The Last Female Alphas

NO HOPE 2

Ray POV:

I woke up when my run-down clock made a noise. It’s still early, but I have a lot to do. I push myself up with all the strength I can muster in my beaten body. Even though my body is screaming in pain, I have to finish my daily chores. I know what will happen if I am late. They will punish me, and I am in no shape to get any more punishments, at least for today.

I limp towards the kitchen to start the breakfast preparation. I got scrambled eggs and bacon done first, sizzling the sausages next. I make some grilled vegetables and at the end get the pancake batter done. I pile everything on big serving dishes and leave them on the breakfast table. I am so hungry, but I can’t eat anything. I just fill my stomach with the aromatic smell of food and get to do the dishes.

After I was done cleaning the entire kitchen, I started with the backyard and the chicken coop. I come back to the kitchen after I am done with backyard work to check if there are any leftovers. But as always, nothing was left. All the leftover food was thrown away. Plates were piled high in the sink left for me.

It’s been 5 days since I had a full meal. I got a carrot cake from my angel the day before, but that was not enough. I am going to faint if I don’t eat anything today. After finishing the dishes, I started working on the lunch. I made grilled chicken and baked garlic potatoes with French beans. Putting fresh bread in the oven for garlic rolls. The smell makes me drool, but I can’t eat anything until and unless someone gives me food or it's leftovers. I still have some dignity left to dive into the dumpsters. I drank enough water to fill myself, walking towards the vegetable garden where maybe I would get some berries to eat.

The garden is a bit far from the pack house, but I am certain someone is keeping watch on the pack slaves, so we don’t run away. As if I have enough strength left in my body to run. I won’t make it to the border without a wolf, hence I have to wait for a few more months. I saw some red wild berries deep in the shrub. I pick some to eat, saving the rest for later. It doesn’t taste like anything good, but I am too hungry to care. I don’t even care if it’s poisonous at this point.

I gather the vegetables needed for dinner. I water all the new saplings in the greenhouse and make my way towards the pack house with sweet potatoes, spinach, beans, and radishes. The atmosphere is weirdly quiet. I haven’t seen anyone since morning. This is not giving me a good feeling. I wash the vegetables, keeping them aside when I hear yelling from upstairs. Soon it’s a full-blown argument between someone, but I can’t seem to understand who. At least a few people are arguing. I am trying to sneak upstairs when suddenly an arm holds my hand and covers my mouth, so I don’t scream. As soon as I see the person, they nod towards the door telling me to follow before removing their hands completely. It’s Davis.

The guy from yesterday. As soon as we left the stairwell, I saw people spilling out from the upstairs room. They would have killed me if they found me sneaking upstairs. Suddenly, Davis leaves me behind without a word. Luna comes down smiling at a bulky man, he has a long scar across his face and dirty yellow teeth. He looks at me with a very creepy glint in his eyes. I do not like that look, so I put my head down and started cleaning the floor.

Another man was beside him. He looks familiar. Alpha Simon comes in yelling for Brandy for his guests. That’s when I noticed. They look alike. I just get Brandy, glasses, and ice, and place it on the alpha table. It’s much smaller than the rest of the dining tables and is kept on a raised platform. The beautiful mahogany table with gold inlay would have been beautiful to look at if not for the monsters using it. As soon as I turned my back someone shoved me hard, I fell down banging my head on the floor. It opens my head wound, blood pours through it like a leaking tap. Nobody helps me, they just stand still. As I tried getting back up, Nicholas slammed his foot hard into my stomach. I make myself small in order to protect myself, but it doesn’t help. He just keeps kicking me. When he is done having fun, he goes back to doing whatever he was doing before he almost killed me. A few omegas are around, but everyone is too scared to help.

When I slowly get up and limp away. I see the beta and gamma families join the rest. They started talking as if nothing happened. When I finally reach the kitchen and sink to the floor, where I try to catch my breath, breathing slowly through the pain. I hear them talking about Blaze, Roy, and someone called Connor. They are saying that the boys are going somewhere and won’t be back for two years. It does not make any sense, I thought Blaze was back yesterday. They think the boys are up to something, but they cannot figure out what. I just hope they are a bit more humane compared to these monsters.

