My name is Pureza, and I am the cursed daughter

My name is Pureza, but I am anything but pure.

Let me explain why.

I live in a pack of wolves in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, the Luz pack. Here, wolves only turn during the full moon, just like in human tales.

I am hated by my pack simply because I am the reason they are not normal wolves like any other pack.

Twenty-three years ago, this pack was beautiful, full of life, with many wolves running around.

But when my mother had me, everything changed.

The place was totally destroyed, the wolves are now men and women for most of their lives.

I am the most hated among them, not only for the curse I brought upon them but also for my different appearance, which they themselves wish they had.

I am five foot nine, with a slim and strong body, platinum blonde hair, eyes lighter than the sky itself, loved by men and hated by women.

My parents died because of me, my brother died for me. Wherever I go, there is only death and suffering.

I haven't turned into a wolf yet and I don't even know if I will, but I am strong, even stronger than any wolf.

I can't explain why my life is like this.

Today, the pack is throwing a party for King Dionysus, he is an alpha wolf and the one and only king.

He is coming from France and making several stops at all the packs around the world.

He is looking for his mate.

But I doubt he'll find her in this pack.

Everyone here is horrible. Except for my favorite couple, the beta and his mate, Erica.

I've been so mistreated by this pack that one day I snapped. In an unfair fight with five wolves transformed by their hatred for me, I decided to fight back.

Everything bad that has happened here is my fault.

My parents died when I was ten years old, I was raised by an aunt of mine who also died when I was sixteen, all these deaths were horrible.

I remember it like it was yesterday, I was at school like any other normal day in my life, where I would get beaten up even by the teachers for being the cursed daughter.

That day when I got home I smelled blood and death near my house, I ran and when I entered the scene I saw was worse than anything.

My mom and dad were in the living room, their bellies cut open, their organs scattered around the place. I could feel the pain they went through. I ran and called for my brother, but nothing. When I entered his room, there was my hero, my older brother, lying in his own pool of blood, his head separated from his body.

My world turned upside down when I saw the only people who loved me dead. That's what unleashed an immeasurable rage inside me and I vowed to kill whoever was responsible for such cruelty.

After that I went to live with my Aunt Elena, a kind and old woman, she always tried to help me with the traumas of the death of my family, and she always told me.

"Pureza, my child, don't blame yourself for this curse, no witch has proven that you are cursed, my child, don't let hatred consume you. It was a tragedy what happened to my sister and your father and brother, child, but it wasn't you."

I swear I tried to remind myself every day that it wasn't my fault, but my pack didn't let it go.

Wherever I went people ran from me, they threw stones at me, they cursed me, I suffered a lot until I was twenty years old, on my twenty-first birthday I gave up trying to follow my aunt's rules.

I started breaking anyone who humiliated me, anyone who attacked me, I just didn't kill because I didn't want to pay for their hate.

But I also left broken arms and crooked noses wherever I went.

If I'm going to be hated, it might as well be on my own merit.

The only people who didn't hate me were Erica and her husband, Enzo.

Enzo is the coolest warrior in this pack, he taught me everything I know today, I fight even better than he does.

"Pureza, you are ready, my friend, now no one can stop you if you don't want them to."

"Thank you, Enzo, for your time and your training, if it weren't for you, I think I would be dead already."

"My dear, I wish you didn't need all this training to defend yourself."

"I know, Erica, I wish that too, at least to be normal like you."

They hug me and cry over my shitty life.

"Well, time to get ready, let's go to this party for the King, and since they can't forbid me from going, I'm going to rub it in their faces tonight, hahaha."

"The alpha will want to kick you out after this, for sure."

"I'm leaving now, my friends."

"We'll miss you, promise to call, or at least send a letter, please."

"Of course, Erica, you're the only people in this place who have never been a disturbance in my life, you are my only friends in this place, could you come with me?"

"My dear, you know we can't, I'm the beta of this pack, I can't just abandon my post."

"Yeah, I know, but it doesn't hurt to try, right? Hahaha."

