Chapter 132
132 Light the Fire, Then Burn the Chains
Aubrey’s POV
Funshed
“Stop saying that crap! Just because you’re an omega doesn’t mean you can’t fight! Didn’t you learn basic combat and cooperative hunting at the werewolf training camps?! That stuff is enough!”
The fire was growing fast. I could barely keep my frustration in check, but they just stared at the ground, faces pale and gripped by fear.
A wave of cold disappointment and helplessness washed over me. Maybe, after so many years of oppression and hearing “Omegas should know their place,” they’d simply forgotten how to fight back.
“Forget it…” I took a deep breath and swallowed the bitterness. My voice dropped cold. “Do whatever you want.”
I turned to go on my own–but then the omega girl gently tugged at my sleeve.
“Where… where are you going?” she asked, voice barely more than a whisper, trembling with tears.
“To kill them,” I said flatly.
“You’re not scared?” Her eyes widened in disbelief. “You’re just an omega…”
“Yeah, I am. I can’t even shift anymore.” I looked her in the eyes. Without Ella, all I had left were my fighting skills. “But I just snapped the necks of two Beta warriors with my bare hands. And I sure as hell won’t bury my head in the dirt like an ostrich while those bastards from the south burn our forest–our home–to the ground!”
I moved to leave again, but she grabbed my hand and whispered, “I’m sorry…”
I frowned and looked at her. Guilt filled her young face.
“In Stella Pack, only gamma and beta wolves are allowed to go to school,” she said quietly. “They say letting. omegas study is a waste of the pack’s resources. We’re better off digging up herbs and earning money for the pack.”
She handed me a bone–handled dagger and a pouch of powder. “This is my self–defense knife and some wolfsbane powder. Please….come back alive!”
I looked down at her for the first time under the faint moonlight. Her hair was dry like straw, her frame so thin her bones were visible, and her wide eyes–too large from years of malnutrition–were full of anxious
worry.
A heavy ache replaced my earlier coldness. In resource–starved Stella Pack, what little remained had been hoarded by those higher up the ladder. These omegas had fought just to survive–no wonder they’d been. crushed by fear.
My gaze shifted to the others behind her, all huddled the same way–thin, frail, and barely breathing. There was no lack of love for their home in their eyes. It was the fear–so deep in their bones–and the hopeless acceptance of their weakness that kept them rooted like statues Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ FɪndNøvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access s of novels early and in the highest quality.
Wasn’t that me in a past life? Always waiting for an Alpha to save me, giving in again and again–until death finally woke me up. The only ones who can save us… are ourselves.
“I’ll make it back. You guys… get ready to put out the fire.”
08:35 Sun, 24 Aug
132 Light the Fire, Then Burn the Chains
Without looking back, I left the group of omegas behind.
Finished
Using the cover of tall grass, I crept toward the two werewolves. I needed to wait until they separated…
“Where’d she go? That omega’s tough! Even wounded, she’s still fast!”
The one with the buzzcut barked back, “Idiot! Don’t wander off! I just saw her snap one of our guys‘ necks- she’s not just some weak omega!”
“Yeah, yeah! Annoying! And with comms cut off, we don’t even know what’s happening with Alpha’s group. Let’s kill her and get out of here!”
No sign they’d split up. I crouched in the grass, forcing a wry smile. A direct fight was risky–especially since I couldn’t shift.
I instinctively looked up at the moon and silently prayed: Moon Goddess, give me a chance… guide me…..
As if in answer, the bushes rustled nearby–someone was there. The two werewolves turned instantly. One of them gave the other a signal.
One stayed behind to cover. The other moved toward the bushes.
This… was it!
A flash of feral sharpness lit up my eyes.
The one left behind had his back to me. I could take him.
No hesitation. I sprang forward, summoned all the energy in my body, and jammed the golden re his pressure point. His body froze. Shock widened his eyes as he dropped to the ground, gasping—
“She’s-”
Thud! He hit the ground. I rolled and dove into another patch of grass.
But no matter how fast I moved, the Beta returned faster.
In the blink of an eye, he shifted into wolf form and pounced into the grass where I was hiding. His brown wolf eyes locked onto mine, growling low like he was saying-
Got you, filthy omega.
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