Gaining Freedom

It took Lily a week to recover enough to move again so she could plan her escape from this place. When they released her from the infirmary she slowly made her way back to her room in the furthest point of the palace.

The fear she had always hidden in her heart crept up reminding her that she was a wolfless woman in a Clan full of wolf-shifters. Knowing her time was short and her life was now on the line there was only one place she could go and not worry about the Wolf Clan and their drama. 

She tried not to let the thoughts of not having a wolf get her down kind of expecting this since she never sensed another presence with in herself. She had other things to enjoy in her life, like her plants. Having applied weeks before Lily knew heading to another territory would slow them down in their search for her.

Walking in she noticed something off going back to check on her plants Lily found that they had all been ripped up and tossed everywhere, the windows smashed in, and all her notes burnt in the middle of the floor. Lily was horrified seeing this since no one had ever come back this far before.

Dropping to her knees tears started rolling down her face as she gazed at all her work destroyed in an instant.

At that moment Alisa walks in looking far too satisfied, turning to Lily. "Oh dear did all of you plants die? That's too bad." Lily looked up at her trying to figure out why she did this. "Why? This has been here for years and no one even cared. Why destroy it?!"

Alisa, looking at her nails for flaws, chimes in. "I felt like it. This place needed tidying up so this was the first thing to go. Now you'll have to start over again." An evil grin on her face as she walked to the door. "Father is looking for you don't be late." Alisa strolled out the door laughing as she went.

Lily looked around the room pissed off that everything was trashed. *Yeah, it's time for me to go.* This was the last straw moving to fill her bag with everything that wasn't destroyed. Pulling out her mother's pendent from under her shirt she whispers, "I will do better." Setting the pack outside in the bushes near the exit she then makes her way to the Alpha King's office.

He was sitting there writing intently as she walked in. When he finished the Wolf King looked over at Lily gaining her attention. "You've finished school and I was told recently your birthday is today now making you an adult. We will begin paying you a small salary to keep you here. There is still a great deal of work to be done here so don't go slacking off."

Lily clenched her hands trying to stay calm as he continued. "If you like we can move you into a statesman's quarters since this will be elevating your status. Do you have any questions?" Lily went to speak but was cut off by the King continuing his speech. "Good look through this by tomorrow. I have a meeting with the Raven Clan." Handing her an employment contract and a stack of paperwork half her height.

He was about to walk out of his office when Lily spoke just loud enough for him to hear, "I will not be staying here." This stopped the King in his tracks forcing him to look back at her. "Excuse me, what did you say?" Lily stood her ground looking him in the eyes. "I was accepted into the Dragon Academy and will not be staying."

The King looked appalled by her words shouting, "You ungrateful b*tch! After everything we did for you, this is the thanks we get?!" At that moment, Max walks in having heard the shouting from the entrance. "What is the meaning of this?" His father not giving Lily that chance says, "I just offered her a very good job working for us and she is turning it down to go to study at the Dragon Academy!"

Max turns to her asking, "Is this true?" Lily nodded trying not to fidget. "So what is the problem father? She is a free citizen she has the right." Max and the King speak quietly for a moment giving Lily the opportunity she needed to escape.

Turning around to see an empty room the Wolf King shouts, "Where did she go?! Guards!" "Find Lily! Drag her back here! Now!" Max thought about where she might be so he went about going to her wing of the castle.

Upon walking into her room he sees the destruction that had happened. All the plants pulled up and her room was completely trashed. *No wonder she left.* Looking out the smashed windows he saw Lily with a pack on her back walking out the front entrance. Walking back to his father's office he sees the king scrambling to make sense of his work.

"They won't find her father." His father looked up shouting. "What?!Why?!" "Everything she ever valued was destroyed. I can only guess who did it with the mess that was left behind. For once, you'll just have to do the work yourself." Max left his father to clean up his mess for once. "That f*cking bitch has ruined us!" The Wolf King shouted as Max left him to do the work he was supposed to do himself.