Chapter 2

• I swallowed the lump in my throat, shutting my eyes tight. The feeling was so strange and unusual. It had never happened before, and I feared what would be the outcome. I don't know what I would turn into. My greatest fear was becoming something that would kill the second Luna. The beast within me appeared to be enraged.
• "Elena, I feel some strange presence here..." I heard my wolf say, making me bite my lower lip.
• A kick landed on my belly again in such a way that I almost vomited blood. I opened my eyes to plead for mercy. I was wrong to hit her. I was wrong not to see her coming. But there was no way I was expecting someone to come over at that hour.
• "Please, I'm..very sorry.." I begged the Luna, making her gawk at me and breathe heavily as if she wanted to eat me.
• "Can you just tell me why the alpha king is still keeping you alive??..you are a demon, a killer!!!..you have no right to live in this world!!!" She snorted with pure hatred in her eyes.
• I managed to sit up weakly...
• "It was a mistake, I never expected any...." Her slap cut off my words from my lips, and I held my lips and whimpered. Her slap was just so painful that I thought my cheeks were on fire...
• "I'll make sure I coax the alpha king to ban you from the pack or get you killed before you also kill me!!!" She gritted and moved back.
• I heaved a sigh of relief. Finally, she is letting me be. I don't have the whole time in the world. I won't be spared by my father if he wakes up and finds out I have yet to prepare the breakfast meal, which would be his first request.
• I forced my miserable self up from the cold floor. Both of my legs were quivering like they were electrocuted. It just seemed like I had gained weight as my legs were finding it hard to hold me up.
• I looked up and my eyes fell on her, the Luna. She was still standing right there in front of me, gawping at everything about me, from head to toe, My eyes pierced into her rapture-blue eyes, which made her more beautiful and couldn't just bear the sigh.
• Her eyes were really glinting with pure envy. I can't really tell why she turns out to be the one who hates me the most. She should be loving me for giving her the chance to be a Luna. I just felt the hatred wasn't because of what my birth caused, she has other reasons which she can't tell...
• She shifted her brown hair over and scoffed before moving away. I shrugged and took a few steps away, but just then, I felt nausea and dizzy with my head pounding. I sped off to the restroom.
• Immediately I got there, it all went away. All the sick feelings and the urge to vomit left like they never came.
• "Hey, what is it?" My wolf asked, and I sighed, not understanding my body again. All this was just coming up on my turning 16 years old, a year when a normal werewolf begins to shift. I had been normal since birth except for the different colored eyes.
• When my father saw the colour of my eyes in my childhood, I heard he was quite afraid and had sent me to different sorcerers and witches to find out what I was.
• Nothing was found. To them, it was a mutation of a gene; the change in eye color was a phenomenon that occurs once in a while and means nothing. That was what I was told ...
• Now I grew up and out of curiosity, I had snuck to a witch to tell me why my eyes was that way and tell me what I can do to make it normal, like others she had stated that it was mere mutation but I sensed something in her...
• The sudden fear, the tense voice when she saw something after looking through me, what I couldn't tell was her reason for hiding it. I had no time to force it out of her mouth, so I left.
• Why was today different??..yesterday I shifted into a wolf, and today I was about to shift to another beast which I can't tell what it is...
• I walked out of the restroom at a quick pace, which later turned into a wild run. I had wasted time in preparing the food. I may have to face the alpha king's wrath.
• Gosh!!
• I entered the kitchen and began the never-ending and exhausting task of cooking for the alpha king; his favorite pancakes, the Luna and her children, their sausage and bacon, eggs and fish; in addition to the beta and his mate, and the gamma, who also lives here with his mate. They would have all the food to enjoy themselves while I served and waited for them to finish so I could eat the leftovers.
• My whole body was busy, no single second to rest. My wolf was so unhappy as the day broke slowly, it was getting brighter gradually, which meant nothing but another day of maltreatment and hurtful words..
• "Because of you, there is no other maid in the palace. We are just a slave...." I heard my wolf mumble, and I could feel the sadness in her.
• "We have no choice..." I hissed.
• 7:57am..
• I finished, and I can hear feet, happy laughter and chatting, greetings and giggles all coming down the staircase; they are all bound for the dining table, and I should be taking the food there right now!
• Lena shivered in fear, and I also shivered. We both knew this was the worst moment of my life since I grew up. At this moment, they all get the chance to give me the most painful wound that would always leave tears flowing down my eyes.
• With a deep yelp, I stepped out and headed straight to the dining table. I dropped the first tray for the Alpha. My presence ended all the conversation, laughter, and happiness that had filled the dining table, and I could see all the smiling faces turn to a deep frown, grimace, gawp, and scorn.
• Not even one of them likes me. The Luna children, who looked so beautiful and handsome, weren't even exempt. I was older than them but would always bow at them too each time I served their meal.
• I dare not fail to do so, or I will be subjected to another round of thrashing from the Luna...
• I scurried off immediately to get the other food. I heaved a sigh of relief as I left their presence, which had made my whole body tense and hot. I carried the second tray and rushed back, feeling my heart beat increase, I dropped it and shared it among them, including the Luna..
• Like a whirlwind, I left for the last one. My only prayer was to face no humiliation. I just wish they kept quiet like they had been since the first service.
• I carried the last set, which would be distributed to the Gamma's strong guards, who also live with us. Other pack members live separately.
• I dropped this last one and turned to leave...
• "Elena!" The most terrifying voice that twitches my heart, the voice of the alpha king, called my name. Each time he calls my name, his tone always exudes that deep hatred that makes me remember I was the killer of his first love...
• My legs froze on the spot as I turned and saw his grim expression.
• "Are you a demon on a mission to destroy my pack??" He growled, leaving me shuddering at the question. I flashed some glances at the others and saw they were furious now.
• "Dad, she almost made mom blind..." Scarlett, the young and beautiful daughter of Elf, whined, sneering at me..
• "Dad, you must be right, she wants to kill mom too.." Dorian, the son, added. I felt my world was crumbling,
• What are they saying?
• I opened my mouth to defend myself, thinking I should tell them she was coming from behind and it was still quite dark, but all I could do was gasp as Jason the Gamma sprang up and flung the glass cup at my head in a rage, shattering it and leaving a cut there... aw.
• I whimpered at the pain but dared not look up as I feared their eyes so much.
• "I won't spare you if anything happens to the second Luna, you devil!!" he threatened in anger.
• "Look at those eyes. She is surely from hell, a disgrace to the Royal family..." Hutton the beta snorted.
• "I wish she died and my Luna stayed alive. My wife would regret ever sacrificing her life for this miserable thing now!..I myself regret ever being her father!!!!" Wolve, the Alpha king, yelled as he clenched his fist.
• My legs weakened. The pain from the glass cup wasn't compared to what I felt in my heart. My heart was really broken. I was in deep pain at the rejection from even my own father.