The white werecat

Chapter 23 telling her story

Hope’s P.O.V

  I thought it was time for me to see Alpha Rick again, especially now that Roman and his pack had given up on hunting me for the time being. I had a lot of thoughts running through my head about Alpha Rick, but the one I kept coming back to was, what if he gave up on me and decided to get another mate? I needed to know one way or another, so I waited until there was an opening between the guards patrol and ran as fast as I could, jumping through his bedroom window. The scent in here was still the same, it was still only his and I couldn't smell another female, but that could just mean that there hadn't been one in here recently. I waited for a few hours, but not once did he come into his room and so I decided that I would give him another twenty minutes, if he hadn't shown up by then, I was leaving. I kept looking at the clock, counting down the minutes and thirteen minutes had gone by when the door to his room opened and Rick walked inside. He looked terrible, he had bags under his eyes and he looked so stressed out and worried, what had happened to make him like this?

  “I was wondering when you were going to come up here, I was going to leave if you didn't come up here in the next twenty minutes, but you made it with seven minutes to spare.” I said and watched as he jumped and then turned to look at me. I had to hold back a giggle when I saw him jump the way he did, it was so cute and funny. He hugged me tightly and I was shocked at first, but then I inhaled his scent and started to relax.

  “Are you okay? I was so worried about you. It's been a year and I thought something might have happened to you.” He asked and I sat down on the edge of the bed, patting the space next to me. He looked so nervous as he walked over and sat down, but why?

  “Yes, I’m okay, there was just some trouble I had to deal with. my past came looking for me, so I had to wait to come back. I didn't want to put you, this pack or your home in danger.” I replied and he nodded. He still looked really nervous and tense, but I had no idea why. It had been a year since I had seen him and I had decided after the last time I was here that if I came back here I would tell him my story. 

  “There are some things I need to tell you and you might not like them, but I want you to listen to what I have to say without interrupting me. Can you do that?” I asked and he slowly nodded.

  “Do you remember when you asked what I was running from and I told you that I would tell you some day when I thought I could trust you?” I asked and again he nodded, but quicker this time.

  “Well, this is the story of my life, so here goes. When I was of age it was time for me to shift my first shift. My old pack held the ceremony like all the other packs do, the sun went down and the whole pack was outside. We were all having a great time and then it was time for the ceremony so I got up on stage and the Alpha made his speech. We waited until the moon was at its highest point and then everyone's eyes were on me. My parents, my best friend and the rest of the pack were all watching me, waiting for me to shift. I stood there waiting for something to happen, but it never did and this went on for three years and each time the number of pack members that came would get lesser and lesser, until eventually they all gave up on me. My parents disowned me, my best friend Lovey turned her back on me and the Alpha had the guards throw me in the attic. I was beaten, spat on, whipped and treated as a slave, but then one night the Alpha came up to my room and tried to have his way with me, so I hit him hard on the head and knocked him out before getting dressed and jumping out of a three story window and escaping. They chased after me, until they couldn't anymore because I had run onto another pack's territory. I had been beaten earlier that day and was still bleeding from a head wound, but the Alpha had inflicted more injuries to me, so I ended up collapsing and that's when another pack found me. I was there for almost four months when I finally shifted and my cat's name is Rachel. I thought that I was safe there and I thought that the Alpha was my mate because that was what he had told me, but Rachel figured out what he was really up to and that he just wanted to use me to win wars. I waited until the right time and did the same thing again, jumping out of the window and running for my life. I was alone for seven years after that and I learned the way of the forest, I made it my home and then I met you. I was cautious of you because of my past dealings with Alpha’s, but there was something different about you. For the past year the second Alpha has been looking for me, hunting me, so I had to wait to come here. Like I said before, I didn't want to put any of you or your home in danger. I waited until the time was right and the coast was clear, before coming here. I survived all this time and I will continue to do so.” I said, telling him everything. I was nervous as to what his response was going to be, but it was all out in the open now and I couldn't take it back, all I could do now was wait for him to speak. 

  Alpha Rick’s P.O.V

  I sat there and listened to her talk, not once interrupting her and I was so captivated by listening to her voice, it was beautiful. This was the first time I had seen her in a year and she was finally opening up to me, telling me her story and it was one hell of a life that she had lived through. It pissed me off when she told me that her old Alpha tried to rape her, he was meant to be the one that she trusted and could turn to, but he was a disgrace, disgusting and terrible. There wasn't a strong enough word to describe how hateful that man was, but then she told me about the second Alpha and what he had done, how he had tried to use her by being nice. I could now understand why she had so many trust issues, she had been betrayed by the people that were meant to protect and love her no matter what. First her parents and best friend, then her Alpha, then the second Alpha and he even lied about her being his mate, but then that made me wonder if they mated or did she figure out what he was doing before that happened? Is that something I can ask her? Is that something she would even tell me?

  “The first Alpha you spoke of, what is his name and what was the name of your old pack?” I asked her and she tensed up.

  “His name is Alpha Cole Cunning and the pack's name is The Hollow Moon Pack. he was a loving Alpha until I couldn't shift and that's when all hell broke loose.” Hope replied and I nodded.

  “And what is the name of the second Alpha? The Alpha that was going to try and use you to win wars? What was the name of his pack?” I asked, wanting to know more about who my new targets were going to be.

  “I think it was the Midnight Moon Pack or the Black Moon pack, I’m not really sure, but the Alpha’s name was Roman Black and he had a sister called Shelly. I always thought there was something weird about her, from the day I first shifted she started to follow me everywhere I went. I couldn't even use the bathroom without her being right there when I opened the door, standing outside waiting for me. I thought at first it was because she was worried about me, so I told her to stop doing it, that I was fine and only then did she stop. Those were the ones that were trying to hunt me every day for the past year, but they finally gave up and left, that's when I came here to see you. I hope you don't mind, I’ll leave if you want me to.” Hope replied and started to get up, but I quickly and gently held her hand, stopping her. She hadn't rejected me, she had opened up to me and this was a huge step for us, it was a step in the right direction. Why did she think I wouldn't want her here though? I wanted her here, hell I never wanted her to leave me ever again.

  “Please don't leave, stay here tonight. Sleep here and I’ll sleep on the couch, but please stay here. I don't want to go another year without seeing you again.” I said and watched as she nodded.

  “I’ll stay, I'm too tired to go back out tonight. I feel like I have been running for so long that I don't know how to stay in one place for too long now.” Hope replied, yawning slightly. She looked so cute when she yawned and I couldn't help inhaling her scent when she was near me, she smelled amazing. I just hope that tonight she stays the whole night and doesn't run out like last time.