I hate them

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Chapter 32

Author's POV…

The whole Lycans were gathered at the pack square, including the servants and the guards.

They all had sorrowful looks on their faces, they were going to lose their king in an hour.

Paulene was also present, there were traces of tears on her face to show that she was also crying, she had this sad look on her face.

But they were just acting, she was faking them all so she won't be suspected.

Deep down, she was the happiest and wished she could express her joy.

She had promised herself that she was going to act like she had changed for good after Jolene's death so her father could consider crowning her as the Lycan king.

Once she becomes the Lycan king, she would make Harrison hers, whether he likes it or not, he won't have any other choices than to succumb.

She just can't really wait to hear the news of Jolene's death, there was no way she was going to survive, she checked her this morning and saw that her body was swollen and it changed color.

Once forty eight hours is over, she is going to burst and stop breathing.

She feels so relaxed, no one can ever find the antidote since she has thrown it into the stream, she was just fooling Harrison and sadly, he didn't fall for it.

Her father was giving a long speech to the Lycans, one would notice the pain in his voice as he spoke.

He was once an Alpha and it would be a shame if he sheds a tear, he just had to swallow the huge lump even though his heart s he's badly.

Paulene paid less attention to what her father was saying, she was busy fantasizing on the things she is going to do, implement and change once she becomes the Lycan king.

Suddenly, screams and gasps escaped from almost everyone's mouth and Paulene jerked back to reality.

She wondered what was going on, she noticed their eyes were all fixed in a particular direction.

She turned her head slowly to see what they were looking at and saw the shock of her life.

"What!" She asked as her throat dried up.

Behold, Jolene was walking majestically towards the pack square, she had this proud smile on her face.

Her beauty outshined everyone as she smiled radiantly, her father wasn't left out, he was shocked to the bone.

Their months were all dropped open as if they had just seen the moon goddess.

Paulene didn't even know she was holding her breath, she almost went crazy and cleaned her eyes.

The more she rubbed her eyes, the nearer Jolene got to them.

She was more than shocked to see Jolene hale and hearty, she was even dressed hotly.

"I am seeing things, right? This is obviously not Jolene, it might be her ghost." She stuttered and pinched herself but nothing happened or changed.

It was f*****g real!

"How…how…how…" she tried to speak but her words failed her.

No one can ever survive the poison without taking the antidote except Jolene was a witch.

Her eyes didn't leave her for a second, she didn't even blink her eyes which were wide open like an owl.

She watched Jolene hug her father and her blood dried up, Jolene was alive!

Her heart raced like crazy, she thought she might even have a heart attack.

"This can't be true! This can't be true!" She wanted to scream but it seems she lost her voice all of a sudden.

Her legs suddenly felt weak, her upper body felt too heavy for her legs to carry, she fell on her butts immediately.

"Is this you Jolene?" Her father asked surprisingly and she smiled.

"Yes father, I made it." She replied and her father hugged her tightly to himself.

He felt so overjoyed, he felt like running around and then screaming " my daughter is alive!!!"

It was just too good to be true.

He broke the hug and caressed her cheeks affectionately.

"I would never give up easily father, not when I haven't fulfilled my promise of making sure the Lycan kingdom becomes prosperous."

Her father hugged her again, almost suffocating her, and she broke the hug.

She took a few strides to Paulene and smirked, the latter was still sitting on the floor.

Jolene smirked, enjoying how shocked she looked, she pulled her up and hugged her too.

"I am here now sister, you don't have to cry anymore. I am not going to ever leave," Jolene said and broke the hug.

Paulene kept standing like a log of wood, it looked like everything was a movie and she badly wished it was.

Jolene faced the crowd who was still unable to recover from the shock.

"Your king is back, I am not a weakling who would just give up easily, your Alpha is alive and not dead!" Jolene spoke with so much authority and the whole crowd fell on their knees except for her father and Paulene.

"Long live our King!!" They screamed out loudly.

** At night **

Paulene was in her room, she hasn't recovered from the shock yet, it's still so unbelievable.

After everyone dispersed from the pack's state, she went straight to her room and hasn't come out since then.

She felt like she was going to run mad, the only question she kept asking herself was " how did she survive without the antidote?"

She has been asking that same question for more than six hours,

"If this is a dream, I just want to wake up, if this is a joke, it's just too expensive." She muttered weakly and held her chest.

"I was supposed to hear about Jolene's death not her suddenly waking up, maybe it's just my imagination." She doubted and held her head.

Her head was already in a mess, it was upside down already.

She wanted to scream out loudly but didn't want to draw anyone's attention, the guards and servants nearby might think she has gone crazy.

She fell from her bed and scattered her dressing table, she pulled off the bed sheets and threw them aside.

"I am going crazy, I feel like I am going to lose my mind." She rushed her words as she scattered her hair.

She fell on her butts and bursted into tears, it's just too hard to believe that Jolene is alive.

How did she survive it? No one has ever survived Strychnine without the antidote, she made sure she threw the bottle into the stream.

She suddenly heard a knock and wiped her tears, she then arranged her scattered hair.

She stood up and headed towards the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's your lovely sister, Jolene."

She froze immediately, why the hell was she here?

"Just try and act normal, don't let her suspect you." Paulene tried calming herself down but I didn't work.

She was already shaking and felt so nervous, she grabbed a bottle containing tranquilisers and swallowed ten pills at once.

"What's taking you so long?"

"I am coming," she replied as she breathed in and out.

"I am sure she doesn't know anything yet so you have nothing to worry about, just go and act normal, you know you're a good actress." Paulene encouraged herself and suddenly smiled.

She opened the door and saw Paulene holding two glasses of wine.

"Wow! What are you up to?" Paulene asked with a smile as she closed the door behind her.

"A little celebration," Jolene replied as she gave one glass of wine to Paulene and then sat on her bed.

Paulene sat beside her too.

"Why is your room in a mess?"

"I was unable to put things in order, I just felt so weak after I learnt that you were going to die in a few hours time. I am glad you survived it, I might have been so cold and must have hurt you a number of times but I have a heart." Paulene said pretentiously and Jolene smirked.

Her sister was really a good actress, she deserves an award because she has good acting skills.

"I am still wondering who could have poisoned me, I know it's somebody close. I sincerely don't know what I have done to that person that he or she wants me dead, I am glad I survived it." Jolene muttered studying Paulene closely to see her reaction.

Paulene folded her fist and gulped, she felt a bit relaxed that Harrison hadn't said anything to her.

Deep down, she was scared, she didn't understand the reason why she was.

"How did you even survive it? Did you get the antidote because we all tried to get one but we couldn't."

"Harrison did, someone called Zelda found it by the stream and brought it immediately. I sincerely owe her my life,"

Paulene was shocked, how could the antidote be found by the stream? Now she blames herself for being so stupid, she would have just emptied the content and thrown the bottle.

Jolene would have been dead by now, now she lost everything.

"Drink up," Jolene urged when she noticed Paulene's didn't touch her drink.

Paulene gulped and raised the glass to her lips but brought it down, she was scared of being poisoned.

"I don't feel like taking anything strong, I just need to rest.

Jolene lost it completely and suddenly smashed her glass of wine on the floor angrily.

Paulene jumped up in fear.

"Are you scared I might poison just the way you poisoned me?"

Paulene's eyes widened and her heart raced wildly, the look on Jolene's face shows she wasn't going to take it easy on her.

"I am…" Jolene slapped her so hard before she could utter any other word and the latter fell on the broken glasses.

It pierced into her skin.

TBC