Chapter 3

Sylvia

“Wait a minute, how did you get home before us?” Caleb asks me the moment he enters the kitchen. He looks so mesmerized, I just look away from him. I don’t want him to see me in tears, it always gears him up to torture me even more. I wipe the tears off my eyes with my oversized t-shirt. I have been crying all evening since I came back from school. “Answer me, you ugly creature. You don’t keep your Alpha waiting.” He shouts making me flinch, and I accidentally break a plate that I was holding.

“Sorry Alpha Caleb.” I say. He makes me address him as Alpha, even though he isn’t one yet. “I ran all the way here.”

“Mmmh!” he scans me from top to bottom and scrunches his nose in disgust. My heart breaks at his action. He makes me feel so filthy. I hold myself so that I don’t break down before him. “And what about the detention?” he asks, walking towards me slowly with a smirk on his face. He is taller than me, way tall that he is towering over me. I am forced to look up, so I can see his face. But immediately his expression changes and anger is written all over it. My heart starts beating as fast, knowing exactly what is coming next. Why did I have to be stupid and look at his face?

“What did I tell you, you ugly b***h?” he asks, fuming. His voice changes and becomes more commanding.

“I am sorry, Alpha Caleb.” I mutter, moving a step from him while my eyes are glued to my already sweaty hands.

“I told you never to look at me directly. You are a disgusting little Omega who isn’t worthy of being spoken to. So, how dare you stare at me? You are nothing, completely nothing.” His words completely shatter me from the inside. I cannot help myself anymore, as my small frame shivers as my eyes flood with tears, my nose is running too.

Caleb closes in the distance between us with one stride, and the next thing I know, I am flying and hitting the kitchen counter on my back. The sudden pain erupting from my backbone is what makes me realize that he hit me. He actually kicked me in the stomach. I fall down, landing on something sharp that cuts me deep in my thighs. I let out a shuddering scream as I smell my blood. What did I do to deserve all this?

“I told you never to cry before me, omega.” He says literally spitting on me. He then picks up a jug full of water and pours it all over my body, leaving me soaking. “Now you look presentable.” He chuckles as he walks away from me, leaving me wounded and bleeding. I am a weak wolf, so I take so long to heal, which means if I don’t stop the bleeding it will not stop on its own. I feel cursed, despite not losing the will to live, times like these make me wish that I had died together with my parents. Is this even living? Why do I have to be so unlucky? Everyone tears me like trash. Even Mr. John wanted me to jerk him off. I had to choose between school and my life. Obviously, I picked my life, so I had to leave school without doing the detention. I know I will be expelled from school for this, but what do I do? I had no choice. If I came here late, I would have been punished by everyone. Because it would have meant no evening snacks for the alpha mansion occupants, it would have meant no early dinner, no clean clothes on the beds. In short, everything would have been in chaos because I do everything around here. No one helps me with even picking up a plate. That’s why I always plan my time, and wasting a single minute of my time, means lagging in my work.

I smell the queen cakes burning in the oven. S**t, s**t, s**t, oh no what do I do now, time is already up for snacks now I have to start dinner. What will I tell them? I try to get off the floor so that I can salvage the cakes before they completely burn up, but I cannot seem to move my lower body. I guess the trauma on my spinal cord is grave. I cannot even feel my legs completely.

No! No! No! It’s not possible I am a wolf, I cannot be crippled. Maybe it’s just the pain. I try again, but nothing happens. My heart starts beating rapidly as I realize that I might actually be crippled. What will I do? No one here cares for me, how will I survive?

“Mom, dad, please come for me. I am tired of this life. Please.” I say out loud, crying my heart out. “Why did you leave me? I don’t even remember your faces.”

“What is happening here? Why are the snacks not ready yet?” Luna Ruthian’s voice brings me to reality. My world comes crumbling down on me, hearing her voice. I know I will be punished thoroughly for lagging around. But to my surprise, I am not afraid, I think I am ready to die. I want to go to my parents. I can’t even go to school. No one cares for me, I don’t have anything to live for. All I thought was maybe if I find my mate, he would be able to get me away from here, but look at me now, I cannot even get off the floor. I am shivering from the water Caleb poured on me, and my blood is still oozing, but I cannot even get up and help myself. How will I find my mate while I am just a cripple now, even he will reject me? I have no hope for life anymore.

“What the hell are you doing down there, Sylvia?” she asks, but I don’t answer her, what’s the point. But I feel guilty for ignoring her almost immediately. She is the only person who calls me by my name. She gave it to me after all. She saved my life, but she also allowed me to be a slave without her even intervening, despite having all the power. There is no need for me to feel guilty. “What happened to you, Sylvia?” I hear a hint of concern in her voice. Is she really concerned about me, I smile a little, but just as I am about to speak to her? I feel a heeled shoe pricking my back. It’s definitely her, she is the only one who wears these pointed heels.

“Get off the floor, you ingrate.” Her voice suddenly changes. My heart falls, I thought she was concerned about me. “I save your life and this is how you repay me? I wish that I had left you there to die.” Did she just say that to me? I feel hot tears down my eyes.

“I am sorry, Luna Ruthiana. I am hurt, I cannot get off the floor.” I say, I know she doesn’t care, no one does. But I have to answer her or else that heel will stab me. I know she will not hesitate.

“You will get up from there, dirty girl, and you will prepare dinner for everyone or else…” she stops when someone enters the room.

“What is it?” she asks annoyed, removing her feet from my back. I take the opportunity to try to get up, but it’s still the same, I cannot move my legs.

“Sorry Luna, but Caleb sent me for you, Alpha Lucian of Crescent Moon Pack and his warriors are outside, your presence is requested Luna.” The voice says. I don’t recognize the person behind it, I don’t really socialize with the pack members in any way.

“Alright. Make sure she is locked up in the attic.” She commands before leaving the kitchen. I know she means me, thank you, Alpha Lucian for showing up, at least I was spared for now.