Laney's POV
Hello, my name is Laney and this is my story.
I am an Omega, I wasn’t always an Omega. I was a Warriors Daughter. My parents, Jackie and Kent, are pack warriors. They are strong and great trackers. My father is Alpha Michael's top tracker/warrior, and my mother is Luna Angie’s and the Beta Female Sari's best friend. My Father has been best friends with Alpha Michael and Beta Carl since they were in grade school. We are part of the Orion Mist Pack. We are small with about three hundred pack members. We are one of the strongest packs in the US. The Orion Mist Pack is located north of Billings.
You would think that I would be like my family and pack members and get my wolf at 16 or even 17. But here I am at 18 and still no wolf.
I have embarrassed my parents by being their only child, with no wolf. The Doctor has told them that my wolf is just dormant. But, that has not changed Alpha Michael's mind about me. He even convinced my parents that I am weak and that I don't deserve to be their daughter. I was kicked out of my home, I was forced by the Alpha to leave my house and become not just an Omega but a Slave. I live in the attic with a broken window. I have no a/c or heat. I sleep on an old sleeping bag with a towel as a pillow and bath towel. I have a small closet that has a few clothes in it and a pair of shoes that were given to me by Luna Angie. It is my little room. Everywhere else it is full of old furniture and boxes. Luna Angie doesn't like to throw anything away. Everything that I owned when I was with my parents was taken from me when they kicked me out and forced me into the Pack house. I snuck one item and that is a picture of us from when I was 14 and we went to Disney World. We were happy then and it was the best day, no drama, no having to worry about anything.We took a picture next to Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
I keep the picture next to my bed. I like to make sure that I remember the best of times. Even if they are not great anymore, I like to remember what we once had. They are still my parents and no matter what happens, I still love them. I can't always be mad at them, no matter what. When I find my mate and he accepts me for being wolfless or having a dormant wolf like what the doctor says, I want to make sure that I still have my parents.
I do feel lucky some days and other days not so much. Being a slave is the worst position in any pack. Alpha Michael can't stand to look at me, so I am not allowed to eat with the rest of the pack members, and that includes the Omega's as well in the kitchen. I have to eat in the attic, and all I am allowed is bread, lunch meat and water. I do sneak a few tasty bites. After all, I am the only one that does the cooking for everyone in the packhouse with the help of one Omega. She is shy.
All the cooking and cleaning took a lot of my time, so I had to graduate High School with the credits I had. If it weren't for those college credit courses, the Alpha would have made me drop out. Casey, my best friend, left a month later. She wanted to stay with me but I wouldn't let her. I could't do that to her, especially since my friends were commanded to never talk to me or stay friends with me. Another punishment from the Alpha for not having a wolf.
Being an Omega slave, I had to make sure that every room in the house was clean, even if none stayed in the room. I did the hard jobs like scrubbing the hard floors on my hands and knees with a scrub brush, not a mop. All the windows in the packhouse had to be cleaned once a week. There were over 80 windows in the building. Cooking meals was my favorite thing to do. I always made sure that Alpha and Luna were taken care of before everyone else. They have their own quarters and stay up there for breakfast and sometimes lunch. Dinner is always downstairs in the main dining room. I make sure to stay out of Alpha Michaels way. One morning, he woke up 2 hours early and saw me in the Alpha's quarters making their breakfast and as I was finishing, he came up and threw what I made at a wall and shoved me into the hot stove and told me that I needed to leave now before he kills me. Luckily, I turned the hot stove off so the burn on my elbow wasn't bad.
Since then I have been cautious, and if I heard even a sound I would make sure to hide till he leaves. I never see Damien, only around dinner, but he grabs food and goes to his cottage in the back.
I have to understand that this is my life, this is who I am now. I am an Omega, who no longer has a family.
The pack stays out of my way, and they don't hit me or anything. It is like they feel sorry for me.I know that they are forced to ignore me and I am glad that they do now. I can work in peace and keep everything clean. My favorite spot is in the kitchen. I love to bake and cook. Everyone seems to love it and I have yet to hear any complaints. Waking up early helps get things prepped and ready to go. There are times when I can not make it to the kitchen because Alpha Michael sets my chore list and cleaning all the windows or vacuuming the whole house, including all the rooms, makes my time in the kitchen impossible.Although he does make sure that I stop what I'm doing every morning and afternoon to make him and Luna Angie breakfast and lunch. So, I wake up an hour earlier than the other Omega's and prep breakfast, lunch and dinner and I leave a note that instructs them on how to cook.
I get up every morning at 4:30 am. There is a lot that I must get done before making breakfast for everyone. As I walked downstairs, I noticed how quiet it was, there was no one in the house. I don’t remember there being any activities going on. As I went down and into the kitchen, I went ahead and started breakfast and noticed out the window Damien running towards the house in his wolf form.
