CHAPTER 5 No Longer Endure It
She snorted quietly and leaned in to whisper in A*n’s ear.
“No wonder Brad couldn’t wait to be inside me, just look at the state of you.” She sneered.
A*n clenched her fingers into fists as she fought desperately to stop Maeve from launching at Ada and escalating this further.
‘Don’t just stand there and take this, the little b*tch needs to know her place. Let me teach her a lesson she won’t forget.’ Maeve snarled angrily.
‘Maeve, we can’t, she doesn’t have a wolf yet. You know the laws, it wouldn’t be a fair fight, and the punishment..’
‘Screw the punishment, A*n, let me just bite her a little bit, maybe remove one of her limbs. At least then she’ll have fewer appendages to wrap around other people’s mates.’ She snapped viciously as she tried to surge forwards.
A*n closed her eyes tightly, clenched her jaw, and fought back against her wolf as Ada sniggered.
“Awww, what’s wrong? Is your little wolf angry?”
It didn’t take long for A*n to regain control, her wolf slinking off to slump in a corner and growl threateningly. Before long, the rage of her wolf had subsided and silence descended. A*n opened her eyes to glare icily at her sister.
“What do you think, Ada? You slept with her soul mate, the one who was intended as our perfect match! I know you hate me, but it was unnecessary.” A*n finally replied, her face calm and composed.
Ada frowned before her eyes darkened and her face twisted
thinking that you’re little miss perfect. Mark my
“A*n! What is the meaning of this?! Why were you
emerged from the
Narcissa. The two stared at each other for a while as Ada sauntered to her mother’s side and tilted her head arrogantly as she
A*n finally answered flatly, feeling like an exhibition on display with
dress came! How lovely!” Narcissa simpered with a poisonous smile
your parents before you disappeared out into the night doing goodness
could stop herself she found herself
died a long time ago and you are not fit to share that honor with
Narcissa gasped and covered her mouth as she turned to face A*n’s father with a horrified and hurt
cow! How can you speak to your stepmother this way?!” A*n’s
kind of stepmother that you read about in fairy tales. She’s not deserving of a place
this forced masquerade as a happy family. The family was supposed to be warm and inviting with a sense of comfort and security, not cold and unfriendly with the necessity of having to
father lashed out at the wall next to him angrily as he began to
to him and took hold of his arm with a sly smirk in A*n’s direction as she feigned an attempt
down! Don’t be angry! It’s fine, we’re used to all the comments she throws at us.”
joined her daughter in the pathetic act of caring for family members.
As Narcissa rubbed soothing circles on her father’s back she focused her attention on A*n again.
“Please A*n, you know your father’s health isn’t good. Let’s not trigger another episode with unnecessary nastiness, hmm?” She pleaded in a sickly sweet voice.
But A*n didn’t miss the smirk that danced on her lips.
“You should take a good look at your sister’s demeanor, A*n. You might actually learn how to conduct yourself properly!” A*n’s father snarled.
“Learn what?” A*n laughed in disbelief, “Learn how to seduce and sleep with another female’s mate? Maybe. She seemed to have the talent for it when she was f*cking my mate in her room upstairs!”
Her words hung in the air before a ferocious roar escaped from her father.
“How dare you speak about your sister that way?! There is no way she would do such a despicable thing!”
“Sister? Have you lost your mind, father? My mother only gave birth to one child.” An* sneered as she swept her gaze disdainfully over Narcissa and Ada.
“You know something? There’s a popular saying, isn’t there? Now, what was it…Ah, yes! ‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’. It fits both Narcissa and Ada perfectly, don’t you think? Her mother seduced my father and broke his mate’s heart, and now her daughter aims to do the same thing. Ironic really, isn’t it?” A*n continued furiously, her face shrouded with contempt.
A cold silence descended in the hallway, her father, Narcissa, and Ada all frozen in shock at the words she had uttered.
For years, A*n had remained silent and now that her life was about to change so drastically, there was no need to keep up with the pretense anymore.