The Delta's Daughter
The Delta’s Daughter Chapter 20

UNKNOWN POV

One year I have been here, one year I have been subjected to bullying. The taunts, the kicks, the shoves, but hey what’s new, this is how it has always been.

No matter what school I was in, no matter what pack. But this school was by far the worst. Most days it wasn’t so bad, just little comments here and there, or books being knocked out of my hands. Those days I could handle. Other days, like yesterday when I was dumped head first into the toilet and repeatedly flushed, were the worst. Or the days they catch me and throw food or drinks on me. How much more could I be humiliated? They treated me worse than humans.

I had literally been ‘thrown to the wolves’. How ironic, considering my father is a wolf.

My father is a werewolf and my mother was a cat shifter or were-cat I guess you could say. They had met when they were both travelling exploring the realm. A chance happening. Discovering they were mates. It was rare you would replace two different shifter races fated as mates. And it was especially frowned upon if you were royalty.

My grandfather (King of the were-cats) disowned my mother because no big cat shifter would ever be mated to a mangy mutt. That was what he said. At least that’s what my dad told me. So they had lived as lone shifters until my mom fell pregnant with me and my dad decided we needed to live with a pack, so they had gone to several packs asking for acceptance, but only one pack allowed them sanctuary. Sadly, after pledging their loyalty to the Alpha and my mom giving birth to me, she was murdered.

Some claim it was by rogues, but my father and the then Alpha worried that it was actually pack members who were against mixed mating and didn’t like cat shifters. We lived in peace until I was 16 and shifted for the first time, replaceing out I was a were-cat and not a wolf.

To tell the truth, we didn’t know if I would be a cat, wolf, both or none. I was a hybrid, one of very few.

There were tell-tale signs in my features but it was always an unknown.

Wolves hated cats and cats hated wolves, but everyone hated the bears.

Plenty of shifters have been mated to Humans throughout history and that is excepted, but I was a rarity and not a very liked one.

Once people from our pack found out, they started treating me differently. I no longer had friends, I was no longer welcomed at functions and then the taunting began, and threats on my life. Or they would replace domestic cats from the human villages to skin and hang outside our door as a warning to me.

“More than one way to skin a cat” or “I’ve never heard a cat scream when being drowned”

The Alpha and Luna did their best to curb the threats and violence, but to no avail. They were good leaders, and even contacted my grandfather to see if I could move to the jungle with him, seeing that I was a cat shifter.

“I will have no half-breeds in my Clowder; I lost my daughter long ago. She was dead to me the minute she bred with a mutt!”

That is what he said to the Alpha and Luna before hanging up. They suggested we become lone shifters but hesitated, knowing what could become of us. They feared for our safety and, of course, my father would not leave my side.

Eventually, the Alpha requested an audience with the King, to ask for his advice. The King, as gracious as he is, suggested we be transferred here and join the royal pack. He said he couldn’t see a reason why we wouldn’t be able to replace and make a life here. They had many wolves mated to humans in the pack city and if humans could be accepted, he didn’t see why a big cat shifter couldn’t.

It was all fine and dandy until school started and they found out what I was. They could smell it on me, like thick pungent oil, is what they said.

So a year later, I replace myself scrambling down the school halls at lunch to replace a hidden place away from the dogs, who threaten my life every day. I was almost to the unused music room where I go for my free period and eat lunch most days. It was quiet and no one came down this hall. Perfect for keeping away from the narsty bitches.

Glancing behind, over my shoulder as I turned a corner, making sure no one saw me; I didn’t see the group of girls. My hair was snatched and I was dragged around to come face to face with my main tormentor. Ella.

Her golden blond hair was in a high ponytail. Her tall stature loomed over my small frame. Her honey-colored eyes a blaze, bore into me with so much hatred and her perfectly shaped eyebrows scrunched together in a scowl and her pink, glossed lips pursed as she yanked my hair tighter, making me almost crumble. I was sure she had ripped some out this time.

“Well, well, look what the cat dragged in!” She laughed to her two sidekicks. Maryanne and Bethany laughed too. They were fake laughs and they really had no clue how dumb they looked.

Ella tilted my head to look up at her. I was only 5ft 4, and she and her cronies all had a good 3-4 inches on me. One on one I might have thought about trying my luck against her, but against three. I didn’t stand a chance. Especially as this blond bimbo was an Alpha’s daughter.

“I thought I told you I didn’t want to see you this week!” her voice grating in my ears as she spat on my face.

“I-I I’m sorry” I stammered when suddenly I felt a hard blow to my ribs, knocking the wind right out of me. I felt the air leave my lungs and a small involuntary g***n escape my lips. She smiled right before tossing me across the hall into unused lockers. I felt the sting in my lower back as I crashed hard into them, leaving a dent.

