The Human Alpha

A Fairy Tale

"Mom?" She called but a growl responded behind her. She turned and nearly lost balance. It was a wolf. A huge one with scary blue eyes. She dashed further into the words with a pounding heart. She could hear it panting behind her.

She swerved to the right hoping to lose it but she was dead wrong. Another jump on her from the side, pinning her underneath it. She struggled to get it off but it wouldn't budge. She was scared. Very scared. Especially when it revealed its teeth.

She heard more growls and in a flash, they were surrounded. The wolf got off her and she nearly peed in her pants.

"Seize her" It spoke and she almost passed out. It spoke! A wolf just spoke! This couldn't be happening. This wasn't the time for stupid hallucinations. Until one of them transformed and she fainted.

She woke up in a really dark place. It smelt pretty bad too. She tried standing but the dangling of chains drew her attention to where she was. She couldn't move her hands freely either.

"Laurah?" Her mom called and she quickly looked around. She could barely see a thing.

"Mom? Where are you?" She asked. She felt a hand on her shoulder and quickly turned.

"Mom!" She gasped and hugged her as tightly as the chains could permit her.

"I thought I lost you. Where are we? Why is it so dark here? And how did we get here?" She asked.

"The wolves brought us here. It's my fault baby, l. I shouldn't have. I'm so sorry for dragging you into this" She sobbed but Laura was yet to assimilate her words. Wolves? The talking ones? She thought she just was having another bad dream.

"Who are they? And why are we in chains?" She asked.

"Werewolves" She replied.

"Were what I thought they were myths? No, this is not happening. How did you even end up with them? What did you do mom?" She asked trying to make sense of everything.

"I kinda stole from their....Alpha".

She couldn't believe her ears. She did what?! How did she even meet their Alpha?. Her head was hurting already. She had to many questions.

"How? Who's their Alpha? How am I involved in this?".

Her mom was about to reply when the door opened. Before she could blink, she was thrown over someone's shoulders and carried out of the cell.

"Let me go. Who are you? Let go of me" She yelled hitting him but he didn't budge. Outside, she realized she was the only one they took. Her mother was still in there. He pushed open a set of double doors and threw her in.

"f**k you" She spat as he shut the doors. Her whole body hurt. Her eyes scanned the room but it was empty. It was just a very big hall with lots of seats. She felt eyes on her but she couldn't tell whose. She didn't even see anyone.

"Hello?" She called and her voice echoed. No reply came. If they were going to keep her here, they should at least take off the chains. There were lots of goodies she could pocket. Like the gold statues lined on the high tables. Maybe even some of the big statues too.

Her hands itched to pick something but she couldn't shake off the feeling someone was watching her. Then her mother was thrown in as well. She was glad she wasn't facing it alone.

"Why are we here?" She asked.

"Shhhhh! He's here" Her mother whispered. She rolled her eyes.

"So what if he's here. I won't be punished for a crime, I know nothing about. He can hear all he wants" She scoffed.

"Quiet, Laura. We don't want to anger him."

"Then I'm angered as well. Those bunch of animals attacked me. They took me against ,my will. Isn't that punishable by their stupid law, wait until Elvin gets to know about this?" She raised her voice.

"Lauraaah!" Her mother scolded.

"No, mom. They're the ones to be in chains not me. I'm not the one who turns wild and attack people. Even the gold we steal in the local markets is worth more than whatever you might have stolen yet they don't keep us chained like dogs. Right, how could I have forgotten? We're in the midst of savages" She snorted.

"Enough!" A voice thundered and they shivered. She knew there and then she had gone a little too far. Whatever punishment they deserved was double now.

Three years labor was certainly the last thing she expected. The king was certainly a nice man to hear her talk trash about his people and still give them three years. She expected to be imprisoned for life or enslaved for at least twenty years.

He had to be a nice person. They weren't even going to work in chains or sleep in that dark stinking place. They were given a room among the servants who were humans just like them. She was damn relieved her tongue didn't push them to their graves.

Maybe he was trying to prove his people weren't as animalistic as she perceived. Whatever it was, she was happy she wasn't going to spend her life here. Just work for three years and she was free to go.

Changing into the servant uniform, she stared at the isolated building several meters away from their quarters. She wondered why such a place would be abandoned. It was part of the palace, wasn't it?. A hand rested on her shoulder and she turned.

"Hello, I'm Gabriella" The freckled girl introduced stretching her hand. She looked about her age only slightly taller. She took the hand and returned a genuine smile.

"Laurah. Nice pigtails by the way" She said. Gabriella smiled. This was the first time someone complemented her. Others ignored her and mocked her most of the times.

"T..thanks" She replied shyly.

Laurah smiled, knowing fully well the girl needed a friend. She wasn't so good with friendships but she could try at least to get her out of her shell.

"How long have you been here?" She asked.

"Five years" Gabriella replied. She looked back at the abandoned building. Would five years be enough for her to know about it?. That building looked older than five years.