Alpha of alphas

Chapter 9

We were all ordered to stay in the pack house tonight after the first wave of the malicious attack. I grabbed Ms. Gretta's hand and led her up to her assigned room. "Room 213... Here we are" I said with a half-smile. She opened the door and motioned me to come inside the wine-colored room. The colors reminded me of the innocent blood shed all throughout the fields in front of the pack house. I walked in quietly feeling the darkness that loomed over our pack. As soon as I reached the side of the bed, I fell face first into the airy comforter.

"Ava." She said quietly. "Today made me realize that life is not promised. I need to tell you the truth about something." Ms. Gretta continued. I looked up not saying a word. "Your father commanded me not to tell you any of this. But I can't live another day with you not knowing who you really are... You are the next alpha in line, not Adain." She stated.

"How is that even possible?" I asked. She looked around and leaned in as if someone was listening before speaking. "Your Mother and Father were so in love. Their bond as mates was stronger than anything I have ever seen. When we received the news she was pregnant, the pack celebrated day and night. The pack had equality among men and women back then. Life was worth living here in those times. In a twist of events you were born first. Your eyes were consumed with brilliant gold embers. Before your father could wrap his mind around this anomaly of not birthing a son first, the life faded from your mother's eyes. We had to cut out your brother or we would have lost both your mother and Adain..."

"So, this is why he hates me..." I whispered. I sat up trying my best to process the situation. A moment passed before I spoke.

"Well I have something to admit too." I spoke as I glanced at her. She sat with her fingers entwined on her lap. I took a deep breath before spilling the truth. "I killed Alpha Darius... He attempted to rape me and before I knew it, his heart was in my hand."

Her eyes widened with the shock of my sickening secret. Honestly, I was ashamed, and I felt like I let her down. I couldn't look at her in that moment, so I covered my face with my hands. I just didn't want to think about any of this anymore. I plopped my back on the bed, grabbing a pillow to pull over my face. Before I could suffocate myself completely, she gently pulled the plush shield away finding my eyes before speaking.

"It's not your fault baby girl. If I found out what he did to you, I would have done it my damn self."

After moments passed, I finally worked up the courage to say something. "We are leaving this place at Sunrise Ms.G"

"I'm sorry but I have to stay. When our Luna died, I promised her I would look after her family no matter what. John and Adain are still here. I can't leave them, but you need to go and find somewhere safe away from all of this mess." She replied with such conviction it shook me.

"Fine... Then I'm staying too." I jumped out of the bed before she could say otherwise. Shuffling down the hall, I made my way into my room without missing a beat. I was too tired to admire the elaborate paintings and furniture. I hopped into bed shutting my eyes and answered to the call of sleep.

I dreamt of him lying next to me in the woods. "I will only put you in danger." His voice echoed. His dual colored eyes morphed until they were silver piercing into the depths of me.

"I don't care." I replied moving closer to him. I could feel his breath on my neck begging him to sink his canines into me. "Mark me and make me yours Alpha Adonis."

My eyes fluttered closed only to be met by dead bodies and malicious wolves when they reopened.

I sprung up sitting in bed looking around the large room. That dream felt so real. My heart was pumping at one thousand beats per minute.

What if they never left? I laid back down pulling the fluffed covers over my head. Despite being in the dark, I laid with my eyes wide. I couldn't even see my hand in front of my face, but my recent trauma wouldn't allow for rest so easily. After long hours of paranoia, I was finally whisked away into sleep.

As I slept deeper into the night, the urge to use the restroom suddenly took over as I slowly flipped the covers off and made my way to the bathroom. I opened the door to take care of business when I felt the room go cold. The bedroom window was now wide-open flowing with the odd whistles of the wind.

Earth stood still in that moment and so did my heart. I know how this goes in every horror story. The idiot girl goes to close the window when the big bad wolf is already in the room. Then she turns around and Bam! She's dead.

I scanned around my bed before dashing across the room to jump out the open window. For a second, I thought to myself how insane I would look if there was nobody even in my room.

Better safe than sorry.

I lunged through the air, aiming for the two-story high exit. Before I knew it, my suspicions were confirmed when a thick pair of arms wrapped around my waist in mid-air slamming me to the ground. I looked up in a daze as my vision split into four. I tried to identify who and what was happening through the fuzz. My vision began to fail as the dark abyss of unconsciousness overtook me.

Damn it.