Alpha Daniel

The broken glas

Omega Allison’s pov

I woke up sitting on my mattress, so it wasn’t a dream then, my tears still made my eyes hurt, and the damp, moist where I was living was making everything so much worse when I was still trying not to whine over the intense pain in my side, even if it was duller, it was still there, and so was the heartache from the Alpha that I had rejected.

Covering my face with my hands, making even more sniffles, not that anyone cared that I was hurting. Not even the other Omegas liked me, they had their mates and families, and I was alone in an abandoned building, orphan and unwanted. I knew what this pack thought of me and cursed at me whenever they saw me, it was like they hated my existence, and I didn’t even know why? I never had hurt anyone, never had fought back when someone was hurting me. I tried so hard to do the best I could when doing a chore, no matter how meaningless it was….

“Stop it, stop feeling sorry for yourself. You did this….” I hissed at myself, trying to stop crying because it was true. I did tell my mate that I didn’t want him, couldn’t be with him and that I wasn’t even worthy of being in the same room as he entered…. I looked up, hopeless at the moldy stains covering the basement ceiling, like a weird pattern spreading over the years.

Here I was, still staring at it, with nowhere to go or run, not even going rogue because what would that help? I was going to be caught and then punished. worse than being beaten by pack members having a bad day or guards having too much free time on their hands, making them stroll into the omega quarters and pick me out since I had red hair and make me do…. Unspeakable things…. My body shuddered, pushing the thoughts away; if I just could get away from here, my mate could meet someone new and forget I ever existed in this hell I called home. I would do whatever it took to stay away. I could live in the forest. I didn’t eat that much. I wasn’t allowed too anyways…

My hands still shaking the slightest, finding the small wrap of cloth I had been saving for days. I was so hungry. I couldn’t resist the small loaf of bread and cheese that was my ration for this week. I didn’t get as much as the others and didn’t deserve it, according to the ratface man that was the cook, smirking when someone tripped me, making me drop my small plate on the ground. That was why it was better I ate here, alone, where nobody could hurt me or try to take my food. That was the worst part.

I was still licking my fingers when the bell rang; it was still too early for anyone else than the Omegas to be up or the guards that were on the night rotation when I got up, already in my burlap, keeping my hood up, I needed to wash it still having the spit dried up, there was a lake close by, and I was going there after my work was done tonight. I had food left waiting on me when I didn’t eat the stale cheese hiding away in one of the cracks of the basement. I just needed to get this over with, not see that Alpha that made me forget that I had promised myself not to make him the embarrassment of all the packs, having me as his mate.

I walked out and saw the first guard looking sternly at me. He had no idea what had happened, making my heart drop, not because I was afraid that he would hurt me, he would. More than my Alpha mate didn’t want it to be out there, an Omega mate, and I know that is what I wanted for him, but still… it just hurt me, being rejected no matter how stupid it was.

“You’re late.” He made a fast swing with a branch he had been carrying. This one liked waiting on me to get out when all the other Omegas were gone so he could hurt me. He said I was special and should be grateful he looked my way at all.

The sharp pain made my eyes spill over, and I couldn’t stop it when the guard couldn’t care less. He wasn’t in a giving mood when he pushed me down, wanting me to beg him to stop. Whatever he wanted to do to me was nothing I hadn’t felt before. All the kicks and screams couldn’t make a man stop when he wanted to hold you down and take what he wanted from you.

“What is going on here!?” I was taking deep breaths when the guard looked up, annoyed that somebody was disturbing him when the sight of the pack's new Beta came into view. He looked like he was going to kill someone. I prayed to the moon goddess that it wasn’t me when I dragged myself backward, seeing the man that hadn’t made more than pushed me down. Look at me like if I wanted to live, I better keep my mouth shut!

“Nothing, Beta, she just fell down, tripped over something, and I was helping her up, you know, Omegas, clumsiest…” the guard made a bigger grin that wasn’t replied. I didn’t know what to do. I sure didn’t want to get more punishment for being late or wasting the Beta's time where he was standing, trying to figure out if he really believed the bullshit the man was saying to his face.

“You better be telling the truth, guard…. Or the Alpha will know…” the Beta stared at me now, like I was supposed to come forward, rat the man out, and tell him that he really wanted to hurt me, more than in one way, yeah that was so not going to happen if I wanted to wake up tomorrow!

