Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose novel Chapter 26

26 If Only He Knew.

Chalice.

At first, I was jealous of the stunning woman strolling about the party like she had the entire world right under her Louboutin clad feet until Gavin walked up to our table and dropped the bombshell on us;

She was Leilani.

Pesky little Leilani. My stupid naive sister.

First came surprise then annoyance. And then it morphed into an overpowering rage when it finally dawned on me that all this while, while I’d hoped she was living the absolute worst kind of life, she maybe wasn’t.

She had slowly morphed into this beauty that’s got all men around mesmerized. And to top it all, she had the most eligible bachelor, Jarek

Frostclaw, following her about like a pup on a

leash.

“Urghhh!” I growled in annoyance. “Why is she here?” But then after remembering that I was meant to be the ‘sweet unassuming sister’, I cleared my throat and turned to Gavin. “I just hope she isn’t here to cause any trouble.”

At the sound of my voice, Gavin’s gaze softened. He tucked a stray tendril behind my ear and smiled softly. “I hope not.”

“Can she not be thrown out?” That was dad. I

smiled before turning to him with my head lowered. “No, papa. This is the first time we’re seeing her in four years, we cannot… you cannot possibly want to throw her out now.”

All this while, mom said nothing but I didn’t miss that expression akin to longing passing across her face as she stared pointedly in Leilani’s

direction. I frowned.

“Let me go talk to her!” I exclaimed sweetly, picking up a glass of wine as I approached her slowly and not failing to notice the way she spoke so freely with Alpha Jarek Frostclaw.

And I hate her for having everything I wanted…

and even more.

I sneakily tipped the glass as I approached her and poured just as she bumped into me.

By the goddess, I had been half expecting her to embarrass herself by screeching, or by allowing our lifelong beef seep into her actions. But she did none of that.

Instead, she glared at me coldly. Aloof-ly. Her voice did not rise by even an octave as she regarded me like I was some stranger.

What irritated me the most was how she seemed to have Alpha Frostclaw completely wrapped

around her finger and when she denied ever meeting me.

However, she had just begun to walk away with him when a beautiful opportunity presented itself to me. I grabbed her arm, knelt before her and dropped my head in a gesture of submission. A lot of people in the crowd gasped.

I smirked. “I know you must be mad at me, Leilani, for everything… but I am sorry. I really am and I can prove it to you. For four years, I’ve tried looking for you to apologize but I just couldn’t find you. I am…”

“Chalice stop!” Father barked from behind me and due to the sharpness in his tone, I found myself flinching in surprise before gathering myself to my feet.

“Papa.”

“You are the reason she has become so unruly. You let her hurt you and then you apologize all

the time. She’s a bitch and we all know that-”

“I see you all are forgetting that she’s with me. And I can make you pay for speaking to her in that manner.” Alpha Jarek cut in and I scooted backwards in fear when he casually stalked closer

to me.

I noticed—saw it-when father gulped too, and then dropped his eyes, refusing to look at Leilani or Alpha Frostclaw. He looked… scared.

“…in fact, I think…” he drawled, turning to Leilani, who has been quiet the entire time, “…what

should I do with them?”

‘With them’ like we weren’t people ourselves.

‘With them’like our fates now were in her hands.

I balled my hands into fists when Leilani raised her head to glare coldly at us, and in that moment, I saw it. I felt it. Something akin to fear lanced through me when I realized to my

absolute horror that she was unshaken by everything that’s just happened.

She didn’t care one bit that after several years, this was all she got from her family.

She was so hard. So cold. I had to look away in

discomfort.

She drawled. “Ignore them. They’re not worth

shit.”

And with that, she strolled off, not even bothering to wait to see our reactions. Our parents gasped; even Gavin looked taken aback, and I… I felt like I wanted the ground to open up

and swallow me whole.

Alpha Frostclaw smiled politely at us like he hadn’t just insulted us so openly. He bowed curtly and muttered; “if you’ll excuse me!

“You need to know that she’s a viper!” Gavin said quickly, earning himself a stunned look from

Alpha Frostclaw. “She’s evil and vile… and a murderer.”

“Really?” Now, Alpha Jarek seemed genuinely invested. “How so?”

A sultry smile made its way onto my face when I noticed the curiosity in his features. I leaned closer to him and with my voice barely above a whisper, I said; “She may act like she doesn’t know us, but she does. She’s my sister… our family. And everything my brother just said is

true.”

“No shit.”

“She killed our grandmother… but it was an accident, I assure you. She may hate me but she’s not an intentional murderer.” I said slowly,

choosing my words carefully to get the reaction I desired.

I did.

Because for the first time that night, Alpha

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