Astrid's POV
My name is Astrid. To the world, I am only a human, but that is a lie I have learned to live with. I am a werewolf and a fae as well, and no one can ever know.
I was abandoned by my family in the red mist pack the moment I was born, maybe because like everyone else my family also sees me as nothing but a weak human, I don't know why they abandoned me and there were times I hated my family because if they had not abandoned me or maybe if they had not given birth to me I wouldn't be suffering this much in the hands of people who only hate me and live to see me suffer and in pain.
I had no idea I was also a fae but akira somehow knew about it and even tho I can't unlock my fae powers she somehow believes I would be able to use it soon.
My wolf Akira has been the only companion and best friend I've ever had, and she's the only one I can share my pains and everything with because she's my other half, my sister and at the same time we are one.
Akira is a very powerful and fierce wolf and also she's a golden wolf, which i believe they say is a legend or prophecy, because I've heard pack members talking about the golden wolf which is the moon goddess blessing to werewolves, who will fight against evil and protect her people, but for some reasons she can't seem to use her powers which we both don't understand why, it seems something keeps holding her powers.
In 2 weeks i would finally shift into my wolf and I can't wait, I'm happy no one would really care about me on that day because to them I'm worthless, so I'll have time to shift when no one is there and they won't find out I have a wolf, since they'll be too focused on the alpha's son on that day.
No one has ever seen my wolf before, because I've never shifted for once not until my 18th birthday, but i see her in my mind and I know she's beautiful, actually they all believe I'm just a weak human slave, and I'm thankful for that, if not I don't know what they'll all do to me if they find out I'm a golden wolf. If they also find out that tho I'm a golden wolf and I have no power, they may just kill me in order to keep the secret that there's a golden wolf here and for others not to wage war and try to use my powers which I don't even know how to unlock.
My birthday is in 2 weeks time and I'll be able to sense my mate if he's close by, but I don't think that's ever going to happen because there's no way for me to escape the red mist pack because their security Is tight and they're also one of the strongest werewolf packs.
Their alpha, Alpha John is a very despicable man who only abuse and prey on the weak ,he is also a disgusting man who has many mistresses even tho he has a mate but he still abuses the mate bond and sleeps around with different women even young girls, because he can't control his sexual desires.
I'm thankful he doesn't go after underaged girls because I don't know what he would have also done to me and since I'm kind of weak , I might not be able to protect my self, just then I heard footsteps and I also heard someone shouting my name while I was absent minded instead of cleaning the kitchen.
"Astrid! Astrid!! Astrid!!! You useless b*tch, can't you hear me calling you." Sh*t, it's the head maid Agnes who is in charge of omegas, or should I say who abuses and inflict pain on me whenever she comes here, even when I don't do anything she loves inflicting pain on me just because she always sees herself as the most beautiful lady here, and she has always seen me as a threat because i'm a beauty, even after living almost 18 years as a slave i wouldn't say agnes is more beautiful than i am.
I'm very beautiful with lips as red and soft as cherries and also I'm tall with curves in the right places, my round big *ss, wide hips, my full large breasts, my long smooth and straight strawberry blonde hair which stops at my waist, almost touching my *ss, also my ocean blue round eyes, full long lashes, and my pointed nose which just adds more to my beauty, and my smooth skin which is so smooth, scars from my years of abuse doesn't still ruin my skin, even tho I'm a werewolf my wounds still takes time to heal because my wolf hasn't unlocked her powers yet, and they don't know that i have a wolf so I think it's better Akira takes time to heal.
Most times when i look at myself in the mirror i can't believe I'm this beautiful, some she wolves hate me because they believe I'll steal their mates but they're wrong because their mates are the ones always coming after me even if I ignore them and tell them I'm not interested, I wonder who I take after if its my mom or dad.
lately Agnes mistreatment towards me has increased and I don't know why.
As I turn around to see Agnes coming the first thing she does is to slap me across the face , and that stings so much, she may be just an omega and a head maid but she's still a werewolf, worst of all is that she's stronger than me since I'm still weak.. but there's nothing I can do than bow my head since I'm even lower than an omega so I can't even speak for my self and even if I do, no one is going to take my side or listen to me.