“Yes…. Yes, I fell… that’s right…” I was mumbling it, eyes down and not wanting to face the shame of knowing that my lying was as good as the man, the Beta knew, and he didn’t care. Nobody did.

The Beta still pinning me down with his eyes when he suddenly let us go, feeling the strong force of power disappear like the air was breathable again when he wasn’t pushing it over us.

“Your shift is over, guardsman. Go back home and sleep.” The dark voice made a command, and the guardsman just nodded, making a grin, and started to walk away when I was about to do the same. This was not how I thought this day was going to start. I was so stupid for eating this morning; it should have been easier to save time if I had skipped that. Now, I was going to get lashings for arriving later than everyone else.

“Omega, wait.” I stopped, not wanting to give him more reason to do something. Maybe he stopped that guard because he wanted me for himself, and I didn’t trust anyone would save me and not want something for it.

“Yes, Beta.” I gave a slight nod, eyes still on the ground, my chest hurting when I thought about the Alpha suffering in the mansion. He was my mate, and what a curse that must have been for him to realize yesterday.

“You are to report to the mansion tonight, there is some big event, and the Alpha has requested you to be there.” He made a weird face I didn’t follow; the Alpha wanted me to do what!? Attend some gathering I had no place in, and he was asking for me, specifically!? Was he insane!?

“I can’t. I’m sorry, Beta….” I hated that my tears were burning behind my eyes; it was so hard to act like I didn’t care about the stranger that I loved, I did love him, and there wasn’t anyone that could make me feel different, not until he rejected me or had another mate.

“To serve.” I made a noise of hurt hearing that, so that was it then? He didn’t request me to be his mate, just as a server? Why did I even think he would want anything to do with me after what happened? He deserved better than me…

“Yes, Beta.” I made another nod, feeling the strange eyes on me, I don’t know if he felt sorry for me or not, but it didn’t matter. I had work to do, and in the end, I just wanted to make it through another day and see the sun rise again, hoping to escape this pack and its beasts.

He nodded, walking away from me when I turned, feeling like I wanted to die hearing the second bell ringing. Oh, I was so going to get a beating for being late. Maybe they pulled my rations for next week! That made me more scared than anything. The pain I could take, but the hunger was the worst; it didn’t fade or go away with time. It just grew stronger until it was all you could think about!

Evening.

I don’t know if the guard of the pack knew that I was going to serve the Alpha tonight because nobody but the guard this morning had hit me in the face; it was making me even more on edge when the rest of the servers were standing in line while I was waiting last.

I wasn’t allowed to serve food or drink of any kind, making it filthy with my though, instead that had given me a huge plastic tub that was meant for dirty dishes that I probably had to do all night, considering that there were at least three packs here and some small ones that had been invented to what that I now knew were some kind of announcement of the new Alpha of this pack.

My heart dropped the second I saw him; even at a distance, you could point out who he was, taller, most handsome man in the room, every one girl around him when I was still grasping the heavy tub around, trying not to get hungry form the scraps that were on the plates, maybe if I got lucky, someone would take pity on me. I could have them, but I wasn’t counting on it. Nobody gave an Omega like me anything but hurt.

Alpha Daniel…. I sighed seeing him and couldn’t resist a smile, look at him, Allision, that was our mate, he was… even if it was never meant to be and that understood that too finally when the girl walked out on the dancefloor along him, she was beautiful.

Long red dress and, blond hair that was pinned up, jewelry hanging from her neck and ears, she looked like a movie star being swayed around on the dancefloor, same as my beautiful Alpha.

Like everyone else, I was still staring at them when the man up at the podium made a slight tap for silence. Everyone was listening, even me, that was still struck by how amazing he was, walking past anyone smiling and shaking his hand. He was the Alpha this pack had been waiting on, wasn’t he?

“Ladies and Gentlemen… pack members… I want to announce that I have found my mate, and she is here tonight….” I gasped at hearing that. Was he out of his mind? Was he going to declare that I was his mate in front of anyone that wanted to listen!? I saw more Alphas around. They would laugh at him, in his face and behind his back. No matter how much he tried to do the right thing, it wouldn’t happen!

Everyone was staring at the blonde girl on the dancefloor still left behind, and suddenly I couldn’t take it. The same sadness that I had been okay with was turned into something I had never felt before in my life, pure anger that was going to hatred when the Alpha was holding out his hand, reaching out. She grabbed his hand, not even waiting for him to speak.

