There comes a time when you think that you have it all, that you have everything under your control and as long as you press buttons 1,2,3, everything will still be in order.

But when you are reckless and don’t put other factors into account, all that confidence will crumble down and as for that beautiful tower, all that will be left will be bricks and rocks.

This is exactly how Leyla had been feeling for a while now. She thought that everything was under her control. She hated Venus with passion for taking away the only man that she ever set her eyes on.

She was still young when Livius came into her family and she grew up looking at him as an elder brother. It was at the age of eighteen she finally realized that her strange feelings for her brother were not normal anymore and that she has somehow fallen for him.

How could she accept this fact?

This wasn’t good at all and she didn’t want Livius to hate her at all. She did her best to hide her feelings. Livius exposes how he wasn’t human and how he has an enemy to defeat, she realizes that it wasn’t time to play any games.

For years she kept her feelings hidden and watched as Livius became stronger, he defeated all of his enemies and everything was settled. But she still couldn’t confess her feelings to him.

After all, werewolves all have mates, what if she confesses and then she gets rejected? What if her brother’s mate was near and then she would ……………..?

But who knew her procrastination will lead her to hear the news that Livius married some human bus driver who wasn’t even on par with her? What really made that Venus so special that her brother had to marry her in such a hurry?

She looked into it and yet, in the end, she was disappointed. She wanted so badly to get Livius back although she understood that Venus was her brother’s mate.

She had heard so many stories where werewolves marry those that aren’t their mates and it wasn’t just rumors but something that was real. Although Livius banned such things from happening in the Ethereal pack, she believed that as long as she works hard, she will earn a place in his heart.

But alas the person she looked down upon and schemed against, wasn’t a pretty face after all. who knew that Venus who didn’t ooze any feeling of being a supernatural was one powerful werewolf herself?

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Who knew that she had somehow wormed her way into everyone’s hearts before she could even do anything?

Leyla because of hatred and lust, didn’t mind betraying her family and that cloud that covered her eyes made her not think much about it. It was only when Venus came to expose her that she finally realized the mess she had created.

She knew that she was doomed and if Venus knows then Livius knows. She didn’t want Livius or her mother to hate her.

So, after meeting Venus and being shamed by her, she laid low to think it over. To be honest she still remembered how Venus sat on that chair while the warriors had those traitors’ heads cut off. She was simply too calm and she had forgotten about that.

She didn’t know if she will be expelled from the family or if she will be killed by the man she loves as she had indirectly had a hand in everything that had happened to the pack, thanks to her foolishness.

But Venus seems to be toying with her as she didn’t even make a move and she began to thin out as a result. When you are stressed, even the food won’t get easily stomached.

When she entered Venus’s study, she found the other sitting in a comfortable chair wearing some loose clothes as her pregnancy was bulging every single day.

“Please, come in and sit down. I am afraid that I can’t stand up and welcome you,” with a soft smile on her face, Venus politely spoke without any signs of hatred or disgust on her face.

Leyla clenched her fists, she truly hated Venus and it seems like this feeling will never dissipate for a long time, “thanks.”

Leyla sat on the opposite side of Venus and looked at the other in the eyes. Looking at her, Leyla realized that the other person didn’t even have her in her eyes, she probably means nothing to her at all, and that feeling sucks a lot.

“I won't beat around the bush and tell you sweet words, Leyla. Tell me why you are here and you better make it fast!” Venus seeing the hatred and anger on Leyla’s face, decided to keep this short.

Leyla took some deep breaths to calm herself down and looked at Venus, “I want to know why you didn’t tell on me?”

Venus looked at the nervous Leyla and suddenly felt pity for her. Leyla is a very proud woman and she knows just how hard it is for her to come all the way to ask her this.

She didn’t want to torture her and this is on behalf of Livius and Leyla’s mother, “because you are family. I hate you too Leyla, but I just don’t have time to toy with you. You and I will pretend that nothing happened and we will keep it at that.”

Venus didn’t want to explain herself to this self-pampered and well-learned lady, so she hoped that Leyla will get what she is trying to say without worsening the issue.

For real, Leyla understood and she was infuriated by it. To think that Venus didn’t think much about her, how can she be happy about that?

“You_”

“Leyla, our feelings are mutual so please, just get to the point and stop wasting my time. You wouldn’t want your brother to come and know of this issue, right?”

Leyla froze when she heard this, she wasn’t planning on letting Livius know about this at all, “don’t let him know. I know that we feel for each other will be very difficult to erase in a short while but I just wanted you to know that I will stop causing trouble for the pack and you. I will stop interfering in your relationship and in return, I hope that you will stay by his side through thick and thin and never leave him.”

Looking at Leyla who was seriously speaking, Venus couldn’t help but become the envy of her again. If she wants something, they will be no way in hell she will offer her blessings like some Holy Priest. She is someone who will fight for what she wants until she gets it.

But since the person in question is her husband, it is quite good that Leyla has given up otherwise she was going to mess her head up if she continues eyeing her man.

“You don’t have to worry about that. From the second I set my eyes on him, I knew that he was the one for me. I know that I will never let anyone have him apart from me. so don’t worry about anything, I will properly love and take care of him in the future. As for you, on the other hand, I hope that ………………”

By the time Leyla left the study, her whole body was trembling but not with fear, just pure anger. Being with Venus for more than one minute was enough to drive her crazy.

But what she didn’t know was that Venus whom she still hated had a smile on her face when she left, “at least she has come to her senses. There is no need to keep a grudge anymore.”