My Mate Is An Omega – Chapter 18
Caleb POV
“Caleb! Caleb, are you okay?”
The young she-wolf ran in my direction, but I didn’t lift my face to look at her. From the corner of my eye, I could still see her beautiful wavy hair dancing in the wind. She was only fourteen, but her body had already started to develop; I couldn’t help but notice her subtle curves through the thin white dress. I had to admit, she looked quite good for an Omega.
e you hurt?”
ght her off if I wanted to, but part of me wanted to show her the damage that had been done. Part of me wanted her to see under the mask of the unbreakable boy I pretended to be. Her silky fingers traced my bottom lip,
ightened senses allowed me to hear the rapid sound of her heartbeat just fine. She was scared. For me.
y eyes made me feel so small and irrelevant.
k. He left an hour ago,” I finally revealed.
ng?”
the Alpha didn’t turn me into a rogue as well. I’m his useless son.”
ke him, Caleb.” The sinc
e subject.
l a valuable friend. Whenever she was near, she made my heart skip a beat. I wondered if the feeling would go away when I turn eighteen and find my true mate. We remained in silence just enjoying each other’s company for a while, until I heard her voice again.
el eyes widened with shock as I looked away. “Don’t tell me your father…”
es again, I immediately shot up in bed, gasping for air. It took me a few moments to realize I was in my room. Seconds later, the insistent knocks on my door were back.
in annoyance.
nce him to stop a thousand times. I even started taking wolfsbane pills before going to sleep to weaken him. After every single one of my attempts failed, I just gave up.
in the mirror, I walked out unceremoniously.
to ignore. As usual, I grabbed the mop and started by cleaning the dirty floor.
ther banished mine after I was beaten for being the son of a weak woman, and he didn’t want to see history repeat itself. He didn’t want me to become a reflection of my a*****e father, but as they say, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I was weak like my mother, and a d**k like my father.
, I reminded myself. I was on the right track before I found out she was my mate, and if she didn’t stand in my way, I might have actually managed to become a decent Gamma. Ho
ant to prove everyone, including myself, that I would never be as weak as him. For a long time, I prepared myself for the day I would reject Caitlyn.
n the time came,
l, I headed straight into Cedar’s office, not bothering to take a shower first; if I had to go through this every day for an entire month, I would make sure he suffered too. The other wolves eyed me with curiosity as I made my way inside, probably thinking I was back to working as a Gamma, when reality was much worse.
top communicating with me, but he also refused to come out. I couldn’t take part in training while I was unable to shift, and I couldn’t be a Gamma unless I could protect the pack.
“Any updates on Boris?” Cedar aske
upid a few days ago.”
s.” Honestly, I wasn’t surprised. “Since all of the methods we tried so far didn’t yield fruits, we’re down to our last resort. But I don’t think you’re gonna like it much.”
to do already.” I rolled my eyes at h
to our impatient Gamma?”
deathbed. It is the animal’s instinct to try and fight for survival.”
nce I got in response, as well as a small smirk from Cedar, made me frown. “Awesome. Whatever! If this wil
m his seat.
break easily, so a number of creative techniques had to be used in order to get them to speak. I couldn’t wait to find out what my kind Alpha had in store for me.
etting stained – it was about to get very bloody.
re we going
ts in an offensive stance. “I was thinking about beating the cra
g it on, Alpha.”
s going on.
k at my body to feel the bruises spreading. My bones were being broken, my skin was being torn open. A punch to my stomach knocked the air out of my lungs, and just as I instinctively opened my mouth in a desperate attempt to get some oxygen, he hit my jaw, instant
nswer for approximately five seconds until he noticed I wasn’t physically able to reply. I could see him turning to the Elder from th
I heard the old man’s voice, followed by the sound of something metallic hitting the ground beside us. My heart raced as panic took over me.
ately tried to speak, but it was n
t I could barely open my swollen eyes. I wanted to scream as the blade was slowly pulled out, only to cause an agonizing pain as it carved another hole in my body. With the little strength I had left, I lifted one of my hands and wrapped it around Cedar’s wrist, begging him to stop.
ully healed. “E-enough…” I breathed out.
Still, Boris didn’t give any signs he was ready to come out.
r another second.”
could have said
Those were his final words before retreating to the darkness.
of my closest friends, didn’t show any emotion as he watched me lie helplessly on the floor of the dirty dungeons, bleeding out.
breathed out, my chest aching every time I tried to speak.
e to see the situation you put yourself into.”
. When I blacked out, I was completely on my own.