"Happy Birthday to you., Happy birthday to you ....idiot!" I hear Michael laughing near my bed.
I take a deep breath and burst into tears and try to stop shaking while there is a pool of ice-cold water around me. I'm wet from head to toe, the clothes on me, the mattress I sleep on, everything is wet. I try to pull on the blanket to keep warm up a little , but Alpha Brandon throws a second bucket of water in me watering everything.
"Get up, wench! It's time for fun!" and he slaps me on the back of the head, making me fall out of bed.
I feel tears streaming down my cheeks. Ahhh! I hate them! Both of them! Michael is my brother or whatever he wants to be because a real brother doesn't behave like him. Alfa Brandon is my mate, my mate who has rejected and humiliated me incessantly over the last year.
Today I hope to have a quiet day. I'm 19 years old. Last year at this time Brandon ... Alpha Brandon rejected me and administered the beating of my life in front of his friends. My brother stood impassive and watched the whole scene, visibly amused by what was happening.
There are all kinds of stories about werewolves. Some true, some far beyond reality. It is true that we are destined to love and be happy all our lives with our fated mate, but what people don't know is that sometimes shit happens and that's exactly what I've been living for the last year. Not that my life has been rosy before, but since I turned 18 everything has become exponentially complicated.
My parents died during a rogues attack defending me while my brother fought with them to protect the pack. I was only 13 years old. Michael was 16 at the time. I was just a kid. Nobody understands that. We don't come from an ordinary family, mom and dad were beta of the Golden Moon pack but it wasn't enough to deal with the flood of rogues that attacked us that day. Everyone loved them and everyone hated me because they couldn't focus on the attack because of me. I lost everything that day. I lost my parents, I lost my brother, my social status, my friends, my home ... absolutely everything. Although I have beta blood, I have the status of a rogue in the middle of the pack. Nobody considers me part of the pack, they only tolerate me to do the work necessary to maintain the pack house. I clean, I cook, I iron, I work in the garden ... I do everything I am asked, to not to be permanently expelled from this place.
Sometimes I don't even know what's better. I hoped that when I turned 18 my life would change. But everything got worse. At the age of 18, every werewolf knows his wolf. My wolf did not appear. In the last year I was simply wolfless. Everyone laughs at me, some say this is the punishment for the misfortune I have inflicted on my family . Brandon is the future alpha of our pack, he is also my mate. He rejected me as soon as he informed me that he would never accept such a lowly and useless being to occupy the position of the luna of the pack with him. He beat me in front of his friends and in the last year he forced me every day to see him lining up woman after woman in his bedroom. I do not have a wolf so I cannot reject him because I do not feel the connection between us as he felt it.
I feel the pain of rejection instead. I feel a special rage about him because I know that he opposed the happiness that was predestined tome by the Moon Goddess . His mother hates me because my mother was her best friend, Alfa Taylor ignored me. I don't know if he hates me, he is one of the few in the pack who didn't touch and didn't directly offend me, but I hate him because it's in his power to stop all the injustice that is done to me and yet he didn't do anything.
"Stupid head! Get up!" Brandon kicks me, "We're celebrating!" and he grabbed me by the hair and pulled me out of the small room where I slept in the basement of my parents' house.
Michael looks at me amused and stands with his hands on his breasts:
"We have a surprise for you"
I know what surprise means in Michael's dictionary. It means I'm screwed. Pulling my hair he brings me to the living room where Jacob and Jake Sullivan, gamma Sullivan twins, are waiting for him. Together they are the four musketeers of the pack as they like to call themselves.
"Undress!" I hear Alpha Brandon say.
"No, I beg you ..." I say in a muffled voice.
"I told you to undress!" he says, slapping me on the face, "I don't have all day!"
I'm not moving. I look him in the eye but I know I can't change anything he has in mind. I look into my brother's eyes.
"Michael ... please" but Michael doesn't say anything he looks at me seriously. I don't know what's on his mind right now.
"Grab her and undress her," Brandon tells the twins, who immediately grab me and tear my clothes and then throw me to the ground and holds me there while I'm struggling.
"Leave me alone! Leave me alone! I have never hurt you! Leave me alone!"
"So?" Jacob asks. "Who's first?"
I look into Michael's eyes. He can't do that ... no matter how much he hates me, he's my brother. He can't hate me in such a way. Brandon unzips his pants as the twins hold me tighter and tighter glued to the floor. I feel him sit between my legs. If they manage to do what they set out to do, my life is over. The only thing I have for myself that I am proud of is the fact that so far I have kept myself for my mate. I believe in a second chance mate. I believe that everything that happens follows a plan and I believe that beyond misfortune there is happiness.
I stare into Michael's eyes.
