Chapter two.

After I finished with my bath, I return back to my room (mind me, the basement) under the watchful eyes of the servants.

They must have gotten the gist and wondering what has gotten into me.

I try not to roll my eyes. If it's a show you want, I will give it to you all. Let me show you what death has taught me.

I gingerly pick a dress to wear. A little sad that I won't be able to admire myself since my only mirror broke a long time ago.

Running my fingers down my black hair, I am once again amazed by the soft locks. I won't say it's silky, but the charcoal black hair is what I like about me the most.

It's also the only thing I inherited from my mother.

'mom' I guess I will be seeing her soon.

Hah......I must be late. 

I can already imagine what's going to happen.

And sure. It played out just right.

Dad is sitting on the head chair. His dear wife to his right, and my dear Rowan to his left.

As always, I sit on the left, leaving two chairs between me and Rowan, since that's how Mr's stepmom likes it.

"Have you no sense of morals? Always late when you are called?" Her mouth immediately flew open as if she has been waiting.

"I apologize Luna." 'Let's take this slowly.' I bow deeply. "I apologize for making you wait, father."

I can feel his eyes on me. The pressure he exuded makes it hard for me to breath. It's an instinctual fear that exits between a superior and his inferior. A predator and his prey.

"Not only are you wolfless. You are also useless." He sighed as if stating a fact. "If I should say, a dead person would be better."

"At least a dead person can be used for fertilizer." My step mom chores in.

I know he doesn't likes me, but to think he wants me dead—

Father, isn't it a bit too much?

I remain silent as food is been served, my eyes fix on my plate.

On normal days, I eat in my room, or leftovers in the kitchen. So seeing that I am called to join them for breakfast, he must have something to say to me.

And sure enough, just halfway through the meal, he put down his fork.

"Prince Emiliano will be gracing the pack with his presence in two days."

Emili—what?

The savage prince?

"It's the first time, since a very long time, that we have received such blessing." He further adds. "I will need everyone to be in their best performance. I am sure you all must have heard about prince Emiliano. He is not one to be taken lightly."

"Also Ivy, when the prince come, you are to accompany him, and attend to his needs in any way possible.

"Father what do you mean by that?" Rowan speaks up before I even could. The glare in his eyes were cold and peircing. Just like father's.

He is an Alpha blood after all.

"It is nothing you should worry about Rowan." Father's voice soften slightly when his gaze falls on his only son. 

'But are you kidding me? The mad man is trying to prostitute me to the prince!!'

"I won't." I force out between clenched teeth. My whole body keeps trembling out of fear and I feel like I might piss on myself in any second.

But I can't take it anymore. 

You want to kill me? Then kill me. 

I am going to die anyway.

"I am not doing it?"

"What do you mean?" Alpha Luke growl coldly.

"If you want to please the prince that much why don't you have her do it." I say pointing at his wife. 'i am sorry for saying this Rowan.' "Am sure she is more that good at stuffs like this."

"You can do it just like you seduced your best friend's husband."

"You bastard." A plate of soup is hauled at me at lightning speed. Fortunately I dodge it just in the nick of time.

I haven't had the time to breath out when a hand wraps around my throat.

This next seconds went dark, with pains erupting from my back, all the way to my limbs. But the most painful was the hold on my neck.

Alpha Luke pins me to the wall, my legs dangling in the air as I desperately tried to break free.

'I can't breathe.'

"Such an ungrateful thing." He increase the pressure, which made it hard to even struggle. I can feel the life slowly draining out of me. "I should just kill you."

"Let her go.....please father....please... Le her go father...Ivy...ivy...." I can hear Rowan crying in the background. Everything is starting to blow. No. It's white.

Is this the road to heaven? Am I even going to heaven?

"Pleas....father....please..." The loud cries starts to fade away.

All of a sudden the hand let go, and I collapse to the ground. Wheezing loudly, I try my very best to breath, clawing on my throat to let the air in.

"Ivy....." Rowan run towards me, only to be stop by his mother who drags him back.

"Don't go near that dirty thing least you are contaminated." She scowled. "How many times have I told you that people like her could bring you bad luck?"

As I struggle within life and death, my 'father' look down at me like, his eyes full with hate, as if what he is staring at is the most filthiest existence in the whole world.

And under my think long lashes I stare back. 

I see it. He really did wanted to kill me.

"Take her back to her room and lock her up. Not a drop of food or water until I say so." He growls under his breath.

A pair of strong arms grabs me roughly, shoving me out of the room, like dirt.

Still, I can't help but glance at him one more time.

He really hates me very much doesn't he?

I don't know why, and can't bother to find out. after all I stopped caring a long time again.

Unfortunately I can't hit him back, not even once, for all the sufferings be has caused me.