Chapter Nine- Two Years Later
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Abbie POV
I am currently seventeen years old; my eighteenth birthday is tomorrow, and I honestly cannot wait. It is the time when I will be able to rescind my membership to the pack and finally leave this hell hole behind me.
I never wanted to be a member of the Stealth Pack as most of the members here ever do is beat me or bully me, but I needed to belong to a pack so what could I do? But whatever, as soon as I turn eighteen, I will be leaving this pack and becoming a rogue.
I don’t want to leave Joe behind, but he has a mate here and I don’t want to separate them. At least I think he does as he is so secretive sometimes but he won't tell me what is going on.
Alpha Stuart has been really kind to me for the last few years, he has taken over a father-like role in my life, often acting as a barrier between me and his son. He helps me whenever he can and always tries to make sure that when I work around the pack house, it is near where he is.
Most of the older members of the pack are not too mean to me nowadays but they still often call me names and say things behind my back or to my face but they never hit me. However, my generation is horrible to me. Everything came to a c****x two years ago and since then I have not been physically harmed by anyone except one person.
The only way out of the contract for me is to either find my mate or become higher than him because there is no way he would break the contract on his own accord, that would only happen in my dreams. Obviously, I cannot outrank an alpha, not even a soon-to-be one, but I just hope that on my eighteenth birthday, I find my mate. Whether they accept me or not is no concern of mine, I have done just fine with just it being my brother and I so I am sure I can go forward in life on my own.
When I leave the pack I hope the contract dies, but if it does not then I am safe as long as I don’t return. And the only way to get me to return would be if something happened to my brother, but I am going to ask if he and his mate want to come with me.
The fact that I have yet to meet his mate hurts, but then again I am skittish around others so it makes sense. Guess Joe is embarrassed of me, not that I blame him. But behind closed doors we are so close, I look at him as both a brother and a father figure. He has raised me, and for that I will always be grateful. He has been there for everything in my life, and he continues to support me.
At first he was angry about the contract between me and Luke but when I explained that it was either that or I died he understood, but he did take his anger out on Luke and Mindy. And while it has since caused me many problems, I did enjoy the look of fear and desperation on their faces.
Luke has gotten nicer to me over the last few years since that incident in the dungeons. I promised to stay silent about why I was there and his involvement and since then he has pretty much just left me alone. I have noticed him casting glances my way now and then but the abuse at his hands has stopped. I do not know if he feels guilty over what happened or what but I never asked as it was a part of my past I have been trying very hard to forget.
However there is one person who I have not been so lucky with, they have made it their mission to make up for Luke not abusing me anymore. They still use and abuse me, making me their slave and it is driving me crazy. All I want is to be free, has the past two years not been enough?
However, my main bully is…
“Hey loser! Get over here!” shout Mindy.
Everyone is nice to her because they believe that she is going to be the next Luna. Mindy has already turned eighteen and has been saying that she can feel the bond with Luke. However since Luke turned eighteen two weeks ago, I have noticed that he keeps his distance from her more and more. Which means she takes her anger out on me.
I ignore her and try to walk the long way round to get past her, but I am unsuccessful.
“I said, get over here b***h!” Mindy shouts as she pulls my hair and drags me to her group of friends.
I am not in the mood today, so I start to fight back, I slap Mindy and kick her friends. They are surprised to find I fight back but before they can retaliate a voice booms through the playground.
“WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!” Luke growls.
Mindy and her friends stand there shocked, but they quickly regain their composure.
“Babe, we were just teaching this thing here to have manners. She ignored us and then kicked us.” Mindy replies, tears falling down her face.
I roll my eyes, and the Oscar for most pathetic act goes too… the one and only Mindy.
Luke surprises everyone, myself included, as he marches right up to us and checks on me! What the hell?
Mindy is standing behind him fuming while I just stand there in shock.
“Are you ok?” He asks me cautiously.
“Yeah, just make sure your girlfriend stays away from me,” I reply, not able to bite my tongue. I might pay for that later but I do not care, I have found my voice recently and I intend to keep it. Even if it costs me.
“I am his mate and you are our servant. I can do whatever I want to you.” Mindy sneers.
“No you cannot, what we did was cruel and sick!” Luke growls.
“So? She deserved it then, and she deserves it now.” Mindy continues to sneer.
“No, she doesn’t. No one does.” Luke pulls out an old piece of paper from his back pocket. “And it ends here today, it never should have gone on for this long.”
"What are you doing?!" Mindy shrieks.
"Something I should have done two years ago." Luke growls.
I watch in surprise as he tears up the paper.
“Please, forgive me.” He says, bowing his neck and submitting to me.
I stand there in shock, no one moves. Mindy starts to growl, but Luke does not move.
“I… Wha…” I try to say but I am unable to.
“b***h! What have you done to him?” Mindy shrieks, slapping me across the face again. I swear my face is going to break in a minute, with her wolf Mindy is so much stronger now and she knows it.
“I haven’t done anything,” I say.
Before Mindy can do anything more Mr. Heading our headteacher appears.
“What is going on here?” He asks.
“She is bullying us and making Luke submit,” Mindy growls while pointing at me.
I take a sigh and don’t bother to respond, what is the point? Nothing ever changes. I see now that what Luke did was all a ploy to worsen my punishment. Great.
“I am righting a wrong,” Luke replies, still not lifting his head.
Mr. Heading looks between all of us with curiosity in his eyes, I just shrug my shoulders not really knowing what to say or do.
“I see. Mr. Stealth and Ms. Monday I will see you both in my office. Chop, chop.” He orders. Luke and Mindy looks shocked but they quickly comply.
Mr. Heading then reaches out and touches my face, he runs his hand over the lump that I can feel forming. The touch is cold and oddly soothing on my skin.
“Go home Abbie, it will be ready for you tomorrow.” Mr. Heading tells me.
I send him a small smile before I head back home.
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