Chapter 5
Alpha Jack POV
What did I do to deserve a fight? I was a peace-loving creature that always avoided trouble. Even when the others picked on me I never said a word so why? What did I do?
“What does it say?” Marie tried to peek but I hid it from her. I knew it would be a disaster if she saw it. She would incite me to kill them especially now that she had found out that I was a wolf. I didn’t want to fight, I just wanted to learn and go home in one piece.
“It is time to return to your pack, Jack, your time here is over. You never belonged here. It is time to return to your rightful place.” My wolf howled from within but I wouldn’t listen.
I hadn’t come to terms with this new Identity, I wasn’t sure if it was real or not. I wasn’t ready to follow anyone anywhere. I didn’t know these people and I had no idea where they were taking me. What if they were going to kill me? This whole thing was absurd.
“I need to talk to Kenny before recess is over,” I said.
“What for?” Marie asked this time a little bit more impatiently.
“I will tell you when I’m back,” I replied and scampered away. I found him with his group on the bleachers laughing and chatting about god knows what! When they saw me approaching they all looked in my direction and made fun of me.
“I guess he’s here to beg for his dignity. I told you that boy was good for nothing. He can’t fight nor do anything, it's just a waste of good build and physique.” Ethan, one of the boys said, it was a pain to hear that from him because he was my foster brother but he joined my bullies so they would spare him, “Even someone my size can take him on.” He went on to add.
His words made me take a few steps back. Ethan was one of the tiniest guys in the school, standing next to me he was less than half my size but even he thought that he could beat me just because I refused to fight.
“Is that why?” I asked.
“Why what?” Kenny snapped.
“Is that why you asked me to fight you?”
“Oh no,” he replied as they all burst out laughing at me. I hated it when they mocked me like that. I should be used to this too but for some reason, I couldn’t get used to it. They made fun of me like I was some clown and that ticked me off but I let it slide just because I wanted to further my studies without any loans to pay off in the end.
“So you will rather endure this humiliation for a human scholarship in a human school rather than return to your pack where you are king.” My wolf was saying to me. It had been quiet for a while now so I thought Trace was gone but he seemed to speak up when it was necessary.
“You keep trifling around with Marie, don’t you know she’s Spencer’s girl? We are going to teach you a lesson after school today and that will teach you to back off.” Kenny said.
“You could have just told me to back off and I will, there’s no need to fight…” I started to talk but they laughed and called me names.
“Coward! Chicken, worm!” They hurled at me. Of all the animal names, nobody called me a wolf, so maybe I was not a werewolf like those men claimed.
I retreated and walked back to class. I was planning my escape route after school. I usually walked through the fields but this time I had to avoid the fight so I planned to use the woods though it wasn’t always safe.
I had made sure to leave campus as soon as school was over to avoid being followed by those bullies or even Marie. I didn’t want her pushing me into a fight that I wasn’t ready for.
I was halfway through the woods. The path led home, I quickened my pace as the leaves crackled under my feet but just when I was almost out of the woods, these boys ambushed me. At first, it was Spencer and Kenny who appeared in front of me.
I didn’t trust to fight, I only retreated but then Ethan and Mark were behind me. This time I didn’t plan to run. I was already trapped. 4 against 1, Mark raised his leg to kick me,
“Where did you think you were running to?” He screamed.
I don’t know if it was the fear or the pain of being bullied or how fed up I was but something in me snapped.
I grabbed him by the foot but then not with my hands. A huge paw had replaced my hands and my feet were well… also paws. My body was covered in fur and two times bigger and taller than I used to be. I felt a surge of strength rush through my body as I beat those boys to a pulp.
It was only after the harm had been done that I regained my consciousness. They were bruised and terrified of me as they cowered in fear at my presence as I transformed back to my human form.
“Oh no! What had I done? I had to get away from the scene before I got caught. I had to leave as fast as I could for fear of being arrested and jailed. I was also afraid that I would be exposed for not being human and everyone would know that I was a beast and treated as such.
What if they kicked me out of school? What if they kicked me out of the foster home too? What was I going to do? Where would I go?
I ran out of the woods running nowhere in particular, I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t know my place, I didn’t know where I belonged. I had single-handedly brought my life to an end.