Mated by Fate, Claimed by the Alpha

comforting. The kind that whispers your name from a shadow and cruelly reminds you of everything you had tried to forget. That was t

ieve. I don't remember much about my parents save that they were killed during a rogue attack when I was scarcely able

care for me, I think, but there was always something... keep-away-from-me feeling between us, as if she thought touching me for a little

would be tantamount to signing your death warrant. I had learned early how to become invisible: how not to attract attention while moving across the room; how t

tter. "Why is she still here

name. Every accusati

omed in, but because I

ds behind the training field. I could breathe among the trees. I could run with the wind whipping in my face

ch Omegas could labor, but a true one. Lies beneath my skin. She had a name,

y here?" she would whisper inside m

nearby; the wind moved when I was angry; I healed faster than any other; and my eyes glowed too brightly during the

over the trials. That would be the rigorous competition wherein young wolves demonstrated their strength, agility, and loyalty. The winners across these tria

. Omegas weren't allowed. But in t

led from adrenaline. The warriors laughed on seeing me set foot on th

rior." "Should've staye

out, as I

r than most of the trainees because of all those runs I took in the woods. I had sharpe

of the Alpha's trial favorites. T

r," the Alpha told h

ist connected with my jaw. I felt a rush of heat, a flash of light. My body acted on instinct. I ducked, swept his legs, a

standing by while unscathed. The cr

e cellar for three days. No food. No water. Just darkness and damp walls.

ispered words while she had given me a crust of bre

r. What could I

rs spat whenever I passed. The Omegas stopped sharing food with me. Even the

n awe. "Because you're more tha

sn't broken, just different. That the discomfort

to view in the sky. A force. A call leaning in the winds. I stood at the edge of the

an Omega. Only the girl who made it through. The girl wi

he story of my life wa