Chapter 33

I can't believe she is back. I became numb from what was going on. What is she doing here, of all places? She is one of the people who made me give up on ever having friends.

I push her away like she is acid burning my skin. Her eyes become cloudy with hurt, but it was gone within a second, and she grinned widely. "What are you doing here, bestie?" she asks once again.

What is she trying to do, pretending we are best of friends? "The last I remember we are not friends, so how can you be my bestie?" I say, smirking. Since she wants to play this game, then let it begin. She will never affect me the way she used to. This kate is different.

"Come on Kate, that's all in the past now," she says warily.

What nerve this girl has. "Grace, you seem to forget what I did to you and your family too easily," I say smugly with a smirk playing on my lips, "but let me give you a piece of advice. Don't try anything stupid with me because I will make sure your entire generation is killed, and trust me, you won't want to see me angry," I say meaning every word, and she flinches.

I am actually not very proud of what I did or anything I did in the past, but if it means putting her in her place, I will do it without regrets.

She thinks we are on good terms, but we are far from that.

"It seems you guys know each other, but I will still give an introduction," Levi says, breaking our intense argument with a suspicious look my way. I forgot anyone was in this room. I hope they didn't hear the killing side of this argument.

"Kate, this is Grace," he says, pointing towards Grace before pointing towards me, "and Grace, this Kate."

Ma came towards me, giving me a look that I should come with her, and I trail after her towards her room, but not after giving Grace a death stare.

I take a seat at the edge of the bed with her. "What is she doing here?" I ask, confused and irritated.

"I don't know, but you have to be careful of her," she says warily.

I nod before leaving since she needed to take a rest.

I left her room and went to Lawrence's office. I need answers to these questions bubbling inside my head.

I knocked before hearing a deep voice say, "Come in." I walked in, taking a seat in front of his desk, but he refuses to acknowledge my presence.

"I need some answers."

He glances up, giving me a questioning look before going back to his laptop. "On what?" he asks after a few minutes of silence.

"What is Grace doing here?" I ask, hitting my nails on his desk.

"You guys know each other. From where exactly?" he asks with raised eyebrows, staring at me intensely.

"I asked you a question first," I say glaring at him.

"Okay, no need to be defensive," he says laughing lightly. "She came here two years ago saying she was thrown out of her pack by her best friend who was jealous of her. We took her in but she decided to move on with her life, traveling every now and then," he explains.

What? A jealous best friend? What a stinking liar she is.

"She is a nice girl, but we don't get along. I just dislike her for some reason," he says nonchalantly. "Now answer my question," he demands.

"it a long story," I say looking everywhere but him.

"I have all day," he urges.

"She's part of my past, that much I can tell you," I say looking at my lap like it was the most beautiful part of me.

He stands up from his chair coming towards me. He swirls my chair around to face him before cupping my face and looking into my eyes intensely. He was so close that if I moved a little, we would end up kissing.

"You can tell me anything. I will be here to listen. You can cry and I will be here to wipe your tears away." He brushed strands of hair from my face before placing a kiss on my forehead. "But I won't force you to tell me anything. When you're ready, you can always tell me."

"Thanks. I should be going to my room now. It's getting late already."

I left his office and went to my room with my thoughts and memories fresh in my mind.

Before I could open the door to my room, a voice stops me.

"Kate, can I talk to you?" Grace asks, warily standing in front of me with a glimmer of tears in her eyes.

"Yeah, but be fast about it," I say as coldly as possible.

"I know you will never forgive me for what I did, but please give me a chance to prove that I am truly sorry," she says pleading.

"Sorry? I heard the wonderful story you made up," I say with hatred and amusement towards this backstabbing bitch in front of me. "Your jealous best friend who threw you out of your pack?" I laugh bitterly. "Because the last I remember, you were the jealous best friend who loves money than her own sister," I snap at her feeling anger rising in me.

"I had no choice but to lie. I was desperate for a place to stay," she says raising her voice.

"So the best thing for you to do is play the victim," I say not believing the nerves of this girl. How can she stoop so low? But what can you expect from someone like her?

"When I left the pack, things became hard after my parents disowned me. I went rogue, fighting for my life," she says with tears flowing from her eyes. "I wanted to come back and ask for your forgiveness, but I knew you would never forgive me, so when I saw you standing there, I hoped that maybe the Moon Goddess was giving me one more chance to correct my mistakes, and just maybe I could get my sister back," she says, sobbing so hard.

I felt like holding her and telling her I forgive her, and that I knew how it felt trying to correct your mistakes. But it was just too late for that.

"It's too late now. The Kate you once knew is gone and buried," I say before shaking my head sadly. "You killed that Kate the minute you betrayed her, so forget we were ever sisters because she is never coming back," I say, giving her one last look before entering my room and closing her out of my life. I buried those memories that surfaced the moment I set my eyes on her today away in the deepest part of my mind.

The tears I managed to hold back fell freely from my eyes. I rest my back on the door, covering my mouth from making any sound.

I cry in silence for my loss. It was just like the first day I found out about her betrayal. She was just like the rest—always laughing and smiling but you would never know they were your enemies.