Chapter 163
Celeste POV
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The dress doesn’t look right. I adjust it again for the hundredth time, still dissatisfied with it. It doesn’t show enough of my flesh to be seductive, and it’s tight, almost too tight. Had I gained weight? Impossible, I think to myself, examining myself in the mirror and deciding I must just be paranoid. I flip my hair over my shoulder and smile at myself. Even as undecided as I am, I still look gorgeous, and that’s the most important part. I can’t wait until my so–called sister gets here and sees me. She’ll just be a plain Jane like usual in comparison to me and give me and my friends something to laugh about. I would wait for the perfect opportunity to strike and seduce that Alpha behind her back. Nobody was immune to my charms, nobody and certainly not him. I didn’t care what it took; this time he would want me, I would ensure it. There was no way that he would prefer that little bitch when he could willingly have me. I looked forward to seeing the look of devastation on her face when she realized what I had done to her.
The door slowly opens with a creak. I turn to smile at my parents, expecting it to be one of them, only for the smile to remain frozen on my face. It’s impossible. It can’t be her. I’m seeing things, I think to myself, slightly dazed. This was not what I had imagined she might look like at all. The person staring at me is gorgeous, her long hair cascading down her shoulders in waves, the white dress she’s wearing tight at the bodice and her straps off the shoulders. She is the very epitome of elegance and even her shoes and bag match perfectly. She’s wearing a designer dress, an expensive one, and her skin is like a golden honey glow. Her makeup is perfect. She’s no plain Jane, and I feel rage beginning to simmer through me as I continue to stare at her without words. I’m speechless. What had caused this transformation in her, and why had she changed her looks? Was she trying to outdo me today, of all days? Bitch.
“Happy birthday, Celeste. I wanted to come up and give you your birthday blessings personally.”
Her voice is devoid of all warmth. I try to regain my composure, reminding myself not to show any weakness in front of her. I am the queen bee, the one about to become Alpha of the pack, not her. She is nothing. A nobody. Who cared what she looked like when she wasn’t that impressive to begin with? I was so much better than her and I always had been. She could change her looks, but she couldn’t change how weak and pathetic she was, I reminded myself smugly.
“Fiona” I sneer, my eyes glinting as I face her head on, “what a surprise to see you here. I thought you wouldn’t have the guts to show your face around here. Still,” I say sweetly, my voice dripping over with insincerity, “I have to admit that you look beautiful, sister. A makeover suits you. You were always so…” I pause as a strange expression takes over her face, “plain before. I’m sure that your mate appreciates you putting in some effort for once.”
It’s a deliberate dig, and she knows it. Instead of growing angry, though, she merely smiles at me. Odd. Before, she would have reacted to such a statement and matched my anger for anger. Instead, she merely sighed and shook her head at me, infuriating me further. Why won’t she give me the satisfaction of losing her composure or even trying to personally attack me back? I’m almost desperate for a fight, knowing I have the ability to hurt her if I want to. That is, if my wolf cooperates with me.
“You haven’t changed a bit, have you, Fiona?” she drawls. “You’re still the same old Celeste I know and love. I guess it was too much to expect you to have matured while in my absence. Mother and fathers must be so proud of you“.
Her tone is filled with sarcasm. I blink, straightening my shoulders. How dare she speak to me like that! I was the golden child of my parents, and I had the adoration of the pack. What did she have? Nothing.
“Sister, there is no need to be jealous of me. Why, I bet, one day you’ll become Luna, that is if your mate decides he wants you. Tell me,” I purred, wanting to rub it in, “have you gotten your wolf yet? I see the mark on your neck, but I can’t sense a wolf. It looks as though you’re going to be nothing better than a pathetic human,” I added with glee.
It looked as though that hadn’t changed. Marking her had not brought her wolf to the surface, which meant she definitely
did not have one.
She didn’t need to know that my own wolf was weak in comparison or that it was not what I had been expecting. Neither of us, my wofl and I, had spoken to each other since I shifted. I still hated that my wolf was grey when it was meant to be black or white. It was bullshit. I felt as though my parents had lied to me or somehow made this happen. It never occurred to me that this was a result of my own behavior or that the moon goddess had cursed me. The moon goddess did not exist, as far as I was concerned. She was just a fairytale told to shifter children in order to get them to behave. A legend, but not real.
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Chapter 163
“I’m not jealous of you Celeste,” my sister spoke, a sardonic expression on her face. “If anything.. I feel sorry for you. You could have it all, the title, the role, and the mat,e and still not be happy with your life. Nothing will ever be good enough for you, will it? Nothing will ever mount up to your crazy expectations, and I suspect it’s because mother and fathers have always coddled you, treating you as though you are nothing more than precious gold instead of trying to encourage you to believe in your own ambitions. It looks as though I have a lot to be grateful to them for…” she finished with a grave expression on her face.
She felt sorry for me? That was disgraceful and it pissed me off even further. She had nothing to feel sorry for. It was great. I was powerful. I was about to become the leader of the pack, and while her mate had marked her, it didn’t mean he had mated with her. If anybody should be somebody to feel sorry for, it was Fiona, not me. She wasn’t finished yet, though. Not by a long shot. She had an axe to grind and she was finally venting everything she had kept from me before. I felt humiliated as she continued to put me down and in my place as though she had been doing it all her life.
“I hope one day you meet the love of your life and your attitude changes,” she said kindly, “because I doubt the way you are now; anybody would be willing to have you. At least I have my fated mate, but at the rate you are going? You will have to take a chosen mate, and that is nothing in comparison to the one you should be wholly in love with. It makes me sad for you, Celeste. Truly, sad for you.”
“Don’t feel sorry for me; feel sorry for yourself, you pathetic and ugly bitch of a mutt,” I snarled, my hands clenching into fists as she regarded me steadily.
That was it, she had asked for this. I couldn’t bear to listen to any more of her bullshit and degrading comments. My eyes began to darken, and Fiona’s eyes widened ever so slightly as she saw my nails turn into claws. I was trembling, trying to hold back my wolf but part of me wanted to let it out, to show Fiona who was boss. It would serve her right if I did and who was going to tell me off? I could make it look as though it was an accident or self–defense.I moved closer to her, intending to hurt her, to scratch that beautiful face of hers and disfigure it, but she moved backwards and to my surprise, I soon found that I was facing a more formidable opponent that I could have believed. It turned out that Fiona had a secret too, one she hadn’t divulged to anybody and it was now, at this time, she chose to show that she was more than capable of defending herself at my expense.
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