“One by one,” Blondie shouts loudly as everyone gets into the black vans.

We had to leave our pack house behind. We had to leave Crystal Pack and we had to go The Blood Moon Pack house. To their territory.

It was always said around the pack, that once you stepped into the Blood Moon territory, you couldn't leave without a valid reason.

My valid reason? I get-got, he's dead Skylar- abused by the old Alpha. I want to be free.

Henry still clings to me as we climb inside the car. There's only a few people here since we were at the back of the line.

Someone from the other pack slams the door close after Scarlet sits inside. Henry climbs onto my lap, and lay his head against my neck. For a werewolf, Henry is not as clever or doesn't grow as fast as the other wolves. Wolves around his age act like their 10 year old, while Henry is still 5. He's a slow learner when it comes to things.

“Is mummy okay?” he whispers to me.

Scarlet looks at me confused. She's never met Henry. She doesn't know who Henry is. I never tell her everything. As much of a best friend she is to me, I've always been a closed book.

“Mummy is going to be okay. She's going to be with the angels now,” I whisper back to him.

I knew the look in his mom’s eyes. She was gone. There was barely a smile on her face when she sat down with the other guy. He was going to be with her till the end.

“Are you okay?” he asks me and I smile at him.

“I'm okay Henry,” I reply back, pushing his hair back. He's never had a haircut, so his hair is really long.

He nods, and leans back on my shoulder, closing his eyes.

I ignore the disgusted looks thrown at me by our own pack members. They never got to know me. Scarlet and I were just the Omegas of the pack.

Everything is going to be okay soon.

***

I step out of the car, my eyes widen at the huge pack house. It's twice the size of ours, and our pack house was huge. The car drives past, and I see Blondie walk towards the front of the clearing. All of us huddle around closer, Scarlet and I pushed to the back. Henry follows behind me. Everyone quietens down to hear what Blondie has to say.

“Aiden!” Henry shouts, waving at someone.

Everyone turns to look at Henry and they look confused. Henry has never been out so nobody knows him.

“Shush,” I pull at his hand and he covers his mouth quickly, noticing everyone's stares. Ignoring them all, we head to the back with Scarlet.

“I'm going to be straight with you all. No beating around the bush. Your Alpha is dead-” pack members gasp loudly as if they didn't know already. If he wasn't dead, he would be here with us. “I need you all to listen!” Blondie shouts loudly, and everyone quickly quietens down.

“You have a choice. Join this pack, or you'll die,” he says, not bothering with the fact that he sounds like he's telling someone the weather is alright outside.

“Anyone willing to die?” he asks and I look around, hoping someone will move forward. I just want to see if he's actually telling the truth.

“Thought so-” he mumbles to himself but I can hear it, “Now, you're not worth Alpha Damien’s time, so you'll be listening to me like usual,” he explains and we all nod.

Alpha Damien. We've always been told to never make eye contact with him. To never talk to him. To stop when he's walking by. He's known to kill anyone who misbehaves, anyone who talks to him when he's not talking to them. Basically anyone who's has attributes of a human.

“In order to find out which rank you should be placed in will be easy. You'll be going up against our pack,” he tells us. I can hardly see Blondie from where I'm standing. There's at least 100 people out here. We had 250 people in our pack all together and there's only 100 people here. So many pack members threw themselves into a fight just to defend their Alpha. Alpha Jack never deserved them.

“First up is your Beta,” Blondie says.

Everyone watches - some cheering on Mason. Our Beta. He was a real Alpha to the pack. Alpha Jack was always so busy doing stuff in his office that he never really cared about the pack. If anyone had a problem, it was always Mason who sorted everything out. Alpha Jack always sent everyone to Mason for anything they needed, so the pack loved him.

I move around people, towards a tree in the corner where I can get a better view of the front. Henry follows me quickly, and sits down next to my feet. I sit down next to him, crossing my legs.  

Henry and I watch with everyone else as a new guy steps forwards towards Mason. Mason is strong. He's the strongest wolf we know.  I've always heard about how he takes everyone hunting and comes back with the biggest deer.

Mason and the new guy get into a stance, and circle each other.

New guy will punch first, which is wrong. You've got to find your partners weakness, Kira says.

She's never been able to fight so she sits back and analyses everyone. The way they fight, the way they throw a punch, everything.

Mason blocks a punch by the other guy, and punches him in the stomach.

Blind spot. Kira mutters and I watch as Mason knees the guy in the face and elbows him in the back. The guy falls to the floor.

“Okay that's it. You're going to have to train a bit more, but go join the pack warriors,” Blonde says to Mason and helps the guy up with a sigh. First one to the ground.

Mason doesn't object. He knows he can't be the beta of this pack, so he stays quiet and moves to a bunch of people standing in the corner.

One by one, everyone gets their turn. Most of them are chosen to be warriors like Mason while everyone else gets to choose. No one was chosen to be a Omega. They didn't need to be chosen. Alpha Jack always made sure his pack knew how to defend themselves. Omegas were weak. Alpha Jack pack wasn't supposed to be weak.

“Who’s next?” Blondie asks.

It's only Henry, Scarlet and me, and the kids. The elderly didn't need to fight.

Scarlet moves forward. Blondie looks her up and down and then motions to someone from his pack to come forward. A girl.

