Esme's POV
Tomorrow me and my brother Finley turn 18. I get my wolf tomorrow and I hopefully also find my mate. I work in the packhouse doing jobs that no one wants to do and it gets tiring after a while because they make me do it all by hand.
"Oi, mutt. this kitchen needs to be cleaned ready for the ball tomorrow"
Each year a pack will hold the annual ball and unfortunately for this year, our pack will be holding out the event. Great. Just great.
My mom and dad don't care about me they are more concerned about the other kids except for me and Fin, who were like the black sheep of the family.
They have never been bothered about us. Even when we tell them that I usually get abused by everyone at work she shows no emotion no nothing. My older sister is everyone's favourite. She's perfect in every way possible.
"Ouch!" I look up to see the devil in she-wolf form standing with her 6-inch heels on pinning my ankle down to the floor.
"Are you doing your job properly b*tch. We have guests in less than 27 hours and this place needs to be spotless"
"I don't take orders from you" I snap back at her.
"I'm your next Luna and you will listen to me! You better get used to it and respect me because I won't tolerate your crap once I am Luna"
"What's going on in here," Alpha Dylan says while gripping me by my work clothes like I'm nothing. Well...I'm not.
"No...Nothing alpha" I say while stuttering because he makes me nervous.
"No baby. She disrespected me telling me She doesn't take any orders from me and I told her I won't accept her crap when I become the next Luna"
Alpha Dylan turned 18 2 months ago and he used to be a pretty nice person to talk to. He still is, with everyone accepting me. The weird thing is, I haven't even done anything to upset him that I know of.
"Get your job done and make sure it's a proper job that's been done. I don't want or need to have to send someone else to do it because if I do then you will face the consequences. Do I make myself clear"
"Ye...yes alpha," I say looking down at my feet
Whenever Alpha Dylan or Alpha Bobby which is Dylan's father speaks to us we're not allowed to look in the general direction we have to look at the ground and wait until asked to look up which is practically never.
I'm halfway through the day and the kitchen ladies have already made my day hell. I've been punched and spat at, I have been kicked and stomped on if I didn't get up straight away and I'm not sure how much more of this pain I can handle.
"Get up" Elisa the head maid says to me with an irritated expression on her face.
"Get up and get your jobs done. We haven't got all day and we need to start preparing for tomorrow's feast"
This is how they enjoy themselves. They don't think about how they are hurting me they feed on my fear and they love every single bit of it.
"Yes ma'am," I say to her. Politely or I'll get another beating.
Everyone turns a blind eye to this. My brother tries to look after me as best he can. We both live in a run-down property as our parents didn't want us to tarnish their reputation.
"Hey... Esme. Over here" I'm almost smiling when I hear Finn's voice, it's just what I need to hear when I'm having a crappy day.
"Hey I can't stay in just making sure you're okay," he says quietly as he knows the maids don't like us talking to each other.
"Yeah, I'm okay I'm just exhausted..."
"YOU! Get out of here and YOU....you get back in there and clean. That's an added hour onto your shift"
"But I can't! I have to get home and prepare my clothes for tomorrow's ball"
The ball is the only thing I'm excited for. I haven't got my wolf yet, neither has Finley (Finn is the nickname for him) so I don't heal as quickly as the rest of them.
"There will be no ball for Cinderella this year," she says mockingly.
I sigh in defeat and I get back to work.
It's 10:30 pm and I'm running towards my house. I have been exhausted all day and every chance the maids and alpha Dylan or his girlfriend get they give me a good beating. I currently have a split lip, bruised and probably broken ribs, bruised ankles from Adeline's shoes and a strangulation mark from when Alpha Dylan choked me this evening. It's still fresh and red but it will turn into a bruise tomorrow.
"Hey, Esme. The showers are ready for you whenever you want to jump in"
"Thank you, Finn. I will do it soon"
I take a cold shower as that's all Finn can have seems that we don't get hot water, hot water is for those of better class than us 2. Even my family gets hot water. I pick out my work clothes for tomorrow which consist of no socks because there ruined, trainers that have been worn out for months but I can't even afford a new pair and my parents won't help me either, tight jeans which have holes in at the ankles and a top that is dirty and has holes inside of it.
Once out of the shower, I get some bread which isn't a lot because we have to share and a bottle of water that we also have to share that Finn took this afternoon just to help I curl up on my run-down bed and go to sleep.
"Night Finn," I say while tucking myself in.
"Good night Esme"
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