Chapter two: Free
Raquel POV
The Prison is not as bad as I thought I mean yes, my first day was rough nothing I couldn’t fix kicking ass. I mean like literally I had to fight back, of course I was careful not to let Lica show herself that would have been terrible right. Imagine how crazy the human females would have gone seeing my eyes change from purple to blue. I had to defend myself since apparently humans think they have to show how strong and powerful they are by degrading the weak. Maybe other species are the same but I don’t know how can I know I have never belonged to a pack. The friends I made where outsides, rogues like me, and then there are the humans I have grown with.
My adopted parents hate violence so you can only imagine how me been here for killing someone came down to them. My father even came to see me just to let me know how tired they are of me and that they will not come visit ever again. He also asked for me to never go back to look for them, it looks like mother had a semi heart attack when the police arrested me. I get it really, it’s hard to raise someone you don’t understand, how can they when I am not human like they are. They never treated me wrong they were good to me, but the pain of losing my dad at a young age after never having met my mom it messed me up. At least that what the psychiatrist I used to talk to when young said. I once tried telling her about Lica my wolf but she almost made me believe I had created an imaginary friend. That’s when I understood that humans can’t understand the unknown, and when they try to, they just hurt others in the process.
So back to my first day here, yeah it was horrible for the girls who picked up fights with me at least. The first girl that came up to me said she was the queen of this dump can you believe her, yeah not me. I tried measuring my force but ended up breaking her arm by accident, the second I just left her limb in the ground, no broken bones. I had a lot of practice this past month here and I can for sure say that now I know how far I can go. At least I got it by the fifth girl I send to the infirmary right.
Meanwhile in a pack not far from Raquel
Alpha Octavius POV
I stand by the window of my office, looking around at the members of my pack walk around the grounds as if I wasn’t here. They know I am here but they try to ignore me, everyone knows I will never have a mate which leads to them never having a luna. Why you may ask, long ago I was hurt by another wolf, an aggressive rogue who attacked me out of nowhere. I have look for the wolf ever since but not even the best of my trackers has been able to find him. Now I have to wear a reminder of the attack, a scar of his claw on my right side. From the back of my ear up to my eye, thankfully I didn’t lose my eye. And even though I am tall, with dark hair, green eyes, big muscles, girls can’t stand to look me in the face. I have f****d many, but that’s the thing they can stare at my body or even close their eyes. I sigh how easy this would be if I wasn’t wearing this mark in my face. The thing is even though a wolf can heal without leaving a mark behind, I was too young back then. It is told that when a wolf is under the age of sixteen most injuries will leave mark after healing.
‘Alpha one of the trackers is back and they brought someone with them’ I receive a mind link of my beta Treyton. ‘Will be there in a sec’ I cut the link and walk out my office towards the cells, while smiling to myself.
I walk in the cells, following the smell of blood, I walk to the far end where I see my beta and once friend by a hurt guy. He looks young but older than me, his eyes widen when he sees me in the eyes, this is not him, is not his scent. I growl out of frustration, “THIS IS NOT HIM!” I growl, everyone cowards from me except for my beta who doesn’t even blink. He and I, we used to be friends until that day, the day I was attacked I was with him having a run. But then I smelled the rogue that had trespass our lands, following the scent I got attacked. That day our friendship broke, even though we were just kids and I know is not his fault, he was my friend. As a friend he should of have been there, he should of have gone look for me. By the time I was found it was late, the doctor couldn’t help with my scar. That day the other kids learn to be afraid of me and I cut all my ties with Trey.
I know he was hurt with my actions but I don’t care, now I stare at the wolf in front of me and like the rest of the wrong wolves I have seen. “Shift!” I order, he does as said and I look at his fur, “Mikah!!” he comes running bowing his head to me. “Does this look like a golden wolf to you?” I ask he looks at the wolf again. I sigh rubbing my face with my palms, “he is a red wolf YOU i***t!” I growl, he flinches and I rip the rogue's throat in front of everyone here. “if you come back with another wrong wolf I will cut your throat instead!” I threaten him, just so he knows before I walk out of the cells with a yelling Trey behind me “we need a leader not a f*****g crazy murder.” I turn to him a growl before I ask “what did you say?” “you don’t scare me Octavius, I know you, and you have to stop this chase nothing good will come out of it.”
I walk away from him he can’t understand what I am going through so no I can’t explain to him or anyone what I feel. “Don’t walk away from me, not again Octavius!” he raises his voice at me and that is not going to end well. No one raises their voice at me, I am the alpha, “don’t you dare raise your voice at me ever again.” I shift and run, not wanting to hear from him, and not wanting to let my pack see me like this either.
Raquel POV
Its late maybe even midnight, and after been here for a little over a month I feel it’s time, time to go home. Home you may ask where home is, my home will always be out in the woods, where I can be me with no care of the world. I use my strength to bend the bars of my cell just enough for me to go through. I run on my tip toes to not make any noise as I pass behind the custodians towards the outside. Once out I look up at the moon, “I missed you my friend, so much” the moon has always been my friend. “HEY YOU!!” I hear someone yell so I run, run towards the walls, I jump not reaching up high I bend down before I jump again. I stand on the top of the wall and crouch down saluted like a solder and jump back down on the other side.
I run and keep running hearing the humans and their dogs running my way, but I don’t care, I keep running. Once in the entry of the woods I shift into my golden wolf but before I start running, I howl letting all my people know I am back and this time to stay.
