Tamed by the Omega

ya'

od with a dirty, old flat bed and a bucket t

guards left. My wrists throbbed where they'd gripped me too hard, bruises beneath my ski

cell, way from the bed and bucket as the floor looke

e back with questions,.

they brought stale bread and a tin of water which the guard slid through the bars

nitely wer

able. Without her, I was just as good as a human girl in a cage. Weak. Defenseless. An

haustion, but I forced myself to stay alert because sleep in an unknown place was obviously a bad idea. Fear

fear of what

, their sneers were sharp as teeth. But not their Alpha. Not the feral, gold-ey

alone in wolf form? What kind of Alp

air of classiness. Here, survival wore its teeth bare. Wolves didn't whisper. They showed you th

ut I wasn't pack either. A

didn't last

lly opened on

e worst, back pressed flat to the stone wall. Expectin

stepped in wit

t T

ardness. Hair dark and tied back. Arms scarred from battles he di

plied. Authority clung

said, gaze sweeping over me without pi

dry for words anyway after not co

real food this time. A bottl

of the pack." A pa

who I am,

." His mouth didn't sneer, but something cold flickered behind hi

se apart from those names, I didn

or deciding what he wanted to do with his prey: kill it i

trength soon." He pushed the tray closer wit

ned. "A

ow slim the chances of winning were. "Or be sent back beyond the borde

bread, chewing it while using the time to

eyes. "Because Tion's curious.

ell after that. Not free.

the Crimson pack members. Wolves circled like vultures, some

o big, too rough while clutching a wooden pract

s gathered. His voice carried authority, enough to hush mur

ly not even bothering

n with gray hair and her muscles bui

t me?" s

rugged. "

savoring the moment. "

in her eyes that it

ht laste

gs. I hit the ground hard, loosing my grip on the wooden blade and hearing it clatter to t

Broken.

fused the orders my pride screamed. Breath shuddered

d beside me, g

aid, not unkindly. "G

got

. And

each wanting a pound of flesh for an offense I didn't know I commited. A doze

I d

fear I had always carried around. A defiance I had never imagined I would

ive my father

to stand...barely, but a silent

li

the sun, fixed on me like he couldn't decide what I was...puzzle or prey.

members recognized him for wh

ntinued to watch me with that look as I spat blood into th

ndered why. Approval? Amusement? B

ching. That

s I was familiar with while given scraps of food and having a short res

arned

To strike where it would hurt most, even if my blows barely packed a

ike stone. Sera, who laughed as she cut. Ulric, who never spoke but wh

ing. Offering help only wh

he said one night, tossing me

hen?" I ask

ones buried out

o me only onc

e said, watching me

e mysel

es gleamed. "Th

d blood in my mouth but, for the first time beneath all t

elonging.