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the beads of sweat that stood on my forehead, I wrung out the excess water, wiping the floorboards

he period to spend quality time with your family. I could be taking a stroll to

ly, I've never had those. Which was really not surprisi

s on the floor

st, the weirdo, ever since I was born. Now, I was twenty two years old, and I still yearned

er than it already was. As soon as I was done, I quickly disposed of the waste water and began to dry the flo

was seen as a curse that snatched his Luna away, but some members of the pack had convinced him that I would he

she bossed me around, sent me on errands, and sometimes hit me when I attempted to stand up to her. Once, when I had hit her out of anger

my wolf would awaken. Positive that then, I would be useful in Father

that point that I truly became the laughing stock of the pack. I was bestowed with the name given to those whose wolves never awakened; mere men. Eve

pack. She was just like her father; ruthless, killed with no mercy when she was thirsty for blood. Once, when she had nothing else to feed on, she had tried to eat me. But I was saved by one of Father

o my room. As I secured the lock behind me, I extricated the small portrait of my mom from a hole in the floor. Ap

uld she had seen me as a blessing? Or as a disappointment like everyone else did. Would s

n my twenties and yet to experience what love is, or what it feels like to be valuable to someone, to be worth something. Nobody's ever made me felt i

lady brave enough to confront my father, Jonas, whenever he did something irrational. A shiver ran through my spine as I thou

he reason why he g

d the undefeated alpha of the Monhowl pack. Rumor had it that years ago, the alpha of a rival pack had carried the title of the most powerful wolfman. To correct that impressio

om my thoughts. I quickly ducked, placing mom's port

to my cheek. "Didn't you hear Barbara calling for you?" She s

gnoring my burning cheeks. By now I had learnt that the only wa

thing Father and the members of the pack respected her for was her sex appeal. Once, I had caught her cheating with two other werewolves, Larry and Mario. I shivered at the thoug

my room and raced to Barba

d make sure it's better than the last one. Can't you even be good at something? J

her chair. As I began to part her full hair down the middle, she swiped my han

g my head in assent. As she relaxed again, I styled her hair as