The Brooding Alpha is my Mate

Here I am again trying to cover up the bruises and cuts before school. I was always told to never let anyone know what happens in our home.

"What happens in our home stays in our home, Sydney." My mother always told me.

" No one can know Syd; he doesn't mean what he does." Yeah there she goes again, covering up for my abusive father, what does to me, but not just me he abuses my mother too! I know she is afraid, but you know what? I am not afraid anymore, I have made up my mind, I will take it until I turn 18, I get my wolf, and I graduate high school, that is when I will escape. I try to stay away from the house as much as I can. I got an after-school job, and I have been saving the money that I earn, so when the time comes, I will have some money to keep me going until I settle somewhere. I work at this luxurious hotel, The Pine Ridge. It stands right outside our border. It is in a neutral town, where humans and wolves can co-exist and work together. I was hired as a house keeper, and I oversee the penthouse suite. This suite is for important guests of high standings. It is the same everyday mostly. Cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, and restocking. Changing bedding and bath towels. Making sure everything is in pristine condition.The room is all white with a rose gold trim. Beautiful landscape paintings hang elegantly on the walls. A big panoramic view of the mountains in the north is breathtaking. The outside of the hotel is all white sandstone with a stucco finish to it. The trim is gold and it shines beautifully. This place is seriously too rich for my blood. I don't mind working there, the employees are treated very well. We are given a meal card each month along with our regular pay. I am thankful for this, because this is where I eat most of my meals, besides school lunch, this is the only time I get to eat when I am working. I get through my shift most of the time lost in thought. I am mostly thinking about my home life, what kind of punishment is waiting for me when I get home. Sometimes I am thinking about my plan to escape this horrible life that I am living. How am I supposed to act like everything is okay? Especially the days after a severe beating and I can't walk normally. Honestly, some days when I get home, he is already waiting for me, most of the time to make his dinner. Those are the days he beat my mother so badly that she cannot move. Those are the days I hate the most. This last time was so bad that he ripped me by my hair and threw me down the stairs because I wasn't moving fast enough to make his dinner for him. That particular day, I had just got home from work, I heard him as soon as I stepped inside, " it's about time, get my dinner done now."

So I quickly ran upstairs to take a shower and change my clothes. I was in my room getting dressed as fast as I could, but before I could even open my door to go back downstairs, he was crashing through my door, grabbing me by my hair and throwing me down the stairs, when I didn't get up right away he came flying down the stairs ferociously and started kicking me any where he could, while screaming at me " get the hell up you little bitch."

I am curled up in the fetal position trying to protect myself from the blows of his kicks, when I hear him remove his belt, I know what was coming next and I try hard to brace myself for it. I hear it whip through the air before it connects my back, he whips me anywhere he could, it didn't matter where the belt lands, I felt warm liquid oozing from the slashes the belt was making, I know I am bleeding. He must have tired himself out because he finally walked away mumbling something that I couldn't make out. I uncurl myself trying to make my way to the kitchen by scooching my body across the floor in search of something I can use to help me stand up. Once I am on my feet, I start to nurse my wounds the best I can while getting his dinner done. It feels like two of my ribs are broken, I wrap them the best I can, I can feel the swelling around my eye getting bigger, my vision is blurring, I know that I am in bad shape, however I am not going to let this keep me down. I am a fighter even for a lowly Omega.