The Runaway Alpha

Chapter 2: Carter

Chapter 2

Kora's POV

He came towards me in his dark black wolf form, snarling at the look of me struggling to move as far away from the approaching beast as possible. My whole body trembling in fear, my eyes alert and my hearing alarmed. He came closer drawing out his sharp claws, he broke off the lock with one swift scratch combined with his Alpha strength. He tore away the cage door not fearing of the affect the silver had on him. He looked at his paws as they healed back to normal from the burning red flesh that the silver caused seconds ago. He stood directly in front of me, smiling baring his razor sharp teeth. I was trembling with fear, my eyes getting watery. He raised his paw above my head....striking it at me.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" I screamed as i woke up from the terrible nightmare that had me trembling even in real life. I looked around the room with panic in my eyes realizing that it was all just a dream. It felt so real, i felt his hot breath on me when he was about to kill me with a strike in the head that he threaten me with yesterday. I controlled my beating heart by taking deep breaths in and out.

Suddenly i felt pain that shot through my whole entire body, i laid back down clutching my stomach groaning. I then remember the beating i got yesterday for being disrespectful, i took a peek at my bruises, seeing them darker and more severe with a couple of scratches here and there. I was too weak to heal, but it will eventually. I looked bloody, defenseless, and dead.

Before i let my body take over me and force my eyes shut, i felt the cage shake. Meaning that the pack had

left to go somewhere, i knew that because they never shut the door gently, it was always slamming back and forth. Causing my cage to vibrate constantly. Probably picked up that habit from their Alpha. I rolled my eyes at the thought of that. This time the aroma felt more quieter than usual, "maybe they all left". I said to myself. I took one last look around the gloomy basement and closed my eyes.

"Wake up! KORA!" My wolf growled at me. My eyes shot open and i sat up sitting near the back of the cage, but not too close where my back touched it. "Someone's coming" She warned. The scent hit my nose as the person came closer and closer down the creaky stair way. It couldn't be my father, he reeked of alcohol. I wouldn't want to judge though, i smelt worse. His wife Laila allowed me to shower 3 times a month so my stench wouldn't track anyone down here. It wasn't even a proper shower either, it was a water hose and a soap bar out in the backyard late at night so no one could see me.

This scent...it was really delicious smelling, like food actually. It approached closer then the door unlocked and gently flew opened. There was a boy standing in the doorway that looked to be about 16. My eyes grew wide in fear and i started whimpering afraid of what this stranger wanted. As he walked in slowly, i could see a bag of something in his hand. My heart froze, my mind stopped working, i couldn't breath as he stopped in front of my cage and unlocked it with a key. He opened the door and looked straight at me with a small smile. "Hello Kora."

"W-who are y-you." I stuttered. I was shaking. Maybe the wolf in my dream wasn't my father but it was that guy in front of me. The reminder of the dream got tears coming out of my eyes. "No no don't cry. I won't hurt you." He said softly. He reached his hand out motioning for me to come out. I don't know if i should trust him or not. What if i came out and he killed me. I looked at his hand and came up to meet his eyes.

His eyes were a pretty grayish color that looked back at me with sadness in them. They kinda look like my eyes actually, i would look at the reflection from the bars and see the color of my eyes every time i wanted to look at something besides spiders constructing their webs and dust collecting everywhere else. I slowly took his hand while he gently guided me out into the basement floor sitting next to him.

He took the bag that he bought in with him and handed it to me. I cautiously took and looked inside. IT WAS FOOD. YUMMY DELICIOUS FOOD. It wasn't that plain stale bread that i had everyday, it was a burger with fries and a bottle of water. "Don't be scared, eat it." He said while opening the water bottle for me. Now i know where the source of the heavenly scent came from. I obeyed him and ate stuffing everything into my mouth. "Woahh slow down there, you don't wanna choke". He said teasingly. I just stared at him. And i did it for a while too, until he broke the silence. "I'm Carter." He said.

As he was talking i kept glancing at the door deciding if i should make a run for it or not. "I'm your brother...." He ended whatever he was saying with. I stopped my train of thoughts and eating. My mouth suddenly felt dry, i took a big gulp of water not bothering to chew what was left in my mouth. It felt like the whole world came crashing down on me. As if that hasn't happened yet. "You're Laila's son." I said suddenly dropping the food and backing away from him.

"What are you doing here." I spat out. "Well, i saw dad beating you up yesterday. I swear if i could've stopped him i would. But i can't he's too powerful. I couldn't stand seeing my sister get hurt and thrown everywhere." He confessed with a tone of guilt and sadness as his smile faded away giving him a blank look on his face.

I now realize that Carter was the figure that i saw yesterday before my father left me all bloody and damaged. But what shocked me the most was the fact that he was my brother and my dad his dad..."You're my half brother." I said in barely a whisper.

"I prefer just brother but Kora, i know my mom and our dad don't treat you right. Its just horrible and cruel that they've been doing this to you for such a long time that i hadn't even found out about it since yesterday. I didn't even know that i had a sister this whole time. I was curious on why i was never aloud into the basement. I let my curiosity take over me and i quietly followed dad here and saw the whole damn thing." Anger was rising into his voice.

"I snuck into his study and found the key to this cage and got a replica made so i would have my own way of letting you out of this prison looking type shit". He said looking at my cage. I walked up to him, the next action that i did was completely out of nowhere and even i didn't know what happened, but i leaned in and gave him a hug squeezing him with all the weak strength that i had. "Thank you...for caring Carter."

AUTHORS NOTE:

I know this was a very long update, but i won't be updating for a few days due to school and homework. I would be truly grateful if you guys voted for the chapters in this story. Xoxo