Chapter 1

Addison

I never thought there would come a day that I would have to run away but I know that I don't have much of a choice anymore. There are things that I have been through and a duty that I had to wait to deal with my family, but I never thought that they would do this to me. I had no idea what they would do to me, and how they are going to make sure that I end up being screwed over. I want to mate with someone out of love, not because it's something I'm forced of me to do.

I hate them.

They are trying to marry me off to some Alpha to make a peace treaty or something. I might not have been too upset about it if they would have told me the truth about it, but they lied to me. They told me he was a decent man and that there was nothing wrong with him, but they were far from telling me the truth. There was so much wrong with him, and he treated me as a prize and not as an equal.

I hated when his hands were on my body and when he would try to kiss me. I quickly would make the claim that I wanted to wait for our wedding night, but I know he was getting irritated with my ‘excuses'. They were not really excuses but I didn't know how to keep him away from me. I hated how this happened and I hate that he continuously treated me this way because this is not how romance should happen.

I complained to my parents about it, but they never said anything to me about it. I hated that they didn't care. They didn't care if I was happy because they were making sure to do this for themselves and it wouldn't matter what I would end up saying to them about it. I think if I continued to complain too much, they probably would have locked me away until the wedding day.

I hated it, I wish that I could have done something differently but there was no way to fight against them. Everyone that I thought would have my back ended up turning on me and they made it evidently clear that they were not going to help me at all. I wanted to scream, and I wanted to beg for some kind of mercy, but I knew that they wouldn't give it to me. Why should they? What would it do for them? I hate to even admit it like that because it was becoming more and more clear that they honestly didn't give a damn if something made me happy.

I think that I have just grown used to it. I hate that this is how it had to be but there was just nothing I could do about it anymore. I know what I care about and what I think, but unfortunately, they are going to make sure that I'm never allowed to be happy. I think that if they did, they would probably destroy me and then I would definitely never be able to leave.

But then one day, everything changed.

His name was Sam, and he was a sweet boy. I wouldn't say that we were friends, but he didn't treat me like I was someone to be afraid of. He made sure to treat me like I was someone like him, someone who deserved his respect. I liked that because I liked being close friends with someone who wouldn't end up screwing me over, but it became more and more clear just how much he probably felt about me.

I knew he liked me, but I didn't think much about it. We would never be able to have a relationship because of my parents and I knew that. He knew that. There was just nothing we could do, and it was just how things had to be. I wish that things could have been different, but I have done this all on my own for so long, it didn't matter.

But then he screwed up.

In a moment of weakness, he kissed me, and I let him. That was the wrong thing for me to do but I wanted some kind of intimate moment that I wasn't disgusted by. Well, the Alpha dropped by at that moment and flipped out. He called me a whore and ripped Sam away from me, flinging him against the wall. Sam was a warrior, but he couldn't win against an Alpha. Sam was badly injured, and I had to beg for forgiveness for him to be saved. I couldn't even say goodbye before he was dragged off and then exiled.

He didn't deserve to be exiled and I tried to explain that, but nobody cared. They wouldn't say anything about it because there was just nothing, we could do about it. If I could have had it in the right places, I would have begged him for mercy, and he tried to force himself on me. He nearly bit me but thankfully my parents came to the rescue, and they were able to pull him off of me and tell him this isn't the right time. I felt such intense fear when he looked at me and I knew then that he wasn't going to let me get away with this.

So, I did the cowardly thing, and I ran.

I ran as fast as I could go, and I tried to not let anything get in my way. I brought limited supplies because I didn't want to be weighed down. I hated the fact of everything that had happened but what I do know is that some things happen for a reason. I just ran as fast as my legs could take me, already knowing that they were after me but I was not going to let them catch me. I can't let them catch me because I'm afraid of what they might do to me. I'm afraid that I will be locked away and he will do who knows what to me. I don't even want to think about it, and I want to beg to just be let free.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen unless I keep running or die.

But I should have known something wasn't right. I had to go into Rogue territory, and I had heard how Rogues were becoming a problem for my pack. I didn't want to think that I would be attacked out here by one, but I could see them chasing after me, my heart racing in my chest because I knew that if they caught me, I'm done for. I am scared to think of what might end up happening but that's not even the biggest thing I could think of right now. If they catch me, I'm through…

They are hot on my heels, and I feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I'm severely afraid of what's going to happen if they end up catching me. I didn't want to even deem it possible, but they are bearing down on me, and it doesn't take long for one of them to tackle me to the ground and I'm almost immediately captured.

Fuck my life.