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I twiddle my thumbs mindlessly. My eyes rack up and down the thick wooden doors countless amounts of times, what is taking her so long? I know what I've done wrong, the only unknown is my punishment, the suspense is killing me.
The door finally swings open to reveal the women I have feared my entire existence. While we may look alike that is the only thing we have in common, not only has she witnessed every single beating I've ever been given but stood and laughed the whole time.
I stand up and we glare at each other, "w-what do y-you w-want?" I ask my voice shaking. Sure I've always pictured myself finally standing up to my mother but the power that radiates off her is enough to scare away an Alpha.
"We need to talk." She replies in a hushed tone not allowing a single drop of emotion to slide into her unreadable voice.
"I-I have nothing to s-say to y-you." I reply cringing at my own words, it sounds like a crappy line from a romance movie. Just after the guy breaks up with his dream girl and realises his mistake, this is what the girl would say.
I close my eyes waiting for a beating, I've never ever stuck up for myself before. Even now with every word regret and guilt follow.
"Then listen." My mother replies harshly only adding to the romance movie theme.
"I don't want you to mate Alpha Michael." Her blue eyes bore into mine, as the words leave her mouth.
Why wouldn't she want me to? This was her idea after all. "I-i don't b-believe you." I reply stuttering as I try to block out any chance of hope.
"I can understand why you don't dear Isabelle but you would be wise to listen to me."
"W-why?" I reply helplessly.
"Because I'm your only option, if you don't listen to me you mate the Alpha. If you do listen theres a chance you'll get out of this pack unscathed."
I open and close my mouth multiple times but no sound comes out. Do I really have a chance to escape? This can't be true, no it's too easy. I know my mother and she wouldn't do this for me... Would she?
"I-i'l listen."
"Will you consider my proposal?"
I hold my breathe, this is beginning to sound more and more like a movie. Two enemies coming together for one grand scheme where they're both helping themselves and each other.
"I-I suppose."
"Good, come in."
Her mannerism, the way she watches me is so unfamiliar. My mother has never paid much attention to me so I guess it would seem odd to have someone watching me with kind eyes.
"Please take a seat."
"I think I'll stand."
My mother nods her head taking a seat behind the wooden desk I know all to well. "I'm sure you're aware of your fathers plans to have you mate Alpha Michael."
"They're just as much yo-your plans." I stutter my father is a cruel man but there was a point in time when he did love me and thats more than I can say for my mother.
"They were but I no longer wish for them to proceed, if you will."
I nod slowly.
"Alpha Michael is a greedy man and I do not wish for him to have you at his disposal."
"T-that's it?" I ask slowly, I had expected a long full explanation for wanting me to mate him in the first place.
"I have arranged for you to escape tomorrow night. It will be dangerous but its your only shot."
"I-. Um-."
"There is no time for you dilli-dallying this has taken months to organise and you will only have one chance so are you in or not?"
I take in a breathe, am I dreaming? This feels like one of this terrible written books where the plot moves to fast. I mean one minute my mother is an evil psychopath and next she's trying to help me escape from the doom thats been planned since the day I shifted.
"You forget you have nothing without me." Her eyes follow my every move as I shuffle uncomfortably.
"What are you proposing?"
"I want you out of this pack and territory." My mother's voice doesn't waver not even at the idea of giving up her only daughter. I feel my heart sink she doesn't care, she never has.
"W-what do you mean?"
"I mean that in two days you will be mated to the Alpha, you have one chance at this Isabelle don't mess this up." She eyes me suspiciously as if I'm planning to double cross her. "You have to leave tomorrow."
"B-but I can't j-just leave." I stutter in confusion, I know my mother wants me out of the pack I just never realised she was willing to kick me out.
"You can and you will."
"W-why?"
"So you do want to be mated to the Alpha and become our new Luna?" Her voice falters as my mother begins to laugh humourlessly.
"M-maybe people will r-respect me." I say unsure. It's true I don't want to mate the Alpha but that doesn't mean I'm going to run.
My mother just continues to laugh. "Listen here omega you are worthless, the moment your status changes to Luna people will hate you even more."
"N-no they won't." I say in an attempt to reassure myself.
"Wouldn't you be mad if the very person who is worthless and stupid is chosen to be Luna? Wouldn't that make your blood boil?" She taunts getting up from her chair and walking towards me.
I feel her breathe tickle my neck as her next words send chills down my spine, "they will resent you for becoming Luna I'm being kind and offering you a way out." My mother begins placing her finger under my chin and forcing me to meet her eyes. "You're a smart girl aren't you Isabelle?"
I nod my head uncertainly.
"Then listen to what I have to say."
"I-I guess so."
With that my mother glides back to her chair a small smile gracing her face. "The warriors on boarder patrol switch around every three hours, tomorrow night at 7pm the patrol guards will switch over. That is the only chance you will have, my dear Isabelle you must run because the moment you make it into another pack's territory our warriors can no longer chase you." I watch as she pulls out a map of our territory pointing to the east side, "here is where you will run and you won't stop not for anything."
