Second Chance

Chapter 6

Drew

I was dreading going back to my room after everything that happened that day. I took a deep calming breath and opened the door.

Alastair was sat on the edge of the bed typing something on his phone but quickly put it away when he saw me enter the room.

He slowly got up and walked over to me, he gave me a smile and I started to worry.

"So your new friends are pretty nice to you huh?" he rubbed my arm and moved his hand slowly up to my cheek.

"I wonder if they're the reason you've gotten so f*****g brave" he spat at me as his gripped my neck from behind.

"Why don't we have some fun to remind you that you're my f*****g property." he licked his lips but we were interrupted by a knock at the door.

Alastair shouted "Come back later!" but he was met with an omega girl's voice "But my alpha, I've brought you a gift"

His demeanor changed immediately and he shoved me behind the door as he opened it. "God you look delicious. Come here, I have something special planned." He grabbed her and pulled her body into his, grabbing her and kissing her before he turned her and threw her on the bed. She saw me and her eyes widened "oh my Luna, I'm sorry I didn't mean anythi-"

"Shut the f**k up " Alastair snapped at her. He turned to me then, walked over and grabbed my wrist. He dragged me to a chair and sat me down facing the bed. He pulled out some zip-ties, I went to stand wanting to protest but he shoved me back into the chair and strapped me to the chair by my wrists and legs.

"Now Drew, you're going to sit there and watch as I create an heir with this pitiful she-wolf. Even a w***e begging for a second of my attention is more useful than you with your broken ovaries and blatant defiance."

He locked the bedroom door and tore the omega girls clothes revealing some very small red lingerie. He growled approvingly making sure to catch my eye but I was already bored. A few days before this would have destroyed me but then again a few days before, he would never have done such a thing. I realised that all of this was a big show. One massive f**k you to me because he could tell me he was losing control and so I relished it. I reveled in the knowledge that he was desperate to hurt me, desperate for me to be his hurt little pup again. He thought I was staring, maybe upset or lost but I was daydreaming about Skye, being close to her, the scent of lavender and sage. Her silky blonde hair underneath my fingertips, her skin and her warm breath brushing my skin as we awoke that morning.

After a while, Alastair could tell that what he was doing wasn't working. He walked up to me and grabbed my chin making me look him in the eye. "You're meant to be watching, not lost in thought. Do you really hate me so, my love?" he spat his words at me like venom. "Well whatever, stay a while. You can't ignore me forever" he went back to the omega girl and I lost myself in thought again. Truly I felt awful for the girl, she couldn't have been 18, she looked 17 at most.

He continued on with his 'torture' and I kept my mind on what was really important. Burns night was only a few days away, I just need to wait it out.

Will

Drew had come to the guest house late last night as usual. I couldn't remember a single day of us being here where she didn't turn up in the night because Alastair had done something or other. I kept my goal in mind whilst I sat through another one of the bastard's long rants about the borders. Frankly I could have initiated some protocols pretty quickly and he didn't seem very bright. He certainly wasn't cut out to be a leader, he was more like a footsoldier. I would bet he was a decent fighter but outside of that, he didn't seem to have a clue. Mainly, he talked absolute shite whilst I feigned interest. He seemed to buy that Skye hadn't said a word to me which he had non too subtly asked about. If it hadn't been for my deep respect for Skye and her strategic knowledge, I'd have ended the cunt where he stood.

"Well this has been very impressed work on your part, Chief Lachlan. Now that everything is settled, I had wanted to ask. Have you anything planned for burns night?" he got flustered for a moment

"What do you mean Chief MacRobert?"

"Well, our clan usually has a major celebration. The whole pack from children to omegas to the highest ranking officers come together and have our traditional meal. I doubt Skye and I would make it back given that we have a few days yet to finalise and submit our plans to the council and I hoped that your pack had an equally impressive celebration we could take part in for traditions sake"

Thankfully, he took the bait right away

"Oh yes of course. I've got much planned, I'm just waiting on decorations and food orders of course and er... er...Oh yes, we have fireworks planned to" He waffled on and on but the plan was working so I could deal with this i***t's nonsense a little while longer.

"Excellent that sounds wonderful." I cut him off mid-ramble. "I'm not sure about you but I had a long night last night, maybe drank a little too much. I need some rest so I shall retire to my room but I'm sure to see you at dinner, yes?"

"Yes of course. I shall see you then"

Finally I could walk away from this guy and avoid him as much as possible until the evening.

Drew

"Drew where the f**k are you?!" I could hear Alastair shouting as I was sat at my dresser in our room. I had spent the night with Skye again but knowing he would look for me after his morning meeting with Will I had made sure to come back early and get a shower so he wouldn't catch her scent on me.

"Hi honey, I'm here" I said meekly. I had gotten good at playing the scared little girl. I may not be that girl anymore thanks to Skye, however it was definitely in my best interest to play the part still.

"You've got some work to do so hurry up and make yourself presentable. You've got three days to plan this event."

"What event darling?" I feigned ignorance

"Burns night of course you stupid girl. Get on with it. Pull out all of the stops, I want to make sure this thing is bigger and better than anything that other clan could arrange"

"Okay no problem. I assure you it'll be an event to remember" I smiled to myself

"It better be."

Just as Skye had planned, Alastair had given me all of the hard work to do. I knew without a doubt, Skye was right and he would end up claiming credit for all of it. That would be especially embarrassing for him when he saw what we had planned.

