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I put a small, fake smile on my face and started walking past them. But Jane (one of the betas who stood in front of me) grabbed me from behind and pulled me back to her. I gasped and gave her a confused look. I thought she was there to trouble me again.
"What were you doing there?" she asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes. And then her eyes were looking at the storage room.
My mouth opened and closed, looking for a reply. And finally, I gave her a small shrug while fiddling with my fingers. Honestly, I was scared inside. She never usually asked what I was doing here or there but asked only when she wanted to have some fun.
"Come with us," she said as she pulled me with her. I tried to pull back, but she was stronger than me. I had no idea where she was taking me and why. But my guts told me it was no good news.
Was it because I accidentally forgot to do a chore? Or... did I do something wrong while doing those? Ugh, I had no idea. However, the grip she had around my wrist started hurting me within seconds.
She dragged me with much force while I tried my best to slow us down with my feet dragging. I was scared. One time she took me with her was when I spilt drinks all over one visitor's dress. But this time, I didn't make any mistakes. I tried to remember and think of any possibilities.
When we went upstairs to the inner meeting room, I knew I was running out of time. I was running out of solutions. The inside meeting room was one place I feared, one place everyone feared. It was the place where a pack member could be punished, judged, thrown out, and many more.
'Help me, Sparkle.' I whined.
'Calm down first, okay? We don't know what this is about. But I won't leave you, and I am always here. Just do what your conscience tells you to. No matter what, I will be right here with you. I assume this is something about punching alpha Ren in the face. Though it happened some time ago, it is something big because he's the future alpha. Since it's also something that happened in the past, you won't be in much trouble.' she went on and on and on. And her words had a small effect on me. I felt much better with her words.
So I stopped fighting against Jane and walked with her to the meeting room. She didn't say a single word throughout the walk but glanced at me once or twice. Usually, she would blabber about how bitchy I was and this and that. Her silence bothered me too.
When we were in front of the meeting room, she stopped me.
"It's not me. I never play with relationships," she said, looking right into my eyes. And something inside her eyes told me that she was telling me the truth. But her words puzzled me more. I wanted to know what she meant, but she opened the doors, and we went inside.
I got welcomed by dim lights, so it took my eyes some time to adjust to them when they did. My eyes focused on a few people inside the room.
There was alpha Jackson, Luna, MJ, Nanny and even Fah. I looked at her with wide eyes. What was she doing there? Was she in trouble too!? I felt so worried because it looked as if the problem was about me. It was revolving around me, so why was she there? I determined in my mind that I won't let her be in trouble because of me.
I stood in front of everyone while fiddling with my fingers. My whole body was shaking when a few seconds of silence passed. It felt as if it was the silence before a storm, and it was one thing that I feared. Alpha's eyes looked as if he was trying to keep everything inside under control. But I was eventually failing.
"Give her a paper and a pen," alpha Jackson barked at some guy I'd only seen. He quickly took a pen and a piece of paper and handed them over to me.
I meekly took them with pairs of eyes burning holes in me.
"Now, omega, answer every single question truthfully. I already know everything, but I want the truth from you!" he said. I slowly looked at him, and he was utterly fuming in anger. If anger were fire, it would be a massive fire inside the meeting room. I felt like he was a volcano that was about to erupt with lava, and I was just an ant near it, getting burnt and turning into ash every passing second. I quickly nodded.
"Remember when I clearly told every single disgusting omega not to go near our visitors?" he asked. I nodded again with a lump forming in my throat. "And you specifically know the consequences of going against my rules..." he clicked at his tongue. Soon, veins became visible on his arms.
"Not only did you go near them, but you talked with them. You met them secretly. Not once, not twice, but a hundred times! What the hell were you planning, huh?!" he growled.
The room went under heavy silence. Even a drop of a needle could be heard. Sweat started forming around my body.
He knew.
He knew.
He knew.
The same thing rang in my mind.
He knew.
He knew.
He knew.
He knew I talked with alpha Grey. He knew I secretly met with him not only once but every day... but how?
Slowly, seconds passed, and I was in tears. I couldn't believe I was facing this. I couldn't believe my nightmare was coming true. I was hugging alpha Grey, I was in his comforting embrace just minutes ago, and the second he was gone... everything was going astray. Everything was coming down, and... how did it happen??
"I specifically told every single one. Everyone knew not to fuck with the rules, but you, you didn't! Who are you!? Huh?! Who do you think you are?! Some kind of a great person to go against my rules?!? Did you forget you live in MY pack? You live under my rules, so when I say no! It is a big fat no! You can't even rethink my words! You have to follow whatever I say! Everyone can follow my words. Everyone did follow my words. And when others did follow my rules, you couldn't?!"
Tears started spilling out of my eyes.
He continued, "You didn't meet with just a pack member from the Dark Moon Pack! You didn't fuck around with just a random dude. But with their alpha!!! Did you know what you were doing?! Were you in your right senses when you were snogging with him in the woods!? And what if I didn't know anything right now?! What if I didn't get any information!? What were you planning??? Leave this pack with your knight in shining armour and become the Luna of that pack?! Don't you know your place? You are just a disgusting, pathetic omega who might as well die! And you were dreaming of becoming the most powerful Luna??! I regret taking you in! I should've just killed you the second you raised your hand to my son! I let it slide and gave my Luna the chance to punish you!! Even after that, you dared to do something this shameless?!!"
I covered my mouth with my hand so I won't make any sound. Everyone's eyes were training on me. I could feel everyone's burning gaze. I had so many questions in my mind, how did things come to this place? How did the secret get out? Was alpha Jackson that mad? What was he planning to do with me?
Then I heard footsteps. I was literally shaking when I saw alpha walking toward me. I saw the smirky look on Luna's face, the neutral look on the guy I didn't know, the unknown expression on Jane's face, the feared expression on Nanny's face, and last but not least, the regretful expression on Fah's face.
Alpha's fist connected with my jaw. An indescribable pain went through my body. My face felt as if it got separated from my body. I flew back and landed on the floor with a heavy thud, hitting my head on the icy cold floor.
My vision went blurry, and I could only hear faint voices. I saw a pair of feet again walking towards me. I wanted to yell and wanted to ask for help. I wanted to scream for help. But my voice wasn't there.
Moon Goddess, why? Why? Why? WHY!? Why didn't you give me a voice when I was born? Why did you make me silent and weak? Why couldn't you give me some strength? Why didn't you give me another rank? Why wasn't I at least a beta??? Why did you let me live in this pack?
I was lifted back to my legs by the same pair of large hands that punched me in my jaw. And those hands again made contact with my gut. Then I knew my body wouldn't be able to keep it cool any longer.
Black dots appeared in my vision. I took a last glance at the numbers written on my wrist. Alpha Grey's number...
'Nine.... three.... zero.... please brain, memorise it...'