HAZELI’m left shaking after speaking to the taskmaster, and I have been doing nothing all this while but hiding out in my room, as the stares from the girls are not something that I can bear in my current position without wanting to cry.I know that the taskmaster did not try to look for jobs for me, and facing facts, even if he had, I would not have anything at hand to do, because the entire pack members seem to hate me.I go into the bathroom and turn on the water, remembering that I fell asleep in a pool of my tears on the ground and didn’t take a shower the day before.Every inch of my skin crawls, and it’s like my own body is repulsed by itself. I scrub my skin until it’s raw, but it still feels like I’m covered in a blanket of negative energy. I scrub it a bit more vigorously, and my skin tears like a piece of paper, but I don’t stop because I need to get every disgusting bit of my filth off me.Not just the outer filth, because that was washed out a long time ago, but I’m stil
HAZELI shift uncomfortably in my position and notice how beautiful everything looks, instead of focusing on what they have to say about me. It’s definitely nothing that I have not heard before.They don’t come up to me. I wait for so long for a few of them to come up to me, taunt me, and beat me up, but none of them do that. They just give me dirty looks like synchronized robots, and I shudder due to the impact of their gazes.“What are you guys looking at?” I ask them weakly, and they start to giggle, but nobody bothers to give me a reply to my question.“Who does she think she is?” I hear one ask.“Did you see the way she walked in here just like she owns the place?” another asks.“It’s her audacity for me. It looks like she wants to start practicing her witchcraft in public now,” one accuses me.Tears fill my eyes and I can’t take all of this anymore. I just want to exist in peace and even now, that is a problem?“I’m not doing this here,” I mutter and get up, making sure to give t
HAZELI wake up with a sharp gasp and sweat is running down my body while my horrific nightmare plays in my mind.Cathy had her arms around me and was trying to choke me to death when I started fighting back. I scratched at her eyes, and that annoyed her so much that she slapped me continuously while other girls held me down. Everyone was watching. Everyone. I started to scream for someone to come to my aid, but I was only met with dirty looks and judging words. Then Cathy shifted into her wolf form I saw her claws aim for my neck and that's when I opened my eyes.I roll out of bed, trying to catch my breath with my hand on my chest. Terrorizing me in real life and in my dreams is wild.I go on to take a nice, long shower, willing my body to relax as bath time seems like the only time when I can truly relax for now.The water hits my body, washing away the awful feeling I've had since I woke up, and I start thinking about what to do today. At this rate, I could be thrown out, because
HAZELThe first thing on my mind when I get out of bed is to go to the school, but I push the thought away immediately. How foolish will I be to try to push away the people who actually accepted me for the first time in a very long time?Because the others saw me when I got back yesterday, I’m sure that they will decide to follow me if I leave today to see what’s going on. That is just how they are when it comes to bullying me. They take it over the top, and they know that there is nothing that I can do about it.“Looks like I’ll just spend my day alone.” I sigh as I notice a bird flapping its wings against my window. It lands on the window sill and pecks the surface a few times before flying away.At least it has the freedom to do whatever it wants without getting a hater or being judged. What wouldn’t I give to be a little bird right now?My stomach rumbles, and I can’t wait until the kitchen is completely deserted before eating. I brush my teeth and hurry out, feeling like I will f
HAZELWhen I sit back on the garden chair, I can honestly say that I feel every part of my body throbbing in pain. Francesca attacked me out of nowhere with her friends. I know that she never liked me, mostly because nobody seems to, but she has never come up to me to hit me like this.And I’ll have to admit that she hits harder than both Cathy and Gwen combined, and it doesn’t help that she had her friends join in beating me too. It’s a pity. I should have stayed in instead, knowing that the girls never leave me for long before they start something else.I laugh humorlessly and hold my sides before my laughter turns into a cough. I have always known that the maids will once again turn their backs on me, but I did not expect it to be so soon.The first hit came as a shock when she slapped me. I thought she would talk a little bit and leave, but the next thing I knew, I was being surrounded by others who beat me up like I’m not a living person like them.But I made a resolution earlier
HEAD TASKMASTER The girls have been muttering more than usual today, and everywhere seems to be more annoying than it usually is. Everywhere I go, it feels like someone is whispering, and they say that whispers spread like wildfire, and this one seems to have gotten to everyone else except me.Not that I mind. I have too much work to do than to be worrying about who has found whose mate and what is happening to anyone else.“She has gone!” is what I hear from a maid and her co-worker as they pass by me.I don’t indicate any interest in what they are talking about, as I am still thinking about what to do to Hazel in a way that will not upset the king. I call for one of the head maids.“Send for Hazel to come to me,” I tell her as she answers, but she shrugs.“Sir, she is not around,” the head maid tells me.“Is today her day off?” I question.She sighs. “Well, she hasn’t been getting jobs allocated to her, so it’s like the witch has a free day every day.”“Let me know when she is back
HEAD TASKMASTER Today, all the maids finished the work they had to do on time and demanded for an off day. Downright marched up to my office and demanded for it, including the designated head maids. "Why do all of you want an off day? What exactly is going on that I'm not aware of?" I ask in confusion, and they all start to giggle. "Did I make a joke? Silence!" I hit my fist on the table, and they all keep quiet. It seems like they have forgotten that they are my workers, not my kids. "We are sorry sir, but today is the auction, and it is incredibly important for us that we go." One of the head maids say. "Auction?" I ask in confusion. The girls nod. "Today is the day that Hazel amongst others would be put up for auction, and we want to be there for Hazel." One of them with jet black hair says with a huge grin on her face. That's when I feel like my brain has been shocked. I remember the dream and the warnings I got from the moon goddess about Hazel. A shiver runs do
FRANCESCAThe auction is happening soon, the maids and I have been waiting for this for a while and it's quite fulfilling that it is about to happen. We had quickly got a bus that would take us all to the venue. Although, the distance is trekkable, but why would I stress myself? In a very short period of time, we arrive at the venue and I asked for Santi. “Francesca! Welcome!” The guy at the door, Cade tells me. We have always been good friends. I step down into the grand hall, the air thick with a mix of excitement and tension. The Auction. A spectacle that draws the attention of the elites of entire towns, where fortunes are made and fates are sealed, where dreams are killed and dreams are made. I was told that tonight, all eyes would be on Hazel, since she is the mysterious girl that is going to be sold. Most of the task masters are there are in search of buy Hazel, since the maids and I put so much to making people believe that she is worth something, even if it’s just