So that was it then?! That was why I was giving him up!? So that some blond… I don’t know w***e, yes! Yes, she was w***e who could take what was mine, no! That was so not going to happen!

The sound of glass breaking filled the entire room. I was pained when the surprised faces turned to see me dropping the whole tube and having my hand bleeding from a deep cut in my palm from the glass I was holding onto when my mate started to speak.

“Allison, are you okay, baby!? Let me call over the doctor!” the most handsome face was staring at me back when I didn’t move, not a damn muscle seeing the blood that was starting to get worse, making it look like somebody had been murdered where I was standing. Still, I wasn’t dead, just betrayed.

“No. No, just… stop and leave me alone…” I was gritting my teeth, answering his bond link, trying to get the heavy tube up again, but it was so slippery around the blood and with the shoes on that I wasn’t used to having on.

“Allison, stop f*****g cleaning right now!” he sounded angry, making me whine back. His beast was close to the surface, and I didn’t want that, not some crazy mayhem over me with an Alpha with no control over his feelings, no… I was leaving, and he was going to be with that…. w***e.

“I can’t! It's my job!” I was growling it back when the girl to his side was coming closer, snaking her arms around his watching me like she could see it too, that he was talking to me and that it was breaking us both not being able to be close.

“Omega, look at this mess. You are useless! I should whip you for this, our good porcelain too!” a woman came out and grabbed me when I made a gasp, not from her way of hurting me but because the connection between Alpha Daniel and me was broken. I was forced to see the blonde girl make a big smile when she curled up closer, ensuring everyone saw that she was his mate. She wasn’t! I was!

“You are going regret the day your w***e mother ever decided to dump you in this pack. Do you understand how much money you just lost by destroying those glasses!” the woman dragged me back to the kitchen, my hand still bleeding when I didn’t struggle. What did it matter anyway? Maybe if I was disobedient enough, they would kill me; it wasn’t like I had any reason to live anymore, my mate having someone else. I hated every second of it, no matter what I had told him and myself!

The woman was just about to beat me when she was stopped. I looked surprised at the hand holding her wrist, thinking it was Daniel making me flutter to see the serious Beta that made me lose the smile that I didn’t even know I had on my face.

“Beta, please, she deserves it!” the woman was still stuck being held by his big hand when he nodded like he agreed. She made a big smile at him, getting a ghost of a smile when he dropped her arm and sent her off, so he would punish me then? Was it finally time, then? Did he just wait for the right moment to take what he wanted from me, like the disgusting guard always waiting on me when I least expected it?

“Follow me, Omega…” he didn’t say more when I made a slight nod and walked past the eyes of every hateful worker in the kitchen and server. Someone tried to trip me, but I didn’t lose balance for once, and I could hear the complaining start right after we left the kitchen and came out into a smaller corridor. He opened a door and holding it made me even more nervous. What did he want to form me anyway!?

My eyes narrowed when I saw the small office, it looked like it was someone’s workplace, and there was a chair where he pointed me to sit down, and I did even if I didn’t know why or what he wanted from me.

“Hand.” It was a command when he had stretched out his own one, making me stare at him. Was he crazy? There wasn’t a pack member around here that wanted me to go within a few meters of them, let alone make me touch their bare skin if you didn’t count the guard from this morning.

I reached out carefully when he had a cloth and started to wipe away the blood, making sure none of it was left when I still hadn’t let my guard down. He wanted something from me, and I was not going to let it happen because he was the Beta of this pack.

“You sure this is the right hand?” He turned my hand over in the light over us, and I nodded. Yes, I was sure when he sighed like he already knew that, making me frown. If he did, why did he even ask me that?

“What are you?” He looked up, my eyes staring back at him when I didn’t really have a good answer. I was an Omega, always had been.

“Omega,” I said; the only thing I knew that was sure when he did a surprised smile, it was faded and didn’t do anything for me, didn’t make me like him or even be grateful. He wasn’t here because he cared, and he was here because of the Alpha that had made sure that I saw him take another mate and twist the knife in my heart for anyone to see!

“Yeah, no… you are something else…” the big Beta stopped like he didn’t want to speak more about it, and I didn’t want to listen or care what he believed me to be or not to be. I just wanted to leave and never come back.

“Don’t stray far. The Alpha is looking for you….” his voice made my body stiff, and I knew that I wasn’t breathing until I took a deep breath and started to walk away again. That was not what I needed right now.