Summoning Her Wolf

"Come on, Skyla! Get this done quickly! You can do this!" Skyla's mind was trying to uplift her. Despite how weak her body had grown; her determination fueled energy in her that helped her do the cleaning quickly. She was on the verge of completing the hallway. 

Skyla's sweater did very little to keep her warm. On top of that accidental drops of the soapy water splashing on her partially naked legs as she dipped the mop inside the bucket was making her tremble convulsively. 

Skyla had been working straight for 20 minutes. Her body demanded some break. She stopped in order to catch up her breath. While she was refueling her body, her eyes lingered from the clean floor to the couch. Skyla could no longer see Mia sitting. She saw an omega standing by the couch, glaring at her. 

Skyla knew that Mia might have assigned her the responsibility to watch over her. The omega stomped her feet aggressively as she walked towards Skyla. Her pursed lips opened to let out a growl, "Why the heck did you stop? Hurry up, you useless little she-wolf?!" 

Skyla's hands curled up into tight fists. Expecting unfair treatment from the higher pack members was reluctantly acceptable, but not from the she-wolf who came from the same class as her. Skyla badly wanted to summon her wolf and scrap the omega away, however, the running time forced her to bury her anger and play smart. 

The omega snorted wickedly, "Good job, Skyla!" Her fingers poked Skyla's temple hard and she said curtly, "Now, start off with the right-wing, starting from the Alpha and Luna's chamber!" She kicked the bucket and some water splashed over Skyla's feet making the hair on her legs stand up from the cold. 

Skyla entered the chamber to find Luna Elizabeth sitting on the bed. After bringing the bucket and the mop inside her chamber, she walked up to the bed and bowed to Luna, "Greetings! My Luna!" 

As expected, Luna didn't spare a glance at her, but simply scoffed, "Get your work done quickly, you bitch!" 

Skyla had an indifferent expression on her face. Those curses were now a normal thing for her. It felt like they were her other names. While she was mopping the floor by the side of the bed, Luna ordered, "Pour me a glass of water." 

Skyla bowed and hurried to the nightstand and poured a glass of water and forwarded it to Luna. Instead of grabbing the glass, Luna deliberately pulled her hand away causing the glass to fall inside the bucket. 

Skyla knew that Luna deliberately did it, but she bowed her head and apologized, "I am sorry, Lu…" Before she could complete it, a tight slap landed on her cheek. She groaned in pain. That slap activated the passive pain of the swelling and bruises. A stinging sensation grappled her face and tears started rolling down her cheeks. 

Elizabeth barked, "Can't you do this simple task, you filthy bitch!" Luna bent down and took the glass out of the bucket filled with the soap water and splashed it on Skyla's face. Skyla cried out in pain.

The disinfectant pierced her bruises leading to a burning sensation. Her face was itching. Skyla's hand holding the mop dropped it on the floor and her hands started scratching her face. 

Skyla couldn't even open her eyes. She felt as if someone had set them on fire. Rubbing her eyes, she started crying and screaming in pain, "Aahhh!!" 

All this was seen by the omega at the door and Elizabeth sitting on the bed with a smiling face. After quenching the fun out of the painful event, Elizabeth screeched, "Leave my chamber right away! GO!" 

Within a second after she was done speaking, Skyla rushed toward the bathroom. She could hardly see what lay in the front and would end up colliding with someone or the other and being cursed by them. 

Opening the bathroom door, she stood in front of the mirror and her hand hurriedly searched for the tap. Turning it on, she first washed her hands and then splashed some water on her face. 

Soon, her eyesight was restored. She cried on seeing her face in the mirror. Earlier, it was just her nose that was completely red owing to the cold, but this time, her entire face was deep red in color. Her skinny face was no longer skinny but appeared big due to the swelling. 

Grabbing the basin, Skyla wailed, "Why? Why are they doing this to me?! Why can't they leave me one day without any punches or bruises?! Why won't they allow their bruises engraved in me to heal?!" She slowly took her hand close to her face and mildly touched her fingers on the cheek. She was quick to avert her hand as an excruciating pain emerged. 

There came a fierce knock or should the word be bang followed by the observer omega's angry voice, "You don't have the entire time to stay inside! Come out!" 

