CHAPTER 1: That's New
AISHIANNA RAVEN ROBERTS
"YOU LOOK STUNNING, YOUNG LADY," my personal servant said to me as she does my hair. I just smiled at her as I look myself at the mirror.
She's right – I am seeing a young woman who is very stunning in her red glittery gown. A simple make up on her face and then a pinkish lips. It's very natural looking and I am glad to look like this tonight.
My thought fades when someone knocked on my door as if they're going to break it. 'Tsk! Why are they always hot tempered?'
"Come in..." I said and not even minding those who entered my room. 'Well... I just don't care at all, that's why.'
"Aishianna, baby!" I heard my Mother's voice approaching me. "Are you ready?" she asked me that question – I just nod my head to give her an answer. "That's good!" Mother said again with a sound of relief in her voice.
'Geez!' I couldn't help but to let out some deep and heavy sighs as I signaled my servant to stop fixing my hair and making her leave my room as well before I turned around to face my mother whom has this worried sick face right now. I even rolled my eyes at her because of that – 'Tss... I hate making her worry about something that she shouldn't be worried about.'
"Mom... calm down, okay?!" I said to her. "I'll be fine on my own... you know that, right?" I smiled at her while giving her an assurance on something. "Besides... I'm a very independent woman. I can take care of myself just fine, so please... stop giving me that kind of look in your face," I even added while making my lips pout.
She stared at me with a relieve look in her face as the silence began to succumb the surrounding. But even before the whole place will be drawn into the silence, I manage to hear how she releases some heavy and deep sighs.
"What's with the deep and heavy sighs, again?" I asked her that question without minding if I was the one who broke the lingering silence between the two of us. "I don't like how it sounds while you're looking at me with such a relief in your face," I even added.
Mother just shook her head to answer my question and then she sat at the chair in front of me as I felt one of her hands slowly touching my cheeks as if she's feeling it too. 'Tsk! What's wrong with her today? It was like... Urgh! I'm having a bad feeling about this, really bad feeling to be exact.'
"Mom!" I said with a warning tone in my voice. "Tell me your thoughts about this, hmm?!" I even added trying to convince her to spill the tea – I mean her thought that keeps on bothering her, I know.
Mother releases some deep and heavy sighs first before she answers my question. "It's just that, I don't think I could really bare to see you leave this house, baby!" Mother said to me with a worried look in her face, again.
I reached her both hands and caress it. "Mom... I'm not leaving the house for good, okay?" I said to her just to clear her negative thoughts about me, leaving them. "I'm just going to attend a party in the capital with my fiancé... Eric." I even added.
"I know..." Mom said to me and it almost turns out a whisper. "But I really can't ignore this bad feeling inside me right now especially that we can't accompany you there," Mother even added.
I give her my sweetest smile. "I'm going to be fine... I promise!" I said to her. Mother just nods her head as she stand up and made me turn around to look in front of the mirror again and she started to fix my hair.
'I love her... I love them both. So as much as possible I won't be a disgrace or a burden to this family.'
It didn't take more than five minutes for Mom to do my hair. She just curls it, so it would become wavy as it always is. And it was as if on cue, a loud knock on my door again got our attention. 'I am guessing that it was my father this time.'
But I guess, I wasn't really good at guessing. "Madame, young master Eric's personal guards are here outside the house, waiting for the young lady," it was one of our servants here in the house.
Mom and I stand from being seated and started to track the exit of my room. When I opened my rooms' door widely, my eyes search for one specific werewolf in the house – my father. But he isn't around, again.
'He's never there for you, Aishianna... can't you just accept that f*cking truth? Or you just want the really to slap you, using it?' I scolded myself for hoping that he's here, walk me outside our house and say, I should enjoy the night and take care of myself.
But... but f*ck! The whole f*cking truth slap me hard in the face. 'I forgot – my father only sees me as second to my older brother and I somehow hate that fact!' Sad, isn't it? That's also the reason why I agree with this engagement – to make him proud of me, even just a bit.
I may sound insecure about my brother but... that's just how I feel towards how the way he treats the both of us. It's just... there's a very big gap and difference between my older sibling and me.
But before I could think of something else and get hurt by it, I felt my Mother's hand wrapped around my shoulder as she slowly caressing it, as if she knows what's running on my mind right now and she's doing that to make me calm.
"It's fine... he's here," Mother whispered in my ears. My brows furrowed because of curiosity at what she said. "There!" she even added while her lips were I think pointing out something?! And when I turn around to look at what she's pointing, I saw father talking to those men outside our house.
I felt a glint of happiness building inside me when I saw him there. 'He's here... at least he's able to see me off?'
As we walk towards them, I overheard some of their conversation and I know Mother did too because her grief on my shoulder became stronger and somehow, was hurting me too but I just leave it like that, not minding the fact that I am starting to feel pain.
"Where's Eric?" I heard Father's voice asking one of Eric's personal men.
"The young master can't join us to pick up the young lady because he's currently taking care of some important matter with the Alpha," that's what Eric's personal men, answered.
