Orang Freak

After being forced to go to rogue wolf territory to exchange my mate's kidnapped childhood sweetheart while three months pregnant, I was tortured to death. Before my death, my eight-year-old daughter begged her father three times. The first time, my daughter took her father's hand and said, "Daddy, mommy is pregnant with my little brother. She can't go to the rogue territory." The alpha wolf let out a cold laugh: "How dare your mother teach a pup to lie." Then he had his beta guards drive my daughter out of the pack house. The second time, my daughter grabbed his sleeve and told him the rogue wolves were torturing me with silver. The alpha frowned: "These rogues were hired by your mother to kidnap Willow. How could she really be tortured?" The guards stepped forward and once again pulled my daughter out of the room. The third time, my daughter lay on the floor, desperately clutching his pant leg, crying that I was dying in the rogue wolf territory. The alpha finally lost his temper. He slapped her away with force. "I told you, Ava won't die. She's strong. If you come running back here to disturb Willow's rest again, I'll definitely throw both of you out of the pack territory." To save me, my daughter gave her most precious possession to the most powerful warrior in the pack—the healing gemstone I had given her for her birthday. "Please, can you use this to help save my mother? I don't need protection anymore. I just want my mother to live." The warrior took her healing gemstone, but before he could leave to rescue me, Willow stepped in his way. "Sorry, little pup," she smirked. "The warrior needs to stay here to protect my dog. Your father was afraid I would be sad if anything happened to my pet."

I was in the late stages of kidney failure, but my husband, Calvin Quayle, gave the kidney that was the best match for me to my younger sister, Louella Lassiter. The doctor urged me to wait for another donor, but I refused. I checked out of the hospital early. I had stopped caring long ago. What was even the point of fighting anymore? I transferred all the assets I'd accumulated over the years to Louella, finally pleasing Mom and Dad. I didn't even get mad when Calvin hovered over Louella like he was some kind of devoted nurse. Instead, I told him to take good care of her. And when my son, Nathan Quayle, said he wanted Louella to be his mom? I smiled and said yes. They got exactly what they wanted, so why were they suddenly regretting it now?

I died on the day I won the Global Medical Doctorate Award. Fresh from celebrating the sixteenth birthday of my younger sister, my parents, brother, and my fiancé finally returned home, but it was three hours after my death. My family photos were beaming with happiness on social media, while I laid in the suffocating basement drenched in blood. Before I died, I had struggled to slide my tongue across my phone screen in a desperate attempt to call for help. My parents and brother had blocked my number. Only my fiancé answered my call. The moment his voice came through, he snapped, "Winona, Winnie's sixteenth birthday is important. Stop trying to hijack attention with your pathetic excuses. Enough with the theatrics!" It murdered my last spark of survival. In that electronic death rattle, my heart flatlined. The 100th time they chose her. The 100th time they abandoned me for her. But it was also the last time. They thought I had ran way to get their attention again, and that if they taught me a harsh lesson, I would come crawling back pathetically. But not this time. Because I didn't leave home. I had been lying in the basement of my house.

The housekeeper’s daughter, Selena Greene, deliberately chose to get married on the same day, at the same hotel as me. When our cars passed each other on the way to our weddings, she rolled down her window and asked to switch my bridal bouquet with hers. My bouquet, however, wasn’t just any bouquet. It was hand-carved from priceless jadeite by my grandfather himself—a one-of-a-kind heirloom and his blessing for my wedding day. “Trish,” she pleaded softly, “please. I’ve sacrificed so much for this wedding. I just want it to be perfect. I’ll give it back to you as soon as we get out of the cars.” My heart softened. Against my better judgment, I handed her my bouquet and took her cheap, plastic flowers instead. However, when we stepped out of our cars, she refused to return it. Worse still, during her ceremony, she tossed my jade bouquet onto the floor, shattering it into countless pieces. That bouquet had been my grandfather’s way of being present at my wedding. It was all I had left of him. Yet, in front of everyone, Selena put on an innocent act and accused me, “Who takes back a bouquet after a switch? A glass bouquet like this is all over online shopping platforms for ten bucks. I’ll just pay you back. Trish, you’ve made my life hard enough on normal days. Do you have to humiliate me on the most important day of my life, too?” Furious, I confronted her, but she ducked behind my fiancé and my brother, wiping at her eyes like the victim. My fiancé immediately went to comfort her, leaving me standing alone at the ceremony, humiliated and ridiculed by everyone. My brother, too, called me cruel and heartless. He cut me off financially and threw me out of the family home. Selena’s husband, having quickly risen to success with the help of powerful backers, unleashed his relentless revenge on the now penniless and alone me. In the dead of winter, hired thugs found me and brutalized me to death. And Selena? She became their princess, adored by all three of them. I sank into darkness, full of rage and regret. However, when I opened my eyes again, I was transported back to the day of the wedding.

Abang sedang berkumpul di luar. Aku pergi menjemputnya. Aku pun mendengar abang sedang bertanya pada Oscar Nando, “Bukannya kamu sudah punya kekasih? Padahal sudah selama ini, aku masih nggak pernah bertemu dengannya.” Tiba-tiba aku merasa gugup. Aku sudah berpacaran tiga tahun dengan Oscar. Hanya saja, hubungan kami masih dirahasiakan, tidak diketahui oleh siapa pun. Oscar membalas dengan suara malas, “Dia bukan kekasihku. Aku hanya untuk habisin waktu saja. Aku juga nggak berencana untuk menikah.” Aku mengepal erat tanganku, langsung membuka pintu ruangan.