He must’ve gone out for a morning run around the borders. I remember that was what Alpha Michael used to do when we were younger, to make sure everyone was safe. As he shifted, I turned my head and blushed. I do hope he doesn’t notice me here staring at him. Once the breakfast was ready, I went ahead to the dining room and set the table. Everything was going great, and I finished breakfast on time, so I decided to bake muffins for Luna Angie and Beta Female Sari and my Mother.
While I was mixing everything, I heard the back kitchen door open and in came Damien, as he was walking in, he stopped immediately in his tracks and stared at me.
His eyes went wide to dark and angry. I heard a growl, then suddenly, at light speed, he was in front of me, my heart beating so fast and I let out a yelp and tried to look at the ground or the wall. I don’t know what got into Damien. I tried backing away and he growled and pulled me towards his hard body fast and out of nowhere his lips were on mine. My eyes shot wide open, and I tried pushing him away, but it was useless, his lips felt so good, and I just lost myself. I felt his hold on me grow tighter and his mouth moved over mine so passionately yet rough, his tongue licked the bottom part of my lip to get me to open. I had never really been kissed before, so I didn’t know what to do.
His hands went down to my butt, and he gripped it, which led me to gasp and Damien’s tongue went straight to my mouth and I let out a moan that surprised even me and tried to push him back away from me. I put the heel of my hands on both sides of his shoulder and pushed and he soon growled and stopped what he was doing and looked at me and, with dark eyes, said one word that would change my whole world, “Mine”. I froze and just stared at him and then he let go of me and backed away. “I don’t believe you” I said, “this is wrong, you are wrong” Damien just smirked, and he looked so cute, “I know what you think, this can’t be right you and I have never gotten along, and your status here means nothing to me. I have always made sure that you were not touched by any of the others and that you stayed here and not out there like my father wanted. I know you don’t have a wolf and maybe you do. She is just dormant but I know that when I just kissed you, I felt you relax against me.
"I know this will be hard..."- I interrupted. “Yes it will be, and no one will accept me. You pretty much said so by saying if it wasn’t for you, I would have been beaten or banished.”
My heart was breaking but I had to say this to him. “I can’t be your mate, or your Luna. I am so sorry Damien I wish that things could be different but that is not possible.” Before I could say anything, Damien walked up towards me and placed his lips on mine again. “I know you want me, I can smell you, please lets just take it one day at a time.” He then kissed me, and I couldn’t help myself, my hands were in his hair and I moaned and I felt a smile on his lips and I backed a way enough to look at him. “I will take it one day at a time, but I have something to ask of you.”
I know this may be a mistake, but I can’t live like this anymore. “Okay what is it,” He just stares. I know that he knows what I want to ask. “I don’t want to be a slave anymore here at the packhouse, I can’t do this for the rest of my life” “done” I looked at him in shock. “Wait, what are you saying, do you mean it?” He’s smiling at me “yes, I mean it. I want you to be happy and comfortable. I am sorry that you were turned into a pack slave. That is not what I wanted. It was a compromise with my father. He wanted you gone or dead. I didn’t, I needed to protect you and now I know why.”
Tears started to form in my eyes, he looked at me and gave me a quick kiss. Then smiled this is the last thing you will have to do for this pack. I have mind linked the other omega’s and they are to start back to work today after breakfast. You can pack your belongings and move to a small cottage behind the packhouse.” I just stared at him with a small smile, thinking to myself. Why, for so long did I think he hated me? But in fact, he just couldn’t see his father being so cruel. Maybe he does have a heart. “Okay I will do this, but I do want to continue cooking and baking for the pack.
That is the one thing that I have enjoyed doing.” “Okay, you can continue, but at your own time and you will be paid for it.” “Deal.” I stuck my hand out for him to shake, but instead he grabs my hand, pulls me back towards him and kisses me again. I feel my knees going weak, I feel sparks all over my body. Is this the mate bond? Is this what it feels like to be pulled onto someone and feel loved? If so, I don’t ever want it to end, I want it to continue.
Damien steps back from the kiss and I just don’t want it to end. I moan a little, holding his hand and not wanting him to move away from me, Damien smiles at me, squeezing my hand. “Everyone is starting to come down the stairs, lets go have breakfast together and let them know that I have found my mate.” My heart just dropped.
Damien noticed and squeezed my hand and pulled me toward him again, “It will be okay, I promise don’t worry, now let’s go”. He pulls me out and the first thing that I noticed is Alpha Michael staring and growling, Luna Angie staring and holding onto her mate’s arm to calm him down. Beta Carl and his mate Sari smile and take their seats at the table. I heard a few other pack members starting to enter. I let go of Damien’s hand and stepped back.
Damien turns and looks at me with pain in his eyes. I look at him and shake my head scared. Damien stepped forward and before I could back up, Damien’s hand on my waist and the other on my cheek, gently stroking, “you will be okay, we will be okay, Let's enjoy our breakfast.”