The Stained Omega by Elle T Jefferson

Lost innocence.
(Anna)
A tickling at my feet wakes me up, the throbbing in my face makes itself known the second I try to lift my head. Opening my eyes seems a little too hard right now so I try to smell who is messing with me now, nothing comes to me except for my own blood.
“You have to run Anna, he’s going to kill you.” I hear Leon whisper over the rushing in my ears.
“Why?” I ask Leon while I spit out the blood currently gathering in my
mouth.
“Because he’s insane. He wants his own Pack and can’t handle the fact that he won’t ever have one.” Leon explains as I feel my ankle be freed from its confinement.
“Why did you do this?” I ask considering he still didn’t answer me, maybe I wasn’t clear the first time.
“I’m so sorry Anna,” Leon whispers as he sits me up and pushes the hair out of my face, I manage to open one of my eyes and I am met with a puffy-faced Leon. He looks thinner than I remember, like he’s been on some kind of crazy diet or he’s not been eating thanks to the stress of his betrayal.
“We trusted you. James trusted you.” I say to him, I watch as a tear
escapes
and rolls down Leon’s face.

“Let me help put it right, run please.” He begs me as he lifts my arms. and pulls me from the floor, “your face looks worse than it is. She
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stopped once you passed out, if you run East you will get back to the Pack. If you hit the river you are going the right way, I marked it so I knew how to get home.” I look at him with sad eyes as he pushes me towards the door, we both know he can’t come back to the Pack, Fraction will kill him for his betrayal. “Look after the kids for me?” I nod my head as he opens the door, beyond it is inky darkness which tells me I’ve been out cold for some time. Squeezing Leon’s hand I quickly dash out of the door and into the darkness.
I know this might be a trap and any one of them could come running after me at any second but I have to get to Thomas. If I can get to Thomas I can keep running and never look back, there might have been. a massive hiccup but the plan is still the same.
‘I can’t see a da mned thing,’ I complain to Winter.
‘Let me out, I will get us home.’ Winter tells me as I almost run into a tree trunk.
‘Swiftmane isn’t our home,’ I tell her quickly.
‘Fine whatever. Let me out before you kill us both, I refuse to die of a snapped neck like some common she wolf.’ I roll my eyes at Winter as I stop and start to relax my b*dy. It’s been a while since I’ve let Winter out so she isn’t coming as easily as she normally would, it takes me a solid minute to give her the space she needs to burst forward. My breath whooshes from me as I drop to my hands and knees, I’m panting as I feel Winter try to take over my b*dy.
‘Da mn it Anna, you have left this too long. This is going to hurt,’ a cry of pain is ripped from my throat as I feel Winter force her way out. After what feels like an age I am watching Winter’s white paws dig at the muddy ground as she tries to bring herself up. I can see better instantly, Winter wasn’t lying when she said she can see better than
me.
I feel Winter shake her fur out before she goes still as stone, I feel her hackles rise as she senses something in the darkness. I dare not ask her what is wrong because I know that breaking her attention right now could be the difference between life and death. I know there are people out here who want to kill me so not listening to Winter’s instincts. would be foolish. I hear the growling coming from behind us at the same time as Winter does, spinning around to face her attacker. I see a bright ginger wolf edging their way towards us, she’s walking slowly but also with purpose. Her front is low to the ground like she’s ready to pounce any second.
‘Faye.’ I gasp.
‘Mine,’ snarls Winter as she starts charging towards Faye. I close my eyes as the two wolves race towards each other and collide right there. in the middle of the forest. Winter is on her hind legs and is using her front paws to scratch down Faye, she’s quick and manages to roll to the side to avoid the attack. Winter lands back on all fours and spreads her front legs and lowers her head, with a menacing growl she waits to see what Faye will do next.
Faye quickly rights herself after the tumble along the ground and comes up snarling while shaking the leaves from her fur. Locking eyes with Winter she starts growling just as loudly as Winter, I can’t help but feel we are finally in the challenge that should have happened that day in the clearing. I watch Faye’s tail swish low and menacing, I know she’s doing it on purpose to distract Winter but lucky for me. Winter is not so easily distracted.
‘We can’t kill her,’ I tell Winter as I watch Faye put more pressure on her front paws, she’s getting ready to charge. ‘Winter!’ I yell as Faye lunges forward with a burst of speed, Winter steps to the right and Faye sails right past her. Faye is fast but Winter is faster and she manages to clamp her jaw onto Faye’s hind leg. I feel her teeth. puncture the skin and muscle as Faye howls in pain, Winter uses her
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shock to our advantage and uses the leverage she has on her leg to pull her backwards until she’s flat on the forest floor. I watch as Faye’s wolf tries to dig her front claws into the dirt but it does nothing to stop Winter from dragging her backwards until we are towering over her.
I watch in horror as the fur on Faye’s wolf starts to recede into her b*dy, she keeps going until a n*ked and blo ody Faye is laying under Winter’s form.