I stare down at the paper, "b-but I-."
"But what Isabelle?"
I gulp, "what if I can't shift?"
Mother just rolls her eyes at me, "then you die."
"S-so that's it? I g-get one chance and if something goes wrong I die?"
"You are a smart girl aren't you." She drools at me.
"I c-can't do it!"
"Would you rather stay here and be constantly tormented?"
I open my mouth but no words come out, "that's what I thought. You have until 7pm tomorrow to decide. For your sake I hope this is the last time I see you."
I gulp, should I run for it? The c-.
My mother's voice cuts through my thoughts, "you are dismissed go home omega."
"Y-yes m-mother." I reply curtly practically running out of her office.
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I stride in to school determined to make my last day a good one. I'd watched enough movies to see what normally goes down, the quiet shy student breaks out of their shell for one day only insulting all of their tormentors and then moving away, or in my case running.
"Watch where you're going," I hear an annoyed voice mumble. Snapping out of my daydream my eyes float upwards only to meet a familiar pair of dark ones. "Isabelle?" Jake asks quizzically tilting his head to the side.
"Y-yes?" I reply slowly, didn't we just talk yesterday?
"Sorry you just look different." Jake says a smile crossing his ridiculously handsome face.
"I d-do?" I say staring down at myself, there's nothing different about my appearance. I have the same dull blue eyes as if the life had been literally beaten out of them; which I guess it had.
When I was younger, before everything bad in my life began I used to be told that I glowed, that my eyes sparkled like the sea and my smile shone with happiness. That my hair was almost angel like with it's beautiful golden glow, of course as the years went by I lost everything innocent about my appearance. My once blue eyes have had the colour cried out of them, the sparkling smile I wore so proudly fell off my face long ago and as for my hair, lets just say it looks like over-cooked spaghetti and leave it there.
"Yeah, more free." Jake says softly his chocolate eyes searching my face, "happier."
"W-what?" I whisper I've never been called happy, ever.
"You heard me," Jake replies his eyes never leaving my face, his breathe tickling my nose.
"I-I have to g-go." I cry stumbling away from him my heart beating out of my chest. What just happened? Did I just have a moment with Jake?
"Isabelle wait!" I hear him cry but I don't stop, I can't afford to draw any attention to myself. After all I'll never have to see any of these people ever again anyways.
"Please," I hear Jake murmur turning around I can't help but gape at him, how could he of possibly got here so fast?
"What d-do you w-want J-Jake?" I reply shakily forcing my arm out of his grip.
"I have a proposition." Jake said taking a step back.
"A p-proposition?" I say staring at him, is this boy truly insane? What does he want me to be his pack's new Omega?
"Y-yes." He stutters turning red. "I uh I want you to be my ummm L-."
"Babe!" We both turn to see Natalie clunking towards us on 8 inch heels.
I turn back to see Jake and is that an annoyed expression?
"What do you want Natalie?" He says not even turning to face her.
"I want to be with my boyfriend is that so bad?" She asks fluttering her eyelashes and flicking her hair.
Once again I'm drawn to Jake's less than enthusiastic response, "I um we're not we're no-." He says awkwardly backing away from the bimbo.
"We're not what honey?" She asks grabbing his hand and pulling him closer.
"We're not umm-."
"Isabelle! What are you doing here, with my boyfriend?" Natalie asks finally acknowledging my presence.
"I was umm j-just s-stopping by?" I say unsurely.
"Well now that Jake's with me you can leave, go crawl back under whatever rock you came from." I stare at her and then Jake who seems to be looking anywhere but me.
"I g-guess." I mumble turning away two things left on my mind. The fact that Natalie didn't insult me once and whatever Jake was going to ask me. Could it be? No it couldn't but what else stars with a L?
Walking through the halls I've always hated they don't seem as bad, after all no ones watching. No one notices the nervous skip in my step, my darting eyes, or my shaky hands. Not one person turns their head as I trip over my own feet falling into some poor soul's locker. And even if they did notice, they didn't care.
Maybe it's not so bad here after all, I mean no one but Natalie really hates me and even she barely has time to taunt me. It's the only home I've ever known and what's so bad about getting hit a few times? It's mainly my fault anyways I can't just blame this all on my parents as if I'm blameless. Most people only hate me because I'm so weird, always talking to myself and stuff, what's even bad about this place?
Maybe I'll stay, I'm content with this life, sure I get taunted but who doesn't? Bullying is so common these days it's not even a big deal and as for the hitting I bring it on myself really. If I wasn't so weak there wouldn't even be a problem.
Mating the Alpha won't be to bad, I'll be Luna and people might even start to notice me.
Maybe running away isn't the right thing to do, after all my life here isn't even that bad.
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