Theirs To Bully

~ Harmony's POV ~ If you want to survive, you must overcome your fears. This was something that I used to hear. Well, nobody told me that I had to deal with a bunch of crazy people to find out the truth. How long do I have to stay here? I ask myself the same question again and again. “Are you listening to what I am saying? Is this b***h now ignoring my words!” The old man screamed at the top of his lungs while he slammed the table in anger. The woman… I mean, my stepmother tried to pacify him, and my dear half-brother smirked at me. I clenched my fists when he tried to bow my head in front of him. I was seriously not aware that the Alpha of the Mystic Moon Pack would be such a lame man. “I am asking you something, Trinity. Did you tell Ares that you would not do his assignments? HOW DARE YOU GO AGAINST MY ORDERS!” He growled at me. Why should I do his assignments? “Calm down, darling. The pack doctor told you not to get stressed, didn't he? It's not Trinity's fault. She always reminds me that I am not the official Luna, and Ares is just an illegitimate child. I get it, Trinity, that you hate me, but please stop hurting your father.” Helena, my stepmother, and my father's mistress asserted in her nauseating sweet voice. Well, it's strange, but she keeps reminding my father that they did not have an official ceremony. She definitely has a talent for twisting anyone's words in her favor. I sighed as I was getting annoyed with the family drama. Why should I do his assignments when I am not getting enough time to do mine? They make sure that I never have free time. I could hardly study in this packhouse. “Did you just roll your eyes at me?” Cain Delaney, the Alpha, and, unfortunately, my father said with eyes filled with pure rage. Before I could say anything to him, he slapped me hard across my face. I glared at him, but I tried not to react. I looked straight into his blue eyes and I ended up gaining his wrath. He hit my head with the flower vase. I touched my head and when I looked at my hands they were covered in blood. I was feeling weak in my knees, but I still stood straight in front of him. “It's not my fault that your son is such a dolt, Alpha Cain. I might awaken my powers one day, but he can never become a great Alpha for the pack.” I stated the facts, but people don't like to hear the truth. Ares got up from his chair and dashed towards me. He grabbed me by my hair, and after slamming my head on the dining table, he threw me on the cold floor. He didn't stop there. After kicking me around my abdomen and ribs, he again took a handful of my hair, and looked straight into my eyes by tightly grabbing my jaw. He had the same color of eyes as Alpha Cain. He got his dirty blond hair from his mother. I coughed out blood, but that wasn't enough to make me grovel at his feet. “Enough! We can't let the academy find out about her condition. Don't forget that I am tolerating you because of your engagement. Always remember your responsibility towards the pack and the pack members. Help her to clean up, Martha.” After saying those words, he and his family took their leave. Helena did smile when she left the dining hall. I kept staring at the ceiling while I wiped the side of my mouth. Responsibility… What responsibility? Getting settled with a chosen mate instead of a fated one? A she-wolf is supposed to stand behind her mate and support him in his hard times. This is something that he keeps repeating to the point where it makes me feel that he is trying to brainwash my mind. Martha rushed towards me. She is one of the omegas who look after me in this weird packhouse. “You were quite good at keeping everything inside you, so what happened? Sometimes I feel like I am taking care of a completely different person. I remember that whenever Ares harassed you… you only stuttered, but your recent actions are just confusing me.” Martha helped me to get up by wrapping her arms around my shoulders. A different person... well, that's because I am indeed a completely different person. After taking me to a closet-like room, she made me sit on the mattress. She then cleaned up my wounds. She took her leave as she had other stuff that she needed to do. “They are all such fools, aren't they?” I smirked when I looked into the makeup mirror that I was holding. Usually, I gather my brunette hair into a high bun as it is long, but this time I am simply brushing my hair. I don't usually like straight hair, but for now I can't help it. I have to live like her to find out the truth. My gray eyes were the only thing that made me remember those two. It must be fate that we looked exactly the same. I changed my clothes as the clothes that I was wearing were covered in blood. I wore a loose check shirt, light blue jeans and my favorite pair of white sneakers. I do look like a nerd. I picked up my backpack that was kept on the makeshift bed. I guess nobody is going to give me breakfast. How long are they planning to make me starve? “Don't forget to return early today. Tomorrow is a big day for my son, and you have a ton of chores waiting for you. Try to act smart one more time and Cain might sell you to some old grumpy man as their second chance mate.” Helena threatened me. She was clenching my shoulder, so I slapped her hand and that surprised her. They are scared that I might try to escape after my eighteenth birthday, so they are trying to find a way to bind me. I was already late for that damn academy, and she is wasting my time by babbling nonsense. I had to walk to that place as Ares refused to share the car with me. That strange academy was in the middle of the forest, even then it was breathtaking to behold. Rosewood High Academy. The place where the rich are treated like gods and weak people are not even considered as living people. The building was quite old, but the interior was great. They worked really hard on the design of the academy. It took me more than an hour to walk there. The rich students who were arriving in their limos and lavish cars. I tried to ignore their laughing faces by focusing on my playlist. My first lecture was almost over, so there was no use going to the class as that professor wouldn't allow me to enter the lecture hall. “She is here.” I heard the students whispering to each other. I was heading upstairs when someone suddenly pushed down the stairs. My wounds that were almost healed started to bleed again. “Did you think that you would be able to escape after complaining about us to the chairperson? We were just playing a little with you, right?” I looked up, and my eyes met with brown ones. Leah dragged me towards the girls' washroom by clenching my hair in her fist. Her friends follow us. The other students were just enjoying the show. There was nobody who came forward to help me out. I was worse than an omega in their eyes, so they believed that this is something that I deserve and there is no need for them to feel guilty about someone like me. “Now that you have broken your promise, I will have to punish you. Umm, lick the tiles. It's not the first time you have been cleaning the tiles of the washroom with your tongue, so why are you making such an expression?” Leah asked me coldly. Not the first time? So, she did the same thing with Trinity, but why? For how long have you been bullied like this, and why didn't you tell me anything? That girl knew nothing, but kindness. She was the first person, and my only friend who treated me like a living person. Leah pulled my hair backward while she leaned closer to me, “Don’t tell me that you have applied makeup? Is this your new way to win the attention of Seth and the Elites? Keep hitting her until she stops bothering them.” What is she saying? I wanted to scream as I was in pain, but I still did everything to hold myself back. If I screamed, then she would definitely beat me more to satisfy herself. When I didn't reply to her, she got pissed at me. Leah and her lackeys started to kick me over and over. I curled up into a ball to protect myself, but even then they didn't stop. How long do I have to withstand their bullying? Was there anything true in those words of yours, Trinity? Those four must be hiding something… they definitely know something about the truth, and the reason for your sudden disappearance. Who are the ones responsible? The Mystic Moon Pack, your so-called family, these obnoxious rich students of the Rose Wood High, or the quads? You... Who made me face my vulnerabilities... What exactly made you give up on everything? I don't want to have anything to do with them, but if I want to search for the secrets that they are all trying to hide, then I will need to get closer to these so-called Elites. If it's for your sake, then I am ready to live in that pack of yours. I am ready to live that hellish life that you once endured as Trinity Delaney. It's funny, but for once, I am going to believe in that moon goddess of yours.