chapter one
Lightening struck! Thunder roared! as I ran through the forest trying to reach the border.!
" Run faster..!" the voice in my head said. The adrenaline was rushing in me but at the same time blood was pouring out.
" Run Hugo, run fast.!" The voice urged me on again, this time more furious!
You must be wondering why I am suddenly running, well I don't have time to explain everything since they might catch up to me but I will tell you some small details.
My back ground story, I will tell you after I get out of this alive.
It all started When I woke up this morning. My body was still sore with yesterday's beating and my ribs and left hand was broken.
Dad had ordered me to clean the entire pack house and cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for the guests we were going to have.
You see my Dad was the Alpha and you have guessed it right I am the Alpha's son well the rejected Alpha's son. Reasons? I will explain later.
Tomorrow was going to be my twentieth birthday so I dragged myself through the pain cleaning up and preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner Like my dad wanted.
It was 7 pm. I was finally done preparing dinner and carried the plates of food going to serve the guests when Mercedes my step Mother placed her creepy wrinkly foot on my path tripping me.
All the food I was carrying landed on one of the feared most vicious Alpha's head and neck burning him.
" YOU BASTARD!" he yelled getting up removing his shirt as some of the soup was flowing on his back.
" HOW DARE YOU.!!" He punched me hard across my already sore cheek. I fell to the ground but didn't wince in pain I knew the rules if I wince or even make a sound the punishment would be ten times worse.
" YOU STUPID HUMAN HOW DARE YOU BURN MY GUEST.!" Dad got up from his sit and step on my already broken hand hard making intense pain course through me.
" Fifty each.!" he said as soon as the guards dragged me out to the arena tying me to one of the poles that was placed on the middle specifically for my punishments.
They stripped me off leaving me in only my man shorts. The cold air hitting my skin making me shiver.
My dad was the first to start
" WHIP.!" the metalic chain looking like whip kissed my back hard!
I felt liquid come out of me.
" WHIP.!" again and I could hear the pack members who had gathered, counting.
'It's going to be over soon' I mentally told myself.
The slashes went on and on till fifty. I had stop feeling the pain when my father reached the 20th. Since he was old, he didn't have enough strength hence the rest felt like he was massaging my skin.
" My turn!" the vicious soup burnt Alpha said and the counting began again.
" WHIP.!!" He was stronger than my father, my back was slashed and opened like I was some cow being butchered.
He was mercilessly hitting me everywhere.
At some point I even felt my skull break and my knees ready to give in as the pain I was going through was too intense and no one was there to save me.
If it were some other person they would have died and passed out already but I had to keep my self from passing out, my eyes were tightly closed.
" 50 " I heard the pack members say as the vicious Alpha stopped hitting me.
" Don't un-tie him, he will stay here till tomorrrow morning. Let him die for all I care!" My Father spat going back into the pack house.
Lightening struck and a loud roar of thunder echoed throught the arena as rain started pouring.
The pack members who had come to witness the show started running away going into their houses.
" Run away from here.!" I heard a voice say.
I looked around scanning my surroundings
"What?" I asked in a whisper I couldn't focus as the pain in my body was intense.
" You are free! run!" The voice said again and sure enough my hands were nolonger tied. The rain was pouring heavily so none of the pack members would see me get away.
The voice empowered me to take a step and this gets us to where we are now.
"Run!" The voice said more urgent and furious.
" I can't!" I said out of breath due to the pain that was coursing through my body. I was losing a lot of blood fast, I could feel myself slippping out of consciousness.
" Howl!" I heard howl after howl echoing through the dark forest. Dang it they know I escaped.
" Run Hugo run faster!" the voice said again more urgent this time. But I couldn't run fast I was too hurt.!
Lightening struck again followed by loud thunder that made me lose my balance and fall face flat on the ground.
" Aaah!" I winced in pain as a stick pierced through my stomach.
This is the first time I have ever winced in pain. Even when my father gave me a serious beating, I never winced but this time it was different as I felt the stick prickle my skin probably puncturing one of my organs.
At this point all the strength I had left was gone.
" howl.!" The howls sounded much closer.
" Get up Hugo run!!" the voice urged me on again.
I could hear the footsteps of the incoming wolves getting louder and louder.
Thud! thud! thud!
" Get up Hugo run we are almost there !!" The voice encouragingly said but I couldn't get up. The pain was too much, I was losing blood and hope.
There is no way I could reach the border before they got to me.
I knew as long as I crossed the border I would be safe but I knew my time was near I wasn't going to make out of this alive.
" GET UP HUGO, RUN!! THERE IS ONLY A HUNDRED METRES LEFT! GET UP YOU ARE STRONGER THAN THIS!!" the voice yelled and I had no other choice but to get up and run.
I was pushing my self running blindly. The blood pouring out of the wound on my forehead was blinding me even though the rain was washing it away.
I could feel the force of the border calling to me telling me I was only a few metres away.
I knew if I just crossed the border I would be safe! Safe from this hell hole I call home. Safe from my abusive Father.
But was running away going to be worth it?! I was injured like a vehicle beyond repair, there was no way of surviving this.
Blood was rushing out of me at a fast pace like the Victoria Falls in Zambia and the stick was still in my stomach, I didn't remove it.
If I do I would lose more blood and if I don't the pain will be even worse.
" Howl.." I heard again and I knew I wasn't going to make it, I was already as good as dead and once they find me they will just finish me off and I would disappear from this world.
I should Just surrender and let them finish me off.!
" No Hugo run let me lead you can't give up!." I felt myself losing consciousness as the inner voice was trying to lead.
" No.!" I growled
" Then don't give up and run faster!" the inner voice growled back making me feel the energy to keep running.
Lightenig struck again followed by even a louder roar of thunder and heavy rain fall.
I was near the border just a few more metres.
I could feel it, I could see it, I could sense it. I could also hear the incoming wolf troops getting closer.
But I wasn't going to focus on them. My main focus was now on reaching the border.
I was almost there when-
" Aaah.!" I tripped again falling on the puddle of water and this time the stick that was only half way in me was pushed even further coming out from the other side.
" Rest let me lead.!" Was the last thing I heard and my world turned black!