Chapter 2 Herzl

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Herzl, yes that's his name. And its also a name which everyone forgot was his, cause they find another name which they thought suits him the best.

Slave...

He stood at the school gate with his hood over his head, contemplating if he should go in or not. He tried using his hood in covering his face but the hood isn't bulging.

He sighed deeply —a type that hold pa in and maybe frustration too. "No matter how hard I tried to cover my face, I'll still be recognized though." He muttered sadly.

Yes, cause he is the only kid who put on hoodies and face caps to hid his face identity in the whole of the school.

The other kids or should he say students hate him with cold passion cause he is the only werewolf who doesn't have a family of his own. His father, Xavier, was a rogue wolf who had forced himself on a teenager who was barely nineteen years of age.

Nina was Xavier's mate but for the fact that he is a rogue wolf, she rejected him and that got Xavier pissed off and boiling in rage. The only revenge he could think of other than killing her is to mate with her against her wish.

Xavier was sentenced to death by the Alpha but that doesn't end the story. It only resurfaced when his mom, Nina, find out she is pregnant with Xavier's seed.

Nina was in pa in till she birth Herzl and she di ed almost immediately after giving birth to him. Every one blames Herzl for Nina's death and his grand parent hated him since birth with the believe that he's nothing but a misfortune.

Herzl was a slave in his own house and out side his house too. Every morning, he do chores for his neighbors as ordered by his grand parent before going to school. He is more like a free slave to the Alpha's household, that is, he is a slave but he is still allowed to wander off to any where cause of his grandfather's previous position as the alpha's beta in his prime age.

No one ever liked Herzl and parents warned their kids against him, fearing that he would be a worthless rogue wolf as his father was —or maybe worst.

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"Here comes the slave..." Gavriel mocked as he announced Herzl's presence, that has always been his own way of welcoming Herzl and Herzl himself seems to have get used to it even though it still find it hurtful most time.

Herzl dropped his head low as he tried to walk fast past them but was unfortunate as he was dragged back forcefully by the guy beside Gavriel.

"Where did you think you are going, huh?" Lothanna, Gavriel most trusted friend who was nicknamed Lot, bellowed with deep grunt escaping his throat.

Herzl gulped into nothing, he thought he prayed to the moon goddess for this trouble to pass by him but his wish looks like it wasn't granted.

"Hh... huh?" He stuttered in fear.

"Did I need to remind you before you polish my shoes today, huh? Do I have to remind you of every thing?" Lothanna barked angrily and gave Herzl a hard slap across his face —he is one hell of an angry guy.

Herzl face sting like dea th as he forced back the invincible tears into eyes. Without being told, he quickly bring out the shoe polish from his bag pack and started polishing Lot's shoes with out any delay. Yes, he always go about with shoe polish which he was forced to buy with the peanuts he earn from menial jobs. In few minutes, he was done applying polish on Lothanna's shoe.

"I'm done." He whispered, still, his voice was audibly to Lot's hearing. "Can I go now?"

"Can you go now, eh?" Gavriel scoffed with irritation laced in his voice. "Who gave you the right to talk back at us in the first place?"

Herzl swallowed his saliva forcefully, he could not stop praying for his misfortune to end quickly. "I'm sorry, I was only..."

Herzl received yet another slap on his left ear, this time from Gavriel as he (Gavriel) scowled angrily at him (Herzl). Hot tears threatened to fall from Herzl crystal blue eyes as both changed to different colours.

Herzl had tried his possible best for more than a year now to conceal his two strange eye colours when he is sad or angry but today, his eyes failed him.

"Some one take a look at his eyes colours, he is even a wizard and not just a rogue worthless wolf." Lothanna half yelled, attracting every students attention towards Herzl.

Students rushed towards them to see why Lothanna was yelling and most of them gasped in disbelief while other scowled at Herzl. His right eye was shining ocean blue while his left eye was emerald green.

This was strange to the students, soon murmuring was going among the students before it later broke into a wild talk. In Moon Lit pack, witches disgust the pack member and the immediate judgement of any is ever found is death.

Both Herzl's case was different and bewildering. His both parents are wolves, even though his father was a rogue —but still, how did he possess such eyes?

"He need to be thoroughly beaten to death, he is a witch. He might get to initiate some other kids too." Some one yelled from the crowd.

"Yes, maybe his father's dirty spirit is living with in him. Who knows...?" Another intervened, spitting out with disgust in his voice. "Or maybe his father was never a full wolf from the start."

"Yes, yes..." Other students agreed with the first two speakers.

Sooner like he had expect, Herzl was dragged roughly on the floor outside the school hall to the school premises. The students had determined on either eliminating him or beat him to stupor.

Herzl struggled to break free from their grip as his wolf was also struggling to surface. Herzl tried his possible best to keep it at bait whilst struggling from the students strong and angry grip.

This poor treatment keep Herzl wondering if his whole existence is based on suffering and humiliation, why did the moon goddess keep him alive till date then?

Why did the moon goddess not eliminate him since he was barely a day old? Why didn't he die in his mother's place? Is it really his fate to pay for his father's mistakes and grave sin?

If so, why that?

He was yet to be born when his father committed this crime, why is he paying dearly with his own happiness?

Why...why...why? These were the questions he got no answer for.

Hex, Herzl's wolf was angry for the poor treatment they keep getting from the inconsiderate kids as it growled angrily at Herzl.

"You aren't suppose to be weak, Herzl. You aren't." Herzl's wolf, whose name was Hex, seethes.

"What do I do, Hex? Tell me, what do I do?" Herzl mind link his wolf. "I can't fight back cause the pack's alpha is against me, I might die if I do."

"But you can't just watch them mistreat you like a piece of trash, you need to do something."

"Like...?"

"Maybe run away...?" His wolf trailed off. Herzl sigh as he was jolted back to his present predicament with a heavy push and he lands with a thud, his butt kissing the floor aggressively.

Lothanna and Gavriel walked closer to him as Lothanna squatted down to Herzl height, running his fingers seductively on Herzl cheeks. "What do we do to a witch like you?"

"Beat him..."

"Stone him..."

"Kill him..." Different aggressive voice yelled.

"Alright, you all should calm your nerves down." Gavriel uttered audibly to the students' hearing. "I'll pick five students who are capable enough to deal with this worthless being here then."

Herzl watched in total silence, ignoring his wolf who keep groaning in discomfort. If there is one fact about Herzl, it is that he never show any sign of weakness when he's been humiliated.

Gavriel choose five students from the crowd and he ordered them to beat Herzl into a pulp.

"Why...?" Herzl gathered confidence as he utter the three letter words. "Why did you all hate me this much?"

"You wan' know why?" Lothanna asked and Herzl nodded curtly, hopefully expecting a different answer to the one he's always being given. "Because you don't deserve to be alive, you deserve to DIE..."

Herzl shook his head in self pity as he heard those words. Sooner than he thought, he heard a loud thud as he felt sharp pain behind his back. Different kick follow suit, hitting him on different spot.

He groan in pain while his wolf growled in anger, soon he was coughing out thick blood from his mouth and nostrils too, while his lips were badly broken.

Herzl lay motionless on the floor after several minutes of beating.

"Stop..." Lothanna said. "Leave him to his fate, he might be very lucky to survive this treatment."

The five students spat on him and in ones and twos, the students left the field leaving him and his wolf under the sun of the early hours of the day...