The Rejected Daughter's Revenge

　　Liora's POV

　　"Hey, bitch. Stand up."

　　The familiar voice of the mean guard broke through the silence and I froze in place. This time of the day was usually the only time I got to myself in this reform home and that was getting taken away from me too?

　　I trembled on my bed, the creaking sound adding to the tension that was coursing through my body. I wasn't sure if this was another trick to beat the living daylights out of me or I was actually supposed to move at his command. Living in the reform house for the past 2 years has broken me beyond repair.

　　"I told you to get the fuck up, are you deaf?" the guard raised his hands up to hit me but decided against it at the last minute and dragged me by my frail arms.

　　"I'm sorry, please don't hit me," I begged and hoped that the moon would have mercy on me and spare me this once. He acted like he didn't hear me and kept dragging me along the corridors, barefoot and barely dressed.

　　He took a sharp turn to the left, a huge contrast to the usual right that always led to the one place I detest the most in the whole world. I looked around fearfully and wondered what was in store for me this time around.

　　I was shocked when the heavy iron doors that kept me locked in this prison opened slowly. The first real sunlight I've seen in two years shone on me and I could drop dead with happiness in that moment.

　　"Go," the guard pushed me roughly and I turned back to watch the gates closed behind me. The cold air bit my skin through my barely there clothes and the euphoria I felt at leaving the reform house left me.

　　I was alone in this world with nowhere to go, I was probably going to become some beggar on the street. I mean I already looked the part. The thought amused me so much I doubled over in laughter and for the first time in two years, I actually laughed loudly till tears ran down my face.

　　I reminisced about the life I had before I turned 15. How her parents treated me like I was their most prized possession just to drop me like a hot sack of potato when they found Vivia.

　　Vivia was the perfect daughter and sister in the eyes of everyone. She was so perfect, you would never find a flaw with her. Smiling perfectly with her pearly whites, helping the poor and the hold effortlessly, caring for me like anyone would for their sister but behind closed doors, she was the exact opposite.

　　Times without number, I tried to speak up and reveal her true nature but no one believed me because the golden child could never do no wrong.

　　A loud honk took me out of my thoughts and I turned to see a sleek black car fit for royalty slide to a halt. I squinted my eyes to see if I could recognize who was in the car but I couldn't.

　　The driver's side of the car slid open and a tall man with broad shoulders got out of the car. His eyes were trained on me and I could feel my cheeks getting hot under his stare. Or that could have been as a result of the cold air biting my skin.

　　Something about him looked familiar and I gasped with joy when I finally clocked his name in my head. Lucien!

　　"Lucien!!!!" I shouted excitedly and ran to hug him, momentarily forgetting everything that had gone wrong in my life in the past two years.

　　"You came for me," I looked up at him and gave him my biggest smile but his face was stoic and he didn't smile back. He gently removed me from his arms and pulled me back at an arm's length.

　　"Liora," his voice was cold and devoid of any emotions which sent chills down my spine. "I only came here because Vivia told me to come and get you," he said coldly.

　　"Get in the car, we don't want to keep Vivia waiting," he said and opened his side of the door and got in. I stood in shock and could feel the tears running down my cheeks effortlessly.

　　His loud honk got my feet moving and I got into the car. I sat very still and tried to make myself invisible as he started the car and the journey back to my misery started.

　　I looked at his side profile and tears filled my eyes again but I kept them in. His eyes that looked at me with contempt were once filled with adoration and warmth. Lucien and I were to be mated once I transformed during my 15th birthday but that also went down the drain along with all other crushed dreams.

　　His attitude also changed when he found out I wasn't the true Alpha's daughter. My wolf must have been hurt deeply and ashamed by this revelation that she didn't show.

　　The ride home was very awkward and silent save the engine of the car that was humming and the spontaneous honks when someone didn't get out of his way fast.

　　It was almost like he was disgusted to have me in his car and couldn't wait for me to get out of it. The familiar grounds of the Silvershade Pack came into the view and fear crept up my spine while my blood ran cold.

　　The Alpha's house came into view and I shook visibly as the car came to a halt. "Get out of the car, Liora. They're waiting for you," Lucien said.

　　I took a deep breath and shakily opened the door. I'm so happy to be back…………..not!