Rebirth of the Werewolf Princess: She is back for Revenge

Seven

Mitena gritted her teeth in anger as she saw the look on both her father-in-law's and mother-in-law's faces. She almost snorted out loud, but she managed to control herself. They had always treated her with coldness until they needed her help, and her mother-in-law would come in with her cunning behavior to get her help.

In her previous life, she had a conflict with her mother-in-law in the third week of her relationship. It was a morning and her mother-in-law had asked her to deliver clothes to the slaves’ quarters for washing. An errand that had both surprised and annoyed her.

She was a princess and wanted to be treated like one. She had immediately stood up for herself, but her mother-in-law had raised her voice, which brought both her husband and his father to the scene.

Her husband had instantly pulled her away from there and taken her into the room. He instantly started crying and it took her by surprise.

“Cusa, why are you crying?” Mitena had asked in surprise.

“Please, I don't want you to put me in a difficult position by having face-offs with my parents,” Cusa had said.

“Your mother asked me to do something that a maid could have done. Did you marry me so that you could make a mockery of me?” Mitena had asked.

“I am not making a mockery of you, my love. I want you to see my parents as yours and see yourself as their daughter,” Cusa had begged passionately.

“My parents wouldn't make me do things that are not worthy of my status,” Mitena had said.

“I know but you fighting my parents will put me in a very difficult position. If you love me, you won't want me to be in that position,” Cusa had resorted to emotional blackmail, but back then, she had not seen it as what it was. She had seen it as a lover pleading passionately with the other.

It was selfishness in its pure form, but Mitena had been too blind in her previous life to see that, so she had taken every insult and mistreatment Cusa's parents had thrown her way just to please the love of her life.

“I said Who is causing all this ruckus here? Are you deaf?” Her father-in-law asked again since it was obvious that Mitena wasn't going to answer. Mitena's mind quickly came back to the present at her father-in-law's loud voice. She was lost in thought thinking of her past life.

Mitena instantly wanted to assert her position as the princess of the kingdom and put both her father-in-law and mother-in-law in their places but she decided against it.

She needed evidence against her husband's family, but being firm might not be a good idea at that moment. She knew that it was better for her to use another tactic. Besides, the Alpha was there, and he was superior to all other males and females in the pack, so putting him in his place might not be that effective.

Mitena then remembered that in her previous life, Koko, her husband's mistress was very good at feigning helplessness.

Koko was so good at turning herself into the victim that it lured everyone into believing her all the time. Koko’s facial expressions and even the way she would bring on a misty eye never failed to make people believe her.

Thinking of all of this, Mitena decided to use Koko’s strategy of playing victim and see if it would work.

“I am so hurt right now. Your words are so harsh,” Mitena started making sure that she looked so sad and pitiful.

“What do you mean?” Her mother-in-law asked still glaring at her.

“Your words are so hurtful, Alpha. No one had ever spoken to me like this before all my life in the palace. To think I was even coming from the palace to get resources and funds for the pack,” Mitena said pouting sadly.

“Really?” Her mother-in-law asked, and she quickly changed her glare to a small smile.

“You mean you went to the palace for the sake of the pack?” Her father-in-law asked, his tone and expression totally changed. He was immediately cordial at the mention of funds and resources.

“What then was Makya going on about?” Her mother-in-law asked facing Makya.

“She was parading herself all over the market with this female by her side. I thought she was a spy and decided to accost them,” Makya explained while pointing at Leotie.

“You should mind the way you talk to my daughter-in-law, Makya,” her mother-in-law chastised Makya while she plastered a fake smile on her face for Mitena. Mitena could have scoffed in her face but she held herself back.

“I am sorry Mitena, my beautiful princess. I am sorry that my words came out harshly. They were not even directed at you. I was only asking. I wanted to know what was going on,” her father-in-law, the Alpha said apologetically.

The trick worked wonderfully. She sneered inwardly as her mother-in-law came to her side to place a comforting hand on her shoulder and trying hard to keep her smile in place.

Her father-in-law squeezed her hand gently to show that he was sorry. All their act would have made her so happy in her previous life. The little attention they threw her way each time she helped with bringing funds and resources to the pack in her past life had never failed to excite her but now that she knew better, they were not fooling her at all.

“Who is your visitor though?” Her mother-in-law, the Luna, asked.

“Her name is Leotie, and her father personally assigned her to attend to me,” Mitena answered, still playing the defenseless.

“Did you tell your father that we are mistreating you and he had to assign a maid to you?” Her mother-in-law asked as she exchanged nervous glances with the Alpha.

“Oh no. She is only here to make sure that I get all the resources and funds as and when due,” Mitena said the first thing that came to her mind.

“Really?” Her father-in-law asked, smiling happily. They didn't question what she had said. They were overwhelmed with the idea of getting more funds and resources, so they didn't ask the right question.

“That is a wonderful idea,” her mother-in-law said, grinning from ear to ear with her greedy face lit up with excitement.

“You see that neither Leotie nor I deserves your insult. I was just showing her around her new pack now. Since she will be here with me, she needs to know her way around,” Mitena said.

“That makes a lot of sense,” her mother-in-law said happily, leading her away from the eavesdropping crowd walking around like they were minding their business but were actually doing the opposite.

“That way she knows her way around,” her father-in-law added.

“Besides, I have decided to start preparing myself to be the next Luna by familiarizing myself with the way things are done in this pack,” Mitena said, and it was as if her father-in-law and her mother-in-law froze.

Mitena could almost hear their heartbeat as they both seemed too shocked by what she had just said. She smirked inwardly. It has started. They weren't ready but she was.