Beta's Chosen

Chapter 8

Pearl's POV

"Whattt?" I ask her totally in shock.

It is either she must be crazy. Or I heard her words wrong. Either way, I know this is totally mad s**t.

"Run away" she says again and this time, I look at her completely knowing she is out of her mind.

"What on earth got you thinking like that?" I ask her and she rolls her eyes.

"This is your shot at happiness, Pearl. Go to Trevor. If he is not willing to take you in, come back to the pack. As the Luna, I will take care of the rest of everything if you come back" she says and I just stare at her.

I stay calm and Mist howls at the idea. Oh! She is actually fine with this idea? What is happening?

"Pearl! Think of it. I am fine. Because at least Maxwell doesn't treat like s**t. You are not fine. You don't have anyone except me. And when Maxwell is involved, I cannot stay longer with you. Find your damn happiness. You cannot stay here forever by bearing a tag that you have no part of" she says again.

I stay calm hearing her out.

"And if Trevor really loves you, what else do you need? He is the Beta! Of The Sundown Pack. Do you get it?? He is frikking powerful. He can protect you" she says.

The mention of Trevor makes me weak again.

"You were never treated right by anyone, Pearl. So it is up to you. Go where you feel like it. If you feel staying here would help you, then so be it. Running away is the only advice I can give you right now" she says and I nod.

And we sit there till sunrise. Camila thinking about her life and I am weighing my options here or with Trevor.

Staying here means being called an abomination everyday. No one hears me out. Maxwell is a bully. I have Camila but she is going through something too.

With Trevor, I can smile. I have someone I love. He said if we meet again, he wouldn't let me go. I can stay close to him where he treats me the way I want to be treated. He even took me out without thinking twice.

"Trevor knows people here call me an abomination. And that I got rejected by my mate. And he still chose me" I whisper.

"That is what I was exactly meaning since last couple of hours" Camila says.

I stay silent for a little more time and finally sigh.

"But I am coming back when Trevor thinks twice before hugging me" I smile and she squeals as she hugs me again.

We sit there watching the sun rise as we plot my escape from this hell hole. I really feel this is my hell hole. There is no one I can call mine. Nothing I could see as mine. I fight for these pack lands, that I never got to call mine.

What's the point?

If there is a chance I can rebuild my life, I would gladly take it. And with Trevor, it seems possible to me. I can have him as my company for the rest of my life but I just cannot live alone anymore.

"I will take care of everything for two days. If you are not back, then I will assume you are a step away from your happy ending. I will let things die down about you here" she says and I nod.

I hug her and I feel tears pooling my eyes. She is the only one I have got. And running away cutting my ties with this pack, means I cannot communicate with her anymore. The mindlink doesn't work that way.

We stand up and walk towards our own homes. I take a good glance at everything at my room. I know I wouldn't be here from this evening. Because it is Trevor we talked about. The man I am in love with and the man who wants me.

I smile wide at the idea of life with him. Sleeping with him by my side and waking up with him again. I can cook for him and he can talk to me while I cook for him. I can go out with him like we did few days ago.

I like the idea of life with him. Living with him.

I squeal as I fall on my bed again. But Maxwell's mindlink gets me on my feet again. I take a shower and throw on a white tee shirt, beige cardigan and black jeans. I slip into my sneakers and rush to the run point.

People are already there and I bow to my Alpha standing behind Julian. My rank is the warrior. Next to Gamma.

"Your Luna insists on a pack run. It has been quite a while and I could not agree more too" Maxwell says and I look at Camila.

She winks at me and it finally knocks sense. This is for me. She is doing this for me!

"Three hours from now, when the clock strikes one in the afternoon, we will start from here and end the run with the sunset at the lake. Am I clear?" Maxwell asks.

Everyone roars and shouts in agreement. I nod as well and Maxwell just glares at me. I don't mind at this point. He can glare at me all he wants.

When the crowd is dispersed, Camila runs to me. I hug her tight. I just cannot keep my emotions contained anymore.

"This is your chance. Please don't ruin this" Camila says and I nod.

We both sit in the pack house talking about our plan. When Maxwell walks in with Violet behind him, I see Camila just stare at Maxwell. When Cami said Maxwell is different with her, I did not believe her. But I guess she was true. Because I saw a little bit of emotion in his eyes before he blinked it away.

The guest room is then filled with Violet's violent moans. She sounds like a horse, to be honest. And I don't understand what he sees in Violet that Camila doesn't has.

"This is why I am asking you to run away" Cami whispers.

I look at her and tilt my head.

"Because I cannot. I am stuck" she says and my heart goes soft for her.

I hug her and she cries a little more. The moans from the guest room goes silent meanwhile. I bet Violet never even saw Maxwell's room. If you are asking why I mention as Maxwell's room and Camila's room... It is because they don't share a room!

Minutes later Violet walks out. Not before smirking at me. That girl needs to chill. I am not just spreading my legs to someone who has a mate. I spread my legs to someone who genuinely wants me.

Another few minutes later Maxwell walks out and he looks at Cami. His eyes look like they are communicating something with Camila. I don't know what that is. But there is no change in Camila's demeanor. I just stand there trying to understand where these both stand.

"Look at you being a relationship expert when you yourself don't know where you stand with Trevor" Mist says making me roll my eyes at her.

I shove her back and stand straight again. My half brother is already looking at me and the moment my eyes meet his, he rolls his eyes.

"It is time for the run" he whispers and Camila nods.

Maxwell walks while Camila and I share another hug. I don't want this to be our last hug but I cannot promise anything else right now too. I don't know where my feet are going to end up.

"Remember to come back when things are not right" she says with her voice cracking at the end.

I nod at her with tears in my eyes. We forcefully pull away from each other. We walk to the run point and as usual, the pack doesn't want me to run with them. I am an abomination. I never really took part in pack runs. They only let me be a part of their plan when a war breaks out. They need my skills. They don't need me. But still, somehow I feel like I have a purpose whenever a war breaks out.

I see sixty two people shift into wolves and howl all at once. The huge Grey wolf next to the Alpha wolf looks at me teary eyed. Camila's wolf nods at me once before howling with Maxwell. They all start running together.

I wait for five minutes just making sure they all are at a safe distance. It is only then I look at the sky and pray the Moon Goddess. I strip naked and shift into my wolf. Mist holds my clothes in her mouth and we keep running towards the borders.

Since everyone are at the pack run, there is no one at the borders. I leave my cardigan just a few metres away from the borders. I throw the remaining of my clothes in the valley beside our pack.

With Camila's directions which she already told me earlier.. I follow and run towards The Sundown Pack.

Excitement kicking in every nerve of my body. All my dreams flashing before my eyes with Trevor in it. Mist and I smile wide and squeal. Mist keeps running and I just want to see Trevor's face when I tell him that I ran away for him.

Trevor, to our forever!