Pada hari penglihatanku pulih, di kamar mandi aku melihat satu set pakaian dalam wanita yang bukan milikku. Aku menyembunyikan hal itu, ingin mengetahui apa yang sebenarnya terjadi. Di siang bolong, Morin pulang lagi untuk memasakkan makananku. Saat aku makan, seperti biasa dia memutar musik untukku. Dia berkata, "Mia, hatiku terasa sakit melihatmu nggak bisa melihat. Semoga musik bisa membuatmu lebih bahagia." Namun kali ini, di tengah suara musik yang memekakkan telinga, aku melihat seorang wanita duduk di pangkuan Morin. Dengan kasar Morin merobek tali bahu wanita itu, meninggalkan bekas merah gelap di kulitnya yang putih. Wajahnya yang penuh gejolak nafsu tepat menghadap ke arahku. Seperti biasanya, aku meraba-raba menaiki tangga, lalu menekan nomor yang sudah lama tak pernah kuhubungi. "Yuvan, aku setuju jadi pengganti cinta pertamamu." "Tapi kamu harus membantuku satu hal."

Setelah putriku dinyatakan mengalami kematian otak, suamiku membujukku untuk menandatangani perjanjian donor organ. Aku menderita karena rasa rindu yang begitu menyakitkan, semangat hidupku sudah hampir hancur. Namun secara tidak sengaja, aku menemukan bahwa dokter penanggung jawab yang bernama Sarah, adalah pujaan hati suamiku. Mereka memalsukan laporan dan menyatakan bahwa putriku mati otak, hanya demi membujukku menandatangani perjanjian itu, lalu menipuku untuk memberikan jantung putriku pada putrinya Sarah. Aku menyaksikan suamiku yang mengantar putri Sarah keluar dari rumah sakit. Mereka bertiga tertawa bahagia, seolah-olah mereka adalah sebuah keluarga yang sempurna. Aku pun menghadap mereka, hanya untuk didorong jatuh dari tangga dan mati di tangan suamiku dan pujaan hatinya. Namun aku diberikan sebuah kesempatan lagi, aku kembali ke hari aku menandatangani perjanjian donor itu. Sambil melihat putriku yang terbaring di atas tempat tidur rumah sakit, aku diam-diam bersumpah. Kali ini, demi kamu putriku, aku akan membuat pria dan wanita bajingan itu membayar dengan nyawa mereka.

Di tahun ketujuh pernikahan kami, Jefry Marson tampak kembali jatuh cinta. Dia daftar di tempat gym dan sangat memperhatikan bentuk tubuhnya. Saat aku sedang mengikat dasinya, Jefry tiba-tiba ingin mengganti dasi berwarna kotak merah. Dia bilang, "Aku tiba-tiba mulai menyukai warna yang lebih cerah." Saat membalas pesanku, Jefry yang serius tembek mengirimiku emoji yang imut, lalu segera dihapus. Namun, dia tetap pulang tepat waktu, membawakanku bunga dan memasak untukku setiap hari. Aku mencela diri sendiri karena pikiran konyolku. Jefry sangat mencintaiku, mana mungkin dia selingkuh? Kebetulan suatu hari, aku menemukan kamera dashboard. Jefry dan muridnya sedang berpelukan dan saling bermesraan di dalam mobil. Aku pernah bertemu gadis itu, dia pernah makan di rumah dan memanggilku Bu Melda.

Pada hari peringatan lima tahun kebersamaan kami, pacarku Luis Loren memberiku sebuah gelang yang harganya tidak sampai dua ratus ribu. Malam itu juga, dia membelikan sebuah kapal pesiar seharga 20 miliar untuk cinta pertamanya, Paula Santoso. Aku menolak gelang itu. Dia malah mengataiku tidak pengertian. "Aku memberikan hadiah pada Paula demi saham perusahaan, bukan karena aku masih memiliki perasaan padanya." "Kamu hanyalah orang miskin, aku sudah berjanji akan menikahimu, memangnya masih nggak cukup? Padahal ini adalah ujian terakhir untukmu, Ziva, kamu gagal." Aku mengakhiri hubungan kami. Dia langsung melamar Paula. Lima tahun kemudian, kami bertemu di sebuah hotel mewah, tepatnya tempat diadakan Konferensi Bisnis. Perusahaannya akan segera menjadi pemimpin industri, dia masuk dengan menggandeng Paula. Ketika dia melihatku, aku sedang berdiri di kolam air mancur dengan pakaian yang berantakan. "Ziva." Dia berkata dengan nada sinis, "Dulu, kamu menolakku. Kamu nggak menyangka setelah berpisah denganku, hidupmu akan lebih buruk dari pengemis, 'kan?" "Jangan kira karena kamu merekayasa pertemuan ini dan menunjukkan betapa menderitanya hidupmu, aku akan mengasihanimu dan membawamu pergi." Aku mengabaikannya. Berlian biru kesayangan putraku yang ayahnya berikan sebagai hadiah ulang tahun pertama tidak sengaja jatuh ke dalam air mancur. Putraku menangis tersedu-sedu, aku harus segera menemukan berlian biru itu.

My Alpha brother's Omega assistant had always wanted to be Luna. She didn’t know my identity and she mistook me as a rival trying to steal her place. She framed me for theft and tortured me without mercy. As I lay dying, it was my old companion—Rex, the Siberian war dog who had fought beside my brother and earned the highest military honors—who sacrificed his life to protect me. She dragged me by my hair, smugly satisfied, and threw me before the crowd like refuse. In her hands, she flaunted her "gift" made from Rex's fur. She had no idea she was about to face the fury of the entire werewolf world.