Episode 15

"How dare you?' He growled deeply with those deadly looks.

I opened my mouth to talk, but fear wouldn't allow me.

He walked closer to me with a menacing look, making me move back in fright.

I don't know why life was getting worse.

At great speed, like lightning, he grabbed my neck and pinned me to the wall so tightly that I found it hard to breathe.

"You can't kill anyone here and go scot-free. Tell your demon clan that they have failed!!!" He thundered and raised me from the ground with his grip on my neck.

I couldn't only shake in an attempt to free myself, which was impossible.

He hit my back against the wall hard and pushed me to the ground with such force that it almost broke my bones.

I shrieked in pain, but he wasn't seeing that. His hatred for me was too raw and deep in his heart.

"Dad, I want to slap her back..." Scarlett whined, and Dad paused his attempt to hit me again.

"Okay honey..." He smiled at her then made a gesture to the guards.

I was held up straight, facing Scarlett. My cheek was set for her and she really slapped me three times, but I felt more hurt than my dad's beaten. Each of her slaps sent rage through me. I felt useless. I felt like a piece of trash to her.

"Now do as I have ordered!" She huffed, and I nodded after seeing Dad's glare. I dared not decline this time,

I quickly did the cleaning while she laughed and pointed at many places for me to clean. Sometimes she would bring me back to where I had already cleaned. All I could do was sigh and hiss...

Just as I wiped the cupboard, I saw a pile of pictures in a book that looked like her diary. She had left the room to take her bath then.

I opened the diary and began to read.

"I can't wait to meet my future mate in school today. Look at how handsome he is..!" I read an inscription on the first page of the diary.

"Was she crushing on someone already?" I giggled and curiously flipped the other page to see this crush of hers.

"What!?" I gasped in shock.

There and then, in the diary, I saw his picture.

I stared at the picture with my mouth agape. I couldn't just believe it, and for some seconds I thought it was a mere illusion. She just mentioned he was her crush, and now I expected to see someone else. I expected to see a random man who caught her heart, only to see the last person I thought it could be. This left me weak.

I couldn't do anything. My heart was heavy now and I felt like crying. It was the last thing I wanted in life.

I glanced at the picture again and saw him. The man was the same that had caught her heart at first sight, the very man I believed could be her mate. This was that same man who believed me when everyone doubted her words. I had my mind linked with him and saw the pity he felt for me that day.

Why, then, is he the same man Scarlett called her crush. She had his picture all over the pages of her diary with descriptions of love. There were drawings of hearts and love.

Gosh!

I hissed loudly and flung the book back into the drawer. Sadness covered my heart. I knew what would happen next. I knew how dangerous this would be. Everyone was going to hate me more for taking her first love away, I don't just understand why I'm always unfortunate. Scarlett and everyone else were going to treat me more cruelly if they found out I was his mate, which meant that Scarlett had no chance.

I shrugged and went on with cleaning, but then I couldn't concentrate. I was concerned that they would run into each other at school. The school was the best and was built only for the rich. Even if I am allowed to go to school, it will never be that school, I'm not worth getting close to the gate.

I don't know, but I'm getting really jealous that Scarlett would be meeting him. I haven't been able to talk to him face-to-face. I haven't got the chance to touch him, we haven't spent time together, and now someone else is going to do that before me. Scarlett is the desperate type and is afraid they will meet. What if he somehow likes her?

She is more beautiful and sophisticated than I am, and she belongs to the same clan as his father, who is an Alpha.

"What are you doing there?" I heard her voice from behind and flinched back to reality, realizing that I had been sitting on her bed lost in thought...

I sprang up and picked up the broom. I was already done cleaning the room.

"I'm sorry!" I breathed with my head bowed. Without waiting for any word from her, I scurried out, but she drew me back immediately.

"What were you doing in my room while I left? I'm sure you stole something..." She snarled, and I sneered at her. She looked so small in my eyes, and I wished I wasn't rejected and hated. It wouldn't take me three seconds to beat her. She looked so fragile and small, yet she was yelling at me,

"I stole nothing, little girl. I'm done with cleaning your room. Let me go!" I snarled, and she chuckled,

"Not so soon, guards!!" She called out, and I felt the great urge to slap her. I swear, I don't know how possible it was that I didn't slap her.

Three guards barged in.

"Strip her up and search her whole body. She stole something from my room!" The little things were ordered with those tiny voices, making me laugh. What was she thinking?

"Don't you dare touch me!" I growled at the men who turned to me, like were they going to do what she said?

"Do as I say now!" She thundered, and the men really walked close, making me clench my fist.

I am aware they are men, I'm aware they have got the muscles, but I am going to fight with all I have got and I vow to kill one of them before they succeed in stripping me in front of this little girl who should be calling me her aunty.

One of the men charged at me and really gripped my gown. He tried to rip it apart, but I delivered two quick punches to his face, causing him to fall down motionless, the others to shudder in shock as they stared with mouths agape, and I was stunned to see the force of my blow. I could see his teeth on the floor while blood flowed freely, and he was gasping for breath like he was going to die.

I knew I was in for more trouble, but at least I escaped being disgraced.

"This what you all will get anytime you dare to touch me!" I howled in anger, kicking the guard on the ground as I walked out.

"Come and give me back what you stole, you thief!" Scarlett yelled, making me roll my eyes at her.

I wish I could beat her. I hate her so much now, not just because of the order she gave the guard, but because she has my mate as her crush.

When my dad hears this, he will hate me all the more. 

When she meets him, she might charm him with those tricks. This girl can do anything out of desperation just to get what she wants.

"Guards get her here!!!!" She thundered, but none of them dared; they only bent to help the one baffling for his life on the ground.

I was so enraged and got such power. The blow wasn't normal, and I felt strange when punching him. It was an unusual feeling.

I sighed and headed to my room. My mind flashed at the question Ariana the Witch asked me,

She'd noticed my white fur and asked if I had any powers; was she referring to the ones I'm experiencing now, because a teen werewolf like me can never take down a hefty body guard with a single blow?

"Elena, you are a hybrid, I swear, but your powers are yet to spurge out!.." My inner wolf spoke out, and I smiled.

"It would be nice, right? At least no one will bully us again. With that power, we will make them crawl on their feet" I smirked, and she laughed happily too.