Wicked, by blood

Ailyn’s POV

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Crash!

“Damn it,” I mutter under my breath as I watch my stepmother's expensive plates clatter to the ground; my blood runs cold, and I am immediately filled with dread the moment I hear the sound of angry feet stomping down the steps.

and I knew my day just got a lot worse.

”You stupid bitch!” My stepmother, Beatrice, screamed at me. I immediately closed my eyes and bit my lips, knowing the impact of her slap on my cheek would be painful, and I was right.

I was hit so hard in the face that I stumbled back, only momentarily grabbing onto the counter before I fell to the floor. That’s when I heard Lexi, my stepsister, snicker as she munched on her breakfast and watched me like entertainment while she chewed.

Chewing on the same breakfast I made while Lexi lounged and waited for me, I was like their slave, and because I tried to hurry and serve my stepmother and the twins breakfast, I ended up in this situation. Another hot slap landed on my right cheek before she screamed.

”Do you know how expensive those are? Those moonstone plates belong to the late alpha's wife!” She muttered with an evil snarl. The only reason she has this in the first place is because the alpha chief of this pack and his wife died; and she swarmed every expensive thing she could grab onto the moment my beta father was crowned leader.

“Better pick those up, you insolent girl, and get me my breakfast,” she mutters before joining Lexi by the table.

“Chop chop, get to work, slave,” Lexi muttered while she watched me as I labored in the kitchen.

I quickly picked up the plates, discarding them before I served her food. That was when I heard another pair of feet heading downstairs; it was Landon, Lexi’s twin brother. 

He hardly said much and did not act out like his sister or mother, but that didn’t mean they ever helped me when I was being abused by them. He was a bystander.

For a moment our eyes met as he came down the steps before he walked to the table, and I quickly served his food.

”All this ruckus is so tiring, Mother,”

he muttered with a sip of his morning coffee. I could feel his gaze on me as I dropped his plate of bacon, toast, and eggs.

”Don't blame me but this little brat here!” Stepmother muttered with a hiss to me, but I didn’t answer; the best option was to always bow my head and take what I was given. It's been that way ever since my father died four years ago.

”I'm done with my chores and will be heading to my room,” I mutter with the tiny plate of food that I'm allowed to take, as my room was in the basement of the house.

“And best be sure to behave, especially since the lunar festival is starting today and we are hosting the pack,” Landon says absentmindedly while Lexi rolls her eyes.

“You can’t expect her to behave; she would only embarrass us with those ugly clothes and her unruly silver hair.” I immediately tuned out whatever she was saying as I walked to my room, immediately munching on my small plate of bacon and bread, downing the rest with water.

That's when I even noticed the cut I had from picking up the broken plate; I rushed to the small closet bathroom in my room, immediately rinsing the blood off and quelling a deep anger in me. Why me? Why was I being treated like this?

My dark thoughts were immediately changed by the sound of a thud by my window; someone was throwing pebbles at the small window, and I immediately had an idea who it was: Sven.

The only person that brings me joy in this moon-forsaken pack, I quickly sneak out the back and run to the secret secluded garden by the edge of the town, where he immediately pulls me in for a kiss.

“Hello, kitten...” he purred by my lips. Immediately making me go weak as I sat by the bench, which he followed.

“Sven... I haven’t seen you for days.”

“I haven’t had time because of the preparation for the lunar festival... and I still don't have much time to be with you today... Fuck! Why do we need to accept those damn monsters?”

 I hear my boyfriend Sven mutter as we sit on a bench; I cannot help a smile play on my lips watching him. He saw other packs as a threat, but the real monsters were the ones I lived with.

“Because it’s our turn to have the Lunar festival,” I try to calm him down. Seeing how agitated he was, but all the more I know he hated that those packs had power over us since we were the smaller of the four packs, 

especially the Nightridge pack and their powerful yet mysterious alpha anyone ever sees. Especially since he hasn’t shown up for a festival in years and only sends his betas. He was that mysterious.

“You should be more pissed, especially since the war they started had something to do with your mother's death!”

“Look, we don’t need to worry about them; we have our announcement on that day, so it will be a double celebration when we announce our engagement,” I call, standing up from the bench.

I walked a few paces across to meet him, placing a hand on his chest as his once irritated gaze was now cooled off, but yet so cold like something had shifted after my words.

