Chapter 5) Not the same Séraphine.

Séraphine's pov,

‘Why did he look angry?’. I thought to myself because that was unlike him. And just as I was about to enter the bathroom, I heard the door of my bedroom open.

I halted, wondering if Daxter had returned. But, it wasn't him, but it was her.

‘Our sister is here’. Sarah said, but calling Kelly our ‘sister’, irritated me deeply.

“Big sister”. Kelly said to me, smiling so brightly as she hurried to my side and gave me a hug.

She was looking so happy, not having a single clue about the anger boiling through my veins.

She suddenly stopped hugging me and held my hand. “Guess what, Séraphine. I have brought you good news!”. Kelly said to me, making my heart grow cold because I recognized what today was.

Today was exactly the day she introduced the tonic to me. And it was exactly the day I exercised stupidity.

I had actually believed her words and even rushed to beg Daxter to plead with the council not to dismiss me as his Luna. That was how foolishly in love I was with him.

“What good news?”. I asked her.

“You know I love you so much, right? So, I searched far and wide, and finally, I came across a gifted elderly woman. She has cured so many diseases, including helping women like you conceive children”.

“By chance, I was able to acquire some tonic from her. All you have to do is drink it, and you will surely conceive a son for the Alpha. Isn't this great news?!”.

As soon as she said that, scenes from my previous life played inside my mind.

I remembered how I hugged her. I remembered how I teared upon hearing the news.

I remembered how excited I was and spared no second in asking her to give me the tonic.

I forced a smile on my face. “That's great news, Kelly”. I said to her, and sparing her no second to talk, I asked her, “I would love to meet the gifted woman. I want to personally thank her, and… I will surely make her recognized in the entire red moon pack if I eventually get pregnant”.

Even though it was only for a second, I saw the fear in Kelly's eyes.

She must be surprised. Well, she should be.

“Em… ha”. Kelly sighed and placed her hand on her forehead, as if in defeat. She sighed again.

“What is it?”. I asked her, placing a hand on her shoulder, as I decided to play along with her.

“I'm not sure if I should tell you this. You… you might get mad at me”. Kelly said, with her eyes getting teary. She always did this whenever things were not going her way.

“You know I would never get mad at you”. I assured her, making her smile.

She wiped the tears in her eyes, before she said to me, “Actually, my Mom was the one who made the tonic”.

“I am sorry that I had to lie to you. But, it was because I did not want you to give up hope. As you already know, my Mom was once our pack's doctor before she was forced to retire”.

She held both my hands after sniffing. “Are you mad at me?”. She asked me, looking so pitiful.

I made her stop holding my hands and softly pinched her cheek. “Like I had said, I will never get mad at you. You are my little sister. I can never endure being mad at you”. I said to her, and recalling how she immediately brought the tonic to me in my past life, that gave me an idea.

It was payback time.

Every humiliation I went through. How I was body-shamed. I swear… I will make her go through the exact same thing.

“Where is the tonic? Can I have it?”. I asked her, looking a bit desperate.

In an instant, her eyes lit up. “I will get it right away for you, Séraphine!”. Kelly said to me, before she hurried out of my room.

I clenched my fists.

The last time she left my room in a hurry to get the tonic for me, I thought it was because she actually cared about me. Little did I know… she was only a monster in sheep's clothing.

I watched her leave until I couldn't see her back anymore. Then, my eyes darkened.

The council's meeting was until evening, so I had enough time to feed her the tonic before I left Daxter's life for good and never turned back.

‘Tsk. For once, I believed you wanted to leave our mate. But one word from our sister, and you are back to thinking about bearing an heir for him’’. Sarah said to me, and she sounded so disappointed and also groaned at me.

I smiled. “Just be patient and watch the show, Sarah”. I said to her.

‘What show?’. She growled in my head.

But, how could I explain anything to her? If I told her that we had died but came back to life, she must think I had gone crazy.

“I can't explain it to you yet, Sarah. But, I want you to know that I had a really long dream, and… it's time for you to stop seeing me as the old Séraphine of yesterday, because this new Séraphine will not let anyone bully us anymore”.

“And, from now on, I would appreciate it if you stopped questioning my actions”.

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Author Tina Nwuba: “Welcome to my new book, readers.

I hope you get to enjoy the ride with me as I craft a new female lead you will definitely end up falling in love with.

Don't forget, our female is not a fool. She is a strategist. She was simply foolish previously because she was blinded by love”.