العودة من خط النهاية خيانة قلبين

(Olivia's POV)

I woke up in my room on the first floor and decided to inform my adoptive mother about my interest in furthering my education at the pack university.

As a seventeen-year-old girl, I had seen many of my pack members fall sick, and some of them were unable to shift. This sparked a desire in me to study medicine so I could help them.

When I got out of bed, I was wearing a white nightdress. I put on my black slippers and breathed out heavily.

I knew I had to try my luck with my adoptive mother. She was cruel to me, but she pampered her own daughter, Emily.

Still, I had to try. It was my only hope of gaining admission into the pack's university, which was expensive.

Nancy worked as a nurse in the pack hospital, and her husband, Wren, was a lawyer for the Alpha's family. Even though they were Delta wolves, they were rich from working and took care of their two children, Mark and Emily, whom they spoiled.

Mark was a twenty-four-year-old guy and hardly at home. Strangely, he had returned home. He was a basketball star and had his own money. He was spoiled and had several girlfriends, whom he often brought home. His mother never reprimanded him for it; instead, she encouraged him not to take any of those girls seriously and told him to wait for his fated mate.

I couldn't blame Mark—he was rich, along with his parents' wealth. The young ladies in our pack, the Starfield Pack, loved him.

As I walked down the corridor, I made my way to the living room, seeing it was after 8 a.m. I had to try my luck because I had no wolf. I was born on a moonless night, so I couldn't shift like them.

As I unlocked the living room door, I heard Emily's excited voice saying, "Mom, I still can't believe it—Daniel Ryan, the Beta's son, is asking me to be his girlfriend."

My heart clenched when I heard Emily say that. Daniel had previously asked me to be his girlfriend, but I told him no. He didn't give me a chance to explain myself as he spat in my face and pushed me to the ground.

"Who would want to date a wolfless girl like you? I was only doing you a favour," he spat, in front of many of my high school friends. I felt so embarrassed. Emily came rushing over to Daniel. She held his hand and told him, "Daniel, you can be my boyfriend and don't waste your time on this slut."

My heart ached, but I pushed the hurt aside. They were good for each other, I thought. But Daniel peered at me angrily; as the Beta's son, my rejection made him feel bad. I tried to avoid him—after all, he was a student in my set. He had only come to the school for his younger sister's graduation certificate.

Shutting my eyes at the painful memories, I clenched my fist and moved into the living room. The air thickened at the sight of me, and the family at the dining table stopped eating as they sensed my presence.

"Good morning," I greeted them with a forced smile.

"Morning, Olivia. What do you want here?" Nancy asked, as she picked up a glass of water and drank. She sat beside her husband, while her son and daughter sat across from her.

Seeing their eyes on me, I spluttered but decided to go straight to the point.

"Um, Aunt, I want to further my education at the pack's university."

"Hahaha!" Nancy chuckled, as she peered at my face. She wore a blue nightdress, and she was fair and beautiful for her age.

"Why should you further your education? You're wolfless, and you don't need to think of going to the university. You should serve as our maid, as repayment for all the money we spend feeding you up to this size. Isn't that right, honey?" She shifted her gaze to her husband, who nodded.

"Yes. My mate is right," declared Mr. George.

"Olivia, you are to quit your ambition of going to the pack's university and serve as a cleaner here," he said.

"No! It's been my dream to create medicine to help our pack members become better. Please," I knelt before my foster parents. I was grateful they adopted me and fed me, but I had to further my education.

Emily rose from her dining chair. She wore a white nightdress and rushed up to meet me.

"You slut! Didn't you hear Mom and Dad stated that you're not going to the university? You're to become a servant here in our home and clean the house. Got that?" She smacked me across my left cheek and sent me falling to the ground.

"That's enough, Emily!" Mark yelled, his icy voice made his sister jump as she turned to look at him.

"Mark, are you taking this slut's side over me, your sister? Mom, Dad, Mark is favouring Olivia!" Emily cried and pointed at me.

The atmosphere in the dining room became thick as my foster parents looked at Mark suspiciously.

"What has come over you, Mark? How can you defend that useless girl? We only adopted Olivia to give Emily a younger sister, and since Emily doesn't want Olivia anymore, you are not to favour her or see her as your sister. Now, apologize to Emily!" Mr. Wren insisted.

Mark peered at his parents' faces. His jaw clenched as he rose to his feet. "Mom, Dad, you both are wrong. I cannot sit here and watch you bully Olivia just because she doesn't have a wolf. If you guys don't want her here anymore, take her back to the orphanage. I'm out of here."

Mark walked away from the dining room, not sparing a glance at me, and my jaw dropped at his blunt words to his parents.

"Mark! Come back here!" His parents tried calling him, but he had already left the house. The sound of his car starting in the garage filled the air as he drove off.

"You slut! What did you do to possess my only son?" Nancy yelled as she rushed towards me and descended on me in the living room.

Her fists connected to my face as she smacked me continuously until I fainted.