Return of the Broken Omega

Chapter 2

JANE

I managed to sit up in the cell while trying to wipe the tears which had been streaming out of my eyes all the time I was being lashed.

My eyes had run out of tears to cry, and they really hurt badly along with my entire body. No one knew of my innocence, as everyone in the pack had believed the video footage of me. Who could have gone that far in making such a video that would incriminate me?

Just as I was trying to wrap my mind around all of that, the main door of the dungeon was open with a loud creaking sound of the metal hinges. My heart was pounding as I wondered who could have been coming to see me.

The person came with a really loud flashlight that flooded the absolute darkness that had been covering me all that time. I was hoping that it would be someone who would come with some good news at least. I didn't need anyone coming to rub my situation in my face.

Soon enough, I was staring at Darren, who was almost blinding me with the flashlight which he faced in my direction. “Darren… What exactly do you want? Haven't you rubbed it on my face enough? You know more than anyone that I am innocent of all this, so why are you spreading the video all around and tagging me as a murderer?”

In reply to all my questions, he laughed, mocking me as he just couldn't hold himself back. It almost felt like he was intentionally trying to add to the torture with his laughter, which made me want to shed tears right at that moment. But I had to hold myself together.

“Of course, I know you are not a murderer. You couldn't even hurt a fly.” Darren shocked me out of my skin with that as I was wondering where he was going with all of that. “As a matter of fact, I had it all planned from the start… your unsuspecting ass was bound to fall victim to all of this.”

“What? What do you mean by that? Don't tell me you actually set all of this up from the beginning…” I was almost melting from realization. I had never thought Darren would be capable of something as dark as that. For the next couple of moments, it felt like I was talking to someone totally different and strange.

More than anything, he sounded sinister and scary. I was almost feeling like it was some sort of nightmare that wasn't going to end pretty soon.

“What exactly did I do wrong to deserve this?” I was feeling really betrayed at that point, as I just couldn't take it anymore. “Don't tell me that you actually killed our parents…”

“Well, I couldn't stand and watch a total weakling come and take charge of the beta position of the pack…” he said, as he drew closer to the bars of the cell that stood between both of us. “Maybe you deserved to remain in the dark about all that I'd done… but then, I just couldn't help but to show you…” then he turned to the direction where he had come from. “Come here baby…”

That was followed by a couple of daunting footsteps that led up to the emergence of his girlfriend. I was short of breath for a couple of moments as I was trying to place everything in my head.

I was trying to understand why she had brown hair just like me. It wasn't making much sense to me at that point as I knew her to be blonde.

“So she's the one in the video…” I gasped in shock as I was finally making the connection. “Why did you do it, Rebby?”

“Too bad that it took you that long to catch up. I'm really surprised…” Darren laughed out loud as he held her close to himself. “With you out of the way, the beta's mansion would be all ours. Finally, the family has been ridden of this weakling. Enjoy your life as an omega…”

Everything was happening so quickly all at once, and it got too much for me to bear to the point that I just passed out and was wrapped in an evening darkness which I sincerely hoped that I wouldn't wake up from.

***

But eventually, I did wake up and when I woke up it was only for me to see a couple of angry faces that made me spring up to my feet at once.

“What are you still doing asleep on your first day of work?” One of the guards asked angrily, causing my knees to buckle in fear.

“I'm up already…” I mumbled as I watched them open the door. It was really hard for me to understand what exactly I was meant to expect, but from what I heard, working on the Omega farmland was a really dreadful experience.

It was even more dreadful for someone who had been demoted all the way from the Beta family down to the lowest rank. I heard that such people took a whole lot of torment from the people they worked with.

To make it all worse, I couldn't even defend myself at all. Being without a wolf would make me easily exploitable by everyone there, and I just didn't know how I would be able to go about that.

The men took me all the way to Omega’s quarters. Soon enough, I was given a new set of clothes to match the work that I was about to do. I wasn't given any room to rest or to recuperate before I was shipped onto the farm to do really tedious work.

As expected, I was lagging terribly as I just couldn't keep up with the flow of activities which were very new to me. All through my space I felt like I was just one more second away from passing out.

“Get your act together!” Someone pushed me from behind, causing me to fall over in the dirt. I was that weak to the point that I couldn't even stand for one more second.

The whole thing made me wonder if there was actually any good part of working and the omega from land.

With my shaky hands and knees, I was able to bring myself back up to my feet while everybody laughed and mocked. I really didn't know what to do at that point as they were all staring and laughing uncontrollably.

“Rally your asses together for lunch!” An authoritative voice spoke up, finally offering me a chance to catch my breath.

I was on the brink of exhaustion as I moved all the way back to the quarters to stand in line for the food they offered. Right before my eyes, I watched as weaklings like myself got bullied out of their food and that made me scared that I would have to endure that agony on an empty belly.

Immediately after I got served, I headed to a corner where I thought I wouldn't get spotted, but I couldn't be more wrong.

“Where the heck do you think you are going to?”

I heard an audacious female voice and I turned around to see a couple of vicious-looking women. They were the very bullies who had been bullying people out of their meals. My heart sank down into my stomach and popped back up again as I didn't have any words to say.

As I was still thinking of what to say, one of them reached for the plate in my hand and snatched it forcefully. The others were now closing in on me, looking like they were about to do the very thing which I fear the most.

But before they could land the first blow, I slipped out of their midst and fled for my life. I had been thinking the guards would say something to make us stop or to come to the rescue, but there was nothing at all. Everyone was left to their fate over there.

I kept running as far as my feet could carry me until I was deep in the woods. Suddenly, I came to a stop and I looked around only to find out that I was all alone.

They had left me all by myself. Before I could think of how to retrace my steps, I heard a growl deep in the woods that shook me terribly to the point that I was almost unable to stand. What the heck had I got myself into?