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When the Pieces Fall

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She moved with a certain thoughtfulness about her. Every step was placed gently. Whether this is to disappear from those around her or to protect the wounds they inflicted was unknown but, either were understandable for someone in her position. To have and hide an abusive mate was unbearable. Especially when it's him you're hiding it from.

Omega had been beaten into her until she had forgotten her own name. Finding out her tormentor was, in fact, her mate broke her. With the constant inhumanities of her life, she believed herself worthless. So worthless she didn't believe she deserved her mate. Rejection is a cruel thing. Rejecting your Alpha mate is even worse.

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Chapter 1
Omega Pov I don't know what I'm doing anymore. Today is his birthday and I'm still here. He's going to know and soon. I don't know what he'll do once he finds out I'm his mate. Probably reject me. I need this though. I need him to know so I can at least have closure. Even if he kills me, this time I must go through with this. My wolf whimpers inside me at the thought of what he could do to us. I love her dearly as she does me and in death, we will be separated. She's all I have left now. I fear to lose her so much that shivers run down my spine even now just thinking about it. We agreed though that we would stay until he knows. Today is my Alpha's birthday. Today he will realize who I am. I already know I won't be accepted. He will take pride in choosing his own Luna. He will choose a strong and capable girl. He will never choose a lowly omega, especially not me. I force myself off of the floor, still stiff from my restless night, I drag myself to the kitchen. I want to get his breakfast done as soon as possible so I can leave it in his room before he wakes. It is cowardly of me I know to avoid this, but I have spent the last five months dreading this day. I quickly fix his favorite breakfast. It's his birthday and I'd like to be nice to him. I want to pretend for just a minute that I am his and that I'm just simply helping my mate celebrate his birthday. I smile at that. All I've ever wanted was to be loved. I guess that will remain fantasy though. I bring his breakfast up to his room. Never has a door been so foreboding. I stare at the knob wondering if it's too late to drop his meal to run away and never look back. I chastise myself for my weakness. It's little wonder why he hurts me when I'm so easy to harm. My fear is my fault. I put my hand on the knob, not turning it quite yet. The cool smooth metal feels foreign against my scarred calloused hand. Taking a deep breath I slowly turn the knob. Every small squeak and click is catastrophic to my ears. I peek through just a bit to be sure I haven't woken him. Miniscule relief flows through me when I see no movement inside the dark room. I cautiously open the door the rest of the way. Now for the worst part. I take one step silently into the room, then another. Inching my way forward my blood runs colder. His intoxicating scent becoming more potent and unbearable. I'm close enough that I can hear his gentle rhythmic breath. I see the slow rise and fall of his chest under the dark covers. As I approach, I realize he is facing me. His eyes could flutter open at any second and see me. He's caught me bringing him breakfast before. I tremble to remember all the beatings I have taken for waking him so early. I must stand still for a moment to calm shaking form. More movement would mean more sound. I push my tongue between my teeth to stop the chattering. I'm a mere four feet from his bedside table and him. I advance again quickly now. I make it to his table and set down the tray ever so gently. I look at him. His face is relaxed in his slumber. His features are not angry but instead soft. He is beautiful. I want nothing more than to lean down and gently press my lips to his cheek but, I wouldn't dare. A vile creature like me should never even have the privilege of seeing him like this yet, I am awful and selfish enough to crave more. I want those pleasurable tingles against my lips. I lean down just to take in his scent which is more than I deserve but, I can't help myself. He smells sweeter than one would expect. He smells minty and woodland. I stand back up and turn to leave. Just then I feel what can only be described as fireworks wrapping around my wrist. His large hand is wrapped around my wrist making it seem somehow even smaller and more fragile. I look back over my shoulder scared of what I may find. He is smiling wide and half awake. Panic coursed through my veins like ice water. Before he realizes what's going on, I pull away from him and run out of the room. I can hear him fall out