Alpha of the veil

Chapter 2

Rebecca had seen monsters.

She had stopped fearing them a long time ago. From a young age, she had been tossed around like a rag doll by those who claimed to care for her.

Her parents had been rogues, and they had died trying to cross the pack borders. The Alpha of the Water Crest had taken her in as a show of his mercy, but that was as far as his kindness extended. Since that moment, she has been tormented and treated like the lowest of omegas.

Her life couldn't get any worse than the one she had lived for the last twenty years. Or at least, that was what she had thought.

….

"Don't fight it. Stop acting as though you don't enjoy it." She heard him as his hot breath fanned her neck. He had her body pressed against the wall as he inhaled her scent. A shiver ran down her spine as she placed her hands on his chest.

"Please don’t alpha. I don't want this."

She begged as she tried to push him off her, but as always, Alex the Alpha's brute of a son was much stronger than her.

She watched as he chuckled. "Come on. If you let me just do this once, I may put in a good word with my father. Besides, I know we are mates. You may not have turned 21 yet, but tomorrow is your birthday, and I can just feel it." He said it to her with a hum.

She had to stop this, and she knew that it would get her into trouble, but she knew that with them on the balcony, there was no way for her to call for help. Without warning, she raised her knee to his crotch and kicked him.

He slightly loosened his hold on her, causing her to whimper. She felt her heart race against her chest as she pulled away from him and made her way towards the edge. She had to get away from him.

But she wasn’t able to get far as he tried to grab her. What she hadn't expected or anticipated was for him to trip over the railing. Everything happened so fast after that. She tried to reach out for him, but it was too late, as he was sent hurtling to the floor.

She closed her eyes, but still, that wasn't enough for her to be able to miss the distinct sound of a crash. She looked down as she noticed the guards begin to gather around him. She didn't want to believe that he was actually gone. She knew that she had to get out of there fast.

Without hesitation, she picked up the end of her skirt and raced back into his room.

This was a bad idea. A terrible one, to say the least. He had been following her for a long time now, and she had been stupid enough to think that this time he actually had a decent reason to want to speak to her.

The alpha would never forgive her for taking his son away from him. It didn't matter how well she was able to spin her story; she would be the criminal. But as she pulled open the door, she felt the color drain from her face, and she realized that she was done.

The brooding Alpha Charles stood before her with his eyes a bright yellow. His gaze was cold, and she shivered as a slave of fear came over her. "What did you do?" He asked.

"I swear, I didn't mean to. It was an accident." She babbled, but he didn't allow her to finish her sentence, as he was quick to reach forward and easily wrap his hand around her neck. Her eyes widened as she found herself struggling to breathe.

She tried to claw at the hand he had wrapped around her neck as she felt her eyes water. "Treason. I always knew that you had the curse of darkness in you.

Your mother was a witch, and even she didn't care for you. And now I will do everyone a favor by killing you." He spat.

She truly wanted to die. It was better than the life of pain she would be bound to live if she ever did survive. But just as she felt herself slip away, she was shocked when he loosened the hold that he had on her.

She coughed loudly as she fell to the ground and took in deep gulps of air as she struggled to breathe. He let out a sickening laugh as she watched him slowly lower himself to her level.

"Don't worry. This is just the beginning. When I am done with you, You will wish I had killed you quickly." That was the last thing that she heard before she felt the black dots cover her vision, and she was soon out like a light.

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Rebecca was woken up by the smell of something burning. Her eyes furrowed as she slowly pulled them open, and she cried out in pain as she took in the sight of the silver cuffs around her wrist.

She looked around in bewilderment, taking in the smell of burning flesh and blood, as she came to the quick realization that she was in fact trapped in the cells.

She didn't remember how she got there, and she felt a shiver run down her spine at the memory of the fact that she had killed the Alpha's son as well as the promise that the Alpha had made to her that he was going to make sure that she suffered for it.

She didn't know how long she sat there. The only sign of life was the sound of the men coming in and out of the cells next to her. She was used to going days without food, but the silver cuffs made her even weaker.

She could barely lift her head up, and then something seemed to shift when, on one occasion, she heard the sound of her cell door being pulled open. She was tense, as she feared not to look up and meet his gaze.

She watched as a pair of polished shoes came to a stop before her. She flinched when he grabbed her chin and turned her head up to look at him.

Well, aren't you a sight?" He smirked. She felt her eyes become heavy, but she wasn't able to close them as he slapped her across the face.

"You can't die on me just yet; I have managed to tolerate you for this long, and you couldn't keep yourself from causing chaos for a mere few minutes. It is pathetic. I knew that I should have killed you the moment that you were brought to me, but I kept you. Do you know why?" He asked her, and he was met with silence.

"Because of that stupid prophecy. Your being a witch and a wolf will help me pull the darkness out and allow me to take control of it. But the darkness isn't around, and you haven't even tapped into your witching ability; you are useless to me. And I don't know what I will do with you." He said this to her in frustration.

She was a hybrid; it made sense to her now, but she had never heard of this prophecy.

She watched as he pulled out a syringe with a yellow liquid that resembled wolfsbane in it. "I will just have to torture you until I can trigger a reaction great enough that it reawakens the darkness, and when you are no longer of use to me, I will kill you". He said this to her in a hissing tone.

She tried to struggle against him, but she was no match as he injected the liquid into her body. And instantly, she was hit with excruciating pain.

Pain was all she ever felt.