Fated To My Lycan Stepbrothers
Chapter 75

Naya cod

"That's what you think now." Marley dropped the book on the nearest surface. "It's Luna to you."

I rolled my eyes to the heavens. "You know, I thought you abandoning me and coming here would change you somehow. I was wrong. You killed the Alpha, and now you are here to take your place again by Zeke's side."

She didn't even flinch at my accusations. "I thought so too. You know, I never abandoned you. I only left to have a better life. You had your papa with you, didn't you?" She cackled under her breath. She was mocking me! "Your papa was so fragile." My eyes flashed in anger. "Don't talk about him like that! He was a better person than you are!"

She stood up, walking slowly toward me. I swallowed at the tremendous power she held. She was my mother, but I was just as scared of her as anyone else. "You are scared, yet you try to hide it so much." She shook her head with a somewhat disappointed look. "Is that why you f**k the brothers, to let your pain go away? Do you think they would love you? Or... Mate with you?" Her mouth lifted into an evil grin. "Is that why you go to that stupid cottage all the damn time?"

I snorted at the direction of her thoughts. Oh, she was so wrong. Did she think I actually went to Papa's cottage to ease my pain? No. That was the worst f*****g place of my life. The memories I have with her and Papa were there; everything was the same! And I hate it. I hated it so bad that I could barely breathe whenever I entered that cottage. I had good memories, just like I had bad memories of both parents. The fact they could never provide me with a good life, and when I eventually got a good life, they weren't there, made me so angry.

The fact that I got bullied and everyone hated me was worse. "f**k you, Marley. You have no idea what I have gone through. You knew I was being bullied, yet you kept quiet. You f*****g piece of shit."

Marley raised a hand over her mouth. "Oops. I'd love to say 'language' but that would deprive you of your supposed comeback. Now listen to me." She leaned closer to me, her eyes blue and cold. "You've had your pound of flesh. You have insulted me; I get why you did and why you are doing so. I won't lie; I haven't been the best person. There's one thing we must agree on."

I narrowed my eyes toward her. What is she talking about now? She would ruin everything. "What?"

"The knife you saw... I have tried my best to hide the knife, and I want the Alpha to be cremated so that no one will replace out about it. You and I have a common goal. I see the way you look at Kyle, you sick, perverted girl. You like threesomes, huh? Little omega shit." I exhaled to hide my anger. "Marley, get to the point!" I'd never succumb to her demands and call her Luna. Maybe in public, yes, but never in the open. She's Marley, and Marley will be Marley to me forever.

She folded her arms across her chest. "My point is, don't wish too much. You can become a slut and sleep with them, but they can never be your mate. They have me, who is still young and experienced in pack matters. I'll let you have that little sh*t, Kyle. He has been poking his nose in my business."

I smirked. "Maybe he figured you out." My words caught her off guard as she laid her sharp gaze on me. "Have you ever wondered if he has figured out what you did to his father? He would kill you."

She was trying to hide her fear. Kyle and Zeke were not to be messed with when angry.

"Think of what Zeke, who trusts you now, will do to you. I see what you are doing; you are trying to take the place of Luna by his side, but he will eventually replace you out."

She raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?" It made me question my stance. Would Zeke eventually replace her out? No. Zeke and Kyle were smart, and they will. "Why don't they hear it from your mouth first."

"Be-be-because... I had no f*****g reason at all. I knew about the truth, yet I haven't said anything to the Alpha brothers. I was scared of what they were going to do to me. I have had my chance many times, but I kept quiet and pretended something or someone else was responsible for their death. They were conspirators, and if you were looking for the spy, the spy was right here staring at me.

"Because you can't." She took some steps back. "I know something you don't, Naya. For some reasons, Baron Diego wanted you."

I frowned. "What are you talking about?" I recognized the name Baron Diego. She was talking about Mr. Diego! I was right.. It was the both of them.

