Chapter 3

Eero's perspective

"You wanna get rid of me after cheating?! Guess what! You're still stuck with me because something's wrong with your rejection! If you continue to hurt my wolf, then you're leaving no choice but to damn end you!" 

I shouted at Cohen, but my wolf was so weak that I couldn't shift and my claws wouldn't even come out. 

My father pulled me away from Cohen, and then gave me a sharp slap! 

While I held my cheek and looked at him in disbelief, he proceeded to punch me in the gut, causing me to crouch in pain. 

It took me a few moments to recover from the shock of these unexpected beatings.

"D-Dad, will this matter end the same way as always? Will I still be the one to be punished? Even when it's clear that I'm the victim here?" Wearing a bitter smile, I asked with a shaking voice. 

I looked up to stop a tear from falling. Yet it ended up escaping from my eyes. 

With his jaw clenched, Alpha Ameo, my father, charged me with a dagger look. It felt like my heart sunk to the bottom of my stomach at that moment

"That doesn't mean you can hurt your sister! You shouldn't have acted so recklessly. You are older than her-"

"You should be the bigger person? You should show more understanding to her?" I chuckled bitterly as I cut him off and uttered those words he had repeated thousands of times. 

"Will you look at that, Ameo? She's gone too far because you're being way too nice to her. She's not showing the least respect for you, her Alpha!" My mother, Luna Vera, asked. 

I glanced at her and then back to my father, waiting for him to say something to defend me. Yet I got nothing but silence. 

"Cohen's my mate! Serra knows that, yet she seduced and fucked him! How am I supposed to be the bigger person and have any understanding to her, Alpha? This isn't as simple as her making me the scapegoat like she always does, or her messing with my favorite dress. She is literally ruining my life! Yet you're still taking her side!" 

"What do you want me to do with Serra then? You want me to tie her in the plaza, whipping and humiliating her in public?" 

"Yes! That is exactly what I want!" I shouted back at Alpha Ameo even when I knew that he was just being sarcastic. 

"What? No! You can't do that to me, daddy!" Serra snuggled closer to our mother, who quickly wrapped her arm around the delicate shoulder of her younger daughter. 

"You will not order such a thing, Ameo!" Luna Vera sounded unwavering. She then turned to look at me. 

"Have you gone mad, Eero? Why would you demand such a harsh punishment against your sister? It's just a man. Do you really have to go this far, huh?"

"Would you say the same thing if I seduced Serra's mate, mom?! Would you defend me the way you are defending that bitch now?" 

"Eero, enough! You don't talk to your mother like that! Neither should you talk about my daughter that way!" Alpha Ameo put on his Alpha airs, trying to make my wolf cower. 

"I'm your daughter too! Why do you adore Serra so much but treat me like I'm not your flesh and bones? What else should I do to earn the same amount of love from you and mom? Why am I always the neglected one? Is it because I always say yes? Is it because I always give in to whatever you want from me?"

"Mom, you asked me not to attend the prom, so I wouldn't take away the spotlight from Serra. You know how badly I wanted to go to my prom night?! Yet I said yes and let her have the night. You asked me to stop doing ballet because Serra was having a hard time catching up with me. To that, I said yes too. What's next?" 

Rage got the best of me as I looked at all of them, catching my breath. 

"Ah, I think I know what you're gonna ask from me. You're gonna order me to give my mate to her, right?" 

"Enough, Eero! Just give him up. You know they love each other." 

I remained silent as I struggled to bear with the pain that I was feeling all at once. 

"Cohen will marry Serra. His pack will unite with ours, so that we'll get rid of the threat from the Blood Moon Pack?" 

"He can go ahead and marry Serra if that's what he wants. But I won't let his pack be united with ours," I gnashed my teeth while uttering these words. 

Once I became the Alpha of this pack, I would find a way to protect my pack without that cheater's help. 

Luna Vera chuckled at hearing my words.

"It looks like you didn't get it, Eero. Let me get straight with you. It's Serra instead of you that will be the heir of your father. Serra will be the next Alpha of Moon River Pack!"

My world shattered into pieces as she gave me a deadly blow!

This was the second time I got betrayed in a single day! By my MATE and my FAMILY!