They hug me and go home, and so do I.

Since King Dionysus is arriving today, the pack doesn't even remember that I exist, and I'm going to take this opportunity to leave. I know I told Erica and Enzo that I would wait, but I can't put my life on hold anymore for this pack that hates me.

I arrive at my childhood home and stare at the place. This is where I had my happy family and where they died at the same time. I can't stay here anymore, I feel something waiting for me far away from here and tomorrow I'll be far away from the Amazon.

That same night.

I packed all the things I'm going to need, and some changes of clothes and basic survival items, put them in a backpack. The rest of my things I don't want anything from here, I left Enzo and Erica a letter, apologizing, but before I leave I'm going to set fire to this whole house.

The pack is in an uproar, the King must be in the pack.

It's almost eight o'clock at night now. The party is starting now.

I grab my things and go out the back door, but first I light the wick of a candle right at the exit door, I leave it burning and turn my back and enter the forest, I walk for half an hour when in the distance there is a big explosion and fire high up.

From where I am, I can see the flames and people screaming.

My house is far from everyone, so no one is around to get hurt, I wonder why they are screaming, hahaha.

I continue my walk and arrive at the pier, I take a boat and go as far away from this place as possible.

My name is Dionysus, King of the werewolves.

Merciless and cruel.

I am 650 years old, but with the face of a 37-year-old.

Tanned, with green eyes, 220 pounds of pure muscle. Covered in tattoos, I scare even my own shadow.

Today we have another pack to visit, I am on a relentless search for my mate. I have been looking for her for years, if I don't find her, I will have to put a queen in her place and it's something I don't want.

"Fred, when will we arrive in the Amazon?"

"Before five, my lord."

"Have they prepared my house? I want to arrive, take a bath, and sleep a little, I'm tired of these trips."

"The alpha himself has prepared your house, sir."

"Okay, friend, okay."

Leaving the conversation aside, I rest my head on the seat and sleep a little.

This week alone I visited three packs here in Brazil, I can't wait to find my destined one so I can rest.

We arrived at the Light pack, this pack is different, the wolves here were cursed, they can only transform on a full moon. They say it's because of a cursed baby that was born here, but this theory has never been proven.

Arriving there, a line of people is already waiting for me, I get out of the car, and they greet me enthusiastically.

"King Dionysus, welcome to our pack, sir."

They bow and I dismiss them.

"Show me the house I'll be staying in, I'm tired from the long journey."

I say dryly but they nod in agreement. We walk through the pack until we reach the house, the place is small but it is the best house in the area.

I look at Fred and he shrugs.

This pack is stuck in time, it hasn't evolved much.

"Sir, make yourself comfortable, this is your home for as long as you need it."

The alpha is all about kissing up to me, I hate people like that.

I dismiss him with my hand and he quickly leaves the house leaving me and Fred alone.

"Sir, I apologize for the accommodation, I didn't know the place was so low-ranking, sir."

"Don't worry, Fred, it's not your fault that this place is stuck in time, now I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. Wake me up at seven to get ready for the reception."

"Of course, sir."

I take a bath, stay only in my boxer shorts, and lie down, at least the place is clean. I quickly fall asleep.

I dream of a woman with white hair, a beautiful body, I can't see her face but I know it's her, I know it's my destined one.

In the dream, she asked me to find her.

But I've already run everywhere and I can't find her.

I have had the same dream for years, but today something changed, I can feel her hands touching me and I wake up with a start, roaring in despair.

"Sir, are you okay? What's wrong?"

"It's her, Fred, I felt her touch on my hands, she's close, I can feel it."

"That's great, sir, I was just coming up to wake you."

"Okay, I'm going to take a bath and I'll be right down."

I get ready and dress in an Armani suit, if I'm going to meet her today, I want her to see me at my best.

I leave the house and the alpha is waiting for me, he leads us to the party hall and on the way we hear a big explosion in the distance.

My soldiers approach me for my protection but I make my way to the place where there is a large amount of fire and smoke.

