Andrea’s POV
The guards at the border of the pack were scanty. I didn’t even bother going back to the pack house to collect my clothes because I knew my mother would meet me there.When I got to the border of the pack, I started to shift. I looked up at the moon. It was the full moon today, which meant that I could shift without breaking the bones in my body.I removed my clothes on the way and tied them around my neck, knowing I would need them later when I shifted back. The woods were cold and in case I needed to spend the night there, I don’t sleep naked.My wolf, Kira, started to howl unnecessarily. I could tell she was hurt by the pain of being rejected by two people at the same time. But if she continued, my mother could track me down.I didn’t want her to know where I went.“Shut up, Kira.” I hissed, as my body started to freely rush through the woods, just as I passed the pack’s border.Most of the pack guards were in the pack hall where the mating ceremony was going on. Even from this proximity, I could smell all of the happiness oozing from the hall.It meant that a lot of people got mated. My chest tightened into a dull ache. Everyone was going to forget me and it would be like I had never existed.I wanted to cry. I wanted to fall to the ground and let out ugly sobs, and pull my hair until I felt the pain slip away from my chest, but I didn’t have the time to.I felt bad that I didn’t say goodbye to my mother, but it was for the best. She would survive without me.Most of the pain she was facing was because she decided to keep me. If I wasn’t there, then people might stop treating her that way.Maybe some of them might even decide to have an interest in her, and she might finally get mated.I was still running in the woods when I came across a border of a pack I never knew of. It wasn’t like I came out to the woods that much, because I was always busy with work.I felt fear coursing through my veins, because I didn’t know the type of people that were in the pack. Were they nice, or were they like the people I left back at home?My wolf came closer, and I sniffed in the air just to make sure that it wasn’t a rogue pack. My wolf was little and frail, which was probably because I was like that in my human form too.I wouldn’t survive a day with the rogues who had spent their entire lives doing rough work and training to become bigger and better to survive in this cruel world.I sighed in relief when I realized that it was a werewolf pack. Rogues smelt like rotten eggs. I could remember how disgusting it was back when I was young and living with them.They were weird.Lycans had a stronger scent, while werewolves had a slightly milder scent than them.I stepped forward, calculating on how I was going to get into the pack when someone abruptly charged out of the border, then came straight at me.My heart paced as I turned to run away, but I acted too late because he had already captured me, and he picked me up like he would pick a human baby.I wanted to curse at him. He looked slightly older than me and from his uniform, I could tell that he was a pack guard.“Tell me if you are a rogue or I am going to snap your neck right this second.” He snarled.I whimpered as I stare into his intimidating eyes. Even in my state, I felt inferior to him.“Let me go you fucking idiot, or I won’t be able to shift,” my wolf, Kira said.It seemed like he had heard her. He dropped me down on the ground and allowed me to shift, then I picked up my clothes and tried to cover my nakedness.I raised my head to look at him, and I could see the discomfort in his eyes as he looked away. I slipped back into my black dress before I stood up to my feet.“You don’t look or smell like a rogue. What are you doing here, young woman?” He raised a brow.I let out a sigh before I answered him.“I want to join the pack,” I stated. “Please take me to the Alpha.”“Why do you want to join the pack? What will a rather innocent-looking Omega like you do to have herself banished?” He raised a brow.I opened my mouth to speak when I smelt something familiar in the air. It was the scent of someone that I knew, but I couldn’t pinpoint who exactly it was because they were a bit far away.I didn’t have time on my hands. I needed to get in and convince the Alpha to go through with the pack link ritual before whoever it was came for me. I had a strong feeling that it was my mother, because she was really the only person that cared about me.“Just take me inside, guard. Please.” I pleaded.He stared at me for a moment. I could tell he was contemplating, and when he smelled the restlessness I was oozing, he decided to let me in.I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding as we got into the pack. From the borders, I could already tell how glamorous it was.It was so freaking beautiful.From the beautiful flowers planted around to the interesting modern technology that even the Shadow Moon pack had not yet progressed to, all I could do was say wow.He took me to the pack quarters where I guess was still functioning even at this hour. It was luck, I guessed, because it was quite late.There were howls of wolves coming as we progressed into the quarters.“Full moon.” The pack guard sighed.