Chapter 4. WHAT'S MY FAULT?

(Ruth's POV)

I gasped in shock and immediately pushed Alfred away from me. I felt goosebumps all over my body as I heard his threat that felt like it was eating away at my bones until I felt numb.

I could feel the air in the room as they stared at me intently. The Alpha werewolf's gaze was full of murderous aura.

I bit my lower lip with my body trembling violently. Of all the Alphas, why did they have to be my Mate?

"I'm not your toy!" I shouted, trying to be strong and brave in front of them even though I almost fainted from fear. "And I won't be your Mate either. I'd rather live in agony than have to be your Mate!"

I could see their eyes getting sharper than before and their smell, the odor they emitted made my head feel dizzy and my chest felt tight.

I didn't care if they would be angry or offended by my words. My life was already hell, so I didn't care about what happened to me in the future as long as I could escape from them.

Alfred mocked me. "You're already living in our house and must follow our orders," he said.

I clenched my fists as he walked back towards me with arrogance on his face. Such sickening arrogance.

"I don't want to."

"You must because you have no choice, little wolf," he hissed. He grabbed my chin until I winced in pain.

I tried to push his hand away, but Alfred's strength was more than I could imagine as he was an Alpha with great power.

"It hurts ... Let go of me," I whimpered, still trying to push his hand away while he stared at me with his narrowed eyes.

"Our rules are absolute. And there is no refusal," he insisted and smiled mockingly, "Your mother was a gold digger and a cheap werewolf who wagged her tail on our father's bed. You are far more experienced than your mother, I am sure. Aren't you, little wolf?"

My eyes heated up and tears almost fell. But I tried to stay strong as I heard Alfred's hurtful words to me. I didn't even expect something like this to happen to me.

It wasn't my fault that my mother was in a relationship with their father. And it wasn't my fault that they were all my mates. I was just trying to live my life as best I could, but it felt like I was going crazy and losing my sanity.

Everything felt big even when I was a kid.

"You want to cry?" Alfred laughed mockingly. He pushed me roughly and cursed me. "Don't use that cheap trick on us because it makes us sick!"

I swallowed my saliva with difficulty. Didn't they realize that what they said to me hurt my feelings?

Yes, of course, they didn't realize because I was just a mess, a misfortune that came into their lives, which they tried to destroy without any compassion.

But, did they ever think that this was hard for me too? My life is just as messed up as theirs, yet they act as if I'm just a troublemaker who doesn't deserve a second chance.

"I didn't want this to happen to me either," I pleaded. With my voice trembling, I bit my lower lip. Holding back my tears from falling.

"We don't care," Alfred said, "The pain you give us won't go away easily until we make you suffer." He warned.

I felt like I'd been hit by a sledgehammer on my chest until I could hardly breathe. It hurt that they were so eager to make me suffer just like my mother had been doing to me.

I felt alone in this world. No one defended me, no one understood how broken my heart was. Because everyone around me was only focused on how to make me suffer like hell.

And I was fed up, I was hurt, I was helpless in the face of it all.

I couldn't even say anything back to Alfred. All I could do was stand like a fool as they continued to insult me while I couldn't defend myself.

Walter walked up to me. He looked at me sharply. "I warned you to stay out of trouble and live like the dead," he ordered, "I don't want any more trouble in the house and I'm getting sick of you being here, making me want to destroy you both. Do you understand?"

I nodded. My lips pressed together.

"Answer! Are you mute?!" he snapped.

I gasped in shock. "I-I understand."

The flash of anger in his eyes sent chills down my spine. Were they really my Mate? This felt more like a curse than fate.

Walter moved closer to me and I held my breath as he stood right in front of me, just inches away. He lowered his face and whispered in my face. With a smirk on his face that looked so scary.

"And I warned you not to disobey our orders." I was surprised when he suddenly pulled my waist closer. I pressed against his chest to keep our bodies from clashing.

"W-What are you doing? Let go of me," I whimpered in protest.

I tried to push him away from me, but he just tightened his arms around my waist. And much to my surprise, he pulled me up, so that my face hit his chest, until I looked up and he was looking at me too.

"I told you that I understand, so let me go!" I shouted in fear, but Walter didn't listen to me at all And I also heard Alfred's mocking laughter.

"I don't know how many times I've seen you, but you make me sick and I want toー."

"What are you guys doing?"

I gasped in surprise when I saw my mom walk into the room. The expression on her face looked surprised and I hurriedly pushed Walter's body away from her.

Walter threw a smile at my mom. "We were just playing around. Getting close to our little sister. Isn't that right, little wolf?" I scowled as Walter's finger touched the tip of my nose, acting like we were fine.

My mom's smile turned wide. "Oh, my ... I'm so glad to see that you're doing well with your new sister. I hope you can become even closer than this in the future."

Alfred and Walter laughed. "Of course. We're looking forward to that day," he said as he walked out of my room.

I stood in fear as I saw my mother's gaze on me.

"M-Mom, Iー" she slapped my face until I couldn't finish my sentence.

"You bitch!!!"