Chapter 1 – Karina Carlton

• Karina
• People say tomorrow will be better than yesterday. Well, not for me. I woke up this morning to an incredibly angry Sofia hammering at my weak, barely holding on to it hinges door.
• “Wake up, Karina! Who the hell did you fuck with last night that got you so worn out today?” I groan and rub my eyes groggily, while checking the time. I groan again, covering my ears with my pillow. It is fucking 6:30 am in the morning, what the fuck does this women want with me?
• This women is so loud and persistent that her voice break through my thick pillow. I got up but before I could open the door, it flew open smacking me in the face.
• “What the hell!?” I tittered, trying to get back on my feet. Sofia trudged into my hut and scoffed.
• “Look at what you did. My hand hurt from banging on this stupid door.”
• “I did nothing and to answer your question. I was tired from having spent the whole night screaming Taron name as he fucks my holes to oblivion.” Sofia gasped audibly. Acting as if I had just said something earth shattering, but I don’t give a damn and scowl.
• “What do you want, Sofia? I don’t have time to sit and idle all day.” I tutted ready for this women to get out of my face. Her breath smells like she hasn’t brush for 10 years and her thick eyebrows get on my nerves.
• She huffs angrily before saying, “Carnal Cunt! Like mother, like daughter.” My eyes burn the second those words come out of her stinking mouth. She can torment and batter me, but no one call my mother names. My finger clench and my knuckle turn white.
• “Oops, did I struck a nerve?” She taunts as if she was asking me rip her tongue out of that disgusting mouth.
• “Your mother is a Carnal Cunt. A whore too eager for money, she willing to spread her legs for it.” That was it for me. Unable to hold in the anger anymore, I pounce.
• My wolf growls and lunges at her with full force. She was quick to dodge with her wolf’s speed. My tiny frame falls face first on the ground with a thud. As a full fledge werewolf she is stronger and faster than me.
• In the blink of an eye, I was drag up by the throat. Her claws digging into my flesh. My own blood begins to trickles down the side of my neck.
• “You are just a stupid half breed that doesn’t know her place in this world. Do you really think you will win against me?” She cackles in my face before she drops me on the floor and steps on my leg. Making sure to fracture my tibia in the process.
• I glare at her with the most hateful gaze. The pain in my leg is excruciating but I will not cry or beg to her satisfaction. After she realized I wouldn’t cave she let go of my legs only to grabs my hair with her filthy fingers.
• “You will be nothing more than a Carnal Cunt to the wolfs of this pack. Learn your place and stay there.” She scoffed, then threw my fragile frame to the ground.
• “Sabrina is holding a birthday party tonight and I need you to set everything up. Make sure you are done and gone by 6 pm sharp.” Sofia finish off right as the door opens.
• “Honey, are you done?” I smiled when I heard that voice, it was father. My father pokes his head through the crack smiling like a lovesick puppy.
• “I’ll be out in a minute, honey.” She chimes, with the sweetest voice that make one want to regurgitate last night meal.
• “Okay, I’ll be waiting.” And that was it. I was hoping he would save me from his beloved wife, but he left without a backward glance at me.
• “Now get off your lazy ass and get to work. They are expecting you at the pack house until noon.” She dusts herself complaining about how I had dirty her new dress.
• Once my door slams shut, I break down. The physical pain is nothing compared to the feeling of disdain from my father.
• Why did he bring me here if he doesn’t want me? What am I doing here? Those are the questions I have been asking for the past 10 years.
• The pain in my legs begins die down as my wolf heals my fractured bone. ‘Karina, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for being too weak to help you.’ She whimpers as she works her magic on my leg.
• ‘It not your fault Ariel, I know you try your best.’ As a half breed, I have half the power. For a normal werewolf, this is a minor injury. “Hiss.” I wince when Ariel touches the wrong spot.
• ‘Sorry.’ I chuckles, this girl has been apologizing to me since the first day we were able to communicate, twelve years ago.
• At the time, I was often bully for a missing father. One day, while getting ready to leave school Darrel walks in and dump a bucket of dirty water on me. I cried as he laughed in my face, calling me names, fatherless, etc.
