Chapter 0003

~RAINBOW

I let out a shocked gasp.

I felt my heart break into two halves. I felt my world come to a standstill. Tears filled my eyes within seconds and the world suddenly became ugly.

Everything I had done was for love. Yet today, Love had slapped me in the face. I felt so stupid for ever believing in it. I felt used. It had all been a lie. All the time we spent together must have meant nothing to him because why else would he do this to me?

"What is the meaning of this?" I screamed as the pain burned in my throat.

My body began to tremble with anger and I felt like destroying everything in the room.

"Why did you do this to me, Jean?" I yelled at them.

"Rainbow, babe, listen to me, I can explain everything. We didn't mean for this to happen. We were drunk and somehow it led to this," Jean blurted out.

"Just shut up! I'm fed up with all this! Couldn't you control yourselves? It's obvious that you always wanted to do it anyway!" I spat angrily.

Jasmine grabbed a t-shirt and threw it over her body before kneeling in front of me. "Please don't blame Jean, it's all my fault. I made the mistake," She began and broke into tears. She was sobbing and shaking visibly. "Ever since our childhood, I've always loved Jean but I've never known how to tell it to him, out of fear of how he would react. I didn't want to lose him, so I kept it to myself. An— and yesterday when we were dr— drinking, I could not control myself anymore and I kissed him and this happened," she revealed amidst tears.

Then she rose to her feet and grabbed my hand before staring at me with teary eyes. When she was sure that I was looking into her eyes, she smirked and I stared at her in confusion before she switched back to her pleading expression.

"I'm so sorry," she said in a crying voice.

That was when I realized that it was all an act, a show that she was putting on because she was a drama queen. She did not mean any of her apology. She did this deliberately.

"I am not interested in talking to shameless people like you! You have lost my respect! This is because you're ready to stoop so low to get what you want!" I spat at her.

I pushed her away immediately and she fell hard to the floor. She cried out and held her ankle instantly.

"Rainbow!" Jean screamed as he got off the bed and raced to her side.

He examined her ankle immediately. "Does it hurt?" He asked her.

"No, I'm fine," Jasmine said and began to cry in his arms. Yet I knew this was all an act.

He patted her back gently before turning a dangerous glare at me. "What is wrong with you, Rainbow? I never knew you to be heartless!" He roared.

I corked my brows at him in shock. It was almost funny to me how both of them were trying to turn the tables around on me.

I scoffed. "So now I'm the heartless one and you're the saint? You just cheated on me, Jean!" I roared.

"Please don't scold Rainbow, it's all my fault. I should not have done any of this. You should blame only me," she cried in Jean's face.

Jean placed a hand in her hair as he tried to calm her down and she leaned into it, obviously looking for attention.

"Look at her, Rainbow. She can't stop apologizing. She's hurt but it means nothing to you!" He stated.

From Jean's chest, I saw Jasmine smirk at me again as if to say that her mission was accomplished. She hugged him even tighter as if to mock me and tell me that she owned him, that he was hers.

I lifted my hands in the air in frustration. "You know what? Since you love Jasmine so much why don't we break up and you make her your next girlfriend!" I spat and my words seemed to rattle Jean.

He fell silent immediately due to shock. "What did you just say?" He demanded.

I folded my arms at him. "You heard me right. I want this relationship over. In fact, I will take it to The Olds and swear before them that our relationship has ceased to exist," I threatened.

Fear befell Jean instantly. "Rainbow? Don't do this, we can all live happily together. We can make it work," he begged.

Jasmine also came forward. "I love Jean a lot," She muttered and turned to him. "I fell in love with your kind heart. I fell in love with your sweetness and I don't think that I will ever be able to live without you. I could live as your mistress Jean. We don't need to go separate ways," Jasmine begged.

Jean looked moved by her words and he touched her cheeks in that kindness that he possessed. This only made me burn. How could he be touching her like that when I was standing here?

He turned to me. "Look at Jasmine, she's ready to be a mistress while you would have first place. It's a good idea. You don't have to meet The Olds for this," he tried to persuade me.

I felt this heat burning in the pit of my stomach and I could no longer control it. I let out a frustrated scream.

"You both disgust me! What do you even take me for? Do I look dumb to you? Do I look stupid to you? Is this how you plan to play with my feelings?" I yelled.

"But Rainbow we just want to—" Jean began but I cut him off.

"Shut up! Just shut your mouth! I am irritated by you! I cannot believe that I ever fell for you! I don't want you anywhere near me! I can't even stand breathing the same air as you! I want you far away!" I yelled. "You know what? I'm leaving!" I exclaimed.

Then I began to storm out of the house in all the anger that I felt.

"Rainbow! Wait!" Jean called.

But I was determined to leave. I could not take it anymore. I just wanted to find a place where I would crawl away and hide forever. Perhaps I would take the advice of the people mocking me earlier and hide my face for the rest of my life.

I burst out of the main door and was hit by the morning sun. I entered the lawn and was about to storm out the dwarf fence when someone suddenly grabbed my hand.

I turned an angry stare behind and saw Jean now dressed, holding me down.

"Rainbow, you're just angry and not thinking straight. You need to cool off. Come back inside," he said in a desperate tone.

"Let go of me you cheat! I don't want anything to do with you! Stay away from me!" I roared.

"Rainbow please. . ." He begged but I didn't listen.

I soon saw Jasmine watching from the porch. A crowd started forming due to my screams. The townspeople were always looking for new gossip and I was sure that they would make a juicy story out of this.

"Let me go!" I snapped before yanking my hand off him.

"Rainbow! You should be the one begging to stay! We both know that no one else would love you as I do! Who else is going to accept a scarred and wolf-less woman like you if not me?" He roared.

The crowd gasped and the world went silent for a few seconds. What was left of my heart shattered into a thousand pieces because he had exposed my secret to the world.

Murmurs broke out instantly. "She has no wolf. . ."

"What an abomination. . ."

"Is she even fit to be one of us?"

I felt shame deliver a hard blow to my ego as tears began to stream down my face. It was at this moment that I became conscious of myself. I had walked out of the house without a shawl. This meant that I was left completely exposed to the pack members and their mockery.

I wished that the earth would open up and swallow me. I could not stand the accusing stares. I was about to have an emotional breakdown.

Just when I was about to run off, I felt my wolf stir for the first time in months. This left me shocked and my eyes went wide open.

Then a voice that rocked my soul with just its sound hit me hard. "What is going on here?"