Only up from here

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It didn't take long for me to go limp I find it harder and harder these days to have the will. The only thing that keeps me going is my Wolf Lilly. My father grabs my hair and drags me to the basement door and with one hard kick there I go flying. " you better stay awake my sweet little princess daddy has a wonderful birthday gift for you." I feel his smirk as he slowly walks down the stairs to where I lie in the fetal position. "Oh come on don't be like that don't you want to see what I got you after all it is the big day tomorrow and you will be finding your mate and soon he will see what a beautiful body you have. You look so much like your mother did when I first mated with her." I knew I was going to regret it but I lifted my hands from my head and made eye contact with him. Oh how I wish I didn't because what came next was worse than anything he could have done to me. He pulled out a silver knife and began to carve. with that I blacked out.... I woke up on my birthday on the basement floor laying in a pool of my fresh blood. I go to stand up when a burning sensation hit my side making me wimper in pain. "Ahhhhh" I howled and finally after a few moments trying to gain my footing I looked down at my inner thigh and nearly faint at the marking. UNLOVED. This f*****g bastard carved unloved into my skin that will scar and never go away what mate would want someone who's body is so mutilated and now permanently scared. I sat on the stairs and just cried. I knew that tonight was the alphas ball where Cole was officially getting coordinated and my Brother Max would become his Beta. my father would be busy at the pack house today so I decided a birthday gift to me was to not go to school but to shower and sleep.   I head upstairs and take a longer shower than I usually am allowed to because my father doesn't see a need in me having any more Luxuries than needed. The water burns on my open wounds but I push past that pain because my eyes are glued on my now festering leg. Unloved, I knew I lost a part of my father when my mother died but I always hoped there was a part of him that cared about what he was doing. After this, all hope was gone. I go back downstairs and find my phone I have two missed calls from Taly so I figured I should call her back before she shows up on my door. "Hey Taly how is everything." I try to sound causal. "HOW IS EVERYTHING!! Rosella Ana Blue, I have traveled high and low looking for you all day long. You think just because it is your birthday and you didn't want to find you mate you can stay locked up in you room and you would be safe? Well I have news for you my sweet sweet little sunflower I will not tolerate this kind of performance." Leave it to Taly for the theatrics I can her Chase chuckling in the background. I roll my eyes through the phone " I'm sorry my all mighty queen please ask the Moon Godess for my forgiveness how ever can I make it up to you." I regretted saying it the minute it left my lips as I can feel her smirk through the phone. "Well for starters you can bring you pretty little she-wolf Ass outside." Oh crap this isn't happening I shrieked as I looked out the window and sure enough there she was outside in her car waving at me. I knew she wasn't going to take no for an answer and once Max becomes beta my father would be home more and so it would just be me and him alone from now on which means my days were numbered. So I was going to make the most of it and spend time with the only person in this world that loves me my sweet Taly. I hop in her car and look over as she's singing to some K-Pop song and I don't even understand the words but she's certainly singing off key in her world. "So what is the big Birthday extravaganza that you have planned for us." I say as giving her a teasing wink. Her evil smirk looks over at me as she states. " we're going to my house to get ready then we are going to get your mate." I was so taken back I almost chocked on my juice laughing so hard " I'm sorry my what?" I looked confused as I was trying to gain my composure. I looked back at Chase who had moved to the back seat and he just shrugged. "Your mate you heard me." As she winks and continues to drive. We drop Chase off at his house and head over to Taly's. It was a short drive and As I'm getting out of the car I look at her and say " I'm sorry but I don't know what witch you might be dealing with but I don't see how you are taking me to my mate. Are they conjuring one up? Tell them to make them look like Ryan Reynolds please and thank you!" I placed my hand on my heart for dramatic effect. " Rose I'm serious our best bet to finding your mate is at the Alphas coorination tonight and so we need to get you cleaned up and get you ready." I froze dead in my tracks I couldn't go there what if my father saw me, what if I found my mate and he took one look and rejected me. "What if he doesn't?" I hear Lilly whisper in my mind. There were to many what ifs running in my mind that I didn't realize my eyes glazed over till Taly snapped her fingers pulling me out of it. "It's going to be fine." With that she disappears into her closet. "This is perfect for you" she says as she pulls out this mini dress that was purple with beautiful deep plum sequins and the back open closing at just above the small of my back. "I can't wear that" I said as I look down at my finger nails which still have traces of blood on them. "Why not honey you have curves to kill for and any man would be lucky to have you" Taly says with a scrunched up face.     "I need a dress to cover everything Taly" I said still looking at the ground because I couldn't bare to look her in they eyes because I knew what her face would be. "He's doing it again isn't he?" I hadn't responded but then again I also hadn't noticed a tear that fell down my face until Taly was holding me trying to comfort me. Her suspicions were confirmed once I winced in pain because of the pressure from the hug. Taly has know about the abuse in fact she has tried to help me even let me stay with her once but my father came in and told them that if they ever helped me again the would be thrown out of the pack and become rogues. I knew I couldn't have that happen so I stopped telling Taly about it but I knew she always knew what was going on. We get dressed and head to the pack house this time I'm in a loose green gown that goes to my ankles and is long sleeved paired with a pair of white flats. " you are lucky I am a secure mate because otherwise I would have never let you leave the house looking like that." I turned and see Chase snake his arm around Talys waist and nibbles on her ear. Taly pretending to be annoyed rolled her eyes but you could see the smile she was trying hide. I was happy watching my friend and her mate be in love that I almost wasn't paying attention when the most intoxicating smell hit my nose raspberries and vanilla. "Mate" I could hear Lilly dancing around acting very impatient waiting to see who it could be. "I'll be right back" I said To Taly who was too wrapped up In Chase to hear me. I travel up into a larger room of the pack house until I focus on the smell and it leads me to the balcony where I see two people standing there. My Mate. The problem was that the man standing there also just happened to be Cole Michaels our future alpha and at this current moment his tongue was attacking my number one fan the one and only Veronica. COLES POV: I had been stressed all day about this stupid ball and even more stressed about all the alpha duties that entail. I want to be a good alpha a strong one just like my father and I won't let anyone get in my way or bring that down. I was standing on the balcony pondering everything when the sexy woman comes up behind me and snakes her arms around me. "I have been looking for you everywhere. You look tense and fortunately for you I know just how to fix that." My wolf mayhem has been running circles in my head all f*****g day which hasn't made anything easier and for some odd reason he isn't talking to me. " I would love to see what you have to offer" I smirk as I grab her waist to hoist her up so she's sitting on the edge with her legs around me. At that move I hear my wolf snarl but I block it out and continue what i was doing. I lean in to kiss Veronica and things waste no time heating up as my hands travel up and down her body until something hits me. Pineapple and pine I look up to what that amazing smell could be and my eyes shift forward and there I see my best friends little sister standing in the door way looking at me with a boner as hard  as a rock and Veronica with her dress hiked up around her ass and around me. " Mate Mate Mate" mayhem is cheering and dancing in my head trying to get me to go to her and I almost did if it wasn't for the realization of who she was. This woman couldn't be my mate and our Luna she wasn't strong enough in fact she looks so frail that I feel like one blow she might actually lose her balance and fall over. I knew what I had to do and I knew it was going to be painful but the Moon goddess seriously f****d up by giving this sick chubby she -wolf to me. "f**k" I mumble under my breathe when Veronica looks at me and I smile. " babe can you run inside I just need a minute to collect my thoughts and I will be right in." She kisses my cheek and with that she left. I looked back in the door way to find the girl still standing there so I waved my hand for her to come over. She stood next to me still looking down. What kind of mate isn't even strong enough to look their mate In the eyes I wondered? I was brought out of thought when the thing spoke. "You're my mate." She whispered it almost as a question more than a statement. "Unfortunately yes I am but not my choice" I let out and you could hear my annoyance. " Are you going to save me?" This time she looked up at me with the most beautiful blue saucers I have ever seen. Which was quickly replaced with disgust. "Save you? How the hell are you to be my Luna and save our pack if you're asking me to help you with whatever trivial s**t you pathetic girls have? What is someone teasing you at school? You don't have enough shoes please tell me what you think me being with you Is going to do? raise your status and you will be liked? Let me tell you one thing that will never happen and I will tell you why. you won't be like because you're with me you will be tolerated and you are not fit to be my mate or my Luna I need someone who can speak up and stand up for herself. So no I am not here to save you in fact..." The words came out before I even knew what was going on. " I Cole Micheals reject you Rose Blue to my be my mate and Luna of the Clear waters pack." And with that I walked back into the party. ROSE POV: This pain was worse than anything I could ever imagine I dropped to my knees clenching my body I could feel my wolf Lilly whimpering, she need out. She needed to run. We jumped off the balcony and we shifted and I gave Lilly complete control. She ran until our feet could barley carry us and we ended up at an open river bank. There we laid and cried and I looked at my reflection I had beta blood in me so my wolf was strong and a bit larger than other wolfs she was all white and had violet colored eyes. She was beautiful and I had almost forgotten what she looked like seeing as my father has refused to let me shift in the last 4 years my wolf had grown weaker from not being let out. I figured since I broke one rule I might as well break them all tonight. My mate rejecting me was the last straw I was ready to die. I endured all of the pain I did, thinking I would find my mate and someone would love me. Oh how I was wrong. "I can't do it anymore" I whispered "I know my love but I am here and I'm hurt too but we will make it through this the Moon goddess visited me and told me." Lilly said with a sad tone in my head "We can't stay here Cole is right no one else will save us and since we can't rely on our mate we also can't live another day with that man he will kill us. "I stand with you." And with that Lilly takes control again and we race back to the house  To pack our bags we are leaving the pack and never looking back. An hour later we race to the border and I take a deep breathe as I hesitate. Once I step over this line I knew I would become rogue and truly on my own. I push through the fear and take a step across I feel a sharp pain in my chest and I know it's me severing connections of the pack and that my lovely Alpha/ mate would feel it too so I had to pick up my speed and get out of dodge. It could only go up from here.
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