“Can I still change your mind about not abandoning the pack? I mean, you were the late Beat's daughter, for heaven's sake! Your inheritance and everything here…”

“No, not when Landon, Lexi, and Mother are around.” My stepmother was a pain in the ass; she always hated me from day one since my father brought me back home from the war, the same war that our dear alpha and his wife died from.

He had died four years ago, and the title of chief had to go to someone, especially since I and the twins turned 19 this year. Well, I will be 19 in a few days, and I can’t wait for my coming-of-age ceremony.

Nevertheless, even when he was alive, I was never treated well by my father or his family, and I planned to leave this cursed pack behind with Sven by my side, the only person who showed me kindness, even though in secret, and I know nothing would stand in our way.

And tomorrow I will announce to the pack, proud to show my alpha to everyone. I reached up on my tippy toes to kiss him; our lips met harshly and fast as he backed me up against a tree.

I could feel his hard member rub against my stomach, urging me to let him take me. “Sven, stop,” I moaned through the kiss. I had already told him my first time would be after we were mated.

“Fuck...” he muttered. “I cannot wait to taste you,” he muttered with another kiss to my lips, his hold much stronger than before, but I feel him stiffen the moment the bell rang by the gates.

It was a signal that the other packs were arriving soon, and as a royal guard, he was needed. “Shit.” Sven cursed, “I’m needed by the border…We’ll finish this later,” he muttered with a wink as he walked out of the secluded garden, leaving me breathless.

I was more than happy that we were going to announce our engagement, and in a few hours, it was my dream to be his mate, to be the one he chose.

The moment I arranged my clothes and was about to head out of the garden, I jumped back in surprise when I saw a figure standing by the wall with a wicked smirk on her face, “You must feel on top of the world with Sven by your side, huh? Pity he is ashamed of you.

”You know nothing about Sven and me; he loved me—”

“Then tell me the reason he hasn’t announced your relationship to the whole pack if he truly wants you?” Her question left me tongue-tied and my body boiling with rage.

“Face it... you’re such a sore loser!” She cursed at me; she then signaled her friends as they surrounded me, their eyes bright with mischief. The two females housed me, grabbing my hands, and as I tried to fight back, Lexi reached for my hair, dragging till I cried out.

I couldn’t so much as balance myself as they pushed me into the shallow lake, my body dropping into the color lake as laughter erupted.

“Just look at this loser. You will never be anything, and I promise you will lose everything!” She laughs.

I watched Lexi giggle before she walked out of the garden with her friends, finally leaving me alone. How did she even find out about us? I had no time to think because I had more chores lined up, and my whole day was filled with work after work. I felt my body tire out as I crawled into bed that night and let myself dream.

No, this felt more real; I found myself in a dark room, no door or light in sight until I found gold eyes staring back at me. Was this my wolf? I felt this safe air around me as I reached to pet a silver-grey wolf even though I could barely see her coat.

‘Hello Ailyn, I am Ava, your wolf.’ That serene voice called politely. I was so elated to know that I had finally presented, ‘Happy birthday.’ Ava called with a lick to my face,

but just then I felt an instant, dark, deadly pressure in the air, and as my wolf began growling, I turned to see what she was staring at, only to see red ruby eyes that looked down at me; those bewitching eyes held me down as I could barely move.

and all the more terrifying when I heard a voice echo, a voice that immediately brought me to my knees, “I found you at last.”.

My eyes shoot open as cold sweat racks my skin; I wake up breathless and feeling like I've been dropped into vast, cold water, and when I turn to look at the time, I see it is midnight.

“A-Ava?” I call carefully hoping it wasn’t a dream,

‘Yes, Ailyn.’ A relief filled my insides knowing she was here, but then that dreaded terror as I recalled those ruby-red eyes, my breath was still hard and fast.

“What was that thing?” I mutter to my wolf as there is a beat of silence before she answers back,

‘I am not too sure , but you need to be careful; you could be in danger;I think...’ she explains to me, i Feel my stomach drop at her next words‘The Dark Wolf has found you.’ Her wolf lets out,

I  let that feeling quell over her, a feeling that evenif those damned Ruby eyes found me, I  wouldn’t surrender.

Yet little did I  know that my whole life was about to change forever. 

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