Before I could even compose myself, she set upon me, her cronies kicking me repeatedly. I covered my face and tried to curl into a ball.

“They say a cat has nine lives” she shouted while I felt her nails dig into the back of my head, trying to force me up and remove my arms from protecting my face. “Let’s see if it’s true little kitty whore!”

The blows rained down on me, b***d had seeped through my nose and the metallic taste in my mouth let me know my l*p had split; I would for sure be hurting if I lived. I thought.

Suddenly, the hits and kicks stopped just as fast as they had been delivered. A growl deeper and more threatening than I had ever heard echoed through the hallway. I cowered, covering my face, eyes shut. This wolf sounded more powerful than those girls. I could feel the power rolling off the unknown wolf. I was definitely not going to live past lunch today.

“This is none of your business bitch!” I heard Ella’s high-pitched and scathing rant.

I slowly opened my eyes, peering from my forearm when I realized I wasn’t going to be hit again, just yet. Maybe I could escape while they were distracted!

I focused my eyes to see where my attackers were, brushing my hair away that was stuck to my face. My mouth fell open as I laid eyes on the most beautiful looking she wolf I have ever seen. Her long strawberry blond hair with pitch black streaks flowed down her back. She stood tall, taller than any she wolf I had seen before, with olive skin and toned muscles. Her eyes were the most beautiful green I had seen, glowing emerald, like the deep leaves of the jungle. She was a warrior god in the flesh, so powerful and beautiful, I wouldn’t be surprised if men fell to their feet for her.

My lips parted and I gasped as she stepped up to Ella, towering above her. This goddess before me must have been six feet tall!

Ella had stepped up to her with her hands on her h**s, brown orbs glaring at the goddess-looking she-wolf. “Just because you’re the prince’s skank, doesn’t mean you can order me around. Go suck your prince’s d**k or something!” Her friends, Maryanne and Bethany took a step back, as if they were afraid. Yep I would be afraid too, hell I am afraid!

Quick as a flash, Ella was hoisted from the floor by her neck and pinned to the wall, the goddess’ green eyes glowing bright, like an inferno, her canines appearing as she snarled at the Alphas’ daughter.

Shit! Shit! Shit!

I was scared, unable to move as her powerful aura rippled from her strong figure and glared at my main attacker. Her sidekicks, dropping to their knees and showing submission. If I hadn’t already been on the floor I’m sure I would be on my knees and baring my neck too.

“Watch your mouth girl!” she snarled at Ella. “Challenge me, I dare you! It would take nothing for me to snap your neck and my wolf is dying to rip your intestines out! I would expect more from an Alpha’s daughter!”

She sniffed Ella, disgust laced on her face. Her hand tightened around her neck, making Ella gasp for breath.

“I smell several males on you, little whore.” She said and a sinister smile graced her lips “That’s right, the bitch is back. You will not touch this shifter again, you will not touch any member of my pack or I will carry out my promise of ripping you to shreds. Is that clear?”

Bobbing her head up and down was all Ella could do. Her hands grasping at the tight hand firmly wrapped around her throat, cutting off her air supply. As I watched my tormentor for the past year, I let a tear slip down her cheek. To say my cat wasn’t jumping for joy, sharing in my gloating would be a lie. She threw Ella to the ground and stomped her foot as she yelled “scram!”

I had never seen three wolves scramble as fast as they rounded the corner, skidding as they went.

I was still frozen and still afraid as the goddess turned and stepped towards my cowering frame.

“Come” she said, offering me her hand “Today, you sit with me. You just made a new friend.”

*****

Lamias POV

The rage and boil of my b***d was still on the surface, as was Inanna. I was seething. I had left the library after meeting with Damon and was ready to head to the cafeteria to meet with Kellen and Mike for lunch when I heard whimpers from the adjacent hall. I could hear three girls kicking and punching something or someone.

When I rounded the corner and saw the mess they had made of this tiny figure, beating her, kicking her, relentlessly. I snapped. If there was one thing I really didn’t like, it was bullies. I didn’t care what your status was, you didn’t pick on the weak. And as I grew up with the royal family, my own father serving our King, I was brought up to protect and respect all pack members.

Due to my strength and wolf, it was especially in ground into me. But more than that, the need to protect ran through my veins, it was in my b***d. Just like my Dad.

I looked at the tiny figure on the floor, and shame enveloped me. To think an Alpha’s daughter would be this cruel. She should know better, and should pick on someone her own size and for three wolves to gang up on a small cat.

