Nightmare Of Shame
1194 Words
I held my books close to my chest as I walked to the pack school, trying hard not to think about last night. About Kian and what happened in the woods.
My body finally felt like mine again, but my heart wasn’t. I felt hollow, like something inside me had cracked open and wouldn’t close.
At first, I didn’t notice the stares. But soon, I could feel them; eyes watching me and whispers following behind me like shadows. Wolves who never cared if I existed were suddenly paying me attention.
I frowned. Why are they looking at me like that?
Then I saw Omega Oman and Omega Sara standing by the school gate, looking at me and laughing as I approached. My stomach dropped.
“Well, look who finally crawled out of the woods,” Oman sneered, folding her arms. “You didn’t think we’d find out what you did, did you?”
I froze. “What are you talking about?” I asked, my voice shaking more than I wanted it to.
Sara smirked and stepped closer. “Oh, come on. You really thought you could use your heat to seduce Kian? The pack leader Alpha’s son?” She laughed. “You must’ve lost your mind.”
My chest tightened. No… no one could’ve known. No one was supposed to… Rafel, he told them?
Sara’s eyes swept over me, cold and mocking. “Just look at you. You’re plain, weak, and wolfless. What makes you think an Alpha like Kian would ever want you?”
Oman chuckled. “Maybe she thought pity would make him claim her. Poor thing.”
Laughter echoed around me. A few others had stopped to watch, whispering and pointing.
“Stop it,” I whispered.
Sara tilted her head, her smile cruel. “I don’t blame him for rejecting you, Cecilia. He’s the future Alpha. You’re just... nothing.”
My throat burned, but I bit back the tears. I wanted to disappear, but my feet wouldn’t move.
Then a deep voice broke through the noise.
“Enough!”
Everything went still.
Kian stood a few steps away, his gaze locked on me. My heart jumped, hope rising before I could stop it. Maybe, just maybe, he’d come to defend me.
But the look in his eyes said otherwise.
He walked closer, his expression cold and unreadable, his steps slow and deliberate. My heart pounded so hard it hurt.
“Alpha Kian…” Sara began, smiling like she’d been caught doing something mischievous.
He didn’t even look at her. “Stop,” he said flatly. “All of you. I don’t want to hear my name mentioned in the same breath as hers ever again.”
The words hit me like thunder.
He turned his gaze on me, eyes sharp and burning with fury. “Do you hear me, Cecilia?”
My lips parted, but nothing came out.
“You couldn’t keep your mouth shut, could you?” he went on, his tone colder than ice. “You just had to tell someone what happened last night. You had to ruin my reputation.”
My chest tightened, panic clawing up my throat. “No, I didn’t…”
“Don’t lie to me!” he snapped, his voice echoing across the courtyard. “You think I don’t know how gossip spreads? You’re pathetic enough to use what happened to get attention.”
The tears I’d been fighting finally broke free. “Kian, please… I didn’t tell anyone,” I whispered, shaking my head. “I swear I didn’t.”
But he just stared down at me, disgust flickering in his eyes. “Save it. What happened between us was just an accident, it meant nothing. I repeat, you are not my mate. Get that into your thick skull!”
The words shattered what was left of me.
Behind him, Sara let out a quiet snicker, and Oman whispered something that made the others laugh. My vision blurred with tears as their laughter grew louder, filling the air, sharp and cruel.
Kian’s jaw clenched. “This is the last time I’ll say it,” he said harshly. “Stop dragging my name into this filthy rumor. If I hear it again, I’ll make sure whoever started it regrets it.”
He didn’t wait for a reply. He turned and walked away, his broad shoulders stiff, his anger still heavy in the air.
I stood there, trembling, surrounded by laughter and whispers, too humiliated to speak and too broken to move.
The world felt small and cruel and for the first time, I wished the Moon had never made me his mate.
By midday, the taunts had spread through every corner of the school.
Whispers followed me down the hall, trailing like shadows; the rejected Omega… the fool who thought she could seduce the Alpha.
I tried to keep my head down, focusing on school activities but nothing could drown the laughter.
Then came the announcement.
“Combat class; all students to the training field!”
My stomach twisted. Combat meant one thing, the Shift.
I swallowed hard and joined the others outside. The air smelled of dust and fur as students began shifting one after another, sleek wolves emerging from skin with practiced ease.
Oman’s wolf was a shining gray, lean and graceful.
Sara’s was smaller but quick, her coat glossy under the sun.
“Your turn, Cecilia,” the instructor barked.
I froze.
The last time I’d shifted during heat training, it had nearly broken me. My timid, small, and dull wolf always emerged half-formed and trembling like a cub instead of standing tall.
But refusing to shift wasn’t an option.
I inhaled deeply and closed my eyes, calling my wolf forward.
It came with pain.
My bones cracked and stretched, my skin prickled with fire, and when it was done, gasps and laughter filled the air.
“She looks worse than a half-breed!”
“Is that even a wolf?”
“Oh Moon, even her fur looks scared.”
I could hear them all; every cruel word and every sneer.
My wolf whimpered softly, shrinking under their gaze.
“Pull yourself together, Omega!” the instructor barked at me, disgust clear in his tone.
My chest tightened and I couldn’t breathe.
All I wanted was to disappear.
So I bolted.
Ignoring their laughter and the school rules, I galloped out of the training field and into the forest; away from their eyes, their voices and their world.
The trees blurred as I ran faster, until only the pounding of my heart filled my ears. I didn’t know if I was running from them, from him, or from myself. I didn’t stop until my paws burned and the cold wind sliced through my fur.
At the riverbank, I collapsed, trembling. My reflection in the water stared back at me; small, gray, and afraid. Just like me.
Then the wind shifted.
And I catch a faint, wild, and unfamiliar scent.
Every hair on my back rose as my wolf froze, ears pricking toward the dark line of trees.
Someone was watching me.
And whoever it was… wasn’t from my pack.
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