Chapter 2

Today was my 18th birthday. It's a very exciting day for a wolf. Your wolf can recognize their mate. (Most of the time) In my case this won't happen since I still haven't shifted. Nobody in my pack knew expect for my mother and my younger brother. I was the family disgrace which is why I am the packs only omega. 

But let me explain something first. My father Alpha Jasper Knight was a kind alpha. He thought of everyone as his equal no matter what your official rank was. But that all changed the day he passed 15 years ago. When my mother Luna Esther Knight stepped up as alpha I was made the pack slave. My job was to cook and clean and do whatever the pack members wanted me to. 

Somedays were easier than others but today was another bad day. I had to set up for my birthday party and my mother will bring me in front of the entire pack to show them wolf. She knows I can not shift but she knows, when she can officially prove that I am an abomination she can banish me from the pack making me a rogue. I was okay with it, I didn't have friends.

I graduated from high school a year early that way, once I turned 18 I could leave and not have to worry about coming back. I was abused by my mother and pack mates since my father passed and I couldn't do anything. I was covered in scars, littered with bruises  and my clothes were filled with holes. 

I rush down stairs in my night clothes at 5 am. I start making the pack breakfast which consists of eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, pancakes and fruit. It takes me a while to finish due to how much I have to make since everyone in the pack comes for breakfast. I finally finish around 7:25 am leaving me only 5 minutes to get dressed for the day. 

As I run back to my small attic that is considered my bedroom I bump into someone's hard chest falling right back on my butt. "Watch where you're going bitch!! I wouldn't wanna make an example out of you again today, now would I?" Ahh there he is. My loving half brother Lyle Knight. "Sorry sir." I say just above a whisper as I run past him. 

When I reach my room I let out a small breath I didn't know I was holding. Just yesterday Lyle didn't like the way I had my hair so he beat me until you couldn't recognize me. Covered in blood as new cuts and bruises littered my body. I was used to it by now but it still hurt. I tried not to cry when my pack mates would hit me but it didn't always work the way I planned. If I cried it would continue until I passed out.  

I grab the only picture of my father I have and cry. "Daddy why did you have to leave me? You and mommy loved us. Sissy wouldn't have left and we could still be a family, a pack... maybe I'll meet my mate today daddy. Is he gonna be as nice as you were? I don't know daddy if he's not here I'll have to leave our home. Mommy's gonna kick me out I just know it." I sobbed. Setting the picture down I look at my old bed and see something I never expected in my room. 

A beautiful white short strapless dress with a black belt around the center. The bottom was like a tutu and ruffled out while the top had a slight heart shape to it. A small note laying on top of it. I slowly pick up the note and read it. 'Dear little Zara, I know today is your birthday. I would like you to wear this dress for your party.  You will look ravishing my darling.'  Who could it be? Is it someone in the pack house? I don't think my mom would give me anything and I don't have any other friends or family in this pack other then my mothers beloved son.