Chapter One
Addison
I never thought there would come a day that I would have to run away but I know that I don’t have much of a choice anymore. There are things that I have been through and a duty that I had to wait to deal with my family, but I never thought that they would do this to me. I had no idea what they would do to me, and how they are going to make sure that I end up being screwed over. I want to mate with someone out of love, not because it’s something I’m forced of me to do.
I hate them.
They are trying to marry me off to some Alpha to make a peace treaty or something. I might not have been too upset about it if they would have told me the truth about it, but they lied to me. They told me he was a decent man and that there was nothing wrong with him, but they were far from telling me the truth. There was so much wrong with him, and he treated me as a prize and not as an equal.
I hated when his hands were on my body and when he would try to kiss me. I quickly would make the claim that I wanted to wait for our wedding night, but I know he was getting irritated with my ‘excuses’. They were not really excuses but I didn’t know how to keep him away from me. I hated how this happened and I hate that he continuously treated me this way because this is not how romance should happen.
I complained to my parents about it, but they never said anything to me about it. I hated that they didn’t care. They didn’t care if I was happy because they were making sure to do this for themselves and it wouldn’t matter what I would end up saying to them about it. I think if I continued to complain too much, they probably would have locked me away until the wedding day.
I hated it, I wish that I could have done something differently but there was no way to fight against them. Everyone that I thought would have my back ended up turning on me and they made it evidently clear that they were not going to help me at all. I wanted to scream, and I wanted to beg for some kind of mercy, but I knew that they wouldn’t give it to me. Why should they? What would it do for them? I hate to even admit it like that because it was becoming more and more clear that they honestly didn’t give a damn if something made me happy.
I think that I have just grown used to it. I hate that this is how it had to be but there was just nothing I could do about it anymore. I know what I care about and what I think, but unfortunately, they are going to make sure that I’m never allowed to be happy. I think that if they did, they would probably destroy me and then I would definitely never be able to leave.
But then one day, everything changed.
His name was Sam, and he was a sweet boy. I wouldn’t say that we were friends, but he didn’t treat me like I was someone to be afraid of. He made sure to treat me like I was someone like him, someone who deserved his respect. I liked that because I liked being close friends with someone who wouldn’t end up screwing me over, but it became more and more clear just how much he probably felt about me.
I knew he liked me, but I didn’t think much about it. We would never be able to have a relationship because of my parents and I knew that. He knew that. There was just nothing we could do, and it was just how things had to be. I wish that things could have been different, but I have done this all on my own for so long, it didn’t matter.
But then he screwed up.
In a moment of weakness, he kissed me, and I let him. That was the wrong thing for me to do but I wanted some kind of intimate moment that I wasn’t disgusted by. Well, the Alpha dropped by at that moment and flipped out. He called me a whore and ripped Sam away from me, flinging him against the wall. Sam was a warrior, but he couldn’t win against an Alpha. Sam was badly injured, and I had to beg for forgiveness for him to be saved. I couldn’t even say goodbye before he was dragged off and then exiled.
He didn’t deserve to be exiled and I tried to explain that, but nobody cared. They wouldn’t say anything about it because there was just nothing, we could do about it. If I could have had it in the right places, I would have begged him for mercy, and he tried to force himself on me. He nearly bit me but thankfully my parents came to the rescue, and they were able to pull him off of me and tell him this isn’t the right time. I felt such intense fear when he looked at me and I knew then that he wasn’t going to let me get away with this.
So, I did the cowardly thing, and I ran.
I ran as fast as I could go, and I tried to not let anything get in my way. I brought limited supplies because I didn’t want to be weighed down. I hated the fact of everything that had happened but what I do know is that some things happen for a reason. I just ran as fast as my legs could take me, already knowing that they were after me but I was not going to let them catch me. I can’t let them catch me because I’m afraid of what they might do to me. I’m afraid that I will be locked away and he will do who knows what to me. I don’t even want to think about it, and I want to beg to just be let free.
Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to happen unless I keep running or die.
But I should have known something wasn’t right. I had to go into Rogue territory, and I had heard how Rogues were becoming a problem for my pack. I didn’t want to think that I would be attacked out here by one, but I could see them chasing after me, my heart racing in my chest because I knew that if they caught me, I’m done for. I am scared to think of what might end up happening but that’s not even the biggest thing I could think of right now. If they catch me, I’m through…
They are hot on my heels, and I feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I’m severely afraid of what’s going to happen if they end up catching me. I didn’t want to even deem it possible, but they are bearing down on me, and it doesn’t take long for one of them to tackle me to the ground and I’m almost immediately captured.
Fuck my life.
Chapter Two
Mateo
The war with the Royal family has been raging on for about three years now and I have a feeling that this year is the one where we are going to bring those bastards to their knees. I know what it was like to deal with those bastards who never seemed to give a damn about any one of us and I hated them. I don’t know why they couldn’t just leave us alone or if they would do the proper thing and not kick out the innocent.
Unfortunately, that did become a big thing that we had to deal with as they were kicking out the bad guys. I wanted to scream and let it all out, but I should have known that they wouldn’t make it easy on me. I have been the leader of this pack; they call me the Rogue Alpha. We have no status as an actual pack, but I have been allowing in Rogues that have been outcasted for nothing. I have heard wild stories and of course, I do end up checking it out because someone can lie to me but it’s not easy to lie when I have a witch on my side who can read mine and intentions.
Unfortunately for us, nothing has been going to plan and it seems like nothing is making the kingdom budge. We don’t even want to take over, we just want to be treated with just a little bit of respect and not get our pasts thrown in our faces. I hated it because it made me feel like I was weak and like I had done nothing for the people who are looking up to me now.
I have kept everyone safe, and I have laid down laws. I enforce them as well and no one dares to try to stand up against me because they know it won’t end up well for them. I don’t show mercy towards those who continuously want to fuck up all those around me and I make those intentions very clear from the beginning. I have been through so much lately and I know how they must be feeling with everything that has happened but even my story can’t compete.
My father had been a warrior in the King’s army, a noble man who would do everything and anything for his pack. All someone could do was respect him because he just had that thing about him. He didn’t let things get to him nor did he allow things to screw him over. I hate to even think about what might end up happening if I allowed all of this to happen, but he did things differently.
He started noticing how the kingdom was treating different people and he didn’t like it. He made sure that everyone knew how much he didn’t like it either and he kept trying to make that known as well. I love dad and I am so grateful to have him in my life, but he was not thinking very well when he decided to do this. He should have known that this would come to bite him in the butt and there was just nothing he was able to do about it from there. I wanted to ask him what the hell his problem was and why he even allowed all of this to happen.
I keep thinking that maybe this is going to turn around and bite me in the butt, but his actions made me who I am. He showed me that if something doesn’t seem right, then you need to speak up because you might be the only one who does so. I wanted to ask him what he meant by that and why he didn’t let me talk about anything else, but the worst thing happened to him before I could ask many questions.