"How dare you insult my sister? You have a death wish? You child of a bitch!"

Pa! Pa! Pa!

Three loud slaps hit a smallish, skinny, tanned, black-haired girl. She fell to the floor from the impact and quickly knelt, despite the stinging pain she felt.

"I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. Please forgive me. I'll never do that again." she begged with her face to the ground.

Her clothes were ragged and faded. Her hair was tangled with dirt in it and covered her face.

Her whole body was covered in cuts and bruises. Some scars that had barely healed from last night's beatings had been reopened.

How painful were they?

She hadn't eaten since yesterday afternoon and now it was almost evening. She was already super weak before taking this beating.

"Please have mercy on me. I was stupid. Please, have mercy!" she cried in a hoarse voice.

The person who beat her was the gamma's son, William Woods.

He was just one of the many pack members that beat her up either for fun or to relieve stress. She is a punching bag to them. Some just used lame excuses to hit her.

She could not resist. She had nowhere to go and wouldn't survive outside the pack, as she'd become a rogue.

She has been here for as long as she can remember. She isn't a member of this pack. How did she get here then?

Let me tell you a little history.

**********

"Lavana, hun! Come.get your food." a brown-haired woman called out from.the kitchen.

"Yes, mama!" a little girl of around 4 with black hair ties into two small ponytails, as her hair was short, ran into the kitchen and hugged her mum's left leg.

"I can't wait to eat your food. It smells so good." the little one said.

"Hmmn! I'm not sure you like it. My princess must be pretending." teased the mother.

"No, no, no! I'm dead serious, mama. Let me show you my sincerity." the little one stopped hugging her thigh and retreated 7 ft away from the mom.

"Watch this lady!" she said and started dancing.

"Whoa! Mama sees your sincerity. Come, let me hug the princess." the mum squatted and spread her arms.

Lavana ran straight into her arms and placed her small hands around her mom's neck.

"I love you, mummy!" she giggled.

"Yeah, my Lavana loves me best."

Suddenly, there were sounds of shooting along with howls.

A yell was heard.

"Warriors, the pack is under attack."

The mom trembled in her heart but tried not to let the girl see her worried.

"Mommy, is there trouble?" Lavana asked.

"Not a big one. Just some flies. Don't worry, daddy and the other strong warriors will drive them away from here. It will be a piece of cake. Now why don't you hide in the secret room while mommy goes to watch the battle. I promise you, I'll gist you all the interesting parts." the mom said.

"Ok, mummy." the girl broke the hug and her mum gave her the food.

"You'll have to eat it in there and here... you can play games on my phone to kill time. What do you think?"

"Mum, I'll play Candy Crush and then Princess dress up."

"Alright! Anything you wanna play, you can."

"Can I dance too?"

"Yup. But make sure the music isn't loud." her mum cautioned.

"Okay mummy." the little one nodded and her mum pecked her forehead.

"Let's go!"

>>>>>>

After hiding the little one in the secret room underground, the mom braced herself to go out of the home.

"Brandon, my love, I'm sorry, but I can't leave you out there all alone. I'll have to disobey you this time." she said as her eyes turned grey.

She transformed into a black wolf and ran outside.

She saw that their side was on the losing side. Her husband had been killed along with the others. Only a few were still fighting but they were injured badly.

She shed a tear and her eyes turned red.

"I might as well take you down with me." she rushed at the intruders and started killing many of them. But one of them was able to bite her neck.

She fell to the ground and transformed back to human. Her hair covered her face.

She looked at the intruders who had also returned to their human form.

"You won't get away with this, Alpha Blake. The retribution wil come to you. I swear." she yelled.

"Shut her mouth. The air isn't fresh anymore." said a bulky man with red hair and green eyes.

"Yes Alpha!" one of the surviving intruders, the winning Alpha's subordinate, replied.

He walked towards the lady who started retreating.

"You are one pathetic, weak pack. We asked you to give us some of your land and you'll get money in return. But you claim it's your ancestral land. Can't be given up, right? Now look at you. Only 7 of you are left. And even so, none of you will live to see tomorrow. This could have been avoided. It's quite a shame that many morons abound on earth." the Alpha said with fake pity in his eyes.

