The Bright Side Of Fate

"How many times do I need to tell you, I don't like lazy people especially you piece of trash!" Amara yelled at Lydia as she stood there helplessly. It was another day for her to be yelled at for a simple task she accomplished, but Amara her fooster mum was never satisfied with anything she does.

"I am sorry ma, I promise it will not happen again" Lydia pleaded. She knew above all things, that a certain punishment would be given to her. It was always like that with Amara. Whenever she failed to accomplish a task, her fooster mother punishes her. While she continued to beg, her worst night mare entered the kitchen.

It was Kelly, her step sister and one of the very persons that detest Lydia so much that she had one day wished that Lydia died in the most horrific way possible.

"This trash bag here, failed to perform her duties; I want you to deal with her so she learn never to abscond from her responsibilities in this pack again" Amara instructed her daughter.

The smile on Kelly's face, was bold enough to portray to Lydia, what consequences awaits her. Once Amara was out of the kitchen, Kelly approached Lydia like a predator circling her prey, still with a menacing smile on her face, she grab hold of Lydia's hair and pulled it back, Lydia could feel her scalp tearing up.

"You weakling, I find it hard to believe that my father would even let you live because you are a disgrace to this family and every member of the pack." Aggressively, she slammed Lydia's head unto the wall and it forced blood rushing in to her brains due to the impact.

This was not the first time Lydia has been dealt with in this manner; she had bruises spread across her skin owing to the torture she had endured in the past in the hands of her family members.

There was a time Dylan, her fooster father whipped her so had for not serving the food in time, that she lost consciousness that day.

Kelly slapped her across the face so hard that Lydia saw stars. She further pounced on her, brutally assaulting her with both hands as though Lydia was a mere thief who had been caught in a cookie jar.

Lydia couldn't fight for herself as the torture continued. Aside being a weakling in the pack, her wolf Nina was literally the smallest in the pack and aptly, the reason why most pack members believed her to be what her fooster parents had lied about.

Amara and Dylan, had always appeared to ve highly manipulative. They allow every pack member see them for being good parents and make Lydia the bad child.

The only reason Lydia had been kept as part of the family, was to serve them and ensure all the house chores had been done properly.

Dylan thought it was better to have a slave who would do all the chores for him and the family. He considered this to be mercy for Lydia and it became a reason why he spared her life.

Another blow came straight to her jaw, forcing her to spit blood out. Kelly continued to beat up Lydia, who sat there defenseless.

Once Kelly was tired of the progressive assault, she stood up and noticed a jar of hot water that had been placed carefully on the sink and grabbed hold of the jar, which she emptied the water on Lydia's body.

Lydia yelled in pains as her entire skin peeled off, due to the impact of the water. She needed no soothsayer to let her know that she had been given another scar. From her peripheral vision, she watched Kelly stepped out of the kitchen.

After Kelly was gone, Lydia careful sat upright, avoiding her inflicted skin from making contact with the wall. She began to reflect on her life for the past few years.

Lydia had no memories of what her parents looked like. She had always been told by Amara and Dylan that she had been found beside their dead bodies and they believed she had caused their death.

All Lydia could imagine was a life without hardship, a life free from pain and continuous assualt. The only way to find such peace was if she could get to meet her mate one day who she had always believed would be her liberation from this torture.

She stood up from the corner, still in pains took out the mop and brooms and ensured she clean the Kitchen before Amara would return once more to find the place not clean and then another torture follows.

Once Lydia was done serving meals to the family members, she retired back to her space. It was a reserved area commonly meant for her only and it was relatively small and it had no window with only the sound of mice and rats keeping her company at night.

Cleaning up her room to sleep, she heard the sound of the old metal door that hung across her room open; Kelly stepped in once again, with the same evil smirk she always laced on her chin.

Lydia was well aware of the conceived hate Kelly naturally had for her and she believed there was no justification for the hate Kelly gave.

"Father will like to see you bitch." She spat out with utter irritation in her voice.

Lydia didn't hesitate, she stepped out of the bed and walked slowly behind Kelly till they got to the living room.

Dylan and Amara were seated in the couch, watching movies. When Lydia stepped inside, Amara glared at her, while Dylan paused the movie for a moment.

"Good thing the bitch hasn't exhausted my patience." Dylan directed his statement to Amara. "Go and get yourself ready, a man has placed good money on your head. Apparently, he wishes to taste your honey pot" Dylan stated with a smirk on his face.

For a moment Lydia thought she was hallucinating. She didn't moved from the spot, since her fooster dad made the sentence.

