Chapter 3

Jessica's POV (Present day)

Laying on the makeshift mattress I made with the help of Jonathon, I roll over and nudge Olivia to wake up.

"What time is it?" she yawns; "Goddess knows. We need to get up, Alpha Dumbass will be here soon. I don't want him hitting you again because you aren't out of bed." She yawns again and goes to a bucket we have in the corner. It's not a very big space, but it beats the dungeon.

"Happy Birthday, Jess," she says, coming back and putting on her old torn dress. "What?" Suddenly realizing what day it was, "Oh, thanks," I say unenthusiastically. "Do you think you will find your mate?" she continues. " In this pack? Goddess, I hope not."

"Our mate isn't here", Celeste says to me, yawning and stretching in my mind. "And I am happy he's not. These people are too obnoxious." "Yes, everyone except Jonny and Tyler." Tyler is Jonathon's wolf. He is a brown wolf with black tips on his fur. “MmmHmm” I agree.

Jonathon has already found his mate; they can't tell anyone, especially Alpha Dumbass and Looney Luna. Olivia is two months older than me. The day she turned 18, Vanessa and Tyler went berserk on both of them. I think Jonny knew before then that once we were dragged back to Emerald Moon, he was the only person to give us food and clean water. He said it was his duty to keep us as safe as possible.

*Olivia and I were kicking and punching Betta Mark as he carried us back to Emerald Moon, "you're both feisty", he chuckled. He threw us on the ground; I tried to run, but he grabbed my arm and punched me in the stomach. I couldn't breathe. Olivia started crying, and he kicked her; "that's better," he said, grabbing our shirts and dragging us toward the border.

When we reached the Emerald Moon, we were dragged down some stairs by our hair. They put Livvy in the first room; it smelt like rotting bodies, and I had to stop myself from gagging. I was thrown into another room and left there. I could hear Livvy screaming, "I don't know."

After an hour, I think, Alpha Sebastian and Betta Mark came in. He was asking me, "Where are your mother and brother?" I didn't answer him; I just glared. He hits me across my face; I can feel a bruise pulsating through my skin. "I said, where is your mother and brother?" Shouting this time. I still don't answer; I refuse to. Dad always said never to speak to the enemy, and he was the enemy. I got kicked and punched for hours, but I still didn't speak. I was dragged by my hair from the room to a cell. There was stone all around us; steel bars were caging us, and a small door. I saw Olivia on the floor. She had bruises all over her body. "No food until you learn to answer," Alpha Sebastian yelled, storming off and up a staircase.

A moment later, a teenage boy opens the door, "Here, drink this," he says in a soft voice, handing Olivia and me a glass. "Why? What's in it?" "It's water; you need to drink something." Olivia lets out a sob, getting up off the floor. She's limping and comes closer to the light; I see the bruises on her face clearer. Tears escape my eyes, and I look at the boy; "who are you?" "My name is Jonathon."*

I wipe my eyes at the memory; Jonathon got us out of that cell and into this room. We even have a way to make it look like he hits us. His dad punishes him if he doesn't 'learn to rule with an iron fist.'

He told us to keep the charade of being younger and not let him know I was the Gamma's daughter.

I collect my thoughts and get out of bed. "I wonder who our mate is?" I asked Celeste. "I'm not sure, but he will find us and take us away from this hell hole."

"Earth to Jessica, come in, Jessica," Olivia said, nudging my shoulder. " Huh? Oh, sorry, Liv." "I was asking you if you think your mate is Alex?" Livvy knows I had a huge crush on Alex before we were taken. She means well, but I gave up hope a long time ago.

"For Fuck's sake Livvy. We've been over this. You were there when Alpha Sebastian blockaded the tunnels so they couldn't get out. I hope they all survived, but I don't see how." Ever since that night, I haven't been able to feel Mum or Nathanial and Cathy. Olivia is an only child, but she says she can't feel her family bond with her Mum and Dad. We don't know if they are alive or dead.

Deep down, I guess, I still have hope they would be alive somewhere; then reality hits me. For the longest time, I hoped that Alex would be alive too. He was always very handsome. He had Alpha Laurence's brown eyes, tan skin, and chiseled features. He had his mum, Luna Leanne's Auburn hair. His smile would light up a room, and he loved to play practical jokes. Oh, and his laugh was so contagious, he would start laughing, and before I knew it, I was laughing with him.

His mother, Luna Leanne, considered all the children of the pack as though they were her own. " I miss them," Olivia says to me, a tear running down her cheek, "I do, too."

We hear someone coming towards our door. Damn, and the day of doing menial work begins. We stand up and go silent and wait for Alpha Dumbass to open the door.