Chapter 3~A New Life

I who was now Katara had to make a decision to keep my real identity hidden as long as possible; until I had a real plan to exact my revenge. 

I thought about killing the man that had killed me, maybe in his sleep but I knew that I had to do something bigger. Something that would let the rogue werewolves know that the Thunder pack that they wiped out had come back to bite them in the behind!

I accepted the memories. I loathed who I now was, but it also gave me a chance to start over and get revenge. I needed not to be found out for who I really was. I needed to keep my true identity hidden no matter what.

I stared at myself in the mirror. I had heard stories of people reincarnating before but never believed them to be true. But now I was actually living the proof that I needed. It all felt like a dream to me.

I could feel tears building in my eyes as I remembered my parents. It was settling in that I was never going to see them again. They were gone. They were gone forever. 

I knew that I had been given a rare gift from the Moon goddess. So many people died that day but I was the one chosen to come back to life. I could not wrap my head around why.

There were so many more impressive people who had died that day and deserved the gift that I had been given, so why was I chosen? I was only an insecure, introverted, she-wolf who was filled with fear.

‘Am I even brave enough, or would I let the Moon goddess, and my pack down?’ I thought to myself as I sniffled. I wiped away the tears on my face that had fallen from my eyes. 

I was always the one on the sidelines but now I was in the major leagues. It was time for me to stand up and be the person that I always wanted to be.

A knock suddenly sounded at the door and I was startled. It sounded again and I walked away from the mirror and proceeded to walk toward the door. When I reached it, I turned the knob and swung open the door slowly.

A woman stood in front of her. She was wearing some kind of uniform and had her hair held in a very neat bun. “Good morning, my lady.” The woman curtsied. “I am so sorry to disturb you but your parents sent me to remind you that they’re waiting for you so they can start breakfast.” 

“Oh,” My voice was strange to my ears. I was not used to hearing a strange voice come out of my mouth. “You wouldn’t mind escorting me to the dining area, would you?” I flashed the woman a polite smile.

“Oh, not at all.” The woman replied respectfully. I smiled shakily and stepped out of the room but was gently stopped by her. “Are you not going to change?” 

I glanced at what I was wearing and realized that I was in a luxurious bedrobe. “It’s just breakfast, right?”

“Yes, but you have school in an hour also.” The woman frowned slightly and furrowed her eyebrows. “My lady, are you feeling well? You normally do these things as if you’re on autopilot. It’s strange to see that you’re not even dressed yet.”

I did not know what to say in response, I tried to speak but no words came out of my mouth. The woman watched me with intrigue. 

“Okay,” She sighed. “I can help, but you have to be fast. Your parents are waiting for you.” She led me back into the room and showed me the bathroom. 

After I had taken a shower, clothes were already laid out on the bed for me. I got dressed and soon I was ready. And it only took fifteen minutes. 

“Let’s get going, we have to be fast,” The woman cautioned me as we headed out of the room and down the stairs. The house was huge and impressive. The floors were covered with expensive marble tiles and the ceilings were impressively high and had chandeliers hanging from them.

I was escorted to the dining area of the house and I saw the man who was now supposed to be my father; the man who had taken away everything good from me in a single day. I felt anger build up in me but I hid it expertly.

“Katara, what is wrong with you? The food is now cold!” The woman sitting at the table complained. “How long does it take to just simply walk down the stairs?”

“Darling…” The man tried to calm his wife. “She’s a teenager, cut her some slack.” He flashed me a warm smile.

“I’m not even going to waste my breath on you, Sam. You always take her side.” The woman rolled her eyes as I sat at the long table. There was enough food on the table to feed three families. 

“I’m sorry. I’m…I’m not feeling like myself today.” I forced a smile and then grabbed a glass from the table and filled it up with orange juice. “I will try to be more punctual.”

The woman who had helped me get ready was standing not too far from the table. She watched for a few more seconds and then excused herself.

“Wow.” The woman who was supposed to be my new mom said and then chuckled. “You’re truly not yourself, I can agree with that. You never apologize and you are most definitely never this polite.” The woman placed some pork chop in her mouth. 

“See? I told you. Something is up with her this morning.” Sam said after he swallowed his food.

After breakfast, I was taken to school in a Cadillac. I had my personal driver and the car was mine, but I was not allowed to drive it. I relaxed in the backseat and glanced at the buildings as the car pass them.

It was my first time being somewhere other than the town I had grown up in. I felt uneasy and anxiety choked me. 

