Chapter-38
VALERIE'S POV
Have you ever felt like you are on top of the world just because you annoyed someone and got a reaction out of them? That's what I was feeling right now.
Seeing Beatrice standing in front of me and gritting her teeth because she knows she can't do anything to me was giving me pleasure that I think I haven't received in a really long time.
"Don't be so smug, Valerie. Do you really think you won at life just because you got the favor of the strongest pack and his alpha, and like a coward, you are hiding in the council chambers?" Beatrice asked me, and I am sure she was doing this to anger me as I did to her, and that's why I just smiled at her before nodding shamelessly.
"Yes. I think exactly what you mentioned just now," I grinned, enjoying her expression even more.
"Well, if you enjoy it so much. I hope you stay happy with it for a long time. Anyway, I don't even know why I am wasting my time with you when I have to go to the council head and get permission for our marriage," Beatrice said, and the smile on my face faltered a bit.
Yes, I couldn't keep the smile on my face. I was surprised, not because I didn't want them to get married, but because just a couple of days ago Damian was messaging me to come back to him.
I can't believe I had once fallen for that kind of jerk. I hate Beatrice for what she did to me, but she was still my sister at the end of the day. What Damian was doing was not only shameless but purely disgusting.
"Does he know that?" It was the first thing that came out of my mouth involuntarily, and she raised her brows at me.
Now I could've been a bit sensitive with the matter. I know I shouldn't be saying things like that. However, these people never held back to make my life hell. Why should I think about them?
All the bullying and bad words they called me, I haven't forgotten anything. Just because she is my sister, and I don't want to dirty my hand with a scum like Damian doesn't mean I have forgiven them.
'Valerie, why are you ruining your mood by talking to this kind of b*tch. None of them were right in what they did to us. I can understand Damian just a tiny bit because he didn't know you had a wolf, but Beatrice? She knew everything, didn't she?' Adele said, and before I could rebuke her words, she started again.
'Beatrice knew that you and Logan were cousins, that you had a wolf, and the curse was all about a bite. She is the worst among the two. And I know you are angry, but don't bother with her. We have more pressing matters to think and worry about, like the vampires and how to increase her strength to be able to fight them if we encounter one,' Adele said, and I sighed before nodding at her.
Adele was right. I have more pressing matters to worry about. This should be my least concern. It's not like I am going back to that rusty pack again.
I looked at her with a smile before stepping closer to her.
"I was just asking about this because I was under the impression that Damian still wanted me. I mean, after what happened at the hill and -"
"Don't be delusional, Valerie. Damian doesn't want you. Not now, not ever," Beatrice said, and I scoffed at her face.
"Well, if that's the case, I hope you have a happy wedding. May the moon goddess shower you with all the happiness you deserve, then again, do you really deserve any happiness after what you did to me," I asked, and she looked at me with contained anger.
"Say whatever you want, Valerie. I know you are just jealous because I will become the Luna of the pack while you are rendered to be nothing more than a rogue. You were quite involved with Alpha Ambrose, weren't you? I don't see him here now. What happened? Did he leave you? You will never be Luna or respected, Valerie. This is your curse," Beatrice said to my face, and I won't lie, it hurt. It hurt like hell.
The way she called me cursed, and how hit the nerve right on point about how I wasn't with Ambrose and he left me or treated me wrongly. If it had been any other time, I would've answered her back about this, but not today. Even hearing his name made my heart ache terribly.
I wanted to smack her head on the ground until it bled and popped her eyes out. My intrusive thoughts were making me think about worse things, and it was taking a hell lot of control to not let them win.
"What is happening here?" I heard a voice that I didn't want to at the moment, and my gaze immediately turned to him.
Everything was happening because of him. If he hadn't been in my life or my mate, I would've had to suffer this kind of humiliation like I was today and -
Wait. Why am I blaming him? Isn't it all because of the mark on my skin? The bite of that vampire that I was cursed with this fate? I looked down at my hands before looking up into Damian's eyes.
"It's nothing. Beatrice was telling me that you guys are here early because you wanted to take permission for your marriage from the council head because it's not a mate-bond marriage. I was just congratulating her," I tried to end the matter but Beatrice scoffed, and I knew nothing good was about to come out of this conversation.
"Congratulating me? You were more like insulting me and asking if Damian was sure to marry me," Beatrice said, and I shrugged.
"Don't blame me for asking that. A guy like Damian, even if he did badly with me by rejecting me, deserves a better girl than a conniving girl who stabbed her own sister in the back by hiding all the truth she knew," I said, and Damian looked down in shame.
"Honestly speaking, Beatrice, the thing that hurts me most is that even after you knew all the truth, it was you who had indulged in this game of bullying the first thing. All of this started with you and even though I always stayed quiet about it, it doesn't mean I didn't know the truth. You don't deserve a guy like Damian for sure. He is too good for you even if he did me badly," I looked at Damian, whose eyes held an emotion that I couldn't comprehend.
"You are settling for a much lower grade of a she-wolf, Damian. Sometimes, a person's powers aren't what gets you through life, it's their ability to understand and love you. It's their personality," I said, not breaking eye contact with him, letting him see my wolf for a second before I walked away.
Huh, that's the most I could control my emotions.
'It's okay, Valerie. I am proud of you. You did a good job," Adele said, and I smiled at her.
"I am glad," I said before entering my assigned room, and she sighed.
I still can't believe I am a family of the council itself. Though a distant cousin, Logan is my brother. It's still hard to digest after all the time I was crushing on him and he expressed his feelings for me.
Things seriously get a hell of a lot more complicated when your parents are not alive or with you. My mom died after my birth, and my dad, well, I just hope he is alright.
Even if he has forgotten about us and has started a new family somewhere for some unexplainable reasons, I just hope he is alive and happy.
I closed my eyes after throwing myself on the bed, ready to have a good nap to drown all my sadness and wake up happy to deal with all the alphas that would be coming here and throwing their judgemental glances at me because I would be a rogue in the council chambers, probably crashing their annual ball.