Chapter 1

Chapter 1

SOPHIA POV 

I stood in front of the Lycanthrope Company building with a small smile tugging slowly at my lips.

The building towered above me like a giant monster waiting patiently to swallow its prey whole. Men in suits walked past me quickly with confidence written all over their faces while armed guards stood firmly at the entrance.

Power. Everything about this place screamed power.

The cold morning wind brushed against my skin softly, making the strands of my black hair dance around my face, but I barely noticed it. My eyes remained fixed on the enormous silver logo hanging proudly at the top of the building.

A wolf. The symbol of the Lycan King. My smile deepened slightly. Today was my first day working here.

The first human ever allowed to work inside the Lycan company.

Just thinking about it made something dark twist inside me with satisfaction. Do they know how hard I worked to get this position? The sleepless nights. The fake smiles. The endless studying. The sacrifices.

No. They had no idea. And that was exactly how I wanted it.

I tightened my fingers around the strap of my bag before taking a slow breath. The scent of rain lingered faintly in the air mixed with expensive perfumes, gasoline, and coffee from a nearby café. Everything around me looked normal.

Too normal. Meanwhile my entire life had been buried in blood and ashes for the past five years.

Five years. Today made it exactly five years since my pack was slaughtered. Five years since my parents died. Five years since I lost everything.

The smile on my lips slowly turned cold. My chest tightened painfully as the memories forced themselves into my head again no matter how hard I tried to bury them.

Screams. Blood. Fire. I could still hear the terrified cries echoing in my ears sometimes late at night. I could still remember the panic in my brother’s voice during that final phone call.

“Sophia, listen to me carefully,” Dylan had said between heavy breaths.

In the background, people were screaming. I remembered gripping my phone tightly with shaking hands as fear crawled slowly into my chest.

“Dylan? What’s happening? Why are people screaming?”

“Don’t come back!” he shouted suddenly.

Then I heard growling. Loud. Terrifying. The sound still haunted me till today.

“Sophia...” His voice broke this time, softer now, filled with pain and urgency. “Promise me you’ll stay hidden. Never reveal who you are. Bury everything deep inside your mind and survive.”

“Dylan”

“Promise me!”

Tears burned my eyes immediately as the memory replayed vividly inside my head. Then came the sound I would never forget for the rest of my life.

His scream. The line went dead immediately after that. I swallowed hard, forcing the painful lump in my throat down.

Since that day, I have lost my family. I lost my home. I lost my pack. And I became truly alone in this world.

For years I tried to survive like nothing happened. I forced myself to smile. Forced myself to continue living among humans while pretending the nightmares did not exist.

But every single day, hatred grew quietly inside me. Slowly. Patiently. Like poison.

My name is Sophia. A twenty-five-year-old human. At least… that was what the world believed.

Funny enough, I was born from two pure-blooded werewolves yet turned out completely human. No wolf. No abilities. Nothing.

A disgrace. A rarity. Something abnormal. But my parents never treated me like I was a mistake. Never. Instead, they protected me too much.

My father made sure nobody outside our family even knew Alpha Kaden had a daughter. I was raised far away from the pack in the human city where nobody could question me or look down on me for being different.

I lived like an ordinary human girl. School. Friends. Normal life. Well… as normal as my life could be.

I did not visit the pack often, only during holidays or important events, but I still called regularly. My mother never missed a single call. Dylan used to tease me for avoiding pack training even though I physically could not shift.

Those memories used to make me laugh. Now they only hurt. Because all of it disappeared in one night.

The Lycan King destroyed everything. Derek. Even thinking about his name made anger burn hot inside my chest. Alpha King of the Lycan and werewolf. The man feared by every pack. The man who ordered the execution of mine.

Officially, the reason given was betrayal and disobedience against the Lycanthrope rule.

But till today… I still did not know what exactly my pack did wrong. And honestly? I no longer cared. Nothing could justify slaughtering innocent people. Nothing.

A car suddenly stopped near the entrance, pulling me out of my thoughts. Several workers immediately bowed their heads respectfully as a tall man stepped out wearing an expensive black suit.

Fear instantly flashed across their faces. Interesting. Power really ruled this place. I stared at the building one last time before slowly lifting my chin.

Five years ago, I was weak. Helpless. Broken. But not anymore. I worked my way into this company myself. Into his world. Into the heart of the monster’s territory.

And now? I was finally close enough. Close enough to destroy him. A dangerous smile curved slowly on my lips as I walked toward the entrance.. I got a job here as his secretary.

And I am here for revenge. I will make sure I avenge my parents. The show has just begun.