Micah POV.
My name is the boy with trust issues, I mean Micah, Micah Blackthorn, I’m the alpha’s only son, I’m his heir and the one in charge after him, I’m twenty-one years old, my birthday was last week, I just turned of age, the one where you’re an adult, where more responsibilities get thrown your way and you’re left to figure it out.
I’ve been taking my father’s place little by little, after the physical exercises and practice I have to endure, I now have to take on even more responsibilities, not ones that I enjoy, those are a pain in my bruised bum, today isn’t any better, today is one of the worse days yet, today is another I have to spend with my father. I woke up with a groan, my whole body was aching, and in pain, I didn’t want to wake up this early, I hardly slept last night, but now it’s time to wake up, better get up on my own than to be woken up by my father or one of his minions, I got up and moved to the bathroom.
I turned my shower on, not bothering to wait for the water to heat up, it’s a luxury that I don’t always have, I took a freezing cold shower instead, my whole body shook under the cold water, I closed my eyes quickly, I scrubbed my hair clean, turned the water off just in time as it got warm now. I left the bathroom, cold air hitting my naked body, I looked at myself in the mirror, I had fair skin, although I spend so long in the outdoor, I never gained a tan, instead I burned, my shoulders are completely red, they are burned badly, not that my parents cared, dad told me to suck it up, I’m a wolf I’m supposed to be able to stay out in the sun.
My muscles were well defined, they had to be defined with how much I workout, I run daily, I lift weights, I train every kind of training possible, father never allows me to rest, not if I got sick, not if I don’t feel well, I always have to train and so I do.
I towel dried my short blond hair, it’s kept untamed, I had short curly hair, although I’d love to grow it all out, to have a big lion main, but father would kill me for that, he says long hair is only for girls, although some of the pack boys have their hair kept long, everyone but me, I’m the next alpha, I can’t be anything but perfect, my blue eyes held pain in them. I share the same blue eyes as my mother, both of our eyes held the eternal pain that this town, that living with my father bings, pain, none of us could run away, none of us could hide, not yet, maybe not ever.
I don’t look at myself for long, my skinny face, my skinny body, my bruises, I ignored everything, I just got dressed for the day, putting on a hoodie and some sweat pmats, we got to do some morning training this morning, I had my running shoes on for now, but they won’t stay for long, none of my clothes would, not while training with alpha Blade, he’s getting ready for a war or something. If the zombie apocalypse ever happens, I’m ready, this whole pack is ready, maybe that’s what dad is getting ready for. I left my room, it’s not a big room, you’d expect the alpha’s son to get a big room, or to be treated all special, but instead I’m treated as dirty in this place, my small room only holds my twin bed, only one blanket is given to me, I can’t be spoiled, said dad.
I left the room, went down to the kitchen, no food is allowed early in the morning, not before we start our day, it wasn’t just me who’s awake this early, Joshua joined me too, he had his signature smile on, the one he uses to trick girls into his bed, he looked like he was well rested although I knew he had a girl in late night, I could hear them from my room, but I guess sex was enough for him to get him to wake up all energized.
“Ready to take over the world?” he asks me, although we’re going to do anything but take over the world, the world is going to break us over and over again, it’ll never allow us to breathe.
“Sure, let’s go,” I lie with a fake smile.
“Alpha is busy this morning, we’ll have to take lead,” Joshya says, I nod my head okay, I was glad he wasn’t here now, we both waited for the rest to join us, the rest of the pack, I heard that in other packs, people can live in their own homes, to stay with their parents, while for us, everyone who’s between eighteen and twenty-one, they all got to stay in the main house, with the alphas and betas, they are all under training, we waited for the rest, we’re six in total.
“Let’s go guys, let’s take over the world,” I yell, I’m the one who’s supposed to be in charge, although I’d prefer to hide and let anyone else do my job, I’d like to have a warm bed where I can sleep in, I want to be left alone, to be safe, away from this sick town.
“Let’s go,” Joshua says, with a big smile, he walked out first with the rest of us following, we moved toward the outside, it was freezing cold, but we had to start moving, running this early in the morning, it brings my wolf peace, I loved the quiet, but we also would prefer to be left alone, but that wasn’t an option for people like, I ran my cheeks going pink from the cold, my body aching with soreness, old bruises never having the time to heal.
I had to be the fastest, even if I didn’t want to win, even if this was just a training, I always have to be the strongest, I have to never show any weakness, I had to be the one in the front, even if I had to push Joshua to the side, even if our friendship have been broken, I have to pretend to like him, to pretend that he’s my trusty right hand, but I trust no one, not him, not my father, not this town, I kept on running, pushing myself harder now.