I hate them

XXIII

Chapter 23

Jolene's POV…

As soon as I got to know that Paulene was locked up in the pack cell, I sprang up and rushed out of my room immediately.

I rushed to the pack prison and inquired from the wardens which cell Jolene was locked in.

They directed me there and truth be told, I saw Paulene in one of the cells.

I gasped immediately, how can they lock my sister like she is a criminal?

Are there no punishments other than this one? .

"Paulene! Paulene! Are you okay?" I asked worriedly and she raised her head up. She actually buried her face in-between her laps.

Immediately she saw me, her facial expression turned into that of a disgustful look.

"What are you doing here? I guess you're happy what you wanted has finally happened, just leave please." She ordered.

I moved closer and held the iron bars.

"I know nothing about this, I had no idea that you got locked up in a cell. I have been unconscious," I tried explaining myself but she suddenly began laughing.

"Gosh! Your presence disgusts me, just leave, I am so unhappy that you woke up, you should have died." She spat and I gulped.

I shouldn't take that to heart, I was expecting it anyways.

She doesn't even feel remorseful for stabbing me, she must really hate me with passion.

"So you hate me this much?"

"Of course I do! I hate you more than anything else, I hate you with everything with me. What annoys me the most is the way you act so innocently, the way you act like a saint, the way you present yourself as a good child. Just leave, I know You've come to mock me, I have never been locked up in a cell before but because of you, I got locked up. My hatred for you keeps multiplying. I hate you so much Jolene!" She screamed, her words sank directly into my heart.

I stood up and walked up to the warder who was in charge of holding the keys.

"Release my sister, it's heartbreaking seeing her locked up like that." I said softly to him but he disagreed.

"It's an order from your father, he warned not unlock her cell till I recieve orders from him."

I left the prison yard and went straight to my father's chambers.

I met him seated on a swirling chair, he was sipping wine while reading an article.

"Father! Why would you lock up Paulene like she is a criminal?" I asked indirectly, calling his attention.

He stood up and his face brightened immediately he saw me standing on my feet.

"Oh, you're awake? Are you okay? Are you feeling any pain?"

"I am fine, you haven't given an answer to my question father!" I said with a stern face.

"She is going to spend a week in the cell, she needs to learn her lesson."

I gasped immediately, one week!

Despite the fact that I am now the Lycan king, I still don't possess the power and authority my father does.

I must obey my father at all times and also submit to him.

"Father! She is my sister, she is not a criminal!" I yelled and he suddenly dropped his glass of wine on his desk.

"And she is my daughter! I can't condone any of her nonsense, is it normal for a person to stab her sister? Isn't that wickedness and heartlessness in the highest order?" He yelled back at me and I balled my fist.

"I am fine okay? Just get her released, I can't bear it if she is locked up for a week."

"And I still stand by my words Jolene, she is going to be there for one week! The penalty for stabbing someone is getting a hundred lashes but I am just locking her up."

"Father! Doing all these won't make her change, her hatred for me keeps multiplying."

"I don't care, I wonder what kind of heart you have, how can you still be pleading on that she-devil's behalf after what she has done to you?"

"She is still your daughter!" I shouted at him.

"You and mum are the reason why Paulene is like this, she has been living with grandmother all her life without her parents' love. You expect her to be happy? She grew without your love and care, that's why she is so miserable. What you should be doing right now is to make up for those years instead of locking her up like a criminal." I fired at him.

"Same thing happened to you Jolene, you didn't grow up with us but you are not like her. Before I sent her to grandma's place, she had been very violent and bad-mannered. I and your mother did everything we could to make her change but she grew worse to the extent she threw you down from the stairs. She kept doing one mischievous or the other, she kept hurting the weaker ones, she was just uncontrollable. I had no other choice," My father raised his voice at me and I sighed.

He was right anyways, Paulene was born with that nature, I wish I can change her.

I immediately fell on my knees,

"I am sorry for talking back to you father, just let Paulene go, please." I pleaded but he suddenly turned his back on me

I kept pleading for more than ten minutes but it seems he hardened his heart.

I gave up and stormed out of his room, I was going to release Paulene myself.

As soon I began walking down the hallway,my head felt light and my eyes spinned on their own.

I held the wall for support so I won't fall.

I felt liquid run down my nose, I was bleeding.

I suddenly felt weak and my eyes continued spinning.

It seems everything was turning upside down, I fell on my butt and began breathing heavily and blood streamed from my nostrils.

What the hell is happening to me?

TBC