CHAPTER ONE~◇-THE WRONG TWIN

"Straighten your lines! The alpha is here. " The guard barked out, forcing everyone in the pack hall to stand and form a line.

Betas,warriors,then the lower ranks; the omegas stood behind,eyes lowered to the ground, wanting to dissappear.

Sera’s eyes scanned through the line, searching for someone. Her lips curled up when she saw her muse.

Lyra.

A young plain girl who rushed quietly,joining the lines of the lower ranks,her cracked hands holding her old big dress.

The same dress that used to belong to her sister. Her eyes lowered like everyone other else, but the sera gaze had settled on her.

Alpha kael walked in proudly like a true king. Like someone who owned a pack.As he walked past his warriors,his higher officials... His eyes landed on her,Lyra.

The beta's daughter,the one whose presence irritated him and irked him to the core for no reason.

He stopped in front of her. Lyra kept her eyes down, but her hands were squeezing her dress so tightly that kael noticed.

He sniffed once.

"Still no wolf worth smelling!" Laughter echoed through the lines.

Lyra struggled to stand,and keeping her tears at bay felt like a waste of time.

This happened every time,she was a subject of mockery in the pack already.

A beta's daughter with no wolf. Almost as weak as an omega.

But she was treated even worse than them.

Sera,her twin sister, stood on the beta's line,confident oozing out of her. She was laughing like everyone else.Not bothering to defend her sister,she looked away as tears fell.

When the pack members were dismissed, Lyra rushed out, walking into her home.

Her parents were already seated when she softly walked past them,eyes down as if she found something interesting to stare at.

"Stop walking like a snail! Make your stupid self useful. Go and make breakfast! "

She quickened her pace,entering the kitchen.

When she served breakfast,no one said thank you. Lyra walked back into her tiny room at the end of the hallway.

The room smelt like strawberries. Small. But hers. She walked into her bathroom to get ready for school.

Her parents' house had enough rooms,but she didn't belong, so why should she get a better room.

Those words they had told her since she started questioning until her confidence died.

Sera’s room was everything, but she wasn't jealous. She just wanted to be treated fairly.

Walking into the sitting room,Sera was already dressed,her aura and power,even a blind man, would notice that she was a powerful wolf. The better daughter.The perfect one.

She gazed at her torn uniform,and her sandals were too big for her tiny legs.

She was a joke.

"My daughter," Sera and Lyra looked at their father at the same time.

But his eyes were on Sera. Lyra slowly stepped back. Eyes staring outside through the window.Trying to recall what she had studied for today's calculus test, she didn't want to think about what just happened.

"Keep your head high as always,make sure they know who you are.And most importantly, stick to the Alpha’s circle." More like clinging to him," Lyra chuckled softly at the thought.

"Yes, father, I won't fail you,trust me,I am not Lyra." Lyra breaths hitched. Coldness seemed to fill the spaces between her ribs as she bit her lip.

*I am not lyra*

The words clung to her like second skin as she walked out of the house.

A flashy car drove past, and Sera sat in the passenger seat, taking pictures on her phone.

The window whined down when they got closer to her.

And splash. Lyra froze.

Water dripping down her body."oops,sorry sis,just making sure you took a bath to reduce body odor." She laughed as the car drove away. Then tears,hot tears. She held her socked bag. Already deciding today was not for her,her pace slowed as she got closer to the school.

Later, after school, She had managed to avoid trouble today, and she felt relieved.

That evening at the training yard, everyone was busy doing their different training when Lyra rushed in panting.

She was late for training. And behind her stood Alpha Kael. Eyes scanning her,with disgust.

It was a stated rule.Anyone who came late had to be punished. She already knew the punishment.

Train twice as hard as anyone else under supervision. But as she bowed slowly,apologizing, "I am sorry.Alpha."

Her chuckled.

"Did she say something?"

He asked, amused,even though he clearly heard her.

Sera walked towards alpha kael, with eyes shining with a beta aura.

"Sera,this bitch came late." She smirked. "Oh,poor sister. I wouldn't want you training twice. You might just die of exhaustion. " she batted her lashes,pretending to be concerned.

Lyra’s jaw tightened.

"Just have a fight with the alpha. Let's test waters."

Everyone froze.

Alpha kael and a weak beta with barely no wolf? Was Lyra asking for death?

Before she could refuse, Sera pushed her towards the center handing her a sword.

Lyra’s hand winced as she touched the sword,injury from falling the other day making her grip more tightly.

Alpha kael stepped forward,swinging his sword and making her land flat in dirt.

With bruised cheeks,and a bleeding arm. She tried to stand up.

"You cant even dodge a cut! What a worthless piece of shit." He yelled annoyed at how weak she was.

She staggered backward. Already recoiling back to the crowd,but Sera was faster,kicking her back into the dirt.

"Stay down,that's your punishment.It kind of suits you, wolfless sister." Sera's cruel voice landed a punch in Lyra’s heart. She looked at lyra like a private joke before walking away,following Alpha kael.

Everyone went back to what they were doing,ignoring Lyra completely.

She sat there wincing in pain,she dared not stand unless she wanted to face her sister's wrath.

That night in their house,Lyra stood in the kitchen unable to sleep.

Tomorrow is their eighteenth birthday. She wondered what will happen after that.

She quietly said the same prayer she had recited everyday.

"Moon goddess,please I want a mate,someone that will love me and choose me always."

She raised her head slowly to come face to face with Alpha kael.

He was conversing with her father down the hallway.Their eyes met but looked away first. His jaw locked. He stared at her as she hurriedly walked into her room. As she sat,her weak wolf stirred,slowly after weeks of shunning her out.

She silently prayed "please. Don't let it be him."