Raven's POV
I woke up the following day with a better mood. I wasn't going to allow the Luna and Maggot dampen my morale that week. If I could not get a deserving birthday celebration, I could at least be allowed to be happy before and on my day. I would be eighteen in two days and finally get to meet my wolf. No matter how weak or small it was going to be, I was ready to accept it. My wolf will be an addition to what I could call mine. I already had Bella and April, but with my wolf joining the train I was going to be very happy. I walked into the Omegas' meeting room to wait for those I would be cleaning with. I wasn't happy with the heavy burden placed on me but I had no option. If I refused to work then I might face more dire consequences. 'What is this curse doing here?' Lina one of the Omega girls asked once she entered the meeting room. 'Who knows. Maybe she is here to make her curse pour on the ground like rain,' another girl said. 'I just hope she is not in the group,' Lina said again. I just bowed my head refusing to look up at them. I was used to their bullying. Sometimes they hit me as well. April or Bella wasn't there to defend me so I had to stay out of their way. Bella was in the group to serve food and drinks during the ball while April was in the final clean up group. There was a time that I would have responded and fought if need be. But since the day I fought one of the girls and I was reported to the Luna, I had stopped letting them provoke me since then. That day the Luna refused to hear my side of the story and asked one of the soldiers to flog me. I was given twenty strokes of horse whip. I almost couldn't walk the following day. Bella had tended my wounds with tears in her eyes while April sobbed quietly. April would not stop asking me why I fought the girl in the first place. A question I couldn't answer myself. I could have just walked away. To avoid a recurrence of that day, I avoided them and took their bullying without complaint. I knew the Luna wanted to actually kill me but she couldn't due to the Alpha's insistence on sparing me. 'What are you doing here?' The head of the cleaning team asked. I was startled because I was lost in thought. I quickly stood up and apologized. 'I am sorry ma'am I was waiting for instructions,' I nearly stammered. 'You were put on the cleaning team this year? Why?' 'I am also on the hospitality list and also the cleaning up team.' She was silent for a while. I looked at her to see that she was deep in thought. She was one of the few people who paid me no mind. She neither showed me love nor hate. 'How old are you?' She asked quietly as if trying to avoid being heard. 'I will be eighteen in two days ma'am,' I answered quietly too. She came closer to me and held me by the shoulder. 'A major event is about to take place in your life. The journey will be tough and rough but when the storm starts be more weary of the enemy within than the one outside,' she said in a voice so low that only I could hear and understand her clearly. She left me thereafter and divided us into smaller units to get the work done. I was the only one in my unit. I guess the head cleaner was trying to save me from being bullied by the other girls. I diligently did my work and when I was through, it was inspected by the head cleaner. She was pleased by my work and she asked me to go and report the next morning without coming late. April and I had agreed to go to the stream when we were through with our work to have a thorough bath. We only cleaned necessary parts in the morning before going for our duty so we made it a point to go to the stream to bathe once a week. Bella, April's mum insisted on following us so we had to wait for her to finish up in the kitchen before we could set out. When we got to the stream, we took out our bar of soap that was handed to us once a month. There was no long hair to wash as all Omegas were expected to keep their hair cut low both young and old. Even Maggot's hair was cut low. When we were through with our bath, we sat relaxing by the stream when I remembered the head cleaners talk about the enemy within so I decided to ask Bella about it. 'Mum' 'Yes?' She answered giving me her perfect attention immediately. I wonder most times how she was able to love me as much as she loved her own biological daughter. 'What is the meaning of the enemy within?' 'It can mean a lot. Why are you asking?' 'The head cleaner today told me that a storm was coming and that I should be more wary of the enemy within.' 'The head cleaner?' April asked. She was previously not paying much attention but when I started talking about the head cleaner she paid attention. 'Yes' I answered her. Bella took a deep breath. 'I have heard rumors around the pack that the head cleaner has the gift of vision.' 