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  Cross My Heart And Hope Not To Ddie-Revenge of the Rouge Alpha

  Lachlan Mussett

  RED WHITE ROSE

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, character, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used factiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

  Text copyright © 2021 by Lachlan Mussett All rights reserved.

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  Contents

  Chapter 1- Cross my heart and hope not to die

  Chapter 2- Present

  Chapter 3- We meet again

  Chapter 4- A promise I make to myself

  Chapter 5- Contract

  Chapter 6- Kiss/Kill me Alpa

  Chapter 7- Jealousy

  Chapter 8- A white lie

  Chapter 9- News

  Chapter 10- Nixon

  Chapter 11- The best thing hidden is knowledge

  Chapter 12- Blood

  Chapter 13- Sunshine

  Chapter 14- Gotcha

  Chapter 15- On the way

  Chapter 16- Meeting S

  Chapter 17- Murderer

  Chapter 18- Right to the point

  Chapter 19- Rules

  Chapter 20- Dad

  Chapter 21- Black Rose

  Chapter 22- Levi

  Chapter 23- Escape

  Chapter 24- Nixon

  Chapter 25- The Barrier

  Chapter 26- Battle part 1

  Chapter 27-The battle part 2

  Chapter 28- Battle not over

  Chapter 29- Alexia

  Chapter 1- Cross my heart and hope not to die

  “I don't want to train how to hunt” I argue with my mum who is pulling me back to the campsite, today I was on the practice hunting grounds shooting arrows with my brother and sister. My brother is a teenager so he always picks on me for my weaknesses and learning to hunt was one of them. My sister was 12, not a kid but not yet a teenager but she sure acted like one hence which is why we never get along.

  Hunting was normal for us, our families live in different campsites across the world in the middle of a woods/ forests so I guess we aren't exactly normal. We hunt using weapons for food because we move from campsite to campsite, we are homeschooled and we kill what we eat.

  “You can use the bow and arrow well, better than your brother and sister but you are just really stubborn,” she says annoyed at me for putting up a big fuss in front of our camp trainer at hunting lessons today.

  “I don't want to hurt any other creature” I stop outside our tent as she sighs turning to me and kneeling down “I know hunny and it is so important to know we should always love all of the other animals on the planet but if we don't kill the animals we will starve” she says raising my hands and kissing my knuckles.

  “Can we not just eat veg?” I ask her with a sad expression but she raises her eyebrows “no sweetheart humans can not survive on just veg” I sigh at her response “they can mum I saw it in a book once. I saw that a long long time ago there were humans that made shops like our little market! It was much bigger and they sold meat, veg and so much more which I dream to eat one day. There were meat-eaters, vegans, vegetarians and some people had to go on different diets to maintain their weight! Maybe we can look for them mum maybe there are some shops just like that left” my mum lets out a deep breath as her face turns angry.

  “That is all fairy tales! What did I tell you about going through the camp leaders stuff?” she raises her voice getting a few looks of the people around us “mum I am sorry but I even meet a man today who-”

  I get interrupted by the horn noise going off which was at the top tower of the campsite. It was loud and everything around us stopped as it was alarmed. I look up at my mum with a confused look “what is going on?” however my question did not get answered “We need to get your brother and sister!” my mum shouts over the loud piercing noise, she looked at me terrified as panic fills her but I could see she was trying to remain calm. She grabs my hand and started running towards the camp-ground training site however smoke was coming from that side of the woods.

  “Fire!” I cry as I go running into the woods to look for my brother and sister but my mum held me back “mum what about Kenny and Luce?” I ask her but she was frozen, her face was conflicted as her eyes widened as fear climbed up her arm that I was holding. Goosebumps hit my arms like she sent vibrations to mine, people started running in all kind of different directions, a man hit into my mum making her snap out of her thoughts.

  She picked me up and we ran in the other direction so I tried kicking and screaming but my mum ignored my cries as tears started to stream down her face. Once we were out of sight of the camp my mum put me down as people were running past us.

  The screaming around us carried on over the horn”Alexia you have to run!” my mother breathing was heavy as sweat covered her palms as she kept looking around for danger. The tents around us were now all caught on fire as people caught fire or passed out by its smoke “I can't leave without you” I cry holding on to my mothers sleeve tightly.

  My hands were now sweating as fear crept in this might be the last time I saw her “keep this with you at all times and I will come to find you, but right now run into the woods and get away from here. I will find Kenny and Luce” my mother smiles reassuring me and removing my grip from her sleeve. She then grabs her necklace pulling it over her head and putting it over mine “I love you Alexia and no matter what keep running”

  I grab on to the cross necklace close to my chest for safekeeping “I love you two mummy and I will” I say grabbing my bracelet and exchanging it to her wrist. “Now you must keep the bracelet” I smile “always” my mother said trying to push me away.