I shift back into my human self once I reach the entry of my cave, yeah I have a cave but is a nice one. On the outside is like any other cave, but once you go in the cave expands is even bigger than it seems and we have a few mattresses on the corners as well as some cushions. Two big dressers one that contains female clothes and one that contains male clothes. But before you go in the cave there are some bushes that have a few spares of clothing as well. I change into a tank top and some male shorts, then walk in. “You are back!” I hear and I chuckle as I get embrace in several arms. I take a look at the people around me, my people to protect, they are just kids some my age and some younger. But they are just like me they have no pack, so I took them in, since the place where we always united to have meeting was ambush by the hunters. We will have to stay here in my safe place.
After a lot of talking I notice the guy in charge to feed the kids since they haven’t learnt to hunt is not here. “Where is Mitchell?” a girl about twelve says “he went to hunt two days ago and didn’t came back” I growl they all gasp. “Well I am back I will go hunt to bring you some food and tomorrow I will go look for him” I promise before I get out.
After hours and hours of trying to catch the damn deer I manage to kill it and then drag it to the cave. As I get here two boys about the age of fifteen some running dragging the deer inside so they all can eat. I shift and change into the clothes from before then go inside, the pups as already at the back of the cave where we have a small opening. They are roasting the deer, I nod at them to keep doing what they are doing.
“I will have some sleep then I will go hunt again before I go look for Mitchell, you all eat and then head to bed,” they all nod and I head to my bed. Morning comes, the light of the sun enters the cave waking me up. I stand and stretch as a yawn leaves my lips, I get up from my bed, even though is just a simple mattress, is a much better bed than the prison’s. I walk out and undress myself before I shift into my wolf, I run around looking for something to hunt. I could go further but I don’t want to leave the others for too long. After an hour I walk back with three rabbits I throw them at the entry of the cave before I shift back. I go inside and see that no one has gotten up I smile, then head to look for some clothes I can change into after my shower in the river nearby.
Once I had my bath and I have changed into some shorts and a tank top, I didn’t mind in wearing shoes I might have to shift anyways. I take the dirt road and walk straight I know Mitchell is known for taking this way when going to hunt. I keep walking and after a few minutes I feel it, a pack nearby they might have caught Mitchell while he was hunting. I go up on my nearest tree I don’t see the pack lads so I move to another tree. I keep changing trees until I found what I am looking for, the pack. I see the cabins like homes and the huge one in the middle of all the rest might be the pack house. My eyes run along seeing all the wolfs walking around like nothing even pups playing in a small playground. I tilt my head to the side, so a pack means a town? Because I got to be honest, they live the life like the humans do. “GROWL!!”
I get down the tree to be honest I am a damn good fighter thanks to the first year with my father training me. Then my adopted parents took me to a defense school where the teacher ended up been a wolf so he trained me secretly. I know how to fight in human and wolf form but since I need to find out if Mitchell has been taken or not, I will play the game. I raise my hands surrendering myself the what I am guessing are the patrol wolves. “I mind link the alpha he said to take her to the cells that he doesn’t care.” One said and the other nods, one tries to hold my arm and I step back. “No need to be touchy here I will do as you two say just don’t, hurt me?” I have no idea what people say when scare and about to be taken, the one that nodded earlier rolls his eyes and starts walking. “Follow him, and careful with your movements” he says and leans in to whisper in my ear “we don’t want something happening to you.” Ugh disgusting whatever, so I do as am told to do.
We walk through what seems like different cells and then it hits me his scent he is here, ‘Mitchell?’ I have tried to mind link him before and nothing. As we walk further the closer I get until I see him “Mitchell!!” I run to his cell. I hold onto the bars “Mitchell!! Please talk to me!!” “Raquel oh god” he stands and falls on his knees he is too weak. This is when I notice the amount of blood he has lost, there chains attached to the back wall. They have blood but he is not chained to them but maybe he was before when they tortured him. At this my blood boils, “keep walking” the guy tries to push me, I growl at them. I shift ripping my clothes in the process I don’t care because right now all I care about is Mitchell.
I knock the patrols before they can let their alpha know, I shift back and take their keys, “what are you doing?” “I am getting you out of here don’t you see?” found them, I turn and try the first key nothing, “stop that Rache look at me please, you have to run, leave me and save yourself.” I have left too many people behind I will not do it, not his time, so I ignore him and continue with the keys. After a few more tries I get the right one, “you do know your naked right?” I laugh, he has always been able to make me laugh. We don’t care about being naked at times is just so impossible for us not to see others naked when we shift constantly.
“Come on I will shift and you will get on my back,” once we step at the entrance of the cells I shift, I lower my body for him to jump on me. I start running but I hear the warriors of the pack on our back, I can’t take them to our hideout. I have to take Mitchell to a save place, so I keep running straight, once I cross their borders I keep running. Near the road Mitchell always takes, the one I used to get here. I stop running panting as I look around, I find a nice place to hide him in, I walk to it and lower my body. “What are you doing?” I lick his face and then I bend my head to the side he follows with his eyes. His eyes water “you are not coming?” I shake my head before I lick his cheek again and then I cover him with leaves. I then take a run to the other direction, ‘I think I did good, and I promise I will come back to you all’. I feel Lica howl in pain, pain because we are leaving our family behind but we will come back we will.
I keep running, I stop looking around, I am surrounded, even though I can’t see them I smell them all. I growl before I shift into my human self, “what you guys will attack an unarmed girl?” Many men and women started to walk to me, I know they will take me with them. I extend my arms waiting for cuff or something but one of them smirks and before I know what is happening, I get hit from behind. And that is the last thing I see and feel before I faint.
Octavius POV
I wait near the cells I still can’t believe that one of my prisoners flew away but I don’t care because I know the scent that was left behind. He was here finally, ‘alpha we don’t know where the guy is but we got the golden wolf, we are on our way back now.’ I smirk, you are all mine now and I will make you pay for what you have done to me.