Chapter 1
Life As I Know It
Beep… Beep… Beep….
I groan and p the little brown rm clock that sits on the floor beside my bed.
Bed ha, I use that term lightly. It is more like a nest you would expect to see in a den of a pack rat or
other small rodent. It consisted of anything I could gather that wasn’t too destroyed or ruined. There
was a thin mattress from a couch bed, random pillows and nkets pack members had thrown out,
and a few couch c u s io n s I had swiped from the couches at the packs dumping spot.
I felt like I had justid down; in reality, there had been a party the night before, and it was my job to
clean and cater to the guests. At least since I had been working the party, the Alpha had told the
men to leave me alone. I knew I wouldn’t be so lucky tonight.
Amotion from upstairs brought me to my feet. If they caught me. still lying down after 4 am I
would be punished for sure.
The door swung open, and four guards pilled in, wrestling another man down the stairs. His arms
and legs were chained together with what I assumed were silver chains since he hadn’t broken free
yet. You would think seeing this would shock me, but things like this often happened here. My room
was nothing more than a cell in the holding area in the basement of the Alphas office building.
Usually, the cell door to my room was chained open, but they would lock me in there often. It
seemed to give the guard great joy to find every little reason to punish me and lock the door.
As they came down the stairs, the head guard growled at me*, “out of
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the way, mutt” The others justughed, and thest guard kicked at me on the way past. They threw
the man in the cell next to mine, great just what I needed. I wanted to run back into my room and
pull everything away from the bars, so this prisoner wouldn’t be able to drag my stuff through bars
and destroy it like the one before him. But I knew I didn’t. have time. When the stairway was clear, I
hurried up and to the packhouse. I would bete if I didn’t rush, and beingte always. caused
terrible consequences.
It was only about a 4 mile from the Alphas office building to the packhouse. Once there, I quickly
started preparing breakfast; thankfully, I had most of the food ready, and it only needed to be
heated. I was only responsible for feeding the unmated Pack members that lived at the packhouse.
All mated couples and children had their own houses and prepared their meals. But there were still
around 115 that may or may not show up to any given meal. Meals were always stressful for me; if I
didn’t prepare enough, I would be punished for starving the pack. If I prepared too much and there
became food waste, I was punished for wasting the pack’s money. After breakfast, I cleaned the
dishes, kitchen, and dining hall. Then it was off to the upper levels to collectundry. Once the
laundry was going, I had toe back to the kitchen and prepare snacks and lunch. After lunch, I
had to clean the pack house top to bottom.
Thankfully I had cleaned most of themon areas after the party at 2 am. this morning, so I was
done a lot faster than normal. After Supper, I cleaned up and checked my list of inmates at the
Alphas office, and They were usually allowed one meal a day. I had five; they never wrote their
names down, just their cell number. My heart sank when I saw cell number 2 and remembered
there had been someone in the cell next to mine all day. As soon as they locked him in, I am sure
he destroyed anything he could get his hands on. I mean, I don’t me him, especially if he let his
wolf out. It was already dark when I left to head back.
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There was another gathering at a neighboring pack, so I knew there wouldn’t be many others
around, just a few guards. When I got inside, I could see two guards. One guard I didn’t know well
as he was mated and kept to himself, mostly his mate woulde to visit sometimes and she was
nice to me. They weren’t originally from this pack and only recently joined. From what I heard, they
didn’t have a choice; it was join or die. My uncle had attacked their pack and killed their Alpha.
The other one was named Carl, and I knew him all too well.
“Hey, hot stuff,” he said when I walked. I tried to ignore him. That was the wrong thing to do. HeCopyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.
jumped up and was in front of me in a sh. “Hey, b**h I was talking to you. Don’t you dare ignore
me” He went to p me.
I braced for the impact, but it never came. When I opened my eyes, I could see the other guard
holding Carl’s arm.