When Miche and Nay walked in, their eyes widened at her scars not because they were visible, but because they were healed. Her aura shimmered differently. Like something ancient and untamed had moved into her soul.
"Your aura's changed... Are the rumour's true?"
She simply pointed, letting them spiral in their own commentary. The truth was: she wasn't hiding anymore. If people wanted to talk let them.
"They say you shifted... then turned into a beast that almost tore Parker to shreds."
A beast? Maybe. But Alexandria didn't move out of rage. She moved with purpose. With pain and primal justice carved into her very skin. And yetwhat unsettled her wasn't the damage she left behind. It was how calm she felt now.
Her inner beast no longer thrashed in chaos. It stood at the edge of her consciousness, respectful, waiting. At the forefront of it all, a shadow lingered, curling around her like smoke its blazing amber flame casting a glow over her mind. It no longer felt like a curse. It felt like balance. They thought the shadow had made her cruel. No. It made her complete.
"Good," she said coolly, referencing Parker's slow-healing wounds. "I'm glad he's suffering. Anyways, it's final... I'm leaving my personal hell."
She rose and walked to the window, where something tugged at her instincts. There is a hidden mic. Subtle, but not subtle enough for the girl who had learned to sense every predator in the room. She gestured silently to the women to be still.
"Are you bipolar or something? Yesterday—"
A single nod. That's all it took to silence the room. Yes, she had shifted. Emotionally, mentally, physically. But not in the way they feared.
"Girl, what happened?"
Alexandria's eyes flickered with humour and fire; a touch of pride laced in her voice:
"Doctors... this pack finally broke me to no fucks. They wanted a glass... but instead, they got a roaring wolf."
And instead of flinching, Miche and Nay smiled. Because they saw what Alexandria had finally become not broken... but unshackled. The darkness leaned closer. She didn't resist. She didn't fear it. She acknowledged it. And it acknowledged her back.
"I need you to please get me a phone that can not be tracked and an anonymous bank card. Just anything that is not linked to me, don't worry about money... I will compensate you for the cost and then some for everything you've done for me."
She whispered her request knowing the doctors could pick up but not the human technology.
"I am getting discharged today but don't worry about me. I will never allow what happened to me to ever happen again. You two are fantastic doctors and I am grateful in this lifetime I found amazing people in this soulless pack."
The sisters brushed her braids back. They both nodded at her plea giving her a big thumbs up.
"Aww... Lex you are like a little sister to us. Call us whenever you need an ear, hug or healing."
"In fact, we should meet up for coffee sometime. I started watching T-dramas and I hate that I am obsessed."
Great the meet up is when the exchange can happen. She watches Taiwanese dramas, but she mainly focusses on surviving life.
"Ugh, her obsession keeps me up at night. She will bore you with details about every character, in fact you will take her off my hands."
She understood the assignment and nodded playing into this true but crafty narrative.
"Nay, do you like BTS?"
"BTS? I love BTS. My favourite song is 00:00 (Zero O'Clock), I am sure you will love it."
"I love that song bullet proof (Run) was a game changer. Unfortunately, I love their personalities a bit more than their music."
Nay sounds like she's far obsessed with the Korean boy band even naming her bias. She raved about J-hope, Jungkook, Taehung and like every fan girl fantasying her marriage to Namjoon. She laughs piping with her own bias which are, Jin because his would wide handsome and his confidence is unstoppable. Jimin because his too beautiful for the common Jimin effect, a kind of innocence that should be protected. And Suga who is misunderstood but tried to be as active and social as everyone else.
"Don't get me started-"
"Great, another one. Just my luck. Please I beg of you Lex, don't get her started."
They laugh at the pained look on Miche's pretty face. She chases them around for making her aggravated and they ran still laughing. They stopped running, Miche gave then a slap on their shoulders before saying.
"It's good to hear you speak, smile and laugh even if it's at my torture. You have our numbers and a mind-numbing outing ahead."
Right. There's nothing of significance now since all is hidden by a golden cloth. She hugged the ladies; they made her see that she possesses more that that jerk made her almost believe. She may never be loveable, but she can still live a life alone by choice or with a group of friends.
"Thank you both for giving me a better idea of a life-"
"Alexandria. The Luna is waiting for you."
The messenger sounded more annoyed than respectful, as if just uttering her name left a sour taste in his mouth. His discomfort was clear good. She noticed the way he stiffened, probably shocked that the burden had become her own person in just two days. Her smirk widened at his subtle retreat. She turned back to the two doctors who had stood by her when no one else did. They weren't just healers they were anchors and she bowed.
"I will take my leave now. If I am who you say I am... then I hope to already be half as great as you are. Thank you, doctors, for saving my life."
Their warm, knowing nods were more than approval they were a blessing. A recognition of who she was becoming. One of them, a radiant woman with long radiant hair, gave her the nod of friendship one that didn't need words. For the first time in forever, Alexandria felt like she belonged not as a pawn or a problem, but as someone seen. No one else dared to meet her gaze as she walked past. No judgment. No pity. She could get used to this.
"Come inside."
Her steps halted. Parker. His body was covered in thick bandages proof of what she had done. Yet, his eyes held something far more unbearable than pain: concern. As if he had the right to feel anything for her now. As if he deserved her attention. Her lip curled into a growl. Low, warning, powerful. She wanted to rip his guilt right off his face. But instead, she did something that surprised even herself she stepped back.
"I'll run back. I do need the exercise."
Her mother's voice floated from the car, laced with a false sweetness that didn't match the exhaustion in her sigh.
"Honey, that's more than thirty-one miles."
Alexandria glanced into the car, then looked away. Her mother the omega who watched her suffer in silence was not a comfort. Not now. Not ever. Alexandria shifted, bones cracking with purpose, and sat in her wolf form by the roadside, ignoring the way her mother sighed again before closing the door.
"Suit yourself."
Good.
The car pulled off, dust kicking behind it. But Alexandria didn't move yet. She couldn't shift back into her clothes out here not in front of them. Her dignity demanded privacy. So, she waited, then bolted.
The earth welcomed her paws like a drumbeat of war. This was freedom. The ground trembled beneath her feral sprint. She didn't just run she devoured distance. Her body cut through the wind with grace and fury, each leap more precise, more powerful than the last. Muscles flexed, claws dug in, and she felt the dark flame within her roaring with delight. It didn't want to consume her it wanted to push her, to see her rise higher than the world ever intended her to.
She caught up with the car briefly, a blur in the shadows. If anyone saw, they'd think it was a ghost or a phantom—nothing real. Let them wonder. No one here deserved to see her wolf not even the woman who birthed her.
When the terrain became familiar, she veered off, abandoning the road and slicing through the trees like a whisper of vengeance. Her body moved like it had always belonged to the forest. To the night. To the wild.
Finally, she reached the old shed where she'd hidden a loose pair of shorts and a shirt. She shifted back, slow and controlled, and dressed herself in the silence of the forest. The shadows didn't scare her anymore. They stood beside her now. And she stood taller than ever before.
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