The Howl of Claim | COMPLETED

XXVI | F r e y a R u t h

Sturmfrei ( F r e e d o m )

I stood in front of the dresser, watching myself while Darius massaged his face which had already bruised slightly.

Ha, he thought I'll massage the ointment on his face, he was so wrong.

While he did that, I had cleaned the glass shards that had broken earlier at our moment and since then, I have been standing in front of the dresser wondering how I was going to go out.

With this abomination over my head.

"Relax, it's respected over here. No need to get insecure. You look absolutely breathtaking." Even though his words were like that, I had to stop myself from blushing.

"Do you want me to break your teeth next?" I watched Darius through the mirror who just watched me with a serious look on his face.

"I am serious, mate." There it was again, mate. Why does he never say my name?

I only shrug and pick a scarf that hung from the corner of the dresser and wrapped it around my head.

One second there is a growl resounding through the room and the next, I am being slammed in the wall.

"No!" The scarf is immediately ripped off my head and my eyes widened.

"Your hair must not be covered, the shortening of hair is another way of putting a mark and I am not going to allow you to cover it."

"I will do as I please." I seethed out and tried to push on Darius' chest but it was to no avail.

"Like hell, you will." And just like that, Darius walks out of the room with the scarf in his hand.

I growl lowly but do nothing to stop him. Instead, I walk into the closet and pull out a beanie and cover my head.

He can do whatever he please, he can rule his people, his pack, or even the world but he cannot rule over me.

His testosterone is at peak like 24\7.

I give myself a once-over and smile when I am satisfied. I actually looked cute. I never looked cute, it was either sexy, badass, or homeless.

Homeless most of the time.

I exit the room and start walking down the hall until - I definitely forgot about him - Marco calls me out.

"Ah, is someone having a bad hair day?" To be honest, I didn't want to say anything to him. I was actually feeling good and I wanted to do things I never tried before.

Even though I hated the fact that I no longer had long hair and Marco was going to have fun teasing me, I would show him no sign of annoyance.

"Something like that," I say over my shoulder and I swear I saw his smirk turn upside down.

I continue to walk with a sinister smile on my face.

I was walking when I remembered that Avalon was nowhere to be seen. Was Klepto here too? Was she caught?

I would really feel bad if she got caught but then again, I would want someone to be with me here who is not a Lycan.

Someone with whom I could rant about lycans.

I was still in my thoughts that I didn't realize that I was out of the large castle type place and was now on a large ground.

Not many lycans were around. A few werewolf workers and that was all.

I shrugged and sat under a tree. I am happy that Darius or his men were not stopping me from roaming around or I would've broken someone's skull open.

I closed my eyes.

I really wanted to talk to my Gamma but I was giving him and my Beta the silent treatment. I did not want to talk to them. They were ready to throw me out of my own pack.

That stung hard.

I no longer wanted to sit under the tree so I stood up and walked in a random direction.

I ended up in an ancient library type place. Books were placed on shelves and a few females sat here and there reading books or picking them out from rusty shelves.

I walked hall to hall, mesmerized by the ancient books.

I wonder how back did these books go.

The thought remained until I spotted someone.

Klepto was stealing a werewolf female's necklace who was asleep. She did a happy jump when she finally got it and was about to walk away when she caught my gaze.

Her eyes widened.

"Alpha Ruth!" She exclaimed, causing the female she just stole from to wake up - and ran towards me with her arms open wide and I let her hug me. Maybe I needed a friend who was a female.

"Good to see you too."

...

"Avalon caught up to me and brought me here after knocking me out. I was stealing things from all over this pack in anger. Avalon has gone to some meeting and I took the chance."

I laugh.

"Teach him the lesson he lacks."

We were seated under the tree where Klepto just finished her tale of stories and now I was ranting about Darius and Klepto listened.

"He says to rule beside him but in the end, he will be doing everything because he is the head of like everything." Klepto sigh and run a hand through her hair.

"Listen, Ruth, if he is the head of the pack, then you are the neck of the pack. You turn the head in whatever direction you please. Own your place, don't let him step all over you! You are a Female Alpha and a lot more. You are not a pesky sidekick."

I lean back to the tree.

"Speaking of Alpha, want to tell me about yourself and your brothers." I raised an eyebrow and Klepto looked at me for a minute or two but then she finally nodded.

"Guess it's time to tell you." I nodded with an eye roll.

"I was really young when we were a part of another pack, Me and my two brothers. My older brother who is your Gamma was not really responsible, he would cause trouble in the pack. One day, the Alpha of our pack did something that made my brother challenge him."

My brows furrowed. Where was she going with this?

"My brother defeated him and he was supposed to be an Alpha but wolves doubted his power and capability to rule so one by one everyone left the pack until there was no pack left. My brother found himself unworthy of power. He never told anyone his name because he thought that he would never be able to join a pack again."

Poor guy.

"Us three siblings were known as the troubled kids with no future or identity. I was a kleptomaniac and that made our life harder to live. My both brothers would somehow get into trouble. Everyone wanted to get rid of us."

"Then?" I asked.

"We didn't tell anyone our names, to keep our lives peaceful. My brothers joined your father's pack, I didn't. Because of my problem, I wanted my brothers to live in peace and so I had to leave. I kept visiting though."

I sighed again.

"If you don't mind, what is your name Klepto?"

"Alaska."

I smiled.

"It's a very nice name, if you don't mind, I would like to call you by that." Klepto suddenly smiled and nodded.

"I would love that." A second went by then another, "What happened to your hair by the way?"

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I'll try to fix this chapter as best as I could.

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