She finally looked up at me. She was beautiful, even with the bloody nose and fat l*p. Her black as oil skin had a sheen to it, making me think of the finest leather polished to perfection. Her eyes were captivating and stood out, a bright yellow with a slight brown ring, her hair, like a wild fire, it clung to her face, a small strand sticking to the corners of her pouty and pink lips, now stained with b***d.

I reached my hand out to her, hesitantly and unsure, she finally grasped mine. Her fingers were so small, making me feel like a giant, and when she finally stood, I truly felt like a giant.

I smiled as I dragged her to her feet. “Come. Today, you will sit with me. You just made a new friend.” I pulled her close, noticing her body was shaking. I grimaced, pulling my lips tight.

“First let’s go get you cleaned up.” I nudged her shoulder to follow me, where I led her to the nearest bathroom. Luckily, it was empty. I didn’t want her to suffer anymore embarrassment than she already had.

She propped herself against the sink counter and I grabbed some tissue, handing it to her so she could clean her face up. Her shirt was torn on one sleeve, I again grimaced. They didn’t just beat her, but they tore her clothes too. Goddess I hated that f*****g girl and her little friends even more. Nobody should be made to feel like this tiny thing standing in front of me, wiping b***d off her face, has.

I could tell she was afraid of me, whether I just saved her a*s or not, she was still leery. Her eyes shifted from the door to me and back again, like she was waiting for the gag reel or something.

“You look like you’re wondering where the camera is?” I gently spoke, crossing my arms. “I promise you, I will not hurt you. What’s your name?”

“T-Tawny” she stuttered out, lips trembling, I reached behind and wet some tissue, handing it to her, pointing to her l*p which was split and still bleeding “Thank you” she meekly replied and turned around to the mirror to dab her lips clean, her eyes carefully watching me behind her.

“I appreciate your help, you don’t have to stay.” Her voice was less shaky now. I just smirked slightly back at her reflection. “I’m s-sorry; I don’t know your name?”

Now I laughed, I unfolded my arms, stretched them out and bowed to her “Lamia Langley at your service, the Delta’s daughter.” I was trying to lighten the mood, maybe ease the tension in this poor girl.

“And you, Miss Tawny, are now my new friend. Believe it or not, I don’t have many friends, especially females. I am guessing you could do with one too, huh?”

She wiped the b***d from her nose and looked down at the sink with a deep sigh, leaving her. “No I do not have any friends” she replied, then dug in her bag, bringing out a hair brush to smooth the fiery strands.

She truly was something to look at, so different. She was an oddity amongst wolves, a beautiful, rare oddity. Like me, I was an oddity, just in a different way. Her looks are what stood out. For me, it was my strength and wolf. While her difference was on the surface, mine was hidden but ever present.

“Good then, that’s settled. I’m starving!” I said, clapping my hands together, giving her a big genuine smile “Let’s go get lunch!”

I saw her apprehension, eyes widening, she opened her mouth as if to say something, then clamped it shut again.

“Look Tawny, I’m going to say this once and once only. Today is not only the day you made a friend, me, but today is also the day you stop hiding. F**k those assholes and stupid bitches. You’re with me now, and I PROMISE I won’t let anyone bully you again. So fix that beautiful face, hold your head up and let’s go get some lunch! Not all us wolves are like those mutts. I promise. Trust me.” I was stern but I meant every word.

I wasn’t sure what was drawing me to this girl but I liked her. I didn’t know anything about her but I knew we were going to be friends. Plus, I had never met a cat shifter and I wanted to know everything! She intrigued me and, despite her fearful demeanor, I knew a kind and fun girl was hiding in there somewhere.

She solidified my thinking when her pouty lips turned upwards, meeting her eyes in a beautiful grin. “ OK, let’s do this Lamia”, she beamed.

I offered her my elbow as I swung the bathroom door open, her tiny hands slipping around my arm as she looked up at me and nodded. We left and made our way to the cafeteria, chatting lightly as we walked down the halls to the opposite side of the school.

I made two friends today. Today was a good day.

Tawny and I had just got our food and sat down when Kellen, Mike and Tyron joined us. Mike bent down and kissed my head before taking a seat opposite me, and Tyron followed, sitting next to him. Kellen sat down next me, pulling me towards him and kissing my cheek. I blushed slightly and looked at Tawny who’s mouth was hanging open at the boys who were sitting with us, looking a little star-struck. She started to get up and grab her plate.

“Where are you going?” I asked.

“Um um, I’m sorry, I should probably sit – “she didn’t get to finish.

“Sit back down little kitten.” A grin formed on Tyron’s face as he pointed to her seat, gesturing for her to stay there. She complied and lowered back onto the bench. Her eyes still wide and her mouth, partly open as she stared wildly at me, shock still evident on her face.

