Fleur stared at what was on the ground, she was finding it hard to breathe, hard to believe. Tears refused to fall from her eyes as she just continued to stare at the ground.
The entire pack has gone silent , except for some cries and sobs. Bur Fleur felt deaf to those sound.
Her feet carried her immediately towards her sister who is lying on the ground on a white sheet that was placed above the ground. The sight was sickening and Fleur prayed that it was just a weird dream, a nightmare.
Why was she lying on the ground? Has Rosie gone crazy ? She should be taking rest in her room. She has mating tomorrow for God’s sake!
The sight made her feel nauseous and she gulped nervously as she stared at what was on the ground. She tilted her head as she stopped breathing.
This wasn’t her sister, no , it can’t be. Rosie, her beautiful , amazing and gorgeous sister who was going to mate tomorrow was now covered with scars, nasty scars. She has a extremely nasty scar on her cheek from where blood was gushing out, Fleur immediately sat on the ground and placed her hand over that scar to prevent any more bleeding but obviously it was of no use. Her hand was now red with blood. She hates blood.
Rosie was entirely covered in blood and Fleur narrowed her eyes in confusion. She knew that Rosie hated blood. She can’t even spare a glance at the deer that their father was skinning few days ago.
“Rosie. . .” She whispered softly as if she is trying to wake up her sister from a sleep. “ Rosie wake up. . . What have you done? Tomorrow is your mating . . .” her voice was surprisingly calm as she spoke.
Freya who was standing just beside her gave out a loud sob as she covered her mouth with her hand. She was shaking as she cried her heart out.
Fleur lightly tapped on Rosie’s shoulder where her dress was torn apart. Her shoulder had a deep cut too.
“ ROSIE! GODDAMN IT! WAKE UP! DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS FUNNY? “ Fleur shouted and rocked Rosie’s body little harshly but got no reply. Rosie just laid there , lifelessly.
“ Fleur. . . Baby please. . .” Freya said as she sat beside Fleur and took the girl in her arms, trying her hardest to calm the young girl. Fleur trashed in her arms.
“ WHY IS SHE NOT WAKING UP?” Fleur asked Freya who was a crying mess. “ And why are you crying? This girl is just pranking us! You know her, you know how she is!” Fleur said with a chuckle and looked at Rosie again. There was a huge scar on her face, her shoulder as well as on her leg. Her dress was torn in pieces. “ This is her favourite dress! See! She is just so reckless! Mom will surely scold her!” She chuckled again and Freya continued to cry.
“ Fleur! Control yourself!” This time it was Felix who had walked out of the crowd , he too had tear stain on his face, making Fleur confuse even more. He looked completely distraught from his usual cheerful self and that confused Fleur even more.
Why are all of them crying? Didn’t they knew how Rosie was? She is the biggest prankster of the pack. She thought that Freya was just stupid but now that she saw Felix was crying too , she furrowed her brows and looked at him.
“ Felix! You know her ! She will wake up in few seconds. Don’t worry! And when she does I will makes sure to scold her ! “ Fleur said with an eye roll with a chuckle as Felix shook hus head to make her understand that she won’t wake up.
“ STOP IT!” a voice of the Alpha interrupted her and all three Omega looked at the source of the voice. It was Noah who shouted at her. “ CAN’T YOU SEE THAT SHE IS DEAD?” He asked as he clenched his jaw and made his way towards them, his hand balled in a fist and his cedar wood scent overpowering making all the Omega’s cover away from him.
“ Noah? What are you saying? Are you in this with her? Do you think that it is fun to make us all worry over something like this?” She asked , glaring at him and looking at Rosie. “ C’mon Rosie, it’s enough. You are making all of them worry.” Fleur said and Felix cried over her. Fleur can’t see what had happened to her sister or it is just that she just don’t want to believe what happened. “ You should be sleeping in your bed right now. Tomorrow is a big day.” She added.
“WILL YOU STOP IT? THERE NOTHING TOMORROW! SHE IS NOT GETTING MATED! SHE IS---” Noah shouted again as he held Fleur’s arm and forced her to stand on her feet . The grip was firm and borderline painful, fleur winced at that. “ SHE IS DEAD! MY OMEGA IS DEAD!” He shouted at her face.
