I woke up with a terrible headache, and on top of that, soaking wet. Sometimes life brings us moments and situations where we become stronger, that's what my mother would say before any situation, but I am not my mother.

"Wake up, servant_", my brother said, throwing cold water on me.

I got up as best I could and a groan of pain escaped my lips, my whole body ached and my ribs were fractured from the beating they gave me the night before for spilling juice on his bi**h's (sorry, fiancee). I have to say, it wasn't my intention to get her pretty, delicate clothes dirty, but I did enjoy seeing her angry face.

"And the next time you hurt my future wife and Luna of this pack, I will make you pay with your life," said my brother, leaving the room where I was lying.

I decided to take a quick bath, with cold water because in this room, there isn't even a decent shower. And who cares about the shower? That's the least of my problems, because nobody could spend a night in an old cot with sheets thinner than a curtain, the kind that are thinner than a nightgown. The beating they gave me hasn't killed me "yet."

Are you wondering how I'm still alive?

Well, the thing is, being a female wolf, my body hardly feels the cold, but the nights are usually very long, since most days I spend my time with blows and fractured ribs. I don't know how my wounds heal so fast if my wolf hasn't even woken up yet.

Well, let me introduce myself, how rude of me.

My name is Jazmin, I am 17 years old in human years and in my wolf form I am 117 years old. I have a normal appearance, black and wavy hair, a body thinner than a smoked herring. Not because I want it, but because the food I receive doesn't let me have enough meat in those required areas.

At the age of five I lost my mother, because of a war, some rogue vampires and witches who attacked the pack. She died protecting me, when a witch attacked me and she defended me and ended up killing the witch and shortly after she died. Since then my life has been chaos, my dad and my brother punish me for anything, just to hurt me, and to make my life even worse, they lowered me to the rank of an Omega, and not just any Omega, but one who does the chores of the palace and serves as a slave.

By order of my dear sister-in-law, I am responsible for leaving the bathrooms sparkling, a disgusting and dirty job, because every day, they leave me a gift and not one that I like.

There isn't a day in my life where I don't regret my existence, my body is already used to pain, pain is already part of my daily life. I just hope that when my mate shows up, I can go far away with him and be loved, but that's just a dream and dreams are just as their name says "dreams."

I stopped thinking about my misfortune and decided to change into something decent, something from the few things I have in my old closet, and then grab my cleaning supplies, and start a long day of cleaning the castle, and scrubbing those disgusting bathrooms.

As I walked out, I met my other companions who were just like me, with dark circles under their eyes and looking very tired, because some of them work at night attending to the guards who patrol the borders.

The day passed without much trouble and I went to sleep, but how foolish I was to think that here I was going to finish my work as a maid, because after a minute my brother and his Luna arrive to annoy my bitter existence.

"Where are you going, beggar?_" Asks my brother's girlfriend, with disgust.

"Luna, I was about to go to sleep. Do you need anything?_" I say with false calm.

"I need you to clean the floor again because apparently it's not clean enough."

"But I just finished cleaning and…." I didn't finish speaking because my brother slapped me so hard that I fell to the floor with blood in my mouth.

"Insolent, if my Luna tells you to clean, it means you have to clean, whether you cleaned right now, or just now, it doesn't matter. She's your Luna and you have to do what you're told, you insolent girl. I'm going to teach you a lesson. Guards, guards! Come and take this beggar to the punishment cells and give her 50 lashes to see if that will stop her being insolent." Those were the words of my older brother, and when I heard that, I panicked.

"No brother... please forgive me, I'll clean it right now." I say that and I run to his feet, and when I get there, he kicks me in the chest and I fall away from him, and the guards grab me and drag me to the dungeon, as if I were a stray dog.

There they tied my hands and feet with silver chains, and put a gag in my mouth. One of the guards threw a bucket of ice water with salt on me, and ripped the back of my dress, as if it wasn't already too much, what they're going to do to me, they start giving me hard lashes.

One, two, three, four, ten. I think this is the end for me. I lost count of how many times they whipped me, and little by little the darkness takes over.

(Well, that's as far as my suffering goes.) I say inside me and I surrender to the darkness, after all, if I die no one will notice.

"Jazmin, you have to wake up," says a voice I can't make out.

"For what? To live again in suffering."

"No... I will help you get out of here soon, but you have to wake up."

"Go away and let me die in peace."

"Silly girl, if you die, what will happen to me?"

"It doesn't matter to me. Who are you? Tell me, what does my death have to do with you?"