of bed and stumble after me. "Hey wait please stop!" Calls out his groggy voice behind me. I turn a corner and duck into the first room I see. He runs past me frantically. I sink to the ground to catch my breath. My ragged sounds fill the room and dots cross my vision. I'm faint but, I can't stay here longer. I stand swaying on my feet and go about my chores. He will figure out who I am and find me but, for now, I'd like to minimize the trouble I have caused. That's the thing about being an Omega, you do all the work that no one wants to do. Tasks can range from polishing windows to weeding gardens to anything in between. I don't mind the work too much and even if I did it wouldn't matter. Today though will be rather difficult with avoiding the Alpha and all. If I do anything that's not completely up to his expectations, then that means trouble. I shiver at the memory of the most recent time. I suppose that last time was my fault though. I really should have been paying more attention to what I was doing. I still can't believe I missed that whole shelf. Still, The scars on my back have yet to fade entirely. I suppose the first thing I ought to do is to make the rest of the pack their breakfast. I head back down to the kitchen that is still a bit messy from making the Alpha's breakfast. Thank goodness that no one else is up early enough to see this. Someone walking in to see the kitchen in any state of disarray would have of been disastrous. I get to work on everyone's food. There are a lot of people here and making sure they're all fed is one of my most important jobs. I must work my entire life around making sure I have enough time for breakfast and dinner. One good thing though is since most packhouse residents are teens, they have school for most of the week so I only have to make lunch on weekends. I decide to make somethings easily cooked in bulk since I need extra time to prepare everything for the party later. I settle on scrambled eggs, toast, and sausage. I get my ingredients from the fridge and set off. Cooking for large groups of people isn't exactly fun but, it's doable with practice and patience. After about two hours the food is prepared, and the dining areas are immaculate. The pack is beginning to trickle down from their bedrooms to find their places around the table. Normally I'd stick around to handle any concerns they may have, but today I have too much to do. Hopefully, the pack will be understanding of my workload or forget about me. I silently slip out of the quickly filling room and head to the main living quarter of the house. I take note of all that needs to be done to the sitting area. Vacuuming all the furniture will be tedious. The floors are luckily hardwood so a quick sweep and deck scrub is all that will be in order today. I had the foresight clean all the tables and such last night so that's out of the way today. The nearest utility closet is attached to this room and I fetch a vacuum from there. An hour later I've finished with the sitting room where most of the celebrations will be held. I suppose now would be the time to start on the baked goods for the party. The whole pack will be here, so I need to make a lot of birthday cake. The most people-pleasing option would be to make somewhat of a sampler. Everyone needs to enjoy themselves so everyone's favorites cakes must be there. I make a mental list of all the flavors needed and the ingredients necessary to achieve them on my way to the pantry. once I am where I need to be, I take a look around and see that I have nowhere near all the ingredients needed to make everything needed. I sigh knowing that I'll have to go to the grocery store. On the one hand, it means that I get to go outside, but on the other, it means that I'll have to carry everything back. I'm not quite as strong as I'd like to be which means a great deal of struggling on my part. Luckily Alpha leaves me a pack card for this sort of thing to put all expenses on so I don't bother him every time we need something. I go and grab it before heading out. The weather is decent today. Thankfully it's not raining or anything. Autumn is just beginning so the temperature is pleasant. In a couple of months, I'll be stuck shivering without proper garments. The store is only about a mile away however with my weakened state it takes me an hour to get there. Walking through the automatic doors I nod at the elderly man sitting behind the counter. I walk through the familiar aisles finding what I need with ease. Back at the counter the man checks me out and hands me my bags. Most of the stuff I bought is flavoring since most food we get comes in a truck every week, so the burden of their weight isn't awful. The struggle back to the house is greater than leaving was. Somehow even with the extra weight, I somehow make it back and start to the actual baking. I