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CHAPTER 4

Author: Natalie May
last update Last Updated: 2024-07-26 15:58:43

When Lilith was first adopted by my parents, she insisted on doing the same hairstyle as me whenever the hairdresser visited. If I had my hair in plaits, she wanted the same thing. And if I had a bun, she wanted it too. She even shifted a day after I did.

I never thought anything of it. In fact, I was happy. I used to make fun of her and tell her that all little sisters were the same everywhere, and they all wanted the same thing as their big sisters.

But now, as my eyes moved from corner to corner of her room and her wide open closet, I was scared. The room looked exactly like mine, only smaller. She had the same furniture as I did in my room.

I took a step further into the room and walked to the dresser. Her vanity was the same rich green colour as mine and it held the exact bottles of perfume that I used. Even her hairbrush was the same as mine.

I made my way to the closet, scared to even fully walk inside. It was like looking at my own closet.

There were racks of the same dresses that currently hung in my closet. The same brand and colour of shoes. Everything was the same, down to the scarves and the nightwears.

I opened her underwear drawer and gasped, bringing a hand to cover my mouth. She even had the same type of underwear as I did.

“Oh my God,” I whispered, taking a step back.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing!?” a thunderous voice asked from the doorway.

I jumped and turned to see Sebastian glaring at me.

“Good evening...” the maid greeted in a squeaky voice with her head bowed.

“Leave,” he ordered without even sparing her a glance. She didn’t seem to mind though, if anything, she looked like she was thankful. Sebastian walked into the room when she was gone, glaring at me. “What do you think you’re doing?” he asked again.

“You’re back,” I said instead, ignoring his question. I quickly checked him for injuries, but he had none. He looked a little worn out, but there were no injuries, none that I could see at least. “I tried to reach you.” I made my way to him and reached out to touch his face.

He slightly moved out of the way to avoid my touch and repeated his question.

I sighed. “Your mother wanted me to direct the maid in cleaning the room.”

“That doesn’t give you the right to go through Lilith’s closet. Do you really have no regard for your sister’s privacy!?” His voice was so loud that it caught the attention of some of the pack members nearby.

“I wasn’t…” I stopped myself before I could finish explaining. It didn’t matter what I had to say, Sebastian wouldn’t care.

Lilith walked in just then, wiping imaginary tears from her reddened eyes. “I never expected this from you, Alora.”

“What?” I gasped in shock.

Lilith shook her head. “I know you’re just dying to be Luna, but I never thought you would abuse your authority in this manner. I thought you would at least try to be a good Luna.” she shook her head again and turned to Sebastian with her hand on his forearm, and fake sympathy in her eyes. “Don’t be mad at her, Sebastian. You know how Alora is… she probably couldn’t bear the thought of not being in control of everything. It must have been killing her all this time not having access to my room.” Sebastian’s jaw ticked, and Lilith strolled over to me smirking. She touched my chin with her slender fingers. “It’s no problem, Alora. We’re sisters afterall.”

My wolf made a sound and Lilith took a step back. I knew she wanted to come out. She wanted to fight Lilith. But I refused to shift.

“Who was the man at the hospital yesterday?” Sebastian suddenly asked. “Are you cheating on me? Is he the real father of the babies?”

I heard everyone gasp around us, reminding me that we weren’t alone. Sebastian’s words struck me in the heart like a knife, and the pain spread through my chest and my entire body.

The hurt quickly turned to anger until all I could see was red. “I will not stand here and let you disrespect me. You may have no regard for me and my babies, but I am not a cheat and I will never be! I guess it’s a good thing that you care so little about the babies, Sebastian, because they’re gone! They’re gone! I lost them in the accident yesterday, and the man you’re accusing me of cheating with was just a nice stranger who was making sure that I was okay. But since you don’t give two shits about me or the babies, I guess this news wouldn’t make any difference to you.”

I was breathing heavily by the time I finished. There was silence in the room and around us as everyone’s eyes went wide with shock. I had no idea why I had just lied to Sebastian, but it just felt like the right thing to do in the heat of the moment.

I searched his eyes, wanting to find remorse… or something… something to show that he loved me and that he felt sorry for me. I thought my little white lie would make him feel something, but there was nothing there. His eyes were blank.

It made me even angrier, and I tried so hard to just let it go, but I couldn't. I swallowed and looked him straight in the eye. “This is all your fault. I- I lost my babies because of you. And i can’t do this anymore, Sebastian.'' I lifted my chin and tried to sound confident as I dropped the bomb. “I want a divorce.”

Everyone gasped again, and Sebastian looked around like he was noticing them for the first time. He grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the room away from everyone, and didn’t let go even when we were behind the closed doors of our bedroom.

I whipped my hand out of his and tried to leave the room but he stopped me.

“What is it, Sebastian?” I asked tiredly.

“You can’t just drop that bomb on me and then leave.”

“I don’t think we have anything to talk about. It’s done. We’re done.”

Mate!

I ignored my wolf. All she cared about was the mate bond, she wouldn’t understand. I also ignored the heat I was suddenly feeling.

I knew my wolf was messing with me. I was mad at Sebastian, not hungry for him. He shouldn’t be looking so attractive right now.

Sebastian frowned. “Alora, you’re not thinking straight–”

“No Sebastian, this is probably the sanest decision I have ever made.”

“You can’t leave me…”

I tried once again to walk away, but this time, Sebastian pushed my body against the door and caged me in, until his muscular chest was flush against mine. He lowered his head and violently kissed me. I should’ve hated it, but I didn't. His mouth moved swiftly against mine, and he pushed his tongue into my mouth. That seemed to remind me of the situation, and just like that, the spell was broken. I pushed him away, and walked out of the room.

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