CHAPTER ONE: THE OUTCAST

VALENCIA’S POINT OF VIEW

I can hear them giggling and snickering, I can see them pointing in my direction, whispering things to each other and then making jest of me.

I hold my book closer, I try to keep my breath steady, I try not to look in their direction as I made my way to my locker.

Deep breaths Valencia, deep breath, it’s tomorrow, tomorrow is the day you get linked to your mate, today is the last day you ever have to see any of them, by tomorrow your fairytale will be complete, you will find your mate and he will save you from all of this.

I retreat in to my thought, I stay in my imagination. My mate, my knight in shiny armor, I will be linked to him tomorrow and my life will finally get better, my life will finally be rid of all the sorrow and pain.

I was still deep in my thoughts when Lorrein and her evil gang of girls moved in front of me.

“Oh look who we have here, it’s the outcast.” She said and her gang of mean girls giggled. She pulled my book out of my hand and threw it to the ground, I bent down to pick it and one by one her gang of mean girls all emptied their drinks on me.

“Oops that slipped.” Lorrein said, they all giggled and walked away.

I said nothing, I just walked into the school’s bathroom to clean myself up.

I am used to this, I am used to being bullied and made fun of, I hate it but it is my life it has been my life for as long as I can remember.

I am nothing but an outsider in my pack, I am the only werewolf who does not belong, the only one who is not a full blooded werewolf, the only one with a human father and a werewolf mother, both of which are dead by the way.

My parents died the day I was born so everyone here says I am cursed, everyone in my pack either avoids or bullies me, they believe that I was the cause of my parents death so they all believe that I deserve to suffer and maybe they are right, maybe I am cursed, maybe I deserve all the bullying and suffering I am getting, i don’t know, sometimes I feel like I would be better off dead like my parents.

I sighed as I turned on the tap and tried to wipe the drink from my hair, I stayed in the restroom for a little while trying to gather the courage to face my schoolmates who all hate me.

My mother went against werewolf rules and got involved with a human and now I have to pay for

her sins for the rest of my life. I have to take the bullying and hatred from the rest of my pack because I am nothing but an abomination who should not exist.

I took deep breaths, steadied my heart rate and was about to leave the bathroom when I heard Lorrein’s voice yelling my name.

“Valencia! I am going to kill you today!” She yelled. My breath got caught in my throat, my heart started to beat fast. Filled with panic, I ran into one of the stalls in the restroom.

“Come out you cursed wolf! Not only are you cursed but you are also a slut!” She yelled.

A slut? What does she mean!

I can hear the doors of the stall close to me get opened, my heart raced as the sound got closer and closer, I felt like I would faint when the door of the stall I am in was opened.

“You bitch! How dare you send your nude video to my boyfriend!” Lorrein yelled as she slapped me across the face and her gang pounced on me and started beating me.

What does she mean! I did not send any nude video! I don’t even have any nude video!

I laid In fetal position on the floor as they continued to slap and throw punches at me. A crowd of students had gathered now but no one stepped in to help me.

“Please I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I cried but the beating still continued.

What is she talking about?! Nude video?!

“Pl… please stop.” I cried, I touched my mouth I am starting to bleed from there, my eyes feels swollen, my body feels painful.

They continued to beat me, not even taking a break until a teacher walked in.

“ That is not allowed in the school compound, If you must beat her then let it be after school closes.” The teacher said, they all grumbled and walked away.

The teacher looked at me with rage in his eyes.

“Argh! you are always making trouble, I sometimes wonder why you haven’t been expelled yet.” He said angrily and then walked away.

I went for my classes with a swollen face and broken nose still wondering what Lorrein meant when she talked about a nude video.It was during lunchtime that everything started to make sense, that was when the video got posted on the class social media group.

I stared at my phone screen in shock, my vision started to get blurry as tears began streaming down from my eyes.

“Th…That’s not me.” I said crying my eyes out. The girl in the video…she looks exactly like me, she’s naked, touching herself and moaning in a throaty seductive voice.

“It… it’s not me.” I stuttered crying.

“She is such a slut!” The girl next to me said while glaring at me.

“Ewww, she is so pathetic.” My other classmate said.

“She’s so disgusting, a nude video? That’s low even for her.” One of the guys said.

I cannot stay here anymore! Everyone is staring at me! Everyone hates me! I honestly just want to die! Why is this happening to me?!

I ran out of the cafeteria I was not looking and mistakenly bumped into someone, I looked up to see my twin cousins.

They had evil smiles on their faces.

Brynn and Brian are the worse of all my bullies, they have made it known to me a lot of times that they hate me more than anything else in the world.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” I said to Brian. He looked at his sister and then back at me.

“Did you enjoy our little gift Valencia?” Brian asked with an evil smile.

“What gift?” I asked confused.

“The video, ‘your’ nude video.” Brynn said doing an air quote.

“Brian created it with an AI and I my dear cousin made sure to make Lorrein believe that you had sent it to her boyfriend.” Brynn added and then chuckled evilly.

“But why?” I asked crying, my eyes felt heavy.

“Why do you hate me so much?” I asked again.

“Because You are an abomination, A human-werewolf? That shouldn’t exist… you shouldn’t exist Valencia and so we have to make you suffer.” My cousin Brian said in a low malicious tone…

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I started going home around evening time, I know I will surely get punished by my aunt for coming home late but I had to visit my mother’s grave, being there brings me peace, it makes me feel like somehow everything is going to be alright.

I just wish my parents were alive, maybe my life would have been different.

“Bye mom, I’ll see you again soon.” I said staring at my mother’s tombstone, I imagine her face there, I imagine her looking back at me.

I smile at myself… just wait a few more hours Valencia, soon you will be with your mate and all this suffering will be history.

I walked home quickly, I got to the front of my aunt’s castle sized mansion in a few minutes.

I greeted the bodyguard at the gate and walked in to see my aunt and cousins standing by the main door of the house.

My belongings were scattered all over the ground in front of the house, some of my clothes are on the bare ground rumpled and torn.

What is happening?

“I am tired of housing you this cursed child. I can’t take it anymore ” My aunt said, my cousins snickered.

“This is Derrick, he belongs to a neighboring pack, he just paid in full for you. You will be his wife.” My aunt added.

I looked from my aunt to my cousins, shocked at their cruelty and just like that my fairytale of ever getting linked to my fated mate ended…