Leah's POV
They nearly killed me tonight. He nearly killed me tonight. My own mate. I know they would do it again if they ever got the chance to. Damon and his little group of sheep. They would save me from the edge of death, just to do it again. As if I'm some game. This pack only needs someone to clean after them. It's like we are a group of pigs and not a pack. I'm done. I've had enough of their relentless torture. I've had enough of their bullshit. Treating me like I'm worthless. Maybe I am, but I'm not going to stay here and let them drive me crazy. I'm getting out of here while I still can. Tonight is the night I get my freedom. Something I've been fearing and dreaming about. My life will change for the better. I will be better. I will prove all of them wrong. Best of all, it's my turn to break his heart. I doubt he cares, but I know it will drive his wolf crazy, which will drive him crazy. I leave my abusive pack and Damon Blackwood's wolf drives him insane? What a great way to start my new life. A do over! I need the essentials. Food, money, water and maybe some clothes. I'll leave my phone behind, it's as good as broken. Since I'm leaving and all, they won't mind if I borrow some stuff, I mean, think of it as a goodbye gift, which would be the only good thing they will ever do in their miserable lives...
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All of a sudden, all I could feel was pain. I fell to my knees. It felt as if my cells were being torn apart and slowly being sewn back together, over and over again. This was the feeling of my mate, Damon Blackwood f*****g another girl. I wonder if he'll ever experience this pain. I hope he does. I hope he knows how much pain he's put me through, while he's overwhelmed with pleasure and I'm drowning in pain, I hope he understands. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but maybe in the future. He's been f*****g girls ever since he found out I was his Mate. I guess the Mate's bond isn't that strong after all or maybe I'm just incredibly revolting. Am I really that horrible that you f**k the first person you see when you find out that I'm your Mate? Come on Leah, that's over now. I need to focus on my future.
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I grab as much things as I need. I even go shopping in a few of the Girls who did me dirty's closets. Horrible personalities, but I have to give it to them, they have amazing fashion sense. I run out of the pack house and towards the forest. Once I'm further away, I'll do what I have to do in order to survive. If they find me trying to runaway I'll be as good as dead. I can't get caught. I just can't. I've been waiting for this moment for too long for it to be over so soon. Now it's finally here and I will not ruin it. I will no longer be a failure. I will be a success.
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I try to contact my wolf, 'Inez.' Of course she ignores me. She hates the idea of me leaving my pack and my Mate. She knows it's the right thing to do, but she can't handle it. I understand. The Mate's bond is much stronger for our wolves. Inez is beautiful. Her fur is an angelic brown. She has white hearts around her eyes. She has a few medium sized black spots on her hind. She's enchanting. Her eyes are pure darkness which brings out the specs of white.
'Alright, Inez. You just relax. I'll get us out of here,' I whisper to her. She's been in pain for a while after Damon rejected us and now we have to leave our Mate. It must be too much for her.
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I was finally far enough to leave my pack and reject Damon. Something I should have done long ago.
I mind link Damon, "I, Leah Green reject you, Damon Blackwood, as my Mate. I am no longer your Mate or a member of your Pack. Goodbye." Now he can no longer contact me.
After those words left my mouth, I felt it. I am no longer apart of my pack nor did I have a Mate. I am truly alone. In a way it's nice. I am now a Rouge, the lowest of the low. At least I'm safe from them, but now there's a new danger. Creatures in this forest and in other words Rouges and Hunters.
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...Some time later
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I found a big enough tree to sleep under for the night, not the best, but it should do,
If I want to stay warm for the night I should be in my wolf form, 'Inez, you know you need to come out.' I felt her comply. She didn't say anything, but I knew that she would be okay with it.
I closed my eyes and let Inez do the work. I heard my bones c***k and my body changing shape. It was painful, turning into a wolf was never easy and it never will be, it just gets more bearable. I grit my teeth as I fall to the ground.
I open my eyes and look around. I'm warm and happy. I look down at my paws and smile to myself. I am finally doing this. Time to get some rest. Life is already better. I'll get to wake up on my own time and get food for myself and no one else. No one else will wake me up and force me to cook for them. Not anymore. I close my eyes and let me and Inez get some rest.
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The next day
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"Wake up, Rouge!"
I open my eyes and see an attractive man, with dark brown hair and bright hazel eyes. He has broad shoulders and a sexy back! He's obviously a wolf. A beautiful girl stood next to him, long legs with short curly black hair that complimented her blue eyes with specs of green. They must be wolves on duty.
I look up at them, "I have a name you know."
"Which is?" the lady asked.
I shook my head, "Never mind. May I ask-"
"No, you may not. You are trespassing on Fiducia territory. We ask the questions here," the man replied.
I roll my eyes, "Can I at least get a name?"
"I'm Emma and he's Micheal," the lady smiles. I nod my head. The man, Micheal, glares at her and she just rolls her eyes and turns her attention back to me.
"How do you have so much money for a Rouge?" She asks me. That almost feels offensive, but it's not. It's true. Rouges don't have much money and I am a Rouge.
"I'm not so sure," I tell her as I pick my bag up, and pull it close to my chest, it's not that I don't trust them, it's just that I don't trust them.
I look down at my bag and then back up at them, confused, I ask, "I was in my wolf form?"
Micheal raises his eyebrows, "And? What do you want us to do about it?"
I'll talk to Inez about it later. I should focus at the problem at hand.
I sigh, "Can you please just take me to your Alpha?"
They look at each other and don't even try to hide the fact that they are mind-linking. They both nod at each other and Micheal breaks the silence, "Follow us."
"Our Alpha agreed to meeting you," Emma smiles at me, and I smile back.