Although the bad treatment hurt me very much the first time, I quickly got used to it. It wasn't like I could do anything about it, I couldn't even give the people who mocked me a befitting reply so what was the use of worrying my head over it?
I bore everything quietly and learned to take life as it came but a particular incident changed my whole life forever, it was what brought me to the situation I currently find myself in.
It happened almost two years ago when I was 16. I had returned home from school and found that Moira seemed upset with me for some reason and I tried to find out the reason why.
I wrote down what I wanted to say to her on a sheet of paper and passed it to her. She read it and laughed cynically before crumpling up the paper and throwing it right at my face.
"Don't act so naïve with me, bitch. Do you want to know what's wrong? What's wrong is you, you're honestly the only problem I have in my life and I so desperately wish to be rid of you. Not only are you a disgrace to this family, but you're also a slut too. How dare you try to steal my boyfriend, you whore?" Mora screamed at me and I could hardly believe my ears.
During those past two years, Moira had been very mean and disrespectful towards me, even though I'm two years older than her. She had turned 14 some weeks ago at the time and had transitioned like any normal wolf and since then, she had been rubbing the fact in my face I had ignored her taunts but at that particular time, I decided I couldn't take it anymore. If she dared say any other bad word against me, I would react.
I threw her a puzzled look, not quite understanding what she was talking about. "Don't act dumb with me. Do you think I didn't see the way you were acting so flirty with Liam despite knowing that he's my boyfriend?" She accused me and I had been genuinely shocked.
Liam was the only friend that had stayed with me at that time, not minding that I was the acclaimed cursed she-wolf who happened to be mute and still couldn't transform.
I admit that I had a small crush on him then, but I wasn't the flirtatious type, I was certainly more reserved and introverted due to my condition.
Liam was always around me and I just guessed that he liked me too but I had no idea that he had started dating Moira and he certainly didn't tell me. If he had, I would have created some more distance between both of us because I was more of a peace-loving person and I didn't want a clash with Moira.
I grabbed a piece of paper so I could try to explain it to her in writing but she snatched it from me and tore it up. I glared at her viciously.
"Don't look at me like that you whore, you're just a cursed lonely bitch and you'll stay lonely forever. Liam is mine and he'd never look at someone like you, he only hangs out with you because he pities you." Moira raved and I couldn't take it anymore, I slapped her hard across the face.
She screamed and my mother came running in. "What's wrong Moira?" She asked my little sister.
"Mum, Evelyn slapped me and pulled at my hair because I told her that Liam is my boyfriend." She lied right in front of me and mum believed her. "Evelyn, how could you do such to your sister?" She raved and slapped me hard, the force almost dazing me.
Tears immediately flowed down my cheeks at her action, lately, she had been very harsh with me for reasons I couldn't pinpoint. Maybe she had started believing what other people had been saying about me.
"You have only brought this family nothing but shame, everyone believes you're cursed and I'm starting to see some truth in their words. You're mute, you have no wolf and you're completely of no use to us so it's high time you know your place in this house. You are beneath your sister in everything so you have no right to raise your hand to her for any reason whatsoever unless you want to face my wrath. Now leave, I don't want to see your face for the next two hours." The woman who was supposed to be my mother said and I couldn't believe it.
I just stood there, glued to the spot with hot tears flowing down my cheeks and a stinging sensation.
"Didn't you hear what mum just said? Beat it!" Moira seconded and I ran out of the house. I ran with everything I had, the tears blurring my vision but I didn't need to see properly to know where I was going.
I stopped by a lake after I had run for about twenty minutes. I sat heavily on my usual spot, a small log of wood just a few meters from the lake. The lake is called the Crystal lake because of its clearness and the serenity it gives to the environment. The crystal lake is just a few miles from the pack and it is my escape from the world and my sorrowful life.
It was where I usually went when I was sad or angry or both. I would cry my eyes out there and after that, I would feel better and today was no exception. I wept relentlessly, wondering why my life had become like this. I looked up to the sky and called out to the Moon goddess with all of my heart, asking her to have mercy on me and release my spirit wolf so I could shut the mouths of my mockers.
I heard sounds behind me but I didn't bother to turn to see who it was, knowing that it would probably be one of the members of the Pack and I wasn't ready to face anyone at that moment.
All of a sudden, I heard someone scream my name. "Evelyn get off from there, now!" I turned to see who it was and my eyes widened in shock.