It was a house and only two people are desperately shouting for someone.

"PUREZA, PUREZA WHERE ARE YOU, ENZO WHERE IS SHE, PLEASE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING, SHE MUST BE IN THERE, WHY IS NO ONE DOING ANYTHING?"

I feel my wolf stirring inside my head, my wolf screams 'Mine' and I waste no time and invade the house, which is still on fire.

I run everywhere without feeling anyone's presence in the house, but I grab a piece of clothing that is on top of a chair and I get out of there.

"Sir, please don't do that, you could have gotten burned."

I bring the shirt to my nose and smell the most delicious scent I could ever smell.

I look at the couple hugging, and I walk up to them, and the woman cries.

"She's not in there, are you her parents?"

"No, sir, she's just a friend."

"I need you to help me find her."

"Sir, I'm sorry, if she's not in there, she's probably already left town."

"How could she leave? Why would she leave?"

The alpha comes up to me and tries to explain.

"Sir, this woman was cursed, sir, she brought all the tragedy to our pack, if she left we are free."

They laugh in a way that disgusts me.

"Stop laughing, it's not her fault you hate her, you made her leave."

I look at the woman in her husband's arms and ask her to explain why all this happened.

"Sir, Pureza is not to blame for the curse on this place, when she was born this curse fell on us and that's why everyone here blames her for it, her parents and brother were killed in a great massacre here in their own home, she was only a ten-year-old child, sir."

"And why did she leave? Tell me everything."

"Sir, this pack humiliated her, they beat her until she was twenty, sir, they only stopped when she started to fight back, but the humiliation was constant, she told us she was leaving but it was only after tonight's party, I don't understand why this situation now."

"Do you know where she was going?"

"She told us she was going abroad, sir, but she didn't say exactly where, why do you want to know?"

"BECAUSE SHE IS MY MATE, AND YOU HUMILIATED AND BEAT HER, YOU OF THIS PACK WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO CARE AND PROTECT HER, MADE HER RUN FAR FROM ME."

"You, Alpha John, were supposed to take care of her, no matter what she is or was, you were put in this position to protect, to care for, and watch over our kind, AND I, AS KING AND ALPHA ABOVE YOU, NOW DECLARE YOU NO LONGER ALPHA OF THIS PACK AND SHALL RECEIVE THE SENTENCE OF DEATH."

Everyone in the place screams in despair, but I don't care, what they did to my mate will be paid for in blood.

"Marco, come and immediately carry out the sentence on the former alpha."

"Yes, my lord."

Marco is my chief of the royal guard, when he grabs John by the neck others try to help but I roar with my dominance and everyone falls to their knees.

"Now if anyone tries to help him again, Marco, you can kill them too."

"Yes, my king."

Marco makes him kneel before me and breaks John's neck, those who are near hear the alpha's connection to his pack break, his Luna immediately senses her mate's death and screams, she tries to attack me but with one hand I break her neck and there ends the legacy of the alpha of the Light pack.

"ENZO, I now declare you the new alpha of the Light pack."

Enzo looks at me and sits down.

"My woman is missing, now I want everyone looking for her, she shouldn't be far away."

I spoke roaring with hatred for these people who abused my woman, that's why in my dreams she begged me to find her.

"Fred, pack our things, we're leaving here to look for her in five minutes."

"Yes, sir, right away."

He and some soldiers ran off to pack our things.

I lift my nose in the air and sniff but all I can smell is smoke.

Pureza, I will find you, now that I know who you are I will never give up on you.

Purity

I've been on the road for exactly two days.

Today I'm going to stop for a bit and rest.

I left the Javari Valley, where my pack was located, passed by the river, and now I'm close to or already in the state of Peru. I know it's far from where I was, but remember I told you I'm almost a wolf? And my running speed on foot is equal to theirs, I just never showed myself to anyone.

I want to get to the United States, I heard a lot about the place through magazines and television, I want to try to go there and start from scratch.

I know it will be a gigantic walk but not impossible.