My wolf Akira is so angry right now that this b*tch dares to slap me just now, but there's nothing she can do which pains and angers her the more because she thinks it's her fault I'm going through all this, but I know it isn't her fault nor mine, it's the fault of those who always bully and prey on the weak.
As I'm bowing my head down Agnes starts hitting me, she doesn't even care to know my reason, all she cares is to throw all her anger and frustrations on me by beating me, this isn't the first time this has happened it happens all the time, at least twice a week, but still that doesn't mean I don't feel pain or I'm a pushover for staying and letting her hit me, but I'll never give them the satisfaction of seeing me in tears, talk more of showing my pains.
All my life here as a slave bowing my head to those who call themselves my masters I've learnt not to talk or try to explain or even make a sound or cry while these monsters inflict pain on me, I just have to bear it and keep praying to the moon goddess that I'll meet my mate In the pack celebration we're having in 2 weeks time which is on the day of my 18th birthday when i'll finally have my wolf Akira here, tho it's said that the first time you shift to your wolf is on your 18th birthday, which is also when you can sense your mate, but i am a different case, maybe because i am a golden wolf but i don't really think much about it, because I'm happy akira is by my side with me, if not i don't know how I would have survived this years without her by my side.
I know only my mate can help me that's why I keep praying to the goddess selene even tho I know it's impossible for my mate to just show up out of nowhere, but what if he does show up and rejects me because I'm nothing but a slave, immediately this thought comes to my mind I shake it off, right now I don't need anything to break my determination that one day i will meet my mate and leave this hell of a pack.
While thinking of all this my wolf Akira reminds me to always stay positive because for some reason she believes we're going to leave this place sooner than later and be with our mate, and I believe her, I've always believed her because she has never lied or deceived me.
Before I know it agnes has stopped beating me, I didn't even remember she has been hitting me, because I was lost in thought thinking of my mate and escaping this pack. After hitting me, the next thing she says is to go prepare lunch and after that I should clean the whole place, because this is the place i and the omegas stays. Do what was her reason for hittting me now, just to vent her angers, to her I'm a punching bag.
The alpha, luna, beta, and others hardly come here because this is the lowest place in the pack and they feel like they are too big to even step foot here or that we are below them to breathe the same air as them.
While getting up agnes still stands there eyeing me like I'm a little piece of sh*t but I pay her no mind, I don't care what her or anyone thinks of me, someday I'm going to pay them for what they did to me, for now I have to act like the naive little human who doesn't know anything.
"I… I'm sorry Agnes I will go prepare the lunch now." as I'm running to go prepare lunch, she calls me back.
"Hey! come back here, where do you think you're going without cleaning this dirty things you left here, don't tell me you're expecting me to clean them huh?"
In order for her to think I'm scared I start shaking and i start stuttering, "n..n..no I.. I d..didn't mean t..to leave them here, I ju.. just forgot while I was rushing t..to go prepare lunch." As I finish speaking she just stares at me with so much hatred, anger and jealousy which I don't know where it's coming from but I couldn't care less about her problems or should I say about the problems she feels she has with me.
She then shouts "will you clean this immediately before I give you another beating."
"y..yes ma'am." I reply her fast and start cleaning so she'll think I'm scared of her when I'm not even a bit scared, the only thing I just want to do is use my nails to claw out the flesh in her face and show her how she looks like so she will then drop dead since her face is her pride, I know I can't do that now, I don't want to sell my self out when I don't have my full strength now to fight, I just have to be patient a little bit.
After cleaning, I first rush to my room to take my bath as fast as I can and rub ointment on my injury then change my clothes and start preparing lunch because my cloth was a bit bloody from all the beatings she gave me, tho it hurts but not as much as the first time they started hitting me when I was 15.
When I was younger it was only slaps but the moment I turned 15, it became worst, although the injuries hurt but not to the extent that I can't move, I feel like I've become numb and too used to the beatings they give me.
The first time they locked me up in the dungeon, I cried all night because it was so dark and I wasn't used to such places, they didn't even feed me for days except water, and dry bread once in a day. I was lucky they didn't put silver chains on me because they thought there was no need for that since I was a human. Still i am happy my cover wasn't blown then, but I later got used to it, the abuse, the starving and all that.