VENGEANCE OF THE REJECTED LUNA

The Scars She Hid From The World

REGINA MCBRIDE

The heavy iron gates of the Wilderness Correction Camp groaned as they released me after three years of state-sponsored hell. I stood on the dirt road, clutching a plastic bag that held my entire life, waiting for the family that claimed they sent me there for "rehab." My brother, Brady, picked me up in a luxury SUV only to throw me out onto a deserted highway in the middle of a brewing storm. He told me I was a "public relations nightmare" and that the rain might finally wash the "stink" of the camp off me. He drove away, leaving me to limp miles through the mud on a snapped ankle. When I finally dragged myself to our family estate, my mother didn't offer a hug; she gasped in horror because my muddy clothes were ruining her Italian marble. They didn't give me my old room back. Instead, they banished me to a moldy gardener’s shack and hired a "babysitter" to make sure I didn't embarrass them further. My sister, Kaleigh, stood there in white cashmere, pretending to cry while clinging to her fiancé, Ambrose—the man who had once been mine. They all treated me like a volatile junkie, refusing to acknowledge that Kaleigh was the one who planted the drugs in my bag three years ago. They wanted to believe I was broken so they wouldn't have to feel guilty about the "wellness retreat" that was actually a torture chamber. I sat in the dark of that shed, feeling the cooling gel on the cigarette burns that covered my arms, and realized they had made a fatal mistake. They thought they had erased me, but I had returned with a roadmap of scars and a hidden satellite phone. At dinner, I didn't beg for their love. I simply rolled up my sleeves and showed them the price of their silence. As the wine spilled and the lies crumbled, I sent a single text to the only person I trusted: "I'm in. Let them simmer." The hunt was finally on.

Modern Revenge Scheming

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4 pm, a cold afternoon

Hazel came back to hear the bickering of her parents

"When will it end?" She thought to herself

Ever since she knew how to pronounce her name, she realized that their marriage was a loveless one.

She sighed, she had no say in the marriage, she had tried several attempts to bring her family back together but it was looking like her efforts were not producing fruitful results.

"Why do I have to end up with a beta like you, I knew countless times the Alpha wolves pleaded with me to get married to them, but I rejected their proposal because I was waiting for my mate" Her mother started

Hazel rolled her eyes as she stood by the door, her amber eyes watching the scenario playing out in front of her

"If I had known that the moon goddess would bless me with a useless beta like you, I would have long married the Alpha wolf" She ended

The one who she was speaking to lacked words to say.

Hazel had known a long time ago that her mother was one who nags a lot and her father was the gentle type.

From all angles, they were compatible, the scenario playing in front of her showed her that the marriage would be of two types- Arranged or force

"How do I go to my room without being noticed?" She thought to herself as she was too lazy to argue with her mother.

The drama was still going on, and she was beginning to lose interest in it, she had found an escape route that led to her room, and she was climbing the staircase when her mother's eyes sighted her.

"Where are you coming from young lady?" Her mother asked her a question stopping her in her tracks

"Where would I come from apart from the outskirts of the town?" She answered the question in her mind, she was afraid to answer her mother on the basis that she did not know what her mother's reaction would be.

"Sophia let the poor girl go," Her father said.

She was relieved by the statement that her father made, she looked at her mother and realized that her mother had kept mute

Hazel took it as a tactic agreement and she ascended the staircase.

"You do not dictate to me what I should do and what I should not do in this house," Sophia said

"You're full of troubles, where is the innocent young wolf?? I agreed to be your mate because of the innocent look or were you pretending??" A deep male voice filled with immense wisdom said.

Sophia rolled her eyes at the statement, Hazel stood at the top of the staircase as tears ran down her cheeks.

Her father was the commander-in-chief of the werewolf army while her mother had a special place in the royal home.

They held high status in the pack which made her to be the envy of all ranks, she sighed to herself.

After her father had rescued her with the words he had said, he restrained himself from talking. The little act of his did not pacify Sophia as she kept on ranting.

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