Skyla opened the door to find the omega pointing at the chamber as she said, "Now, go clean that one!" Skyla's gaze followed her finger and was stunned. She lost her voice when her gaze fell upon the closed doors of her uncle's chamber. 

She folded her hands and begged, "Please, please don't send me there! I can't go there! No, I… I can't!!" But the omega mercilessly pulled her by her arm and took her to the chamber. 

Skyla tried to free her arm, but the omega won't just leave her. Instead, she would press it harshly. Skyla wailed, "Don't you know what Adam uncle did to me? Please, don't send me there!" 

The omega turned back and barked, "Sexually abused you, right?! Is that my problem? Hell No! Go and clean his room!" She pushed her against the closed doors. 

Skyla was stunned by those words. Standing straight and detaching her body from the door, she retorted, "How can you talk about such a serious topic casually?!" 

The omega didn't like her retortion and she took a deep breath, "If you don't enter the chamber within the next few seconds, I will make sure your sister is dead!" 

Skyla's eyes went wide and she said incessantly, "No! Don't do anything to her, I am going!" Skyla turned to the doors and her trembling hands went to open the doors. Slowly she opened them and took a step inside, and immediately turned around to check if her uncle was not hiding behind the

doors. On spotting no one, she turned around, her shaky eyes scanning the entire room, but no one was inside. 

She was growing breathless as she recollected what happened to her on the party night. Those closed doors reminded her how her uncle had called her to his chamber and he was hiding behind waiting for Skyla to enter. Once Skyla stepped inside, he grabbed her from behind and pushed her onto the bed. 

The bed was empty, but Skyla could see her uncle mercilessly hovering over her body. Skyla's dawdling feet were soon pinned by her uncle's feet. Her uncle soon ripped off her dress and took away the most precious thing she had preserved for her mate. 

The chamber was as quiet as a mouse, but Skyla could hear her screams. Her hands went on to cup her ears, but still, her cries and screams from that night urging her uncle to stop devouring her were audible. 

Her heart pumped hard as she heard her screams further. 

"HELP, HELP ME, HELP ME!!!" Those screams were left unanswered. Despite the werewolves from other chambers hearing Skyla, nobody went to check on her or to save her from the beast called her uncle. 

Skyla almost jumped when the omega knocked on the door aggressively from behind. She tossed around to find her speaking, "You see the chamber is empty. You have no other option, but to clean. So, let me give you a tip to clean it before your uncle arrives!" 

Skyla got drawn from that nightmare and came back to reality. Quickly grabbing the mop, she started cleaning. 

Out of all the chambers, her uncle's chamber took the least time. She feared that her uncle might arrive and the nightmare would be repeated. 

After 1 hour: 

Skyla was done with both wings. The last chamber she cleaned was one from the left wing belonging to her elder sister, Kayla Creswell. The Red Moon Packhouse had two wings. The right-wing was reserved for high-ranked werewolves including the guests that visited the packhouse, while the left one was for the lower-ranked werewolves. 

After cleaning her uncle's chamber, Skyla wasn't feeling good at all. She tried hard to shrug off that night's incident, but it wouldn't leave her until she arrived at her sister's chamber. Her sister's chamber was in a disheveled state, but better than hers. In the initial years, Skyla didn't have her own chamber, she used to live in the dungeon, but lately, she was given her chamber. Her chamber was the smallest filled with all the used-up items. Not even a single thing in Skyla's chamber was a new one. Everything right from the bed, curtains, and study table to the clock and mirror were already used up items by the right-wing members which were later on passed to her when they grew weary or out of use. 

Her sister, Kayla's chamber filled her with the zeal, the zeal of independence. She was determined to free herself and her sister from the shackles of the Red Moon Pack by getting into the top university. Skyla had aimed for the bird's eye: Isle University; the top university in the werewolf world. For

getting enrolled in the university there was an entrance exam that was to be given and that exam was held that day. Skyla knew that she hardly had time to reach the school which was located in the southern part of the territory, but she decided not to lose hope. 

After disposing of the dirty water and cleaning the buckets, Skyla stepped out of the bathroom. She said frantically, as she cleaned her wet hands, "I am done!" 