"I hate you!" I tell him angrily, "I'm not calling you my brother from today on!" and I turn my head and close my eyes as I feel Brandon slip into me.
Pain, anger, deep hatred. That is what I feel. After two in and out moves , in a split second I feel my body begin to tremble. It's something involuntary. The anger I feel seems to come out of every pore of my skin.
Brandon stops and looks at me in panic.
"What the fuck is happening?" I hear him panicking, "Michael, what's wrong with your sister?"
With a force I never knew I possessed, I kick Alpha Brandon with my feet, making him fly almost two meters away from me, hitting the dinning table. I see him trying to get up but moaning in pain. At how hard I hit him I probably broke his ribs. The twins panic but I immediately get to my feet and punch them so hard that Jacob faints and Jake has a broken nose. Michael rushes towards me to stop me but as soon as we cross our eyes he stops.
I bend down and gather my torn clothes and try to wrap myself in them.
"There's nothing left" ... I tell him in a low voice as he stands and looks at me in shock.
"There's nothing left here," I tell him, showing him my heart, "It's empty..nothing for you ... nothing for me ... Today you took the last piece of me. I hope you're happy, Michael. I hope you got the revenge you wanted. "
I see him swallowing dry "Help me, Michael," I hear Alpha Brandon saying.
"You better help him, I don't think the doctors want to find him in the naked ass." I manage to partially cover myself with torn clothes and return to my room.
I hear noise in the living room. I'm not even interested in them coming down after me. I'm not interested in anything. Brandon Taylor took everything that was left of mine in this world.
"Elle..."
I hear a faint woman's voice. I panic look behind but no one is around.
"Who are you?" ..."Where are you?" I ask in panic.
"I'm Athena ... your wolf." says the voice.
"My wolf? I don't have a wolf ..." I say resignedly. I think I'm going crazy. I think I hit my head very hard earlier and I didn't realize it until now.
"You have a wolf from this day, Elle. I'm with you and I'm not leaving you. I'm not leaving you alone. It's not my time yet to show up but I will be a friend to talk to. "
"Athena ... Brandon ..." I say, bursting into tears.
"I know, Elle. It's time for you to take it easy with this painfull life, as it's time for me to be right next to you."
"Athena ... I want to leave this place, there is nothing for me here. I'm afraid that if I stay here I can only let them kill me."
"Do you want to leave the Golden Moon pack?" she asks in shock.
"I want to get as far away from this place as I can. I want to be alone, I don't want to see anyone around me anymore."
Athena says nothing. I would like to say something, but for minutes she says nothing. I stand in front of the mirror and look at myself. My blue eyes are shining. It must be because of Athena's appearance. I have broken lips and a serious scratch on my right temple. My brown hair is soaked with blood Partly mine ... partly is the blood of the twins. My limp body is full of bruises . This is the gift of the pack for my birthday.
I pack my few clothes and put them in a backpack.
"Elle ..." I hear Athena after a while, "Let's go!"
Brandon TaylorI can't believe I'm lying on Michael's floor with my ass bare, bleeding and screaming in pain. That's not what I had planned for today. The plan was simple. I will " eat" a pice of my terrible and incompetent mate, then I will invite my friends to enjoy it. Michael confirmed to me that he would not stop me. She is his sister but he hates her with all his might. They had a wonderful relationship until the death of his parents, but after that he could not look her in the eye. Karen and Neill Parker died defending her, they died under Michael's desperate gaze, while his sister was crouched on the ground, completely lost. After such a scene, things can't be the same.The plan for this day was simple. I rejected Elle Parker a year ago. Under any circumstances I will never accept her as my luna. The whole pack would pity me and that is unacceptable. My mother would never forgive me if I accepted her. I don't even want to think about how my father, the current alpha, would rea
I took my little luggage and left the pack. I'm still in the Golden Moon pack, but far away enough that my presence isn't detected. The unfortunate event of my birthday hurt me deeply and I admit that I was on the verge of making of killing myself, but I know that beyond the anger I feel now there must be something else left in this world for me.Athena is with me. I just can't believe I have a wolf. The shock from my birthday made her come to the surface, much earlier than she had planned, but now she's with me. My first transformation will be fixed when she wants it. It's enough for me to know she's with me. I learned a lot from her. How to hide my smell and make my presence undetectable, how to hunt to survive, practically in the last four months we were just the two of us, alone in the heart of the mountains. I live like a hermit but that's all I need now to find myself. I lived for so many years in noise, in anger, that I came to believe that it is normal to live like that. The p