I smiled slyly “Tawny, this is Tyron, future Delta, Mike jr, future Beta and I’m sure you know Kellen, future Alpha and prince to the royal pack and kingdom?” I said pointing at each of them as I introduced them. “Guys, this is my new friend Tawny!” I said proudly draping my arm over her shoulder as she sunk into it.

“Yes, she is a big cat shifter, but can we leave the questions until another time, she’s had a shit day.” I stated. “So why don’t you boys fill me in on this rogue shit? Have we been able to capture any alive and question them?” I changed the subject, trying to divert the stares from my new friend.

“We got one in the tank right now, Kellen and I got to question him today,” Mike’s eyes shifting to Kellen before focusing back on me. “We couldn’t get anything out of him, just that we have something the rogue king wants. He wouldn’t say anymore, even after Kellen gave him a brutal beat down. We won’t get the chance to question him anymore-“

“What why?” I questioned Mike.

Mike cleared his throat. “He killed himself, he had a cyanide wolfsbane pill under a tooth, and broke it before we could ask him what that something was.” He shoveled more food into his mouth.

“The strange thing is they aren’t attacking, more like observing, unlike the smaller northern packs that are getting attacked daily.” Kellen followed up. “Dad is sending the Bravado warrior group up there to help out, hopefully avert some attacks and provide support to the packs getting hit badly.”

A small whimper sounded next to me. I looked at Tawny, who’s eyes were wide but not from shock this time and a little teary looking. Kellen raised a questioning eyebrow, peering past me, to look at her.

She swallowed hard “My dad is in that group.”

Ahh. Now I understood, I linked Kellen *I found her getting her a*s beat by Ella and her friends. I think she has been suffering for a while now*

*Makes sense, why I can smell the fear coming from her* he replied.

“Tawny, if your dad is sent out, he will be gone for a few weeks. Not sure where you are living, but if he is sent out, we will make arrangements for you so you are not alone.” Empathy was strong in Kellen’s tone as he spoke to her. Tawny nodded her head, her stature relaxing slightly. “ Beside, your friends with Lamia now.” He smirked “There, ain’t no wolf that kicks a*s like her, right boys?” he asked, looking at Mike and Tyron.

“No shit” they both replied in unison.

“Besides, your friends with us now, unless someone has a death wish, they won’t f**k with you again little kitten.” Tyron’s serious tone made us all look up at him. Did he like her, like, like, like her?

*I think Tyron has the hots for her* Kellen linked

I smiled and leaned to him, smirking as I agreed, no need to reply.

“Hey Lamia!” I looked up to see Damon standing behind Mike moving to take a seat next to him.

“Hey Damon, What’s up?” I asked casually.

“Your Highness, Beta. “He said, bowing slightly before sitting. “I wanted to swap numbers with you so we could get together this weekend if you have time?” He was fishing his phone out of his pocket and promptly dropped it on the floor when Kellen let out a growl.

I started laughing “Kellen, we are working on a project together”. Poor Damon was looking scared shitless.

“Sorry babe, just don’t like some guy asking for your number out of the blue” he said, shifting to wrap his arm around my waist and k**s my temple.

“Oh Alpha! I am so sorry! I didn’t mean anything like that – “

“Damon shut up!” Kellen growled. He peered over me again, looking at Tawny, getting her attention. “Tawny, we are having a BBQ on Saturday, small pool party, why don’t you make sure you and your dad are there, 4pm. Damon, you’re invited too.”

Kellen began to stand but paused and turned back to the table. “Oh and Damon?”

“Yes Alpha?”

“Next time you drive my girl to school or are alone with her, ask me first! Got it!” I knew Kellen was teasing, so did Mike, as I watched him try and stifle his chuckle.

“Yes Alpha, of course Alpha, sorry Alpha. Won’t happen again, Alpha!” Poor Damon had no idea he was f*****g with him as he rattled on his apology before we all interrupted.

“Damon! Shut up!” we all laughed.

Before we knew it, lunch was over. Giving me a sweet but brief k**s on the lips, Kellen got up to leave for his last class with Mike and Tyron in tow. “I will see you at home babe, I have patrol tonight, if you will join me?” Kellen asked. I, of course, nodded my head, happy about any and all time we spent together. I was left feeling a little less left out now. Me and my wolf happier.

“Damon, can you give me a lift after school again please?” I asked, knowing I still had two classes.

“Sure thing Lamia, does your friend need a lift too?” Looking at Tawny, he asked.

She nodded, a light blush tingeing her dark skin. “That would be great, Thank you. I’m Tawny, by the way.” She said, sticking her hand out to him.

“Damon” he answered, taking her hand in return.

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