2. The day everything changed

Nalini

It was as though I'd pass out from anxiety and excitement.

I never thought I'd get a chance at education but here I was, at the huge, prestigious gates of Silvermist academy.

My evil witch of a mistress, Selene made me trek the whole distance to school, saying I was to filthy to join Julie in the car but I didn't mind, I was all but tired.

I sized the gate, contemplating whether to enter or not. The last thing I wanted was to be noticed by anyone.

Blast it!

I was going to be an outcast anyway.

I just needed to get through today first. I tilted my head up, in an effort to hold it high as I went in.

Damn! This was surreal. The driveway, the cars, the students, the building...even the skies dazzled me.

I knew I hadn't been out of Selene's house in months...so I'd excuse myself for ogling.

I stood in one spot without realizing it...

"Out of the way, freak!" Someone shoved me and walked past.

I came back down to earth.

That was when I noticed it. The leering, icy stares, whispers from students.

"Hard to believe we have to attend classes with low rank omegas..." I heard someone whisper as they walked past me.

"Seeing them makes my skin crawl..." I heard another.

"I can perceive the filth from here..." and another.

I huffed in dismay. There went my plans of remaining invisible. It was going to suck, schooling with the same people who treated omegas like trash before getting to know them but I had no choice.

This was an opportunity to fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming Silvermist pack's doctor.

Alpha king Reuben had given omegas the privilege to school like the other kids so I had to stomach whatever insults came my way and first head to the administrative block.

Where the hell was it though?

There were so many huge buildings, it was hard to tell which was which.

I made to ask someone. A girl. But she shrunk away before I could utter a word.

The second person shot me a murderous glare.

"Get away from me, garbage!" The third person's shrill voice rang out in rebuke.

I was done for!

I could get lost trying to find the administrative block and miss my classes in the process...

A familiar cloud of dejection and despair enveloped me and I felt the tears coming.

No! I wasn't going to breakdown on my first day of school. I just needed to ask someone else...

Then I saw them. Four people gathered around, laughing and chattering away. They weren't glaring or gossiping about me.

Maybe they were nice people. I was going to ask them for directions.

I silently walked up to them, my heart in my stomach. I tapped one of them and he turned to me.

"Good morning..." I began in a small voice. "Please I'm looking for the administrative block. Can you be kind as to show me where it's located?"

The boy cocked an eyebrow. "Did you just touch me?" He hissed coldly.

It was then I knew I was wrong. The repulsive stares I got from them made me realize that they weren't nice at all.

The boy continued, his face red in anger. "How dare a low rank puppy touch me? Do you know who I am?"

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. I didn't have the time or strength for this.

"I'm sorry about that" I mumbled and made to leave but he roughly grabbed my arm, halting my movements.

"Not so fast!" He barked. "Get on your knees and apologize and then I might just consider letting you go"

I felt my heartbeat surge in defiance. I glared at him, struggling to free myself from his grip.

The hell I was going to kneel before him!

"Let go of me!" I hissed under my breath.

The douche wasn't listening. His lips curved into an evil smirk as he signalled the people who stood with him and they held my arms, forcing me to kneel.

I struggled against them, trying and failing to hold back the torrent of tears that was coming.

Why did my first day of school have to be this bad?

"What's going on here?" I heard someone ask in a calm, authoritative voice.

The expressions on their faces changed instantly. The ones who held me let go of me with a kind of speed that seemed funny.

I turned to see who it was that could make them this frightened and I gasped in awe.

This had to be the only good thing that had happened to me today.

Nothing could be better than seeing his face.

He looked so good, staring at him made me forget how to breathe. I knew I hadn't seen much boys because Selene always kept me indoors but damn, no guy could look better than this one.

"Alpha prince Timothy..." the rude boy from earlier called with a shaky voice.

I felt the hairs on my nape stand. What did I just hear? An alpha prince?

Could my day get any more dramatic?

"Remind me how I feel about bullying..." there was a charming yet menacing lilt to his voice that made my stomach do little flip flops.

The rude kids from earlier immediately scrambled to their knees.

"We apologize, alpha prince Timothy. It'll never happen again!" They all chorused, voices and knees trembling.

My mouth flew open in surprise.

"Scram!" He growled and they quickly got up and ran off.

He closed the distance between us, peering closely at me, he asked

"Are you okay?"

My heart pounded in my chest as I felt a rush of excitement from Dahlia, my wolf.

Was I  feeling this way towards someone I just met?