Chapter 3
1167 Words
I stood with tears filling up my eyes for a long while. My brother did not say anything to make me feel better or even show that he was sorry.
This was his chance to gloat at me and he was taking it. My brother was mean-spirited and he did not hesitate to take any chance he had to make me feel less of a wolf. I suspected he was scared that I was better than him. I suspected that too because I was so good at a lot of things. So good that my father loved me more than he loved him.
Father had only named him the next Alpha simply because it seemed like the right thing to do. However, I knew that if given the chance, I would do better than Kol.
A single drop of tears escaped from my eyelids and I looked at my brother who was not paying attention to me. Ignoring me was one of his ploys to make me feel and look smaller.
Knowing that I had nothing to say to him made me feel bad, but I could not allow myself to leave this room without saying something to him.
"You are going to regret saying this to me." I spat at him and turned around.
I could feel the heated gaze of his eyes as I walked out of the ballroom. I wished I could turn around and say more hurtful words to him, but I was shaking from the pain in my heart that I knew I was only going to end up crying like a baby if I decided to talk to him anymore.
As fast as my legs could carry me, I took the stairs two at a time as I rushed to the only place my heart could think of getting solace now.
Just like I had done earlier, I walked past the guard at the front of my mother's room and walked into the large bedroom.
Mother was still on her bed, just as I had expected. It was not yet time for her to get off her bed. She reached out to me with her mind as soon as she sensed my presence in the room.
I wanted to let her fully in so she could see feel and see all that I was battling with and how much my brother's words had hurt me, but I didn't want to spoil her mood for the day. I was beginning to think that it was a mistake coming to her at this moment.
"Don't you dare think it is a mistake to come to me at your vulnerable moment?" Mother scolded me for thinking the way I had.
"I am sorry Mom." I sobbed as soon as I got to her. I sat at the edge of the bed and rested my head on her bosom, feeling the gentle rise and fall of her chest.
"Why do you have to be sorry? What did you do wrong?" Mother asked with a lightness in her voice.
"I have failed to give you the best birthday celebration. I have failed to be strong-willed and stand up to my brother. I have allowed Kol to ruin all the ideas I have for your birthday. I am so sorry Mom." I apologized as tears ran freely down my cheeks.
This was the only place I could cry freely without feeling judged.
"Oh well, when I heard you mention your brother's name, I knew that it could not be your fault. Your brother is stubborn and arrogant. He doesn't seem to listen." Mother chuckled out loud.
I was not the only one who noticed that about my brother. Everyone knew my brother was an a*s, even those who pretended to like him.
"So, what has he done to ruin my day?"
I raised my head from her bosom and used my left palm to wipe the tears off my face.
"A lot mother, a lot. He has changed the entire decoration in the room Mother. He changed the curtains from the bright and lovely white and gold curtains you love so much to black and red. The ballroom looks so much like a goth event. He changed a lot of the decor and made the place look like hell. It's so depressing mother." I cried.
"Oh, my daughter..." She looked at me and wiped the tears that were gathering again. "I know it is depressing, but that's not all that is hurting you."
My mother knew me better than everyone else. You could only expect my mother to know exactly what was bothering me on a normal day.
"You are right mother. I don't care that he is clueless about how to decorate a ballroom. What hurts me the most is that he constantly looks down on me. Since he was appointed to be the next Alpha, he has treated me like trash. I wish he could see that I am as good as he is." I said to her.
All my life, I have lived in my brother's shadow simply because I am a female werewolf and he was expected to be the next Alpha. Whenever we were in the midst of people, they accorded him more respect and ignored me. My father and mother had tried to treat us like equals, but somehow, society felt that my brother was special and I wasn't. My brother being the jerk that he is allowed himself to be influenced by society and thought that he was really special. I wished there was a way I could show him that I was as good as he was. Hopefully, he will learn to respect me and my opinions then.
"I just want him to respect me, Mom. Maybe that way, I can be sure that he would be a good leader for our park." I said.
There was a long silence in the room before my mom spoke up. "You know, if you are sure that you deserve more respect from your brother and feel the park deserves a better leader, you have to show it. You have to out rightly demand that which you believe is yours."
I looked at my mom in confusion. What was she talking about?
"What do you mean Mom?" I asked my mother with my brows furrowed in confusion.
"You are just as good as your brother, if not better. I birthed the two of you, so I can say for a fact that you are equal. You are twins remember? Well, there are a lot of ways to show him that, but with the circumstances on the ground, there is only one sure way to get his attention and that of everyone else."
I stared at my mother for a second or two, and suddenly, it clicked in my head; the Alpha Crowning ceremony.
Suddenly, a smile curved my lips and I knew it wasn't long until I would end my brother's silliness.
- Writer
