Fated to the White Wolf: Book 1 The Lotus Pack series

Chapter 7

***Ivy’s POV***

I spent the rest of the morning down in my room washing, drying, folding and ironing clothes, trying to avoid everyone until I had to start cleaning the Packhouse. It had been raining non stop since earlier this morning and it was getting bad, a storm had rolled in and you could here the wind whistling though the tress and up against the Packhouse making the windows rattle. I heard a bang and people screaming making me jump, I stopped what I was doing and walked over to my cot, I was to short to see what was going on out of the window so I stood on top of it to see what was going on, as I looked out I could see Pack members running around trying to move a tree that had been pushed over by the wind and had landed up against the side of the Packhouse. I realized then that most of the Pack members were in the Packhouse eating and laying around, the school would have been closed because of the weather and knowing Alpha Jack, he would have called everyone that was patrolling to come back in because the storm was getting worse. I didn’t mind having most of the Pack members in the Packhouse, I would just stay in my room until I had to go and clean the rooms upstairs, hopefully the storm would lessen and they would be sent back out to portal so I could finishes my duties with less Pack members to control me. I got off my cot and walked over to the dryer that had started beeping. As I started taking out the dried sheets I heard the basement door open and close. I looked towards the stairs expecting to hear someone walking down them but I couldn’t hear anything, perhaps I was wrong? I placed down the sheet I was in the middle of folding and walked over to the stairs. I froze on the spot when I saw Gamma John standing at the top of the stairs smiling down at me. I gulped, I’d never seen Gamma John in the basement before. He started to walk down the stairs and the closer he got to me the more I could see this lust in his eyes. I started to panic, my eyes moved to the bag he held in his hand and I assumed he had laundry for me.

“You can le-leave the laundry o-on the ground Ga-Gamma John. I’ll get to it.” I stutter as he got closer. I couldn’t move, it was like my feet were glued to the spot. I prayed that someone would help me, but I knew I would be alone and I couldn’t do anything to stop him. As he stepped on the last step I felt an electric shock run though my body, telling me that he was dangerous and I had to get away from him. I listen to it and was able to move away from him and making sure there was something between us, I contained to take out the sheets from the drying needing to do something to keep my nervous under control. I took a deep breath thanking whatever gave me the strength to move. I heard him growl and walk over to me.

“I wanted to deliver this load of laundry personally.” He smiled and looked at me like he wanted to eat me. I looked at the bag in his hands and though I saw blood.

“N-no need to trouble yourself Gamma John I-I was about to come up to the rooms and collect the laundry.” I said moving back up against the wall making sure there was space between us so he couldn’t reach me.

“Oh but I wanted to delivery this special package myself. I didn’t want the Alpha to know about it.” He said with a seductive smile. I shivered and stepped back hitting the wall. I started to panic I had backed myself into a corner trying to make space between us. John opened the bag and pulled out a set of sheets. I caught a familiar scent from them and saw dried blood on the sheets. I looked at him in shock. I felt sick to my stomach. I looked down at the ground not wanting him to see the terror in my eyes, he started to chuckle.

“Proof that Rachelle will always belong to me. That she willingly gave herself to me.” He threw the sheets at my feet. I stared down at them for a moment and slowly lifted my eyes to meet his.

“She will never be yours. You will never be able to touch her again.” I could feel myself shacking and I desperately wanted to hurt him for what he had done to her.

“She was nothing more than a weak slave to this pack. She deserved what she got just like you will. I will get her back from that would be Alpha.” He laughed and started to walk towards me. I tried to back away from him but I was pinned up against the wall. Why did I come this way? I could feel my body start to shake and my brain start to shut down trying to protect me from what he was about to do. John reached up his hand and grabbed a hold of my neck pulling me towards his mouth when the basement door slammed open and a roar shook the Packhouse.

“JOHN WHERE THE f**k ARE YOU!”

