Married To The Alpha I Hate

AURORA:

"Aurora!" I heard my older sister, Quincy, call my name. I was inside my bedroom preparing to sleep, after I had returned from the restaurant where I work as a cleaner.

"Yes, sister," I replied, rushing out of my room to meet her. My sister stood there, towering above me. I wasn't even up to her shoulder. I was like the rejected daughter in my family.

All my siblings were Beta Wolves, and I was born an Omega. Because of this, my entire family looks down on me.

"Where are the jade earrings I kept in my locker in my room? Did you steal them?" Quincy asked, her eyes glaring daggers at me.

Quincy was more favored by our parents. They believe she will become Alpha Xander's mate. After all, she is twenty years old, and I am seventeen.

"I didn't take your jade earrings. What could I possibly use them for?" I asked, subtly annoyed because she always blames me first. "We have two maids in this house. Why not ask them?" I replied bluntly.

But she smacked me so hard across my left cheek that I felt my head spin. I almost collapsed on the ground, staggering backward as I looked at her in shock.

"Quincy, you slapped me?" I asked, holding my left cheek as tears brimmed in my eyes.

"I will slap you again if you do not tell me where you kept my earrings. You know how much I love those jade earrings because Alpha Xander gave them to me last year on my nineteenth birthday. Did you steal them to wear to Alpha Xander's birthday party tonight?" Quincy demanded, her tone sharp and anger boiling in her veins.

The rest of my family came downstairs and rushed into the corridor. They obviously treasure Quincy, whom they believe is going to become the future Luna and bring so many blessings to them, while I am the unwanted child.

"Quincy, what's going on?" our mother, Sarah Stanley, asked as she walked into the corridor first to meet us, while my father and older brother trailed behind her.

"Mom," Quincy broke out in tears as if I had slapped her. "Mom, Aurora stole my jade earrings," Quincy cried into our mother's arms.

Our mother was an Omega by birth, but she looks down on Omegas now that she is married to my father, the Beta of this pack.

"Is that true, Aurora?" Mom asked me, her eyes shooting daggers. "Hand over your sister's earrings!" She stretched her right palm open, waiting for me to provide earrings I had never seen nor taken.

"Mom, I didn't take Quincy's earrings. You are all accusing me wrongly. I just came back from work, and now Quincy called me out about her earrings. When could I possibly have stolen them?" I asked.

My mother scowled. "Shut up, you thief!" She smacked me across my right cheek, and I staggered backward again, tears falling from my eyes like pearls.

"Do you think I don't see how you admire those jade earrings on Quincy's ears? You want to steal them because you know Alpha Xander gave them to Quincy. Are you trying to steal Alpha Xander's attention by taking what belongs to your sister?" Mom demanded, her words slicing my heart valve and cutting deeply.

"Mom..." I looked at her face, speechless. Then my older brother, Kaleb, a tall twenty-five-year-old man, walked up to me, his eyes shooting daggers as well.

"Aurora, where are the earrings? An Omega like you shouldn't wear anything pricey. You are to work as a maid in this pack. That's what lowborns like you are born to be!" Kaleb shouted furiously.

Dad stepped forward too and looked down on me. "Aurora, not only do you not have a wolf, you are also useless to this family. How dare you steal your sister's earrings? Guards!" My father summoned his warriors, and two guards came in.

"Search Aurora's room for a beautiful pair of jade earrings," Dad ordered.

The two guards swung into action, heading to search my room. I am not allowed to use the rooms on the top floor. I am to live as a servant in my own father's house.

I stood in the passage and watched the scene before me. The guards threw my things around, scattering everything in my room.

"Dad, we will be late for Alpha Xander's twenty-seventh birthday. This is all Aurora's doing—to make us late," Quincy said, crying as our mother hugged her closely.

"Don't worry, Quincy. We will find those jade earrings before we leave," my mother replied, her tone soft whenever she speaks to my sister.

"Found them!" a guard announced.

Dread washed down my spine as the two guards walked out of my room. One of them handed the jade earrings to my father.

"How dare you do this, Aurora?" Kaleb yelled, rushing to smack me to the ground, but Dad stopped him.

"Kaleb, that's enough. You shouldn't raise your hand against Aurora. Do not forget she is still your sister," my father reminded him, despite his anger boiling too.

"Dad, I reject Aurora as my sister. I cannot have a thief for a sister. Why would she steal from Quincy when she knows how special this gift is to her?" Kaleb demanded, his voice filled with rage as he glared at me. Our father tried to calm him down.

"As a man, it is not proper to raise your hand against a woman. Leave this to me," Dad dismissed my brother before looking at me with disappointment.

"Tell me, Aurora. Why did you steal these jade earrings from Quincy's room?" Dad asked as I stood in the corridor looking at my family with tears in my eyes.

"Dad, why would I steal from Quincy? I do not know how these earrings ended up in my room. This house has surveillance cameras. Let's see who stole them and tried to frame me," I demanded.

My father frowned, as if he had almost forgotten about the CCTV.

"That's right, Dad. Let's see the recording. That will be enough evidence to send Aurora to jail. She keeps bringing disgrace to us," Kaleb spat. My father frowned again; he didn't want me to go to jail.

"I didn't steal the earrings. I deserve to see the footage," I insisted.

Quincy panicked. "Dad, we are going to be late for Alpha Xander's twenty-seventh birthday party. Let's go, and when we are back, we will deal with Aurora accordingly," she said in her sweet, soft voice.

I looked at her face. Wasn't she my older sister? Why is it such a crime if I truly touched any of her things? However, I knew I didn't take the jade earrings. Quincy is only trying to frame me for it. But why?

I sobbed, watching them agree like a happy family.

"You're right, Quincy. Let's go," our mother agreed. They were all dressed up in elegant clothing and heading out. The time was 8 PM, and the birthday celebration would have started, since Alpha Xander wanted a late-night party.

I wasn't invited, and it wasn't like I wanted to be around them or attend Alpha Xander's birthday anyway.

Before my mother could walk out of the corridor, she glanced back at me and said, "Let me warn you, Aurora. Do not dare to leave this house or show yourself at the Alpha's mansion. Got it?"

"Yes, Mom," I replied, broken, as they left the house. I heard the sound of their cars starting in the compound while I went to sit on my bed and cry my heart out to the Moon Goddess.

"Why, Moon Goddess? Why did you give me to a family that doesn't want me!" I cried aloud, howling in pain, until a voice startled me.

"It's okay, Aurora. I am here now," the lovely voice said. I panicked as I saw a white spirit wolf in my room.