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Should I run?
What if I can't shift?
What happens if I do get away?
I hold my breathe the very idea doesn't pay to think about. If I were to get away that would mean that I would be on someone's else's territory, my fate would be in their hands.
Traditionally werewolves require permission to enter other packs territory, rogues being the exception. While most rogues have mastered the art of travelling through territories un-noticed, I can barely shift let alone get through a pack un-detected.
If a werewolf is to be caught on a territory without consent from the Alpha whatever happens to them is in the hands of the well, Alpha. Sometimes they're kept as Omega'a, sometimes they're held as prisoners and used as bargaining chips during tough times. Generally speaking they're killed most packs can't afford to allow rogues to live after stepping onto their territory, it makes the alpha appear weak. Basically an invitation for rogues.
Of course there are the very rare occasions when the rogue is integrated into the pack as a valued member not just an omega. However, that is incredibly rare and has happened only once in werewolf history.
At least that's what I read about anyway.
I study the map my mother had given me, there are three packs that boarder our territory. The Blue Shade Pack boarders the East side, The New Eclipse Pack boarders the South side. Which leaves the North and West to be bordered by The Black Knight Pack which is by far the most dangerous.
"Okay, whatever you do don't run North or West." I whisper trying to assure myself. Maybe The Blue Shade Pack needs a new omega? Or  The New Eclipse Pack needs another cleaner?
"OMEGA!" I hear a sharp voice break through my mind.
Instantly I spin on my heels to see my father standing before me.
"What's that in your hands?" He barks pointing to the map in my hands.
"I-it's n-."
"Don't you dare lie to me omega."
I hesitate slightly, could I get away with a lie?
"It's a m-map of the pack territory." I confess shaking in fear as he takes another menacing step towards me.
"Why would a stupid omega like you need something like that?" He asks in a sickly sweet voice. I gulp he's taunting me; the same way cats taunt their prey by playing with their half alive remains, forcing them to suffer.
"I-I thought that a L-luna would need to know the territory." I say meekly cowering at my father's 6'2 frame.
He grabs the map out of my hands, "you need to know no such thing."
"I'm s-sorry Beta." I apologise keeping my eyes glued to the floor if theres one thing my father hates it's when I give him eye contact.
I watch him leave my room clenching my fists; just before the door he stops suddenly and without turning around says, "oh and Isabelle don't even think of escaping because all the men in patrol have been instructed to kill you if you decide to try anything."
I freeze, a wave of panic rushing through my body. My mother said she had planned my escape, does that mean she already knew about this? Is this her final plan?
I shake my head stubbornly. No, she wouldn't do this to me, I'm her daughter, her only daughter surely she needs me alive for something! I grip at the tiny shred of hope my mind has offered me, maybe my mother doesn't love me but she doesn't want me dead.
Does she?
No!
I take deep breaths trying to calm down my wild mind. I never once considered escaping, not after everything I've been through I guess I always assumed I'd be stuck here forever yet here is my main tormentor offering me a way out. It's not important what her intentions are what's important is the idea, I can escape.
Mother wasn't lying when she said that the guards on boarder patrol change at 7pm I have one chance and if I get caught there is no escape.
My hand shakes, only one problem left I can't shift. I have before but it drained all of my energy in my wolf form I could barely move, what if today is no different? What if I risk everything bad in my life only to be too weak to move.
I'm not weak.
I'm not weak.
I'm not weak.
I'm not weak.
I'm not weak.
I repeat the phrase in my mind over and over and over praying it will make a difference.
Hours, I spent hours trying to devise a plan of my own. Find a loop hole a way out of all of this but there's only one thing I can find. I know my mother, she thinks I'm a coward, a weakling born a failure and an omega. The only chance I have is to run due North, straight into The Black Knight Pack where I'm sure to meet certain death.
If I stay I'll be killed, if I run East I'll be killed, if I make it into Black Knight Pack territory I have a chance of life.
I close my eyes as the clock hits 6. Grabbing a coat I run out of the house heading North.
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Are you ready?
I hear my mothers thoughts through mind link.
Yes
I reply, as my bones begin to tremble. I've never been one for shifting, because of my weak frame its always been an excruciatingly painful process. My father has always said I'm barely a werewolf, the pain involved in me shifting has limited the amount of times I shift which means my wolf hasn't developed properly and I don't have another conscience in my mind like most other werewolves do.
You must do everything as planned, one wrong move and you will be caught.
I'm well aware mother.
Just looking out for my daughter.
I grunt and turn my furry head. Not once in my life has my mother ever looked out for me, the day I started school she didn't even pack my lunch, I had to. Of course it doesn't bother me anymore, after all I have grown up knowing that if I ever want something I have to earn it. If I ever need something I have to buy it and if I ever ask for something I won't get it.
I run through the forest heading east to the end of our territory as my mother and I discussed. As I near the boundary I turn on my heels running North with all I've got, I had to let my mother think I was following her plan at least for a little bit.
I am well aware of the pack that has expanded North of our territory, The Black Knight Pack. The most powerful pack in the country and part of the alliance of three. The alliance of three is an alliance forged over fifty years ago between the three Alpha's of the most fearsome packs in the world. Their alliance keeps peace between their packs and everyone else's. If a war is to break out they break it up before a huge amount of damage is done. Think of them as the government of the werewolf world. They keep everyone in check and handle all feuds between packs and werewolves. At least that's what I was told, but nothing I've ever learnt has been completely true.
A rush of adrenaline shoots through me as I hear two wolves chase me, I look around. I'm one kilometre from the boarder heading north, once I reach the boarder none of the guards are permitted to leave our territory to chase me. I only have one chance to get this right, I let out the loudest growl I can muster and dart out from behind a tree making a run for it.
I'm almost there, I don't want to jinx my chances but I'm so close I c-.
Where do you think you're going little wolf
I suck in my breath and stop running. A large grey wolf stands in my way to freedom.
I"m leaving this pack and this territory for good
Oh no little Isabelle your not going anywhere, Alpha's orders
I growl at him and dig my paws into the ground. I have to get out of here its only a matter of minutes before the Alpha shows up. I can't fight him, theres no way I would stand a chance against a wolf as powerful as him but maybe, I take a breath. It's a long shot but right now its better than nothing.
I turn and run in the opposite direction and I can hear the wolf growling in victory. He thinks he's beaten me. I come to a halt beside a tree and turn back around. If Karma's a bitch then one day this is going to hurt.
I charge towards him, before he has time to think I launch myself in the air at an attempt of jumping over him. It works, put he still managed to drag his talons through my back leg. I flinch as I land but have no time to stop.
Instead I run and run and run and run.
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