“I’m getting him dad no need to shout. John, get your arse up her now! My father is looking for you.” Brittney shouted. I hadn’t felt more grateful to see Brittney in all my life. John growled and shoved me hard against the wall. He traced his hand down my face and smiled.

“You go lucky this time b***h, I will have you one way or another,” he said as he got closer to me.

“John now!” Brittney said as she made her way down the stairs. John growled turning around and stomping back up the stairs. I looked up at Brittney who had a small smile on her face.

“You owe me slut, next time I will let him have you.” I saw a hit of worry in her eyes as she watched me sink to the floor. She signed and made her way back up the stairs slamming the door closed behind her. I laid on the floor and began to cry. The lights started to flicker then a big boom of thunder and lightening hit the Packhouse making it shake. The pain in my temples exploded making me scream out in pain, then the lights went out. I though I had passed out from the pain, it was so dark that I could barely see my hands. The pain in my head had settled and I sat up trying to re-orientate myself when I heard Alpha Jack shout over the screams telling his men to find candles. I signed and stood up. I looked out of the window again hoping that I could see a glimpse of the moon but the dark clouds had covered the sky completely.

“The storm must have caused a power outage.” I said to myself. I moved slowly over to the bathroom. I reached for the top shelf and tried to find the tiny box of tea light candles that I had stored down here a month ago. I stood on my tippy toes, but I was only five feet three inches and couldn’t reach them. I huffed and wondered out of the bathroom and tried to feel out the chair.

Hello Ivy, it's nice to meet you. I squealed and jumped knocking into the chair I was looking for and fell to the floor. I looked around but I couldn’t see where the voice had come from.

”Who said that?” I asked getting up and feeling my way around the basement. The voice chuckled.

My name is Ciara, I'm your wolf. The voice said. I froze in my tracks.

But my birthday Isn't for another 3 days, I’m so confused.

We are special Ivy, the Moon Goddess has blessed us.

What do you mean? What are we? I asked starting to panic

Its ok Ivy, we are nothing bad, but I can’t tell you yet it isn’t safe. Tomorrow will be our first shift, you will need to keep me a secret until we can get out of here. Is there somewhere we can go to do our first shift? Ciara asked

I’m not allowed to leave the Packhouse.

Why are you not allowed to leave? Ciara asked a bit worried

I am a slave of this Pack, I am not allowed to leave the Packhouse. I cook and clean. If I ever tried to leave, I would be whipped and left without food. I said to her. Ciara growled in the back of my head making me jumped.

Sorry I didn’t mean to scare you. The basement will have to do. We will have to put something up against the door to block out any sounds.

What sounds? Will it hurt? I ask

The first shift is painful, but it gets easier, I promise. She said.

I didn’t know how to feel about that, but I have gone through worse. How painful could it be? I grabbed the chair that I fell into and went back into the bathroom to grab the candles, I reached up and found the box I was looking for. I removed a couple of candles and a box of matches. I lit them and placed them around the room. I walked over to the pile of sheets I was folding, my legs were still a bit shaky from the encounter with John, so I walked over to my cot and sat down to fold the rest of the sheets. Once I had finished the folding I looked around my room needing to do something else instead of just sitting there thinking about what almost could have happened when I spotted the sheets on the floor that John had left. I wanted to burn the sheets and never see them again, but I knew that I would get in trouble if I did that. I walked over to them picking them up and tossed them in the shower. I turned on the water and let them sock in there until the power came back on. I got the rest of the clothes out of the washing machine and started to hang them up throughout the room. I silently prayed the power would come back soon, so I could warm up the room by running the dryers. An hour later, the lights came back on and I quietly got the sheet out of the shower and through them into the washing machine. I walked over to my cot and sat down staring out the little window.

Ciara, do you think we will ever get out of here? I asked.

I think so, I will make sure of it. She said puffing out her chest in the back of my head. I chuckled at her and laid down on my cot waiting for the washing to be done. I knew I had to start cleaning upstairs soon and start dinner but I gave myself time to relax before I started the rest of my duties.