"I am you and you are me, I am your wolf, my name is Camila and I am attached to your soul."

My eyes widen, and I see something shining and the darkness where I was is slowly disappearing, revealing a beautiful white wolf with blue eyes.

"Are you real, or am I hallucinating?"

"Does it look like I'm not real?" she says, giving me a spank with her hind legs.

"Hey…" I said and I jumped.

"I don't have much time before they come and punish you again, you have to wake up."

"How do I do that in this condition?"

"Well, you see... when your mother killed the witch, since the attack was intended for you, you received her powers, and you are half wolf and half witch. The reason for that, I don't know, the Moon Goddess was the one who decided it, and I don't understand those things."

"But, is that possible?"

"Aaf. I don't know, girl, I'm not the goddess, I'm just telling you what you are."

"Well, okay, tell me how to get out of here?"

"Well, I know you're weak, but I'm going to give you a little energy so you can break the chains, and manage to open a portal that will take you far from here, you just have to concentrate, and think about something that brought you a lot of pain, and after that, when the magic portal opens, you will say (take me far from these lands to one where there is no more pain) and you will cross through it, and that portal will take you to the place where you wished to be, since your torment began."

"As if it were difficult not to remember those moments of pain, my whole life has been painful."

"Well, do it, you already have enough reasons to make the portal open for you, you must wake up now, they are coming, and it is possible that this time they will kill you."

"How do I wake up?"

"Like this…" Camila said, and I received a tremendous kick from her.

I opened my eyes, and I realize that I am still in the dungeon, and the wounds on my body, although they no longer hurt as much as they did at first, bring me back to reality.

"Remember what I told you to do."

"Yes, okay."

And so I did, I concentrated my mind on breaking the chains, and in a short time they broke. Then I put my hands on the wall, and I started to think about the bad and sad moments I have had, and a portal opened the size of a door, and I easily entered it.

Well, I hope that wherever this portal takes me is much better than here, and let myself be guided by where it was taking me.

A New Beginning

After crossing the portal, I arrived at a place unknown to me. It seems it's already night time.

There is a lot of noise; I believe this is the land of humans. I scanned the place with my eyes, and all I see is forest. Therefore, I decide to move forward, and after a while, I reached a place that looks like a street.

"Miss, what are you doing alone at this hour? Are you lost?" someone asks me in a kind voice, seeing me wandering around.

I turned to see who it is, and I see a sweet old lady.

"Well, let's just say I'm a little lost," I say with shame.

"Oh, I see you are not from around here, and by your scent, I know you're not human," says the kind lady.

"Uh... I... well, the thing is..." I try to speak, but the lady doesn't let me finish what I'm going to say.

"Child, I may be old, but I'm not blind. Besides, I'm an old witch and can see that you are weak and need to heal many wounds," she says, and such a thing takes me by surprise.

"No, ma'am, it's better if I go..." I say and feel my body contract from the wounds that haven't fully healed yet. My body falls to the cold ground, and little by little, darkness envelops me.

**

I don't know how long I've been passed out when I feel my body numb. Upon opening my eyes, I see the same lady.

"Girl, you are awake…" Those were the words that finally woke me up.

"Ma'am, where am I?" I ask.

"You are in my house."

"When did I arrive here?"

"You have been unconscious for a week, and I have been taking care of you. Don't ask so many questions, you sound like a detective."

What I hear leaves me surprised. How can I sleep for so long? I say I only let myself be carried away by the darkness and thought it would only last a few hours, but well, it's over now, it doesn't matter.

"Ma'am, I must go and continue on my way."

"Child, I'm not asking you to leave. Rather, I live here alone, and as you can see, I am lonelier than an abandoned cat. Wouldn't you like to live in this poor old woman's house and keep her company?" says the lady with a sad face.

I really don't know how to face this. Who is going to reject a person who took care of you without giving anything in return? I think no one.

"Okay, ma'am, but only for a while."

"Well, I know I'm old, but my name is Carmen. Nice to meet you."

"My name is Jazmin Salvatierra. Nice to meet you, ma'am."

"Child, you can call me Grandma; it's more comfortable for both of us. What do you say?" she says with a smile.

"Okay, Grandma, I'm hungry. Can you give me something to eat?" I say embarrassed, so she doesn't think I'm taking advantage of her kindness.

"Of course, dear, I can give you all the food you want," she replies cheerfully.

Carmen leaves the room, and after a while, she arrives with a tray full of delicious dishes, including a plate of freshly cut strawberries, I can tell by the color.