“Why aren’t you shifting?” I turned my head to face him.There was surprise painted on his face. I could tell he didn’t expect me to ask him that question.I waited for an answer but didn’t get one. He just ignored me. I could hear his heart racing.Maybe he was an abomination like me too. My wolf wanted to comfort him, but I was quick to push that thought behind my mind.I didn’t even know him.When we got to where I supposed the Alpha lived, a gasp escaped my lips. It felt like I had just stepped into another planet.A flowery planet, which just the right amount of modernization that it didn’t necessarily need.This was the place for me. I felt safe in its walls, even though I didn’t know a soul there. It felt like I was in a place where I belonged.Amongst the creatures that were like me, not those that were superior, and didn’t hesitate in telling me that. These people are werewolves like me.My lips tugged into a smile. It seems that my birthday wish might just have been accepted.“Go ahead.” The pack guard gestured.“Thank you.” I smiled at him.I never even thought I could smile genuinely ever again in my life, but here I was. The night that I got the biggest rejection of my life, I was also going to get accepted into a pack that I started to love at first sight.Kira was excited as I opened up the door, revealing a spacious office. I didn’t have time to look around. My eyes fell on the man that was sitting on the seat behind the table, which was the first point of attraction.“Who are you?” He asked, even before I came into the office.He was the Alpha. I could tell from his scent. He had a kind look on his face, which now looked tired.“I… I am Andrea. I want to j…join your pack, Alpha.” I stuttered, going deeper into his office.He nodded, “Okay. Which pack are you coming from?”“Shadow Moon pack,” I replied.I could see the confusion on his face. I was sure he was wondering why I left the pack, because it was powerful and stable.“Why did you leave?” He asked.I cleared my throat. The thought of it alone made my chest burn.“I was rejected by the Alpha's sons.” I blurted out, looking down at my feet.“Oh, I see,” he stood up from his seat, then headed towards one of his drawers. “Do you understand that after going forward with this, you can’t join another pack until after a decade?” He questioned, then brought out a dagger from the drawer he opened.I nodded. Both my wolf and I were in agreement with this. Whenever she agreed with me, I could tell that I was on the right path.“Yes,” I nodded. “I understand.He made a low sound in agreement before he headed toward me. He straightened his hand and slit it, his face void of any emotions as he did that.He was going to drip it into my mouth, and I had opened it when a sound came from the threshold of the entrance that stopped the Alpha in his tracks.I turned to face the entrance, and my heart nearly stopped at the sight of who had just stopped me from taking the pack link ritual.Third person’s POV After the mating ceremony was over, the Alpha king was filled with rage. He had never been angry towards his sons like he was this way since their mother left. Ever since she left them to chase her career in another city, living him in the most excruciating pain he had ever felt in his life which was due to him getting separated from his mate, he put his all into raising his children the proper way.But tonight, they embarrassed him. They proved to be mannerless in front of the whole pack and disgraced a woman. That was the one of the things he frowned heavily upon. What annoyed him the most was that the lady was no one other than the daughter of the woman he loved. Alpha Damien had always had a crush on Sierra Coleman, who was Andrea’s mother. When she got pregnant and banished from the pack, he was heartbroken because he planned on divorcing his already pregnant wife for her. His wife was not a good woman. She was his mate too, but she cheated on him at every
Andrea’s POVThe twins. They were right in front of me, and were stopping me from joining another pack. For fuck’s sake, isn’t it what they wanted? Why were they now trying to stop me from joining the pack?They were so confusing.But I didn’t want to stay back to hear what they came here to say. All that I knew was that I was seconds away from joining this pack, and no one could stop me.“Let’s go ahead with it, my Alpha,” I said to him.His blood was dripping down as he watched between me and the lycan men that were standing at the threshold of his office, not knowing whose words to take.“This is an Omega from my pack,” Lucas started as he shifted back to his human form.I watched as his bones crack, forming back into his usual human shape. I wondered what it would be like if I could shift whenever I wanted.It would be so nice, and I won’t have to go through all of the pain werewolves go through before they shifted, if it wasn’t the full moon.“She came here, with the request of jo
Andrea’s POVI felt an incredible amount of rage course through my veins like lava. It felt like betrayal. My mother made them bring me back here because she wanted to get mated to the Alpha. Maybe she had forgotten all the hell I went through because of the royal family. Maybe she had forgotten how they had banished us because she made one mistake in her teenage years.They were not our people and they sure as hell didn’t love us. Or maybe she had forgotten that they were lycans and we were just the low Omega werewolves that weren’t even citizens of the pack because we were refugees.Albeit that, she still wanted to get mated to the king. My chest tightened, because of how selfish my mother was. How could she do this to me?I trotted back to the palace to face her. There were tears in my eyes from all that was happening to today. This was the birthday that was supposed to be the best in my life as it was going to introduce me to the life of adulthood, yet it is just filled with pain