'Really' I asked looking surprised. 'I thought an Omega was not supposed to amount to anything.' 'That is a very bad way of viewing your present condition, Raven. Irrespective of the condition one is in, one must be optimistic,' Bella reprimanded me. 'I am sorry mum. I just feel very hopeless sometimes.' 'You don't have to feel hopeless. Truthfully our present condition is hopeless yet we must not give up.' I nodded and apologized for my words again. 'Now to what head cleaner told you. You must not forget when you begin to face the storm. Do not trust anyone. The enemy within is the person close to you like your friend who in the actual sense is an enemy.' 'Close friends?' I asked. 'Yes. They are the ones that know your strong points and your weak points. They are the ones that can easily sell you to the external enemy. All the head cleaner is trying to tell you is that, you should trust no one when the time comes.' ' Thanks mum,' I said smiling happily at her. We decided to head back to the pack's house in case we were needed there since the preparations for the upcoming ball was all everyone could think of. As we arrived at the pack's house, we caught sight of Luna Laura talking to Maggot about something. She was gesticulating angrily. Bella immediately changed our destination. We dodged the Luna and Maggot because the Luna would definitely have something to say about us walking around aimlessly. I am not proud to say that my Luna was mean and arrogant. The thought of what the head cleaner said crossed my mind. Since Luna Laura had always been my enemy, could she be the enemy within?Raven's POVApril and I couldn't talk about anything else but the ball. We were excited because we were in the group that would do the final clean up.We could get things like clothes and even if you are lucky gold chains or bracelet that can be sold in exchange for money and that meant money to enjoy with.The rich spend lavishly. Some even deliberately give you money when you help clean the room they slept and carried their luggage to their cars. It is also rumored that some Omega girls sleep with people who come from other packs for money. Lina and her friend Queen had been accused of the act often times. But since there was no rule against doing that, no one has ever said anything against them.It was also rumored that Luna Laura offered some of the girls to visiting Alphas and other high ranking officers from other packs. It was all rumored, none established. April had once said that none of the girls Luna Laura used would dare to tell anyone since all the Omegas knew exactly w
Raven's POVEverywhere was agog with people going and coming. The kitchen was busy. I had taken time to wash my dress in order to ensure that I looked presentable. The whole pack was ready for the ball that would happen later in the day.Guests had started arriving in beautiful cars and attires that would make one salivate and wish for a better life.I was in the middle of hard work, so I had no time to admire people. I couldn't afford to get caught staring at guests.In the process of arranging dishes into a rack, Maggot had come into the kitchen informing me that the Luna wanted to see me. I asked Maggot where the Luna would be and she answered with disdain that the Luna was in the general waiting room. My heart was in my mouth as I walked towards the general waiting room. I knocked gently on the door and I heard someone tell me to open the door and come in.I entered to see the Luna sitting down like the royalty that she was on a sofa. The sofa was green in colour and it contrast
Raven's POVI stayed in my hut the rest of the day. I waited for April to return from whatever chores she was doing around the pack. My heart was in turmoil. I was angry with my wolf.How can she insist that we stayed till the end of the ball? I couldn't help but doubt her words about her being powerful. I kept a strong lid on our link so that she would not try to communicate with me. 'Raven, are you in there?' I heard April's mum call from outside.My heart immediately started racing. I wasn't expecting her back yet. Of course she was assigned kitchen duties and I knew she was supposed to come home and clean up before it was time to start serving the guest. I was not expecting her to be back soon.I opened the door and met her at the entrance of her own hut.'You are back so early,' I said trying to keep my emotions out of my voice.'Yes. That would be because I told Maggot that I had to ease myself,' she said.'I see. Where is April? I have been waiting for her all day?' I asked, t
