Last Chance At Redemption

Mine!

Raven POV

I had some of the best sleep that I have had in a while last night. I’m laying on my mattress pad with Brownie who is still asleep and curled up next to me. I’m both happy and relieved that I don’t feel weak or any pain today. I feel great and energized. The food that Liam gave me last night did wonders.

As much as I would like to lay down all day, I get up and start my daily routine of getting ready so that I may help Ms. Louis a little earlier than usual. I brush my teeth, put on some clean leggings, a long sleeve black shirt, and tie my hair into a high ponytail.

As I stare at my reflection, I realize that I look different. I look great! My eyes no longer look dull, and my face seems to glow. I look beautiful. How did this happen overnight? Yes, the food must have helped but I don’t think it was enough to cause such a drastic change. I can’t stay in front of the mirror all day, so I decide to get going. I go up the stairs and right before I reach the door, I see a blanket on the floor folded up.

I wonder who may have left it for me. I haven’t had a blanket since the day I was placed in the basement. I hold the blanket up to my nose and sniff it to see if I can recognize the smell of the wolf that left it, but I can’t pin exactly who the scent belongs to. All I can tell is that it smells wonderful. It smells like pine and campfire. I go back down the stairs and place the blanket on my mattress before I make my way back up again to start my daily tasks.

I get to the kitchen earlier than usual and begin to prep the dough for the breads as well as the batter for the pancakes. While I let the dough rest, I begin to work on the meats and begin to cook the sausages and bacon for Ms. Louis. Once that’s done, I place my breads in the oven and start to work on the fruit salad as the omegas start to come in. The only things left to do are the pancakes which I’ve already prepared the batter for and the eggs. The girls all say thank you and start working on their stations.

Ms. Louis walked in a little later than usual and seemed tired. However, upon hearing that breakfast was almost complete and she didn’t have anything to do, she thanked us and smiled while she mind linked the Alpha to let him know that breakfast was done.

Everyone came fast and devoured their food without any incidents (lucky for us). I did however notice Alpha Michael staring at me while we picked up the dishes. Maybe he also saw the change in my looks, but he didn’t say anything. I was finishing up the dishes when Ms. Louis asked me to stay behind because the alpha wanted to speak to all of us.

Once we finished cleaning up, Alpha Michael and Luna walked in. “As you all know, my daughter’s birthday is coming up this year and I want everything to be perfect.” I don’t know why he bothered with this speech every year as he always said the exact same thing to us. Tina’s birthday was one of the largest celebrations in our pack. Not even Liam’s birthday was celebrated the same.

“This group will be in charge of the décor” he says pointing at the youngest girls. “Ms. Louis will oversee the food and the rest will be wearing uniforms and taking care of the guests that arrive. Very important people are going to visit and if any of you mess this up, I will have your head for it.”

“Yes Alpha!” everyone responds. He and Luna turn to walk away pleased with themselves but not before both glance a look my way and whisper to each other. I wonder what the hell those two are thinking about. Whatever it is, I know it can’t be anything good. A feeling of unease comes over me and I decide to retreat to my room before we must get started on lunch service.

Once in my room, I expected the feeling to go away as this was normally my safe space, but the feeling continues. It’s like a tickling inside that I can’t seem to shake. I try to lay down for a while but nothing that I do seems to help. After a while, my hands begin to shake, and I feel my heart rate increase. I don’t know what the hell is going on. Maybe my wolf is trying to awaken. Could today be my birthday?

I try to get up off my mattress but a sharp pain in my abdomen knocks me back down and I feel like I’m about to faint. I gather the mysterious blanket and cover myself with it as I start to feel cold. I touch my forehead and realize that I am burning up. I sniff the blanket and another sharp pain comes out of no where forcing me to curl into fetal position hoping to stop the pain.

I’m so lost in thought that I hadn’t even noticed Tinas boyfriend, Jeffrey, walking towards me.

His eyes are pitch black with lust and he is sniffing the air. “I knew you would be 18 soon, all I had to do was wait.” The creep says.

“Get away from me as****e” I respond through labored breaths.

He doesn’t seem to care at all about what I just said and continues walking towards me. I am too weak and in too much pain to get up or try and fight him.

Without speaking he kneels on the edge of my mattress and slaps me hard. “What I’m about to do will hurt you w***e but don’t you dare try and fight me. It is the only way for the pain you are feeling to go away so consider this a favor.” With his strong hands, he grabs on to the waist of my leggings and tries to pull them down.

“STOP!” I yell at him while I try to push him away. My arms feel heavy and he quickly pins them down with just one hand. SLAP! He smacks me again and this time my vision begins to blur from the force of his hit. I feel the metallic taste of blood in my mouth and feel tears begin to fall from my eyes. “PLEASE STOP!” I cry out again hoping he would listen SLAP! Another hit. He isn’t going to let me go. I feel hopeless. No one is going to save me. Everyone is so busy with their chores that they won’t even notice I am gone. Fighting him will be useless. My eyes get heavy, and I can barely register what is going on.

Jeffrey again grabs onto the waist of my leggings and this time rips them from me without hesitation. I can feel him spread my leg and the goosebumps that rise on my skin wherever he touches me.

Suddenly, he dives his face in between my legs and begins to lick my private parts. Tears are now rolling from my eyes while I lay there sobbing uncontrollably and paralyzed by fear and pain. He begins to flick his tongue over my nub and my body begins to react to him rolling my hips against his face. I feel disgusted with myself because of my body’s reaction to him. I can’t believe this is happening right now. I never expected to lose my virginity this way and especially not to this perv.

This is too much for me to handle. I feel dizzy and can’t keep my eyelids open for too long.I feel my eyes start to close for good and as I am about to pass out Jeffrey is lifted from me and swung across the room.

I can’t make out who came to my rescue, but I can smell him. It’s the same smell from the blanket and the same smell from the other day. “MINE!” I hear him growl and everything goes black.