"Have you lost your ears?" Dylan asked, realizing she didn't moved away from the spot. After a few minutes, Dylan attempted to forcefully push Lydia out of the living room, when the door bell began to ring. Lydia perceived a great smell and for a moment, her wolf Nina erupted into joy and Lydia couldn't tell the reason.

Kelly went to get the door and in came Elvis; the young Alpha of the pack. The moment Elvis laid eyes on Lydia, Nina began to tell one single word that would prove rather much of a shock to Lydia; 'mate'

Apparently Elvis had been a good friend to Lydia. Everything changed when they both began to grow up and several stories about Lydia from her parents changed his narrative about her.

"Good to see you here Alpha." Lydia stared at Elvis as he reciprocated. Both Dylan and Amara, alongside Kelly couldn't fathom the situation.

"How can you be my mate?" Elvis asked in disbelief. His hatred for Lydia had increased over the years that he barely didn't want to see her.

Lydia on the other hand, felt hurt by his statement. She could easily ascertain the mate pull has began to take it's due course on her.

"What are you talking about Alpha?" Dylan asked, looking from Lydia to Elvis.

"The moon goddess has chosen her to be my mate." Everyone in the room became silent. Lydia could feel the hatred and raw envy emanating from the eyes of Kelly and even Amara her fooster mother, who had high hopes for their daughter being of royalty some day.

"You don't deserve to be my mate. With what you have done to your parents, your acts would only diminish my reputation as Alpha. Which is why, I Alpha Elvis reject you as my mate." The words Lydia had been expecting struck her like a knife to the chest. While she watched Elvis walk away, Nina became completely sober as herself.

Lydia couldn't hold it anymore, she ran out of the living room and went to her room, curled herself up in her bed and began to tear up. Slowly, she was recounting how misrable her life had become and above everything, how she desired to die a slow painful death.

She heard the door creak open and when Lydia looked at the direction, she gasped seeing the sight of a rather much familiar face; Gavin.

Apparently, Gavin was the right hand member of Elvis and it was rather strange to see him in her room. "I have waited for the time, where I would be able to explore your amazing body." His assertion only fueled irritation to Lydia as she realized he was the man that had paid for her to be slept with.

Gavin walked towards the bed, while Lydia moved further to the wall. He slowly unbuckled his belt. Lydia became alarmed as she realized slowly what was about to happen. It almost looked there was no means for her to run out.

Gavin dashed into the bed and right before she could grab hold of her hands, Lydia kicked him in the nuts, neutralizing him temporary and dashing out of the room. Lydia was aware that her parents would be overly pissed with her act. She couldn't stay in the house any longer, thus she used the exit door as a means of escape.

Lydia ran as fast as her leg could take her, sucking in her breath in the process. There was no way she could stay for another time with her fooster parents, which she considered a depiction of evil.

After running for almost an hour, Lydia arrived at the water fall. Standing on the edge, several thoughts ran through her mind. Lydia believed there was no point of living, considering she had been rejected by her mate. She couldn't go back to the hardship her fooster parents made her faced. Lydia believed the only means of escaping the pain she was facing, was to drawn herself in the water fall.

As she took one step, Nina attempted to caution her over her action, but it proved futile as her mind was already made up. In one heartbeat, she jumped into the water fall with her eyes closed in the process.

Meanwhile, Gavin stepped into the living room with Dylan and Amara having a little conversation. He was hoping they would have caught up with her and was rather shocked to find out Lydia was not there.

"How did it go?" Dylan asked with a smirk.

"Didn't she stepped out through the living room?" Dyalna and Amara stared at themselves for a moment, wondering what he was talking about. "I couldn't complete the task. She kneed me and took to her heels." The parents both got up to their feet and walked past Gavin.

. Dyaln rushed to the exit door and found the door completely opened. He came to the realization that Lydia had ran away.

"Quick, we need to find her." Dylan suggested directly to Gavin. While outside their apartment, they both changed to their wolf, making it easier to trace her scent. Dylan was able to catch up with her scent and they followed the path of the forest till they arrived at the water fall.

"She must have jumped over." Gavin indicated.

"That bitch!" Dylan was completely pissed. He had high hopes of marketing her body to several pack members who would wish to satisfy their urges. They returned back to the apartment, where Amara and Kelly were waiting.

"Lydia is gone. She drowned herself by the river." While it was rather much of a good news to the family especially Kelly, they knew they needed to come up with a reasonable explanation.

"I have an idea." Amara indicated. "Since Elvis is her mate, we would send Kelly to inform him about the death of Lydia and afterwards find a means to attract Kelly to him." It was a brilliant plan, one that Kelly hoped could work out effectively.