I take the tray, and she helps me get out of bed and sit in a chair with a small table, and without further ado, I start eating as if I had never eaten before.

"Grandma, the food is delicious," I say, gaining more confidence, because this lady seems like a good person. Since I don't have a family, I will call her Grandma, and that way, I know I have someone important to me.

"Thank you, dear. After you eat, rest so you can recover faster. I need to talk to you about some things here," Carmen says.

Carmen leaves Jazmin in the room and continues doing housework.

The next day, Jazmin woke up to a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen and decided to get up and see what Carmen was doing.

"Good morning, Grandma."

"Dear, you're already up."

"Yes. Can I help you with anything?"

"No, I'm done. You better sit down; we are going to have breakfast soon," says Carmen, handing her a plate of freshly made pancakes with pineapple jam.

"Grandma, these are the best pancakes I've ever tasted," she says after the first bite.

"I'm glad you like them, dear."

Breakfast was very cheerful, as Carmen, for her age, is a very friendly and energetic person.

"Well, Grandma, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"

"First, I want you to know that here in the human world, you have to hide who you are if you don't want crazy scientists coming in and doing experiments on you," she says, and that makes me feel afraid.

"Okay, Grandma."

"Well, the other thing is that you have to learn to live as a normal human, without using magic. Well, use it sometimes, only if the situation warrants it. I will teach you how to hide your scent, how to use your white witch powers, and I will train you to be stronger," Carmen says as if she were talking about the weather. The young woman had no choice but to accept everything since she is weak at the moment, and needs to be strong so that no one can harm her.

"Yes, Grandma, whenever you want, we'll start training."

"Well, let's get changed then. We'll start today," she says, and they both go to change.

Jazmin doesn't know how, but in the room where she was, there are clothes her size and many things she hadn't paid attention to.

**

Time flew by, and Jazmin has been training day and night for a month. Apparently, her skills as a wolf and a white witch were very surprising, so much so that she managed to hide her scent as a wolf and learned to use wound healing magic. But of course, that's just the beginning of a great adventure.

Years have passed, where I have become someone stronger, and there is no trace left of the weak Jazmin

Carme taught me to live as a human, of course without showing my wolf or my white witch powers in public.

If I told her that what I went through with my supposed family is forgotten, I would be lying to her, the pain in me has not gone away, rather, that pain has been what has led me to be who I am today, I don't hold a grudge against them partly because I believe that time takes care of putting everyone in their place.

Carmen convinced me to study (take her word for it) and soon after, due to my intelligence, and of course by using a little magic on the sly, I graduated from high school, worked hard to get a full scholarship, and studied business administration, and here I am at the door of a large company, applying for the position of business administration, with only five years of studies and hard work I achieved all that, of course with the help of Carmen who threatened me from time to time with the flying sandal, and almost at gunpoint would get me out of my cozy bed, people that's terrible, but it was worth it.

I passed the interview without any problems, and tomorrow I start work.

Whoever looks at me with the naked eye thinks I'm just a normal human, since I live and dress like a normal woman, nobody knows who I really am, because thanks to Carmen, I had to put my wolf Camila to sleep, because every time she sees a handsome boy, she wants to get out of control, so I was able to hide my wolf inside me, so that she wouldn't do anything crazy, of course from time to time I wake her up so that we can release a little energy, so that my wolf and I don't die from the accumulation of energy, there are days when she wakes up alone and does her thing, that wolf is shameless, and always contradicts me and wants to be looking at the handsome boys, and she is the worst luxurious there is in the world.

After leaving that company, I decide to look for a nice apartment that has a patio similar to the forest.

Then I got home, and as always, Carmen welcomes me with a lot of love, it seems that I am her real granddaughter.

"You finally arrived, daughter. How was the interview?" she asks me enthusiastically.

"Better than I expected, tomorrow I start work, the job pays very well, which means that you and I have to move today to a more modern house, nobody lives in the forest in the middle of the century" I say with a bit of mockery.

"But what are you saying, girl, this forest is our home, we are not going anywhere, if you want to go alone" says my beloved and beautiful grandmother, with an angry face.

"Grandma, I will never leave you, we have already talked about this, you intend to leave your only granddaughter alone in the big city, aren't you ashamed to do that." I say and give her puppy dog eyes, because it works very well with her, because I am the queen of drama.

"Well, well, but let the house have a view of the forest" she says after falling for my charms.

