Eight years later
ELSIE HAMILTON
The loud ringing of my alarm clock shocks the sleep right out of me. I jumped out of bed and squinted at the clock, 4am, uuhhh, I headed down stairs to the kitchen, and put a pan of water da had filled for me last night, on the aga and added a shovel coal to the boiler, before running across the yard to the privvy.
The top floors of the packhouse and the kitchen had just had new fancy water boilers fitted, I saw enormous bathtubs and toilets being taken to the Alpha and ranked rooms. They don't need to be filled with buckets, hot water comes straight from the tap, aahhh, I can imagine lying stretched out in that bath. No getting a frost bite on the ass from using an outside toilet for them, Bastards!
After doing my business, I rushed back to my family's cottage. The pot is slowly coming to the boil, so I grab two cups and spoon some tea into the teapot, grab the milk from the pantry and give it a quick sniff, um smells okay, I pour a little in the cups and wait for the water to heat.
I grab another pan and pour the rest of the milk in, before adding the oats. Da and I are not allowed to take food from the packhouse. As he is a farmer, and we are allowed to live on the farm. The Alpha says we have plenty of access to food and we live rent free. But as we have to account for every little thing produced, we do not get a lot. We have a few chickens and a cow of our own and we grow our own vegetables in our small front garden to keep us going.
The Alpha pays my Da a small wage and I have a job in the big house, cooking, cleaning, laundry etc, so my wage helps with feeding us.
The hiss of the water boiling over pulls me from my thoughts and I hear Da coming down the stairs. "Morning mah wane," kissing my head as he heads out to the privvy, "morning da, breakfast is nearly ready."
While he is out, I pour the porridge into two bowls and fill the teapot, placing everything on our small table, I take the last of the bread and the butter from the pantry and add it to our breakfast.
Da takes his seat opposite me and scowls at our bowls, "you need to eat more than that, mah wane, take some of mine." He pushes his bowl towards me, but I push it back, "you need it more than I da, you have a full day on the farm today, I am at the big house all day, so I will be allowed to eat at midday."
I pour the tea and we eat in silence. Using the rest of the hot water from the pan, I fill two large bowls, and give one to Da and take the other to my room. I washed myself and got dressed in the new uniform that the Alpha had given the young female Omegas.
I sighed as I looked in my cracked full-length mirror. I know it's 1962 but this skirt barely covers my arse and the thing that can hardly be called a shirt is so tight and cut so low, that my very ample bosom is nearly hanging out.
"Elsie love, I have to drop off the vegetables at the big house, do you want a lift? " I pulled my door open, "Aye, please Da, are you delivering to the mill as well?"
His face filled with anger, his eyes running over my outfit, "that fecken bas.tard, dressing mah wane like a who.re, well your not going."
I grabbed his arm, "please Da, we need my wages, the as.s just likes to look, we all know he would rather take his Beta to his bed than a woman, he just has a thing about fashion. If he sees lasses wearing something in that den of sin, they call a pub, then he has to have his staff wearing the same. He will find something new to dress us in soon."
He knows I am right, but it does not mean he is happy about it. "So any other deliveries?" he growls, and we walk out to the cart. It's overflowing today. I picked a crab apple from the tree and held it out to our cart horse Toby. He snickers at me and swipes the apple from my hand.
"Good day today, I am dropping at the mill, milk to the dairy, then I will take flour and butter to the bakery. So we will have flour and butter today, and if the bakery has bread to take to the big house, then we will have yesterday's bread and maybe even a pie."
The mill and dairy gives Da flour and butter as p*****t for delivering their produce for them. And if Da delivers bread and pies to the big house, the baker gives him some of yesterday's baked goods.He has similar deals with the butcher. We have just used the last of the bread, so it definitely helps.
As we make the twenty minute journey to the house, I get lost in my thoughts. Life is so hard on Da, I know that he will not eat until tonight, trying to make the little food we have stretch as far as possible.
Our pack has not always been like this. When I was a bairn, it was such a happy place to live, Alpha Angus and Luna Isla, took such great care of everyone, and they never looked down on the lower ranked.
Omega's were respected members of the pack, but that all changed eight years ago.
FLASHBACK
Da came running into my room, "quickly mah wane, a whole pack meeting has been called for later today, we have to get our chores done quickly."
I jumped out of bed and we managed to get the whole day's chores done by noon. We headed to the big house. Da lifted me onto his shoulders, making me giggle. I may be eleven, but I am tiny. Da says I take after my mamey. She was little too. She died when I was just a wee bairn, but da keeps her alive with his stories.
When we reached the big house, a big stage had been erected in front of the steps. Warriors were everywhere, they told us that all the Omega's needed to go to the back. Out of the way, old mister Dougal argued with one of the warriors, telling him it was nonsense.
The warrior hit Mister Dougal, knocking him to the ground and kicking him, yelling at him, "Learn your place scum, from now on you are only here to serve the useful pack members. Now get to the back."
Da helped Mister Dougal up and we retreated to the back of the crowd. "Stay close to me love, all the warriors are in battle armer, something is not right." I clung to my Da, shaking in fear.
The crowd went quiet and Alpha Angus's brother, Anderson, stepped up on stage, "Alpha Angus and Luna Isla have been murdered in their beds." Gasps and shouts rippled through the crowd.
"SILENCE! we have caught the murderers red-handed." He looked to his left, "bring them." The Alpha's sons were dragged onto the stage, both covered in blood.
The boys looked terrible, like they were stunned. Duncan was only fourteen and Harris twelve. They would never hurt their mamey and Da.
There was suddenly a loud bang and Da threw me to the ground, covering me with his body, the sound of people screaming and the explosions were so loud I had to cover my ears.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw figures running towards the forest. I squinted through the smoke and saw the Beta and Gamma carrying Duncan and Harris, "Da look....."
"Shush love, you have seen nothing, if anyone asks if anyone has seen them you shake your head, do you hear me?" I nodded and watched the boys disappear into the trees.
END OF FLASHBACK
Anderson, took over the Alpha position, and from that day our lives changed. Omega's had no rights. If we complain, then we will be severely punished.
Omega's were beaten regularly, and if they upset the Alpha or his ranked wolves, they were given to warriors to use as se.x slaves. I try to keep my head down, and live under the radar.
My new uniform is not going to help with that. After I gained my wolf and had my first shift, I blossomed from a short, frail looking girl, into a slightly less short s*x doll. My boobs, hips and as.s filled out, while my waist and 5ft 3in frame stayed small, and men started to notice. I try to wear my Da's jumpers to hide my curves, but that is not an option anymore.
I felt my wolf stretch in my head. "Well, good morning, sleepyhead." Ella growled in my head, "why the fu.ck are we up at the a.ss cra.ck of dawn? We are so much better than this, we have a fu.cking destiny for fu.cks sake."
Goddess, I love my wolf, she is the sweetest girl in the world, most of the time any way, but she is a warrior at heart. Why the moon goddess gave her to an Omega I will never know.
As an Omega, and a female, we are not allowed to train, but my warrior wolf just has to watch a training session to understand every move, and between her and Da, they train my body. In the last year, they have made us strong, and even though I have never been in an actual fight with anyone other than Da, I know we are a force.
The cart slows and I look up, great we are here. I guess we should start our day, at least today is payday. That is something to look forward to.