Chapter 2 Shattered hopes

Tiara's POV

Placing a hand over my eyes, I tried to fend off the sun rays that filtered through, letting out a yawn.

With my head flipped to the side, I stretched out my hands when I met something hard and sturdy. One that felt nothing like Bernard's body.

My eyes flicked open, memories from a night ago drizzled in, and I sat upright, weaving a hand through my hair.

I clasped a hand over my lips wondering what exactly I was to do when I saw those honey brown eyes.

"Shit" I cursed out loud, my legs wobbling as I glanced around, picking up my clothes as fast as I could. When I was sure that he was still fast asleep, I ran a finger across his face gently, startled when he let out a grunt.

My heart pulsated when I moved toward the door, my wolf grunting as I shut the door behind me. Why do I feel this way? Like everything was gone before it even started?

Digging my hands into my bag, I took a last glance at the mirror just outside the bar, my heart thumping so fast as I sauntered down the pavement to my office.

Tiptoeing down was becoming a thing, which had to stop, I was already late by an hour.

"You are late, when exactly is this habit of yours going to stop?" My footsteps stopped as my teeth dug slightly into my lips.

" It wouldn't happen anymore, I am sorry that I am late and..."

With a flick of his wrist, he dismissed my protest. " There wouldn't be a next time since we are relieving you of your job. You are sacked, Tiara"

I let out a chuckle as I tried to laugh it off, there was no way that was happening.

I might come in late, but I always get the job done. I had even won an award as the best employee of last month.

" That cannot be true, right?" My brows crooked as I questioned.

Raising his eyes at me, I could see the doubt that swam in them.

" For weeks now, we searched all over for these missing documents, the one that is aligned to the Michigan deal, and we found it on your desk. What exactly were you doing with them? When you know how long we have been pursuing that deal?"

" You know that isn't true" I shook my head.

" You know that I would never do that to the company, what exactly are you talking about?" I couldn't lose this out as well. Losing Bernard was manageable but not my job as well.

" It has been decided already. The disciplinary committee came to a conclusion, it is either we hand you over to the police or we get rid of you, and we don't want any issue right now. The public would pick it up, and it wouldn't be good for our image"

I stood still, clenching my fist tightly with thoughts racing through my mind. Spinning on my feet, I made a way to the MD's office, determined to get an explanation.

With hands clasped around the knob, I tried to turn it clockwise when I heard my name.

" Tiara has to leave. It is a regret that it has to come to this, but her sister is agitated with her presence here, her father the Beta is as well. Zara got married to the Alpha, and she feels threatened, so she wants her out"

My grip loosened around the knob as though I had been scalded by something hot. My chest squeezed as I strolled away.

Gossips trailed my path as snickers and sneers filled my ear as I trooped out.

I just couldn't grasp the reason my parents would do this to me. I was their daughter, there was a time when they loved me but all of those had changed when they found out I couldn't shift. It was something that hadn't been heard of.

Everyone knew me as a weakling, and they made sure they ridiculed it to my face at any given opportunity that they had.

They all hated me, no one wanted their children to be friends with me, but Bernard had changed all of that when he held my hands from being bullied and now, he was gone also.

" Zara! Zara!!" I yelled out, my feet kicking the trailer open. My eyes swept round as I searched for her.

I took steps forward, trying to go up the stairs when my parents walked out, stern looks on their faces as they pondered about wondering why I was here.

" You reek of weakness, what exactly are you doing here?" my father's degrading words struck me.

I stiffened in the spot I stood in, my chest heaving as I tried to focus on why exactly I was here.

" Father, mother...." My eyes went up to the stairs where Zara stood, with a briefcase by her side.

My eyes saddened as I stared. "Why?" I demanded, in a still voice. This wasn't how I had envisioned it, but I guess, I was too broken to care.

" I loved you" I scoffed. " I would do everything for you, I was ready to give you whatever it is you wanted, so why did you go for my man?"

She sneered, hands underneath her boobs. " You man? When exactly was Bernard yours? Wasn't that just a fickle of your imagination? I mean...you will always be the girl who can't shift and no one will want you. You stink"

I swallowed, trying to keep sane but all of my rationality flew right through the window as I tried to race up the stairs to exert my punishment on her when a hand held me back.

Gold orbs blazed at me as claws dug into my arms, blood dripping on the wooden carpet.

" What exactly do you think you are doing? Did you want to hurt my daughter? Who do you think you are?!" My father questioned.

The pain sipped in, as I endeavored to force myself to push the claws off. " I am your daughter as well. You knew how much I loved Bernard and yet, you walked her down the aisle, you watched her take not the only man I loved but my job, how can you be so cruel?"

A ripple of laughter punctured through the air as I was flung to the side, pain cranking through my spine.

" When exactly did I ever call you my daughter? You were never my daughter, and you would never be. You are just trash I picked up by the side and that is where you belong. Guards!" His voice thundered against the wall, with footsteps drawing closer.

Forcing myself up, my eyes went up to him, my heart twisted.

"Father...that isn't true, right? It can't be...mother...say something" I shook her vigorously, demanding an explanation when hands dug into my arms as I was pulled away, my father's last words coming through.

" Tiara is banished from this pack house and the pack. She is never to return"

All of my tears were drained, and I felt numb, I leaned against the hard wall, crashing against it.

All was lost, I had lost every single thing, and it was only right that I ended it all. With clambered steps, I walked into the woods, thorns pricked my sole but I didn't care.

With eyes that stung with unshed tears and hearts that had been jabbed with needles, I stood at the edge of the cliff, pushing myself forward welcoming the solitude that I was going to feel afterward.