"You won't get away with this. You won't!" she screamed and tried to transform, to no avail. The bite wound on her neck hadn't healed yet.

"Stop struggling, woman." the intruder Alpha's subordinate said and held her by the throat. She was struggling but eventually gave up when she couldn't take it anymore.

The Alpha's subordinate also killed the other 6 warriors who could barely stand.

"Congratulations, this land is now yours." the subordinate knelt and bowed along with the other 50 warriors.

"Congratulations, Alpha!" they chorused.

"Alpha Blake smiled and told them to rise.

"Clean this place up. Next weel, we are moving some pups here."

"Aye, Alpha!" the subordinates chorused again.

"Alpha, there is this one who had been hiding." a new voice was heard.

It was Alpha Blake's Beta, Lucas Syner who had blonde hair.

He was dragging a girl who was crying and struggling to get away from him to no avail.

"Let me go! Let me go, you bad man." she cried.

"Bring her to me." Alpha Blake commented.

The Beta tossed Lavana to the Alpha's feet.

He then scanned her with his eyes that had turned red.

"She is an omega!" he announced. "Let's keep her as our trophy. She will be a slave and punching bag to our pack. This is a tiny compensation for losing our beloved warriors." he said and kicked the child in the stomach.

She flew from the impact and fell among the corpses of her pack members.

She started crying bitterly.

"Mummy... where are you? Come, save me... mommy!" she cried as she spat out blood.

She looked at the dead bodies and found her dad and her mom dead and separated from each other.

"No!" she cried.

At that moment, the Beta was coming towards her and she starting retreating.

She saw her playmate, Austin Cararner, the Gamma's son who had promised to marry her jokingly yesterday. He was dead too. Just like the others. She's the only one alive. No, she didn't want to die in their hands. She wanted to live so she can take revenge.

"Hun, if you keep retreating, I'll have no choice but to end you." Lucas said.

"Get away from me. You are evil. You killed my parents. You killed Austin. I hate you. I hate you all." she yelled and managed to stand up.

"One day, I'll avenge my pack." she swore to herself and started running with all her might.

Lucas easily caught her back to the Alpha who gave her a tight slap, causing her to spit out blood and 3 teeth.

"Let me go..." the Alpha slapped her again.

"This is the kind of life you will live until you expire, kiddo. Tie her up and take her back to the pack. The rest of you, clean up this mess!" he ordered, and they bowed.

"Yes, Alpha!" they chorused, and Alpha Blake left the scene.

Lavana watched him leave and cried.

She looked back at her dead pack members. Her mum and her dad couldn't even touch each other in their death. Austin and his mum died too. She was the only one left...

She will be beaten in the new pack she will be taken to. She will be a slave... how did life turn out like this.

Some minutes ago, she was playing games and then danced to music from her mom's earphones. She was having a blast with the food made by her mum too. Who knew that would be the last time she knew happiness?

>>>>>>>>>>

Raltonpack.

This is Alpha Blake's pack. The second strongest pack on the list of elite packs kept by the wolf council.

Lavana was introduced to the pack as the trophy and punching bag. No one was to show mercy to her.

From then on, anyone who felt like beating her up would come to her.

At first, she tried to resist but now, she has given up. Resisting means more beatings which will take a longer time to heal.

As an omega who hadn't shifted yet, her healing was the slowest!

**************

After the Gamma's son was satisfied with beating her, he left and she collapsed to the floor in pain and exhaustion.

She had no more tears to shed. Her whole body trembled.

She struggled to crawl to the corner of the super tiny room she was given to stay in from the day she was taken to this damn pack.

It had no windows or a door to protect her from mosquitoes and other creeping animals.

She used a cloth thrown away by one of the omegas as a curtain and that was all.

She opened a nylon bag and took out some dried herbs that helped her to heal a little faster. She found these 4 years ago and started to dry them so that she can chew on them every day. It was very bitter but effective.

3 days later, it was the day the Alpha's son would turn 16 and also the day he would first shift into a werewolf and train himself further for the position of an Alpha, which would become his in two years time.

The Alpha threw a party which would last till 2 am the next day.

The Alpha's sole son named Chase, would show his wolf to them after being assisted by the Beta. This was the tradition.

The party started at 8 pm and everyone was invited. Except a certain somebody!

