Chapter 2

Avyaane's POV

When I got to school, all I wanted to do was blend in as much as possible, but of course my wishes went unanswered because, as soon as I stepped into the gate, I was bathed in water that smelled like it had been left to marinate for days at room temperature, after it was used to wash fish or any other sea food.

“There’s our favorite little stupid puppy; I didn’t think you’d have the nerve to come back to school.” A familiar voice said so, and a bunch of other voices around her laughed.

I let out a sigh as I sat down on the floor, afraid to look at Allison in the eye. That would probably only result in a beating, and I was getting tired of being beaten up.

Allison was the daughter of the Beta of the Black Moon Pack, and she was one of the people my father wanted me to please to get good graces from her father. She was the most beautiful girl on campus and the most entitled. She got away with anything due to her beauty and popularity, and it irked me, but I couldn’t do anything about it.

“What’s the matter? Cat’s got your tongue, huh?” One of them asked

I didn’t so much as raise my head because I knew that they were going to taunt me even more if I dared to look them in the eye.

They continued to poke fun at me, laughing as they pulled my hair from behind and slapped my face. I felt humiliated and angry, but I didn’t dare show any of my feelings to them.

“I think she smells great; what do you think, Allison?” One of her friends asked in a mocking tone.

“A befitting smell for a riffraff like her.” Allison smirked.

They all laughed at her unfunny joke. It wasn’t long till I heard the voices of four very familiar people behind me.

*What is going on here?” The first one asked. I instantly knew who he was.

Chad, an Alpha, along with his three other brothers, were behind me. I trembled at the thought. What were they doing in class so early? The last thing I wanted was to be seen like this by the most popular quadruplets in school.

They were handsome, and they were the Alphas of the most prestigious pack. They had shifted at 16, and ever since then, girls have flocked towards them like bees.

“Just having a little fun with the little miss whore here, Chad.” She said it in a wicked tone.

I thought at the time that Chad would save me from this mistreatment. He was after all my first love, and we had dated for a while until Allison spread a rumor that I was my father’s friend whore.

He'd broken up with me without asking questions, and I didn’t blame him. I would have broken up with you too.

“Ah, I see.” Blair laughed. He was the last of the quadruplets and was known for his antics, pranks, and playboy tendencies. He had more girlfriends than his brothers, and some of the girls even knew about each other.

“Interesting.” It was Logan who spoke this time, the second-eldest and most reserved. He barely spoke, but when he did, it was always either the harsh truth or stone-cold reality. I had only seen him laugh once.

“Not really, brother, more like funny.” Killian said. He was the second-to-last born and more violent than all of them. He’d gotten into more fights than the number of days that he had been a college student.

“Stop it, Allison. There’s no reason to be so mean so early in the morning and on the first day too. “Chad, to my surprise, was the one to speak up for me.

“Oh, I thought you’d be very happy seeing your whore of an ex-girlfriend getting the treatment she deserves, or are you still in love with her?” Allison taunted, and her friends burst out into laughter.

“Shut the fuck up, Allison; I’m not in love with her. Never have.” His words stung, but I didn’t let it show; otherwise, I’d be made to look stupid again. I couldn’t show my emotions to these people, or they’d taunt me with them.

“Prove it then. Here,” Allison handed him a bucket of water. “You know what to do,” she said wickedly.

Chad growled, took the bucket of dirty water from her without batting an eyelash, and poured it on me. The girls laughed out loud at my sorry state, and I sat there as the tears mixed with the dirty water.

"Nicely done," Allison purred, running her hands over Chad's chest. "You're almost as alpha as your brothers now."

Chad looked about ready to punch her, but Logan stopped him.

“Calm down, buddy; it’s best we go to class, bro.” Logan patted Chad on his chest from behind, and Chad nodded as if coming to his senses.

“And you, I better not see you taking any of the classes I’m taking, or I swear to the moon goddess, I’ll fuck you up.” Chad glared at me before storming off. I sat there in a pool of dirty water and cried before eventually pulling myself up and going to the bathroom to clean up.

I stared at my reflection in the bathroom mirror as I washed up. Not only did I stink, I was soaking wet. Suddenly, I didn’t feel like going to class anymore. What was the point? I’d just be bullied more by Allison and her bands of bullies, and I was too tired to take anymore beatings or humiliations. I needed to cool off, even if it was just a bit.

Done with cleaning up, I entered one of the toilet stalls to hide until I had collected myself enough to attend classes and signed up for them.

Less than five minutes after I had hidden, Allison and her band of bullies walked in, laughing hard at something. Or maybe someone?

“It would be so cool, wouldn’t it?” One of Allison’s friends quipped.

“I know,” Allison responded with a burst of pride in her tone.

“Anyway, Chad is definitely going to be the one I marry. He has no freaking idea that I’m no longer a virgin, but I could always just lie to him. He’s not the smartest tool in the shed, you know?“

I gasped at her revelation. She was sleeping with other people apart from Chad. Why?!

Chad was the most handsome guy on campus, along with his other brothers. It was hard to think of any reason why Allison would have sex with someone else.

“Someone is here!” One of Allison’s minions yelled out, and my eyes widened as I realized I was someone.

Shit!

Before I could think, the door flung open, and I gasped at the look on Allison’s face.

“You dirty whore! What are you doing here?” She grabbed me by my hair, dragging me out of the stall, and pushed me to the ground.

I screeched as the pain spread all over my scalp.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop.” I begged, tears spilling from my eyes from the impact of their blows.

She kicked me on my stomach and ordered her minions to beat me up there on the bathroom floor.

My screams, I knew, could not be heard by anyone, and even if they could be heard, they wouldn’t bother trying to save me because it was me. I was the school dustpan, and as long as Allison was in control, I was fair game to everyone.

“Please, I didn’t hear anything.” I tried to save myself by lying, but that was a terrible move because Allison pulled me by the hair again and hit my head against the tiled ground.

Pain seared through my entire face, and I screamed.

“That’s enough!” Allison finally said it, her voice echoing in the bathroom.

“Take her to the pool area.” She commanded, and I felt myself being dragged by multiple hands towards the pool that was behind the bathroom. The hallway was awfully quiet except for a few people, and none of them even tried to help me. They all just watched as Allison and her band of bullies dragged me through the ground like a rag doll.

I was so badly beaten that I couldn’t even ask for help.

As soon as we got to the pool area, I began to protest, even though my voice was merely a whisper, because Allison had stepped on my throat.

“Dunk her head in the water,” Allison commanded with an icy-cool voice, and two of her minions did as they were told.

Without hesitation, they dunked my head into the pool water. I shook, trying to get them to let me go, but they wouldn’t let go.

I tried holding my breath, but I was unable to for very long as I was starting to suffocate under water.

As I let go of my breath, the pool water rapidly moved into every orifice in my body, and slowly, I began to drown. I started to drift away into darkness.

This was really it? I was going to die. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel anything but peace. Maybe dying wasn’t so bad after all.

My lungs were already filled with water, and I was already almost passing out when, by a miracle, I was pulled out of the water.

“What the fuck do you think you are doing, Allison?!” A familiar voice bellowed. I was barely conscious, but I could tell the owner of that voice anywhere, even in my sleep. It was the same voice that I had listened to for two years before our breakup.

Chad?!