Chapter 53 Chapter 53
"You're not an orphan, Jane. Just try to remember something. Remember how we were enslaved and forced out of our town, remember how you were that amazing princess loved and served by everyone. Just remember something, please." As she was talking, my eyes were shut really tight and the stress on my brain was bringing a terrible headache upon me.
I wanted to scream for her to shut up when a quick flashback ran in my head of me being handed over to her and a younger child was lying on the floor lifelessly, 'Jess!' I had screamed in tears.
It was a quick flashback, but I remembered a woman crying while this woman had me in her arms. 'Please keep her safe.' the woman had said.
'Mom, where are you going?' I remembered saying that in my very tiny voice.
"Don't worry sweetheart, we'll be back very soon. Just stay safe. Freya, please run very far away with Jane, okay?' the woman said and ran away in the direction of many people screaming. I definitely remember so many dead bodies being on the ground that was stained with blood, as I cried in this woman's arms and yelled for Mom to come back.
"Freya!" I called, opening my eyes and panting.
"Yes, that's me! You remember something!" she celebrated with a grin, pulling me into a hug, pulling away immediately. "That's so great. At least now you'll believe me."
"what's going on?" I cried, unable to get rid of my confusion. How could I have such a vivid flashback?
"Jess was killed and my sister made me run away with you to keep you safe so they could fight for the people of our town.
"Keegan and his pack are very terrible. We had to go into hiding for so many years. Till now, if they find out that we're alive, they'd want to kill us. We sent you there because we couldn't afford to cater for your needs and we believed that you'll be able to gain control with your strength. We didn't know how or why your strength was destroyed and were shocked to know you were going to be an omega. We've been trying to get you back to us, but you've still remained as weak as ever and under their control. I don't know how they haven't figured it out yet, but if they ever find out that you're the child they wanted to kill back then, they'd definitely kill you."
My body began to vibrate and was very sweaty. "What am I supposed to do now? How could they do this? How could they have denied me of the parental love I deserved and ruin my life this much?" I burst into tears and Freya pulled me into a really tight embrace.
"It's okay sweetheart, we're here for you now."
"Why didn't anyone come for me earlier?" I pulled away from her, a frown etched on my face as realization dawned on me that my family had been very much alive. "Did you not realize how much my life is a living hell there? Since I got to the pack, I've had to wake up extremely early to clean everywhere and cook for dozens of people. I've never had good things to eat or wear in my whole life. Do you know how many times I had to crawl up in a corner and cry my eyes out that I was all alone? I had no loved ones would embrace me, my childhood was a mess, I only went to High school to serve as a slave and when I wanted to pursue my dream to follow a career path, I that was denied the right to be admitted to any college. Do you know how hard I had to suffer as a child without love? Do you know how much I was jealous of other kids with parents and all I had was an empty space in the house I had to call my bedroom? My life has been nothing but worthless and I've always lived with the fact that I deserve it and I'm stuck with my miserable fate forever!" I was raising my voice, not believing that I could finally yell out my painful life history without being scared that I could be killed for doing so.
"We understand your pain." Her eyes were glassy. "I definitely do. You also have no idea how many times we've tried to get back to you, but we were unable to cross the pack line. We tried our best to have our daughter back, but they didn't let you leave because they wanted to use you for their benefits. You also have no idea how I cried so much these years missing you. You and Jess were the only ones I had. I'm unable to have a child of my own, so I raised both of you like my children. You wouldn't have had to go through all of these if we still had control of our town, if they hadn't come to take power over our land, if we had known your life would be such a hell, and if they weren't so evil!" she sobbed, dabbing her eyes with her fingers.
"Jane, we've only been able to cross the pack border with greater help recently and now we'll have our revenge on them, we'll take back what's rightfully ours. We're glad to see you again and we promise we won't let go this time. We promise to get back at them fair everything they put us through and for how they've treated you so terribly and ruined your life. We'll restore the peace and happiness we deserve.
"However, we'll need your help. You have to take back what's rightfully yours and we'll help you with that."
"Where are my parents?" That's what I needed to know the most at the moment. "If they are alive, why aren't they here speaking to their daughter?"
