86. Wolf in sheep''s clothing


    When I open my eyes, I am in a room,ying on a bed. It was dusty and it seemed like it hadn''t been


    used in a while.


    My whole body ached which wasn’t a surprise given I was thrown right through a windshield.


    I struggle to get up. It’s when I''m seated against the headboard that I realize my skin was burning and


    that my legs have been chained to the floor.


    I try breaking it but it’s strong and the silver burns my hand. I sigh and leave it after a couple of failed


    attempts.


    I reach out for Sebastian but I am unable to. It was as if there was a block or something. Same goes for


    Blue and Midnight. I couldn’t reach any of them


    Remembering my hidden phone, I check for it. I thank the goddess when I find it still tucked safely.


    Pulling it out, I note that despite the cracked screen, it was still functional.


    I was calling Sebastian when I heard voices outside my room. I quickly toned down the voice volume


    before quickly tucking the phone underneath the sheet.


    The door opens and my jaw drops at the person standing in the other side


    “Valery?” I ask shocked. “What the hell are you doing here?” I continue stupidly.


    At first I had this crazy thought that she was here to help me, but the evil smirk she had on let me know


    that it wasn’t the case.


    “Isn’t it obvious?” She pauses. “I am here to kill of course and to make sure you stay dead”


    I stare at her, unable toprehend what wasing out of her mouth. What the hell was happening?


    It then hits me after a while.


    “You’re the one that has been after me?” I question, staring at her. Noting the evil glint in her eyes.


    “Correct, what a bright woman you are.” She answers sarcastically.


    So many questions fill my head. Everything was staring at me straight in the face but I was having a


    hard time epting it.


    “We were with you a couple of hours agoughing, you weed me into your home. Told me you


    were d I was there, that you already loved me as a daughter and niece” I say shakenly


    She waves her hand and scrunches up her nose in disgust.


    “That was just an act. You really didn’t think that I would want you there did you? I hate you and I have


    hated you since you were born. I was d when Lilly said she was inviting you for a getaway, since


    everyone I sent after you failed. I knew this was my chance to get rid of you for good”


    Fuck! I feel so betrayed. So hurt. Blue was wrong all along, we weren’t lucky, in the end we got the evil


    stepmother.


    “Why? Why would you do this? Why would you want me dead? I’ve done nothing to you” I whispered.


    She sighs before taking a seat near the door.


    “Let me start from the beginning.” She begins. “I have been in love with Lucas since I can remember


    and that was when I was ten and he was eleven. I knew he was supposed to be mine. I wanted him to


    be mine and I nned to make him mine. Given our strong friendship bond, I had hoped that he would


    be my mate but he was not. Instead my good for nothing sister was chosen by the goddess for him”


    “I hated her for that more than I already had. Little miss perfect, always getting the attention, always


    being praised, it drove me nuts. I couldn’t ept that she was going to have what was mine, I wasn’t


    going to let her. I prayed that Lucas would realize that he loved me and he would leave Hailey but he


    didn’t, instead he fell in love with her and marked her”


    I see the hate in her eyes and I wonder how she was able to hide all of these emotions. Not only from


    me but her entire family. It was mind blowing.


    She continues. “I was livid but I knew that I needed to think everything through. Come up with a n to


    break them up. They then announced that they were going to have a baby. You can’t imagine how


    much that hurt. I was the one that was supposed to carry his offspring, not Hailey.”


    “She was his mate. Obviously she was the one to have his children” I interrupt her.


    She res at me hatefully. “Shut the hell up, this is my story to tell”


    I close my mouth and stay quiet as she continues.


    “I bid my time and waited for the perfect opportunity. Hailey has always been weak, gullible and easy to


    manipte so I paid one of the maids to start whispering things in her ears. Small things like; she saw


    Lucas and another woman standing a little bit too close together or him holding her much longer than


    was deemed appropriate. When we had my ws into her mind we moved on to bigger things. She


    started telling Hailey that she saw them kissing, touching and then sleeping together”


    “My sister was so stupid, because she never questioned why Lucas didn’t ever smell like another


    woman if indeed he was cheating. She just believed everything. Everything was causing a strain on


    their rtionship but I knew I needed to do more. I was hoping to get rid of her and the bastard she


    was carrying”


    I stare at her, amazed at how someone can be so evil. Who would have known that so much darkness


    existed in her pretty sweet smiles?