  Cries carried on around us as people ran faster then I had ever seen someone run. I hug my mum sniffing in her sent one last time then I turn around and start running into the woods. I sweat all over as the fire seems to be spreading following me and the others. Tears start to fall down my face as random wolfs ran after people out of nowhere, people fell as the wolfs jumped on top of them and ripped parts of their bodies of one by one.

  It felt like the woods were screaming that night since in every direction a scream would pierce my ears, prayers of those who knew they were about to be killed and screams of others who would beg me to stop to save them. I thought about turning back for people but my mum voice crept into my mind ‘no matter what keep running’

  I try not to look at a wolf attacking a woman who just fell right next to me but I could not look away which made me trip over on a tree branch that had fallen. A little scream came from my mouth as I fall and hit the grass twisting my ankle in the mean time. I freeze as I hear a growl so I turn around slowly to see a wolf standing not far away from me, it was young but it still made me feel so small.

  It has dark fur and bright green eyes that sent daggers my way, it sent chills down my spine causing an on going ripple. The wolf shows his front two canines at me which reminds me of a hiss from a cat, blood drips down off the two front sharp teeth however the thing that gains my attention is seeing something big fall from his mouth.
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  I gulp as I see my bracelet I gave my mum around a blooded arm that hits the floor in slow motion. I try dragging my body backward against the floor but the wolf growls and comes closer. I put my arms up to show I am not a threat for some reason I thought submission may save my life but it did not stop the wolf. I start crying, scared as it picks up its speed and races towards my shaking figure. I bit down on my lips and shut my eyes “mum” I whisper while holding onto the cross closer to my chest.

  “Stop” a male voice came from behind me, the wolf looks up and leans down on its two front paws showing submission? I turn around to see a boy must be about 11 years old not too much older than me, he throws over a pair of pants towards the wolf that went to attack me.

  I look at him confused, the wolf does not look happy at him interrupting. Smoke surrounds the wolf in front of me almost forming a circle around him, my mouth drops as I could not believe my eyes this all have to be a bad dream.

  Cracking of bones and groans came before me as another boy came out of the smoke where the wolf once stood, tears sting my eyes as the boy stood in shorts looking down at me. The boy was tall and strong he had green eyes and black hair like an older version of the boy behind me. He was only a teenager but he seems so much older.

  “She is not the one we are looking for since she is human” the young boy says looking at me, however, my attention went back to my mother's arm, was she now dead?

  “You can't be sure,” the teenager says back puffing his chest in the air trying to control his temper “I am sure because her mother was human, wolfs transport at the age of 7. She is about 9 years old, seeing her mother's arm would have triggered her wolf, you know young mutts can't control it” the young boy argues his case.

  The teenager nods understanding “but she has seen way too much and your father said to kill everyone” he shrugs like my life meant as much as a raindrop. I reach my body forward slowly not trying to get the two boys' attention as I reach for my mother's arm “you two killed her...” I say holding her hand touching the bracelet covered in blood and crying as my heart shattered into pieces.

  The two of them look at me in shock as I shake with anger hugging the blooded arm even closer to me. Sick fills me as I imagine my mother being ripped limb by limb like I saw others earlier. The teenager sighs but the young boy looks at me with pity that only made me give daggers back “Sorry but you can't remember this” the young boy says walking over to me, I shut my eyes crying I knew running was useless.

  I feel a heavy sharp object hit onto the back of my head the sounds of screams around me became faint as I lay forward laying on my chest. I open my eyes touching my head slowly with my shaking hand, my vision was burly but I could see my hand had a large amount of blood on it from my head. My mother's hand was gone and so was the bracelet.

  I feel the heat around me as the fire came closer the smoke makes my chest heavier, the fire caught fire to the tree close to where I lay.

  I close my eyes feeling the dizziness and the feeling of sleep.

  I was slipping away.

  I cry one last time silently only wanting to see one more face again

  “Mum?”

  Chapter 2- Present

  “Alexia wake up or else!” Bethany called again from the hall way holding a wooden spoon and a pan from the kitchen she was banging together to get me up. I was not in the mood to go to school today since we arrived here so late last night that I barely got a wink of sleep. Bethany is my foster mum who took me in after I lost my memory after a camp fire about six years ago. I was told that me and my family were on a camp holiday when a fire started randomly at night and I was the only one who survived.

  No one could point on a specific reason to why I lost my memory the night of the fire but many say it was either the impact of my head inquiry after falling or that I am blocking it out unconsciously. Even when I have the most darkest of thoughts I can never remember anything about my past.

  I am 15 years old now, 16 in a few weeks but I feel like a big piece of my life is missing since I missed out on so many years “Your first day at the new school starts today so you better be ready in an hour” Bethany says opening the door holding up the pan as a threatening weapon “don't make me pan you” she threatens so I groan moving my pillow over my head “or I will spoon you” she says holding up the wooden spoon facing it towards me “get it?” she laughs “I am up!” I say throwing my pillow at her in annoyance. I am a heavy sleeper and I like my sleep I get very cranky if I am waken up without enough sleep. Bethany rolls her eyes throwing the pillow back at me “well stop being lazy then” she says walking out of my bedroom in a bad mood.