"Is that so? Then... please take care of my only daughter," I heard Father said again and I felt the building happiness inside me while we're getting near them. 'He cares... he just doesn't want to show it to me,' I just realized it now.
But wait... Eric's not here to pick me up? That's new.
To be continued...
CHAPTER 2: Calling Off!
AISHIANNA RAVEN ROBERTS
"WE'RE HERE, YOUNG LADY!"
I heard the driver said although I was thinking why Eric didn't show up to pick me up at the house when he always does that? And what's that important matter anyways? Is it more important than his fiancé? 'Urgh! Yes Aishianna, it is... that's why he isn't here beside you right now, tsk!' Never mind.
I just nod at the driver of the car and then someone open the door for me. And because I was too annoyed at the fact that my fiancé didn't pick me up because of that important matter with the Alpha, I couldn't even say thank you to these werewolves who accompany me, here.
'Where is he? Really? Is he making me enter this place, alone?' Urgh! I couldn't help but to think about those negative thoughts. I mean, how come he let me enter this place alone. 'Okay! I'll just ask him later when he's already here before I ended up running my night.
"This way, young lady!" I heard someone said to me. And when I take a look at who is was, it's the Alpha's right hand man?! 'And why is he approaching me?' And he's actually offering his hands at me as if he's willing to walk me in as my escort.
'Didn't he even know that I already have a fiancé? But wait... is he even interested with me?' I was about to about to ignore him and refuse his offer when I saw everyone looking at me with so much pity in their eyes? Why?
So instead of refusing his offer, I take it and started to ignore those pitiful stares that I think, everyone was giving me. "Why are they looking at me like that?" I can't help but to ask myself that question. But even me, I can't answer that. But then, I heard him release some deep and heavy sighs as we entered the place where the party was held. And I was looking down while he escorted me inside the place.
My head only look up because of that familiar voice I've heard. It was Eric, with a woman beside her? And who is that bitch whose hands were wrapping of Eric's arm while on the other hand; Eric was getting everyone's attention.
I don't know but, I have a bad feeling about this. It was like, whatever he's going to say will definitely hurt me and it was actually connected on how werewolves in this party looked at me with so much pity in their eyes. In some point, there's a part of me that doesn't want to hear whatever he's going to say.
"Good evening everyone!" Eric said with a serious look in his face. It was like; he's going to tell an important announcement. "There's something I need to tell you all," he said and then he suddenly looks around as if he's looking for someone. And then our eyes met; "Especially to you, Aishianna," he said.
'Aishianna. He called me Aishianna and not the nickname he gave me. H-he called me by my name.' And then, the woman beside her was looking at me too and she's actually giving me a smirk – as if she's telling me that she won something that I have.
"Shia," I heard him calling me by the name he gave to me when I said yes to his proposal. I don't know but the weird feeling that's starting to build inside me, immediately fades away when I heard him call me that, and not by my name. But I didn't know that what he's going to say next will hurt me, a lot. "I'm calling off the wedding." Eric said.
I felt like, my whole world was about to collapse but I stand still while staring at him too, giving him a blank expression in my face. And then I started to hear comments from the other werewolves in the party.
"Serves her right! They're not even look good together."
"I feel sorry for Aishianna. She seemed nice too despite of her fearsome aura."
"Well you shouldn't because you didn't even get to see her good side; she's very spoiled by her parents, especially her Mom."
"Shh! She might here us,"
"I don't care, okay! I'm happy that the young master already made up his mind on marrying such spoiled brat like her. I'm glad he found young lady Lira."
Lira... is that the name of the woman beside her? I'm guessing it was. So he's actually replacing me and abandons me because of that woman? That was f*ck up!
Yes, I might be a spoiled brat in their eyes but that doesn't I am not worthy to Eric's wife. It kind a hurt my ego the most at the fact that I am more beautiful at the woman he replaced at me. Sh*t! 'I have to leave – I need to leave this place immediately before my tears fall.'
And I don't know but my lips suddenly formed a sweet smile while looking at Eric who's looking at me too. I bowed first before saying my farewell, I guess. "I am hoping your happiness, the both of you." I said.
After that, I turn around and started to track down the exit of this place. I just act normally as if nothing happened although my supposed mate just abandoned me in front of so many people. That was the most embarrassing event that happens to me in my entire life.
But even before I could leave the place, I bumped into someone. And because I was too annoyed and embarrassed as well because of how this event turns like, I glared at that someone I bumped into and f*ck! How unlucky I was because I happened to bump with the man I kind a hate, Claude – the Alpha King. But before I take my leave, I look at him only to see the furious look in his face. 'Is he mad at me because I bumped into him and glared at him as well?' Urgh! Never mind!
And instead of paying more attention to his furious face, I walked passed him and decided to leave the place, already.
'I don't want more people to see how I felt so embarrassed at what happened so I need to take my leave.'
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CHAPTER 3: INVITATION
AISHIANNA RAVEN ROBERTS
"BABY? AISHIANNA? OPEN THE DOOR... PLEASE!"