I hitchhike with a super nice couple and off we go on another hike.

They leave me as close as they can near Nauta, here I rest for a day.

I hunt my food, sleep on top of a large tree, my money is scarce so I can't stay in a hotel or even inns.

But since I'm a warrior, nothing gets near me to the point that I don't see it.

After exactly one month, I arrived in Colombia, Tumaco to be exact, I will have to stay here a little longer because I need to raise money for the ship.

They speak a foreign language, but I pretend to be deaf and mute, lol.

But I manage to get work.

Since I can't talk to anyone, I got a cleaning job, cleaning a hotel in the city, there are many tourists here, the place is beautiful.

Dionysius

DAMN IT, WHY CAN'T ANYONE FIND HER?

I scream in pain and exhaustion from looking for her.

Months have passed and still nothing.

"MY LORD."

I get up running and go see why they are yelling at me.

"Who are you?"

"Sir, my name is Peterson, sir, I come from afar, I'm from the Warriors of Nauta pack.

You sent a message to my alpha, but he can't talk to you, so he sent me directly here to look for you, sir."

"So tell me what your alpha wants to say, I'm very busy looking for my mate."

I turn my back and start walking when he speaks.

"Sir, we sighted the white-haired woman in Nauta, sir."

I turn and run to him.

"When did you see her in Nauta, tell me.?"

"Sir, it's been exactly a month since she passed through there, sir, my alpha has been trying to reach you for days and has received no response.

My alpha has someone following her, as you forbade anyone to take her, we can only follow her, sir."

"And where is she at this moment, Peterson?"

"I'll call my alpha, sir, and let you know right away, just a second."

His vision becomes clouded for a few minutes and when he returns he tells me where my woman is.

"The information I have is that she is at this moment in Tumaco, and she is working at a hotel in the city."

"Fred, get everything ready, we're leaving now."

"Yes, my king."

"Thank you and your alpha, Peterson, choose what you want, it's yours, my friend."

"Thank you, my king."

"Diego, take him to eat and shower and whatever he chooses, give it to him."

"Ok, my king."

I go up to my room and take a shower and go downstairs, everything is ready for our departure, I leave the hotel in Bolivia, on the other side of where my wife is.

I'm going to find you beautiful, wait for me, don't leave there please, moon goddess hold her there for me please.

I say a brief prayer to my moon goddess, I hope she hears me.

We go to the airport and get on our private jet.

And we take to the air.

That same day we arrived in Tumaco, the place is beautiful and full of beaches and greenery.

The Hotel Vila do Sol is in front of me, I feel my legs vibrate with emotion, she is here, I feel my heart racing just thinking about seeing her for the first time.

I walk in front of everyone, but here I need to be calm, this place only has humans, no wolves.

I arrive and ask the hotel receptionist.

They speak in Spanish.

Hola buenos dias necesito hablar con un empleado su nombre y pureza

Translation:

Hello, good morning. I need to speak with an employee, her name is Pureza.

Hotel Employee:

"Buenos dias señor, lo siento pero no tenemos a nadie con ese nombre aqui."

Translation:

"Good morning, sir, I'm sorry but we don't have anyone by that name here."

Do you have any new employees who have been here for a little less than a month?

Hotel Employee:

Si señor tenemos una niña, pero es sordomuda señor, pero esta tarde salio en el barco hace unas horas

Translation:

Yes, sir, we have a young woman, but she is deaf and mute, sir, but this afternoon she left on the ship a few hours ago.

Dionysius:

Tiene el pelo blanco?

Translation:

Does she have white hair?

Hotel Employee:

Si señor.

Translation:

Yes, sir.

Dionysius:

"Fred, let's go to the pier, she went to the ship."

We ran like crazy after my wife.

Arriving there, the ship was far from the pier.

"Damn it, damn it, Fred, get me a boat now or I'll swim to that ship."

"Yes, it's already waiting for you, sir, I imagined you would ask me that, my king."

"That's why you're my second, my friend, now let's go before I go crazy after that runaway."