She was thankful no one was in the mood to beat her up today. Maybe Mother Luck decided to shine on her for a time. But she could expect more beatings tomorrow.

For now, she was thankful. Today was even her period! She didn't have the luxury of getting disposable pads every time. She often settles for some rags thrown in trash.

She'd wash and use them. It was better than nothing. Although many had seen her leak out sometimes coz she couldn't change out of her rags in time as she was busy receiving hits. She had to bear the mockery especially from the boys in the pack.

She lay on the cold floor in her tiny room and closed her eyes.

She clutched her belly and a tear escaped her eyelids.

"Father... Mother... Austin... Why? Why did that have to happen? Why is life so unfair? Why am I even struggling to live? I'm same age as the Alpha only he's months older. Today, he's shifting with people to celebrate the emergence of his wolf. But look at me... I can't even feel my wolf say less of experience my first shift. I am a slave to the omegas in this damn pack. I have no future. Even if I die, will I even have a tomb? Revenge? That's far off from me. I can't even hold a bucket properly, I have almost no access to food so I eat herbs that aren't poisonous. Everyone's out there enjoying themselve; having a good time, but here I am... even rats don't wanna come close to me. I should have died back then so we'd be reunited early. Why... why do I keep struggling to see the next day?" she muttered to herself as tears fell in torrents.

She's so hungry right now and can't even rest coz of the pains she's eating. She was banned to even leave the room till tomorrow.

Would she even survive till then?

While she was lost in thoughts, a soothing voice was heard.

"Calm down, hun! We were asleep before. Now we are here. When we find our mate, we can leave this pack. The Alpha has no rule over the mate bond."

"Who are you? And where are you?" she asked in a hoarse voice.

"We are you. Give us two more years and we shall come out." the voice saida and faded.

"Please tell me. I want to know!" Lavana begged but got no reply.

She then sighed.

"What was that voice in my head? It is so calming, my pains have reduced too. I think I can survive till tomorrow now." she thought.

She wiped off her tears and managed to sit up.

"Could that voice be my wolf? She wants me to give her two years then I can shift? Will I be able to hold on till then? What am I saying? I've eaten all these for over a decade; what is two mere years? I can't wait to see her arrival. She said our mate would free us from this bondage... Is he an Alpha or... Oh I am so excited." a smile appeared on her parched lips.

Her dim eyes sparkled. Yes, she wasn't entirely hopeless. She had a mate, a powerful one who would rescue her from here. Then she'll take revenge and spare no newborn from this pack. All of them are scums like Alpha Blake- they deserve to die a million times!

A fire was burning in her heart again. Yes, she must live... she had to live for her parents, for Austin, for her wronged pack members and for her wolf!

"Ralton pack, smile a little longer." she muttered and arranged her hair.

The pain had greatly reduced. She swore she could even do dance moves with it-but she had two left feet🤭

"Thank you, I can't wait for you to come out." Lavana whispered.

"Hehe, it's nothing." the voice replied again and faded

Excited, Lavana tried to initiate a conversation in her mind but there was no reply. But it confirmed it. Her wolf is just sleeping!

When it was 11 pm, she heard the Alpha son screaming.

A future Alpha's shift is very painful but once he can get through it will be easier to shift from then on. He won't feel much pain to transform. But for omegas... every shift is painful so they only shift during the full moon or when it is demanded.

One fact too is all werewolf have this blur in their eyes. When they shift to human, they will be naked. So the moon goddess blurred the private places so only their mate can see how they really look. But for someone who hasn't shifted like her, everything will be seen-no blur.

"I'm so sleepy..." she yawned and lay back down.

The Alpha's son's first shift and the stupid celebration party had nothing to do with her.

Soon sleep too her to la-la land. She hadn't slept so well in decades!

Meanwhile at the celebration party, everyone had been having a good time but became worried when the held bones snapping.

The Alpha's son was transforming. The Beta quickly carried him out to a room prepared for this purpose.

"Don't worry, Chase. You'll be alright." he consoled.

"I know that. Let's just get this over with. Come out faster you damn wolf." Chase barked.

His bones started snapping and cracking at a fast rate. This pain was eating him alive but he had no energy to scream. His heartbeat had increased and his eyes changed from green to red.

"Turn around!" Chase's wolf had taken over.

