Reject Me, Alpha!

Second Chance

~ Athena’s POV ~

A second chance? That’s what the moon goddess told me when I was taking my last breath. People say that we should let Karma have its way with the people who wronged us, but there is no guarantee that they will bear the face of Karma and now, there is only one motive in my life and that’s taking my revenge from those who hurt me in the past. I am not going to take a s**t again.

Getting hurt, feeling depressed and crying for the things we lost or that we have suffered is a part of one’s life, but those bastards made sure that I live a miserable life, but this time I won’t let them succeed in their plans, even if I have to go to extremes.

Suddenly, I heard a light knock on the door and when I opened my eyes, I saw a similar ceiling which was covered with stars.

This is the same room which my father and mother decorated for me when they were alive. My eyes were fixed on the stars which were glowing while I was reminiscing. First snatched this room from me after my eighteenth birthday. It’s the same day when I got ridiculed by all the pack members for not shape-shifting into my wolf form. Well, it was not always like this. Things took a sudden turn in my life when I lost my parents in a rogue attack.

Before my parents' demise, everyone treated me like a princess. I was loved by everyone in the pack, but after their demise, they all showed their true faces to me one by one. The person who told us that we see the reality of one’s only in our hard and worst times was right, as it’s the nature of people that they can never change.

“Are you going to open the door or not? Should I call someone to break down the door?

We have to go shopping for your eighteenth birthday, Athy”, I heard a familiar raspy voice from the other side of the door.

Eighteenth birthday?

This reminds me of the moon goddess' words. She did tell me that she would send me back to the time when everything began to change.

I tried to get out of bed, but suddenly I felt a little dizzy, so I ended up falling on the bed. I again tried to get up and this time I successfully walked towards the dressing table. I usually didn’t see my face in the mirror as it was mostly covered with bruises or cuts. They all made sure that I hated myself and my appearance to the level where I stopped seeing my reflection in the mirror.

I hate my silver eyes as they remind me that I am nothing more than a monster and nobody wants me in their lives. There were days when I starved myself to death as Ryan only liked thin girls and, back in the days, I was kind of chubby. Now, all those actions of mine seem so stupid.

“What happened, Athena? Why are you not opening the door? Don’t harm yourself just because my father told you to stop attending the academy. He promised me that he would hire a private tutor just for you. He is trying to think the best for you. He is afraid that people will mock and laugh at you as you are a mute and a weak girl”, yelled Fiona while she desperately banged on the door.

He is trying to think the best for me?

Isn’t she a funny one?

Alpha Elon can think of anything, but the best for me.

I remember the day when I turned eighteenth. Alpha Elon asked me to remove my name from the academy and after hearing his words, I just went unconscious. It took him some time to remove my name from the academy. At that time, I was a fool to believe in him and his words, as after removing my name, he didn’t hire a private tutor for me. Instead, he asked me to make food for the pack members and with time, they snatched away everything.

After that day, they forced all the menial jobs in the packhouse on me. I became the exclusive slave of the Silver Moon Pack and that, too, without any pay.

I saw my reflection in the mirror while I touched my face with my fingers. My face is not bruised nor are my eyes swollen. So, that means that I am still saved from their abuses.

Now, that’s interesting, right?

Tears started to roll down my cheeks when I saw my face in the mirror. No, I don’t want to cry. I don’t want to waste my tears on anyone or anything. The pain that I have suffered is enough for one life. I won’t let myself go through the same things or the same pain again in this new life of mine. The Moon Goddess has given me a second chance and I am not going to waste it at any cost. I wiped away the tears with my fingers. I am not going to wait for some prince charming to wipe my tears.

That man not only broke me into tiny pieces, but he also broke my beliefs. I have wasted enough of my tears, but now it’s their turn to cry.

I turned to open the door with a broad grin on my face and when I turned the knob of the door, I saw a familiar figure standing in front of me.

Fiona. The girl who tried to snatch my place and the things which belonged to me.

She has the same dirty blonde hair and the same hazel eyes which are looking at me worriedly. There is not even a thing changed about her. Just look at that shameless smile of hers.

Before I could do anything, she immediately threw her arms around my neck and I stood in the same spot with shock written all over my face. I clenched my fists tightly to hold my anger within myself as I didn’t want to reveal anything to her.

I tried to get her away with all my strength and she just gazed at me with furrowed brows.

“Is something the matter, Athy? Your face is looking quite pale. Wait, let me have a look”, she tried to touch my face, but before her hand could touch me, I immediately slapped away her hands. I don’t want her to touch me with those filthy hands of hers which took away my life and also the reason for my smile.

I simply glared at her while Fiona just rubbed the back of her hand, a confused look on her face. She cleared her throat and suddenly, I heard the voices of the twins coming from behind her.

“Why are you standing outside the room, Fiona?”, asked Ash, the elder twin with a smile on his face. My body started to tremble in fear when I looked into his green eyes.

No, I can’t get afraid of him. I need to hold my composure in front of them. There is going to be a long battle in front of me that I will have to fight and I can’t just give up because of these people.

“Athena must be trying to speak to herself again, but she needs to understand that it’s better to give up on some things or else we might get disappointed in the end. Why don’t you go shopping with Fiona for a change, Athy? Father told me that we are going to hold a party just for you, so how can you look less than perfect, huh?”, said the other twin, Enzo, while one of his arms was around my shoulders. I never thought this before, but all these people used to demotivate me.

