Chapter 1:Hell broke lose

Kahlan pov

"She was poisoned but she will be fine," the doctor revealed and I felt the blade in my chest twist. My mother was poisoned? My mind strayed towards my stepsister. I knew she was the only one that hated my mother so much to want to kill her.

But, I decided not to talk and watch what my father's reaction would be.

"Is she really going to be alright?" David inquired with a worried expression or maybe he was just faking it. I can never really guess anything with my father.

"She is in a stable condition," the doctor confirmed and my father released a long sigh.

"That's great then, thanks," he stood up and walked out of the office as if nothing had happened. I wasn't expecting him to take everything so easy, though I wasn't surprised that he did. He has never stopped amusing me.

I rushed after him quickly. "Dad!" I called him to a stop. He was on the way to entering my mother's room.

He turned to look at me. "You should go home and make something for your mother," he said casually.

"But Dad, aren't you going to address the issue about the poison? You do know that it was Sonia that poisoned her," I revealed.

He regarded me for a moment. "Never say what you don't know," he warned.

I sighed. " I know this like the palm of my hand. Since this is what her mother did that got her killed, I can easily guess she wanted to continue her legacy. Who knows, she might have done it with Sam."

A slap landed across my face quickly. I swallowed harder as I felt pain strike my cheek. My father doesn't ever want to hear any allegations against Sam.

"You don't talk like that! Never abuse the future Alpha."

Well, my father is an Alpha of the Crest pack. And I'm a beta, something that I hate as my father disregards me, especially whenever it comes to Sam. Sam was the future Alpha and he was always treated as such.

I'm the eldest daughter anyways. My father married a new wife when he realized my mother wouldn't be able to get pregnant and he needed a male child. 

Accepting Rachel was the toughest situation for my mother. She brought Sonia and Sam into the world at the same time. With this, my father's attention was drawn to her. And slowly, he started neglecting us. He started comparing me. And he started treating me separately. He loves Sonia and Sam the most.

"You are the beta and you are supposed to work together with the Alpha. Is this what you will be up to? Will you always frame your siblings because you don't love them?" He yelled at me.

I felt the tears slip out of my eyes. I don't always cry, especially for anything but they would always come out whenever Sam is involved. Why can't I be the Alpha, to begin with? I'm the eldest daughter!

"Will you get home and make something for your mother?" He growled.

I regarded him for a moment before I ran out of the hospital, towards nowhere in particular. I just want to leave here. 

Most times, I get fed up with living. My father taunts me everytime. I'm twenty-one and I don't even have a mate.

My father believes I've been cursed. Well, Sonia is only eighteen and she has seen her mate. I wonder why I can't find mine. What is really happening to me? 

But instead of getting the joy and love that I seek from my mate's hand at the hand of my family, no, I get hatred. Only my mother understands me but what would become of me if something bad happens to her?

I ran for a while until I'm certain that I'm alone. I was sweating profusely when I pulled to a stop by a big tree. The tree has become my place of solace over the years. 

"Why?" I asked no one in particular. I've always been used to talking to myself.

Pulling out a dagger from my chest, I released another sigh. My father gifted this dagger to me when I was just ten. I love my father so much and I just wish he would return his love to me.

The dagger was actually the last gift I received from my father. This is why I love carrying it around. Perhaps, the moon goddess will hear my prayer and return my father's love to me.

It was very late in the night when I decided to return home. I'm sure my mother would be at home currently as well. 

I sheathed the dagger and stood up. I wiped off the tears and walked back home slowly.

I held the dagger right in my arm as I walked down the path from which I came.

I was just some miles away when I heard a strange howl in the air. There was no way I could have misheard it. I increased my steps and the strange sound reached my ears again.

I needed no one to tell me something was happening at the packhouse. I take to my heel quickly, racing as if my life depended on it.

Some things seem off somewhere. I can feel it in my body but I just don't know what that can be.

I pulled to a stop suddenly in front of the packhouse, my breath caught in my throat as I stared at the ground around me.

There were bodies on the floor, half-ripped, heads, and mid-changing werewolves. It was like death was too in a haste to let her finish the changing course.

What the fuck happened here? 

My gaze searched around quickly. There is blood everywhere and it kind of makes me want to puff. I don't really understand what is really happening.

I was only gone for a few hours. I saw Fred some meters from me and I rushed to him. 

A lump appeared in my throat at the sight in front of me. Fred's hands and legs have been ripped apart. He looked half-dead.

"Inside," he forced the word out before he went still, now dead.

My heart skipped a beat at his word. And then, I remembered that my parents are supposed to be inside the house. 

"Mom!" I yelled uncontrollably and rushed inside.