Chapter 4
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I don't bother looking up or at the other people in the cells. I just silently follow him.
I feel someone brush their hand with mine and I look back to see Adam’s arm out of his cell, his hand brushing against mine. Softly. He smiles at me and winks too. Like everything is going to be okay.
I turn back to look ahead of me and I follow Alpha Jacob out.
“Go to your room and don't be late for breakfast,” he says and I nod, saying goodnight to the Alpha and thanking him again.
I walk back to my room, to the attic, tears trailing down my face. I keep the sob in and ignore the pain with every step.
Thank you I whisper into my mind to Kai.
Kai. She's no wolf. She's no one to be messed with. I keep her silent inside of me. No one needs to know what we are. That we're the last of our kind. The white tiger. The Weretiger. The last one. Everyone thinks I'll one day shift into a wolf. I will never be a wolf. I will never be one of them. I am a tiger and I will always be that. I will always be proud of what I am.
My parents died protecting me from people who've killed all of my pack. It was only my parents and I left. Now it's only me. Kai will never bow down to these wolves. She's her own pack. She's my pack. We're a pack.
Don't talk to me. I'm healing you, she replies back in a huff.
She's always annoyed at me for not letting her be herself, but she also knows she can't be. I'm not strong enough to take on the whole world. I don't have a loyal pack behind me that will protect me when they know who I am. I have Kai and Kai has me.
By the time I get to the attic, my stomach is nearly healed. Since I can't shift into my tiger, Kai is always ready to heal me. I heal faster than any wolf. I hear things further than any wolf. My senses are heightened more than a wolf.
I walk towards the mattress, after closing the door, and lay down on my stomach. I wince a little at the pain but I know I'm going to be healed for tomorrow. The marks will be there. The pain won't be.
I close my eyes, letting the tears fall onto my pillow.
One day I'll be okay.
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I couldn't sleep. The pain was gone quickly, thanks to Kai but my thoughts wouldn't let me sleep.
I was hoping too much for the future. Where I could live happily ever after. I could be happy. I could have a mate. I could be happy.
“Come on Selina,” Su groans and I nod quickly handing her the trays of bacon.
I told Susan that Alpha Jacob never came for me last night. Sometimes I tell her that some days he'll be there and for weeks he won't come again. It's the only way I can explain to her why I'm always so okay in the mornings.
“I'm going to go take the trash out,” I tell her when she comes back to the kitchen.
That's all we do. Make breakfast. Give breakfast. Clean after breakfast. Clean the house. Make lunch. Clean after lunch. Susan goes for a run. We come back and clean the house again since everyone is back home and they make huge unnecessary mess. Then we start dinner. We serve dinner. We clean again. Then it's bedtime.
Clean and make food. That's all we're good for.
I pick up the black bin liners and take it outside to the dustbin. I throw it inside, noticing a few pack members walking around, getting ready to go to school. I used to love going to school, until Alpha Jacob said I wasn't allowed to go anymore. So I had to stop.
My eyes wander around the forest before I stop. They freeze somewhere far away. Further than our border. I don't see anything but I can hear them.
“Get in lines of 10 and be ready to attack when I say so.” I hear a voice and my body freezes again.
We're under attack.
I run back through the back door, just as Susan is about to walk out of the kitchen door.
“Selina wha-”
“Su, we're under attack,” I whisper.
She freezes, the jug falls out of her hand, the water spilling everywhere.
We've never been under attack. I don't know whether to be happy or to be scared. Can I run away?
“Oh s**t,” She mumbles, running through the door. She's going to let people know. I have to go before that.
I run back outside, running through people but then I stop. Will anyone let Hank and everyone out from the cells? Will anyone care about them?
I hear running from far and I see our border patrols running through the forest. They know.
“Get to the safe house,” one of them shouts at me and I turn back around heading towards the pack house. I need to go to the basement.
I see everyone running around like headless chickens in the house. We've never been under attack. Ever. We've heard about people being under attack, but for some reason we've never been under attack.
“The Alpha is coming!” Someone shouts and I run faster around people. I walk towards the basement, nobody noticing me walk inside. There's no guards here today. They've probably gone.
“Selina?..Selina!” Hank claps his hands at me and I smile.
“What's happening up there babe?” Adam asks, confused. I ignore the blush on my face at him calling me babe. Now is not the time.
“We're under attack,” I blurt out.
“What pack?!” they all quickly ask.
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