“ Noah. . . Stop it. . . You are scaring her.” Eliot, the son of pack Alpha said as he marched forward and grabbed Noah to pull him back from the Omega who looked at him with pure face of innocence and confusion.
“ You are lying. . .” Fleur said, her lips wobble as she looked at Noah pleading that whatever he said must be a lie but when she saw the dark look in the Alpha’s eyes she broke down, knees giving up as she fell on the ground with an loud thud. “ No. . .” This can’t be true. She still remember how Rosie talked to her about getting mated to Noah. She remembered how happy she was that she would be starting a life that she had imagined for so long. Rosie wanted a life with Noah and she was going to have that life from tomorrow.
But she had also broken the tradition. Moon goddess can’t be so cruel to them. Rosie is also one of her child. How can someone be cruel to their own child.
Felix gathered her in his arms again and this time, Fleur rested her head on his shoulder as first few drops of tears fell off her beautiful blue eyes.
Felix caressed her hair as he let her cry over his shoulder while trying hard to control himself from crying.
People around her were too shocked. No one thought that Rosie, their polite, mischievous but kind Omega would die so suddenly. Rosie was always the one who would always be ready to help anyone who needed it. She was polite to the elder wolves while she was extremely good to the pups.
As for Noah, it felt as if his entire world had crumbled down to nothing . Rosie, his world, his Omega was dead. It felt as if he couldn’t breathe anymore, there was no need to live anymore. They were supposed to get mated tomorrow, he was so happy, they were so happy. He had decorated their home for her. He remember how she cried while saying yes to his proposal. How can she just leave him alone? How can she betray him like that?
“ What happened to my pup?” Alex asked as he glued his gaze at his beautiful daughter . He had never imagined to see her like that. “ Who did this to her!?” He shouted and pups rushed behind their parents. The Omega cowered away as a strong scent of dominant Alpha filtered in the air.
“ I was scrolling through the boundaries of the pack earlier when a smell her scent coming from the woods. I naturally went to check on what was wrong and --- and ---” Elliott tried to explain , albeit he was too nervous as he told his side of story to all the eager ears who wanted to have an explanation to this.
“ And you found her in the forest?” Noah assumed. It was surprising how well he was at the moment . Humans who are not aware of his scent would think that he is doing just fine and that he is not suffering but wolves around him can detect his scent which was now laced with despair, sorrow and regret. He was distraught at the moment.
“ Yes.” Elliott explained , he looked down at his own shirt which was now drenched in the red blood of Rosie. “ I found her surrounded by wild animals.” He said and momentarily remembered the scene that happened just in front of him. Rosie was lying on the ground surrounded by hyenas . He had found with them to get her body back and he had hoped beyond hope that she is alive ,only to be disappointed when her heart wasn’t beating at all.
Suddenly, Noah moved forward and grabbed his collar yanking Elliott towards him. That took Elliott by surprise , he lost his balance but Noah held him steady as his eyes turned red.
“ Do you think that I will believe your fake story?” Noah asked, his pheromones spreading dangerously around them making the omegas cower behind their mate and the alphas to stay alert by the raging young Alpha. “ My Omega never goes to the forest alone! Wild animals do not enter our territory and you know that! She was always afraid of wild animals! How can she be surrounded by them?” He asked , eyes red with rage and Elliott feared that Noah would go feral. Elliott gulped as he tried to free himself from the raging Alpha’s grip.
“ I have no idea, Noah! “ Elliott shouted , finally gaining back the sense that he had been attacked by his mate. He freed himself off from Noah and pushed him away. Noah stumbled over a little but he steadied himself. Elliott was a strong Alpha, considering that he is son of the Head Alpha and in near future he too would be the Alpha of the pack. “ What makes you think that i would harm my own pack’s Omega? I freed her from the wild animals!” He said. “ but I was little late to do so. “ and Noah scoffed at that.
“ I don’t know what alternate motive you might have had for my Omega, you fucker!” Noah grunted as he once again moved forward to grab Elliott but someone held him back.
“ Stop it , Noah! Blaming others won’t get Rosie back to us!” Jackson said as he held Noah back to him by his arms. “ Control yourself, please.” He begged and watched how Noah breath wavered but he never shed even a single tear.