The Spurned Heir
Chapter 2

"Layla, I feel some strange presence in here..." I heard my wolf said making me bite my lower lips, I swallowed the lump in my throat shutting my eyes so tight, the feeling was so strange and unusual, it has never happened and I feared what would be the result. I don't know what I would turn into, my greatest fear was to become something that would take the life of the second Luna, the beast in me seemed to be a furious one. A kick landed on my belly again in a way that I almost vomit out blood, I opened my eyes to plead for mercy, I was wrong to hit her, I was wrong not to see her coming, there was no way I would be expecting someone to come over at that time of the day... "Please, I'm..very sorry.." I pleaded to the hot-tempered Luna making her stare at me breathing heavily like she wants to eat me. "Can you just tell me why the alpha king is still keeping you alive??..you are a demon, a killer!!!...you have no right to live in this world!!!" She snorted with pure hatred in her eyes, I managed to sit up weakly... "It was a mistake, I never expected any...." Her slap cut off my words from my lips and I held my lips and whimpered, her slap was just so painful that I thought my cheeks were on fire... "I'll make sure I wheedle the alpha king to ban you from the park or get you killed before you also kill me!!!" She gritted and moved back, I heaved a sigh of relief, finally, she is letting me be, I don't have the whole time in the world, I won't be spared by my father if he wakes up and found out I was yet to prepare the breakfast meal which would be his first request, I forced my miserable self up from the cold floor, both of my legs were quivering like they were electrocuted, it just seemed like a gained weight as my legs were replaceing it hard to hold me up... I looked up and my eyes fell on her, the Luna, she was still standing right there in front of me staring at everything about me, from head to toe, My eyes pierced into her rapture-blue eyes which made her more beautiful and couldn't just bear the sight, Her eyes were glinting with pure envy, I can't just tell why she turns out to be the one who hates me the most, she should be loving me for giving her the chance to be a Luna, I just felt the hatred wasn't because of what my birth caused, she has other reasons which she can't tell... She moved her hair over and scoffed before moving away, I shrugged and made few steps away but just then, I felt nausea and dizzy with my head pounding, I sped off to the restroom, Immediately I got there, it all went away, all the sick feeling and urge to vomit left like it never came. "Hey, what is it?" My wolf asked and I sighed not understanding my body again, all this is just coming up on getting to 16 years, a year when a normal werewolf begins to shift, I had been normal since birth except for the different colored eyes. When my father saw the color of my eyes in my childhood, I heard he was quite afraid and had sent me to different sorcerers and witches to replace out what I was, Nothing was found, to them, it was a mutation of a gene, the eye's color was a phenomenon that occurs once in a while and means nothing, that was what I was told... Now I grew up, out of curiosity, I had snuck to a witch to tell me why my eyes were that way and tell me what I can do to make it normal, like others she had stated that it was mere mutation but I sensed something in her... The sudden fear, the tensed voice when she saw something after looking through me, what I can't tell was her reason for hiding it, I had no time to force it out of her mouth so I left... Why was today different??..yesterday I shift into a wolf today I was about to shift to another beast which I can't tell what it is... I walked out of the restroom with a quick pace which later turned into a wild run, I had wasted time in preparing the food, I may have to face the alpha king's wrath. Gosh!! I got to the kitchen and began the endless and tiring cooking, I would be cooking for the alpha king his favorite bacon, the Luna and her children would be having their chicken nuggets, I would also be cooking eggs and fish in addition for the beta and his mate, the gamma also live here with his mate, they would have all the food to enjoy their selves while I serve and wait for them to finish up so I can eat the leftover, if they finish up the food then I'm good to go, I am gonna be starving... My whole body was busy, with no single seconds to rest, my wolf was so unhappy as the day broke slowly, it was getting brightened gradually which means nothing but another day of maltreatment and hurtful words. "Because of you, there is no other maid in the palace, we are just a slave...." I heard my wolf mumbled and I could feel the sadness in her, "We have no choice..." I hissed. 8:57 am. I was done and I can hear the sounds of footsteps, happy laughs and chat, greetings and giggles all coming down from the staircase, they are all heading to the dining table for sure, I should be taking the food there right now! Daciana shivered in fear and I also shivered, we both know this is the worst moment of my days since I grew up, at this moment, they all get the chance to give me the most painful hurt that would always leave tears flowing down my eyes... I have no other choice, with a deep yelp, I stepped out and head straight to the dining table, I dropped the first tray for the Alpha, my presence ended all the discussion, the laugh, just everything happiness that had filled the dining table vanished into the thin air and I could see all the smiling faces turn to a deep frown, grimace, stare and scorn... Not even one of them likes me, the Luna children who looked so beautiful and handsome weren't even exempted, I was older than them but would always bow at them too each time I serve their meal. I dare not fail to do that or I would be ready for another round of beating from the Luna... I scurried off immediately to get the other food, I heaved a sigh of relief as I left their presence which had made my whole body tensed and hot, I carried the second tray and rushed back feeling my heartbeat increase, I dropped it and shared it among them including the Luna... Like a whirlwind, I left for the last one, my only prayer was to face no humiliation, I just wish they keep quiet as they had been since the first serving. I carried the last set which would be distributed to the Gamma's strong guards who also lives with us, other park members live separately, I dropped this last one and turned to leave... "Layla!" I heard my name from the scariest voice that twitches my heart, the voice of the alpha king each time he calls my name, his tone always exudes that deep hatred that makes me remember I was the killer of his first love... My legs freeze on the spot as I turned and saw his grim expression... "Are you a demon on a mission to destroy my park??" He growled leaving me shuddering at the question, I flashed some glances at the others and saw they were so furious now. "Dad, she almost made mom blind..." Hazel the young beautiful daughter of Scarlett whined sneering at me... "Dad, you must be right, she wants to kill mom too.." Oliver the son added and I felt my world's crumbling, What are they saying??? I opened my mouth to try defending myself like I should tell them she was coming from the back and it was still quite dark then but could only gasp as Dave the gamma sprang up and flung the glass cup to my head in fury, it shattered and left a cut there. I whimpered at the pain but dare not look up as I feared their eyes so much. "I won't spare you if anything happens to the second Luna you devil!!" he gruffed in anger... "Look at those eyes, she is surely from hell, a disgrace to the Royal family..." Jake the beta snorted. "I wished she died and the Luna stayed alive, my wife would be regretting ever sacrificing her life for this miserable thing now!..

I regret ever being her father!!!!" Kellen the Alpha king yelled as he clenched his fist. My legs weakened, the pain from the glass cup wasn't compared to what I feel in my heart, my heart was bleeding.