Chapter 2

My pack friends and Silas weren't always like this.

Three years ago, I'd joined the Crimson Blaze Pack on my own.

Silas was the one who didn't mind that I was a frail Omega. He showed me around the pack's territory and helped me fit in with the others.

I needed a charismatic and kind-hearted Beta.

After we got together, he was always there to protect me.

But everything changed when Sophia joined the pack.

She had fur as smooth and white as satin, making her the most prized white wolf in the pack. She constantly bragged about how rare her parents' bloodline was and how they held high-ranking positions on the Werewolf Council with enormous power.

To back up her claims, she handed out rare gifts to everyone: moonstones, lunar crystals, the kind of things an ordinary wolf would need years of savings to afford. She gave them away like they were nothing.

What she gave Silas was a box of Dream Elixir. One whiff of it could make you dream blissfully for an entire week. From that point on, Silas spent his days in a stupor.

When I tried to talk sense into him, he shoved me away. "Our pack already lost the war. What's the point of training? Do you know how expensive Dream Elixir is? Don't spill it!"

I couldn't hold back and went to the Alpha to have him disciplined, but that only pushed him further away from me for good.

This time, I wouldn't waste another second on him.

After all, everything I said was just a joke to them.

They mocked me one after another. "What would an Omega like you know about survival? Some people have the connections to skip the screening."

"Someone at the bottom like you will never understand. The rules you follow so obediently? The chairman can wave them away with a single word."

I scoffed. Their words were harsh, but not entirely wrong.

That is, if Sophia were really the chairman's daughter.

"You've only got one day left. I've said my piece. Good luck finding somewhere to belong."

My Alpha bloodline was getting harder to suppress, but at the desolate border of Crimson Blaze territory, a Bugatti was already waiting for me.

When I reached the border, I got in, and the car drove me straight to Blackstone Pack headquarters.

This was my home.

I was the Alpha's daughter, next in line to lead the Blackstone Pack.

When I arrived home, my parents were seated formally, waiting to receive me.

"We knew you could do it! We knew you'd complete the trial! You're going to be Blackstone's Alpha Female!"

Looking at my parents, alive and well, my eyes burned with tears.

In my previous life, they'd been shot full of silver arrows trying to save me.

Even as they died, they were still calling my name.

Tears spilled down my cheeks. Thank God, thank God it wasn't too late.