There were four wolves behind me and they were growling viciously at me, my eyes also caught sight of the Alpha running towards me, he was taking off his clothes as he approached where I sat, petrified. I knew he was probably undressing because he needed to transform so he could save me from those rogues.
During that time, there had been little fights between our pack and a rival pack. The rival pack had been trying to subdue our pack but our Alpha had made sure they were unsuccessful and so they had resorted to sending rogues to kidnap and kill young wolves that were either alone or in groups. I had deduced that the motive behind the offense, was so our Alpha would take the bait and declare a full-on war but our Alpha was not stupid, declaring war at that period would have been very unfavorable because our pack had recently won a war against the Rexino pack and the victory had caused us to lose some of our strongest and most fearless warriors so we were limited in numbers. And if our Alpha declared war, it would have taken the new rival a minimal effort to defeat us so after putting this fact into consideration, Alpha Davis had made a royal decree.
Wolves below 18 were not allowed to come out an hour before sunset until the next day, this was to protect us from attacks by the rogues that usually roamed about after sundown. Though the scouts guarded the packhouse and protected us from danger, they couldn't protect our whole territory and that was why the law was put in place.
In my agony, I had forgotten it was almost sundown and had run to the lake without the scouts noticing me, I guess the Alpha must have seen and followed me. Arriving just in time before the rogues could devour me.
I was practically defenseless at the time because I couldn't transform and I also couldn't call out for help.
Alpha Davis quickly transformed and swooped in to save me, attacking the wolves that had gathered around me. Their attention was instantly drawn from me and they fought back, surrounding him.
Alpha Davis fought bravely and tirelessly but they were too much for him to handle alone, and at that moment, I desperately wished I could transform into a wolf too so I could help him but I couldn't, all I could do was stand and watch as he battled four ruthless rogues alone.
The fight lasted for minutes and I really couldn't tell what happened but all I saw were claws and teeth and finally……….. blood. The fright quickly set in when I saw blood, I tried to convince myself that the Alpha must have injured one of them but alas, it was far from the truth.
The four wolves stopped attacking and moved away and only then did I see the Alpha was injured and bleeding on the floor. I ran to him in tears and managed to place his huge bleeding body on my thighs while I patted his soft fur, silently pleading with him to get up. He opened his eyes, his gray ones meeting mine.
I smiled through my tears at seeing he was awake but his words, which turned out to be the last he would ever say, plunged me into worry.
"Always be strong Evelyn, don't let them break you. You're much more than you know." Those were his last words to me before he left for the great beyond. He died with both eyes open and I closed them and wept. The rogues, seeing the turnout of things, ran away, leaving me to mourn the death of the Alpha.
The werewolf magic usually fades after death so he reverted to his human form and though he was completely nude, I couldn't be bothered by that.The pain that I felt in my heart could not measure up to anything, I felt so guilty, the Alpha had died because of me. He had died trying to protect me from those nasty rogues. I cried until the tears stopped forming and all I could do was whimper. I looked at the Alpha once more and angrily punched the ground and in that instant, just like magic, I felt my heartbeat cease and an excruciating pain overtook me. I went into a haze as my body underwent painful transformations, my clothes tore right off of me as my body enlarged and became covered with fur. I could feel my body changing but all I felt was pain and after a while, it just stopped as quickly as it had started. Only then did I make sense of what had just happened to me, I had just shifted for the first time! Though I was two years late, what mattered was that I had become a real wo
It's been almost two years since the death of the Alpha and I've been made to go through hell. The Alpha's son, Prince Zephyr became the new Alpha and he hates me so much, his hatred for me is so deep that each time he sets eyes on me, the only thing he can think about is hurting me. I've become quite used to the abuse and my body is full of scars, most inflicted by him. As I had earlier mentioned, he comes to my cellar every night to beat me up just for the sadistic satisfaction of seeing me in pain. His hatred towards me is understandable, he thinks I murdered his father in cold blood even though the man had taken me as a daughter but the truth that has been hidden for all this while remains that I'm innocent and I'm being punished for practically nothing. Alpha Zephyr is quite the playboy type and I'm the one who is always supposed to clean up after him. He had brought Clara to his bedroom, she was just another slut in the pack and they had managed to stain the bed sheets with th
