00:00I do, though. Most people don't even remember the pack house has a dungeon.
00:04I do, though. I have a little room in the back that used to be a solitary confinement cell.
00:10I have a cot and an old tattered blanket to keep me warm.
00:14I even scored a lamp out of the trash. It still works.
00:20So, I have light to do my homework.
00:23Oh, yeah, I should introduce myself.
00:27My name is Talia, but no one calls me Talia except for teachers on the first day of schooling.
00:33I'm more popular as the wolf-less freak.
00:35I'm a werewolf in the red moon pack.
00:39Since I'm an orphan, I'm not completely sure how old I am, but pretty sure I'm 16.
00:46Also, I'm an omega, which means I'm a servant.
00:50My job is to make the meals for the werewolves who live in the pack house.
00:54Between making breakfast and dinner for over 100 wolves, cleaning up after them, and restocking the pantries of the ranked
01:01members' apartments on the third and fourth floors, I do normal teenager stuff.
01:07Except, I don't have a lot of spare time to do so.
01:11Homework is the extent of living my teen life.
01:14Right now, it's 11.30 in the night.
01:17I'm putting the finishing touches on my English essay when I hear the door of the dungeon slam open.
01:23Great.
01:24Now what did I do?
01:26It doesn't take much.
01:29Alpha Edward is an alcoholic.
01:31It's really difficult for werewolves to get drunk, which means you have to drink heavily to feel the effects.
01:38This means he probably had a fight with Luna Layla about his drinking, which means she locked him out of
01:44their room, which means he has come down to take out his anger on me.
01:49Just an average Tuesday in the pack house.
01:52I know the drill.
01:54I'm already on my feet, waiting for him.
01:58Alpha Edward, what can I do for you?
02:00I ask with my eyes looking at the floor.
02:02I keep my hands clasped in front of me, trying to look as small as possible.
02:07Without a word, a whiskey bottle whizzes past my ear and smashes against the wall above my cot.
02:13I flinch and can't help but start to tremble and hug myself.
02:17Whatever is about to happen, it's going to be worse than usual.
02:21He lunges forward and grabs me by the throat with both hands.
02:25I feel tears coming to my eyes as the lack of oxygen turns the edges of my vision dark.
02:31I desperately claw at his hands, trying to escape his grip, but it's no use.
02:36He picks me up by the neck, so I'm at face level with him.
02:40His eyes are pitch, indicating his wolf ruckus is at the surface.
02:44His breath stinks because of alcohol.
02:47I start gagging and choking from the lack of oxygen.
02:50Without warning, he throws me across the room as if I weigh nothing.
02:54My back slams against the wall, and I land on my back on the cot.
02:57The shards of the broken bottle pierce the skin on my back through my thin t-shirt.
03:02The whiskey makes the cuts burn.
03:05I try to muffle a scream as the pain sears through me.
03:09He comes across the room and picks me up roughly by the hair.
03:12I feel the shards of glass cutting deeper as he pulls me up.
03:16He throws me to the ground.
03:18The glass bits are grinding deeper into my back.
03:21I can feel something wet soaking through my shredded shirt.
03:26I don't dare move and make him even madder.
03:29I feel my ribs snap when his foot makes contact.
03:33One of his feet lands on my jaw.
03:36I feel a sickening snap rattle in my brain.
03:40The metallic taste instantly fills my mouth.
03:43Alpha Edward has been using me as his punching bag for years,
03:47but this was way more intense than it has ever been before.
03:51In the past couple of years, he started dipping the whip in wolfsbane,
03:55which makes me heal slower.
03:57So now I have gnarly scars across my back and arms.
04:02I manage to eke out.
04:04My voice is small and garbled.
04:07He abruptly stops and walks out of the room.
04:10He comes back a moment later with the whip and starts lashing my back relentlessly.
04:14The whip is dripping with wolfsbane.
04:17The lashes, combined with the glass shards still in my back,
04:22combined with the wolfsbane, are too much.
04:25My vision turns blurry and I pass out.
04:29But numbness surrounds me.
04:32Is this what being dead is like?
04:36It's peaceful, but a little bit boring.
04:40At least I don't have to feed the pack.
04:44Oh, dang.
04:46I didn't get a chance to turn in that English essay.
04:50It was a good one, too.
04:53The constant soft beeps are soothing.
04:55I don't know how long I've been dead, but I feel like I want to open my eyes,
05:01ready to take on the afterlife.
05:05After what seems like forever, I'm able to open my eyes and find I'm alone
05:10in soft comfort in a brightly lit, clean room.
05:14This is the afterlife?
05:16Maybe this is some sort of waiting area.
05:19But where's the lobby?
05:21Is there a receptionist?
05:25And here's the noises.
05:26Here's the noises.
05:27Here's the noises.
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