I tried to stay out of his way as much as possible. Skye tried to stay away from me through the day as much as possible to avoid any retaliation from Alastair aimed at me but I was spending every night with her. Alastair despite us being careful, would make it obvious he's unhappy with me and have some excuse or other for rather kicking me out of my own room for the night or disappear elsewhere.

Most of the planning went without a hitch, all of my hard work paid off and everything was ready. Most of the celebration was planned to remain the same. The night before the big event, Skye Will and I sat in Skye's room eating popcorn and watching a move.

"Right guys, as much as I'd love to spend tonight with you I have to get back. If I'm not at the room at the crack of dawn, we'll draw suspicion. The cooks are to start bright as early, the firework display and bonfire are going to happen and we've got enough champagne for every single member of the pack and then some. We even got some non-alcoholic fizzy wine for the kids."

Skye gave me a hug and looked deep into my eyes "I'm so proud of you, mo leannan" I shuddered at her newest pet name for me. It really made my heart race when she spoke sweet nothings to me in Gaelic.

"Thank you, mo chridhe" I responded.

Despite our sweet romance, we had yet to kiss and I was counting the seconds before I could claim her as mine.

I slept in an empty bed that night, I thought I'd be too excited to sleep. I had felt like a kid on Christmas Eve but all of the hard work had taken its toll and I was so exhausted I slept early and almost overslept. I had snoozed my alarm a few times when one of the omega girls came to wake me for the days preparations. I recognised her as one of the omega girls in the house that try their best to reject Alastair's advances. They mainly kept quiet and avoided him as much as possible. "Hi, Amelia is it?"

She blushed and nodded a little stiffly but cringed quickly. "Are you okay?" She looked startled and started to back away. "Stop" I told her. She stayed put and waited seemingly waiting for something. Remembering what had happened to Skye a few days before I moved closer, slowly and calmly. I whispered just loud enough for her to hear, "did he do something to you?" she looked right at me then, her eyes widened and she looked worried. "It's okay, girl. I know what he's capable of, better than anyone." I pulled my shirt up slightly exposing an ugly purple and blue bruise. She raised her shaking hand to her own shirt showing me where her collar bone appeared to be very bruised and I could see there were pink markings too.

"Jesus Christ. Amelia, listen to me. You're to go to the hospital right away and ask for Dr MacRobert. Tell her the Luna sent you and that she's requested she be discreet with you."

"Th...Th... Thank you, Luna"

I nodded but thought of something.

"Amelia, do all of you who get hurt talk to each other and you know, look out for each other?" she nodded

"Right, hang on." I wrote a message on a small scrap of paper and showed it to her.

Leadership is changing soon. This is too important to risk anyone hearing or intercepting a mind link. He'll be gone, spread the word amongst only those who you trust and let me know if I have your support. Nod if you understand

She smiled at me nodded and said "Very good, my Luna. Your tea will be right up" and briskly walked away.

I hoped this worked but if it did, it could very well change the tide in all of this. I couldn't leave anything to chance.

Amelia

I couldn't believe it. Finally, oh goddess finally. I had thought this whole time that the Luna just didn't care or didn't pay attention but I was dead wrong, she was a victim too. Thank the goddess for her.

When I got to the hospital I went to the reception area and asked them where Dr MacRobert's office was. They looked a little confused but asked me to wait whilst they phoned.

"She'll be right down. You caught her at a good time, she's been busy all day but just came back from a break"

I waited a few minutes when a tall blonde woman walked over to me.

She flashed me a brilliant smile. "Hi, Amelia. Don't worry, Teri texted ahead to say you were coming"

I was a little confused "Dr MacRobert?"

"Yes, dear that's me"

"Oh okay" She winked at me and I was still confused when she lead me away to an exam room.

"Oof finally we can speak properly. Sorry about that before. Drew texted me but you never know who's listening. It's a good thing the exam rooms are designed with enhanced hearing and patient privacy in mind"

"Oh, yeah that does make sense I guess "

"Right dear, Drew didn't get much of a chance to explain as she's busy today. Can you explain the problem?"

This is the part I'm not good at. I decided it would be better to show her so I unbuttoned my shirt and pulled it down to show the ugly bruising around my shoulder, arm and chest.

"Oh right I see. And how did this happen?"

"Well I er, fell down the stairs?"

"Are you asking me or telling me dear?" her words sounded harsh but her voice was kind and soft.

"I ah, erm" I stumbled and the flood gates I'd been holding closed finally broke open. Tears stung my eyes and I couldn't help the flashes of memory coming back

"He... he... He wanted to put it in my mouth and..." I saw what looked like anger flash in her eyes. I swallowed the lump in my throat and carried on. "I wouldn't let him. I threatened to...to...to b-bite it if he... tr-tried"

She gave me a soft smile and patted my hand.

"It's okay, dear. You're safe now. I'm going to have you taken to an observation ward after a few scans and x-rays so you can avoid him in safety for the rest of the day." of course she knew who I was talking about, she seemed to be a good friend of the Luna's.

A little while later, I was eating some lunch and feeling a lot better. Dr MacRobert had put me on a female only observations ward in a private room. She had come by and given me some pain relief and set my collar and put my arm in a sling. She told me that he'd broken my collar bone and, a couple ribs but there was no internal bleeding. She told me I'm okay to leave whenever I like but that the room is available all day. I decided it was probably best to just be direct.

"Dr MacRobert?"

"Hm yes dear?"

"The Luna asked for our support, our as in me and the other girls that get treated wrong. What does she need us to do?"