• ‘Want me to beat him up for you.’ That was the first time I heard Ariel. I was still confused when my legs went flying and landed on Darrel side. My flying kicks threw him off balance and he ended up with a head injury.
• It sucks to say that the teacher took his side, and I ended up being punished for hurting the school biggest sponsor son. Since then, everyone starts to ignored me in school and I become Darrel victim for bullying.
• A year later, my mother was diagnosed with AIDS and die a sudden death. I was left in my grandmother care, but we are financially unstable. After a year of living with her, I was given up for adoption. However, on my tenth birthday my father showed up out of nowhere and took me to Silver Moon.
• This is where I was introduced to Sofia and Sabrina, my stepfamily. Sofia was married to my father before he met my mother. Making Sabrina two years older than me. My father met my mother during one of his business trip with the alpha.
• There, he was smitten and pursued my mother. Wolves cannot have children with another she-wolf who is not their mate. Sadly, the same principle doesn’t apply to humans and that is how I came to be.
• At first everything was fine. He loves me like a father who doted on his daughter. He gave me everything that I’ve never have. Shortly after I settled in, everything changed.
• Gabriel came home one day angry and growled the second he laid eyes on me. He said nothing to me, while he quickly gathered some necessities and dragged me out here.
• “This is where you will stay from now on,” Gabriel said. That was it. No explanation, no backwards glance.
• I used to wonder every day why he had change so suddenly. Eventually my curiosity died, and I accepted the fact that he doesn’t love me anymore.
• For the past 8 years, I have grown up in this home. It was nothing fancy, but a small hut in the middle of the woods far away from the mansion. The place comes with a small fireplace, a bed and a little drawer that doubles as a desk for me to study on.
• Being here isn’t so bad, when compared to the mansion he told me was home. Gabriel as beta, had a schedule similar to the alpha. He is often gone for a long time, giving Sofia the opportunity to do whatever she wants to me.
• Sofia being the classic stepmother, hated my gut. She blamed my mother for luring her mate astray and vented her anger on me. She never failed to torment me physically and mentally on a daily basis.
• Though they hate my gut; Sofia and Sabrina never failed to make the long journey here to torment me.
• ‘All done.’ Ariel chimes when I was all fix up.
• I sigh, “time to go to work.” I got up and twisted my leg to evaluate her handy work. The pain had completely vanish, and my legs is working again. I was all dress up in less than 10 minutes and out the door just as quick.
• “Bitch!” The minute I walk through the kitchen door a flying shoe flashes before my eyes. I was quick to dodge it, making Melanie scowl. “Do you know what time it is!?” She yell, catching every ones attention. I was only 5 minutes late, but it doesn’t help that the Melanie is friends with Sofia.
• “Hmph! The alpha son is not enough for you. You have spread your legs for 10 wolves a night. Freaking whore!” She starts cackling, looking at me with disdain.
• I was confused for a moment but then realized that Sofia was the storytelling gossip type. You told her one sentence and she turned it into a 5-page essay, so there is no point in arguing or fighting with these dogs.
• I’ve learn at an early stage that the more you say the more they will twist your words into what they want to believe. So, I brushed it off and began to work. Not, without Melanie trash talking me loudly behind my back until noon.
• “I’m leaving!” I shout to whoever is listening before heading out of the pack house. “First stop the market.” I started making my way towards the town square.
• I was walking down the sidewalk minding my own business as she-wolves stared dagger at me. All the while, their men’s are practically drooling like I’m some kind of juicy steaks.
• “Hey pretty young Karina, come here and give a hump.” Some grandpa age wolf shouts from the sidewalk on the other side of the street.
• I blew him a kiss and waved at him, seductively. The guy toppled over and almost had a heart attack. His angry wife comes out and pull him inside by the ear. I thought that was the most hilarious thing ever.
• “Shameless slut!” A she-wolf materialized in front of me and spit in my face. Followed by a powerful slaps then she walked off.
• I was angry and disgusted but did nothing and continued my day as normal. So, tomorrow is not going to be better than yesterday for Karina Carlton, the Karnal Cunt.