The Spurned Heir

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"You must be joking, sister, that can't happen, we both know that!", Oliver attested as the car drove into the Royal packhouse and I bite my lower lips feeling my heart so grow heavy in anger.

"Oliver, I don't need you to believe me or not, my instinct doesn't lie, I came into the garden where Noah should be, that same place he had always stay alone, you can't believe I got there and he was sitting on the ground like there was someone he was talking to"

"I got closer and there was no one there but I saw the white fur in his hand, Layla noticed me coming and ran away!" I pressed on and Oliver opened the car stepping out while I do the same, "She can't leave the house without anyone finding out, even if she succeeds, she won't be stupid to come to the school when she knows we would find out", he shrugged heading in, I growled and clenched my fist tightly.

I could recall the smiles that appeared on Noah's face while playing with the fur, when I got into that garden, the Noah I met wasn't the same everyone knew...

He doesn't have those cold distant eyes, his face wasn't stony or grim, it was calm and had smiled in it.

"Oliver have you forgotten we saw Noah with Layla's sketch drawing in the morning!" I grumbled increasing my place to reach up with him.

"I'm confused about that too, but saying Layla went to that school and meet Noah is something I can't bring myself to believe, even if she meets Noah, would he like such a rejected soul, someone who looks unkempt and ugly!" He snorted with the usual hatred in his eyes, I sighed with a hiss as we finally got to the sitting room, at the same time, father was walking downstairs yawning as he woke from sleep.

"Oh, here comes my sweet babies!!" He grinned and spread his arms which we ran into, he hugged us passionately making me smile but the smiles vanished immediately and I pulled off...

"Dad, I met the man I love" I spoke out ignoring Oliver's sneer.

"Oh, really???...on your first day in school, you already found your mate?" He asked with a short laugh and Oliver tittered making me glare at him.

"What I'm I hearing, my daughter found love?" My mother chipped in walking into the sitting room from another room, I and Oliver hugged her too before I continued.

"So, dad and mom, I found him, the most handsome man on this earth, my type of man, I'm so sure he is my mate" I squeaked happily and Oliver burst into a sarcastic laugh this time.

"Hey, what is it?" Dad and mom asked him in unison as we all sat down on the couch. He was about to say something when Dad squinted his eyes at his forehead,

"What is that bump I'm seeing?.. Someone punched it or headbutt you???...Who dared that?!!" He howled.

I quickly threw a killer glare at him sending a stern warning, he should never call my mate here or I'll eat his heart...

He saw me and smirked.

"What caused that bump?" My mother asked,

"He fell while running!" I replied rolling my eyes at him,

"Is that true?" Dad asked and he nodded making me sigh in relief.

"So tell us about your mate", Dad and Mom coaxed me to grin.

"He shouldn't be called her mate when no one knows that yet!", Oliver frowned.

"No one should listen to him. My mate's name is Noah, an Alpha prince and the son of Alpha Alarick",I replied and they both smiled.

"You have good eyes, daughter, and that guy is ideal for you", Dad gloated, and i felt on top of the world, grinning from ear to ear.

"But I've heard he's cold and doesn't pay attention to any lady; are you saying he found you attractive and fell in love with you?? Mom questioned erasing the smiles on my face.

At the moment, i wished i was the reason that made him smile today, but hell no, I was the reason that made him frown instead. He was smiling at that fur and not me. I was a thorn in his flesh.

"Noah is still the same to all ladies, and she is no different. He counts her as one of his obsessed crushes, which is why i doubt him being her mate", Oliver chipped in and i clenched my teeth fighting the urge to fight him. I badly want to scratch his whole body with my claws...

"Really??" They both exclaimed in unison,

"I've told you both not to listen to him but me!",I whined but they turned back to me while i eyed Oliver.

"Did Layla come to our school today?", I asked immediately i started recalling all that happened.

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"What do you mean?", Mom was the first to ask.

"I guess Noah met her in school!",I pressed on, feeling my anger and rage growing more and more.

"I don't think so", Dad arched his brow.

"Why do you ask?",Mom asked again.

"When i met Noah in the garden, he was holding a white fur, and I...I...am afraid it was Layla's", I grimaced.

"Does it mean she went to that school? Layla left the house today when we went for a minor war with the rogue!" My mother muttered thoughtfully and i sprang up from the couch with a scream. Oh no, it can't be.

Noah can't have anything to do with her...

She's evil and wretched!!!

"Mom, you mean Layla left the house today? If you mean she got out, then it is her!!! Noah met with her!" Oliver growled.

"Dad, Noah is liking her!!" I shrieked, tears already forming in my eyes. Pure hatred and jealousy were burning in my heart and all i wanted for that Layla was to be killed!.

"Guards!!!", Dad called out and three of them rushed out.

"Go get Layla here right now!", he ordered with his face red in fury.

"Don't tell me my ears aren't deceiving me?... Layla went to that great school for many packs, a school for the prominent Alpha prince. What a shame to us!!!", the Beta chipped in as he got into the sitting room and helped himself to a chair. "How would you all allow that devil girl get close to my man, the man i love? She used dark magic on him...and he began to like her. He cared for her fur tenderly, as if his life depends on it. I saw him this morning with a paper sketch of her drawn on it", I whimpered.

"Daughter, we are sorry. She snuck out without our consent", Scarlett soothed, patting my back.

My parents had always told me Layla was demon or evil, that she had the dark magic of the demons, which i found difficult to believe because she had always been weak and hadn't hurt anyone except the guard that tried to strip her. Today, I had force myself to believe she got the magic. I don't see more reason why Noah would have anything to do with her. The first time he saw her must be at my birthday party, when she was brought to the palace hall for punishment after she tried poisoning the food meant for the guests.

She looked ugly and worn out. Her hair was rough and spread all over her face, making her look even more scary with those strange eyes. No sensible man would like her that way.

Why, why, why is Noah so interested in her?

I just hope they aren't mates; I don't want to think of that anyway.

I watched how she was dragged out of the room with her hair sagging down. She was weak and drained out. I stared at her disgust and contempt. No one could tell how much I hate this girl. The guards pushed her to the floor,

"Layla, where did you go to after leaving the palace today?!", Dad asked curtly, and she sat down before looking up.

He gaze wandered to everyone until it fell on me, amd I could see the glimmer of fear in those eyes.

"Layla, you met with Noah right?", "Why?!", I yelled at her face. She cringed and her eyes flinched hard like she got an itch.

"Who is Noah?", she asked and I sent three hot slaps to the right cheek of her face. I was angered and enraged.

She held it and swallowed it, forcing her tears back.

"What brought you down to my school is none of my business. You can keep disgracing your miserable self. I am concerned with what you got with my boyfriend!!", I sounded so loud. "Your boyfriend??!", she raised her brows in surprise with some traces of sarcasm in her low voice.

"Does she know I am lying?"