mix the batters in machines and pour them into pans. Hours later I've finally finished frosting everything. I'm about to start on dinner when Cassie a pack member walks into the kitchen. "Listen up freak no one wants to deal with your awful cooking tonight so we'll be ordering pizza", she says, "just stay away from the party and there shouldn't be any problems tonight". She turns to leave not expecting a response. I guess this means I can get a bit of rest then. I take one last look over the desserts to be sure of their perfection before going to find a utility room to rest in. ... Night has fallen and Alpha hasn't figured me out quite yet. His birthday is being celebrated a few rooms away from me. Every mateless girl in our pack except for me is probably crowded around him now hoping to be the lucky girl. I have never been so grateful to be left out. I do my best to rest for now before the party ends and I must go clean up after them. I force my weary eyes to close. I don't realize I've dozed off until I hear someone call me. Weakened by malnourishment and sleep deprivation I thoughtlessly stumble towards the voice. I enter the entertainment room and look around. I don't realize my stupidity until it's too late. A boy grabs me by my elbow and drags me towards a group of laughing teens. I'm thrown to my knees in the center of them all. "Here's your mate Will", a boy's voice cackles, "she sure is lovely". I stare down at the floor humiliated. I feel something warm and wet hit my cheek. Someone spit on me. A pair of converse walk closer to me. The legs attached bend to kneel. He's right in front of me. His warm hand goes to my shoulder. Reflexively I look up to meet his eyes. They stare sadly into mine. I knew this was coming. I knew he would be disappointed. I haven't looked into his warm brown eyes since I was much younger, It breaks my heart to see them wet with unshed tears. "I-I'm s-so-sorry" he stutters out. I wasn't expecting that. Maybe he'd feel guilty if he did it himself. I guess I should make it easier and do it for him. "It's okay if you can't then I'll do it for you", his eyes crinkle in confusion at my words, "I the Omega reject you the alpha as my mate". His face skews up in pain of the bond breaking. He'll be okay again when he accepts it. He drops his head to the crook of my neck not caring about the spit still running down my cheek. He uses my shoulder to muffle his screams of pain. "It'll be okay in a minute, just accept it," I say gently. He pulls himself up. His face is an inch away from mine and for a second I think he may kiss me but, that's only my stupid selfish thoughts again. "No please just take it back" his voice cracks as he speaks, "please, I'm so sorry. I love you just accept me". I know he doesn't mean that. It's just the bond making him say these things. Still, even in that knowledge, his desperate face breaks my heart more than the past few months of knowing my mate hated me ever did. I look up from him and look around the room. Everyone is staring silently. I realize what a mess I've made of this party. I stand to bow to everyone and apologize. I hope no one beats me too bad for all of this. Still bent submissively to everyone the alpha stands still in front of me. I shake in anticipation of what he may do as punishment for embarrassing him. His arms wrap around the back of my knees and shoulders and he pulls me off my feet into his chest. I feel him staring down at me yet, I know if I meet his eyes, I will be punished even more harshly for that much disrespect. I tremble in his arms as he carries me out of the room. I can hear his sobs. I wish I could comfort him. I know if I tried, he'd break every bone in my body so, I just remain as still as possible. We go up the stairs and I realize we are going to his room. I have no idea what dangers await me there, but I know that if I struggle it will only get worse. He opens the door and walks to the bed. He sets me down and I'm at least comforted to be out of his arms. He kneels before me again placing his hands in mine. "Ple-ppl-pleas-se look-k at m-me," he says. I don't know what to do. I'd be breaking an alpha order he made years ago if I look into his eyes but, I'd be going against the request he's making now if I don't. I decide against it. Hopefully, this is only a test and I've passed that part. However, I really shouldn't be in his room either. Nor should I be touching him I pull away and go to stand by the door. "I apologize for all inconvenience I have caused tonight Alpha; may I please be excused" I hear him rush to me. His arms wrap around me. "Please say my name and don't ever leave me," he says "come on please say, Will". He begs on and on for the rest of the night but, I stay still and silent in his arms. I'm not allowed to say his name.

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