Chapter 128
Celeste POV
I worked. As expected. Fions went and confronted out parents. For as long as I can remember. I’ve had to share all the attention with her, even though she is only a half–sister and not even fully blond related to me. I’ve hated her existence, for the love that my parents continue to extend to her, knowing exactly who she is to them. I am the one who is fully Dominion and the rightful heir to the pack. I am the one who deserves all the accolades and all the praise. I am the one who is destined to take over the pack and siscreed while Fiona is merely a noborly, nothing more than an omega and that was putting it kindly. I did not like my half–sister and found her to be nothing more than a weak and pathetic mutt. Her background and het lineage meant she should have been killed at birth, not given the merciful life she had been raised with instead. I still hated the injustice of that
As I stepped into the pack house, I could hear the low murmurs of my mother and fathers, distress in all of their voices.
“How do you think she found out? Regan, my mother was asking, wiping tears from her eyes ‘who do you think told her?”
I sensed eyes on me as I stepped into the living room. They were looking towards the stairway with regret in their eyes. Naturally, I was not about to tell them I had been the one to divulge their carefully kept secret. How they thought the notion that Fiona and I were fraternal twins was in any way believable I would never know. We were just too different. I was ambitious while Fiona…Fiona had no ambition at all. She was far too kind to become the Alpha of this pack. She couldn’t be a leader with her soft–spoken voice and obedient nature. You had to be brutal in the shifter world if you wanted to make it and Fiona didn’t have that in her. She was too much of a weakling. Just like her real mother, I thought coldly as I looked at my parents, adopting a weak smile.
“Are you talking about Isabelle being Fiona’s mother?” I asked softly, causing them all to stiffen “it’s been going around the packhouse and grounds for weeks. I’m not sure who started the rumors” I lied “but are you telling me that it’s the truth? That Fiona is not my twin and sister?”
“Damnit” Regan growled, “one of the servants must have blabbed or a visitor” she hissed, “we’ve kept this for so many years and now it’s all toppling down like a house of cards” she threw her hands up in frustration.
“I told you we should have told her the truth” my father Xander argued, a look of pain in his eyes “but you and Xavier were insistent that she should be spared knowing who her real mother was and the crimes she had committed. Now look at what’s happened” he practically shouted in rage.
“Mother, Father’s” I tried to keep my voice soft as they turned their heads to regard me “the rumors are true then?”
“Yes” My mother exhaled, looking at me apologetically “you have to understand though Celeste, we did it for Fiona’s sake. We didn’t want her to grow up knowing the true background of what her mother did and being blamed for her mother’s past actions. We were trying to spare her from what we thought would be too hard for her to handle. We made a mistake.“
“I understand your reasoning” my voice is sly “but Fiona must be feeling really hurt now. Surely you were going to tell her the truth eventually?” I asked cunningly.
Silence as my parents glanced at each other. They all bowed their heads. I was surprised. It appeared as though they had meant to take it to their graves. But how? It’s not as though Fiona and I were going to shift on the same day. For all intents and purposes Fiona was slightly older than me, so she would shift before me. How were they planning to explain that?
“What about the change?” I asked tightly “surely Fiona would have realized something was wrong when she turned into a wolf first.”
“We were going to explain it away as her being an early bloomer” my mother said as I fought the urge to laugh “stupid we know, but it doesn’t matter now” she added dully “because Fiona knows the truth and she doesn’t want anything to do with
us.”
Yes! Finally. I had broken the bonds between us all and it hadn’t even been that difficult. I felt like jumping up and down with joy. I feigned disappointment. “She doesn’t mean it. In her own way she loves us all. She’ll come around and it will be like this never happened” I promised quietly.
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Chapter 124
God, I hoped the leh the pack forever. I was sick of waring at hey mapid face, of seeing that deborning ontle as th other pack members. I wanted her gone.
“I don’t know” my mother’s voice trembled “the med preny determined to break res and even traeter park dr sdded
“If that’s what she wants then why non gram her with? I broke in carting them to book at me stunned “maybe a break from this pack and us is all the needs to realize how good the hat it I suggerent
Or maybe once she was gone. Flons would realize just how mich my parents had lied to her and never want to deg st back in this pack, leaving the leadership and Alpha potition to me. I was extinting on the latter.
“If she transfers then we don’t have the right to demand her back‘ Father Xander’s voice is worden.
“If we keep her here against her will, what’s to say she won’t find her own way of getting out?” I asked as they narrowed their eyes, debating the wisdom of my words.
“Maybe” Mother acknowledged, dipping her head “but either way, I’m not about to agree to this until after you’ve bout turned eighteen and had your first shift. I would be a lot more comfortable knowing that Fiona at least has the ability so be able to defend herself when she’s traveling.”
Why god why? Just let the bitch go and die on the way. Who cares if she can shift or not. Her wolf was probably as pathetic and weak as she was anyway. I could feel myself gritting my teeth.
“That sounds like a good idea mother” I lied “but what do you intend to do? I doubt she cares about her birthday anymore!
“We do what we’ve always done but this time we bring the party foward and have it on Fiona’s special day Father Xander interrupts, glowering at Father Xavier and Mother. “She deserves to celebrate her real birthday for once. Celeste can have her own party later. If she’s leaving this pack, she can leave with one good memory of something we’ve done entirely for her” his voice cracked.
He was taking Fiona’s declaration of severing ties hard. The thought of celebrating that bitchs birthday and making a huge deal of it rankled. Fiona didn’t deserve it. I forced a smile on my face.
“Should I take care of the arrangements?” I asked, trying not to scowl.
“I’ll do it” Mother said quietly, wiping tears away “I guess I’ve disappointed her one too many times, but I can at least do this for her. You can help me” she added looking at me with a raised brow.
I couldn’t refuse without looking petty. I tried to comfort myself with the knowledge that once the party was over with, Fiona would no doubt be rushing to leave this pack. Maybe I could sabotage the party so that she was even more infuriated with Mother and my fathers, I thought with an inwardly grin. Thoughts and possibilities began to whirl inside my mind.
“Celeste Mother turned to me “do you think that maybe Fiona would talk to you?”
I doubted it. I was the one who had given her the cold hard truth, not to mention deliberately bullied her over the years. I slowly shook my head.
“No, she needs time” I said, fluttering my eyelashes at her “and space. She needs to come to terms with everything. For now, the last thing she wants is any of us to go near her. Perhaps you should start considering what packs would be suitable to transfer her to” I added pretending to look devestated “that way at least you know she won’t be going to one that’s going to treat her badly.”
A sob from Mother was the only answer I received and my fathers both put their heads in their hands. It seemed as though they were reluctant to let Fiona go, but I would ensure that Fiona would want nothing to do with us or the pack within the next few weeks, determined to make sure I was the only daughter of the Dominions left behind and the rightful heir.
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