The Beta obeyed. It's not like he's the one shifting. Hmph.

1 hour later.

The Beta turned around to see a black wolf with three golden stripes on his back.

He immediately went on his knees.

"May I know the future Alpha's wolf." he asked.

"Call me, Ivan." was the wolf's reply in mind link.

"Can we see the pack now?" the Beta asked again.

"Yup!"

Getting this permission, the Beta led the way to the party.

The pack members cheered and danced in seeing the large, fearsome wolf. This was their future Alpha.

"Ah, he's so robust!"

"Look at that shiny black fur!"

"It's the stripes for me. His legs are sturdy too."

the girls said excitedly.

Some hadn't shifted. The ones who had shifted didn't hear their wolf cry "MATE!" so they knew he wasn't theirs. But maybe someone else was, but who was the person?

Alpha Blake walked to his son's wolf and patted him on the head.

"Good job!" he said with red eyes.

"Alpha, his name is Ivan." the Beta said.

"Woah... such a manly name!"

"Ah, Cupid's arrow!"

Some girls said dramatically.

Others shook their head at the love-struck ladies.

"Shift!" Alpha Blake commanded and the black wolf transformed back to Chase in three minutes.

He stood without clothes and faced the pack. His eyes changed from red to green.

The pack could see a blur in his private places. They couldn't see his nipples, navel and abdomen down to his thighs clearly.

"This is your future Alpha." the Alpha raised his son's left hand up, and the audience cheered.

His mom, Luna Anita, went to hug him.

"My dear son." she whispered.

"Have you found your mate?" she asked.

"My mate isn't here, mum. She must be from another pack." Chase said to the hearing of all.

"Maybe she is among these unshifted hotties." the Luna said and Chase nodded.

"Mum, I'm a bit embarrassed." he mind linked his mom.

"But no one can see you bare darling. There's a blur." she replied back in mind link.

"That doesn't apply to parents and doctors." he mumbled.

"Hahaha. So, my son is this shy?"

"I'm not. Only my mate should see my body without the blur."

"Okay, my boy! Let's get you clothed. " she broke the hug and suddenly carried him on her shoulder.

"Hey mum. Put me down. This is embarrassing!" he complained.

"Son, it's tradition." she said with a smile.

"What nonsense tradition? You just want to treat me like a child."

"But you are a child. You'll be a man only when you are Alpha and get your mate."

Chase felt defeated. This mum of his...

"Alright, let's have a blast people!" the Beta yelled after the Alpha had returned to his designated seat.

************

3 years later.

Lavana chewed the special herbs to heal faster. She had just been beaten by two 15-year-old unshifted girls.

"I'm already 19 and still haven't shifted. What the hell is going on?" she thought in worry.

Since last year, the voice in her head did not talk to her at all. Now it's already 5 months into this year and she still didn't shift.

"Sorry, dear! We might have overslept, but we are ready now. Get into position. We are coming." said the familiar gentle voice.

Lavana's eyes lit up.

"So I'm ready to shift? I can't wait to find our mate." she said with excitement.

Soon, she'll be out of this shit hole of a pack for good.

But then, a question came to her mind.

"Hey, why do you always say 'we' instead of 'I' or do are you referring to us both?" Lavana asked.

"Find a secluded place within ten minutes. You will get the answer you seek, hun."

"Alright." Lavana rose. She arranged her clothes and hair before taking one last look at the bag at the extreme. She smiled and then ran out of her room.

Those who saw her hissed. They assumed she must be looking for a place to pee or poop.

>>>>>>>

She ran to the woodshed and stopped to catch her breath.

Well, she normally has to split wood for the pack for years. No one bothers to come here unless it's almost winter.

She quickly locked the door of the woodshed and hid behind the pile of firewood.

"Alright, can I get the answer now?" Lavana asked.

"Yes, dear!" replied the voice.

"Crawl position." the voice ordered, and she obeyed.

"Remember this; You must never scream throughout the transformations." the voice warned.

"Transformations? I don't get you." she frowned.

"Speak no more. Save your strength instead for what is ahead." the voice said and suddenly, she felt her backbone crack. That really hurt. She'd prefer to be beaten rather.

This damn wolf of hers told her not to scream. But how would she be able to do that? The pain is indescribable. She felt like she was thrown into a furnace to die.

