3*The Greedy Family*

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It’s been two days since we got married, but Dom never came to my room any of those nights after I didn’t let Gina stay in the pack. It did baffle my mind how upset he got so upset because of his best friend that he forgot all about his wife’s desires. “We will need to prepare a fancy dinner for his arrival then.” the conversation his mother was having with his sister, Vania, shook me awake. They moved in with us in the mansion after I got married to Dom. That also excluded all the privacy Dom and I could get. If I think hard and hark back to every bit of it, I do remember them being super mean to me. Their pack has met shambles, so they were basically relying on my pack now. I was engrossed this whole time that I didn’t even know what they were talking about. Who was coming and where? I had worn a brown dress, my mate’s favorite color, but he hadn’t raised his face from his plate to pay attention to me. “Who are we planning the dinner for?” after being gone in thoughts for minutes, I had finally attended the others. Vania and her mother never liked me. They openly displayed their disliking to me over time and time. Vania was close friends with Gina and wanted her brother to accept her. But then she had a nerve to also be greedy about my pack and a desire to live a life full of luxuries. It seemed like she wanted to spend my money, but also wanted me out of her sight. I have respected her regardless of her behavior towards me in my past life, but it wasn’t happening this time. “Do we have to tell you everything?” Vania raised her voice without any repercussion. “Vania!” I gulped the food down first and then mentioned her, “You are inviting someone to my pack and my mansion. The least you can do is to let me know if not ask permission,” I declared accurately, this time making my presence known to them. Vania held her mother’s stare before watching her brother’s face to get him into scolding me for rounding on her. “So is she going to disrespect us like this every day now?” his mother put her fork down as a protest and scowled. I kind of reckoned it would happen. Lady Helen would always back up Vania, no matter how rudely she acted towards me. I can’t believe I let them stay in my pack and they gave me such a hard time. Every slap Vania had reddened my face with was brought to my memory after waking up again. My married life after Dom was filled with torture and agony. There wasn’t a single day of peace I received, and all thanks to his family and mate. “Ravine!” Dom clicked his tongue in disagreement and had only said my name when I decided not to let him finish. “What Ravine? Did you go deaf when she was being rude to me?” That tone I used was nothing they had ever known me for. Even Dom’s eyes popped out of their sockets when I reacted this abruptly. “I only asked her who the guest was, and she told me I shouldn’t know. Why? Am I not a part of this family?” I wailed up, not because of her brief comment but because of how much I was hurt recalling what I'd been through. What if the Moon Goddess hadn’t blessed me with a second chance? I’d be dead and deep in a grave by now. Just the thought was enough to make me want to work really hard to turn my life around for the better. “You are gonna let h---,” Lady Helen, who thought I was her personal doormat, was shut down when her son gestured at her. “We could have avoided this if Vania told her who the guest was.” thankfully, Dom was backing me up this time. I bet if I had raised a voice in my previous life too, he would have stayed beside me and prevented all the bad things happening to me. “Alpha King is being invited over to the farmhouse to discuss some matters with me,” Dom proceeded to speak to me when his mother and sister decided to silently eat now. The mention of the Alpha King threw me off a little bit, but then nothing came to my recollection. It was like I knew something had happened in my past life because of him, but I couldn’t exactly remember what it was. Maybe when I see him again I’ll remember? It was then I wised up why there was not much about him in my head? They didn’t take me to this meeting last time. I was left alone enough last time when they went off to meet him and have a sumptuous evening meal with him. It happened when Vania didn’t include me in her plans, and my dumbass stayed silent. Thankfully, I raised an objection this time. “Oh! Why the farmhouse? Invite him and his pack to our mansion.” I have changed my mind about not meeting the Alpha King sooner. I vaguely remember I did meet him, but can’t exactly recollect when and why for now. “Here?” Dom raised a scrutiny to invite the Alpha King to the pack house. The looks Lady Helen and Vaina shared raised my suspicions. Whether it was Vania herself or for some reason, she didn’t want the Alpha King to come here. “Yeah! Why not?” I let out a little laugh to sound believing. “I’ve already planned and prepared the farmhouse for his pack’s arrival. I think it will be less hectic if we continue the meetup in the same venue rather than preparing a new one now,“ Vania’s voice was much deeper and void of emotions, as if she was still upset with her brother for not shutting me up when we argued. “Oh okay! That’s understandable.” I was taking the lead and not just sitting silent and being pretty. “So when is the dinner?” It was awkward at first, inserting myself into whatever their plans were, but then I reckoned I shouldn’t feel too forced to get involved. This is my pack too. The pack’s matters are also my matter. “It’s tonight,” the silence surfacing was so odd. If it wasn’t something conspiring, why were they so reluctant to bring me with them? “Great! Dom and I will join you two,” I stated with fake enthusiasm. Inside my chest, my heart was bleeding. The scars of my past life where my mate didn’t defend me and even brought himself another mate hadn’t healed. Faking a smile was all I could do to look less suspicious. After breakfast was wrapped up in an awkward silence, I went back into my room and sat down alone in bed. “I have to keep fighting. The Moon Goddess gave me such a big opportunity to survive one last time. I cannot waste it.” I needed that talk because reliving the harsh times and even trying to survive was hard. I was even reclusive this time. Because I was able to pick up on the misleading behaviors around me.
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