Vicious
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Jasmine's POV
We arrived back at the packhouse, passing soldiers that were already on the way to help my parents, who I knew were already gone. I just knew it deep down, because there was a hole that opened suddenly in my heart, and I couldn't seem to close it.
Once we got back to the packhouse, Luna Leena, Alpha John, my brother Darnell, and the alpha's son Oliver met us.
"What happened?" Alpha John demanded.
I didn't have a wolf, but I felt his fury rolling off him in waves. He would have felt the death of his beta, which meant most likely, my mother was dead too.
"Alpha," Adam bowed. "We were told by Beta Jessica and Daniel that rogues were spotted near the pack. They were rushing to the woods, and we had let our daughter play there with Jasmine. We were able to save them, but I believe the betas are now dead," Adam said, bowing his head.
Darnell tried to run to get to our parents, but Oliver held him back.
"Why the f**k would you let your daughter go in the forest unsupervised?" Luna Leena growled, causing Adam, Lori, and Sabrina to bow their heads in submission.
The growl didn't affect me for some reason, but that didn't stop me from bowing my head in shame.
"And you — a beta's daughter. Your friend is an omega, so it doesn't surprise me, but you," she said, causing me to lift my head and look at her. "You. I blame you for this. You f*****g knew better, and now your parents are dead," she spat at me, causing me to flinch.
Luna Leena had never been hostile toward me before. The venom that dripped with each word sickened me to my stomach, because I knew she was right.
"Get the f**k out of my sight," Alpha John commanded
of Adam, Lori, and Sabrina. He used his alpha voice, which meant they had no choice but to follow it. They left immediately, with Sabrina giving me one last sad glance. She knew I needed her right now more than ever, but she couldn't be with me. I would never hold it against her.
Now that they were gone, everyone's attention turned toward me.
I looked at Darnell, who had stopped fighting against Oliver and had fallen to his knees. He looked so defeated. I reached out to him but jumped back when he growled viciously at me. He stood up, walked over, and slapped me. I held my face, trying to stop the burn that followed, as I looked up at him. He had never hit me before.
Darnell then punched me in my stomach and I fell to the ground. He proceeded to kick me. Pack members were watching — some with sad looks, some with pity, some looked... happy?
"This is..." he kicked me. "...your..." another kick. "...fucking fault," he said as he kicked me all over my body.
I looked to the alpha for help, but he just stood there with a blank look, as if waiting for something. Luna Leena was smirking. Oliver's expression kept shifting between anger and pity.
"Stop, please," I begged Darnell, but my words were empty as he continued.
"Fucking..." kick. "...bitch." kick.
He then stopped kicking me and got on his knees, wrapping his hands around my throat. I couldn't believe it. My brother was trying to kill me. I wrapped my hands around his wrists, trying to move them, but I could already see spots clouding my vision as I couldn't breathe.
One more minute and I would be dead. I stopped resisting and closed my eyes, waiting to join my parents.
Death never came. Instead, Oliver had grabbed Darnell and pulled him off me. I sat up, wrapping my hands around my throat, trying to catch my breath. My whole body was in so much pain from nearly being kicked to death. Darnell stopped struggling with Oliver.
"You are no longer any f*****g sister of mine. Stay out of my f*****g way, or next time I'll finish the job," he threatened before walking away.
Luna Leena laughed loudly while the alpha looked at me, as if trying to figure something out. A warrior came out of the woods and shook his head, confirming what I already knew. The alpha nodded to him and turned around, walking away, with Luna Leena right behind him.
Oliver was still there, and his presence, for some reason, was a comfort. He watched me with a wide range of emotions — mostly negative, some full of pity.
"Thank you," I tried to say with a small smile, but all I could manage was a whisper as my throat was sore.
His face seemed to harden with anger after I said that. He knelt down to me.
"I didn't f*****g do it for you. I did it because I needed my beta. You're just a wolf-less b***h who got her parents killed," he growled in my ear, low enough for only me to hear.
My heart squeezed tight from his words and tears fell again. He stood up and started to walk away. Everyone was watching, minus Sabrina and her parents. He took three steps before he turned around. This time his face was freshly angry.
"WHAT THE f**k DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" he yelled, walking back my way.
"I didn't call you anything," I started to say,
but I didn't finish because his foot connected with my face, and it was lights out for me.
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