While in his chambers all alone, Elvis felt a pang of regret over his decision to reject Lydia. Instinctively, he felt attracted to her. However with the stories that had been downplayed by her parents, Elvis believed she was unfit to be his Luna.

His wolf Elvo had been nagging at him for rejecting their mate, despite the meaningful reason he had dished out. The chamber doors opened and Gerry stepped into the room.

"Alpha, you have a guest." He proclaimed and Elvis instructed for the guest be brought to him. He was surprised to see it was none other than Kelly. Gerry left the chambers and closed the door behind him.

While he was gone, Kelly walked towards the throne room and lowered her head as a sign of respect to the Alpha.

"What brings you to the mansion?" He asked in curiosity. Elvis had noticed the sad countenance on Kelly's face the moment she had stepped foot into the room.

"Alpha, Lydia is dead." Elvis stood up from his throne and stepped down to come face to face with Kelly. His domineering stature was exactly what made him attractive.

"What do you mean Lydia is dead?" Elvis asked, slowly feeling anxious.

"After you left, she was heartbroken by the fact that you rejected her. She ran down to the waterfall and drowned herself." Elvo howl in pain as the news came forth from Kelly.

The pang of guilt that Elvis felt had alleviated. He was slowly wondering how much of heartbreak he could have caused his beloved mate.

"Let's head over to your home." He indicated.

Kelly and Elvis, alongside Gerry made their way to the apartment. They found Dylan and Amara completely in sour mood. Elvis was aware of how much Dylan and Amara liked Lydia despite her bad character.

"Alpha." They all greeted, while Elvis proceed to take his seat on the couch.

"I need to know exactly the details of all that transpired while I was gone. What happened to Lydia? What happened to my mate?" Elvis asked. He didn't want to show any sign of weakness before the family, despite feeling hurt.

"She felt broken by the fact that you had rejected her and despite all we did to console her, Lydia ran out of the house without our knowledge. Dylan traced her scent and that's how we are able to discover she was dead by the waterfall." Elvis laid back down on the couch. He had committed murder by eliminating his mate.

"Do you think the body can be extracted?" Elvis enquired, hoping he could see the face of his mate one last time, before she is buried.

"Alpha, the water fall isn't exactly the place for a body to be extracted. It is impossible." Dylan explained and Elvis saw reasons to everything he said.

"Very well then, I will make sure Lydia is given a proper befitting burial. We hope the moon goddess takes her soul and grant her rest." Elvis revealed. While he attempted to leave, Dylan stopped him in the process.

"We wish for the Alpha to have something with us. It would be highly disrespectful for us to have you come to our apartment twice and not have a meal with us." Elvis knew there was no way he could refuse the offer and after a moment of thoughts, he accepted.

While at the dinning table, Elvis noticed the closure Kelly was setting up with him. The closure was almost making him uncomfortable.

"Alpha, we are not bound to question your moves, but we just desire to know what is next in your plans for a new Luna." Dylan indicated towards the end of the meal. Elvis rarely shared thoughts with his subjects.

"I haven't thought of anyone at the moment. However I believe I will figure something out." He felt body contact beneath the table and looked up to Kelly, who was winking at him. Elvis was fed up with her subtle flirts. "I would like to take my....." He couldn't complete his statement as he felt completely dizzy.

Elvis looked up at the table and everyone was slowly becoming blurry and after a few seconds, he fell to the floor.

Dylan and Amara rushed down to check up on the Alpha. "Is he unconscious?" Amara asked her husband.

"No, he isn't going to be unconscious. The substance would rather make him horny enough to have sex with Kelly." Apparently they had mapped out a plan for Kelly to sleep with the Alpha, for the purpose of procreation.

"Let's take him to Kwlly's room and I hope you make sure you do your part of the plan Kelly." Dylan instructed sternly. They hoisted Elvis up and made their way to Kelly's room and left.

Elvis could not feel anything. His thoughts were blurry and so were his eyes. He felt hands coming in contact with his trousers and forced himself to stay at alert.

'Let me take control' Elvo indicated. Despite being affected for a few moment by the poison, Elvo was able to find a means to heal. He instinctively took over Elvis body and when he raised his head up, he growled at Kelly, who he found unbuckling his belt.

"What do you think you are doing?" Elvo asked pushing Kelly away and pushing his trousers up. Kelly was shocked to see the Alpha back to his feet. However on closer look, she discovers it was his wolf, judging from the change in color of his eyes.

Elvo grabbed on Kelly's neck and slammed her to the wall, right before the door. "Listen well young lady, I am not the sort of person you should mess around with. Be rest assured that Elvis would be told of your attempt to poison him." Right before Kelly could make any statement, she was shoved aggressively to the floor, while Elvo left the room.