Chapter 5

“Ethan... You should have come with me. Why didn't you come with me?! Your father?.. Your father?..” Luna Monica stuttered as she talked.

Earlier, when Ethan went to talk to his mother. His mother had told him about his father’s health which was deteriorating day by day.

“Mom, speak to me. What happened to my dad?!” Ethan was getting impatient.

“I told you your father is not strong enough and he needed you to help him but you refused to come because of that useless mate of yours. If she was strong to take care of herself, wouldn't you have come with us?! Your father has been attacked by an enemy and he is dead now!” Luna Monica broke the news, she tried hard not to break down but it failed when the pain of losing her husband and mate hit her. She cried loudly while Ethan dropped the phone from his ear slowly.

“My dad?!” he widened his eyes.

After his mother spoke to him about his father at the office, Ethan said he wouldn't be able to go because of Cassie. He knew he couldn't leave Cassie alone because she was weak and anyone could attack her now that she was known as the mate of Alpha prince Ethan.

His mother had told him Cassie was too weak and she didn't deserve to be his mate because as the Alpha Prince, he needed a strong woman like Rissa, the Beta’s daughter.

Just then, the door flung open. Cassie walked in with a tray of food. She didn't look at Ethan’s face so she wasn't able to see that something was wrong with him. She strode to him with a smile on her face until she reached his front and placed the food on his lap.

“Here is your food.” She placed it on his lap but Ethan threw it away with anger. As they say, anger is stronger than love.

Ethan didn't care if she was Cassie, the one woman he had loved In his whole life, he was just upset. The words Rissa had said the other day began to form, he began to correlate it with what had happened to his father.

If Cassie was strong enough to defend herself, he would have left her and attended to his father. Like Rissa said, if he was not careful, Cassie would be the end of him and the pack.

Cassie jolted to her feet, she looked at the food she had struggled to prepare scattered on the floor, she bit her lower lips and looked at Ethan.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Are you okay?” At this time, she was already very scared. Ethan walked to her in domineering steps, he looked into her eyes with so much anger.

“Cassie, I'm going to be the Alpha. My coronation must begin immediately, do you have what it takes to be my Luna?” he asked softly but his face was wicked.

Cassie's heart pounded faster against her chest, she was scared of that position because that Position was one for great women with great minds in which she didn't have any of those qualities but she loved Ethan very much and would do anything for him.

However, she wondered why he was asking such a question. Is his father ready to step down as the current Alpha and crown him already?

Three Days Past:

Cassie was left all alone in the house, Ethan had left home that day and never came back. Cassie didn't know why he was so angry, she missed him and wanted to talk to him but he left her without saying a word to her.

Just then, a car arrived in the compound. It was Luna Monica who had come back. She didn't wear any fancy cloth nor did she wear the normal heels she always wore.

The maids assembled quickly by the order of the eldest maid. They all bowed as she walked past them. Luna Monica has reached the doorstep when she noticed Cassie wasn't amongst the maids who lined up.

Luna Monica went livid. How can she still think of herself as the future Luna with her weak nature?! She thought.

“Where is that bitch?!” yelled Luna Monica.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at each other.

Seeing that they didn't reply, she turned to Rose, the eldest Maid.

“Where is that bitch called Cassie?!” Her face was warped with anger as she spoke.

“In the kitchen, she is preparing dinner,” replied Rose.

Luna Monica scoffed.

Does she have the effrontery to still cook in this house? Even after the Alpha is dead, she still wants to eat like a freaking glutton!

Luna Monica entered the house. She dragged Cassie by her hair out of the kitchen. Cassie was surprised, she yelled in pain as Luna Monica dragged her hair from her scalp.

“You daughter of a bitch!” yelled luna Monica. Luna Monica never actually liked Cassie but because of her son, she accepted her. However, now that she saw that Cassie was too weak to be the Luna of the Black moon pack, her hatred for her doubled, coupled with the fact that, because of her Ethan wasn't able to come and help his father.

“Aren’t you shameless?!!” Luna Monica yelled, she released her hair before giving her a resounding slap.

A Pang of humiliation and pain settled in Cassie’s stomach as the pain reverberated through her. She placed her left palm on her cheeks and looked at Luna Monica with pain in the corner of her eyes.

“You can still cook? Even after Ethan’s father is dead, you can cook and eat?! I don't blame you, I see why your parents abandoned you, they must have known you are such an unfortunate child and abandoned you. You whore!!” Luna Monica yelled loudly.

Cassie only stared at her, she was stuck between shock and surprise. She didn't believe Luna Monica would talk to her like that. Also, she had no idea that the Alpha was dead. Now, she knew why Ethan was asking her that question. He must have been so upset when she didn't answer his question.

“Ethan, where are you? Ethan please come and help me?”

Just then, Ethan arrived. He heard from his executive assistant that his mother had arrived. When he entered and saw his mother In front of Cassie and Cassie crying like a homeless child, he knew his mother had done something bad.

“Defend yourself in front of my mother, Luna Cassie. You're the next Luna right, now defend yourself in front of her,” Ethan uttered with a glimpse of hope looking into her eyes.