Reign Of A She Wolf: Awakening the forest spirit.

NIANDRA* "Hey...where are you coming from?" Tenila, my sassy and bitchy cousin, immediately I set foot into the house. “I just decided to take a stroll since I'm done with my chores.” I answered and the next instant, I got a sharp sting on my face. With the intensity of the slap, I'm quite sure her hands were imprinted on my face. “Why did you do that?” I cried out as the pain hit me and tears trickled down my eyes but when I looked up to stare at her, I saw that mischievous glint in her eyes and I knew it meant more trouble in paradise for me. “So now you're questioning my actions?” Tenila asked and I winced as she grabbed my hair, kicking me on my foot with her heels on. A burning sensation raged like a merciless inferno in my gut as I recalled how many times she had treated me like this and though it happened frequently, I could never get used to the hurt and injustice. But what could I do? Retaliating was the worst choice so I just bowed my head in despair as tears trickled down. "Well, that's by the way. My main aim in stressing out myself to search for you is the fact that I need you to do some laundry for me. I need them dry before sunset because there's an important occasion all maidens are obliged to attend.'' Tenila voiced out vocally as she peered at her manicured nails on her left hand and wore a smile on her face while grasping my hair with her right hand. “And next time, you should know better when questioning me.” She warned and let go of my hair whilst pushing me violently and I fell on my back hitting the glass table with my head and it shattered in pieces. Pieces of the glass dug into my skin and blood flowed freely from them and I winced from the cuts, tears trickling out of my eyes and she just scoffed. “You have to pay for that.” She started and walked away with a scrunched up face as she kept muttering to herself.. I was hated and despised for some uncultured reasons, living a life full of ups and downs. Have you ever wanted to end your life by yourself and you just couldn't because you know that despite everything, you need to live? People kept telling me to go away and choose the path of death but I chose the latter and stayed alive. They kept calling me a jinx, but I wanted to prove that I'm not as useless as they say. I was supposed to be dangerous when I'm hurt and burn everything around me but instead I let my inner self die and burnt myself slowly. Wanting to be the light in the world of darkness.... My life seemed to revolve around pain and heart shattering. I was hated simply because I couldn't wolf out and it made me feel like I should yell at them all and remind them that I wasn't the moon goddess that created myself with such a destiny. While whimpering, I carefully stood up despite the pain and tiptoed to avoid stepping on the glass while wondering how I would wash the clothes with my hand that had bruises from the glasses but there was no other choice. I did it else I wouldn't bear the consequences. The next morning I woke up with some loud noises which I guess was coming from the parlor. I woke up immediately and I heard Tenila screaming and crying. "It's impermissible. There's no way I'd agree to that!!!" Tenila screamed and soon after that, I heard a loud bang. That should be Tenila taking out her anger on the glass vases. I Immediately ran out of my room and the instant I got there, they all turned to stare at me with a mischievous smile on Tenila's face. "Dad, can't Niandra go?" Tenila asked in between sobs. Her eyes were big, reddish and swollen due to excessive sobbing. My ear was already itching to know what the matter was not until Tenila said that and it got me wondering what it could be. "Yes my love, Niandra can go in place of Tenila. After all she's of no use here." My uncle's wife confirmed, causing me to stare at her weirdly while she snickered back at me. What the heck is going on? Nothing coming from these people ever sits well with me. I wanted to scream but I kept mute waiting for them to explain themselves. My resolve was, if I'm okay with it then it's fine but if I'm not, no one can force me to do whatever it is. They've forced me my whole life to abide by their wishes and I obliged but not when it might affect the rest of my existence. Tenila crying and rejecting it might not be a big deal but she's just a spoiled brat after all so I shouldn't even be expecting much. "Niandra, you're getting married tomorrow!!!" My uncle announced and of course it sounded like a joke to me because I wasn't expecting it and getting married to someone I didn't know was something I dreaded most. "You don't have a say in this, I don't want you to start an argument with us!" My uncle's wife growled at me and that fueled my anger because why would she say I don't have a say concerning my life? "Does my life look like a joke to you? I'm getting married to no one... And it's final!!!" I yelled back and my heart fell into the pit of my stomach, I shouldn't have yelled "You dare not speak when you're not asked to." My uncle yelled and threw the glass vase resting on the table at me. It landed on my head and broke into pieces and just then hot liquid which I realized to be blood trickled down. Some of the glass pieces dug into my skin and tears flowed down. Though I'm not the type to yell, the shock must have affected my brain. Suddenly, I started feeling sharp pains all over my joints... It got to a point where I couldn't endure the pain any longer so I started yelling and screaming while my step parents and their daughter stared at me like I was going crazy. "Is she shifting?" I heard Tenila ask with a gross look on her face like I irritated her. "Maybe she would shift into a cat." My step mum said and chuckled. "At least she's shifting... I don't care whatever she shifts into!" My uncle added jokingly. It took me a while to realize that I was shifting and it was f*****g painful. Bones cracking, howls of pain and groans, I shifted into my wolf form. Finally! After all the years of waiting. My wolf was white and a little bit smaller than other wolves in the pack but, I don't care. I was really happy but then I didn't have the chance to keep on mesmerizing the moment as a sharp pain and anger hit me hard causing me to go berserk. I couldn't quite comprehend what was happening but I knew I ran out of the house and was chasing people. As I ran without being able to control myself, it was almost like a solar eclipse was occurring and a black curtain was used to cover the sun as a thick blackness rested on the pack. It only happened for a split second and once the sun was back up, I was in control of myself again. “What was that about?” People muttered as they resumed their different activities in bewilderment. I strodded back home, not fully understanding why I lost control of myself. Well, maybe it's because I hadn't wolfed out before. On getting home, my uncle and his family were waiting to receive me and it felt wrong. Something was wrong. “I understand that your first time wolfing out might seem a little overwhelming, just go into your room and shift back into your human form. I prepared your bath water and added some herbs that would soothe your bones from the sore you would feel.” Tenila said, full of smiles and I blinked twice. If I could scoff in my wolf form, then I should be doing that because this must be a joke. Anyways, I walked to my room and the door was open like they knew I would have a problem with the door. As I got into the room, I shifted into my human form and ran to the toilet to see that Tenila had truly prepared my bath water which was all the more unsettling. After cleaning up, I heard some strange voices in the parlor and decided to go there. I was at the doorway when I saw my uncle signing something before he spotted me. “Niandra? Good thing you're here. You've been sold off to Beta Andrew.”