Luna's Revenge

chapter 2

Aniga’s POV

Billu is a liar, a big liar. It has already been 13 years since he told me that he would come back. I had been staying in the Blue Shield Pack in these 13 years. My only comfort in these years is my mother’s ring. Billu sent it here when I was still in a coma. Alpha and Luna are both kind. They arranged residence and school for me...I am grateful to them. Everything is going on well, except their daughter.

I didn’t know how I offended her. Maybe it’s just because of my existence. She was always aiming at me.

“Look, who do we have here. The jinx of Blue River Pack.” Talking about the devil, and the devil comes now. She’s really fond of making trouble for me on time at the school gate every day. She and her fellows always want to disgrace me.

My residence is not close to my school, it’s about half an hour’s ride. Everyday I run to school. Since I settled down in Blue Shield Pack, I have never stopped exercising. I secretly learn combat skills from the soldiers. I keep myself busy every day.

I didn’t like the title of “jinx”.

“Are you so free that you volunteer to stand guard at the gate? If so, maybe our school owes you a medal, because you stand guard rain or shine. After all, even the warriors could have their day off. I remember that your goal is to become the strongest solider, isn’t it?”

It’s well known that Miranda’s combat skills are very poor, she is one of the worst, so she would feel offended if others talked about solider and combat skills.

It’s no doubt that what I said was provoking her. So what? I am not afraid of her even if she is the daughter of the Alpha. Blue River Pack is my bottom line that no one could touch. I don’t want to hear anything bad about Blue River Pack from others.

Surprisingly, Miranda didn’t get outraged this time. She raised her awl-like chin, which made her look like a cockfight, and her eyes narrowed. She was taller than me, with high heels, trailing me up and down. She said: “Don’t be so complacent, little princess of Blue River. Do you think you can really avenge yourself after being a soldier? You don't even know who your enemies are! You are just an orphan that nobody wants. Today is your birthday, isn’t it? Your wish is still to see your brother, isn’t it? Stop daydreaming! It has already been 13 years, and nobody come back to you. Your brothers must have been killed by those rogues!”

My claw almost pierced her throat. I don’t mind their slander, but I can’t tolerate such an insult to my family. My wolf Fannie stopped me in time. She was also irritated, but she was always calmer than me. She told me that internal fighting was forbidden in the pack. Now that I am in Blue Shield Pack, I don’t want to cause trouble for Luna. The most important thing today is to finish my shift. If I am lucky enough, I could find my own mate.

I don’t have much expectations on my mate. I just hope that we can share weal and woe. If I must make a choice, I hope my mate would be Zack. He is the only comfort for me in Blue Shield Pack. The whole pack regards me as a jinx and alienated me, while he is the only one who shows kindness to me. Maybe it’s because he treats all people alike, but that won’t affect my evaluation of him.

Different from gentle Kylin, he is always a tough man. Even his hair looks very hard, maybe it will prick their hands if someone touches it. He is so strong that I think he can lift me with just a single hand, not only me, but most of the females. He could lift anyone easily except for equally strong men.

Strong and smart, no one opposes him as the next Alpha.

Miranda gave up making trouble for me. Today Zack would come back from Alpha school and attend the ceremony tonight. She was busy with the party and guests. Hope the party and the guests are enough for her to finish the day.

Maybe I really have some expectations on Zack. I gave up my routine training and put on my only dress. When I was still young, the Luna would help to support my life. From then on, Miranda and her friends would rob me of my keep. They would throw my lunch in the trash bin, or sometimes they may lock me in the bathroom and drench me with cold water. I just thought those were boyish pranks at that time. When I was a little older, I could do part-time jobs, but they didn’t change, they would still rob me of my keep, and my life was still very poor. In the worst case, I had to have bark and weeds for meals. Anyway, I managed to support myself. I know I am an outsider, I don’t belong to Blue Shield Pack. I always keep it in mind that I am a member of Blue River Pack.

I once complained to Zack, I guessed it’s because of him, so I finally got some peace during that period, though occasionally Miranda would let me down.

I prepared the dress for my 18th birthday. I saved money for three months and finally could afford the dress, a common dress that nearly has no ornaments.

Standing at the edge of the field, I could see Zack was surrounded by the crowd. There was no place for me. I thought about the past when Blue River Pack still existed. I was the apple of my family’s eye. I really missed my parents and my brothers. I held unconsciously the only ornament I had---a necklace with my mother’s ring on it. I suddenly wanted to cry, but I couldn’t. Nobody cared about me, nobody would comfort me.

I was ready to leave when Fannie let out a low growl. She rolled and jumped excitedly: “Look, Angia, it’s our mate! Turn around, he is walking towards you.” Too sudden, I had no mental preparations. I saw his strong chest muscles blocked in front of me. I stepped backward unconsciously. He was really tall, six feet three inches or maybe four inches.

“I didn’t expect my mate would be you.” His voice floated over my head. It seemed that he was disappointed.

Then I heard Miranda’s screams. She shouted loudly, her voice was harsh and sharp. I was afraid that the glasses might explode because of her harsh voice. “ Why? Why are you my brother’s mate? You b***h, get away from my brother! Why don’t you vanish with your pack?”

A pair of hands held Zack’s clothes, she hid behind Zack: “ I am really sorry, Zack. I thought we were a perfect couple...”

Maybe it’s because Zack was too eye-catching, maybe it’s because I paid all my attention to Zack. I didn’t notice the woman who was standing beside Zack until now. My wolf growled at her.

Zack didn’t move, he just held her hands and said gently to her: “No need to apologize, honey. We are a perfect couple. Trust me, Annieka, we will be together forever.”

I don’t want to watch their sweet moments, the pain of being refused is crawling all over me. I want to run away, I want to flee from everyone here. The pain of being refused by mate couldn’t be eased through comfort or forgetting. I can temporarily forget the pain of losing my pack. I can comfort myself that Billu doesn’t come to me because he has his own things to do. But the pain of being refused is from deep of soul. It hurts both mind and flesh. My limbs are numb because of pain.

“Aniga, we are going to shift, try to calm down, I will manage to finish it as soon as possible.” Fannie tried to comfort me, even though she was suffering from the same pain.

Here was far away from the crowd. I could vaguely see the bonfire, but no people. Maybe everyone was cheering for the Alpha now. No one would care about an outsider who was going to shift.

I arched my back, I felt fur sprouting from my skin, My bones were breaking, my joints were burning, skin stretching, finally the claws replaced my hands. This was the first time that Fannie came out. We were both excited. The shift took lots of energy. I was very exhausted now. Fannie walked to the river, I saw our reflection.

The moon was full and shone very bright, and the river reflected a black wolf with brown eyes. My wolf looked like Kylin’s. After all, Kylin and I have similar appearances. I miss him very much. I hope he is still alive. I hope everything goes on well with him, but hope is slim. My eyelids are heavy, like there are two shots, I gradually lose my consciousness.

Someone pushed me. I tried to open my eyes with my last strength. Just a once-over, I was stunned in place. Black curly hair and amber eyes... I could not believe my eyes.

It must be Kylin, isn’t it?