CHAPTER TWO: Full Moon
Carina's POV
Vinillus was only allowed to be occupied by alphas, betas, and gammas. The alphas. I hated them because they were usually proud and arrogant. They had everything they wanted at their feet; they were powerful, fought in wars, and were allowed to mate with humans. The betas had the main purpose of fighting in wars and protecting the city, while only a few privileged ones were permitted to mate within themselves. The Gamma, on the other hand, had the duty of serving the city only and were usually void of emotions, making it impossible for them to fall in love. Only a few selected ones were allowed to mate for the continuity of their kind. Even at that, the Gamma were still treated with more respect than the Omegas. In the past, Omegas were only given the chance to be Luna's slaves or Alpha's sex toys and were treated without care. That ended when they decided to stand up for themselves and were mercilessly killed and wiped out of the city, but somehow they did not wipe out all the omegas because I would not be alive if they did. Somehow, all omegas went extinct except my father, who got my mother pregnant, and I was produced. But my mom killed him because she loved Baldar. That was what she was confessed about when she ran mad and could not control her power anymore.
"I'm so sorry, Baldar (growls). I am just a shapeshifter (growls). I was just seeking a better life, and you came into it, making it all I've ever wanted (growls). I killed him! Yes, I did! Carina's real father is Carlos. That bastard (growls louder). I killed him because I love you, and yes, he was an omega—a foolish omega! I almost killed stupid Carina anyway (laughs and growls), but I just decided to have mercy on her, but now that I am exposed, I must expose her too (laughs)."
Those were her words of confession that day. My own mother, Dolores, was one of the cruelest people I had ever met in my life.
Well, I was supposed to be killed as the rest of my kind had been, but because of Baldar and how influential he was, I was given the option of being a slave to an alpha or being thrown out of Vinillus. I had taken the latter option; in fact, I left on my own. I was never going to agree to be a slave for any werewolf, especially not the pompous ones. It is not like I preferred the betas anyway; I hated them because of what they did to Anderson.
Bottom line: I was never going to forgive my mother for lying to me, the alpha packs for treating me badly after knowing one truth and wanting me to be a slave without hesitation, and the beta packs for always being cruel to my only lover and for letting him die. I hated all the wolves! They lived by some stupid rules that favored only the alphas, who were the strongest, and a few betas.
Bella comforted me until I stopped crying, then she offered to continue with the rest of the cooking. When she was done, I ate the delicious meal that she had made, and I confess that humans are better cooks than werewolves.
"Is it delicious?", she asked.
"It is really good. Thank you, Bell", I replied, eating the food with an accelerated speed to show that I enjoyed it. The food was actually great, and Bella smiled.
"I hope you are feeling better now," she said. She was very caring.
Yes, I am", I said. I truly wasn't. I wanted Anderson's death to be a prank so badly, but my gut told me otherwise because a part of me felt empty.
"Do you need more food?", Bella asked. "You would need as much food as you can eat to have lots of energy. I heard tonight will be a full moon, and you will be needing lots of energy in case what happened last time happens again."
I rolled my eyes. Not today! Why did full moons even exist anyway? I mean, couldn't the moon just keep coming out the way it used to every time instead of changing its mind sometimes? I detested the full moon. It reminded me of who I truly was, and I hated it even though I was able to control my form to some extent. Yes, you hated who I was, considering the fact that I was never going to be accepted for who I truly was. Right now, I was blending with other humans. Bella knew who I was and accepted me in her home before any humans found me; if not, I would have ended up killed or used for human experiments. Humans naturally feared the werewolves; only the high-ranking alphas and betas met freely with humans to exchange resources and information because most of them could control their powers very well. Humans and werewolves were not friends; werewolves were not permitted to love outside Vinillus, the greatest city in the whole of Europe meant for only werewolves, and humans were not permitted to live in Vinillus; they would not even dare for fear of being killed.
Being that it was a full moon and I was hiding outside Vinillus, I had to be locked up in Bella's house when it was a full moon. It was one of the things I had warned her about. When it was a full moon, all werewolves changed to their true form if they had it, especially if they looked at the moon. I happened to be one of the many who struggled to control their powers; it is not like I hurt anybody, but I hurt myself. The last time there was a full moon at Bella's house and I spotted the full moon from her window, I went wild and hurt myself. Werewolves that could not completely control their powers either hurt themselves or other werewolves or humans, leading to injuries or deaths. The ones that hurt others, however, were usually cruel and wicked. When I was in Vinillus, I heard Baldar was related to the most cruel alpha werewolf that was incapable of controlling his powers and ended up hurting other werewolves and humans—anyone he saw within his reach. His name, as I heard, was Conall, and I think I saw him once or twice but never bothered myself about him. He was quite handsome for an arrogant werewolf, but then most alphas were handsome, so that was not new, and I did not care. I hated alphas, which meant I automatically hated him even if I had not seen how ruthless he was.
Bella had suggested that I be locked up in the cellar the next full moon to test if I would run wild without seeing the full moon or be anywhere that the full moon would be visible, and now that time was there.