"Grandma, don't worry about anything, I already have one to your liking, and everything is in order" she says happily.

"Don't tell me you used magic to get the house" she says annoyed.

"Well, just a little, because where are we going to get money from? Here, take it, so we can buy new furniture, so we don't use magic anymore if that's what you want" I say, trying to calm down the furious and tender Grandma Carmen, and she shows me her sandal as a threat.

"Silly girl, let this be the last time you use your magic so carelessly, what if someone sees you?" she tells me angrily, I think I'm in trouble, if anyone knows of an anti-sandal suit, lend it to me, I think this one won't save me from anyone.

"Come on, Granny, give me a hug, stop scolding me, and let's make something to eat, I'm hungry, put down that sandal, I'll take care of you from today" I tell her to see if I can escape from this one, and it seems to have worked, because she lowered the killer sandal.

They both go to the kitchen and start making food and chatting cheerfully, already in the afternoon, they decide to go out and buy new furniture for their new home, because that same day they have to move, because Jazmin has to work the next day and they have to sleep early, because she is a heavy sleeper, and is lazy in the morning.

They spent the afternoon buying endless things, and when night came, they were both in the new house with a huge forest at the back and away from the bustling city.

♥️ Jazmin

after a while of arranging the furniture we bought, we take a well-deserved break to see everything.

"Everything looks so nice" I say proud of myself.

"Well, I prefer my old house" Carmen tells me.

"Granny, we already talked about this, I need you close" I tell her, because I can't even tie my shoes without this woman.

"But I didn't say anything" she says, raising her arms in defeat.

A while later

The author speaks

each one organized her things in her wardrobe and already at night Jazmin and Carmen set about making dinner together, and each one ate until they could eat no more.

"I think I ate too much" says Jazmin rubbing her belly.

"You young people nowadays don't know when to stop."

"Well, I better go to bed, I have work tomorrow" says Jazmin to escape Carmen's scolding.

"Where are you going, young lady? Come and give this poor old woman a hug before you go to sleep."

"Granny, you know you're the best, come here" she says and goes over to give Carmen a big hug.

"Go to sleep now, girl, you're hard to get out of bed."

"Bye, Granny... sleep well" she says, blowing Carmen a kiss.

Both women went to their rooms, and soon after fell asleep, due to the exhaustion they both had from the move.

⏰6.00 the alarm clock rings,

and Jazmin doesn't get out of bed.

⏰6.10 it rings again, and she doesn't get out of bed, because it seems to her that it is rich.

⏰6.15 Carme enters and pulls the sheets off her so that she gets up, otherwise she will be late for her first day of work.

"Girl, you're going to be late for work" she says, tired of the same thing.

"Come on, Granny, let me sleep and give me the sheet" she says, trying to grab the sheet Carmen has in her hands, then throws herself back on the bed to sleep.

"Get up if you don't want me to leave you without chocolate cake" Carmen threatens her and when she hears the latter, she jumps up and runs into the bathroom to do her business, and takes a quick shower and bath, where she washes her long hair.

As she gets out of the shower, she wraps herself in a towel and puts another one on her hair, then grabs the hand dryer and dries her hair completely.

She puts on her office clothes and puts on simple makeup and finally, she sprays on her favorite vanilla and rose perfume and leaves her room singing a beautiful melody.

When she gets downstairs, she finds breakfast ready, and eats as quickly as possible and kisses Carme and runs out of the apartment.

She arrives at the building where she has to go to work, and at the reception they ask for her name and the girl tells her where to go.

"You have to go up to the 27th floor and your secretary will be waiting for you there to show you your office, and welcome to Guzman Inc, Miss Jasmin."

"Thank you very much, you're very kind" she says and goes where the girl tells her.

She walks towards the elevator and bumps into a man unknown to her.

"Excuse me, sir, I was distracted."

"No problem, miss, but please get off me, because I am not responsible for my actions, nor for what might happen to you on top of me."

Jazmin doesn't know how to respond to that, because her face is redder than a tomato, and she just gets off him and gets into the elevator without saying a word.

"Great, on my first day of work, I was late and on top of that, I'm disheveled, how embarrassing, I almost kissed that man, his smell of chocolate and mint almost made me lose my resistance and made me kiss him, wait, does he smell of chocolate and mint? It can't be possible, what do I do now? This subject, by the way he smells, means that he is my mate, my destined partner, I hope Camila doesn't wake up when she smells the aroma of our mate" the best thing is that I get as far away from this subject as possible.