After donating enough blood for Brandon, I was overwhelmed. His parents are stealthily looking at me. They would like to talk to me but they don't dare . As soon as the blood was ready, the doctors returned to the room and began preparing Brandon for the transfusion."Do you still need me or can I leave?" I asked before retiring."Where are you going?" Michael jumped up in a panic."Exactly where I came from. If my presence is no longer needed, I will retire." I said and got up from my chair to get out of this place faster.Seeing Brandon on the verge of death was not as comforting as I thought. Damn bond mate! As soon as he recovers, I will accept the rejection. I will return especially to break this last connection I have with the Golden Moon pack wich is the mate bond with the future alfa."Luna, Alpha Brandon still needs you. Your mere presence near him will help his wolf to recover. Can't you stay?" the doctor asks slightly confused."I'am not the luna of this pack. I don't want
"Where are we going, Athena?" I ask with a slight enthusiasm as soon as I severed ties with the Golden Moon pack and left their territory."I want to see the ocean ..." Athena laughs at me."Really, Athena? The ocean? Imagine the fear of the people when they will see a huge black wolf running like crazy on the beach. Now, really ... where are we going?""Wherever you want to go, I'll go with you, not that I have anything to say on this matter" she says with a laugh, "but I don't want anything specific.""I wish to be far enough away from Golden Moon pack that no one would find me," I say in a low voice."In that case, my dear human, it's time to start thinking like a sock and no one will find you," Athena says with a laugh. "Now we're on Crescent Moon territory, let's see how we manage to cross it without being spotted and then see what we do."For two days we crossed the Crescent Moon territory without making our presence felt. Everything went according to plan, but today we approach
"Let me show you the surroundings," Lily tells me while holding my arm. "I hope you would like the pack house. I don't know how big your old house was, but in Crescent Moon pack, all of my brother's worriors and our relatives live in the pack house.""But I'm not close to your family to live with you" I tell her, looking at her seriously."Elle, you're my friend and if you're my friend you're close to the family. So we have nothing to comment on.""If you put it that way, I can't refuse you," I tell Lily, visibly amused.Wow, just wow ... The pack house is huge. O my goddess ... it's a castle, not a pack house. I honestly didn't expect that. It has 3 floors and is built in gothic style. It's the most beautiful pack house I've ever seen."And we will live in it!" I hear Athena chirping in my mind and I imagine her dancing a dance of happiness."Lily ... this house is wonderful.""Come on, let's see where you will live." She tells me gently.And the surprise can't be bigger when Alpha K
"Did you find out anything about her? Did she really never contact you at all?" I ask Michael."Fuck me if I understand what happened, brother!" Jake says, looking at me slightly upset. "She stood by you for two weeks. She donated blood for you, she took care of you, she made sure your wounds healed quickly. What the hell! She sat next to you and as soon as you opened your eyes she took off, Michael, do you really don't know anything about her? Don't you know what happened? " Jake asks, staring blankly."I don't know anything. I know what you know too. Last time we saw her, she didn't even have a wolf. Looks like we were all wrong about her.""And what a wolf ..." Jake says. "Your sister is scary, Michael.""Let her be ... I'm glad to know she can defend herself wherever she is." Michael says with a sad look.Michael was no longer the same after Elle broke up with the pack. I see him living with regret. It seems that everyone thought that after she saved us she would stay in the pack.
I look at myself in the mirror carefully and I can't believe that the image I see is mine. Lily made a daily schedule of changing my wardrobe which contained neither more nor less than 2 pairs of leggings and 3 T-shirts. Everyone in the Crescent Moon pack knows that in the next period we will claim that I am their future luna but the culmination is that no one has anything against it. On the contrary, they seem terribly pleased with this possibility. What's wrong with these people? It's a funny game, I can't deny it. I was born to be a luna , but not to this pack. Fate makes me the lead actor in Crescent Moon, but that's it only acting. Dominic helped me and it's my turn to support him."Are you ready?" Dominic asks me from behind the door."Immediate!" I say as I apply a delicate lipstick on my lips. I take one last look in the mirror and run to the door.As soon as I open the door I see Dominic with his mouth open looking at me and analyzing me from head to toe."It's something wron
All the way to our room was quiet. Neither Dominic nor I made a sound. The whole night was a total fiasco. Lots of ex-pain in our asses spoiled our mood. Camille first, then Brandon. I don't understand why I still feel tingling when Brandon touches me. I rejected him. Why does it seem like my words were in vain? I could swear we're still mates, but this is pointless. He rejected me, I accepted his rejection. Why do I still feel connected to him?"Elle, are you okay?" Dominic asks, looking at me intently."I am just upset, Dom. I don't understand why my rejection doesn't seem to have had any effect on Brandon. But it does not matter anyway. To me, it's a closed chapter. " I tell him, looking him in the eye."Are you sure? Are you sure iti doesn’t matter? That you don’t love him""I have never been more certain, Dom. Do you know what I have been dreaming about for the last few years and especially for the last year? ” I ask him, closing my eyes and leaning on his arm as we walk lightly