Nari

Nari

I had been cleaning for the best part of three days , the Alpha’s annual visit was due tomorrow . The Ma’am has been bossing all us unfortunates around to get the place clean .

Psalm was still in with me at night but had started to come out her shell a bit through the day . She carried around a small stuffed bear , it was all she came with and she never put it down . Most of the other kids were pleasant enough and looked after each other .

I had been scrubbing the stairs for the past four hours. Scumbag two aka Conrad had kicked the bucket over and when I had punched him in the stomach the Ma’am had taken the brush and replaced it with a toothbrush . I didn't care, really hitting that jerk was worth it . The only problem was that she had poured more chemicals into the bucket of fresh water and my hands are now suffering. They will heal being a wolf has its good points  . Being as stubborn as I was I would never let it show so just continued .There was no way I would allow her to see my pain, so I just plotted my revenge while scrubbing  . I was actually confused as to why so much effort was getting put into the mass clean ,  we never really did before . I guess I would find out tomorrow , If I had finished the stairs , I thought to myself . 

The next morning was chaos as always but today there was no school as the Alpha visit was happening . I had just finished helping the younger kids get ready and was heading to the kitchen when I heard whispers coming from the office . Now I know I shouldn't be eavesdropping , but something was weird about this so-called Alpha’s visit . We always would tidy the orphanage , this four day scrubbing slave labouring was just way over the top for our usual visit . Never before did she keep the children off school and never in my seventeen years have I seen her buy us new clothes .

So being me I decided to listen to the three people that I hated the most in the world . Have you ever heard something and wished you never overheard it or eavesdropped in the first place? . Well that was exactly how I feel now listening to them , my blood is running cold . The anger and fear are coming in equal measures . As I listen to them laughing about their plan . My heart is beating out my chest to the point I am almost on the verge of a panic attack . Come on Nari , get your shit together  they will be able to hear your heart, it's that loud .

Moving from the office door I head to the kitchen , I just let my feet carry me . My head is a mess as I try to process what I overheard . According to the scumbag trio they are offering me to the Lycan king as a coming of age gift from the pack for his youngest son . Seemingly each pack is offering a girl up as a gift , and I am the girl from this poor excuse of a pack , and our equally scummy Alpha is happy to get rid of me  . Well fuck that , and they think I will just go without having anything to say about it  . Let's see how they like me after this , I think to myself as I snatch a pair of scissors off the worktop in the kitchen . Poor Jennie , she just looks at my back as I storm from the kitchen with her scissors .

Getting to my room I slam my door and push the drawers over it . You think you can offer me up well try this , i think as i grab my waist length white hair and cut it off . After forty minutes of pure temper and some regret I am standing looking at myself . Looking in my broken mirror as the adrenaline leaves my body , the severity of what I have done sets in  . I look like I should have wings and be friends with Tinkerbell , I really didn't think this through , my temper always gets the better of me . Fuck it , its just hair , it will grow back . I think as I start picking up the piles of pure white hair that almost glows , standing out from the old worn out carpet . Putting it in the small waste basket under the mirror I turn to my bed and look at the red and white sundress that Mrs Lightly has hand picked out for me .

Not a colour I wear as my two different coloured green eyes normally clash with red . I had just finished getting dressed when a soft knock came from my door . I already know its Psalm , I can smell her strawberry scent from here . Sliding the drawers along, I open the door to her , her eyes go wide at the sight of my new hair do . Putting my finger to my lips I stop her from saying anything before scooping her up and shutting my door

. “ Nari , what happened to your hair ?” she asked in her small soft voice .

Smiling, I look at her , she has big blue eyes , she is small for her age . For a shifter anyway , her mother was a human, that's where the biblical name comes from . Hugging her to me I realise this could be the last time I see her , if what I heard earlier really happens . I have come quite attached to her in the small time she has been here , my heart feels heavy at the thought . I am lost in my own thoughts when her small hand reaches up and touches my cheek .

“ Why are you sad Nari ? Is it because of your hair ?” . I can't help but laugh “ No little wolf . I wanted to look like Tinkerbell “ I say as I start to tickle her , she explodes in a fit of giggles .

We are interrupted by the bell signalling its time to get down stairs for the arrival of the Alpha . “ Come on it's time , now let's be brave like the goddess “ I say to her as I put her down and take her hand as we leave my room . I think I was talking to myself more when I refer to being brave .