Chapter one
Renee's P.O.V
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday Nerissa"
The beautiful hums that emanated from the sitting area filled my ears while I stood in the darkness, opening the kitchen faucet in a bid to rinse the plate. It was my sister's birthday and she had just turned 18.
Sadly, it was mine as well but my adopted parents never considered me as their daughter because I was nothing but a lowly wolfless omega, clumsy, frail, and timid and to worsen it I was.....
"Arrgh" A painful groan escaped my lips and the plate that I was holding fell to the ground at that moment, my heart slammed against my ribcage because I knew that I was done for.
Her scent wafted through my nostrils and before I knew what was happening, she grabbed a fistful of my hair, screaming while I shuddered. "You blind girl! I know that you can't see but can your brain let you know that the whole sink is foaming with bubbles?"
I shrieked, mumbling while trying to adjust the blindfold over my eyes. "I....am....sorry. I had no idea" She released my hair, causing me to slam my forehead against the sink.
I winced in pain, trying to find something to hold onto since I couldn't see anything.
Holding onto the edge of the sink as tears streamed down my face while she yelled. "Just because you are the adopted daughter doesn't mean that you can be this wasteful and the Luna will surely deal with you for breaking this plate"
Lowering my head, I apologized. "Please don't tell the Luna. She is going to kill me if she finds out that I did something like that. I promise that I won't make any more mistakes so can you please allow me to use the dishwasher"
She mimicked before she spat right on my face. "Can you listen to yourself? How are you going to use the dishwasher when you can't see anything? Anyways pack the broken plate and dispose of it now before I get back"
I heard the sound of her footsteps which I had soon mastered as she stomped away. In that fleeting moment, my legs crumbled and I fell to the ground, tears streaking down my face as I struggled to look for the broken piece of plate.
Crawling, something pierced into my palm and a wince escaped my lips. I could feel blood drawing out of the spot but despite the searing pain that I felt, I managed to take the pieces of the broken plate from the ground.
I was starving but I couldn't eat until after 6pm since that was the law the Alpha and Luna placed down for me. I was to only eat twice a day- Breakfast and Dinner.
Swallowing the heavy lump that formed in my throat, I went back to doing the dishes, crying so hard that the blindfold around my eyes clung to my skin because of how wet it was.
I wanted to end it all!
I was tired of living like this and it was useless praying to the moon goddess because all the times that I was bullied and mistreated, she never answered any of my prayers instead, it worsened.
Jolting me out of my thoughts, the head servants soon stormed into the kitchen as she yelled at me. "Your parents told you to prepare for the birthday party by joining the other slaves like you in cleaning the garden. Now leave!"
In haste, I ran out of the kitchen, hitting my arm against the door while she laughed at me and at that moment, my eyes watered with tears. While cleaning with the other slaves, someone would intentionally push me to the ground, they would hurl dried leaves at me and cuss out me for being a curse.
A curse?
Maybe they were right. They might be slaves and Omegas but at least they weren't wolfless like me and they weren't mistreated like me who is the legal daughter of the Alpha and Luna, yet I was treated like a piece of shit.
Maybe I should just commit suicide? No! Even though the whole world hated me, at least someone didn't and he saw beyond my disabilities and loved me for who I was.
Kade, my boyfriend. In a world filled with nothing and chaos for me, he was the only thing that made sense. His scent comforted me and he promised to save me from my misery.
He was worth living for and I loved him senselessly. The way he would kiss me on the forehead, kiss the back of my palm, and most importantly, the day he removed my blindfolds and pressed his lips on my eyes.
After so many hours of working so hard even though it was also my birthday, I sat in the garden, the sound of fireworks booming through the air and the song that emanated from the pack house filled the whole place.
It was now time for Nerissa's birthday party while I remained stuck in the garden, chewing on some expired seaweed that tasted sour before downing an expired milk that tasted weird.