Chapter 3
1040 Words
Kara's POV
"Augh!" I gasped sitting up in a bolt causing a wave of water to splash around.
My head throbbed like it was about to split into two, with a quick spin of my eyes I looked around and saw my personal bathroom and my jaw dropped.
Just a few moments ago, I had been in the 'hole' reeling in pain as my last moments came to me.
Could it be?
I supported myself out of the bathtub, then I took wary steps towards the sink and my mirror.
My reflection came back to me, more than half of my stress wrinkles had disappeared. My hair was back to its previous length that fell past my shoulders and my eyes... they still had that spark of life in them.
I gasped, taking a step back.
I had been reborn.
I grabbed onto the sink with one hand and then clenched my palm over my lips to muffle my screams of relief.
Another chance to make things right.
Memories of my previous life flooded into my mind, the suffering I had endured. All of it.
These memories settled at the core of my heart, sparking a sense of revenge in life.
No longer would I be their easy going doormat.
This new life.
It would be all mine.
I took another look at myself in the mirror.
Then I tried to quickly reach for my towel, the slippery suds of soap that followed me swiped me off my feet.
It happened so quickly I thought that the curtains to my third life was about to close just before I could even do anything.
But I tensed my muscles and braced for the impact of a fall that never came.
Slowly I opened my eyes that I had closed earlier and what I saw made my eyes practically triple in size.
I was hanging mid-air, 10 solid inches away from the ground.
I gaped, how was this possible? In my previous life I had a weak dismissible wolf. The only way I could have a power like this was through a wolf directly blessed by the moon goddess.
As the surprise settled down a smile curled on my lips, so not only did I have the advantage of two lifetimes behind me but this as well?
Looks like the tables have turned.
And this time finally in my favor.
I willed myself to gradually drop to the floor, then I took a moment to absolve everything that was happening before I quickly got dressed and went downstairs because there was a loud noise coming from there.
I stood at the top of the stairs and at the bottom I saw them.
The three people that had ruined my life.
They were surrounded by servants and guards. As soon as they saw me staring down, the festivity seemed to die down as well. I forced the most natural smile I had and came to their level.
"What's going on? Dad? Ranger? Who is she?"
It was so hard to pretend to be oblivious, but I had handled hard stuff before.
Vlad had the sheepish look on his face, Ragnar seemed a bit embarrassed, the girl took this as an opportunity to introduce herself.
"I'm Ophelia...your sister," she radiated such an artificially concocted innocence that I understood why I had not taken her as a threat in my past life.
But now I could see it as clear as day those wicked intentions that slithered beneath her coat of false politeness.
"Oh... I'm so sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. You must be angry that I called myself your sister just because I'm the alpha's biological daughter, I'm really..."
I hugged her, stopping the flow of her nonsense.
"What are you saying? Of course you're my sister!"
In my previous life and the one before that she had immediately caused a scene by bursting into tears acting like I had rejected her before I even said a word.
Vlad and Ragnar were quick to come to her defense, telling me off for being so selfish and unaccepting.
She stiffened against my hug, and remained all but frozen as I pulled away, probably not expecting me to think that quickly.
Now if she tried the same nonsense immediately she would just look stupid.
But I wouldn't put it past her to soon attempt another one of her tricks.
"I'm so glad you've accepted your sister," Vlad said and then went into the story of how Ragnar found her. I had already heard it several times before but I paid polite interest until he was done.
"Your father wasn't sure how to bring the soft to you but now that Ophelia is here she's going to need a room of her own. If you could let her have yours-"
"No!"Ophelia screamed as if she was receiving a direct blow to the chest.
"Even if I'm the alpha's biological daughter, she's the one who has stood as his daughter all these years. How could I dare think of taking her room for myself?"
I almost chuckled, she was trying so hard with her pretentious humility while minding everybody every business minute that she was the alpha's biological daughter.
Vlad who saw her dramatic dismay look at me as if I slapped her across the face, a demanding glower that wasn't looking for a no was aimed straight at me.
"We have several other guest rooms right? Kara, why don't you just take one of them and let your sister have yours?"
In my first life I had kindly suggested that I could help Ophelia settle in one of the guest rooms. Ragner was quick to call me inconsiderate and cruel. In my second life I just went along with it while boiling in resentment.
But now I will do something a little different.
"She can have my room," I said, "after all I won't be living here anymore."
It was like I had dropped a bomb and Ragner was the first to grab me.
"What in the goddess name do you mean by that?"
"Isn't it obvious?" I said with a mocking c**k of my left eyebrow, "I'm cutting all ties with a Varrick pack.”
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