The Prince's Plaything

Chapter 01

Lily's POV.

"So the next question is going to be for five extra marks to your grades", the teacher announced.

I looked around. No one matched my level of excitement.

Nobody really cared actually, but this was what got me excited.

I was an overlooked, weird Omega who wasn't good at anything. The only thing I knew was academics, so I couldn't be blamed for being this hyped right now.

"Who was the first Alpha to bring back the head of our rival Alpha as a sign of battle victory."

Easy peasy.

I raised my hands high in the air, but the teacher's eyes intentionally avoided mine.

"Lily has been the only one answering questions for the past ten minutes, in a class of 25 students. Can anyone else answer the question?", he politely asked.

The whole class gave him no response.

"At least try. Give it a shot for goodness sake", he groaned in frustration.

No one said a word back to him. Instead, someone popped a gum at the back.

He sighed in surrender and came back to me.

"Lily, please educate the whole class."

I got up from my seat and cleared my throat. 

"The first Alpha to bring back the head of the Alpha of a rival pack from war was Alpha Aiden Wellington. He was the first man from the Wellington lineage to lead us, his reign changing the landscape of Dark Shades pack forever. His son, the current Alpha of the pack, has brought back 6 six heads from the past seven wars, making the pack close to untouchable."

The teacher stared at me with satisfaction.

"There are two things I wish for," he said. "First, I wish you were my daughter, so I could brag about how smart you are."

"Secondly, I wish everyone in this classroom could be half as good as you, especially Ivan ...", He shot a glare at the most unserious student in the class. "... who spends his time talking in class or serving detention when he actually needs the five extra marks more than you do."

Damn.

I felt a sense of worry as the teacher kept on reprimanding him and comparing him to me. He thought he was doing something good, but I knew it was going to have a ripple effect on me.

The class managed to go on until the bell rang, signifying the end of the period.

It was break time, so everyone found their way to the reception area.

"I don't know how you manage to get every single question", Sonia said as she settled down beside me with her tray of food. "But the teacher was right. I honestly wish I could be just like you."

"Well, it's not that big a deal", I muttered to my best friend.

"You're literally reading in the cafeteria", she gestured at the book lying in front of me. "Of course it's not a deal for you. People envy you"

"If only they knew."

"Knew what?"

I sighed and gently took off my heavy, round glasses.

"Look at everyone sitting here. They're either laughing with the circle of friends, or being fed by their other half. I have no other friends apart from you and Mark. No man has asked me to be his girlfriend, in my entire life. The only thing I know is books. You think if I had the chance to trade my nerdy life for a night as a normal, likeable person, I wouldn't do so?"

"That's nonsense. You're a very beautiful lady with a beautiful brain and a beautiful mind-"

"Beautiful, my foot."

I suddenly saw a shadow grow over our table from behind me.

We turned over our shoulders to see Ivan the school bully with three of his friends surrounding our table.

I swallowed hard and looked away immediately, fear gripping my soul. 

I knew this was going to happen.

Ivan was a bully who got away with everything because he knew his father owned most of the shares of the school.

"In my humble opinion, I think Lily and beautiful shouldn't be put in the same sentence", he said and his other friends laughed at his joke.

"Well, no one asked for it so why don't you keep it to yourself?"

"I can't blame you. Birds of the same feather flock together. The only thing your friend knows how to do is answer stupid history questions just to make me look stupid."

"Well, that wasn't her intention. If it hurts you, it's probably because the teacher said the truth when he called you dunce."

"He's not talking to you!" His friend roared at Sonia.

"I wasn't talking to you dunces either."

I couldn't see their faces, but I could tell they were livid. I held Sonia's leg to calm her down, but she freed herself.

"I'm not going to allow this bitch annoy me because today's a good day", Ivan sighed. "I just came here to warn you not to answer a single question so far. I'm in that class except you're craving trouble. It's funny how you're an expert in annoying the fuck out of someone when you're just a nobody. You're nothing but a nerdy, classless, ugly, hopeless Omega who nobody would ever fall in love with."

It stung more when his friends laughed at me, but it wasn't funny to Sonia.

Before I could stop her, she sprang up to her feet and landed a resounding slap on Ivan's face, creating a haunting silence throughout the cafeteria.

Fuck.

I was used to being insulted. This wasn't my first time being bullied. From experience, I knew that the best way for this to end was by being silent.

Sonia had just fucked me up.

"You just slapped Malcolm Ivan?!! How dare you?!!", His friend screamed at her.

"And I'll give him another one if he calls us names again!!"

"You useless bitch! I'll teach you a lesson!"

The whole cafeteria erupted in chaos as the fight ensued between Sonia and Ivan's man. Before panic stood me to calm the tension, Ivan's other friend picked me up and manhandled me in the worst of ways until I could move anymore.

"Let me go!! Let me go now, you pussy!", Sonia yelled and struggled to get out of his grip, but it was futile.

Ivan turned to me, his cold eyes sending chills down my spine.

"You see, it's one thing to stupid. And it's another thing to be daring. And it's one thing to be a stupid and daring", he muttered as he pranced towards me. "I'll teach you how to know your place today."

He raised his hand high in the air, and  winced at the hot pain I felt was about to feel.

I expected a dumbing ache in a second's time, but I didn't feel anything...

I opened one eye to understand what was going on.

I opened both eyes in surprise.

I saw his hand stopped midair by the only guy who could afford to be around me.

Mark...

"Didn't your mother teach you not to touch women?"

"Who the fuck is-"

Mark immediately turned him around and headbutted him before he could defend himself, sending him straight to the ground with a boil.

"This fucker!"

The two guys charged at Mark at once but he dodged both of them when they tried to catch him. 

He pushed one of them over the table, slamming him multiple times on my pudding.

Before the other guy could get a grasp of him, Mark kicked him hard in the balls.

He fell to the ground wailing brutally with his hands on his nuts.

I saw Mark clean the dust off himself and approached me with concern in his eyes.

"Are you okay, Lily?"

"I'm fine. Just some bruises", I answered in a faint voice.

I hated being the center of attraction.

"Are you sure?"

"Uhm, hello! I was also in the mix!", Sonia hissed.

I caught Mark rolling his eyes.

"Let me take you ladies to the school nurse to have you checked. Then we'll report this bastard to the princi…"

"Everyone!! The prince is here!!", A girl screamed like her life depended on it.

I was grateful, as all of a sudden, the attention shifted from us to my crush.

I'd always fantasized about Prince Joe since middle school.

Dreaming about him kissing me and calling me his,  had become a normalcy. Unfortunately, it was the closest thing to having him. 

He was a premium Casanova who used his privileges to the best of his advantage. He only went for the most beautiful and classiest girls in the pack.

Not a nerdy, classless, ugly and hopeless Omega like me.

Girls kept screaming and fainting as he walked past them to his current, beautiful item.

He took her hand like a gentleman, causing her to blush.

They walked past me hand in hand, without even noticing me.

I sighed.

I probably didn't even exist in his head.

"Lily", Mark tugged at me to get back my attention. "Are we not going to the school nurse?”