Vengeance

2.

Chapter (2)

Three years later..

"C'mon John!" I yelled, my cheeks hurting from laughing so much. "Quit being a chicken!"

"No, what you have on your mind is not happening," He stated firmly, crossing his hands on his chest.

"Leave him be. People like him will always live in fear," Marita said seeming very relaxed while swimming.

We were now in the lake, me, Marita, John and Sarah.

Sarah and John are siblings, their pack got destroyed, by a neighboring pack, the alpha was a new one, and he wanted to prove to the other packs that he is powerful, to make them fear him. So he went on and did what he did with John and Sarah's pack. Most of their friends got kidnapped, to be taken as omegas, the rest were killed. They managed to run away.

I met them last year. I found an old cottage that I stayed in, and they found the old cottage when I wasn't there. When I returned and found them, I started growling, and I was ready to kill them, they were being a threat. John also got mad, and started growling. We would've killed each other, if Sarah didn't calm us down, and talk civilly. We made a deal, that I'd leave them to stay here, if they brought me food with them.

Then we became friends, and we started stealing food together.

We met Marita somewhere along the way, and she became with us too. No one knows exactly what's happened to her, but she doesn't seem to have an easy story.

No one knows what happened to me either. They only know that I ran away.

We were now swimming in a lake we found, it was near a pack that we were planning on stealing from. It was a quick decision, to swim, and have fun. Stealing can wait.

John on the other hand, was scared they'd smell rogues near, and double their security. He had a point, but still. Having fun is more important.

"I'm not scared, but we need to either do what we came for, or leave," He said. "The lake is really close to the territory."

"Exactly," Sarah said. "It's close to the territory, not in the territory."

"We can steal from another pack, if you're worried," I said trying to get him to relax.

"Oh, really?" He asked sarcastically. "From which one? The black moon that now know about our existence, and have put security in the kitchen, or the eighteenth star pack that doubled their security once they found out about us, or The.."

"Stop," Marita cut him off. "You can come and chill with us, if you don't want to, that's your problem."

She then went on swimming. John huffed loudly, and went to sit on a rock, looking deep in thought.

I got outside the pool, and sat next to him.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's just that, I'm tired of living like this," He said. "I don't want to be a rogue, I want to live in a pack, just like how it used to be."

"We're going to find a pack one day, don't worry," I tried reassuring him.

"People see us as criminals, Juliette," He said. "Criminals. No one will ever accept us."

"Who cares what people see us? We're living and that's what really matters." I said trying to convince myself before him. "You're still young, it's not the end of the world. You haven't even found your mate yet."