Naomi blew against her skin once again before carefully applying the herb on her bruised elbow.
She blinked painfully, readjusting to the swell underneath her eyes. It had turned purple last night; after Anna had slammed her face against the kitchen slab when she had 'carefully' carried her out of the Beta's room.
That wasn't the only thing she had done though. She used her as a punching bag last night and since everyone was asleep, no one heard her cries and frantic attempts to escape from the treacherous torture, so she had huddled up in the corner of the kitchen, hugging her head, and had bore the pains and beatings till Anna was tired and had left her there to cry and clean up later on.
She had trouble sleeping all night and had gone to pick some fresh herbs from the forest to treat herself first thing in the morning.
As she sat there on her 'bed', wincing while applying the medication, no one barely noticed her. If they did, they ignored her.
They were too busy gossiping about the breaking news trending in the Alpha's mansion this morning.
They were loud; of course that was the only reason she managed to grasp what they were saying.
Marcy had dissappeared this morning and had left a note for her husband, Ray, on the dresser table, but Brittany had found it while poke nosing round the room.
She was found crying in the kitchen cabinet and didn't hesitate to tell the head chef everything; who informed Alpha Damien.
Currently, he had sent some Pack warriors, along with his Gamma to search for her while he was with the Beta, having a 'talk'.
Naomi couldn't help but feel this was all her fault.
She sighed and cast her beautiful upturned eyes down.
Her left eye was swollen and had blackened.
She was supposed to bring Daniel his breakfast and she'd feed him in his room like she had been doing since he was little, but she couldn't let him see her like this.
The news this morning had distracted Anna a bit.
She hoped it would keep her preoccupied for a while so she could stay in for today.
She could barely move.
Naomi painfully closed her eyes and leaned her head against the wall, wondering where Marcy could be.
Beta Ray sat on his bed, his face buried in his hands.
He looked so depressed and dejected.
Alpha Damien had given him a piece of his mind this morning which Included getting a fist aimed at his jaw. Marcy was his little sister after all, and he couldn't risk seeing her hurt; especially not by her own husband.
And now, she had suddenly disappeared with no trace.
His jaw still stung where Damien had punched him, but it didn't sting more than the feeling of dejection when ignored by his kids.
He couldn't take it anymore so he sat back down and just mussed over everything like a sadist.
Marcy uses special herbs to conceal her scent because she worked as a female pack warrior in the neighboring pack, so it was difficult for Gamma Nathan and the pack warriors to get even a wiff of her scent.
And since they weren't destined mates, the mark wouldn't be of enough help to find her, and even If he could find her, he wasn't sure he had the audacity to look her in the face again.
Someone suddenly walked in, but he was too moody to look up. He knew someone had walked in, and when he caught the scent of food wafting through his nostrils, he knew it was one of the Omegas.
He didn't bother to look up.
She put down the tray of food on his table but didn't leave immediately.
Ray looked up, his elbows placed on his knees, his hands hanging down in a lazy posture.
His expression darkened when he saw who it was.
"You shouldn't worry because she left you, Ray. She probably doesn't know your worth." Anna began talking, not in the slightest bothered by the look on his face. "If you make me yours, I promise you won't even remember her." She calmly walked close to him and placed her hands on his shoulders, shyly looking into his eyes, intensely licking her lips in a gesture to seduce him; which only Infuriated him the more.
"And yesterday… It wasn't supposed to happen, It was all because of that Useless Omega" She scoffed. "Well, I showed her her place yesterday and I'm sure she'll never dare to interrupt us anymore, Ray."
His pushed her back so abruptly that she suddenly fell back, knocking down the tray of food.
The noise was definitely loud, attracting some nosy Omegas who knew Anna had gone upstairs to pacify him. They all left their duties half-done and rushed up to the Beta's floor.
Since the Alpha wasn't around presently to bark orders at them, they had the liberty to do as they liked.
Daniel was at that moment walking around the mansion, one hand holding his favorite black and blue teddy bear which Naomi had made for him, still in his PJs, looking for her while Naomi at that moment was fast asleep, head against the wall.
Anna fell back on the ground, and the food spilled on the floor, messing up the tiles and her clothes.
Aside Marcy, Ray and Naomi, no one knew who Marcy had caught with the Beta, but the Omegas already had a clear picture of who might fit the description of the home wrecker.
Anna blinked up at Ray who stood over the mess, glaring at her like she was the most disgusting thing he had ever lay sight on while trying not to die of embarrassment as she heard snickers from the people standing just at the door.
"What did you just call me?" He demanded, throbbing in anger and inculcated all his Beta aura in the room; causing everyone around to bow their heads in submission.
Even Anna trembled and she scrambled to kneel before him as she said.
"I'm sorry… Beta Ray."
"Now listen" He growled a deep throaty growled which echoed in the room, stunning Anna who wasn't used to seeing this side of him. "You pathetic Omega. You're nothing more than a carnal pleasure. Just because you roll around with me in my sheets doesn't make you anywhere close to even being my mistress. You have till noon today to pack your things and leave this mansion. Do I make myself clear?!"
"Y- yes R... Beta Ray!!!" She replied immediately, not daring to look up.
"Getout." He commanded with so much disdain and hostility that she scrambled up hurriedly.
She slipped and fell several times as she made her way out of the room, trying not to burst into tears as the Omegas who she used to bully and taunt, snickered at her retreating back.
Ray glared at them all and as they dispersed, he angrily kicked his table which upturned in the air before he kicked it down again and it smashed in pieces along with the mess on the floor.
It was very lonely and quiet in the room when Anna burst in, half angry-half infuriated and didn't hesitate to make a bee line for the poor girl who slept with her head against the wall.
She part-shifted; her claws had grown longer and her eyes were blazing like fire with a red slit in the middle.
Fur had grown around her neck and arm region.
She quickly shot out her arm and grabbed Naomi by the neck, waking her up with that sharp movement of hers.
She naturally cried out as her body was completely lifted off the ground and she was dangling in the air.
Her hand frantically tried to pull her neck from her grip as her face turned purple, but she since she had no wolf, was currently wounded and had lost alot of blood, she was no match for Anna.
"There's no way I'm leaving and you're going to stay alive. It's all your fault I'm in this mess, you pathetic abomination. You can't even shift to defend yourself. Just what are you?!" As she spoke, she increased her grip intensity.
Naomi's hand suddenly fell by her sides and dangled freely with her eyes closed.
Anna smiled, a glint of madness in her eyes as she prepared to finish her off when she felt something hitting her.
Half distracted, she looked down to see a small thing hitting her by the sides of her legs with small fists, crying.
Daniel, crying frantically with snort running down his nose, his teddy bear on the ground beside him, was dragging her by the hem of her dress.
"Let her go. Let Nana go!!!" He hit her some more.
Though she didn't feel anything, she felt he was being rather a headache and a hindrance to her.
Irritated, she threw Noami down when she was done with her, and she landed like a log of wood on the ground, unmoving.