Is this Life?
Blackness, this was all I could see. I could tell I was in a cage. The bars were ice cold on my body. My hands were tied behind my back, and I was blind folded. Everything was foggy as I tried to remember everything that happened. I couldn't connect with my wolf, and my body felt powerless.
My pack was ambushed. I remember the horrified screaming and watching as my pack members were murdered in front of my eyes. My mom and I were running together towards the south woods as fast as we could to get away. Everywhere I looked, people were fighting and fires were burning. My father, Alpha Brock, was doing his best to fight off the attackers. I could no longer see where he was and if he was OK.
As my mom and I reached the border of the woods, I felt her yanked away from me. As I turned around, I saw a man holding her as he grinned evilly at me. My mom stared into my eyes and mouthed the word run. My heart began to race and I started to tremble. At that moment, the man pulled a knife and slit her throat. My heart exploded in pain. I turned to run but the man was too quick, and he grabbed my hair and yanked me to the ground. I looked up at him and he still had that evil grin on his face. You could tell he was enjoying himself. He reached down and, at that moment, I knew my life was over. I will meet my mom in the afterlife. I closed my eyes preparing for my last breath as something was placed over my mouth, and everything went hazy.
I woke up in this damn cage. Why am I still alive? Why didn’t he kill me too? I started to cry. I just want to go home. Is there even a home to go back to? I started to hear others crying. There was more than just me here. I could feel movement. Were we in a van? Where were they taking us? Who was all here? I wish he would have just slit my throat and this would be over.
I'm not sure how long we have been traveling. I kept coming in and out of consciousness. We finally stopped moving and I could hear someone talking, but I am not sure who they are or how many of them are out there. The doors where I was opened with a loud bang. The cage i was in was lifted and started moving out of the van, which made me nauseous. "Take them to the great hall, Alpha Damion will be there shortly" someone shouted. He sounded high in rank, probably the Beta. I knew most of the packs in this region, but i never would have thought any of them would be capable of something like this.
My cage was dropped on the floor, my head hit the side of one of the bars. "Stupid filthy b***h" the guard screamed at me. I heard him spit and wetness covered my face. It took everything in me to bite my tongue. I wanted to rip his head from his body. "You will get what is coming to you" he said, before walking away. I heard other cages being dropped around me. The others were crying. I heard some begging to be let go. I could tell so far they were all females. I could hear some children as well. Was this supposed to be some kind of barbaric slavery operation?
My blind fold was taken off, when I opened my eyes it was hard to see at first. I still couldn't hear or feel my wolf. I scanned the room and it was huge. Everything looked beautiful. Our pack was close, but we weren't the wealthiest. This was like being in a palace. Then it hit me. The only pack I have ever heard of living in a palace was the Shadow Moon Pack. Their alpha was said to be the deadliest and power hungry in hundreds of years. We have all been living in peace, but rumors were spreading of his thirst for blood. My father said these were just rumors though. He said people are always exaggerating things. Well Dad, I guess this one wasn't a rumor after all.
I recognized most of the people around me and my heart was breaking. This was my pack, my family and they are treating us like slaves. There were so many tears and you could see just how afraid everyone was. Just then, a few cages over, I spotted my best friend Liana. "Liana!" I screamed! She looked up, her eyes were soaked with tears. "Are you hurt?" I asked her. She shook her head no. Before I could ask her anything else, the guards started coming in. There must have been around 50 of them. Then he entered and he turned his head directly at me.