Before she could leave, the omega grabbed her hand and said, "Not yet! Who will clean the…" 

An authoritative tone intervened with the omega. Both of them toppled their heads towards the source of the voice which was none other than beta Mia. To Skyla's shock, Mia unclasped the omega's hold over her shoulder, freeing her. She said, "Skyla, you may leave for school now!" 

On the completion of her sentence, Skyla gave a quick nod and started running. The omega asked, "Miss Mia, but weren't we supposed to stop her?" Mia's lips cocked into a wicked smile, "Yes! And the job is done already! It's 10:30 AM already! The exam will start at 11 AM, sharp. By the time Skyla will reach the school, the exam will be half over!" 

Skyla stopped for a while. Her left hand formed a fist that reached her chest as she tried to catch up her breath. Her sickness had taken a toll on her stamina to run in the cold weather. After catching up on her breath, she ran towards the carriage stand. 

To her shock, there was not a single carriage on the stand. She said, running out of breath, "How is this possible? There's always at least one carriage on the stand!" She threw her head side by side, but there was no carriage coming from any direction. 

Her eyes were brimming with tears. She pressed her lips together and tried to battle her tears. "Nope, I won't give up! No matter what!" 

All this was observed by two she-wolves standing on the balcony of the packhouse. One was Mia and the other was Elizabeth. Elizabeth patted Mia who bowed to her acknowledging it. Elizabeth said, "Smart move, Mia, must say! Good job!" 

Mia said, "No matter how much we break her from the outside, it's difficult to shatter Skyla from the inside. Theresa notified me that she cleaned the hallway in just 20 minutes. The speed with which she was completing her duties made me realize her dire passion to get out of this pack by that entrance exam. And that is when I shooed all the carriages away!" 

Mia smiled, "The weather is cold and she is terribly sick, in no way is it possible for her to summon her wolf and race through the woods to reach the school!" 

Elizabeth smirked, "I am impressed by your thinking, beta! In no way, should Skyla excel in her life. We can't just let her fulfill her dream of getting out of the pack. She will have to stay in the Red Moon Pack until she dies!" After looking at the helpless Skyla for the last time, both of them went inside. 

Skyla's hands hugged her stomach tightly. It was getting difficult for her to bear the hunger. She had been hungry for two days. It was becoming difficult for her to keep her eyes wide open. Skyla slapped her cheeks to stay awake.

She went inside the woods. She tried to run, but could hardly walk. She leaned her body against the tree and heaved, "Ruby, Ruby are you there?! I need you! Please wake up!" 

Skyla was calling her wolf. The last she had heard from her wolf was five weeks ago. She released her hands cupping the tree and reached for her temples. Pressing them gently with her fingers, she pleaded, "Ruby, I need you! It's only you who could help me cross these woods, to make it to the exam hall!" 

But Skyla couldn't hear from her wolf, breaking her from the inside. Her erect body in no time landed on the ground. Pulling her legs to her chest and wrapping them with her hands, Skyla tried to warm herself. The sweater was wet leading to her temperature to rise. Burying her face, Skyla cried. 

After a few seconds, she heard a voice, a faint one. "Skyla, don't cry!" 

Skyla pulled her face and her lips curled up into a smile and she said, "Ruby!" 

Ruby said in Skyla's head, "Skyla, I know you need me badly! But I fear I can't get you through these woods. I am growing weaker day by day owing to no food and assault tormenting you and…" 

The sentence was left hanging, scaring Skyla that Ruby might not talk to her anytime in the future. She stood on her feet and called her out, "Ruby, Ruby, say something! You can't leave me!" 

Skyla pulled the straps of her bag and said, her voice breaking, "Ruby, you will have to come. This exam comes once a year. If I miss it out today, it means I will have to face one full year of assault and I am afraid that I will be able to survive the next year! Show up, Ruby!" 

With those words, Skyla started running and prayed to the Moon Goddess, "My fate is the worst. But I won't get down in the dumps, never! Heal my wolf, show her up!" 

Will Skyla's wolf take the reign of her human body? 

Will she reach the school on time? 

What lies in Skyla's fate ahead?