Chapter 2
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Grace
Cassandra knew about me and Julius?!
I clenched my teeth.
It was hard not to know. Everyone in the pack knew that I was Julius' mate.
That day, his wolf had majority of the control over his body.
It wasn't something he could hide.
Waves of pain shot through my heart.
I could not get air to enter my lungs. I stood there stupidly like a statue.
Kiki must have known about the affair between Julius and Cassandra.
She would never let me have aoment of peace.
She obviously wanted me to see that Cassandra and Julius are together.
I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.
"Babe, don't worry about Grace. I would deal with her soon enough." Julius replied before a lewd sound replaced his words.
"Don't mention her name when we are together." Cassandra said in-between the shameful sounds dropping from her lips.
"I know. I am sorry. I am just keeping her around because of my wolf. I would take care of her when my wolf is strong enough to accept a rejection." Julius consoled.
I felt like a joke.
I was just the appeasement for his wolf. I didn't matter to him at all.
All the loving actions he did with me must have been for his wolf.
I had been living a lie.
I wanted to go to my shack and curl into myself.
I wanted to lick my wounds silently in a place I would receive no taunts and more bullying.
Still, I waited.
Whatever farce Julius and I had been acting out had to stop now.
Soon, they finished.
I could hear them through the door.
I didn't wait for them to do anything. I didn't give them the chance to wear clothes.
I discarded any thoughts of knocking.
The door was locked.
I sneered. They would obviously lock it to prevent other people from witnessing their affair.
Thankfully, the perks of being the slave of the Moonbloom Pack was that we had keys to most places in the pack house.
Besides, I always had a key to Julius' room with me. I wore it on my neck like a pendant.
I inserted the key into the keyhole and I unlocked the door as fast as I could.
I pushed the door open.
Julius room was large and the bed could be seen at a glance. It was facing the huge windows that give him a glimpse of the outside world.
Two of them was as bare as the day they was born.
Cassandra hurriedly used the bedsheets to cover her exposed privates.
Julius copied her action.
Shock was on their faces.
Soon enough, the shock was replaced by something else.
"Julius." I called his name before falling silent.
If I used the anger and sadness that was boiling within me to talk, it would not be pretty.
I thought Julius was a ray of light and happiness amidst my life that had been plagued with misfortunes.
I was wrong.
I was very wrong.
Julius was a ray of darkness pretending to be a luminous light.
Finally, it all boiled down to one thing.
I might look down on myself but there are certain lines I would not cross.
This thing that Julius and Cassandra did was one of them.
I can not imagine how soulless I would be looking now.
"Grace! Why did you come here at this time?" Julius asked with fury clouding his features.
I smiled, "What? Am I not allowed to come into your room? Or are you lashing out because you've got a female beta to hide?"
I let a laugh slip past my lips.
Cassandra glared at me and I saw a hint of the goddess I had been idolizing.
"You useless mutt! Watch what you are saying." She warned with her eyes literally spitting fire.
I guess they thought I would back down like I always did.
I did not like trouble and I disliked pain. It was a well known fact.
I leveled my gaze on Julius.
"If you wanted to be with Cassandra, you should have told me." I said with a little tilt on my lips, "I wouldn't have stopped you lovebirds. Who am I to destroy true love?"
My voice was as sarcastic as it could be.
Julius used his foot to drag his boxer briefs closer to him before picking it up.
He wore them under the covers. When he was done, he stood up and approached him.
"Grace." He called my name with tenderness.
Tenderness that was fake.
I don't know how to classify my emotions.
Aside from pain, I felt like the rest of my emotions signified hate.
The extent I loved him was the extent I hated him now.
There was still a tiny bit of love mixed with the hate.
I can not suddenly discard the intense love I had for him like garbage.
It wasn't that easy.
I hated myself too.
Why would I still have any scrap of love left for him? He didn't deserve it.
It was why I have to be harsh.
I can't accept the fact that he had been shagging Cassandra since God knows when.
I can not share my man with anybody.
I can not fight over a public husband. I don't have that energy.
"What are you doing?" Cassandra asked with a displeased face, "She can not do anything. She would have to accept our arrangements obediently."
Julius threw a glance filled with meanings to Cassandra.
She kept quiet after getting his gaze.
Julius was handsome.
He had tanned skin and blonde hair. His green eyes promised the world and his ripped body was the main lead of many shewolves' dreams.
To top it all, he was the alpha's son. He was next in line to inherit power and many more.
The glance he threw at Cassandra made my place very clear.
I smiled wryly.
Why did I ever think their interactions was innocent?
They were really working on their cooperation for the nearest future, in a way that was physically connecting.
Julius' eyes flashed a gold color.
His wolf was battling for control.
"Grace." He called again, "What you are seeing might cause some unconventional ideas to sprout in you head but you should know your place."
"As the useless and wolfless werewolf princess?" I asked quietly.
Julius wasn't apologetic at all.
I could see that what he was doing was just to appease me and his wolf.
In the deepest recesses of his mind, I am sure his evil plans for me still stand.
"Me being with you is an honor." Julius began.
I began to wonder why I hadn't seen his narcissistic personality from a mile away.
"It is an honor I don't want." I replied in a calm voice.
Julius frowned.
Once upon a time, his frown would send me into a panic. I would want to get him to smile.
Those days was over.
"Grace, stop being unreasonable!" He chided me.
I laughed again.
I was his mate but he was in bed with another. Still, according to him, I was being unreasonable?
I stopped laughing abruptly.
"Julius, enough of this." I felt like I could the exhaustion I felt became a lump in my throat.
I had to struggle to get the words out.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
His eyes flashed good again.
I didn't try to pity his wolf. If there was someone that needed pity, it was me.
I stared at him, Julius, reject me."
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