Chapter 2

LEAH

“A divorce?” She laughed, and my hands itched me to not slap her across the face again.

“Yes, a divorce.” My voice shook.

I always had hope that perhaps Darren was going to see how much I liked him and he was going to fall in love with me. I did everything for him so he could like me back, but with his mother whispering in his ear, he did not. I never in my wildest dreams thought he was going to do me this dirty.

I knew he might never feel the way I felt for him, but I thought he respected me. I blinked back the tears that were threatening to drop because I did not want her to see me cry. None of them were worth my tears.

“Who do you think is going to marry you?” She raised a brow. “You are fat, ugly and barren. You do not have an inheritance to lure any alpha to marry you. Do you want to live as a rogue?”

“I am not going to live as a rogue.” I hissed. To be frank, I did not know what I was going to do. I did not have anyone else left to help me, but I also knew that I could not stay here with the devilish woman that has been poisoning me for five years and a husband who did not care about me.

“You are making a grave mistake, Leah. I pity you.” She shook her head, making pitiful gestures.

“Why do you pity her?” I heard a voice behind us.

I turned around to see Darren coming back into the sitting room. There was lipstick smeared on the side of his lips, which made my stomach churn. Piece of shit. He was ugly anyways. I was superior to him. Even if I did not have a wolf, I was the daughter of an alpha.

I had to find one of my father’s allies that could help me out because I would rather die than stay back here. Maybe I would stay with them until I figured out how to get a good paying job before I moved out.

But first, I needed to get the divorce papers from the lycan king. He was the only person who could issue official divorces for alphas. I wondered if he would agree to meet me when he figured out I did not have a wolf.

I still had to try.

“Listen to what she said, son. She is saying that she is going to go and get divorce papers from the lycan king to divorce you.” She laughed. I turned to Darren hoping that maybe he was going to say something in my defence, but he joined her to laugh at me.

“That will be the worst mistake of your life,” he choked in between laughs. “Have you looked at yourself in the mirror recently? Or have you climbed a scale?”

I felt my cheeks heat in embarrassment watching him laugh at me like that. He always reassured me and called me beautiful. I never knew how he felt about me all of this while until today. And it hurts. It hurt so much that I could not stop the tears from falling on my cheek as I watched them laugh at me like I did not have feelings.

I turned around and ran into my room to pack my clothes. I thought I was going to leave it until tomorrow to go and see the lycan king, but I could not sleep in this house again. I did not want to watch him with his new girlfriend, and I did not want to hear them laughing at my body like that. I packed everything that could fit into my small suitcase.

I did not have a lot of clothes because I always made it a habit to buy my mother in law and Darren clothes and other luxuries, hoping they were going to like me more. I should have kept my money. I was dumb. I shouldn’t have trusted anyone.

When I went downstairs, Darren, his mother, and his new girlfriend were seated at the dining table eating food. When they saw me coming down, Darren’s mother smirked. She dropped her plate and approached me.

“Where do you think you are going with that bag?” She asked as she tried to snatch my bag away from me, but I pushed her away. Darren rushed to hold his mother before she fell. His girlfriend kept sending daggers my way, but I did not even care to look at her twice.

“I bought the bag with my own money. Are you going to stop me from taking my own belongings?” I asked, trying my best to be calm.

“They are not your belongings, you bitch,” Darren’s mother retorted. “You lost your inheritance when you married him. Everything you own belongs to him now. Good luck trying to get divorced when he owns you and everything you inherited from your parents.”

“I would die before I allow him to own me.” I spat at her.

I did not have time to stay here and argue with her. I tried to move past them, but Darren’s girlfriend stood in front of me. She was wearing a stupid smirk that made my blood boil.

“Before you leave, give me back the wedding ring you are wearing. It is mine.” She extended her hand to collect it.

I nearly laughed at her. My ring that I had bought with my own money because my husband dearest was not able to afford a good ring for him to propose to me with. I didn’t realize how stupid and desperate I was to make him love me until now.

“You’re delusional.” I tried to move away but she then tried to snatch the ring from my hand. I slapped her hard and she fell to the ground with a scream.

“How dare you?” She started to cry immediately. Darren crouched to hold her as she left holding her cheek like I had burnt her with fire or something. He turned to look at me, and his eyes were ablaze. He looked murderous.

“You pushed my mother and you slapped my wife to be. Are you fucking mad?” He stood up and approached me. I was scared of what he was going to do to me, and there was no place I could run to. Not that I could even outrun him.

Darren was only a few inches taller than me but he still intimidated me as he stood in front of me. He raised my hand and he yanked the ring from my finger, making me gasp as pain seared in my hand. I have outgrown the ring even though I had to get it resized a few times.

He snatched my bag away from me and he threw it at the side of the tears. It burst open, revealing all of the clothes that I had packed with me. I tried to rush to see if the bag would close but Darren stood in front of me again.

He still looked very angry. Like he was about to hurt me.

“What are you doing?” My voice was now shaking.

“Leave this house in the count of three or you are going to regret ever meeting me in your life.” He whispered murderously.

“One…”

“I need to get my cl—”

“Two…”

“Darren please.” I begged him. His eyes were unchanged, and I knew I had to rush out before he finished counting down. I started to run towards the door but he said three before I was out.

Darren caught up to me and he pushed me outside of the door until I fell down and my knee sprained in an awkward position. I gasped in pain as I tried to get up from my position but I couldn’t.

“You’re going to come back with your tail between your legs begging for scraps soon enough too. The lycan king’s guards wouldn’t even allow you past the gates.” Darren’s mother hurled shoes at me, and I dodged them as they nearly hit my head.

“Do not even think of coming back. You made your own decision to leave. If I ever see you anywhere near this palace, I am going to have you fed to the dogs.” Darren threatened.

The last thing I saw from the house was his mother and his new girlfriend smirking before they closed the door behind them.

I couldn’t stop the tears that were threatening to fall as I tried to get up from my position. With great difficulty, I managed to drag myself up to stand up. I felt so hurt, but above that, I felt angry. I felt so pissed about the way they had treated me for the past five years, and what Darren’s mother had done to my body.

I have always dreamt of becoming a mother, but now that was not going to happen all because of her. I was not going to let this slide. They had tried to destroy me, but they had forgotten that I had alpha’s blood running in my veins. I was going to get my strength back, and then I would destroy them with the fire they had just unleashed in me.

I walked away from the palace with a limp and sore feet, knowing that I was going to be back here one day. And when that day comes, they are going to regret ever crossing paths with me.