The Dire Choice (Otherworld Series #7)

Chapter 5- Beth

I drew my own version of Beth.^^^^

--The Present--

I sat silently on the mattress on the floor. Observing my surroundings, my new home.

The cave was beautiful. But a little cold. The small part that was the Alpha's room was offered privacy by a wooden door, it's hinges attached to the rock corners of the hole made into the cave to act as an entrance. 

The only furniture in the small room was the mattress, a few circular paper lanterns that hovered in the air above me, some kind of magic held them aloft, they drifted by beautifully. And of course, the vines, the glowing vines. They crawled up the wall, through some holes in the wood of the door, the person who had made the door had made special holes for the vines to enter, by the looks of it. 

They had white flowers on them, scattered, with dark pink centres. I had seen many flowers in my father's garden but none like them. They smelled good too, their fragrance alien to me.

I plucked one from the vine closest to the mattress and put it in my now fully grown hair, next to my ear.

I was happy that I had my hair back, finally. And all my scars were gone too. I finally felt beautiful again. I finally was beautiful again.

The Alpha was going to claim me. I knew this, by some ancient feeling inside my heart, I knew that he was going to finally make me a woman.

He had taken such good care of me, the mighty Alpha. My Ben had left me alone among the other pack when I had been a bad omega. My Alpha, my father, hadn't been a nice man, when circumstances went from bad to worse, I left and found my way to another pack. The pack at the 'facility' had been humans, like my father and my Ben, but they were really bad, worse than my father had been.

They tortured me and beat me. Shaved off my hair and took away my beauty. Cut me open to poke and prode. But I had been sent away from there too, it had been a blessing but I had never been able to find my place among the dehorned ones. Then the light one had set me free at this place, to run into my Alpha's arms.

He was big and strong. And pale and beautiful. I swore that I would never displease him. I would do whatever he asked of me. I wouldn't let him send me away like my Ben had. I was starting to like this pack.

The beautiful places here, the sounds of the forest. The healing pool, the handsome beta who guarded me. His eyes deep green, with different pupils, his hair full with blonde hair, I always felt shy in his presence, I never had the guts to speak to him and he didn't speak to me either. He only stared, and sometimes stroked my hair when I would laze at the edge of the pool.

But no one was as beautiful as the Alpha. His black hair and beautiful dark blue eyes that mesmerized me every time I looked into them.

I lay back on the mattress the strap of my flimsy white gown fell over, fully revealing a smooth shoulder.

I bit her lip, feeling warm at my core. I was nearing the breeding time. Now that there were no medicines to stop it, it would come with a vengeance, I knew. It would hurt, but I was in a pack now, a real pack.

Maybe the Alpha would soothe me in my time. Make me his. Take me, in the old, primal, possessive way that I was meant to be taken in.

I put my palm on my swollen breast and squeezed, a little moan slipping out of my reddened lips. I could almost imagine his strong hands on me. How wonderful it would be, to finally feel release.

"How you tempt me." I heard his voice say from the door.

He was here now. For me.

I raised my arms towards him. "I ache."