Chapter 1: Adelaide.

Running will only take you so far in life.

Sometimes the only thing you can do except run is fly........ but unluckily for me werewolves aren't built with wings.

The only thing I can do is run.

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The sound of leaves as I step on them crashes into my ears and the adrenaline pumping into my veins almost makes me pass out from sheer tiredness. I stop to catch my breath.

I'm doing it.

I'm finally doing it!

I am running away from my pack and I am not taking even one look back at whatever it is I have left behind. 

All they ever offered me was pain. 

Pain and broken bones.

I ignore the way my heart twists at those thoughts and focus on walking again. One step at a time.  With each step I take, I go farther from my pack. My parents lead this pack and I should have been treated like a queen in it, but ironically the reverse is the case.

A chuckle escapes my throat and I wipe away the blood that comes with that chuckle.

My neck is broken somewhere. I'm sure I have a fractured rib, and the ache in my legs indicates something is broken there too. The only thing keeping me standing is my determination.

The determination to go as far as i can from here and start a new life.

"Adelaideeeeeee!!!"

My heart skips a beat. 

"I can hear you walking around Adelaide!! You can't leave that easily!!"

The way his voice carries through the forest is like a crash of cymbals on a silent night.  It rings loud and clear, like he's just behind me but I can tell he isn't.

I am frozen in place now and as I stand, I see my dreams crumble in front of me. Each and every happy ending I have envisioned for myself comes crashing down as the forest goes silent.

Movement at my side catches my attention and my eyes meet that of a doe. Hiding in the bushes and waiting for the predator to make his exit.

Some part of my conscience twists at what I'm about to do but it's either me or her, and I choose me.

It happens in a split second.

My wolf rises to the surface and my eyes glow as much as they can. The doe bolts off and my brother's heavy footsteps on the earth waft into my ears.

I take off in the other direction.

The branches tug at my clothes and my hip almost makes me scream out in pain, but I endure the pain and keep on running. Praying in my heart as I do so too.

I swallow the blood still seeping out of my broken teeth and I endure the few extra scrapes that I get from the stones on the floor.

One tears at the bottom of my bare foot and I hiss as I stumble.

I'm back up the next second and I'm taking off again. As fast as I can, into whatever part of the forest this is and away from the monsters I call family.

My ears twitch faintly at the sound of footsteps and panic fills me because they're closer than I thought.

It's too late.

"Gotcha!"

Someone tackles me onto the ground and I feel the weight of a heavy body on me. My whole body is alight with pain and as the smell of sweat and body odor wafts into my nose, a pit forms in my stomach.

Meaty hands turn me around without the body of my captor never leaving me and soon I'm face to face with Gerald. My brother's best friend and my worst nightmare.

His acne ridden face and cruel eyes look down at me and I can almost feel the pleasure rolling off him as he smirks.

"A lowly omega like you, thinking you can escape the pursuit of two Alphas" he chuckles "It makes me want to laugh."

I feel his other hand capture my hands and pin them to the floor as he brings his face lower until his lips hover at the side of my face.

His breath is hot against my ear as he nips at it with his teeth.

"It's good you did that though, at least we're alone now."

His hands ride up the side of my dress and he smiles as he crashes his lips onto mine. He pulls back again and slaps me with his other hand when I refuse to bare my mouth to him.

I'm a fast thinker and I don't need anyone to tell me what's going to happen next. With all the force I can muster, I raise my head up and crash it against his.

The satisfying crack I hear is followed by darkness closing in on me and a smile almost lines the edges of my battered face.

I was always soft boned. 

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When I wake up again it's to the feeling of a bucket of water being dunked on me and the bug on my cheek being washed away with it.

My parents are staring down at me with disgust in their eyes and fury on their faces.

I immediately suspect something is up.

My mother would have given me a slap by now. My father would have faked holding her back but at the last second he would turn on me and kick me in the stomach.

He pulled out my hair from its roots once and the pain almost killed me. 

I hold in the huff of regret I would have let out. 

I wish it did.

Tears escape my eyes and soon I find myself crying. Bawling my pain out and shaking profusely.

My lips quiver and I cry as hard as I can. They haven't spoken a word yet but they don't need to. My parents despise me. My own parents hate me for who I am. 

It's almost like they weren't the ones who gave birth to me.

"Oh shut up will you?! We haven't even touched you yet!"

My mother's anger and irritation drips out of her tone but that isn't what stops me from crying. It's the voice that floats into my ears next.

'"Is this what you want to offer me, Alpha Bruce?"

The deep and sexy aura radiating off that voice makes me shut up all at once. I raise my head up and look around, searching frantically, but then I see the black shoes, and long legs, leading to the most perfect upper body and the most handsome face I have ever seen in my entire life.

My mind does something stupid and I find myself smiling like a fool.

The frown the man gives me wipes that smile right off. His blue eyes shine for a moment before he looks back to my father.

"I asked a question, didn't I?"

The way my body reacts to his voice makes me know I'm done for and with a thud against the floor, I pass out again.