Andrea’s POVIn the morning when I woke up, I looked out through the cracks of my windows that light was peeking through and sighed. I barely slept throughout the night because all I could think of was my new life.For the first time in my life, I was going to be alone and responsible for my life. I wasn’t going to do it knowing I had my mother to fall back to. I would be a full adult, making her own life decisions in this cruel world.I rolled off the bed and stood up to my feet then stretched, my bones making a satisfying crack. I had to start arranging my clothes into my bags before it was time for me to leave later.I headed towards the wardrobe and opened it up. I didn’t have many clothes, because most of them were torn and worn out. It was the courtesy of the twins who loved to tear my clothes and humiliate me for no apparent reason.Thinking of them alone brought my blood to a sizzling boil. I will finally be away from all of that. I couldn’t wait. I wished I had a way
Andrea’s POV After dinner, my mother dragged me back to our room. I expected her to be happy that I was staying back by instead, she looked worried. When we got inside, she banged the door behind us before she pulled me until we were close to the bed.“What was that?” She spoke out. “You really want to stay back, Andrea?” “Don’t you want me to?” I raised a brow in confusion about why she was even talking to me about this right now. I had a life to start as royalty here. It felt surreal. It would have been a different thing if the Alpha didn’t propose that I get the same treatment with them. But since he did, there was no way I was passing on this. Maybe sometime in the future I will leave but just not now.“Of course I did sweetheart. But you wanted a new life, and you’re staying back solely because of those boys. You are staying because you want to get revenge on them.” I didn’t even try to hide it, “Of course.” I nodded. “Baby. I don’t want you to be sucked into this bitterne
The look on Damon’s face was what I assumed death would look like when it was standing right in front of me, ready to take me with it. My limbs were shaking, knowing that he was going to hit me.He was going to hit me so hard my neck would break.“You sick little fuck. Are you crazy?” He bellowed, and I flinched.It was his fault. He shouldn’t have spoken to me about all the women he was shagging in the room that was going to be mine because I didn’t ask for that details. I certainly didn’t want to know. “I am sorry,” I apologized. I needed to get in and wash my body. The entire room was smelling of puke, which made me want to puke even more. Maybe it had to do with the fact that my body wasn’t used to eating this much in the morning.The only time I ate like this was by chance, or when I stole from them. Eating all of it now comfortably made me feel weird. Very weird.“If you puke on me again, you are going to see a very dark side of me.” He snarled, taking a step back from me. Th
Eva encircled both of her hands around me, and I nearly choked on her perfume. It was her signature perfume that could be smelt miles away when she arrived somewhere. I always seemed to wonder how she managed to walk around with that much perfume, despite being a lycan with a heightened sense of smell.“How are you?” Her lips were plastered with a fake smile.I wasn’t going to entertain her. I thought she was going to come tomorrow, because I wasn’t ready to see her after all she did to me. I could remember how she was laughing at me vividly when I got rejected. But now because my mother got mated to the Alpha she suddenly wanted to become my friend.I scoffed. I was going to get back on all she did to me. She and her little minions, and the twins. I wasn’t going to forgive a thing they did. I couldn’t wait to repay all they did for me.But for now, I needed to act like a friend. I was going to destroy her life from within so when it was about time for us to graduate, she was going
“Wake up, Pumpkin.” Someone jerked me awake.I let out an inward groan as I raised my head to look at who it was that interrupted my sleep. I nearly rolled my eyes when my eyes set on Eva. How was she even here this early?I yawed my gaze to the clock, and I realized that I had overslept. This time, I didn’t stop the groan from escaping my lips. This wasn’t how I wanted to make an appearance in school.“Thanks for waking me up.” I dragged my body off the bed, blinking away the sleep in my eyes.“You are welcome. I’ll be coming up here to wake you up whenever I have to. That’s the fun of bringing neighbors, right?” She wiggled her brows.She lived in the pack house with her father. The palace was in the pack house, where people of the higher ranks stay. It also had accommodation for people that didn’t have homes to live in, but it is barely used because everyone preferred to stay home.The higher ranks didn’t seize to bully anyone they came across. It was one of the reasons why no one