Alpha's Cursed Mate novel Chapter 1

Estelle's POV

"This tastes disgusting!" Hailey made a vomiting face before she snapped a plate of steaming soup over my head.

I felt my scalp burn, and the soup ran down my scalp and into my eyes and collar. Hailey's friends coaxed.

"She looks a lot smoother now than before."

Hailey wiped my hair with a rag, "You're so dirty, let's wash you."

I was grabbed by several girls in a death grip, and they never gave me a chance to escape. I was dragged by them to the river, I didn't know who kicked my knee, I fell to my knees.

Hailey rolled up her sleeves, she grabbed me by the hair then said to her companions, "Hold her down!"

My head was pressed into the cold river water by Hailey, and the raging water rushed into my nose and into my lungs. The choking sensation blackened my eyes as I struggled against their shackles, but Hailey's hands gripped my head like an iron grip.

Just as I was about to lose consciousness, Hailey lifted my head out of the river. As soon as I left the water, I coughed frantically, coughing water out of my mouth and nose.

But before I could react, Hailey once again sunk my head into the water. After repeating this for a few rounds, Hailey finally lost interest and threw me down at the river. I lay on the gravel at the river's edge coughing incessantly, my throat tasting of fishy sweet blood.

I knew she wouldn't leave me alone as I climbed up from the river. The river soaked all the clothes I had on. I never should have come to this damn camping trip.

A few days ago

Camping is a tradition at our school, and every spring we have a camping trip for a few days. This year we were led by Mr. Ryan, who is our head teacher, and Mr. Ryan always has disciplinary and merit points on his mind, so we were very quiet along the way.

"Get your stuff, it's time to get off!" Ryan shouted into the carriage.

I didn't know how long it has been. Finally, the bus stopped in a wasteland. I pulled out my cell phone and sure enough there was little to no signal. I shook David awake, and he looked at me sleepily.

"It's time to get off."

"Fine." He glanced out the window, "What the hell is this place?

"Stop complaining, we're going to be living in this hellhole for days." I gently pinched his right cheek, and his face, which was leaning on my shoulder, was pressed with a few marks.

After getting off the bus Ryan let us form our own teams, boys and girls separately, three to a tent. Rightfully so, I was the one who was left out. Because our school is a pure werewolf school, and I hadn't been able to have my wolf until then. The others always looked at me with weird eyes and avoided me, or came right up to me and humiliated me. So I was grateful to my boyfriend David, who didn't break up with me because of my delayed awakening.

In the end it was a girl with glasses and a fat girl who was in my group because they were also left behind. The person who was supposed to cook was to be decided by random draw, but Hailey outright deprived our group of the right to do so. She refused to let her or her friend's manicure soak in water, so she threw the dish in front of us.

"It's just you guys! Get to work!"

"But we haven't drawn lots yet." The girl with glasses said to Hailey in a small voice.

"Who said that? I clearly saw you guys draw. Right?" Hailey asked the girls around her, who nodded their heads.

"Forget it." I pulled the clothes of the girl with the glasses. I was not afraid to argue with Hailey, but I was afraid Hailey will do it to her, she looked too skinny. Hailey could knock her down with a slap.

Just washing the vegetables, I put them in the basket and Hailey said loudly to the fat girl, "Go on, don't starve her."

The fat girl's face turned red for a moment and she walked away from us quickly.

We ended up finding the fat girl at the creek, where I had just left my vegetable basket. "Don't take Hailey's words to heart, she's always been mean, to everyone."