  I owe so much to Bethany since she have raised me and always has been their for me no matter what I was feeling even through all the therapy and counselling. No other foster family wanted to take me in because when I was found they had no documents on me at the hospital or government so no-one knew who the hell I was and couldn't identify my family. So they had to move me half way across the country which is were they found Bethany. The day they found me all they found was a necklace wrapped around me with ‘Alexia’ carved on the back of the wooded cross. They said I cracked my head open by running away from the fire, they assume I must have fell and hit my head on a heavy stone or something.

  However something inside me never felt right about the explanation and I sometimes hear screams of people around me, it feels like it was from that night. Like I was running from something. Counsellors pinned it down to mental health issues but deep down I knew their was something more.

  We moved here last night it is a big town called Gillen-town but we did not arrive here till about 12pm. I have always wanted to come to here since this is where they had found me after the fire, the place of my past, of course at first Bethany rejected the idea since she wanted to wait till I was older but when my foster brother ‘Eren’ got in a whole lot of trouble with some guys back at home. Bethany agreed to my request knowing I had to know. She is going to help me the best she can but she said their was no guarantee we would find out anything. However I have to at least try to find out who my family were.

  I get ready changing into black shorts and a white vest top with a baggy white jumper over it. Another reason I wanted to move here was because of the weather, I was sick of the constant rain back home and Bethany loved the idea of clear beaches which would be a better way to spend our time. I apply eyeliner, mascara and little lip gloss, I have never really been into make-up as I am no good at applying it. I brush my long knotted brown hair and it becomes wavy which is falls just past my elbows when I am standing. I frown at my freckles on my face before I pick up my converse and put them on while getting a black leather coat with my black bag.

  I had dark blue eyes, my face is full of freckles and I am tall for a girl which is annoying however I just think boys in my year of school are just short for their age. I stop and look in the mirror one last time as I put on my necklace, the cross was a pendant made out of wood with brown wooden beads on string, it was unique and beautiful.

  I snap back to reality as a huge knock came on to my door “yeah?” I shout “Hurry up woman” Eren calls out and begins to walk downstairs. I smile widely at his challenge, I will show him who is boss around here. I run out of my bedroom running down the stairs. I push past Eren hitting him into the wall and get to the bottom of the stairs first “Ha! I am going to get to the crumpets first!” I laugh running past him”you wish!” he calls out running after me.

  Eren is 6ft tall which is incredibly tall for his age but he was always popular with the ladies, with his blonde hair and greenish blue eyes even though he was not related to Bethany they sure looked similar.

  I get to the kitchen first grabbing the crumpets and butter from the table “I hope the wall hurt” I smile taking a big bite of my crumpet but I freeze as Eren frown turns into a smile, a victory smile “she is standing behind me isn't she?” I ask him as I turn around to see a not to pleased Bethany.
br />   “What do I always say?” Bethany says grabbing the food out of my hand making me frown “arguing is healthy?” I ask in a sarcastic way smiling sweetly.

  She gives us both a stern look raising her eyebrows so my smile disappear as I knew I was not going to get away with this one “That sharing” we begin as she wanting us to finish the sentence “is caring” me and Eren both say embarrassed.

  Bethany smiles pleased and passing us the packets of crumpets but eating mine. We sit down to eat after toasting the crumpets, a small conversation is spoken as neither of us wanted to go out after only 4 hours of sleep. After eating I grab my helmet “give me a lift?” I ask Eren giving the best puppy eyes and he rolls his eyes at me “you are not cute” he says messing my hair up with his hand not that it was not already messy.

  “That wasn't a no!” I laugh putting my helmet on “see you after school Bethany!” I shout out running to the front garden excited to get on the bike. The heat hits me as soon as I leave the front door I wonder if I will get sun burn? I instantly regret not putting on sun cream like Bethany told me to. Eren comes out of the house getting on to the bike first and then I jump on sitting behind him.

  I love riding bikes but Bethany does not know I have rid a bike by myself. All she knows is that I have been on the back of Erens. I love all motor bikes but Eren is 17 so he only has a Honda CG 125cc which is okay I guess but he plans on getting the next stage of his licence when after his eighteenth birthday. I would die just for a 50cc stupid mo-ped but Bethany won't let me get one till my 16th birthday which is what I am hoping the money I saved from my last summer job will get me in a few weeks.

  The air pushes against my skin as I hold on to Eren as we drive, whenever I am upset me and Eren would always go for a drive. It helped clear my head and their is something with the thrill that always cheer me up.

  After a 10 minute drive Eren pulls into the school parking lot. It was nothing amazing just an average looking school but then everyone hated to come to school so why would it ever look more then average? I mean who would not want to be sitting at home or doing something fun? I have a look around to see people outside some sitting in their cars, others who are walking or just standing around. We park up near the bike park spaces up the front of the car park when I get off I see people looking at us giving us dirty looks however I just smiled back which made them look away.