Chapter 1

Aurora's POV:

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

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

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

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

Quincy was more favored by our parents. They believed she would become Alpha Xander's mate. After all, she was 20 years old, and I was 18.

"I didn't take your earring. What could I possibly use it for?" I asked her, subtly annoyed because she always blamed me first.

"We have two maids in this house. Why not ask them first?" I replied to Quincy bluntly, but she smacked me so hard across my left cheek that I felt my head spin and almost collapsed on the ground.

I staggered backward, looking at her in shock.

"Quincy, you slapped me?" I asked her, 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 earring. You know how much I love that jade earring because Alpha Xander gave it to me last year on my 19th birthday. Did you steal it to wear to Alpha Xander's birthday party tonight?" she asked me, her tone sharp and anger boiling in her veins.

The rest of my family came downstairs to the living room. They obviously treasured Quincy, whom they believed would become the future Luna of the Autumn Pack and bring many blessings to them. Meanwhile, I was the cursed child.

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

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

Our mother was an Omega by birth, but she looked down on Omegas after marrying my father, the Beta of the pack.

"Is that true, Aurora?" Mom asked me, her eyes shooting daggers at me. "Hand over your sister's earring!" She stretched out her hand for me to provide the earring that I hadn't seen or taken.

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

"Shut up, you thief!" My mother 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 that earring on Quincy's ear? Like you want to steal it because you know Alpha Xander gave it 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 and cutting deeply.

I looked at her face, speechless, and my older brother, Kaleb, a tall 25-year-old man, walked up to me. His eyes shot daggers at me too.

"Where is the earring, Aurora? An Omega like you shouldn't wear anything pricey. You are meant to work as a maid and servant. That's what lowborns like you are born to be!" he said furiously.

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

"Search Aurora's room for the jade earring," Dad said, and the two guards sprang into action as they went to search my room.

I was not allowed to use the rooms on the top floor; I had to live as a servant in my own father's house.

I stood in the passageway and watched the scene unfold. The guards sprang into action, searching my room and throwing all my things around.

"Dad, we will be late for Xander's 27th birthday. This is all Aurora's doing, to make us go late," Quincy said, crying as my mother hugged her closely.

"Don't worry. We will find that jade earring before we leave," my mother said, her tone soft whenever she spoke with my sister.

"Found it!" the guards announced, and I felt dread wash over me as they walked out of my room, one of them handing the jade earring to my father.

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

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

"I reject Aurora as my sister. Dad, I cannot have a thief for a sister. Why would she steal from Quincy when she knew how special this gift is to Quincy?" Kaleb said, his voice filled with anger, and my father tried to calm him down.

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

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

"Dad, why would I steal from Quincy? I don't know how this earring ended up in my room. This house has surveillance cameras. Let's check the footage to see who stole the earring and tried to frame me," I said, and 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, and my dad frowned, not wanting me to go to jail.

"I didn't steal the earring. I deserve to see the footage," I said, and Quincy panicked.

"Dad, we are going to be late for Alpha Xander's 27th birthday party. Let's go, and when we get back, we will deal with Aurora accordingly," Quincy spoke in her sweet, soft voice, and I looked at her face. Wasn't she my older sister? Why was it a crime if I had truly touched any of her things? However, I knew I hadn't taken the jade earring. Quincy was only trying to frame me for it. But why?

I sobbed, watching them agree like a happy family.

"You're right. Let's go," my mother agreed, as they were all dressed up and heading out. The time was 8 p.m., and the birthday celebration would have already started, since Alpha Xander wanted a late-night event.

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

Before my mother walked out of the corridor, she glanced back at me and said, "Let me warn you, Aurora. You shouldn't dare leave this house or show yourself at the Alpha's mansion. Got it!"

"Yes, Mom," I replied, despite my broken heart, and they left the house. The sound of their cars starting in the compound echoed as I went to my bed to sit on it 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, and I panicked as I saw a white spirit wolf in my room.