I walked down the stairs after leaving. Our home is on the third floor, while Alpha and his family live on the fifth and Beta’s family on the fourth floor of the packhouse. The second floor comprises guest rooms and the main floor has a communal area, dining room, kitchen, theater, and game room for all the pack members to use and enjoy.
Angelica stood at the door, waiting. The packhouse is where the Omega lives and works. Standing at 5’5”, she is shorter than me and has long black hair and big brown eyes.
“Let’s go,” she said. “We’ll be late unless we leave now!”
Luckily, the high school is just down the street, a 10-minute walk from the packhouse. Her gaze fell upon my fresh bruise.
“Paul being a d**k again this morning?” she asked, her face showing worry.
“When isn’t he being a d**k?” I said sarcastically. This morning, I lacked time to conceal my new bruise.
“When will you break free from him?” Angelica asked.
“The moment I turn 18 and get my wolf. Hopefully,” I declared, “I’m joining Nana in California.”
Blood Stone Pack is a decent size pack, with 500 members. We are in central Colorado, along the Rockies, an hour north of Denver. We are a powerful pack considering our size, especially since Alpha Zane wants everyone to train and be in their top form in case rouges would ever attack us. Rouge attacks have been picking up here lately, at least one attack a week. But fortunately, we have been holding them back, with no pack losses.
The pack comprises the five-story packhouse, training grounds and building, warrior house, our school, a nice shopping center with shops and restaurants, and many homes that the pack members live in. Many work in shops and restaurants; others, the city.
When we arrived at school, Rocky was waiting for us outside by the trees. Rocky is Angelica’s cousin and is one of our best upcoming warriors in the pack. Standing at 6’3" with a godlike physique, shoulder-length blond hair, and stunning dark blue eyes, he could captivate anyone. A couple of weeks ago, he turned 18 and still hasn’t found his mate. He is hoping that I will be his mate when I turn 18 soon. Rocky has had the biggest crush on me since first grade.
“Good morning, ladies,” he greeted, wrapping his arms around us both. “How are we this lovely morning?”
Angelica looked at me and sighed. “Would be a good morning if Tovi’s stepfather would keep his hands to himself and quit using her as a punching bag.”
Stopping, Rocky seized my chin, twisting my head; he examined the facial bruise. He growled, his expression furious.
“One day, that fucker will get what he deserves. When he believes its acceptable to touch an Omega, especially a female, is concerning. Does Alpha Zane and Luna Morgan know?”
“No, they do not. It’s difficult to keep quiet when he leaves visible marks on my face and causes broken bones, despite being told to keep it to myself. It’s hard to heal when I don’t have my wolf yet.”
“Well, soon, you will leave the apartment and start living your life like a normal wolf,” he said, hugging me.
We walked into the school and headed to our respective lockers. Mine is just down the hall from our future Alpha, Corbin, and as always, the popular girls in the school surrounded him. My brother is standing next to him, since he is the next Gamma when he turns 18. I nodded my head at my brother and went to get my books out of my locker.
“EW! Bjorn, how can you stand living with a nasty Omega in your apartment?” Chelsea, Beta’s daughter, asked my brother. “I’m surprised that your dad continues to let her live with you all. It’s important for her to be aware of her place and be in line with the other distasteful Omegas.”
Bjorn looked at her with disgust, and growled at her, “Better watch what you say, Chelsea. She’s a terrific person, my sister. Just because she is an Omega, it doesn’t mean she is nasty at all.” I love it when my brother sticks up for me! He, Angelica, Rocky, and the head Omega, Mrs. Smith, all stick up for me.
She remarked huffily, “After I take on the role of Luna, I intend to move the Omegas to the old warehouse by the pack to avoid disturbing the packhouse with their presence.”
Corbin looks at her and scoffs. “Who says you will become my Luna? Only my mate will become my Luna.”
Chelsea shares my birthday; therefore, she’s unaware Corbin is her mate. Right now, she is just his slutty girlfriend who wears dresses that are too short and shows so much cleavage that I swear her t**s are about to fall out.
“Oh, I’m pretty sure that we are mates, Corbin,” she says, wrapping her arms around Corbin’s waist and batting her long, fake eyelashes at him.
“We’ll see,” he says.
The bell rings and I head to my first class, which is history. We go over the werewolf history and learn about the laws of the werewolves. I am fascinated by the class and love learning the difference between all the laws, from blackmail to stealing another one’s mate to murder. Corbin and his gang are in my first class, so Chelsea does everything in her power to make me miserable in the class. She is one of my main bullies in school, along with my sister and her cronies.
I sat near the window, admiring the nearby mountains. Corbin, Chelsea, and their gang sit in the back. Chelsea walks past me, knocking my books off my desk.
“Oops!! My bad! NOT!” she says and starts laughing. Everyone laughs with her. She sits a couple of desks back and scoots over to Corbin. He just rolls his eyes at her.
“All right class, that is enough!” Mr. Peterson, my history teacher, says. “Everyone turn to page 98 in your history book!” Everyone groaned and did exactly what he asked.
Chelsea leans forward and whispers in my ear, “You seriously think that you are Miss Hot s**t there, Tovi? You are nothing but a worthless Omega that will be alone for the rest of your life. Omegas do not deserve mates. They are only good to be our slaves and produce more Omegas to serve us.”
I don’t know how she is getting this kind of thinking, since her parents, Beta Richard and his mate, Margo, are wonderful people. It is because she is the youngest and only girl in the family of five. Her oldest brother, Ritchie, will be the next Beta, and he is at Beta training right now. Her other two brothers are Delta warriors and are the best fighters in the pack.
The rest of the morning goes by fast, especially when the rest of my morning classes don’t have Chelsea in them, and suddenly, it’s lunchtime. I headed to the cafeteria to meet up with Angelica and Rocky. I grab a bowl of chili and some fries and sit down at a table with my two besties.
We were having an enjoyable time, laughing, and joking around, when suddenly, I felt something hot being poured over my head and onto my clothes. I turned around and Chelsea was standing there with an empty bowl in her hands and a smirk on her face.
“Oops, I must have tripped,” she said, laughing. “But you Omegas should be used to being nasty all the time.”
I turned around in my seat, grabbed my bowl of chili, stood up, and dumped it on top of her head. Everyone gasped. Several of the Omegas started laughing, taking pictures of her with an angry expression.
“f**k you, cunt!” I spoke. “At least I wear chili better than you can,” I said, smiling.
Chelsea was fuming and screamed. “f*****g b***h!! WHO THE f**k DO YOU THINK ARE!!! YOU ARE A NOBODY!! WAIT UNTIL YOUR STEPFATHER HEARS ABOUT THIS!!”
Oh, s**t!!! I’m in for another ass beating when I get home this afternoon.