CHAPTER 1

•Olivia's POV•

On a Saturday morning, I woke up in my room and decided to inform my foster mother about my desire to further my education at the pack's university.

As a 17-year-old girl, I have seen many of our pack members and their wolves fall sick, igniting a desire in me to study medicine to help them.

As I got out of my bed in my room on the second wing of the mansion, I breathed out heavily, knowing that I had to try my luck with my foster mother. She can be cruel to me sometimes as she pampered her own daughter, Emily. But I had to try. It was my only hope and chance of gaining admission into the pack's university, which was expensive.

My adopted mother, Nancy George, worked as a nurse in the pack's hospital, and her husband, Wren, was a lawyer, even though they were delta wolves. They were rich from their work and the way they took care of their two children, Mark and Emily, whom they spoiled.

Mark, a 24-year-old, was hardly at home, but strangely, he had returned home as he was a basketball star player and had his own money. However, he was spoiled and had several girlfriends, whom he often brought home. His mother would never reprimand him for it, but she would encourage him not to take any of those girls seriously and that he should wait for his fated mate.

I couldn't blame Mark, though, as he was rich, together with his parents' wealth. The young ladies in our pack, the Starfield pack, loved him.

Wearing a white dress, I made my way to the living room, seeing it was already past 8 a.m. The day was bright and sunny, and I needed to push my luck. I had no wolf, because of my history of being born on a moonless night, so I was like a normal human and not fully a werewolf like them.

As I approached the living room, walking down the corridor, I heard Emily's excited voice, "Mom, I still cannot believe it, that Daniel Ryan, the Beta's son, is asking me to be his girlfriend."

My heart clenched when I heard Emily say that. Daniel had previously asked me to be his girlfriend, but I told him no. Well, he didn't give me a chance to explain myself as he spat in my face and pushed me on the ground in front my schoolmates, saying, "Who would want to date a wolfless girl like you? I was only doing you a favor."

I was so embarrassed, and Emily came rushing over to meet Daniel. She held his hand and told him, "Daniel, you can be my boyfriend, and don't waste your time on this bìtch."

My heart ached, but I pushed the hurt aside. They were good for each other, I thought, but Daniel peered at me angrily as he was the Beta's son, and my rejection made him feel bad. But I tried to avoid him. After all, he wasn't a student of my set. He had only come to the school for his younger sister's graduation certificate.

Shutting my eyes at the painful memories, I clenched my fist and moved into the living room. The air thickened at the sight of me, and the family at the dining table stopped eating as they sensed my presence.

"Good morning," I greeted them with a forced smile.

"Morning, what do you want here?" Nancy asked, as she picked up a glass of water and drank. She sat beside her husband, while her son and daughter sat across from her.

Seeing their eyes on me, I spluttered but decided to go straight to the point.

"Um, aunt, I want to further my education at the pack university."

"Hahaha!" Nancy laughed as she peered at me. She wore a blue nightdress and was fair and beautiful for her age.

"Why should you further your education? You're wolfless, and you don't have to think of going to the pack university. You should serve as our maid, as a repayment for all the money we spend on feeding you up to this size. Isn't that right, honey?" She shifted her gaze to her husband, who nodded.

"Yes. My mate is right," Mr. George declared. "Olivia, you are to quit your ambition of going to the pack university and serve as a cleaner here."

"No! It's been my dream to create a medicine to help our pack members become better. Please," I knelt before my foster parents, as I was grateful they adopted me and fed me. But I had to further my education.

Emily rose from her dining chair, wearing a white nightdress, and she rushed up to meet me.

"You bìtch! Didn't you hear Mom say that you are not going to the pack university? You're to become a servant here in our home and clean the house. Got that!" She smacked me across my left cheek and sent me falling to the ground.

"That's enough, Emily!" Mark yelled, his icy voice made his sister jump as she turned to look at him.

"Mark, are you taking this bìtch's side over me, your sister? Mom, Dad, Mark is favoring Olivia!" Emily cried and pointed at me.

The atmosphere in the dining room became tense as my foster parents looked at Mark suspiciously.

"What has come over you, Mark? How can you defend that worthless girl? We only adopted Olivia to give Emily a younger sister, and since Emily didn't want Olivia anymore, you are not to favor Olivia or see her as your sister. Now, apologize to Emily!" Mr. George declared.

Mark peered at his parents' faces. His jaw clenched as he rose to his feet, "Mom, Dad, you both are being unjust. I cannot sit here and watch you bully Olivia just because she doesn't have a wolf. If you guys don't want her presence anymore, take her back to the orphanage home. I'm out of here."

Mark walked away from the dining room, not sparing a glance at me, and my jaw dropped at his blunt words to his parents.

"Mark! Mark! Come back here!" His parents tried calling him, but he had already left the house. The sound of his car starting in the garage filling the air as he drove off.

"You slut! What did you use to possess my only son?!" Nancy yelled as she rushed towards me and descended on me in the living room.

Her fists connected with my cheeks as she smacked me continuously until I fainted.