Filed To Story: Fated is Overrated Novel Free by Brenda Minnaard
Returning home from the party and after everything that happened, I feel a mixture of heartache and almost uncontrollable rage. Nadia and Jason knew it was me. Why would they defend that piece of sh*t over their best friend? I can and have taken a lot of sh*t in my life, but having the last and only two people I have left in my life betray me like that makes me break down completely. For the first time since my mother passed, I feel hot tears streaming across my face like a dam that just broke. Panting and ugly sobbing, I head up to my bedroom and crash on the bed. What am I going to do? I can’t stay here. I won’t stay here now. What is there left for me in this world? I might as well go rogue and live the remainder of my life in the woods. Or perhaps if I can find a really nice human town far, far away, take residence there.
I can’t believe they betrayed me like that. I saw the recognition in their eyes, I recognized them just as much as they recognized me. And yet they f*cking growled at me for standing up for myself for once in my life. Not to mention I was only standing up for myself because I was about to get r*ped by that bastard… I’m not sure what got into his wolf as I have never seen an Alpha wolf act like that, perhaps he pitied me and didn’t agree with his human counterpart trying to r*pe me either. But I’m sure this will only mean Chris will end my life himself when he finds me. Nobody defies him unpunished. Thinking of the severity of what just happened, I throw a duffel bag on the bed, quickly tossing my essential belongings in there. The advantage of being a poor orphan in cases such as this is that I don’t have much to bring anyway. I throw in my basic clothes, mostly Nadia’s hand-me-downs. Although I don’t want to be reminded of her, I do really need to bring clothes. Toothbrush, hair comb, a picture of my mom and as much food as my bag can hold, are the remnants of what I have called my life as I toss them into the bag. I leave my phone at home. Nobody to call anyway and if I run into trouble and need medical attention to survive – so be it, then I guess my time has come. This is not much to call a life anyway. Should I leave a note? There is not really much to say. Nobody here loves or cares for me at all, I have even lost the last two people I thought loved me back. With that, I decide to write only “f*ck you all. Thanks for the sh*t show. I’m out”.
Without wasting any more precious time, I barge out the door and start pacing through the woods towards the pack borders. ‘Ehm, my wolf.. Are you there? Are you OK? I’m sorry if this isn’t what you had imagined for your human counterpart. I’m sorry you are stuck with me and I’m sorry I’m forcing us to go rogue. I hope you can see my reasoning and forgive me one day, although I really don’t deserve your forgiveness.’ ‘my name is Liberty, Lola. And don’t you ever apologize to me for all the sh*t you have been put through. I have seen your memories and I am really proud to have you as my human part. I wish you could see yourself like I do. I know you have been belittled and put down a lot, made to believe you are worthless. Please know you are above that and I won’t tolerate anyone bringing you down ever again! You are not making me go rogue, I choose to be one in unison with you. We are and will always be a team and leaving this place is the best choice you could make for us. Never question your instinct. We are meant for better things than this. I would love to take us out of here myself but what we did back there was exhausting, and I really need some rest. Call my name if you need me, OK? Also, before you head out to unclaimed territory, use the pack mind link to reject the pack officially’ ‘ok, rest well Liberty. You are too kind’. I smile at my wolf’s words, she is so kind to me. I sure hope I can be the human counterpart she deserves one day. I hope she is right in saying we are meant for better things.
As I walk further, I start wondering how I am even supposed to use the mind link. I never have before and I thought I wasn’t supposed to be able to until my ceremony. I first try to tune into the pack mind link to hear the others a few times. By the fourth try, I can hear the patrols discussing their shifts among themselves – this is useful for me to ensure I don’t bump into anyone. Upon reaching the pack borders, I look ahead onto the unclaimed territory I am about to enter, where the possibility of rogues awaits me. I chuckle at my own thoughts, as I am also a rogue now. Not all rogues are dangerous and violent, some are still in control, but the vast majority will attack without warning. They are rabid beasts lunging at anything that passes. It has something to do with being out on one’s own for so long – it makes many wolves go completely feral and lose their human side completely. And then there are also rogues where the human part is still present and in control – but those can be even more dangerous with sinister intentions. There is generally a reason why they have turned rogue or have been forced to turn rogue (when exiled from your pack). And 99% of the time it isn’t a particularly appealing reason. Regardless, this is my life now. I take one last look back and yell into the pack mind link “I, Lola Chevron, hereby officially reject the Red Dagger pack as my pack and I declare myself a rogue henceforward”. I feel a small snapping pain in my chest and I know I am ready to roll. I step across the border and feel like a weight has been lifted off me already.
Chris POV
My whole walk back to the packhouse I kept thinking about what had just happened. The whole situation was just mind-blowing to say the least. Cezar has never in his life acted like this, like a scared little puppy. He is an Alpha wolf for crying out loud. And although I am already considered ruthless, I am nothing compared to him when it comes to people attacking or disrespecting us. Yet he stood there and let it all happen. And not even just did he let it happen, he actually submitted. The only one he has even submitted to besides our father – because he had to – was the Alpha King. But that one is understandable; the King exudes power and everyone submits to him. He is the King among Kings after all, and for a good reason too. The man is known to be calm and collected (unlike most Alpha’s, who are quite hot-tempered) even under the most excruciating circumstances. But if the man becomes angry, now that is a completely different story. That man is the scariest mother*cker you have ever seen if he becomes angry. Depending on the reason that angered him, ruthless doesn’t even begin to cut it. His wolf is on a whole other level than normal werewolves too, and even among Lycans he is massive and scary with his midnight black fur and matching eyes.
But what I didn’t get is why Lola’s wolf made Cezar submit. And also, why was she so f*cking massive? For sure she is a Lycan, no doubt in my mind. But even for Lycan standards this wolf was huge and seemed to possess raw special abilities with the glow she was exuding, although I don’t think she realized this yet and is even further from controlling it. Another extremely weird thing was that her wolf was pure white. Never in my life have I seen a pure white wolf. Some wolves were partially white, but most are either shades of gray or brown, and then there are higher-ranked wolves who are either silver or black. The lower rank wolves always contain at least a blemish of a second color, while the higher rank wolves have only 1 color. The more I think about it, the more I realize I need to do research into her background and I decide to mind link Ashton, who will be my Beta when I take over the Alpha position. “Ashton, get research done on Lola’s background.” “what, why?” I groan in frustration to his response, although he is my best friend he sometimes forgets he needs to follow my orders. So I decide to reply “just do as I say. No discussion. Also, keep this to yourself, of course”. And I cut off the mind link. To avoid raising suspicions, I send my Delta Jeremy a mind link to look into literature about a purely white wolf and, of course, mention that he is to keep this to himself as well. Luckily for me, Jeremy is a lot more obedient than Ashton as I hear an immediate “right away boss”.
While my two most trusted men start working on their jobs, I am approaching the pack house and I am going to take a hot shower to calm my nerves. I have tried talking to Cezar a few times now, but he has his walls up and refuses to speak to me. He will come around I’m sure, he has to, but it is irritating to say the least. Stupid mutt. I walk into the pack house and notice all the maids staring at me in awe before they quickly divert their gazes, blushing. I got so lost in thoughts I forgot I am completely naked after having shifted. And even for an Alpha, the moon goddess was quite blissful with me in that department. On any normal day this would have made me smirk, and perhaps even have taken one or two to strip for me. But I am in no mood today so I just continue my walk up to my room and head for the shower.
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