Dylan POV.
"Ouch, not so hard." I seethed as the school nurse cleaned my new wound with antiseptic.
"If you had of just kept your mouth shut, this wouldn't have happened." I turned to my right looking out the window at the few clouds that were floating in the blue sky.
"Like I said, I'm proud to be human, and now everyone knows what I am." I clenched my fist together as the nurse began wrapping a bandage around my forearm.
It had been a good few hours since the incident in the hall, and I had been forced to come to the nurces office after I had tried to clean my wound by splashing it with water from the tap, it also refused to stop bleeding.
"You are impossible. Can you please just try and stay out of trouble? For one day, that's all I ask." Our school nurse is a wolf, she's one of them. However she hates the way they treat us mere humans, she thinks we should all just live in peace with equal rights. Like that would ever happen.
"All I've done is stay out of trouble, but you are just going to humiliate me anyway, so what's the actual point?"
"The pack were discussing a public execution, Dylan. You need to walk on egg shells from now on, not just for you but for your family as well." No ones been publicly executed in over 4 months, I'm flattered they're considering it. They only execute people who they believe are the biggest problems to society.
"Well then... I'm flattered." I chuckled, before looking at the patch job. 'Huh, not too shabby.' I quickly stood up from the human nursing station and pulled the sleeve of my shirt down covering the evidence of ever being hurt.
"This is serious!" I just gave her a blank look before leaving the room. On the way out I heard her call back to me. "Please just think about it." I gave a clipped nod as I walked away wondering how I'm going to tell my mom about this.
Later in the evening...
"Dilly why you say that?" Freddie looked up at me with a mouth full of bread.
"Don't speak with your mouthful!" My mom scolded him as a bashful blush made its way to his cheeks.
"Sowwy mommy." His reply was muffled as he swallowed the last chunk of food.
"I said it Freddie, because it's the truth. The wolf race are a fucking pathetic excuse for..." my mom cut me off with an extremely stern look.
"Dylan! They have ears everywhere, one more word out of you and it's your room." I scowled, my hatred for the Lycan kind growing stronger as each day passes.
"What more can they do to me, lash me? Beat me? Brand me? They've ran out of fucking options." I stated slamming my hands down, then severely regretting it as sharp pain shot though my wound.
"What was that?" My head shot to regard my mothers worried expression. Her eyebrows were raised and her eyes were dull and judging as she looked at me.
"Nothing, it was nothing." I quickly took my plate in my hand and began to walk to the kitchen. "I'm not really hungry, and I have homework to do!" My mom caught hold of my forearm causing me to drop my plate suddenly, I watched it slowly fall before shattering on the floor.
I retracted my arm quickly and turned to Freddie. "Stay there and don't move until it's cleaned up ok sport?" He just nodded with wide eyes, I turned back to my mom and noticed her curious stare on my arm. Her grip shifted to the other side as she turned it around before pulling my sleeve up. The bandage was showing and a bit of blood was seeping though after the wound had been disturbed.
"What the hell happened?" My moms eyes widened as she began to fumble with the bandage. Before she could unravel any of it I snatched my arm away.
"I had an accident at school. No big." I began to gather the large pieces of the broken plate up ready to put them in the bin.
"What did you do Dylan?" She looked at me with pure worry and only then did I realize what the wound must look like to someone who didn't know.
"For fucks sake! I didn't do it to myself! I got publicly punished at the assembly alright? It's no big deal." Her face dropped instantly and she stepped towards me, causing me to step backwards. "Mom, I'm ok. So back off will you."
"What did you do? I've never known them to cut someone's arm as a punishment." Her shock and accusation was evident in her voice and I sighed heavily.
"I spoke against the alphas son." I may have hit him too, but I wasn't going to divulge that part to her. "It's not one big cut, mom, it's a brand, 'human scum' carved onto my arm."
"They've branded you now too?!" My eyes rolled at her hurt tone as I went to get the dustpan and brush. "You're so much like your father." A sigh left her mouth as she spoke, running a hand through her hair, while I quickly swept up the little pieces of the broken plate. "You've had a new uniform delivered. It's laid out on your bed. Dylan, Please just try and stay respectful in the future, I don't want my daughter to be completely mutilated. Although you're not far off."
"Gee, Thanks." I then walked over to my little brother Freddy before blowing a kiss into his neck and hearing him giggle. "So sport, how's school going?"
"It's ok." He shrugged before going back to coloring a dinosaur picture in.
"Well that's good, stay out of trouble, ok little man?" Heading upstairs and into my room, my thoughts wandered to the permanent graffiti scar very slowly healing on my arm. Disgusting beasts. Think they own the world because they're faster, stronger and can shift. Pah. If you ask me they are not all that.
The second I walked into my room my mouth dropped open. On my bed was some grey pants laid out neatly, which wasn't the surprising part, no, what shocked me was the grey high neck no sleeved button down shirt, every single set of uniform had sleeves except this one. They've done this on purpose those, mutts. They want the world to see my arm and know what a disgusting creature I am. They want the world to know that I, Dylan Riley, am nothing more than 'human scum'.