It’s like they never wanted me to speak. It must be to make sure that a worthless person like me won’t become a threat to them. They are constantly trying to push me for this party thing and, if I remember correctly, then they are talking about the party which changed my life completely. I tried to take a few steps away from him as I didn’t even want to breathe in the same air as them as it was making me feel suffocated.

“You are not under the weather now, are you? Tsk, you have such a weak body just like humans. Sometimes, I even doubt that you are an adoptive daughter of the Ex-Alpha and Luna”, Enzo said while he clicked his tongue in annoyance.

They never forget to remind me that I am just an orphan now. Not only that, they even question the blood running in my veins.

“Let’s not waste any more time. I am taking you with me as I also want to introduce you to some of the friends that I made in the academy”, asserted Fiona in an excited tone while she dragged me out of the room by grabbing my wrist.

These are the same hands that buried me while I was still alive. I know the reason why she wants me to meet her friends. She wants them to make fun of me and by doing so, she will feel satisfied from her inside. I turned around to see Ash and Enzo for one last time. For some reason, they were not only waving at me, but they were also smirking.

There must be a hidden plan that these siblings made among themselves. In the past, she did ask me to go shopping with her, but at that time, I declined her offer. She did try to force me to go with her, but finally she gave up that time, but now I wanted to see what exactly she had planned for me.

After dragging me around for some more, she finally stopped in front of the car. I kept my hand on the black BMW car which once belonged to my father. Fiona opened the back seat of the car and she asked me to sit inside. After that, she sat beside me.

She ordered the driver to drive and he just nodded his head.

I have to do something to get back to my place and also my voice, which I lost. I am still not able to hear my wolf’s voice and that’s what disturbs me.

After driving for a while, the driver stopped the car in front of some club. I have heard about this place. In this place all kinds of people mix, but why did she bring me here? Didn't she want us to go shopping? So what exactly are we doing in this place?

I looked in her direction and Fiona was busy typing something on her mobile phone.

“Oh, I lied to you. I knew that if I had told you the truth then you wouldn’t have come with me”, she said with a bright smile on her face.

Is she f*****g out of her mind?

I am not even properly dressed and there is no way in hell that I would enter such a place with my plain clothes.

“Don’t worry as no one is going to look at you. Umm, I didn’t mean in the wrong way, but let’s just face the truth. You are not that beautiful, Athy. You can do one thing. Why don’t you wait in the car and after that we go shopping, alright?

I do need someone’s help to carry my shopping bags. It’s not like you can deny it even if you want to, as you need to say something about that thing”, she told me in a calm voice, and then she got out of the car. The moment she stepped outside, everyone’s gaze was fixed on her.

The driver also went outside while leaving the keys inside. Once again, I was all alone in the car and only silence was surrounding me. I took a deep breath when suddenly someone broke my chain of thoughts by trying to open the door of the car.

What the heck!

I lowered the window of the car only to see a young and beautiful girl around my age. She was standing outside my car while she was trying to cover her face.

“Help me, please!”, she pleaded to me by joining her hands.

What’s happening?

The young girl tucked chestnut brown hair behind her ear while she looked here and there with her deep blue eyes which reminded me of that bastard.

I opened the door and she immediately sat beside me with a scared expression on her face. I don’t know why, but for some reason, she reminds me of my past self.

The girl immediately closed the door while she tried to calm herself by placing one hand over the other.

“I am sorry, but I need your help in escaping from this place.

There are a few people behind me and they are forcing me to get married to some random guy. Only you can help me out. I will surely pay you back for your help”, she again pleaded to me and this time she held my hands in hers. Her hands are kind of cold. She must be scared of those people. I am so certain that I have gone through this situation.

I can’t believe that there is someone who wants help from a wolfless girl like me. While I was trying to console her, suddenly we heard another knock on the door. The girl’s face lost all her colours, but I tried to reassure her that I wouldn’t let anything happen to her by placing my hand over hers.

No one can look inside the car as the windows of the car are black. I covered her face properly while I thought of something to escape this place.

“Open up! I am searching for someone”, I heard a cold voice, but for some reason, my heart skipped a beat after hearing his voice.

Have I finally lost my mind? What should I do? Yeah, I can drive. Father did teach me how to drive. Now, I am eighteen. I can drive, right?

I immediately jumped towards the driver’s seat while the girl glanced at me with a puzzled expression on her face.

I think she is scared for her life and believe me, I don't even want to lose my life. I gulped down hard while I clenched the steering wheel.

I can do this. I started the engine and after that, I drove away from that place while I placed my foot on the accelerator. I sighed in relief as we were finally out of that weird place, but my happiness was only short-lived as someone stopped their Porsche in front of me and I just gasped in shock.

The guy stepped out of his car while I held my head low to hide my face.

“Get out before I break the window of your damn car and don’t take this as a plain warning”, the guy yelled while he again knocked on the window.

What the heck does this guy want?

“He is going to skin us alive”, the girl mumbled in a low voice while I hit my head on the steering wheel. What have I gotten myself into?

While I was thinking about all these things, the guy punched hard on the glass and a few shards of the window pierced my skin.

“How dare you break the glass of my father’s car!”, I yelled while I glanced at the man.

Wait!

Did I just speak?

How did I get my voice back and who the hell is this guy?