A white snake

Elena POV

A dull knock on the door after Leah called out my name makes me groan in protest. I had only just applied the snail-mud mixture on my skin for the night.

First, it was Rudolph who came to disturb me.
When I saw him, he looked like a mess. He complained that the Alpha had given him a humongous portion of work meant for 15 men, and ordered him to finish it in 3 days.

I smiled inwardly as he spoke. Then later offered to massage his sore muscles because I was slightly at fault for his misery. I believe this must be the effect of my words to Fenrir today and I felt glad at how quickly he reacted to it.

Totally my type for real. Wicked.

Now it was Leah,

Earlier, before the two of my siblings felt like they needed to see me, I had decided to relish in the comfort of my room. I applied a few of my skin care routines, and danced around in victory while asking myself why I didn't think of this before.

This approach is m so perfect. If I continue on this path, I will keep winning Alpha Fenrir's trust, and eventually, I will be his safe place instead of his Luna.

If I could win his trust, his heart would naturally fall into my hands. I smirked happily at this realization. I know I would look so good beside him as his Luna. I was his only equal in the whole pack and I cannot allow him to settle for less.

He deserves a Luna like me to regulate his domineering features, not the timid Alpha’s daughter.

I reminisced about the most recent action in my life and realized that If Leah hadn’t come to rescue me from the neighboring pack. I would have settled for their new Alpha who had captured me. He was also quite strong and intimidating.

I wasn’t surprised to find myself wet after I told him I would let him be my lover, and he threw me into the dungeon without a second thought.

He had also caught my attention but not as much as Fenrir had.

The third knock breaks me out of my near-real fantasy.

"I'm coming!" I almost yell in slight frustration.

"Bloody hell.." I mutter under my breath.

Swinging the door open, the two siblings rush in without even appreciating my effort.

"Do you realize that I've been knocking?." Leah complains before walking into the room.

"You are welcome." I say after her, rolling my eyes.

"What's that smell?" Leah asks, scrunching her little button nose.

"Snail slime. Oh, and some clay mud too. Do you want some?" I passed the bowl to her.

"If I was looking for some skin poison, I would have definitely asked. So, no thanks, dear sister."

I roll my eyes at her again for her lack of knowledge. We are identical physically to the point that most pack members mistake us for each other until I didn't smile at them. I mean, they should be able to distinguish the clear differences between us. I had better pasty skin and lustrous hair than she did.

I wanted to be generous and share my recipe with her but since she refused, I will just keep it to myself.

"Where's Marsai? Back at the Alpha's quarters?" I asked, secretly hoping she was. Or better still run away again.

Leah nodded in affirmation. I was surprised it cheered me up. Well, I could finally tell Leah what happened.

Finding a comfortable spot next to her, I ask. "So, how was your little play?"

"Beautiful. I think I may have fallen in love with the man who played the prince, he was so handsome."

"Typical. Well I, on the other hand, have some news." I couldn't contain my glee anymore, I had to share it.

"What is it that got you excited?" Leah asks a little uninterested as she pushes the bowl mix further away from her.

"You may or may definitely be speaking to the next Luna of this park." I announced proudly.

She burst into laughter, "what the hell are you saying?" Leah asks, the confusion evident on every inch of her face.

I brought the parcel that Marsai had given me when she tried to run.

"What's this?" She goes through it. "Wait, this belongs to Marsai.." She then looks up at me and I nod in affirmation.

“How did it get here? Since when?”

The smile on my face still hadn't dropped. "You see….” I placed my left index finger under my bottom lip, dragging the news out while she looked at me annoyed.

I laughed hard at her expression. Guess who always has the last laugh… Me, of course.

“Are you going to talk or keep on laughing?” My boring twin sister almost snarled at me.

I huffed, “ well, she gave this to me a week ago after she realized how soiled her escape plan was. She must have decided to let go of it since she returned to the Alpha’s house but I informed Alpha Fenrir about it today.

"What!" Leah exclaimed, sitting up straight. She was finally taking me seriously.

"I can’t bring myself to deceive the Alpha when I know the truth, Leah. I have to bring it upon myself to tell him everything and I have to say, he was quite pissed. Who wouldn't be?” I threw my hands in the air.

“He left the training grounds." I shrugged at her shock expression. “Don’t worry, I made sure to let him know that we didn’t advise her on it. We are Marsai’s friends and it's about time we let her know that she can’t continue running away. It enrages the Alpha, Leah.“


"Elena! What have you done?!" She shrieked at me.

"They were just healing! We all were healing from what happened a week ago. It was horrible and we are all trying to forget it. Even Marsau. I saw it in her eyes while we watched the play. She misses him. The maids also said the Alpha has been drinking heavily every night after that incident.”

Leah didn't take the news as well as I expected her to. She was really pissed. Not happy for me at the slightest.

As usual. She's choosing Marsai’s happiness over mine.

"I don't understand why you are pissed. And you know what you are saying is nonsense, right? Because Marsai doesn't like the Alpha. You heard it, you know it yourself. She said it herself." I raised my voice to match hers.

I see hanging out with Marsai also meant sharing her naivety. She is already boring to match my energy and now she’s narrow-minded too.

"They are mates, Elena! She is mated to him. And him to her! Best you understand what that means and back the fuck off." Leah fired back.

“And you are happy for her?” I raised a brow at her and she got silent immediately.

“You are so fun to tease, sister.” I have been doubting if Leah has special feelings for Marsai after she asked her what she would do if her mate was a woman on her 18th birthday.

Is this a confirmation? I thought as I watched my twin sister’s eyes revealed a momentary sadness. This is bad because Rudolph was also infatuated by her.

Damn, that senseless Peacock.

“I have to give this further thought,” I said to myself before I pretended not to notice she'd been silent and continued talking.

"Well, be mad all you want. I already told him and now, he trusts me. This is just the beginning. Your devotion to Marsai might nky let you see this, but what I'm doing now but I'm also this Marsai. We both know that as much as she’s still with the Alpha, she will never forget what happened on her 18th birthday, Leah.” I pointed out even though everyone in the pack is aware of this fact.

Marsai is too narrow-minded to let go of her hatred toward Fenrir for killing her parents, forgetting that her father was an Alpha.

An Alpha would always be hunted down by rogues and if they aren’t strong enough… They will drop. Just like her father did.

His weakness had made him lose Luna and also his pack members to Fenrir, a rogue. We still don’t even know where he came from.

I stand to my feet looking down at Leah. I couldn't believe she was still a child at heart when we were both 20, two years older than Marsai.

How could she not know better?

"Look what happened to you?" I remind her of her misfortune incident with the Alpha.

"With the right Luna, the Alpha’s rage will be reduced." I tried to speak some sense to her but she glared at me.

"Well, you can tell Marsai if you want...I don't care." I huffed, leaving my room for her to reflect on our conversation before going to Rudolph’s room.

As a Beta to this pack, he should also be concerned about alleviating the Alpha’s rage, right? Of course, or else, today’s chokehold will only be the beginning of his misery.