(ENVIOUS HEART) ALPHONSE POV “I DESPISE YOU.” Three words and a curse. The hunting memory from my childhood that I desperately erase from my mind and swear to never look back. The hate, the pain, and the curse of my birth kept me wondering why they let me live and she decided to give birth to me only to curse me and despise my existence. My life, my identity, and the affection from her and at least her that I wish that I could have turned out to be my doom. The one who gave birth to me and should be taking care of me is the first one who hated my existence. “YOU ARE USELESS. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BURDEN. YOU WHO WILL NEVER BE THIS PACK’S ALPHA.” Her dying words. The hate and the regret that she harbors towards me. Her disdain and disappointment for my birth, and the curse that she