Raven's POVI stood near the general waiting room nervous and scared witless. I didn't know what the consequences of what I did earlier would be.I had stayed indoors all through. When I was sure the ball would have started, I left the room and walked to the kitchen wearing two clothes. I wore the one the Luna gave me first then I put my Omega uniform on it.My plan was to pull the uniform off when the time was right to go to the general waiting room.I knew that the Luna instructed me to come to the general waiting room after the ball but I couldn't stay still.Besides I wanted to at least have the image of Bella in my head as I die. The kitchen was full of Omegas running helter skelter to get things done. I looked around sadly. I should have been in the kitchen trying to get things done but I was picked by the Luna to do a special duty that was more dangerous than asking me to walk into a raging fire.With a raging fire, I know what awaits me but with the Luna's special duty, I do
Alpha Roy's POV I didn't want to be dragged to a ball I had refused to attend for years. It was all baseless when we had a Luna rites to perform very soon. My twin brother Roman had insisted we honoured the invite before we performed the Luna rites. Roman attended the ball every two years. It was his thing to have fun when he could but I wasn't like that. I was the serious one. Although we were twins, we differed on a lot of levels. He didn't take life too seriously while I loved thoroughness. We had searched for our mate ever since we turned eighteen to no avail. It has been nine years since then. We were told since we were toddlers that we would have the same mate and we never doubted it. Growing up, we were interested only in the same girls. We shared girls and they often liked Roman more than I, for obvious reasons. I decided that we should pick a chosen since the pack obviously needed a Luna. I was the one who picked Elena. She was the daughter of one of the high ran
Raven's POVI walked to the door and knocked trying not tremble as a voice from inside asked me to hold on. I wished my wolf would just agree with me to run. It was better to try and fail than not try at all. Whatever it was I faced that night was going to be her fault. The door opened to reveal a male standing in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. He had clearly just had a shower. His hair was wet and water ran down his body. I felt like catching the droplets with my mouth. I immediately caught my thought when I heard a growl from the male in front of me. I quickly recovered and cleared my throat.'My name is Raven, I was sent by the Luna,' I said not looking into his eyes.'You must be kidding me,' the male growled and pulled me by the hand into the room before closing the door.I started shivering from fear. I heard a door open and close then another voice said,'What is going on here?' He asked.Then I realized I was in the room with two grown male. And from the pow
Alpha Roy's POV'Why would you say we would send for her?' I growled at Roman the instant Raven closed the door.'I intend to take her with me whenever we are going back,' Roman answered.'What? Are you mad?' I asked looking at my brother as if he had totally lost it.'No, I am not mad. She is our mate for crying out loud.''And so. You are going to take an Omega back to the park and introduce her as our Luna? Are you crazy?' I asked Roman.'I should be the one asking you if you are crazy. Raven is our mate, we can't possibly leave her here. She is obviously not safe here.''I am not taking that from you. I would not be disgraced. How would I present an Omega to the pack as our mate. Her wolf is even so weak that our scent doesn't affect her,' I said angrily.'Are you sure about that?' Roman asked 'Maybe if you had not been trying to tear into her throat she might have been able to pick on our scent.''You asked her yourself if she could perceive the connection, she said no.' 'The gi
Raven's POV'What is it child? Please tell me,' Bella pleaded with me.I had been crying for what seemed like hours. My sob had even roused April from sleep. They both tried to calm me down to no avail. When I had cried to my heart content and there seemed to be no tears anymore,'The Luna asked me to serve men in their room,' I said.'What?' Both April and Bella shouted together.'That wicked bitch. How dare her do this to you. She had you abandoned here when you were just a toddler. And now this?' Bella said as angry tears sprang to her eyes.'Oh my days. Are you ok?' April asked looking at me from head to toe as if searching for any mark that could indicate that I was hurt.I nodded. I didn't know what to say. The look on their faces made me think of my foolish act of not telling them the truth.'I asked you what was going on but you lied to me, Raven.' 'I am sorry, she said if I told you and April anything, then I would be putting your lives in danger,' I explained. 'She threat