Jasmine Pov
Our pack-grounds were big. Our packhouse was all white and was surrounded by fields of green pasture. In front of the packhouse were huts where the mated families of the omegas. The unmated omegas lived in the packhouse. There were some huts near the edge of the forest that were torn down and rotten. No one lives there. The forest, which was my favorite place to go sometimes, was behind the packhouse. It held so many beautiful types of trees. My favorite smell of fresh rain lingered on the wet leaves as it had rained the night before. Sabrina and I went through the forest to enjoy watching the leaves fall. We loved to put them in piles and jump on them. It was one of our favorite things to do. Sabrina's parents, Lori and Adam, gave us vanilla ice cream to eat since the day was hot.
We ended up finding a great spot where a bunch of leaves were falling. The tree looked ancient, but it was still just as beautiful as the rest.
"You ever wonder how all the trees were made," Sabrina asked as we lay on the fallen leaves. We had already made leaf piles and were lying side by side on them.
"Silly the moon goddess, duh. Who else would have made the leaves and trees? All the beautiful things around us", I tell her, and she laughs.
"I wish I could meet her one day. The moon goddess. Just to see what she is like. I bet she is beautiful beyond words. "Sabrina says, and it has me thinking. I wonder if I will ever meet her as well. Some people say they have gotten visions or even heard her voice in their head telling them what to do.
"Just don't meet her before your time. I was not ready for my best friend to leave me just yet", I told her.
"Awe Jassy Jas I won't" Sabrina taunts. "Besides, you know you more than my best friend. You're my sister, and I love you too", she says, and I hit her hand playfully. Even though she says it sarcastically, I know she is serious and that makes me feel really happy. Suddenly Sabrina sits up.
"What's wrong?" I asked her as she stood up.
"Flora says the danger is near," she says, and her eyes scan the forest. Flora is her wolf. I stood up and we got ready to run back to the packhouse when five wolves jumped out in front of us, surrounding Sabrina and me.
One of them shifts back to humans. Not to mention he is nude. Thanks for ruining my virgin eyes.
"We are looking for the white wolf of prophecy. Witches say she resides here" one man says. He is tall with red hair and red-brown eyes.
"There is no white wolf here" I stutter as fear tickles my body. I can feel Sabrina stiffen up beside me before she stands in front of me protectively. She hasn't practiced fighting, and she hasn't shifted, but at this moment she is fierce and brave. As if some of her energy has flown into me, I stand at her side. She looks at me questionably before looking towards the rouges. If we die, then we die together as sisters. I grab her hand.
"We know she is here. You will fucking take us to her, or we will slaughter your entire pack, starting with the two of you. "He threatens. We tried to stand our ground, but I felt Sabrina shaking.
"Kill them". The man commands and the wolves run to us. Sabrina and I scream at the same time. I close my eyes waiting for the impact, but before they reach us, we hear a growl. The wolves pause and start to circle us slowly as the source of the growl comes close. At once, I saw my mom and her wolf. My dad is behind her along with Sabrina's parents.
It was my mom's wolf that took me by surprise. I had never seen her shift before, though I have seen her merge with her wolf in human form to scold me about some things. Her wolf's fur was white. Pure white. Wolves of that color were said to have been royal. What the fuck is happening? Is she the wolf these rouges are looking for? Why do I have a feeling there is something she is keeping from me? These questions are left in my head as I grab Sabrina and we move behind my parents. Sabrina's dad had shifted, and she ran to him, getting on his back.
"Come on," she says, reaching her hand out to me, but I can't just leave my parents. I saw my dad hand Sabrina's mom something before he looked at me and shifted into his brown wolf standing next to my mother. He started growling at the rouges to back up. My mom looked at me through her wolf's eyes, and I somehow knew she was telling me goodbye. I could feel it. I couldn't bring myself to say it back for some reason, so I just nodded.
I climbed on the back of Sabrina's dad's back and her mother followed, climbing on as well. He soon took off, carrying us back to the packhouse. I turned back to look at my mother who was watching us and I couldn't help the tears that formed, feeling like I would never see her again.
"I love you mom" I whispered as we rode, and Lori tightened her arms around me as my tears fell.