"Oh, don't act so naive, Naya. I don't know whether you are acting dumb or whether you are actually dumb. The monsters came after you. It was for a reason. A reason Baron won't let me know about." She said the last part more to herself than to me. Maybe she was trying to figure out that part too. I knew why they were after me now. It was for my elder power. We were the only pack in our realm to have elders. They chose our pack, and they came to be with it for thousands of generations. They guided and helped the Alpha, and this has brought a lot of controversy about what's fair and what's not. Now, I have these elder powers too. The question was, How did Baron know that I had them before I could even discover I did? "Why have you conspired with Baron? Where are you not satisfied enough?"

"Silent, kid." She was thinking. Then she turned to me with her eyes narrowed. "Why do you need Elder Rosalie's number?"

s**t! I have dug a hole for myself. I cleared my throat. "I want to discuss my visions with her. I heard she's the watcher." Of course, Marley wasn't buying that because she locked her gaze on me.

"Nobody knows the role of Elder Rosalie in the pack. I have tried to replace out her role. I was never successful, so how did you know? Elders don't just go about spilling their secrets. They are ancient and wiser than us, so why would elder Rosalie entrust you with a secret no one has ever known?"

My eyes widened at her insinuations. "I-I- didn't know that her powers were a secret. I've just got to replace out somehow!" She was making me uncomfortable now. It was scary, and it was even scarier to replace out what she would do to me when she learned of my secret. Her suspicions didn't go down one bit.

"From your visions, huh?" She said,

"Yes! From my visions." I'd say and do any damn thing to escape from her suspicions. After a while, she gazed down.

"From your visions, huh?" She said,

"Yes! From my visions." I'd say and do any damn thing to escape from her suspicions. After a while, she gazed down.

"Fine, I'll believe you." She reached out to a book on her shelf, handing it to me as instructed. "Take what you need and get out."

With shaky hands, I collected the book.

"Page three. Hurry up; your stench is making me horrid." Then she disappeared down to her room.

I quickly opened to page three, thankful for the narrow scrutiny I just escaped. Jeez, was it always this tense with my mother? She has changed over the years, and I could guarantee that. She wasn't the sweet woman I knew. It was a chapter for elder Rosalie. There was her phone number on the first two lines. Jeez, they really went too far to hide her phone number. I snorted at the ridiculousness. We hardly use phones here, so...

I quickly memorized the numbers in my head. There were fifteen numbers in total. Who would have thought that Elder Rosalie had a phone? Wasn't she the watcher?

"Have you finished?" My wolf nearly jumped out of my skin when I turned. Marley was busy eying me with disgust in her eyes. Really?

"Yeah, I am done." I gave her the book, which she snatched from my hands.

I was escorted out of her room like a prisoner led out for freedom. The minute I saw the grassy field, I breathed out in relief. Then I ran.

There was only one place I was able to make a call. I didn't have the courage to make a phone call at the manor without someone tapping into it. I couldn't take that risk now that Marley suspects me. It was supposed to be the other way around.

The cottage. There was the phone Papa used to make calls to the packing house. That was where he worked before the heartbreak took over him completely. He lost his mind and, apparently, his knowledge of me. The cottage was the only place I knew. "Naya, remember what we talked about?" I prodded my wolf, who has been taking a beauty nap and leaving me all the work.

From the distance, I could hear Zeke and Kyle calling me. They wanted me to tag along to wherever they were going. Frankly, I had forgotten about the whole thing, and they have refused to tell me where we were going.

"If you are wondering where the Alphas are going, I think you shouldn't bother. You wouldn't want to go." She said. Was it that bad? I was trying to remember what happened last night in case Naya lied to me, but nothing came up. Did I really ask to tag along to the place? Urgh! It was so confusing. The memories of last night were unfinished puzzles.

"Maybe that's better. Hopefully, not to my death?"

"They will protect you."

I wanted to ask her more about the place we were going to, but for some reason... I wanted to talk with Elder Rosalie again.