"I thought you won't ask." She said with a warm smile. "They aren't around now and though they badly wanted to see you as well, they have to hide because they can be killed if found, but don't worry, you'll see them next time you come to us.
"You just have to promise us you'll work with us to get your revenge. Neither of us deserved what they did to us. My mate was killed on that very day, Jess was killed, so many of our town members were killed." She lowered her head and sniffled, dabbing her eyes again. "I can't believe I'm crying." She fanned her eyes with a broken smile. "I promise you I'm not an emotional person at all. The past experience has made e stronger and more aggressive, so crying is never an option for me, but seeing you again and reflecting on these things has brought back this stupid tears."
"Everyone can cry. We all have emotions too." I held her shoulders and she lifted her gaze to me with a warmer smile. "You're so sweet. It's no doubt Keegan won't be able to resist you. However, You mustn't fall in love with Keegan. You can't fall in love with him after all the terrible things he has done for you. How can you fall for him and forget all of the things he has done to you, your family, and your life? It'd make absolutely no sense to fall in love with the sane arrogant beast that has made you a slave in his pack, punished you unnecessarily, limited your life based on stupid omega rules directed at crushing your happiness, and after knowing about how he took control of your family town and destroyed your life's joyfulness, I don't believe you'd be stupid to still fall for him. A demon will always remain a demon. Your tormentor wouldn't change or erase all his evil deeds of the past simply because of love."
"I don't love him, I have no feelings towards him. He's still a very terrible and arrogant man to me and now, I'm seeing him in an even different and darker side and it infuriates me from deep in my bones." I clenched my fists and jaw, a strange form of rage and hatred for Alpha Keegan was planted in my head and heated my blood beyond limit. "Yes, you shouldn't fall for me, at least not for real, but in order for us to get back at him and to accomplish the revenge you were originally meant to accomplish, you'll have to be his Luna. No matter what anyone says, whether or not Scarlett had a childish crush on him, you have to make sure you become his Luna at all cost, make him love you with all his heart to the point that he'll do anything for you. You just have to remember the most important thing is that you mustn't fall in love with him." her crustacean eyes peered into mine, pleading with me.
"How would this help us out?"
"When you're his Luna, you'd be able to gain control and have back what's rightfully yours. You'll then be able to reunite with your family and your parents will be treated like the king and queen they once were. You won't be a princess like you used to, this time, you'll be tagged as a Luna then after destroying him and everyone that has caused your doom, you'll be the Queen. You'll rule everywhere and will be happy again, then you'll find your true love and mate." She smiled. Her words were seemed like heaven as she and spoke them.
The drive to the pack felt like torture and made my hatred for Alpha Keegan grow deeper and deeper. Different flashbacks kept running in my head and Jess' dead body was mostly flashing in my memory. I couldn't really picture out anyone else's face except Freya's and Jess', but the flashbacks were becoming more vivid; an infuriating and extremely clear flashback I had was of me being very young and Kate said something to me before hitting me really hard that I fell to the ground and hit my head on a wall. What the hell was all of this? How could they have been so wicked to me and my family? Then they intentionally destroyed my life after destroying my family and our town. I could've been preparing to take over as queen of a very happy town and my life ought to be feeling like a bed full of roses if they hadn't destroyed that happiness. And most importantly, I could've had a wolf and be very strong.
The bus finally stopped a few feet away from the pack border.
"You can head out now. No one must see us. When you go to one of the escort you to the pack house. Please don't forget why guards, you can make them you're here again. Just remember that you have a big family and we all love you and support you. We'll try our best to reach out to you as much as we can without anyone noticing and we promise to not hurt you. We might've accidentally made you get injured previously to have a chance to talk to you and let you know the signs, but now that you know, we promise that we and no one else will ever hurt you again." She pulled me into a hug then kissed my forehead before pulling away and wiped the tears off my face.
"Thank you." I smiled at her, glad I actually had a family member and had the chance to speak to them again.
"Go home safely. Also, when you're done with your purpose, we'll work together to help you restore your natural strength and let you have your wolf. Just keep your focus on your revenge against Keegan, his mother, and his pack..."