Chapter 2 Desperate

Malia's familial situation was very pathetic.

Her father was the current Alpha king of the werewolf kingdom of Ethiopia.

The incident happened when he had just become Alpha king.

He had a one-night stand with Malia's mother, who was a maid back then and got her pregnant while he was already married.

This made a lot of people question her mother's character for seducing a married man.

This fact made a lot of people look at her with disdain and disgust.

She was tagged as the daughter of a slut and a homewrecker.

She would have also blamed her mother for the disgraceful life she was living now if she had not accidentally stumbled on the truth a few years back.

She happened to hear it in passing when her father was stupidly drunk and saw her.

He had thought her to be her mother and apologized countlessly for what he had done.

When Malia heard what he did, she hated him more than she ever did.

Apparently, her mother did not willingly sleep with her father.

She was raped by him.

Her mother had come entered the palace using the identity of a stranded foreigner who desperately needed work.

She was a peerless yet cold beauty who was admired and courted by many.

She had a face that could topple cities and leave them in ruins.

Even with her beauty, she had never tried to win favor with others but worked hard day and night to keep her job.

She never associated with others, so she had no true friends who could help or support her.

Her father had stumbled upon her accidentally.

He had taken a fancy to Malia's cold yet delicately beautiful mother and asked her to spend the night with him. Knowing that her father was already married with a child, her mother had refused instantly.

Irked by her refusal as he was an arrogant bastard who always got his way, he forced himself on her.

After having his fill, he left her for dead and never looked back.

Her mother was able to patch herself up and soon left the palace.

Later on, his father had gotten news from his men that his mother was pregnant, so he ordered for her to be brought back.

Her father locked his mother in a secluded area in the palace till nine months elapsed.

Her mother tried to escape countless times but was too weak and helpless.

She became crazed due to the restrictions on her life as well as emotional instability. This caused her to have a very difficult childbirth which eventually led to her death.

Her father never loved her mother.

He also never loved his wife seeing as he could easily be lured by beauty.

In fact, he never loved anyone aside himself but he was also someone with feelings, so he naturally felt immense guilt after Malia's mother died.

The matter weighed on his heart heavily, but the guilt was not enough for him to come clean. He was aware that back then, coming clean could result in the loss of the throne he had just acquired, so he lied to everyone.

He claimed that it was Malia's mother who had seduced him and made him sleep with her. He also said that, as a good father, he could not bear to let his child suffer outside as an orphan, so he took Malia in and gave her the title as his second born princess.

People naturally would never blame the man as he was being 'seduced', so they poured all the blame on Malia's mother.

They called her all sorts of degrading terms and painted her as a vixen.

Malia's mother became the vixen who came in between a loving couple. They rejoiced that she was dead and claimed that she got what she deserved in terms of karma.

After Malia found out that her mother had suffered so much yet she was still being cursed, she hated her father as well as this cursed kingdom.

She wanted to find any means whatsoever to leave and escape from this place, but with her ability and the restrictions on her life she couldn't.

She sighed as she thought of what her family would do if they knew she had the thought of escaping them.

She had had enough already!

The whipping she received today just strengthened her resolve to leave

She hissed in pain as she accidentally pulled on her wounds.

Her damn stepsister just had to be so brutal!

That witch!

Her stepsister was called Cecilia.

She had always been jealous and hateful of the attention and praise Malia got even without trying.

Malia was effortlessly beautiful due to her mother's and father's good looks.

She was also smart and knew how to tackle a lot of issues in the kingdom.

Cecilia naturally noticed this, so her jealously soared.

So, she looked for even the slightest reason to punish Malia, even if it was not valid.

Her stepmother and younger step brother also tagged along sometimes and also punished her too.

They all had joy in seeing her writhe in pain and scream in agony.

They were a devilish trio!

They always acted nice to her outside, but were brutal beyond imagination to her where no one could see.

You would think that since her father felt guilty towards her mother, he would help her.

Her father was not a part in her abuse but she was sure that he was secretly aware of it yet he did not say anything to stop it

From his personality, he must feel that Malia did deserve it, since she was such a stain on his reputation even if it was all his fault.

Malia sighed in frustration.

She closed her eyes and wished desperately for a way out.

A way out of her bondage.

An olive branch of some sort.

She was tired of wishing and hoping.

She had made up hers and not to ask for anything anymore if no one answered her prayers this time.

There would be no use anymore.

As if to answer her prayers, a rapt knock soon came from her door.

She glanced up in surprise because no one ever came to these parts.

Who could it be?

She stood up and walked to the door.

As she was about to turn the knob, she suddenly froze as she remembered something.

"Make sure no one comes to know about this!"

Oh shit!