Chapter 5'I've long given up on that Tara, and you should too. Even if we do find our mate, he would never even accept us because he too would be under the impression that we killed the Alpha so it's no use hoping. We'll probably remain lonely slaves, all our lives.' I cautioned her. "Please don't say that Evelyn, we can't give up now. Hope is the only thing we have to hold on to in such a cruel world. Have you forgotten the words of the Alpha before he died?" She questioned and my smile faded. 'How can I forget? That day changed my life forever. I only just consider what he said as the last words of a dying man, they don't mean anything so stop thinking about it, Tara. This is our reality.' I told her bluntly and put what little strength I had left into standing up. What was left was to clean the seventy-five rooms in the packhouse, I would be allowed to eat after then and the rest of my day would be spent babysitting the young pups. If I was lucky, I would only be bullied and der
My eyes opened but I shut them back up quickly due to the bright light that washed on my face from the window. I opened my eyes once more and blinked severally before my vision finally cleared. I looked around and saw I was in a beautiful room and on a soft bed. It took a minute for my brain to finally register that I was in the Alpha's room! But how did I get here? I tried to think back and my brain finally remembered what had happened. The hit to my head by Ruben must have caused me to lose consciousness but the realization that I'm awake, almost made me want to cry. Then this only means that I'm not dead, I'd only passed out and despite all the abuse, I've woken up again to continue this miserable life. I had to start wondering if I was immortal or if the moon goddess was just playing a cruel trick on me. My eyes roamed around the room and finally caught sight of the Alpha and a woman who I vaguely remember to be the pack doctor. They were seriously conversing about something
His gray eyes did not leave my blue ones and neither did the anger dispel from them, I began shivering, fearing he would hit me again but his expression softened and he let go of me and left without a word, leaving me confused. "He knows that we are his mate so why didn't he react?" Tara questioned and I shrugged, not having any answer to her question. 'We should just be glad that he didn't hit us.' I told her and heaved a sigh before heading back to my room. I laid on my bed but I really couldn't get any sleep, I just couldn't believe how cruel fate could be. The same man who has constantly abused me, the same man who I fear so much has turned out to be my mate. At that moment, I wished I hadn't listened to Tara and come out of the room but I knew deep down that even if I hadn't, I would have still found out that he is my mate, one way or another. I eventually got over the shock, as there was apparently nothing I could do about it.Different disturbing thoughts soon clouded my min
He discarded his clothes, leaving only his underwear before he moved to the bed where I sat. I reflexively shifted backwards as he approached me. "Don't try to get away from me because you can't. We are mates, aren't we? So it's only natural that we complete the mating process by actually mating." He said and I shook my head vigorously but I knew that my refusal wasn't going to stop him. I would have laughed at how funny his words sounded if I wasn't currently the one in this terrible situation. Mating? This isn't mating, this is more like rape. Mating is a consensual act done by mates when they want to express their love for each other and seal their bond so this is totally far from mating. He doesn't love me and he definitely doesn't want me, he's only doing this out of his hatred for me and because he wants revenge. I also don't want to have anything to do with him, I don't want him to be close to me and I would do anything to get out of this situation unscathed so this act of his
A completely wet feeling overcame my whole body, just like something had been poured on me. I instantly woke up to see that Zephyr had poured water on me.I tried to wipe off as much water as I could from my face so that my vision would clear up and when it did,I saw that Zephyr was fully dressed and he had a grave look on his face.He threw me some clothes. "Go get ready quickly." He ordered and I wasted no time in obeying him. I took the clothes and tried to get up from the bed, despite the fact that I was still naked but I found that I couldn't even stand properly.My leg muscles betrayed me and I fell back down on the bed on my butt. "What are you waiting for? I said, get in the bathroom." He barked. I wanted to tell him that I couldn't walk because I was still so sore underneath so I was experiencing terrible cramps but of course I couldn't.He sighed and ran a hand through his hair before moving to where I sat on the bed. I thought he was going to drag me to the bathroom but he
"It's a good thing he's banishing us Evelyn, we wouldn't have been able to stay anyway. Having to see him everyday and be reminded of the rejection every time would have surely caused my heart to stop." Tara said and I nodded.'It's a good thing he is making us leave. I've always toyed around with the idea of leaving and because they wouldn't have let us leave, I've kept the idea buried deep inside my mind but now I'm free. Think about it Tara, this is a good thing. Banishing us from the pack means we are no longer going to be forced to be their servants anymore and by extension, he's granted us our freedom. We don't have to live the rest of our lives as slaves anymore. Don't worry about it, Tara. I am going to stop considering this pack as my home from today henceforth, they have given me nothing but pain, scars and misery.' I told her and she cheered up a bit. "But where are we going to go?" Tara questioned and I refused to let the thought of that bother me. 'It's pretty simple Tar