**Olivia's POV**
"W-what?" I exclaimed, eyes wide with shock.
"You heard me, Miss Olivia. Someone else now owns the dress you want," replied the sales lady without a hint of apology.
"What the hell are you talking about? I booked this dress more than a month ago. "How can you say the dress belongs to someone else now?!" I shouted in rage, not caring if the other customers in the boutique watched. Just then, the entrance door to the boutique flew open with a dinging sound.
I turned my gaze sharply only to see Bella, the pack beta's daughter and her best friend walk in.
"Where's my dress?" she demanded as soon as she walked in. I turned to the saleslady attending to me and saw her beaming with delight, "You're welcome, Miss Bella! I'll get the dress for you right away!"
The sales lady suddenly disappeared from my presence to attend to Bella.
This isn't something new; I mean, I have been disrespected before. Actually, I'm Alpha Rawlings' adopted daughter from the Shadowcrest Pack. But then, I truly was an eyesore for no valid reason. My adoptive father intensely dislikes me, which has caused others to feel the same way. Therefore, people hold someone like Bella in higher regard because her father is a beta, even though my father is the Alpha.
"Look who we have here, it's the dirty half-breed of the pack," Bella taunted, amusement shining in her eyes as she walked toward me.
I diverted my attention from her since what's more important is collecting the dress I reserved for the yearly pack alliance gathering.
"Miss Bella, I apologize for taking up your time. The dress is here," the sales lady said. But then I realized that the dress in her hand was the exact same dress I had booked for the party.
I quickly pulled the dress from the sales lady's hands before she handed it to Bella's friend. "This is the dress I reserved, isn't it?" I asked the saleswoman angrily, but she only responded by rolling her eyes.
"What is going on here, and why is my dress with the bitch?" She fiercely approached the saleslady, who began to tremble and tried to retrieve the dress. Raising my voice in frustration, I responded, determined not to accept this humiliation without a fight.
I turned around to face Bella head-on, my hands resting on my hips. "That dress belongs to the bitch" I said. I booked it half a month ago, so when did you book yours?" I demanded.
"Don't be ridiculous." Bella smiled wryly as she approached, "You think I need to book anything I desire? Even if I was to book tomorrow, it'll be given up to me no matter who booked first!" She snapped in my face with wide eyes, trying to intimidate me.
"Bella, I won't argue with you. You've been teasing me our whole lives, but this dress is definitely mine. This is what I prepared to wear for the pack's gathering party."
Bella's sudden laughter belittles me and hurts my self-esteem.
"How delusional you are. Did you really think, a poor half bred like you deserves a dress to the pack's gathering party. No one knows you or cares about your presence. Your father, the Alpha, despises you! What makes you think you deserve to wear a party dress to the pack's gathering?" she screamed at me, instantly snatching the dress from my hands.
Right now, I just couldn't bring myself to fight for the dress. The customers nearby looked at me and murmured amongst each other. I could hear people whisper, "Poor thing. She should have at least known her place and avoided invoking Bella's wrath." Others added, "She's so full of herself. Did she really think she's something simply because Luna brought her to the Shadowcrest Pack?"
A wave of sadness washed over me. Why won't this end? Why is it always how my adoptive mom took me to the Shadowcrest Pack. No one respects me, they all look at me like some trash brought into the Pack.
The pack's gathering is unfortunately tomorrow and I had just lost the dress I prepared ahead of time to the ever proud and ruthless Bella Winterston.
With great humiliation. I left the boutique, even though all eyes were on me. I bit my bottom lips and folded my hands into a tight fist as I dashed out of the boutique area.
Arriving home, I was confused and didn't know what to do. How was I supposed to get a new dress now, when the party is tomorrow? Just then, I heard my mom's laughter down the hall. Without being told, I knew she was with my dad.
Suddenly an idea struck. Maybe I should go to my mom and ask her about how to get a new dress before the party. I mean, she owns a closet of clothes, and they are all classy and up to trend. I'm sure if I tell her about my plight, she could help me dress.
Getting there, I saw my mom sitting on Alpha Rawlings laps and feeding him apples.
At first I froze, thinking about how to get to her when she's in a joyous mood with the Alpha. While I was thinking about what to do at the moment, my eyes and my father's met, and immediately my breath seized.
"What the fuck are you doing, snooping on us?!" He thundered at the top of his voice and with a hate filled gaze which made me blink, confused on how to escape the situation. My mom quickly turned her gaze towards me and paused, "honey, what brought you here?"
"I…" I trailed off as the words suddenly stuck in my throat, especially when my father was staring at me intently. How can I bring up this matter in front of him? "It's…it's nothing," I muttered and immediately bolted away from their presence.
As I marched out of the hall, tears rolled down my eyes. I'm not actually in need of a dress because I was desperate to attend the alliance party, but because it was my coming of age as well and I wanted to look pretty for whoever my mate would be. I'm sure even my mom had no idea that I'll come of age tomorrow and this hurts me even more.
