looked back up at him. His brown hair moved in the small breeze as he grinned down at me with a tooth grin. Iris looked up at him lovingly while saying

"Are you here to steal Vex from me?"

Isaac grinned again as he replied in his powerful voice

"She is almost better than me, Iris. She is almost ready for the full moon tonight. I want her to be ready for her ritual."

I grinned at Isaac, I out powered him easily yet I wouldn't let him know that. I think it would crush his gigantic ego he had. I chuckled lowly while standing up, Iris looked at me with a knowing smile, she was going to have to patch up her husband. I smirked as I say lowly

"I am better than you Isaac."

End Flashback

There was a soft knock on my door making me grumble lowly to myself it was only seven in the morning. I sighed heavily walking towards the double door, I wonder what has happened now. I really hope it wasn't the twins arguing about breakfast. I opened the door just to find Salem looking a bit worried at me. I raised my eyebrow at my Beta as I asked softly

"What, Salem?"

"Alpha Vex... we have just got some horrible news..."

I had quickly changed into something more appropriate to be doing alpha duties. I walked down the hallway with a powerful stride next to Salem. We got to my office to find Aro sitting in the guest seat with widen horror struck eyes. This caught my attention real quick. I haven't seen the rouge wolf's like this since I hunted down a pry during me blood thirst. I sat down at my desk as I ask

"What has happened Aro?"

Aro's brown eyes look at me worried, he starts off

"I thought I have seen all the horror in this world from murders to you killing in battle. Yet, this was so unheard of, I mean its uncommon to happen but its been happening more frequently."

I frowned deeply at the man, what on earth was he getting at? Horrors came from me, but what on earth can be worse? Aro reached out pushing a news article clipping towards me. It was a werewolf man that was skinned alive. My eyes widen in shock, who would skin someone like this? I mean, yes I tear people apart and semi torture people to death but I would not go so morbid like this. My eyes snapped back up at the man and hissed out

"How? Who had done this to this man? It's completely savage!"

Aro bit his lip trying to still wrap this around his own head. Yet he still continued

"It... It was his own beast..."

I was completely baffled, what on earth does he mean his own beast tore the skin off himself like this. His beast could not live in that condition of that body. Aro then continues