Someone finally gives me some water when no one is looking. I slowly got up and made my way towards the laundry. It has eight big washers and four dryers which are lined towards the back wall. Dirty clothes cover the entire floor. Someone must have cleaned the alpha and ranked members' rooms. Their laundry from last night is all here. I start separating the whites from expensive clothes, putting them in different washers. Nicholas’s clothes have dried blood on them as always. I don’t think it’s his. He must have done something to someone again. That guy is creepy and sadistic. He enjoys killing and punishing people. Among everyone here, I hate him the most. Over the years, I have saved a lot of omega girls from him. Some of them disappeared after that. I never understand what happened to them, but I hope they got away. I pray to Artemis for their soul and safety.

Over the years, a lot of people have disappeared from the pack; some were warriors, omegas, and even young orphans. A lot of warriors have died mysteriously in the last few years. If we had a decent alpha, he would have noticed that, but I don’t think Simon cares enough to notice. He is unintelligent and ignorant. He doesn’t notice that the warriors are targeted by someone, specifically the bad ones who follow him. They end up injured or dead on more than one occasion. And the ones who are against him disappear in thin air. I don't know what kind of i***t they are, but this is bad. It's like someone is trying to defeat them slowly and steadily.

As soon as I am done, I go back upstairs to start dinner preparations. We had some beef in the freezer which I left outside for defrosting, so I could make beef stew and fresh bread for dinner. I cut the fresh vegetables and made a grilled salad. I chop the potatoes to make honey-glazed potatoes with sesame seeds. I start serving the dishes, noticing the beef stew is almost done. I put everything in the serving trays and arranged them on the dinner tables. It’s a buffet-style dinner. Male warriors eat at the pack house with the rank members, they are all bullies and abusers. I used to think all warriors were the same spineless killers, but lately, I have noticed good ones never come to the pack house for dinner, and they are never promoted. Those are the ones who disappear after an incident involving dead warriors.

When I am done, I go get the tea ready for Luna. She takes honey ginger tea with slices of lemon with her meals. I put everything on the table and go stand in the corner in case someone wants something. Luna and Alpha walk out of the guest room and take their usual places to eat. I am so lost in my head that I don’t see Scarlett getting up and coming towards me. I am too late to notice before she slaps me hard enough to draw blood. I haven’t eaten anything and the blood loss from the head wound has made me very weak. I am dizzy. She sneers, telling me that I am trying to kill her with the scalding hot tea. I checked the water earlier, and it was like her regular lukewarm water.

“Luna, I checked the water, it was lukewarm. Please let me make you another tea.” When I reached for the teapot, Nicholas poured the hot water on me.

“Does it seem hot to you slave,” he sneers. I want to cry so badly. But I hold my sobs in, it will give him the satisfaction of making me cry. I grabbed the kettle and walked back towards the kitchen to make her another tea. Once they are done, I am hoping for some leftovers. But looking at my recent luck, it seems unlikely.

Alpha Simon stands up, and walks towards the platform. He starts making a speech and the whole room quiets down. I am startled by what he says, “Throw all the leftover food away. Ray, you are not allowed to eat anything after you burned your Luna.”

His command never worked on me, but I do as he says, or he will kill me. I think I am a freak of nature, as everyone in the room bares their neck. I imitate them but I am a few minutes late. Alpha Simon and Nicholas have seen through my act. They both walk towards me; I am frozen in place.

“You disrespect your alpha, you filthy mutt,” Nicholas growls loudly enough to make the whole room stare at me with hatred.

“No Alpha,” I murmured softly.

“Nicholas teach her a lesson that she never forgets,” Simon growls. That makes me shiver with fear, he is the worst in his punishments. He is barbarous, ruthless, and savage.

“With pleasure Dad.”

He holds me by my hair and drags me towards the front door of the pack house. He keeps walking, dragging me towards the podium. The sole purpose of this podium is to punish traitors. But I have only seen slaves and omegas getting punished here. He slams me hard on the stone floor, making me bleed all over again. A huge crowd is gathered around, but nobody helps me. I can see some people crying and hanging their heads in shame. The rest of them look ashamed, but not one person speaks up. I can’t even blame them; Nicholas would just kill them if anyone disturbed his fun.

He ties my hand and hangs me upside down from the post like a traitor. The rope is dipped in wolfsbane, and it cuts me deep. My veins are burning with poison. Before I can even react, he starts lashing me with the sliver nail-studded whip. He tears my body apart without a second thought. My whole body is shaking in pain and pure agony. After fifty lashes, he stops and addresses the crowd.

“If any of you help her, you will take her place. Leave her here for the night, that will teach her respect.”