Running Free

Chapter 2: Consumed

After a few hours Carter came back into the room. I briefly looked in his direction, then looked back outside. I hadn't realized it was dark. "Do you want to shower?" Carter asked me. I nodded not trusting my voice. He led me to the bathroom and said he had someone go and get me clothes while he was working. I again nodded. He then left me to shower. I took a quick shower and put on some shorts and a large shirt that I'm guessing belonged to him. "Bella? Are you okay?" I linked her. "Yeah I'm okay Lil. My mate is a lot nicer than what Braxton told us betas are." She linked back. "Yeah, the alpha is a lot nicer too. Almost too nice." I linked back. I let a small smile grace my lips. "Night Lil." Bella linked. "Night Bells." I replied. I then walked out of the bathroom and back to the window. I sat in the large bay window and got comfortable. "I'm not going to bite Lily, that is unless you want me too." Carter said from the bed. I looked over at him with fear in my eyes. "I'm only kidding mate." He said. I looked back to the window. I let my thoughts consume me yet again. I briefly thought of what a rogue named Raven once said to me. "Alpha Carter Black is the meanest alpha I've ever come across. He would rather kill a rogue than let it live." I then became very weary of Carter. His reputation had always given me chills. And now I was trapped in his house, on his territory. I instantly knew he was putting up a "nice guy" act. I knew deep down inside he wasn't going to be this nice tomorrow.

~Time skip to the next morning~

I woke up on the bed. Carter wasn't there beside me. I was thankful he wasn't there. I questioned how I got into the bed. It must have been Carter. A few minutes later Carter came into the room. "Listen mate, I was nice yesterday, today will be different. I never wanted my mate to be a rogue. I've heard stories from other alphas about two gray female wolves who always evaded capture. I'm going to assume that it was you and your sister." He spat. "If you don't want a rogue for a mate then just fucking kill me." I replied. My wolf River suddenly spoke to me. "Don't say that Lil, mate will be mad." I rolled my eyes. "That would be letting you off easy. I'm going to keep you here, well and alive. You will be my luna, and you will help the pack for the greater good." He replied growling lowly. "I will never be your fucking luna. I wasn't born to be in a fucking pack." I fought back. He laughed maniacally. "Thats funny that you think that." I was fuming. How dare he try to make me into some pack rat. "Lily I want to leave. NOW" Bella screamed into my head. "What did that bastard do?" I responded to Bella. I was shaking. I knew I was about to shift and I couldn't control it. After I shifted Carter looked at me, and again laughed. I growled at him and tried to bite him. He shifted as well and snapped at me. "Lil, please let me take control." River pleaded. "Fine." I responded. River took control and laid down as if to tell Carter and his wolf that we were no threat. Carter walked over to me and started to lick me. "I'm going to let his wolf link us." River said. I simply nodded. "Ah my little mate, we meet at last." Carters wolf said. River simply nodded. "You can call me Lucifer, mate." His wolf said. "River." Is all my wolf replied. His wolf smiled a wolfy grin. "Now mate, I don't tolerate disrespect. Especially from you." Lucifer said. River simply stood up and walked away from him. "DON'T EVER TELL ME WHAT TO DO." She replied hastily. He growled. "Now little mate, I don't think you want to be punished. Now do you?" He said. River was shaking. Her and I both hated to be told what to do. "If you think for a second I will bow down to you. Your fucking wrong." River said. I could feel the venom of her words. He didn't like that answer either. He bit down on the scruff of our neck and picked us up. He was nearly three times the size of me. He brought me to the bed and laid down on me. "You better calm down before I punish you." He said. River hated that word. She did something even I would have never guessed she would do. She submitted to him. "River.. Why did you just do that?" I asked her. "I heard what he would do. Lily, he was going to mark us." She said with fear in her voice. I nodded. After about five minutes, a knock was heard at the door. "Alpha rogues have been spotted on the western border." A male said through the door. Carter jumped up and left the room, but not before locking the door from the outside. I shifted back into my human form and put on a hoodie and a pair of leggings.

I thought back to the day we met Braxton. He had just evaded another pack. Bella and I were very weary at first, but he proved that we could trust him very fast. I then thought back to the day of the attack. I hated to think of it. I had lost the one person who knew me from just one look. Dallas was my twin, born 15 minutes before me. He had left Bella and I to try to find our older brothers. But he was taken out by a much larger wolf just 30 feet away. I can still remember how broken I felt after he died. It was as if a part of me had been cut and ripped out. I didn't notice that a few tears had escaped. After I confirmed I was alone in the house I cried. I cried because I couldn't save my family. I cried because Bella and I were trapped. I hadn't noticed Carter had come back. He had other wolves with him. They were discussing something. All while I laid in the window crying. Suddenly I felt arms around me. I instantly knew it was Bella. We both sat there on the floor crying. What felt like hours later, Bella looked at me. "You were thinking of him, weren't you?" She asked. We heard two growls from the door. I just meekly nodded. "If you two don't calm the heck down, I'll beat both of you." Bella said. She knew that when I cried I couldn't talk. "She wasn't thinking about another male, she was thinking about her twin idiots." She said. That's when I noticed, she was marked. All I felt was rage and betrayal. She looked at me. "Lil I chose to be marked. I know you're mad at me, but I truly see the good in Chester." All I could do was nod. "What happened to her twin?" Carter asked. Bella looked at me. "When we were younger we lived at a rogue camp. All eight of us. Then when I was three and Lily was 4, the camp was attacked by multiple packs. Lily, Dallas and I were hidden in an uprooted tree. Dallas went to go find our older brothers and was attacked, no more than 30 feet from us." Bella started. I hadn't noticed I was tearing up again. "I felt him die." I said weakly. All three of them looked at me with pity. "It felt like a part of me was ripped out." I said still weakly. "How many years ago was this?" Carter asked. "13 years ago." Bella answered. The boys looked at each other. "Our pack took part in that raid." Chester said. That's when I lost it. Bella looked at them. "GET AWAY FROM US!!!" She screamed. That's when her mate grabbed her and left. I glared at Carter. "It was before I was alpha. But if it was a camp of rogues, they definitely deserved it." Carter spat. I just broke down again. Why would the moon Goddess put me with the pack that destroyed my family. Carter looked at me. "My parents heard I found my mate. They're coming over here tomorrow. I suggest you don't say anything about that attack." I shook my head. "I will not sit here and just act like your parents didn't murder mine." I spat. Carter just sighed. "Why can't you just reject me and find some other bitch to be your luna?" I asked. "I will never reject you. No one else will be the luna of my pack. Just fucking accept that." He yelled. He grabbed me from the floor. "I didn't want to do this." was all he said before marking me. He laid me on his bed, and looked at me with regret. "I'm sorry Lily." was all I heard before everything went black.