"Can't you just seal my voice?" she asked.

"As you wish!"

More of her bones snapped, cracked and lengthened. Her teeth all fell out as her ears lengthened.

Bloody tears flowed from her eyes as she tried to scream, but no sounds came out. Her wolf had sealed her voice; just as she had ordered.

"Don't resist the pain. Let it crush you, allow it to swallow you whole, hun. Save your strength for the other two transformations."

"Eh? 2 more? Into what she asked in her head.

"Shush! You will know soon."

Lavana felt defeated.

So she'll transform three times. Into what? Three different wolves or something else? What was she even changing to now?

She felt terrified already.

"Calm your thoughts or the pain of the other two transformations will be tripled." the voice cautioned.

"But..."

"This is your last warning, Lavana." the voice sounded harsh this time and she stopped asking. Better focus on getting through the two transformations.

Her clothes ripped and fell to the ground. She grabbed the sand along with the few grass growing on it.

Her mouth kept opening and closing.

This is just the first transformation and she felt like dying already and there's are still two moe waiting for her? How would she survive it?

"Don't think too much. Just focus, hun. Once you're done, you'll be dancing." said the voice soothingly.

>>>>>>>

30 minutes later, she stood on all fours. Instead of her usual skinny hands, what she saw were large paws.

She looked at her paws. They were white. She must have transformed into an Omega.

"All that pain for an Omega wolf. Others transformation isn't even up to this." she complained.

"Lavana, now you've transformed into me. You and I are one now. Call me, Pamela." said the voice.

"Well, Pamela. I need answers. Stop evading my questions, alright!"

"Well, you'll get it after you go through the third transformation, Lavana." another voice spoke, startling her.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Oceana. Right now, I'll need you to go to the stream in the pack. Don't worry, no one will see you. You are currently invisible until the third changing."

"Fine!" she transformed back to human in 5 minutes and opened the door of the woodshed.

"Shift!" Pamela ordered.

"Again?" Lavana raised an eyebrow.

"Stop being annoying, kiddo." said Oceana unhappily.

"Kiddo? How old are you guys?" she asked.

"Pamela is the youngest. She is two centuries old." replied Oceana. "I'm 4 centuries old. The third sister is a thousand year old."

"Eh?" Lavana was rendered speechless and defeated. So they were old monsters? Sigh!

She immediately transformed and headed towards the stream speedily.

On reaching there, she returned to human on Pamela's order.

"Get in the water. You must reach the streambed." ordered Oceana.

"But I can't swim!" she complained.

"Chap, don't test my patience."

"Okay, Okay. Calm down, Oceana. Anger is bad for your health." she said as she stepped into the water.

"Those words are for weaklings. Anger brings out the fighter in you, chap." Oceana said unhappily.

"Don't call me chap."

"Fine, I'll call you toddler then."

"Just call me chap instead." Lavana said in defeat. This second voice was eccentric. How would the last one be like? She didn't wanna know!

She entered the water and began to swim to the stream bed. She could surprisingly see well underneath water. When she finally reached the stream bed, Oceana told her to sit beside a large rock and hug it.

When she obeyed, Oceana told her to repeat the words she would say next after her.

"But I can't speak under water." Lavana said in her head.

"Say hello with your mouth."

Lavana skeptically agreed and said a "Hello!" water entered her mouth and she tried to close it.

"Keep it open, silly girl." Pamela ordered.

She couldn't resist and opened her mouth. She swallowed water and started to cough and struggle.

"Are you guys trying to kill me?" she asked in her head.

"No, you just need to embrace your next self. Now call my name wth your mouth." Oceana said.

Lavana did as was told and to her surprise, the water entering her mouth didn't hurt her anymore. It's like she's on land talking. She wasn;t choking anymore.

"Wow!" she said and it produced bubbles.

Her eyes lit.

"Am I... Is my second transformation gonna be a mermaid?" she asked excitedly.

"No, it will be a blue wolf." Pamela replied sarcastically. "Of course, you're gonna be a mermaid."

"Are you ready?" asked Oceana.

"More than ever!" Lavana replied.

She was so special. She's going to be a mermaid soon. How cool was that?

"Now I need you to repeat after me."

"Alright!"