"Why are you still sleeping by this time of the day," my guardian she-wolf, Victoria yelled at me. I turned around slowly at the sound of her yells and lets out a despairing sigh. I was so tired that I could not move a limb. I stared dizzily at the broken wall clock in the room and noticed that it was just four am.
I had a scholarship exam the previous day and I couldn't help but come back home late. As a punishment, I was made to do all the house chores up to the late hours of two am. I knew I was going to be getting into bigger trouble if I didn't get up the mat I laid, but my legs just would not move an inch.
Then, Victoria angrily came up to me and kicked me hard on my stomach.
"Kick," a hard hit landed on my face.
I groaned in pain and didn't realize the moment a flow of tears started escaping from my eye.
Victoria wasn't my real mum, she only adopted me when I had nowhere to go. At the time when my pack was still how it used to be, she was just a common a slave at the neighbourhood pack that was always at war with my pack.
I was once the princess of the blue moon pack until everything I could lay hold of was taken away from me.
I could still remember that dark creepy night when the pack was unknowingly attacked by a gang of werewolf Hunter.
That night, while my father went out with the rest of the pack warriors to protect the pack, I remained indoors with my mom and my brother. My chestnut brown hair stood straight on my head and my light brown eyes moved erratically, controlled by fear.
I looked into my mum's eyes and I could see fear written all over it. My mum was a strong Luna and I have never seen her in such a frightening state all my life.
I could hear the sound of gunshots outside the palace court and the clinging sound of swords that made me to shiver hard with fear.
I knew the pack could never win this war over these evil men as their weapons were more sophisticated than ours.
Then, my mum advanced towards me and my brother as we sat on the bed. "I have to get going now to help injured men outside," My mum said.
"Mum, promise me that you will be okay and back with dad as....." I tried to say but my brother shut me up almost immediately. He knew better than me because he was older than me.
"Don't ask such questions," he glared at me.
I could no longer restrain the tears in my eyes and I had to pour it out.
"Don't treat your sister that way," my mom rebuked. "You must learn to always be there for her," she said to my brother while he nodded in acknowledgment.
"As for you my princess, I promise to return as long as it lies in my ability," she said but her facial expressions betrayed her words.
"l watched as my mother walked out of my life, never to be seen again. My brother and I waited for my mum and my dad to return but non of them came for us. My stomach rumbled after waiting for them for long hours and refusing to blink an eye.
When we had waited for a very long time, my brother turned over to me. "I will have to leave now," he said. "Make sure you don't move an inch from this place and whatever you do, don't dare to come outside. For now, I want you to wait for me under the bed, okay?" He inquires.
At this, I was too weak to say even a word and I only nodded my little head in acknowledgment. Slowly, he also began to leave me alone in the room. And I didn't want him to, I was scared to death. As he got to the bed, he turned over to me. I could no longer control the heavy beating of my little heart.
"What are you still doing there, I said you should get under the bed," he yelled at me.
I could no longer restrain my tears, allowing them to flow down from my flawless skin. My brother was moved by sympathy and he came to me. For the last time, I stared into his bossy but sweet eyes and wished all this never started in the first place.
"I will have to go now," he said. "Please stay safe."
"Please don't leave me alone," I pleaded.
"I am afraid I would have to."