Alessia: Thankful For Once

For once I an thankful about being the least acknowledged member of this pack. At least in the inner circle. Apart from Azriel, hardly anyone asked about me or how I have been. Not even my brother, or should I say, half-brother? Aiden and I hardly share anything in common, more so because he always tries to be good to others, always a people pleaser while I am far from it. I hear whispers behind my back that I am like my mother. I bite my tongue from saying, “Only if you knew.”

For when my father was alive, and mom was having a practically open affair with the alpha king whose luna queen had passed away when Azriel was probably 14, my father never said anything. He merely looked at mom sometimes with longing and a maybe sympathy. I have never understood why he even let us stay, or her stay in the pack when every member knew about the promiscuity. No one could say anything openly though. After all, the alpha king was involved in this.

The alpha king is by far the strongest alpha and