Slave To The Alpha

Ch. 1 - The Choosing

"Alright dear! C'mon! Hurry up and finish getting dressed!" My mom said as she knocked on my door again. We had to look our best today or else we would be stripped before everyone else. And I don't want that to happen. I was wearing black skinny jeans, skin tight, but comfortable as hell. And a light neon blue crop top with long sleeves. It is cold outside. I put on mascara and some eyeliner, but nothing else. I hate wearing too much make-up. I also had converse to match my crop top, and without thinking I grabbed my perfume and sprayed myself.

"Fuck!" I cursed. We weren't supposed to put on any perfume because that was one of the rules. Damnit. I sighed and opened the door to find my mom standing there worriedly. Impatiently tapping her foot. She turned to look at me and tears built in her eyes. Oh no. "You look so gorgeous... I don't want to lose you!" My mom cried as she pulled me into a tight embrace. I rubbed her back, trying to soothe her when she abruptly pulled away. "Your wearing perfume!" She gasped.

I sighed again. "Yeah... Ma, I'm sorry. I forgot." My mom shook her head and grabbed my wrist, pulling me out onto the front porch. "Maybe the smell will wear off. We only have 5 more minutes until-" My mom stopped abruptly as she fought back a sob. "Until they come." I nodded and stayed silent. Mom gazed at me, and finally gave me a soft smile. "You always were stronger than us. Not so easy on emotions. That'll help you, dear."

She nodded, as if to reassure herself something. I looked at her and opened my mouth to speak, but just then the huge black van pulled up. The one that was going to take me away. I needed to say it. "Mom, I... I love you." And before she could respond I was yanked off of the porch and dragged into the van. As they drove away, I was forced to watch my mom crumble to the ground as she was racked with sobs.

I looked away and found 4 other girls in the back with me. They all gave me a small smile, and I returned the favor with a nod. "Hi." I whispered. They nodded and whispered there hi's back. "My name is Emily. But you can call me Em for short." A brunette with pretty hazel eyes spoke up, and offered me her hand. I gladly shook it and replied, "Hi Emily. My name is Jade." We nodded at each other and smiled, than turned to the other girls. I decided to say hi to the blonde with blue eyes first. "Hey. What's your name?"

The blonde smiled at me and replied, "Lucy." I nodded and looked to the red head beside her. "I'm Alexis." She beamed at me, and I smiled. I looked to the girl holding hands with the red head. She had auburn hair, but they both had green eyes. And they kinda looked alike. "And I'm Alex. Me and Alexis are twins." That's when me, Em, and Lucy all turned to look at them. "I knew it." I cheered proudly. Em laughed, but suddenly the car jerked to a stop, and we were all thrown into the wall of the car.

"Ow... Fuck!" We all said at the same time. We looked at each other and laughed. The door to the back of the van slid open and we were snatched from the car, from each other. That's when I noticed something. Lucy looked like she was still in her pj's. Oh no. The guard that was holding her threw her on the ground and told her to strip. She cried out when she hit the ground, and when he said strip she shook her head and kept repeating 'no'. The man pulled out a whip and struck her back with it, causing the shirt and the skin underneath to rip. I couldn't just stand here and watch this.

I ripped away from the guard that was holding me and ran to protect my friend. "No!" I yelled at the guard that was poised to whip Lucy again. He stopped looking at her and looked at me. "How dare you stand up to me? You, a measly human?" The guard snarled, and he bared his canines at me. I stood my ground, and when he saw that I wasn't going to back down he struck me with the whip. My stance faultered just a bit, but I held myself up. Still standing, bitch. I smirked at him. And woah. Bad idea.

The guard shoved me to the ground and lifted the back of my crop top up. Then, as he reared back to strike me with his whip, I said a silent 'It's fine'. He whipped my back, and struck with blow after blow. I gave up on counting after 16. And he obviously wasn't satisfied yet, and I refused to cry out. "STOP!" I heard someone yell. I wanted to look, to see who it was, but my back was on fire. I could feel my blood pool and seep to my sides, then gather underneath me. I saw someone's black shoes as they came to a stop in front of me.

I groaned slightly but otherwise held my tongue. "What do you think you were doing?" A deep voice grumbled out. "She thought she could stand up to me. So I showed her a lesson." The guard replied. I mentally scoffed. Bastard. "She is going to be one of the people I'm going to take." I froze. No, no, no, no, no! Black spots suddenly started swimming before my eyes. Oh god, not now! I'm losing too much blood! I could feel my heart race slow, and it was starting to get harder to breathe.

I whimpered quietly as the guard tried to pick me up. Everything hurt, but I was starting to go numb. "I'm sorry Alpha Dean." The guard said as he put me back down. That's when I truly went numb. With fear, that is. The Alpha picked me up and cradled me in his arms, and the minute I saw his face I just gave up. He was devastatingly handsome and sexy all at once. I finally looked into his eyes, and a little shock ran through me.

His eyes were so beautiful... Suddenly I became dizzy, and then I was falling... Falling into a pit of darkness.