    “She confided in me because she was so worried and that’s when I decided to drive in thest nail to


    the coffin. I told her that I was the other woman, that Lucas and I have been having an affair. That we


    were in love and we were just waiting for her to deliver the baby before he could break their bond. The


    heart broken look in her face was everything. It was so magical seeing her hurting and in pain” she


    “I was going to stab her and leave her for dead but then the shock sent her intobor, Lucas came and


    rushed her to the hospital. Lucas never knew that I followed them. I got there, found a doctor that owed


    me and I collected on the debt. He was to inject both Hailey and her baby with Mirazone. Mirazone is a


    poison that not many know about. It was only dangerous to werewolves. The good thing about it was


    that it wasn’t traceable in the blood”


    I started shaking, thinking of all that she had done. What got to me is the fact that she didn’t have an


    ounce of regret.


    The woman was clearly a psychopath. How did no one notice it? Hell I didn''t notice it till it was toote.


    “I left the hospital and went back home. Lucaster came home and announced that both Hailey and


    the baby were okay. We celebrated but I was happy for other reasons. I knew they wouldn’t make it


    through the night. After Lucas went back weter received the news that Hailey was dead. I was angry


    at the doctor when he told me he couldn’t kill a baby but I knew I could deal with youter on. The fact


    that Hailey was out of the picture made it easier to get rid of you”


    “I hated that Lucas fell into depression when Hailey died, I mean what was so special about the slut.


    She wasn’t worth it, I was better than her in every way. The night I found him drinking, I made sure that


    he was too drunk to fight me when I took him to bed. He called me Hailey’s name over and over again


    and though that I irritated me it got the end results”


    “Which was?” I interrupted her.


    She looks at me like I was stupid. “For him to release in me. I prayed I would get pregnant and I did.


    Once my parents knew, I convinced them that it would be in the best of our interest for us to mark


    each”


    “So you manipted your own parents into agreeing to mate you to your dead sister’s man, who was


    still grieving?” I was honestly disgusted.


    “Pretty much…It wasn’t hard given they were already vulnerable from grief. Everything was going well


    except for you. I didn’t want you around. I wanted to get rid of every evidence of Hailey’s life, including


    you. That night I crept out of my room, Lucas and I weren’t sharing a bedroom as of yet because


    ording to him, he was still having a hard time epting that Hailey was gone and it didn’t feel right


    sharing a bed” she rolls her eyes in mockery.


    “Anyway, I snuck out and got to the nursery. You and Abby were sharing a cot. I don’t know how that


    brat sensed I was going to hurt you but she refused to let go of your hand. When I tried taking you


    forcefully, she scrunched her face, and I knew she was about to scream down the whole house. I


    couldn’t allow that so I took both of you”


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    “I used the same maid as before. She was supposed to kill you. As for Abby, she was to dump her at


    an orphanage. Things were hectic for a while but then they settled down a bit. Lucas continued to


    search for you but I believed you were dead and that he wouldn’t ever find you”


    “So it wasn’t you that left us at the orphanage?” I ask.


    “No, it was the maid. I sent someone to kill her once she confirmed that she had gotten rid of you. It


    wasn’t until I saw your face sshed on gossip columns when Darren cheated on you did I realize that


    the maid lied to me. I knew I had to take care of her mess up. When you then left the country and went


    underground, I rxed a bit. That was blown up when you showed up again and married Sebastian


    who happens to be Lilly’s Alpha.”


    “Time was running out and I could see it. I needed to cover my tracks and eliminate you before


    someone recognized your resemnce to Hailey. So I hired goons to kill you , unfortunately they were


    idiots and they failed each time.”


    “How did you know about me, you have no technology in the pack?” I wondered.


    “Unlike those fools, I do have a phone that I keep hidden”


    “What about your mate? Was everything you said about him true?” I scoff


    “The only part that was true was that I met him the week after Hailey died. I killed him though, not only


    was he a rogue but there was no way in hell I was going to let him get in the way of me having Lucas”


    Goddess, this woman was pure evil. How does someone kill their own mate? It was inhuman and just


    proved how ck her heart is.


    “Now that you know the truth, It’s time for you to die” she says her voice turning sugary sweet. “We


    have to make this quick, because I have dinner to prepare. The men will be hungry after hours of


    searching for you”


    “You have no idea what I can do” I warn, trying to shift but it doesn’t work.


    Sheughs loudly. “Oh I know, Lilly told us about your other beast, but I have already taken care of that


    little problem, why do you think you can’t shift”


    That’s when I feel it, how hot and sweaty I felt. Why my wounds weren’t healing. I had not noticed but


    now I do. She had injected me with silver.


    I scramble back, fear encasing me. Fuck! This can’t be how I die…Where the hell was Sebastian?


    She was upon me when the door bursts open and someone enters. We turn and both our breaths


    catch.


    “Hailey?” Valery says in shock, right before she is wed.