“I haven't got all day long,” Blondie sighs.

We've been out here for at least two hours.

I watch as Scarlet moves forward and they both get into a fighting stance. Scarlet does know how to fight. She was put into those defensive classes, the whole pack was in. Except me.

Henry and I watch, as Scarlet punches the girl in the jaw, her not expecting it. She shakes it off and goes for Scarlet. Full on. Without any remorse, the girl punches Scarlet, pulls her hair, kicks her, while Scarlet throws in a few punches as well.

“Okay that's enough,” Blondie calls out and the girl steps back, a proud smile on her face. Scarlet pushes her back and looks at Blondie.

“Join them,” he points to a group in the back. Not Omegas. Just the common group. Normal wolves. She's not an omega anymore. I smile.

Blondie looks at me.

“Stand up and come here. Leave the boy there,” he says and I do it.

Just obey and nothing bad will happen.

I leave Henry behind and walk closer into the makeshift ring.

Blondie looks at me confused.

“Can you shift?” he asks. A few of my pack members snicker loudly. They know I can't shift.

“No,” I reply.

He nods to himself and turns to his pack.

“Adam. You can fight her,” he calls for an Adam. A few of his pack members laugh. I look around confused but groan a little inside when I see Adam.

Adam, who looks like he's around 16, recently shifted. If I wanted I could just blow on him and he'd fall down.

If I wanted.

Let me out. Let me show them what we're made of. We're not weak, Kira prowls in my mind.

We're weak for this pack. We have to be weak. I reply back. We have to be weak.

“Let's see what you've got,” Blondie says as Adam circles me slowly. I let him.

As humiliating as this is, I can't fight him. I want too, but I can't. I have to keep a low profile.

Adam charges towards me, and punches me in the face.

I could have easily sidestepped him, and elbowed him in the back. I turn around as Adam charges at me again, and lands a kick on my left leg. I pretend to fall down.

“That's enough. There's no point. Congratulations Adam, you're not weakest anymore,” Blondie mutters to him, and Adam jumps up in the air, happy with himself.

“You'll be an Omega,” Blondie says shaking his head at me, like he's disappointed.

I'll be leaving soon anyway. I just need to find Henry’s family.

“Listen up guys!-” Blondie calls out to get everyone attention. “Now the groups you're in, will show you exactly where you'll be living. Everyone has their own headquarters, okay? Now get going. I've got places to be. The Alpha is back,” He says and his pack nods quickly, and takes everyone else away. I follow behind them with Henry holding my hand.

Omegas are mostly in the kitchen, right? I was always in the kitchen. It should be lunch time now so they should be making lunch. I walk around everyone and head towards the room where I can hear something boiling. The kitchen probably.

I walk inside to see three girls standing there, chatting to themselves about the new pack. My old pack.

They face me quickly and one of them smiles.

“Hi! Can I help you?” she asks and I nod slowly, as Henry hides behind my legs.

“I'm a new Omega. I don't really know whe-” she grins and claps her hands, stopping me mid sentence.

“You're at the right place. We're the Omegas of this pack and you'll love it here, trust me. My name is Hannah and this is-” She points to the other two girls, “Molly and Natasha,”  Molly waves shyly at me while Natasha just rolls her eyes and walks to the sink.

Hannah pulls her brown hair up into a bun, while she looks at Henry.

“And who's this?” she asks looking behind my legs.

“This is Henry,” I reply, and turn to him.

“Say hi,” I smile at him softly and he nods, waving at them from behind my leg. Interacting with people is good.  Molly grins and Hannah squeaks a little. Natasha just washes the dishes.

“Is he your son?” Molly asks and I shake my head.

“No, his mom said that he has family here,” I tell them and Hannah looks at him confused.  

Henry moves closer to me.

“Family? We could ask Beta Liam if he can find out,” Molly says and I nod, grateful.

As much as I adore Henry, I want him to find his family so I can leave and run away and just be happy.

“Natasha, why don't you take...I never got your name,” Hannah laughs, shaking her head at herself.

“Skylar,” I smile at her and she nods.

“Take Skylar to Beta Liam. He'll be able to help her. Molly and I will set the table for lunch and then how about shopping later?” Hannah asks me and I nod.

Whatever takes me away from here.

“Fine,” Natasha mumbles and takes her gloves off. She tightens her blonde hair in her ponytail and walks out of the kitchen, nodding at me to follow her.

I follow her silently, with Henry attached to my leg. Henry has never been a peoples person, he's always been the shy type who doesn't talk to people.

I walk a little faster, taking lefts and rights like Natasha does when I smell it. The scent. I can't figure out what it smells like, but it smells amazing. Soft, masculine, something else that I can't place my finger on.

I get closer to the smell, my mind telling me to run, but Kira isn't listening to that. I can feel my eyes shining brightly. Kira has control now. I don't know how and why, it was so quick.

“Skylar…” Henry whispers to me and I close my eyes tightly, trying to shut her out.

Stop it! I shout in my mind at her. She roars back at me, one word playing around in my mind.

“Mate.” I hear a deep voice say.

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Question- What's your favourite food?

[Blondie up there^ also known as Liam. You can imagine them as whoever you though. I'm just trying to put something up so all the single ladies can look at some eye candy]