Chapter 2
Liliana
However, the night was long. Suddenly, the father’s aide visited the scene and told us that we had been called by him. We were to be present before him right now.
I thought Father had caught the wind of this news and was going to help me avenge myself, but I was thinking far too innocently. The moment I saw my father sitting inside the boardroom where he holds meetings with the elders, I ran to him and grabbed his arms, falling to my knees.
I cried bitterly and told him everything, but when he didn’t say anything in return, neither did he pat my head like he used to do, I looked up and saw him staring at me with cold contemp
My heart started beating with an unknown fear. I have never seen Father look at me with such eyes before as if he doesn’t recognize me as his daughter anymore.
“What do you think you are doing right now? GET AWAY FROM ME WITCH! You are no longer my daughter. You are a fake illegitimate witch child! You don’t deserve to be the Alpha William Robinson’s daughter! You will marry Alpha Damian tomorrow in Hazel’s stead, and you will only remain princess till then.
I am disowning you, Liliana Robinson. You shall have no relation to the Crystal Moon pack once you marry! Charles, take her away and proceed with the wedding. Alpha Damian is sure to be impressed by receiving a princess as a bride, a half- blood princess!”
He laughed while Charles grabbed my arms and took me to my room, slamming the door in my face. I was astonished and couldn’t move a muscle, even when I was thrown like a sack into my room or even when my father called me a half–blood and laughed in my face.
Illegitimate? I am an illegitimate child born out of a witch!? H–How can that be? My world came crumbling down, and I slumped down on the floor unable to contain the myriad of emotions inside me and burst out crying.
I was being tormented by violent pain. Pain and pain everywhere, inside and out. It was terrible. My mother died when I was just 1 years old. I don’t even have any memory of hers but I could have never thought, she was a witch!
What am I to do when I don’t even remember how my mother looked!? Why is my father being so cruel towards me? First, Austin and now him. What has happened to both of them? Aren father’s daughter even if my mother was a witch?
Didn’t he love me dearly all along then why now? Why did everything change in one night? Am I cursed!? Oh please, someone, dear goddess, make it all right, please!
I wept until the sun rose in the sky and my time to marry Alpha Damian struck the clock.
“Princess, we are done. Please take a look in the mirror.” Mary’s voice broke me out of my reverie and my eyes captured the woman sitting in front of the mirror.
My caramel–shaded hair was left open in loose curls decorated with pearls. I looked beautiful with the makeup accentuating my features, making me look happy, but anyone could tell it was a lie from one look in my eyes.
My amber eyes were dull. I looked like a lifeless doll.
“Thank you for your hard work, everyone,” I spoke calmly, getting up from the stool with Mary’s help. The gown was heavy and difficult to walk in. It was time for the wedding-
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I wonder whether the father is going to walk his half–blood daughter down the aisle or not. I smiled deprecatingly, walking towards the door when suddenly the face I didn’t want to see, the most, appeared in front of us.
Hazel Jones,
“Sister! You look so pretty!” Who does she think she is calling sister?
“I am not your sister, Miss Hazel, and if you may, I need to go to church. It’s time for the wedding.”
She suddenly covered her mouth with her palms in an ‘oops‘ gesture before grinning widely.
“My bad, sister…you see, since Father has decided to bless me and Austin, he has taken me in as his daughter. So, now we are both sisters. However, if you don’t like me addressing you as such. I won’t. It’s just I got excited because I have never had an older sister before!”
Blessed who? Austin and her!? Father accepted her into the family!?
I fisted my dress, feeling sheer anger and betrayal course through my body at her words. The fabric crumpled under my grip, but I remained still. It was not my place to say anything to her when I had already been thrown away by him.
I was no longer a part of Robinson’s family. Austin rejected me and my father has disowned me but the pain? it was still there. My heart throbbed and my stomach churned as if I had eaten something bad.
How can Father and Austin do this to me? Did I not matter to them at all? He disowned me because I was an illegitimate child but took Hazel in who doesn’t have any blood relation to him?
I suddenly felt like fainting. My health degraded and everything had eaten this morning, a sandwich and a glass of milk rose in my throat. This can’t be, I can’t lose my composure here!
But, the betrayal was like cutting me deeper like a sword and Hazel’s words just made that sword twist in my stomach. inflicting more pain than I could endure. The wedding was about to start and I can’t fall now.
I need to hold myself together because all of them want to watch me fall right now but I can’t let them have the satisfaction of seeing me in pain. I need to force down the truth and live through their betrayal.
I have been replaced by someone else.
Hazel Jones, the girl standing in front of me. Soft blonde locks and baby blue eyes. She has a cute charm, but I know who she is in reality. She is vicious.
After calming myself down, I held myself like a princess. My head raised high in the air as I tried my best to smile and look down at her. Trying not to give in to her silly little provocations despite feeling nothing but a pool of blood in place of
mine.
I have been killed by my loved ones but I won’t show them.
“Congratulations on your new family, Hazel, but you can’t call me sister because I am no longer a part of your new family,” I replied, concealing how hurt I was, how hurt I was to hear my father accepted her into the family who didn’t even have a drop of his blood, blessed Austin and her who was my mate.
How grief–stricken I was watching everything that was mine gening stolen away from me.
“H–However, aren’t you still
father’s daughter, so it’s only right that I call you si
“Hazel, I am going to be the Luna of the South. It would be better if you addressed me as the Luna.” I cut her incessant
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chattering coldly, unable to endure her. She was getting on my nerves.
Doesn’t she know she shouldn’t have been here? She is not everying to hide that she is here to mock me!
“I am sorry, L–Luna. 1-1 just wanted to be friends.” With that she broke into tears, sobbing when suddenly someone appeared from the corner and embraced her.
“Shush, Hazel darling. What happened? Liliana, can you stop making her cry every time you see her? What has she done. now to incur your wrath?”
“N–No, Austin. Siste—Oops! Luna Liliana has done nothing wrong. 1–It was just me getting excited because she looked so beautiful. So, I congratulated her on the wedding forgetting that’s not a normal marriage but a sacrificial one!”
Hazel wept into Austin’s chest as usual making me look like the bad guy here when it wasn’t just the only thing she said. “Oh, my sweet Hazel. You said nothing wrong. I guess, Liliana is just getting wedding jitters, right Liliana? Otherwise, why would you lash out at Hazel for no reason, hmm?”
Austin glared at me angrily as if pressurizing me to say yes and apologize to his sweetheart.
All of it made me want to puke again. My hands were trembling and it was becoming harder for me to stay in the same space as them. My wolf, Rose was whimpering inside, asking me how our mate be so cruel towards us.
I also didn’t know how to answer her because I had the same question. Despite feeling angry and nauseous, my heart suffered terribly. The agony was never–ending
My heart ached to see Austin act so bitter towards me as if there was no past between us. We hadn’t shared anything, those sweet and intimate moments, the times when he would shower me with his love.
It’s as if he has disappeared from all those memories, and only remain, alone, giggling, looking happy. When I open my eyes, there is no one beside me, laughing. No one beside me when I am confessing my love to.
It’s just me.
“Austin Wilson. I am getting late for my wedding. If you will excuse me.” I walked past both of them, quickly wiping a lone tear which escaped my eye, followed by my maids towards the church.
I shut out my ears, unwilling to hear him shout my name as I walked forward, leaving them far behind..
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