Return of the Alpha's Daughter

Chapter 2

I finished breakfast and was cleaning up the rest of the mess I had made while cooking and then the dishes from where everyone had eaten. I had to hurry because I needed a shower before I got dressed to go to the meetings with the Alpha and Zade. Guests were already arriving as I finished the last of the dishes. The Alpha had left to go get a few things he needed and after that he would be greeting his guests as they arrived. I heard the front door open and a laugh that I knew all too well. It made me sick to my stomach. It was Candy along with her friends. I turned around to see all of them covered in mud and wearing muddy boots. Their dirty hands were all over the leftover breakfast for those who had not eaten yet. Dirt and mud was now everywhere on the floor and was just covered in mud. "Hey, it looks like you missed a few spots" Candy yelled out as she laughed as she and her friends sloshed their muddy boots everywhere, splattering mud as far as they could before laughing and going back outside. "This will teach you to mess with me" Candy said before slamming the front door.

"What is all of that noise"? the Luna yelled as she came into the kitchen. My heart sank. I knew this was all her doings. She put Candy up to it. She saw the mud everywhere and the floors were covered in it. She stared at me and began to yell. "This place looks like a pig's pen! I gave you direct orders and a list to go by, and you deliberately made a mess instead. GUARDS!" she yelled, not even giving me a chance to explain. It was pointless anyway. Two guards came into the kitchen. It was my other two best friends that had been guards for a while. I knew what was coming and so did they as they all looked at the Luna and waited for her orders. "Take her outside and placed on the pole. Fifty lashes" She yelled. "But Luna..." one of the guards tried to object. "But Luna nothing that is an order. She did not follow direct orders given to her and that is her punishment" Luna yelled. They had no room to argue, and the Alpha was not there to object, so they had no choice. "It's OK guys. Let's just get it over with" I said quietly as they walked over to me. "Sorry but we have no choice", Gus said sadly. I nodded my head, understanding as I walked out with them to the front yard pole. Thankfully, Zade was still asleep. It was the only thing I could think of, so he would not have to witness this. However, Luna would not be happy when he did find out. She may think he did not mean what he said earlier, but I knew better and he meant every word.

I stripped out of my clothes. I was used to this. I had the body that every male desired, and every female longed to have had it not been ridiculed in scars from lashes over the years. Now every part of my body has scars . My 32DD breast that now hung loose were covered in scars. I tried to prepare for what was to come. I knew the routine all too well. The old scars all over my body were proof of this. My clothes fell to the ground as the guards hooked the silver shackles to me that strapped me to the pole. Pack members that were up and walking around stopped in their tracks and lowered their heads before quickly turning around to go back inside. They did not want to witness what was about to happen. I felt the first lash across my back. I refused to yell out in pain though. I knew that was what Luna wanted, and I refused to give her the satisfaction of hearing me scream in pain. Then I felt another and another. I watched as my blood drained down my legs and before long puddled at my feet. I was about to black out before the warriors turned me around, to whip my front side. As the first whip cracked across my front, I finally screamed out in pain. I knew the Luna could hear my screams of pain, but there was no way I could hold them back any longer. With each lash, things were once again getting darker and fuzzier. I knew I was about to lose consciousness. The last thing I remembered was the sound of a vehicle pulling in, and it sounded as if someone was yelling. Then the most intoxicating scent I had ever smelled in my life hit me like a ton of bricks and then nothing but darkness.

I woke up to the familiar beeping of the machines in the hospital. The oxygen mask still strapped to my face that covered my mouth and nose making them both so dry I was having a hard time trying to say anything. I heard Alpha Jack and the doctor speaking. "Jack this has to stop immediately or I will go to the elder council myself. The Luna is doing nothing more than torturing this girl. She died twice today. If I had not gotten her when I did, she would still be dead because of the injuries this time" The doctor told him. The Alpha thanked him for his work and then said "I know Joe. It will not happen again or the next one to die will be the Luna" Jack said as he turned to come back into my room. I looked around and saw Zade sitting in the chair close to my bed. He was covered in blood. My blood. Tear stains were visible all over his face. As I attempted to set up, I pulled the oxygen mask down as I saw two men in my room that I did not know. I was knocked back as I finally got my mask off and was once again hit with the scent I smelled right before I blacked out.

As I fell back onto the bed, Zade and the Alpha realized that I was awake. ZADE was at my bedside offering me a cup of ice water to help my dry mouth. Alpha Jack left to get the doctor to come check me. I was still trying to figure out what that smell was. Whatever it was, it was intoxicating. "What is wrong, Jenna?" ZADE asked as I was trying to still sit up. "Smell" I finally was able to get out after I had drunk the entire cup of water, but my mouth was still just as dry. ZADE looked at me puzzled before the doctor came in to check me over. "Jenna, how are you feeling" he asked. I nodded my head as he ordered the nurse to bring some more ice water. I was frantically looking around for where that scent was coming from. And then I saw. It was coming from one of the men that I did not know who was sitting with another in the far corner of my room. When he turned around and our eyes locked, all of my pain faded at once. His eyes were crystal blue, his hair was a shaggy curly light brown. He was built with arms bigger than my thighs. I saw he had tattoos on both arms. His skin was dark and tan. He was the sexiest man I had ever seen. "Mate" Star my wolf whispered hoarsely in the back of my mind. She too was still healing and still healing me as well. I could tell she was weaker now than she had ever been. I looked around the room and everyone was staring at me strangely. I took another gulp of ice water before I was able to get the word Mate out. Once I said it, the guy was at my bedside scooping me carefully up into his arms and burying his face into my neck. I felt my birthmark behind my ear start to burn like fire, but there was no way I was going to pull away from my mate to try to figure out why it was burning now. Plus, no one but Zade even knew the thing existed and something told me I needed to keep it that way.