The car soon came to a stop in front of a huge school campus. The place was jaw-dropping. I could not wrap my head around how such an impressive town was run by rogue werewolves.

The driver got out of the car and walked to my side of the door. He opened the car door and I was taken aback. In my past life, I was the daughter of the Alpha and lived a luxurious lifestyle but this was a whole different level of special treatment.

“Thank you, but you did not have to. I could have done that myself.” I smiled at the driver as I got out of the car. The man was shocked. He closed the door and stared at me.

“Is there something wrong?”

“No, there is not. It’s just that you tell me to always open up the door for you, and the last time, I forgot and you had me thrown in jail for a day.” He explained, and I was awed. 

I felt bad for the man but did not know how to explain to him that I was not the same person. “Oh, well, I’m deeply sorry that I behaved that way. I hope that you find it in your heart to forgive me,” I said to the man, and he smiled lopsidedly.

“Wow…thank you, ma’am.” He then excused himself and got back into the car.

I adjusted the designer tote bag on my shoulder that held my notepad, my laptop, and some other things like a pen. I walked into the building and everyone stared at me adoringly. People whispered and boys drooled. 

“Hey there!” Someone startled me and I made a small scared sound, causing the person to laugh. “You scare so easily.” It was a girl. She was very beautiful and had long straight blonde hair. 

“Hi,” I replied nervously and continued walking. I was trying my best to blend in but it was so hard when everyone was treating me like a billboard.

“So…” The girl walking beside me dragged the word. “I talked to my doctor and he said that I should wait a few more years before I get a BBL. How frustrating!” She rolled her eyes and popped the gum she was chewing. 

I was someone who liked being alone. I enjoyed my own company and the friends I had in my past life were ones that I had known since I was in pre-school. 

“Why do you want to get a BBL?” I tried to keep the conversation going but was already getting drained due to the massive amount of energy bouncing off the girl I was talking to.

“Are you serious, Katara? Who wouldn’t want one?” The girl replied and then she ran her hand through her hair as she flaunted her beauty.

As I and the girl walked down the hallway, a boy with braces and glasses waved to us and said, “Hi Vanity, and hi Katara!” He seemed excited to see us.

I waved back naturally but the girl walking with me made a disgusted face. “Ew, did you just wave back to Tony? Katara, what the hell? Next thing you’re going to be doing is kissing the toilet seat, huh?” Her tone was sarcastic. 

“I-I was just trying to be nice.” I was confused. Was I just supposed to pretend like I didn’t see the boy waving at me? From the boy’s greeting, I learned that the girl that was walking with me was called Vanity.

“Nice? Oh, now you want to be nice to Tony? We embarrassed him in front of the whole school last week!” Vanity laughed. “He’s such a loser.”

I was already raising a few red flags and people were seeing that I was not acting like the body I was in. I knew that I had to pick up my act or it would not be long before someone would figure out that I was not the real Katara.

It was a secret that I could not afford to come out. “Yeah, he is,” I agreed with Vanity.

I walked close to her because I did not know where my supposed locker was. But I did know the classes that I had because I had found a schedule in my tote bag when I was coming to school.

“You’re being awfully quiet this morning? Are you on your period?” Vanity stopped in front of a bunch of lockers. She opened one of them and I immediately knew that the one next to it was mine.

It had an initial on it: K. W. I was sure the K stood for Katara, which was now my name. 

I forced out a laugh and nodded. “I just don’t feel like myself this morning. I think I may have drank too much of my dad’s expensive liquor before bed last night.” I lied smoothly. 

“Now, that’s the Katara that I freaking know!” Vanity smirked. “I can’t believe that you had fun without me last night.” She then pouted.

I chuckled. “Yeah, so much fun that I barely remember my locker combination.” I looked at Vanity with hope. 

“Girl, you must have been wasted! I hate you for not letting me join your drinking party though.” Vanity took a few books out of her locker and then helped me open mine.

I kept my eyes on Vanity and soon learned the code. “I promise to sneak in a bottle for you next time.” 

When the locker was opened, I saw so many things in it that I did not recognize. I took out some books from my tote bag and placed them in the locker and closed it back up.

As soon as I turned around to walk away with Vanity, I suddenly bumped into someone really hard, causing the books that the person was carrying to fall to the floor. “Oh my god, I’m so sorry.” The words left my mouth quickly.

Then my eyes landed on the victim of my accident. It was a green-eyed guy that took my breath away. He had a hard look in his eyes and was intimidatingly hot.