Jasmines Pov
We arrived back at the packhouse, passing soldiers that were already on the way to help my parents, who I knew were already gone. I just knew it deep down, because there was a hole that opened suddenly in my heart, and I couldn't seem to close it. Once we got back to the packhouse, we were met by Luna Leena, Alpha John, my brother Darnell and the Alphas' son Oliver.
" What happened?" Alpha John demanded. I didn't have a wolf, but I felt his fury roll-off in waves. He would have felt the death of his beta, which means most likely, my mother was dead too.
" Alpha" Adam bows. " We were told by Beta Jessica and Daniel that rouges were spotted near the pack. They were rushing to the woods, and we had let our daughter play there with Jasmine. We were able to save them, but I believe the Betas are now dead", Adam says, bowing his head.
Darnell tries to run to get to our parents, but Oliver is holding him back.
" Why the fuck would you let your daughter go in the forest unsupervised" Luna Leena growls, causing Adam, Lori, and Sabrina to bow their heads in submission. The growl didn't affect me for some reason, but that didn't stop me from bowing my head in shame.
" And you, a beta's daughter. Your friend is an omega, so it doesn't surprise me but you", she says, causing me to hold my head up and look at her. " You. I blame you for this. You fucking knew better, and now your parents are dead" She spat at me, causing me to flinch. Luna Leena had never been hostile towards me before. The venom that dripped with each word sickened me to my stomach, because I knew she was right.
" Get the fuck out of my sight" Alpha John demanded Adam, Lori, and Sabrina. He used his alpha voice, which meant they had no choice but to up and follow it. They left immediately with Sabrina giving me one last sad glance. She knew I needed her right now more than ever, but she couldn't be with me. I would never hold it against her. Now that they were gone, everyone's attention turned toward me.
I looked at Darnell, who had stopped fighting against Oliver and had fallen to his knees. He looks so defeated. I reach out to him but jump back when he growls viciously at me. He stands up and walks over and slaps me. I held my face to try to stop the burn that would follow as I looked up at him. He had never hit me before. Darnell then punched me in my stomach, and I fell over until I was on the ground. He proceeded to kick me. Pack members are watching some with sad looks. Some with pity. Some looked.... happy?
" This is...(kick)...your...(kick).... fucking fault...(kick)" he said as he kicked me all over my body. I looked to the alpha for help, but he just stood there with a blank look as if waiting for something. Luna Leena was smirking and Oliver. Oliver's expression kept shifting between anger and pity.
"Stop please" begged Darnell, but my words were empty as he continued to kick me.
"Fucking.... (kick)...Bitch. (Kick)" he then stopped kicking me and got on his knees, wrapping his hands around my throat. I couldn't believe it. My brother tried to kill me. I wrapped my hands around his wrist trying to move them, but I could already see spots clouding my vision as I couldn't breathe. One more minute now and I would be dead. I stopped resisting, and closed my eyes, waiting to join my parents.
Death never came. Instead, Oliver had grabbed Darnell and pulled him off me. I sat up, wrapping my hands around my throat, trying to catch my breath again. My whole body was in so much pain from almost being kicked to death. Darnell stopped struggling with Oliver.
" You are no longer any fucking sister of mine. Stay out of my fucking way or next time I'll finish the job". He threatened before walking away. Luna Leena just laughs loudly while the Alpha looks at me, as if trying to figure something out. A warrior comes out of the woods and shakes his head, confirming what I already knew. The alpha nods to him and turns around, walking away, with Luna Lenna right behind him. Oliver is still here, and his presence, for some reason, is comfortable. Oliver is just watching me, with his wide range of emotions, mostly negative, some full of pity.
"Thank you" I tried to say with a small smile, but all I could do was a whisper as my throat was sore.
His face seemed to settle in anger after I said that to him. He kneels to me.
" I didn't fucking do it for you. I did it because I needed my beta. You're just a wolf less bitch who got her parents killed. " He growls in my ear low enough for only me to hear. My heart squeezes tight from his words and tears fall again. He stands up and starts to walk away. Everyone is watching, minus Sabrina and her parents. He takes three steps before he turns around. This time his face was freshly angry.
" WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME" he yelled, walking back my way.
" I didn't call you anything", I started to say, but I didn't finish because his foot had connected with my face, and it was lights out for