Fated To Her Alpha Bully

"Didn’t think you wolfless freak would have the guts to show up here again." A familiar sharp voice cuts through the air the moment I step into school."Looks like you just trudged here on foot. Hey Simon, give her a ride."No sooner are the words out than Simon veers his bike straight toward me and rams right into me. I hit the ground hard, landing right on the bruises from yesterday’s beating.Alice—the owner of that voice—and her brother Simon burst out laughing like my misery is some kind of comedy show.Alice and Simon are the Beta’s beloved children. And me? I’m just a nobody orphan everyone can bully.I can’t fight back. I just get up quietly and brush the dust off my clothes.But it's gonna be over soon. Just until I’m eighteen then I’m out of this hellhole.By the time I finally pull myself together, class is about to start. But the moment I push the half-open door, a bucket filled with my worst nightmares, insects and toads, tips over and dumps all over me.I can feel them c

I’m startled out of my thoughts as Lynn shifts to see what I keep looking at. She takes a look at the picture on my phone and then lets out a dreamy sigh.“He looks so strong,” she giggles. “I bet he’s really handsome. It’s a shame that you’ve never seen his face.I nod, still thinking about the sleeve in the picture. “Hey Lynne?”“What’s up? Everything okay?”“Yeah, I was just wondering something. I know it’s not a lot to go on, but does this arm look familiar to you?”Lynn takes another look at the picture, studying it carefully before shaking her head. “I don’t think so.”I look back down at the screen, feeling better about what I see. It is probably just a coincidence, I am sure lots of people own that shirt. If nothing else about the photo looks familiar to Lynn, then I am probably just overreacting.Reassured I tap out a quick reply to Felix.Iris: I could really use that strength today. The future Alpha at my school is such a jerk. I wish you were here to stand up to him.Felix

Vedant’s footsteps echo down the hall as he makes his abrupt exit. Whatever message he had just received must have been more important than continuing to mock me through the locker. I start to wonder what it could be when my own phone chimes and I see a message from Felix.Felix: It doesn’t matter. I will wait for you no matter how late it gets. I wouldn’t miss your birthday for anything.As I smile down at the phone in my hands, my mind starts to wander to when me and Vedant had been friends. There had once been a time when he treated me as tenderly as Felix does now. Sometimes I even used to wish that Vedant would be my mate.I think of the hatred in Vedant’s eyes and the vitriol of his words, and I can’t even imagine that now. Any hope that the Vedant I used to know would emerge is gone.After the rogue killed his brother Owen, everything had changed. My closest friend, the boy I loved, grew to hate me. He wouldn’t even consider hearing my side of what happened that day.I type a q

I flinch as the ruler comes down on my hand for what must have been the thousandth time. I take a deep breath and will myself to endure the sting as yet another blow lands, this time on my cheek. Tears stream down my face as I wonder, not for the first time, what I had done to deserve this life.I start to wonder how much time has passed since I had first entered the room. There is no clock on the wall and I will only be punished further, if I pull my phone out in front of my punisher. I start to measure the passage of time by the rhythm of the strikes against my skin.Finally, I hear the final bell ring and relief floods my system as the wolf tasked with my punishment sets down the ruler. I take a step toward the door, but it opens before I can reach it. I flinch as I see Vedant standing there, smirking.He looks me up and down cruelly. “Had enough yet, Chirara?”I keep my eyes on the ground, unable to look at the person who put me here. If my punishment had fit the crime, I would ha

Vedant's POVI do my best to act normal at the party, but I can’t help but feel a little weird after Alice’s request that I ask her to be my mate. Her crush has been obvious for some time, but I always thought that if I ignored it for long enough, she would give up. I see now that I was wrong.Simon gives me a questioning look. “Are you okay? You’ve been quiet.”I give a quick nod, hoping that Alice hadn’t told him about what happened yesterday. “Yeah, I’m fine. Just tired, I got into an argument with my dad last night.”Simon nods sympathetically before changing the subject to the training class at school. I do my best to seem interested in what he’s saying, grateful that he didn’t pry further, when Alice walks up with a glass of wine in her hand.“Come on Vedant, it’s a party. You should have a drink.”I glance at Simon, “I don’t see anyone shoving alcohol down his throat.”Alice laughs, “That’s because he got started before anyone even got here.”Simon shoots me a sheepish grin. I