THE SECOND CHANCE

Episode Three

AN ERRAND OF DEATH

Alicia's Pov

The house prison was a very dark and cold and damp place. Every noble family in the pack each had their own prison house where they put their personal slaves that might have offended them.

Because the house prison was a dark underground place with only a little window that was placed very high that even the tallest person had to jump high if he wanted to be able to look through the window, I could not know what the exact time was or even the day.

My stomach grumbled loudly as I had not been given anything to eat since I was locked up and the urine had dried on my body, so I was suffering from the stench alone. Though since I was a werewolf, my injured leg had healed on its own, though it took longer than most werewolves for two reasons.

The first reason was that I was an Omega, and Omegas are considered the weakest in the pack. So our wolf takes more time to heal us than other werewolves of higher status, but my own healing takes more time than the average Omega because of reason number two.

The second reason was because my wolf had become weak over time because of the constant maltreatment I was always subjected to in the Stephans household. Since we werewolves were connected to our wolves, they also get to feel whatever emotions we feel and the constant maltreatment I was receiving in the Stephans household had affected me emotionally and psychologically, and so my wolf had also been affected to the extent that I could not remember the last time she howled.

And so, because I had been weak in my body, and my spirit had been broken over and over again, at one point, I had begun to lose the will of life. My wolf had grown weak with me over the years and so my healing process had begun to be excruciatingly painful and slow.

I looked up as I heard the platter of little feets coming close to the prison house. I was wondering who could be coming to see me when I saw the only person that gave me joy in the house, Mistress Chloe, coming towards me.

The prison guards all loved her and though they were given strict instructions by Madam Beatrice not to allow anyone to see her till she authorized it, they allowed Mistress Chloe because of the love we all had for her.

"Please be fast about finding Chloe and finding you know your mother will have found her head on a spike if she found out I allowed you to come see her." The prison guard at the door spoke softly to Mistress Chloe.

"Alright, I will." Mistress Chloe said excitedly as she got to where I was, but the prison guard did not open the door for her.

I'm sorry Alicia, please take this bread and butter and water and eat, so you will not die. I heard that you have been here for two days now without food or water." Mistress Chloe said as she passed me the food she had tied to a cloth to hide it from the prying eyes of her mother.

"Thank you, Chloe." I said in appreciation as I took the food. I didn't even know that I had been locked up for two days now.

"You are welcome, but you will soon be out because I heard mother and father and my big brother and sister talking about sending you on an errand." Chole explained as she stood up and ran away, carrying back with her the cloth she used to hide the food before her absence would be noticed.

I wolfed down the food and water because of how hungry I was. Within a few minutes, I was already done with eating the food and the water. I closed my eyes and rested my back on the wall, thinking about what the errand Chloe was talking about would be and when they would send for me.

I must have dozed off because I heard a sudden noise close to the prison which brought me back to consciousness. I saw that the noise had been caused by the prison door that had been opened, and I noticed the presence of Mistress Mia. I quickly bowed my head in fear while she chuckled in a mocking tone.

"Get your lazy self out of there and go wash off the stench off your body, you will see what you are to wear on your bed, and come downstairs in haste because my father desires to send you on an important errand." Mistress Mia informed me, and she walked away almost immediately without waiting for me to follow her.

I quickly scrambled to my feet as I ran outside, going straight to my room. I saw the clothes on the bed. I had never worn anything as grand as this in my entire life. It was a complete black suit set with trousers and a suit jacket. I wondered what sort of errand would make them give me such expensive clothes, but I did not have the time to think as I quickly ran to the bathroom to bathe and change into clothes.

Mistress Mia had specifically told me not to delay and, though I don't always get to meet Mr. Stephan, I had heard about his brutality even to his own wife and children except for Mistress Chloe, his favorite, and how he hated to be kept waiting.

I looked at myself in the mirror after changing into clothes and I could not believe the transformed me that was staring back at me in the mirror, but I did not have the time to admire myself because I did not want to get Mr. Stephan angry.

I quickly ran out of my shabby room and that was when I noticed that it was already night. I became afraid, as I did not understand the kind of errand that I must have to do at night and dressed like that. I looked at the wall clock on the left side of the wall in the sitting room and the time was 10:00pm. It was very late, and I began to get a bad feeling about this assignment.

"Good evening sir." I greeted Mr. Stephan and then proceeded to greet Madam Beatrice, Master Roland and Mistress Mia, who were also present.

"You will do it." Mr. Stephan said, ignoring my greeting, same with the rest of the family members.

Mr. Stephan gestured to Master Roland, who walked to me with a black briefcase in his hands.

"The driver will take you to a location. You have to give this briefcase to the person you meet there, be fast and smart about it and return it quickly. Master Roland instructed me.

"Yes sir." I said as I quickly followed the driver who was also putting on a black suit just like me.

The driver opened the front door for me and I entered and sat down. He went to the driver's side and entered the car and started the car. As the car reversed out of the compound, I saw the entire Stephan household, excluding Chloe, looking at me with a wicked grin on their faces.

I tried to push away the feeling of dread that had begun to disturb me as the car moved, but I could not do it. After about one hour, the driver stopped the car in an almost dark place. There was only one streetlight on, and so I could not see the place properly, but I noticed that a river was close by.

The driver motioned for me to come down and we both did, then he pointed towards a man in black, and we walked towards him. It was obvious that that was the man I was to deliver the briefcase to.

As soon as I got to where he was, I gave him the briefcase and made to leave when he suddenly pulled out a gun and shot the driver dead. Shocked, I quickly put my hands to my mouth to hold back the scream that was threatening to come out of my throat when the man looked at me and said,

"So you are the scapegoat that the Stephan family chose.

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