Chapter 1 Betrayal
Moana

It was a hot summer evening, and I had just spent the entire day job hunting.

Finding work as a human in a world dominated by werewolves, especially in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the city, wasn’t easy. Even though I had a degree in Early Childhood Education, no schools wanted to hire me because I was a human. Werewolf parents were outraged at the thought of a “worthless human” teaching their children, as if my skills, drive, and education meant nothing.

So, I was now limited to service jobs, which were also unfortunately hard to come by because the job market was oversaturated with other humans who were also desperate to pay their bills.

If I didn’t find a job soon, though, I would lose my apartment. My landlord had already given me a thirty-day notice. If I didn’t pay my rent — and the three months of rent that I already owed — by the end of the thirty days, he was going to evict me.

At least I still had my boyfriend, Sam. He wasn’t extraordinarily well-off either despite being a werewolf, but at least he had a job and could pay his rent. We had been together for three years now and had known each other for five, so maybe it was time to talk about moving in together soon.

As I was walking down the packed city street, a thin layer of sweat caked to my forehead from spending the day running from business to business as I tried to find someone who would hire me, I started to realize how hungry I was. I couldn’t afford to eat out, but the delicious smells coming from the restaurants I passed began to make my mouth water.

One particular restaurant across the street caught my eye, but not because of the smell of food.

I stopped in my tracks, my eyes widening.

Inside the restaurant, right in the window, was Sam. He wasn’t alone; he was with another woman, and they were…

Kissing.

said out loud, causing a

he had a lot of work… Was this what he was really doing? Cheating on me with

My stomach turned as I came closer. This woman was gorgeous — basically a supermodel — and that didn’t make me feel

dress and high heels. I do get compliments on my face, body and long red hair, but in that moment, I felt so worthless as I

could he do

the window. Neither of them even saw me

banged on the

me. I stormed over to the entrance and ran inside, ignoring the strange looks from the restaurant staff and customers, and ran

f*****g dare you?!” I yelled, my hands curled up into fists at my sides. “We’ve been

and grabbed me by the arm, dragging me out of the restaurant. He was too strong for me to resist, so I stumbled after him and back out into

making a fool of both of us, Moana,” he growled

my voice still raised. “You’re

merely rolled his eyes and pulled me further away from the door. His werewolf eyes burned a bright orange color and his face was

pushing me roughly up against the side of the building. “You’re just an ordinary human. You should feel lucky that

words stung, and my vision became clouded

I croaked as a s*b caught in my

me,” he snarled. “She’s a Beta. Her family is

of the banks, but they also developed the newest and most widely-used cryptocurrency of the 21st Century: WCoin. I never used it — humans weren’t allowed to — but it made a lot of werewolves extremely rich when

for me aside from mooching off of me because you can’t even get a job of your own? You’re

shoved Sam away finally, pushing myself away from the

on my heel and

street and wiped the tears from my eyes, I thought about what Sam was like when we first met; he had been nothing more than a bullied Omega in high school with no confidence, no prospects, and no

of three years, and best friend for five years, had left

the sound of a car h*nking and looked up to see a luxury car driving straight for me.

which was surprising since I assumed that they would just drive away after nearly hitting me, but what surprised me even more was the person who

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