I yawned as I open my eyes when I heard Mom's voice outside my room. I get up and walk towards the bathroom to freshen' up myself. The big eye bags under my eyes were very visible when I look at myself at the mirror.
"Why do I even cried for that scumbag?" I couldn't help myself to ask that question while I'm looking myself in front of the mirror and then rolled my eyes after.
I was hurt... a bit, I guess?! But my ego was the one whom got hurt the most. Like, why the h*ll that scumbag chooses someone who is low profile than me? I mean, that lira belongs to omega, if I wasn't wrong. Well, I spent the whole night gathering information about that woman – she annoys me the most.
"Tss. He dared to replace me with that woman so I guess, I need to do something for him to regret what he did to me, right?" I said to myself while still in front of the mirror and drying m face up using a towel. "And how dare he embarrass me in front of others? That's a very dirty and foul move!" I even added.
I stared at the mirror again, for about some minutes before I release some deep and heavy sighs and get out of the washroom. And then I heard my Mother's voice begging me to open the door of my room. I did intentionally lock it last night because I don't want them to know about what happened at party.
"Baby... your father and I was worried about you! So please... open the door!" Mother said with so much worries in her voice but I still don't have the courage to face her – them, after what happened and after I made a stain on our families name. Besides, they'll know about it, in no time. "Honey... convinces her to come out, please!" Mom said again as if she's talking to Dad.
And then someone knock at my door, gently. "Shia... open the door please baby! You're Mom and I wants to know what happened last night and the reason why you're locking yourself inside your room." I heard father's voice asking me to come out and talk to them.
But even so, I still didn't do what they asked me to do. I get back to bed and sleep, again – hoping that I will forget everything that happened to me last night.
"THAT'S IT!" I said with a big smile on my face while I was actually talking to myself in front of the mirror.
I've been thinking of ways on how I will clear and claim my name again in front of that stupid bastard, Eric! Urgh! And it's been days now since I haven't got out of my room after that f*cking party. And yes, I still haven't eaten anything since that night, though I'm still fine. I'm not really feeling the hungriness in me, but the urge to take revenge to those two who stained my pretty name.
When I look myself at the mirror for the second time, I immediately noticed how I loss most of my weight. I'm skinny already and now, I became even skinnier than before. Sh*t! 'I should gain some weight.'
But getting back to the plan, I am actually thinking on getting close to the Alpha, Eric's older brother – Claude. I know his blood will boil immediately right after seeing me hanging out with his older brother after he dumped me. Tss! I know him, and he hate his brother very f*cking much.
So instead of sulking about what he did to me, I'm making his brother fall for me. 'Let's make it easier to describe – I am going to seduce the alpha king.' I saw a smile forming in my lips as I've said those words in my mind. 'I know he'll hate me even more but I hate him the most!'
"Aishianna..." I heard someone knock on the door and call my name. Tss! It's been several days since they started to bother me, minute after minute and f*ck! That's kind an annoying – really annoying to be exact. "Someone's looking for you... so please come out already." But this time, it's different and mother's voice seemed to be worrying about me a lot.
'I'm sorry Mom... I just need time for me to think...'
"I'm getting out, in a minute." I said to my Mother after that, I heard her steps getting away – a sign that she left already. 'But who is that someone that she's talking about?' I can't help myself but to ask that question.
And for me, to be able to know who it was, I started to fix myself. I quickly take a bath and immediately get dressed. I happened to pick a flowery purple tube dress and a white sandal to pair it because after this, I will go to the capital to start my plan.
It didn't take me hours to fix my face and then my hair. I just put a light make up and I just pin some of my hair behind my ear, but it still downed since I always like it that way. It gives me so much confidence especially because my hair is naturally wavy. It's like some enormous waves and everyone always said it's beautiful and suits me very well.
'I'm done and ready to go!'
As I've walk towards the receiving area of or house, I heard them talking and them laughing too. And f*ck! My day immediately ruined when I heard a familiar voice who's now talking to my parents as if nothing happened – as if he haven't done anything to me, at all.
'How dare him face my parents like that?! He's a total sh*t!'
I immediately take myself to where they are and they all looked at me when I arrived. And I was right – it was Eric whom my parents are talking with. And when our eyes met, I rolled my eyes at him but when I met my father's eye, I saw how he's not liking what I was acting right now.
"Why are you here?" I asked Eric while giving him a rude expression in my face. F*ck! I know might get scold after this but I just don't really care. I hate him – my blood was starting to boils when I saw him. F*ck it!
"I just came here to give you these, personally," and then he handed me a white envelope? And what is this for? "It's an invitation for my engagement party," he even added.
Oh f*ck him! He really does have some guts to come here at my place and hand me an invitation to their engagement party? That was really f*cked up! Is he insane for him to think that I will actually going to attend this sh*t?!
Urgh! This werewolf is really getting on my nerves! Sh*t! Now what should I tell Mom and Dad about it? That I just got rejected by that bastard? Oh f*ck!
"Aishianna... let's talk... privately."
To be continued...