a perfect chance

Xyla’s P.O.V.

I raised my brows after opening my eyes when I heard a knock on the door of my suite. I moved towards the door and smirked when I got her scent. The first culprit of mine was now at my doorstep.

I opened the door, and my personal maid, an omega, Neelie Ranger, smiled at me.

“Happy birthday, Alpha, and good morning.” She greeted me with the same cheerfulness that she always showed the first thing in the morning.

“Thanks, Neelie.” I thanked her while walking back in the room.

“I ……….. brought a little gift for you, Alpha. I…. I wish th… that you will like it.” She spoke in the same manner that she used in my past life, stammering a little, showing her timidness and that fake hopefulness at the same time.

“Every gift given with sincerity is precious, Neelie. Put that on the vanity table, and thanks for the gift. No matter what that thing is, I am sure that it will be beautiful.” I replied to her nonchalantly while walking to my closet.

I opened it and took my working clothes out. Honey, my wolf, snickered at the back of my mind, making me smile too.

This wasn’t my response in my past life. I expressed my gratitude to her while taking that gift from her with a wide smile on my lips.

My parents forgot about my birthday a long time ago, and they never prepared any gift for me. It was Neelie who always gave me something as a gift on every birthday.

I always treasured her gifts, but on my deathbed, I learned that Naomi succeeded in teaming up with Neelie three years ago, and all the gifts that she brought to me after that were filled with dark spells and potions to weaken me.

Naomi wanted to weaken my wolf and me so that I couldn’t get the full potential of my wolf.

So, after my rebirth, I threw away all her previous gifts but kept the recent ones, as I will have a perfect use for them in the future.

Obviously, I replaced them secretly with similar things to keep them delusional.

“Oh, right. Your father met me when I was coming to your room. He said that your presence is required during breakfast.” She told me anxiously.

I frowned in confusion but nodded to her in response. I remember meeting my parents and Naomi after my training today, but I wasn’t specifically called like this.

“I …… I baked a small birthday cake for you too, Alpha. Ca…. can we have that in the evening?” She asked me next, but I stiffened.

The cake….

How could I forget her kind gesture of baking a birthday cake for me, which was filled with a potion meant to weaken my bond with Lucian?

The twist here…..

The potion will only make me feel the intense pain of rejection but will save Lucian.

Their motive???

To show everyone that I am not as strong as I pretend.

I slowly moved towards her with a practiced smile on my lips with my clothes in my hands.

“I am really grateful to you, Neelie. I appreciate your kind gesture of baking a cake for me when my family forgot that it’s my birthday today. Let’s have the cake with everyone during breakfast. It may be my last birthday as the eldest alpha’s daughter. Next year, you will be in charge of my birthday party. I want the whole pack to know how good you are at baking cakes.” I replied to her enthusiastically, noticing every subtle change in her expression.

Her smile froze as soon as I mentioned sharing that cake with everyone at the breakfast table. She paled for a few seconds when I mentioned my next birthday.

“What’s wrong, Neelie? Yo…. You suddenly went pale.” I asked her with a concerned expression on my face.

“I….. I am okay, Alpha. I …. I am really okay. You… suddenly mentioned th… that it may be your last birthday. So……  so I got scared. You scared me to death.” She laughed anxiously in the end while explaining her reaction in a trembling voice, filled with fear.

I gave her a concerned look before moving away and walking towards the bathroom.

“Tell my father that I will be there in fifteen minutes, and bring the cake to the breakfast table in twenty minutes.” I instructed her firmly while walking. I didn’t need to look at her because I knew that she was now scared to death.

Feeding poisoned cake to the whole family can be seen as treason, and the only punishment for this crime is death.

I knew that Neelie would do something not to let anyone else eat that cake, but there is no way that she will be able to prepare a fresh cake in twenty minutes.

And she can’t bring a readymade cake because I know her baking very well. I glanced at her running figure out of the room.

I smirked and entered the bathroom. I finished my routine at ease and put on the training clothes. Even if my father calls me for breakfast, I am not going to miss my training.

I put on my shoes after exiting the bathroom, pulled my hair into a tight bun, and took my phone from the vanity desk before walking out of the room. I didn’t even glance at Neelie’s present but took out an identical pendant from my drawer and put it on.

I already knew what she brought for me. So, I had already arranged a replacement.

I took twelve minutes to finish everything and locked my room after exiting my bedroom. I was putting on my wristbands when Naomi’s room’s door opened.

“Good morning, sis.” Naomi greeted me anxiously, but I stiffened when I smelled his scent coming from her.

“What is Lucian doing in your room, Naomi?” I asked her angrily while marching towards her.

She panicked and immediately spread her hands to hold the doorframe to stop me.

“What are you talking about, sis? How …. How could Lucian be in my room?” She yelled in panic, but with a forceful push, I made her stagger inside her room when she tried to come out and closed the door behind her. She lost her balance and almost fell to the ground on her butt, but she saved her fall somehow.

It seemed that my beloved sister and my mate couldn't control themselves, giving me a perfect chance to ruin their reputation in front of the pack.

I kicked the door and stormed inside the room. “Dad….. come to Naomi’s room now.” I roared at my father through mind-link but didn’t mask my fury. Honey also growled angrily, standing up, ready to tear them apart at any time.

I let my fury flow out of my body so that the whole pack house could sense it.

“You are mistaken, sis. No one is in my room.” Naomi screamed in panic, not an act, but sheer fear.

I stopped at the door, locking my eyes on the man standing on the other side of her bed, with only boxers on his body; froze when he saw me.