Dylan POVDuring the last week, I've been horrible, in class I've been loud in voicing my views, I've insulted at least everyone to some degree, I didn't care about the consequences, and I certainly didn't think about them. I haven't seen Nick at all since he was claimed, and to make matters worse today was the royal visit. Oh yes, werewolves and mated humans alike were spending every waking minute preparing themselves to meet his royal majesty, king of the wolves. Unclaimed Humans however would rather stick pins in their eyes. "Dylan, get down now... you're going to be late." She was right, I was dawdling this morning, I really couldn't be bothered today, I gave myself one last look in the small mirror and sighed when my eyes met my newly uncovered brand. It had bad bruising around the letters, and was still extremely tender to touch, it was definitely healing now though. I made my way down the stairs and came face to face with my mother who was seeing to Freddie, she was helping
Dylan POV.I wandered the corridors straight to the lunch hall. All the people I would normally hang out with we're all mated so I grabbed my lunch quickly, and sat down at the end of the human table. Let me lay the lunch hall out for you. On one side of the room you have two long rows of tables, with simple benches that make it look like prison, on the other side of the room you have multiple round tables with fancy chairs. Yup you get it. The humans sit at the prison tables and the wolves and traitors sit on the fancy tables, they get fancy food, fancy drink and most importantly they get pudding. what I would give to have some pudding. "Dylan can we just talk?" Nick quickly took the spot next to me as he set his lunch tray down. I looked at his food which had been placed on a ceramic, circular white plate. God that looked good. I sighed knowing he was going to talk anyway. "Fine, you have two minutes." I used my fork to take a bit of pasta off his plate and shoved it into my mo
Dylan POV.I took a small step backwards causing a small growl to come from the kings chest. I took another step back and he stopped in his tracks staring at my form. His eyes raked up and down my body landing on my bare arms, he frowned at my uniform then turned to our principal to say something. I didn't hear what he said but I used his distraction as an opportunity to run. I quickly turned on my heels and began sprinting down the hall, Another loud growl shot through the school, so much so that you could almost feel the lockers shaking. The only thing coursing through me was fear. I ran straight to the window, and quickly began fumbling with the lock, I opened the window and went to jump out, unsure about where I would go, or even if I would survive the fall, however my foot was caught by two of the kings men, my front slammed onto the floor and my hands slapped the wooden tiles as I went down, letting an audible 'Ooof' leave me, and they dragged me by my ankles back to the hall
Dylan POV. There I was in front of the entire schools population, the royal gamma, the royal beta and finally the alpha king who claims I am his mate! Could have fooled me. “What did you just say?!” Anger was pouring out of the king a gasp left me when I saw his claws and teeth elongate. “Words!” I said it so quietly I didn’t think anyone would have been able to hear it I was trying to be discrete and filtered for once but I guess it didn’t come out quiet. The wolves within hearing distance gasped and before I could comprehend what had happened the back of the kings hand snapped up quickly and made firm contact with my face once again. My body crashed to the floor from the impact, this time his hit was much harder, more anger filled. Blood seeped into my mouth and I hung my head letting the red substance fall from my lips to the floor. The entire population of school was shocked at the sight but were powerless to help. “Don’t test me girl! We may be mates but I am still your king!
Dylan POVMy moms eyes widened as she realized my situation, her head then quickly lowered at the Kings presence while the other two men jogged up behind him. "I... Erm..." my eyes widened at how useless my mom was being. I know she wasn’t the strongest person ever but I thought she'd at least be better than what she was. She slightly moved to the side causing my frame to come out of cover. Seizing this opportunity the king reached around and grabbed hold of my wrist tightly, before roughly pulling me into his firm body making me drop my bag of things. I quickly tried to push him away but his grip only tightened. "MOM! Do something. Please!" Tears were brimming in my eyes again as my mom looked between the king and me, I couldn’t let them fall, I just couldn’t, the confliction buried within her iriseswas heartbreaking. The king took my mother's silence as her answer and wrapped his arm around my waist lifting me up slightly and pulling me away. "Mom, don't let him take me, stop him
Dylan POV.The journey was long, and although I was in a limousine I felt completely trapped with all these wolves inside with me. I was seriously exhausted from being drugged earlier and on top of everything else, I had to go to the bathroom. "Once we get home my queen, you will be treated with the utmost respect, I can assure you. A handmaiden will be assigned to you to help you dress and bathe, of course all your clothes will be chosen for you, and you will have a guard with you at all times, to ensure your safety of course." The king explained as we continued to drive along a country road, I could tell we were getting closer and closer to the royal palace. "Or to ensure I don't escape." I mumbled looking out the window at all times. I refuse to look any of these men in the eye, they think that just because they kidnapped me, I'll bend to their every will. No chance. "That too." The beta chuckled as I stared at the fields that littered the side of the road. I switched off to the
Dylan POV. "I take it you like it then?" The beta asked while chuckling at my reaction. Honestly I didn't, it's obvious that it's beautiful but it's so bright, and it's huge. To be honest I hated how small it made me feel. I felt the Kings hand return to my back as he led me up stairs. I was shown the hall way, the bathrooms, and the entire first and second floor. Fact, I am definitely going to get lost in here. We finally made it to the third floor. By this point I was exhausted, but the tour continued. "This is the corridor for the former royals." Beta Lewis told me as we walked through. "My parents bedchambers are on this floor along with my grandpa." The king informed me as they both led me through a door that took us to a room with sofas and tables. "This is the family room. This is where we are able to relax slightly." We walked right through the family room and into yet another corridor. The entire place screamed wealth and it was making me very very uncomfortable. "Up
Dylan POV. It was a small knock on the door, that seemed to wake me from my sleep. I groaned as I sat up, realizing I had slept crumpled up on the solid floor. My entire body ached as I forced myself to stand, I walked over to a small mirror and looked at my face, I barely even recognized the girl staring back at me. My eyes were bloodshot and puffy, and my cheeks and forehead were dirty, I had a large scabby cut on my forehead where I had hit it on the floor during my abduction yesterday, and my left cheek bone had a rather large bruise forming from where the King had slapped me a billion and one times. I heard another knock and my head snapped to it as the lock was turned, the door was then opened and my eyes widened. Within a second four of the ladies from Yesterday in the line up walked in with a rack full of weird dresses, a black bag under arm and a large sliver box. "Sorry to disturb you, your majesty, but we have a lot to do to get you ready for lunch this afternoon." I hon