Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Seraphina's POV

I barely made it through our apartment door when my brother's voice hit me like a slap.

"What the hell, Sera?"

He stood there in his expensive clothes, looking perfect as always while I was a mess with blood on my leggings.

"Why did you disobey me? I told you to stay in class until the games and celebration were over!"

My thigh throbbed painfully…. I just wanted to clean my wound and sleep. "I was assigned to serve, and I wanted to watch the race Blake, you know I love watching that."

He laughed like I made the biggest joke in history. "Racing isn't for fat girls." His eyes narrowed. "And did you try to seduce Axel? Cora said you did that, are you stupid?"

"That's not true." My voice came out tiny.

"You expect me to believe Axel was suddenly defending you out I the blue after knowing you for like Six years plus? He cut me off, making me feel stupid as always. "What did you show him, your ass, your armpits, you're Pathetic."

Something in my chest cracked, it's a rage I've been suppressing for months, years and goddess help me not to snap, it won't be good. 

"It's useless talking to you. You're just like them….Can you leave now, I need to change up."

His eyes dropped to Axel's shirt clutched against my chest, he had dropped it over my wounded leg and left. "Give me that."

"No." I held it tighter. "I'll give it back to Axel."

He moved so fast I didn't see it coming. He ripped the shirt from my hands, tearing the shirt in the process.

"Stay home, Sera. You're embarrassing me every fucking day of my life, why can't you try to act normal without making a huge scene?"

Tears burned hot down my face and I shook my head. "I hate this… I hate my life and it's better you act as if you don't know me either so I will stop embarrassing you."

His face softened a little. "I'll call a doctor for your leg. You're lucky Axel showed up when he did."

That broke me bad, he has no fucking right to act like the big brother he never was, I hated when he pretends to care.

"Fuck off!" I screamed. "I don't need your help!"

His eyes widened like I just poured him acid, I'd never talked back before.

"Don't pretend you care about me Blake, A real brother wouldn't treat his sister like she's garbage. You hide me like I'm something to be ashamed of so don't ever try to care..!"

I slammed my door so hard the walls shook.

In the shower, I watched blood swirl down the drain. The cut from Knox's glass was ugly and deep and it would leave a scar, one more reason to hide my body.

At least tomorrow was the full moon. I'd go home to my parents' Pack where I could breathe without being judged. My mom was the only person who truly loved me as I was.

I'd given up on finding my mate. Who would want a fat girl when they could have someone like Cora?

My phone lit up with Dad's call and I picked it up, "Baby girl," his deep voice made me feel safe. "We're having a celebration and competition display at home. I want you to participate."

My heart did a little dance. "I'll be there, Dad but I'm not participating in the competition.

“Sera…” He sighed sadly but I shook my head.

“I'm not displaying my wolf to anyone, please don't let me do this…I just want to see you and mum.” I begged him. Every two years, Our Pack holds the biggest strength competition immediately after the full moon as a celebration to those who found their wolves and who shifted for the first time. It was always interesting but I dare not try to show myself.

“It's okay, come home quickly, your mother misses you too.” I told him I loved him and cut the call, for the first time in weeks, I fell asleep smiling.

****

Everyone at school was buzzing about some competition. My stomach hurt from hunger and my brother's punishment meant no food since yesterday.

Gracie walked up to me with a fake smile plastered on her perfect face. Her tight jeans and leather jacket made her look like a model.

"Sera," she said sweetly, "I'm inviting you to my friend's pack tonight for a wolf display."

"I can't Gracie, I'll be busy," I mumbled, pulling my oversized sweater down.

A girl behind her snickered. "What would make you busy? A mate?"

The class erupted in laughter and I bit my lips in embarrassment. "Her mate would kill himself!" someone shouted.

Cora appeared, gorgeous in red lipstick. "She'd cause an earthquake before finding a mate…common guys, stop making her hallucinate"

I wanted to disappear. 

Gracie handed me a blue-sealed invitation. "You should come serve drinks atleast, the exercise would do you good and you can run some errands to make you slim down even though it would take you some decades."

I recognized the blue seal. Our Pack gave out such invitations to low ranking members, Gold invitations were for the Beta Ranks and the Platinum one was for the Alpha’s.

"This isn't for me," I said quietly and gave it back to her.

She smiled at me, displaying her teeth. "Of course not. I'll be competing, not serving. I can't accept this cause my mum gave it to me so you'll be taking my place instead or else, you won't want a repeat of what happened yesterday and last week right?"

I stuffed the invitation in my bag without another word, what happened last week was a memory that haunted me. I had refused to do her assignment and she ganged up with the others to throw me in the school pool after luring me out with a text.

The classroom door opened, and my heart stopped beating.

Axel walked in, beautiful and dangerous in black jeans and a tight gray shirt. His tattoo peeked out from his collar and everyone went quiet.

He didn't even look at me,he has never looked at me and if I knew better, he hated that we were in the same class.

While the lectures were ongoing, something hit my head and it was a paper ball. I ignored it until another one hit me and the teacher noticed. "Miss Sera! Stop disrupting my class."

"I wasn't—"

She came over before I could respond and picked up one of the papers beside me and I was relieved. I thought she'd finally see what Cora was doing.

Instead, her face hardened. "This behavior is unacceptable. What is this?"

I grabbed the paper and felt sick reading it: "Axel, I really want to choke on your cock again. Sorry for taking your shirt. Can we meet in the bathroom after class? —Seraphina"

"I didn't write this!" My voice shook.

"Out!" she ordered.

“I didn't do this, Cora did that and she kept throwing that on me..” I cried out but Cora yelled at me instead.

“Shut the fuck up Sera, everyone her knows how you're so hung up with Axel who doesn't gives a fuck about you! You wrote that your self, who else has an ugly handwriting like you!”

Gracie snatched the paper and read it out loud. Axel turned, his green eyes finding mine for a second before he looked away.

I ran out, tears blurring my vision. I was so tired. Tired of being invisible

and tired of being hated, no one fucking listens to me.