Sylvia’s POV
Both Alina and Blair were locked up in dungeons, but their living conditions were vastly different. I heard from Rufus that Blair still had access to food and drinks in his cell, as well as books and games to kill time. People who didn’t know about his situation might’ve thought he was simply on vacation.
Alina, on the other hand, was imprisoned in a dark, damp cell.
It was barely furnished with only a bed and a table. In the corner sat a mad she-wolf with a disfigured face.
Alina was shackled. Her white robe was stained with mud, and the gold thread embroidered in it was ripped out. The blood on her face had dried up, but the cut was very deep. It likely would never heal properly, permanently disfiguring her once pretty face.
“Why’d you do it, Alina? You killed your own father just to inherit the position of Alpha, is that it?” I sat opposite Alina and asked coldly.
Alina looked numb and her eyelids drooped. She stared at the table in a daze. “It’s not like I wanted to kill my father. He forced me. I had already warned him not to get close to me…”
“You still killed him. You can’t change the facts.” I tried my best to keep calm. Alina always played the victim whenever she did something wrong. In the past, she had Leonard to help her, but now, she had no one. Despite this, she still refused to repent for her sins. She was pathetic and hateful.
Alina then giggled like a madwoman. “Yes, I killed him. If he hadn’t urged me to get married in the first place, I wouldn’t have resorted to killing him. You, on the other hand-he did so much for you so that you can become the new Alpha.”
“You’re wrong, Alina. Leonard just found out that I was his daughter at the time. And assuming he wanted me to become the new Alpha is just ridiculous!”
“Bullshit!” Alina didn’t believe a word I said. She glared at me and spat, “If he just found out that you were his daughter, why was he so good to you the whole time? He thought about you all the time. He had never lost his temper with you, and he even spoiled you! On the contrary, he had never been nice to me and my mother. He only ever treated me like his subordinate!”
Alina was so emotional that she stood up abruptly and pounded on the table. “But so what? You’re nothing but an illegitimate daughter. You should feel ashamed of yourself!”
After saying that, she suddenly calmed down and let out a wistful sigh, as if she was the winner. “So it’s good that my father’s dead. With him gone, your identity will never be restored, and you will never be able to inherit his position as the Alpha!”
I couldn’t stop myself from slapping Alina across the face. “Idiot!”
Alina didn’t say anything more. She just cradled her cheek, as though she was numb from the pain.
I took a deep breath and willed myself to calm down once more. “Ask yourself, wasn’t Leonard good to you? No matter what happened, he’d always help you whenever you got in trouble. He even secretly handled all the dirty things you had done in the capital city just to protect your reputation. And he didn’t just find you a random man out of the blue. Chet was a good man-steady, capable, and responsible. Although his pack was a little small, Leonard had already discussed things with the king and planned to merge the surrounding small packs into Chet’s pack. When Chet inherited the position of Alpha in the future, you would’ve lived a carefree and comfortable life.”
Alina still didn’t say anything. She looked as though her soul had already left her body. However, tears started to slowly roll down her cheeks.
“If you had ever stopped to reflect on your actions, you wouldn’t have ended up like this.” I looked at her coldly without any sympathy. Alina deserved this cruel fate.
“So what are you going to do with me?” Alina asked dully.
I sneered. I decided not to mention the fact that others couldn’t bear to see her executed because of her relation to Leonard. “Everyone hates you and are determined to make your life a living hell.”
Only then did Alina begin to regret her actions. Her face turned pale as a ghost and she grabbed my sleeve desperately. “Sylvia, I’m sorry. I know I was in the wrong. I regret it, okay? Please save me! I’m your sister, for Christ’s sake! If father was here, he would hate to see me like this. If I died, he would definitely not rest in peace!”
“Now you remember father? It’s too late for that.” I laughed coldly, pried her fingers off me, and left the dungeon without looking back.
Sylvia’s POV
After leaving the dungeon, I set out towards the pack’s castle. Rufus said he would wait for me there.
Countless rose manors surrounded the castle, all built by Leonard when he was still alive. Like my mother, he was fond of roses.
When Leonard didn’t have to work, he often retreated to the manors. When we visited the pack last time, he specially arranged for me and Rufus to live in a white rose manor, next to the manor he usually lived in. Back then, he would come to visit us all the time.
Thinking of these bittersweet memories, I felt even more depressed. If Leonard was still here, he might’ve been sipping tea or walking the dog in the manor now.
When I passed by the manor Leonard had lived in before, I happened to see a group of maids sitting a stone table. I didn’t know what they were up to, nor did I care, so I was about to walk past them.
However, I heard them say Flora’s name.
The maids were talking about Flora.
It was a taboo for servants to talk about their bosses, especially behind their back. But this group of she-wolves didn’t seem to care, and their words were very mean.
“She’s just an ordinary Omega. How dare she be so willful? She has become so arrogant ever since she got pregnant.” The one speaking was a she-wolf with red hair. She was the most beautiful one among the maids. Judging from the way the other maids tried to flatter her, I reasoned that she must’ve been the leader of this small group.
“You won’t believe what a handful she is! Sometimes she has morning sickness and refuses the food we prepared for her. And then she just asked Warren to buy her the cheese pancakes from some remote cafe. This is insane!”
“She’s obviously using her pregnancy as an excuse to gain some favor. She isn’t pretty, nor does she have a noble status. If I were a guy, I would definitely not spoil her!”
The maids giggled maliciously as they gossiped, their contempt for Flora clear as day.
I was so angry that I rushed over without thinking and slapped the most vicious one of the bunch-the red-haired she-wolf.
She didn’t realize what was going on and simply curse me while struggling.
On the contrary, the other maids recognized me instantly and lowered their heads in fear, not daring to make a sound.
The red haired she-wolf was not convinced. “What the hell did you do that for?”
“You were slandering your master just now, am I right?” I grabbed her hair and yanked it back violently. “You think Flora doesn’t deserve Warren? What, you think you do perhaps? Why don’t you look at yourself in the mirror and see what kind of person you are first? You’re a coward who can only gossip behind people’s backs.”
The red haired she-wolf was forced to kneel down and look up at me. Tears started to roll down her cheeks from the pain, but she refused to give up. “She isn’t married to Warren yet! She is not my master!”
“Well, since that’s how you want to play this game, I’ll deal with you according to the pack’s rules. Remind me. How am I supposed to punish someone for talking ill of their master?” Then my eyes swept towards the other frightened maids deliberately.
“Well, since that’s how you want to play this game, I’ll deal with you according to the pack’s rules. Remind me. How am I supposed to punish someone for talking ill of their master?” Then my eyes swept towards the other frightened maids deliberately.
The maids answered in a trembling voice in unison. “They will be sentenced with the brand penalty.”
The brand penalty meant that a spoke of hot metal would be pressed onto one’s face, branding them. With such a mark, no one would dare to hire the person, and they could only do the lowest level of work.
I nodded with satisfaction. “Okay. Take her away and punish her with the brand penalty.”
The red haired she-wolf finally felt scared. Eyes wide, she began to shout, “You have no right to punish me. You’re only Prince Rufus’ mate, not his wife, nor are you a member of our pack. You have no right to do something like that!”
“Then what about me?”
Owen’s voice suddenly sounded. He trotted over from the other end of the bridge. I didn’t know whether he had heard what went down or not, but he looked furious.
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