Birthday Gift

Chapter one

Renee’s P.O.V

“Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday Nerissa”

The beautiful hums that emanated from the sitting area filled my ears while I stood in the darkness, opening the kitchen faucet in a bid to rinse the plate. It was my sister’s birthday and she had just turned 18.

Sadly, it was mine as well but my adopted parents never considered me as their daughter because I was nothing but a lowly wolfless omega, clumsy, frail, and timid and to worsen it I was…..

“Arrgh” A painful groan escaped my lips and the plate that I was holding fell to the ground at that moment, my heart slammed against my ribcage because I knew that I was done for.

Her scent wafted through my nostrils and before I knew what was happening, she grabbed a fistful of my hair, screaming while I shuddered. “You blind girl! I know that you can’t see but can your brain let you know that the whole sink is foaming with bubbles?”

I shrieked, mumbling while trying to adjust the blindfold over my eyes. “I….am….sorry. I had no idea” She released my hair, causing me to slam my forehead against the sink.

I winced in pain, trying to find something to hold onto since I couldn’t see anything.

Holding onto the edge of the sink as tears streamed down my face while she yelled. “Just because you are the adopted daughter doesn’t mean that you can be this wasteful and the Luna will surely deal with you for breaking this plate”

Lowering my head, I apologized. “Please don’t tell the Luna. She is going to kill me if she finds out that I did something like that. I promise that I won’t make any more mistakes so can you please allow me to use the dishwasher”

She mimicked before she spat right on my face. “Can you listen to yourself? How are you going to use the dishwasher when you can’t see anything? Anyways pack the broken plate and dispose of it now before I get back”

I heard the sound of her footsteps which I had soon mastered as she stomped away. In that fleeting moment, my legs crumbled and I fell to the ground, tears streaking down my face as I struggled to look for the broken piece of plate.

Crawling, something pierced into my palm and a wince escaped my lips. I could feel blood drawing out of the spot but despite the searing pain that I felt, I managed to take the pieces of the broken plate from the ground.

I was starving but I couldn’t eat until after 6pm since that was the law the Alpha and Luna placed down for me. I was to only eat twice a day— Breakfast and Dinner.

Swallowing the heavy lump that formed in my throat, I went back to doing the dishes, crying so hard that the blindfold around my eyes clung to my skin because of how wet it was.

I wanted to end it all!

I was tired of living like this and it was useless praying to the moon goddess because all the times that I was bullied and mistreated, she never answered any of my prayers instead, it worsened.

Jolting me out of my thoughts, the head servants soon stormed into the kitchen as she yelled at me. “Your parents told you to prepare for the birthday party by joining the other slaves like you in cleaning the garden. Now leave!”

In haste, I ran out of the kitchen, hitting my arm against the door while she laughed at me and at that moment, my eyes watered with tears. While cleaning with the other slaves, someone would intentionally push me to the ground, they would hurl dried leaves at me and cuss out me for being a curse.

A curse?

Maybe they were right. They might be slaves and Omegas but at least they weren’t wolfless like me and they weren’t mistreated like me who is the legal daughter of the Alpha and Luna, yet I was treated like a piece of shit.

Maybe I should just commit suicide? No! Even though the whole world hated me, at least someone didn’t and he saw beyond my disabilities and loved me for who I was.

Kade, my boyfriend. In a world filled with nothing and chaos for me, he was the only thing that made sense. His scent comforted me and he promised to save me from my misery.

He was worth living for and I loved him senselessly. The way he would kiss me on the forehead, kiss the back of my palm, and most importantly, the day he removed my blindfolds and pressed his lips on my eyes.

After so many hours of working so hard even though it was also my birthday, I sat in the garden, the sound of fireworks booming through the air and the song that emanated from the pack house filled the whole place.

It was now time for Nerissa’s birthday party while I remained stuck in the garden, chewing on some expired seaweed that tasted sour before downing an expired milk that tasted weird.

However, I was used to eating expired products and leftovers so I had gotten used to the taste.

Anyway, I was glad that I would have a lot of leftovers to eat for the night and I would make sure that I kept the food before the head servant caught me and accused me of stealing like she once did.

Sending a voice note to Kade, I said. “Kade, I am in the garden waiting for you. You would find me at our………” I paused when a scent wafted through my nostrils.

That was Kade’s. He was here already but yet, he seemed far away.

Reaching my hands for my white cane, a smile formed on my face as I arose and took the cane, following the scent, and with every step that I took, his scent drew me closer to him.

However, I froze when it seemed like his scent was soon disrupted by something else. Could it be for the fact that other people were around?

“Kade” I called out, welcomed with nothing but total silence.

Maybe I had mistaken his scent for something else and I was about to turn back when the scent pulled me again but this time, my stomach churned for an exact reason that I couldn’t place.

Walking closer to where he was, my heart palpitated with fear and anxiety when I began to hear some funny sounds. Was my hearing now impaired?

The sound of skin slapping against the other filled the air and most importantly, the moans and muffled screams.

What was going on?

Why was Kade’s scent pulling me in that direction? Something was wrong and…….

My train of thought was broken when I heard something that shattered my heart into pieces.

“Fuck me……um….fuck”

Wait for a second, wasn’t that Nerissa’s voice? Who was she with?

My fingers soon wobbled against the cane that I held firmly as I took tiny steps toward where the sound emanated.

“Do I kiss you better than she does, does she fuck you better than I do?” I heard Nerissa moan and I just couldn’t wrap my head around why Kade’s scent was so powerful here.

The screams, moans, and groans worsened and all of a sudden, my heart sank into my stomach when I heard that voice, his voice.

“That bitch is a virgin. She doesn’t compare to you in anything…….why are you so tight…. Nerissa” I heard him say and slowly, the white cane that I gripped fell from my hands.

Kade!

No! That was Kade’s voice.

Almost losing balance, I screamed at the top of my lungs. “Kade, how could you……Nerissa! How? Why?”

With tears cascading down my cheeks, it just didn’t make any sense to me. It felt like a dream but when he said my name, it soon hit me that it wasn’t a dream and he was indeed having sex with Nerissa.

I was beyond shattered. The same Nerissa who had always loathed him and advised me against dating Kade because according to her, he was just a beta’s son and a low life who was just horny. She said she hated him and since she hated him, I had to hate him as well.

But maybe I should have because……

Nerissa’s laughter came as echoes in my ear and the next thing I heard was her slurping on his cock. She slurred. “Too bad sister, you can’t see or else you would have been able to witness this beautiful sight”

“I felt bad that everyone forgot about your birthday so this is my birthday gift to you, Happy 18th birthday, Renee.”