Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 46

Lauren POV

"Lauren, I'm very disappointed in you."

Suddenly, the darkness faded away and there was a hallway in front of me which looked quite familiar. Manuel was wearing a long face, frowning at me. I felt like I was shivering in the snow as he glared at me so coldly. I glanced at the ragged doll in his hand which he bought for Janice and now was cut into pieces.

No...

I wasn't the one who destroyed it. Janice did it herself...

I tried to explain it to father but I couldn't utter a single word and my whole body froze.

"You...," Manuel sighed, "I've always been trying to tolerate you because of Martha's death but...Nevermind. Lauren, you really disappointed me this time. I've never thought you could be so cruel..."

Manuel sighed and turned his back on me. I wanted to go and tell him the truth but he disappeared in the hallway and then I was surrounded by some dark mist. My legs froze and couldn't move anymore and I was about to be suffocated.

The next second, the scene changed and I was in the hallway at the banquet. But this time, I was being chased by Manuel's wolf form instead of a bunch of soldiers. When I was little, he would carry me on his shoulders and run in the forest with me but now he was waving his giant claws and showing his sharp fangs at me. He said in his terrifying alpha voice coldly, "You stop right there! You traitor!"

"Lauren! You betrayed your own tribe! Come back here right now!"

I ran as fast as I could and he wasn't my father anymore. He didn't love me anymore and when he looked at me, his eyes were filled with rage and discontent. I was sure that once he caught me, his wolf would tear me apart. But where else could I go...

I kept running forward and he was getting closer to me. At that point, all sorts of feelings flooded into my head, and my legs went weaker and weaker. I had always known that Manuel played favorites and that he stopped caring about me because of the tenderness of Lola and Janice. He saw me as nothing but an asset and he didn't love me anymore. But I never expected that he could be so cruel that he would rather ruin my life than save his face and protect his interests.

I felt like there was a huge boulder crushing my chest and it was getting hard to breathe. I was overwhelmed by devastation. It turned out that deep down I was hurt by his cruelty. He once was a loving father but what was past was past now.

Never mind. I didn't wanna keep running away anymore...

Suddenly, there was a voice repeating in my head.

I subconsciously slowed down and just stood there, waiting for Manuel who had gone crazy and twisted to come at me. I watched him throwing his sharp claws at my head quietly.

All of a sudden, someone popped out from behind and pulled me over. And then my body got warmer from then on as Manuel howled at me from behind.

And that person said to me, "Lauren, don't give up."

I tried to see who he was and then lights suddenly came back and chased away the darkness in the hallway. His figure faded away and all I could hear was his voice.

"Lauren?" "Lauren?"

Someone knocked on the door and woke me up from this nightmare. My sweat soaked up my clothes and my hair was all wet. My breasts were heaving sharply and I still hadn't recovered from that nightmare. My feet and hands were all cold and Victor was still talking behind the door. He asked anxiously with doubt, "Lauren, what's happening? Are you awake?"

It was victor's voice. He was the one who woke me up and got me out of that nightmare.

"I'm alright," I raised my voice and tried to stay calm. I looked up at the clock and it was about noon. No wonder Victor would get worried and knock on my door to check if I was okay. I said, "I'm sorry. I was exhausted last night and overslept. Could you wait for a moment? I'll go freshen up and proceed with your treatment for today."

"Thank God you're fine. There's no need to rush," Victor's voice sounded a bit surreal outside the door but really comforted me, "I'll be in my study."

"Okay," I responded. But I just leaned against the door and didn't say a word. Honestly, I just wanted to open the door and hug him right now so that his embrace could warm me up from the coldness of the nightmare. But I was sober enough to keep my hands to myself and just stayed where I was standing just now.

"Are you okay, Lauren?" Bella wasn't joking like she always did and said concernedly. She wasn't always so naughty.

"To be honest, I feel awful," I didn't lie to her and said, "I thought I wouldn't give a crap but I was faced with my deepest fear in that dream. Manuel would do anything to protect his interests and to him, I'm dead to him and Janice's his only daughter now. He would not have done that if there was one part of him that still felt sorry for me."

I felt like I was being a little too emotional and but now I was extremely vulnerable as I just woke up from the horrifying nightmare because I knew I didn't have a home anymore. I had lost my tribe. No matter how tough and cold I pretended to be around other people, I saw my deepest fear in that dream.

"So are we rogues now?" I laughed sarcastically.

"Rogues sound cool," Bella was trying to comfort me in her own way, "and we're capable enough to be the queens of rogues and that's awesome. Oh, an alpha who has magical healing power. If Manuel and Michael find out, they'll be so mad and will regret everything they've done."

Bella was imagining how cool we would be if we became the alpha of rogues and took over the Fullmoon Tribe. Her jokes lightened my mood and I wasn't so frustrated anymore. I stretched my arms and freshen up. By the time I changed into something cozy, Bella started talking about how we would rule this continent after we became queens of rogues and how pathetic Manuel and Michael would look when they were crying on their knees.

I interrupted her, "No, they might blame us for not telling them that I have healing power and there's no chance that they'll feel sorry about what they've done."

"Well...you have a point," Bella said, "sometimes we really should learn from them and be a little more overconfident like them."

Bella laughed and then said to me in a serious tone, "Also, Lauren, you'll never be alone and you're never abandoned or banished."

"I know. I always got you and Mila by my side."

"Not just us."

"Huh?"

"You'll know the answer once you open that door."

My heart skipped a beat and I suddenly realized something.