My Prankster Mate

Chapter 4 My Nemesis

       You would think my bio father was my personal enemy number one. And he does hate me. He hates me for not being a boy. He hates me for looking like his dead true mate. He wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Having his chosen wife to love and his mistress to give him children. He also hates that he might need me if things don't work out with Eric's true mate to carry on his legacy through my children.

       Or maybe my nemesis is his chosen wife, Vivian who took the place of my mother as the rightful Luna at his side. And Vivian does hate me for being the child of his mistress. I think she's most disgusted with herself that she was willing to allow the mistress and even hoped they would have children so that she could acquire them to raise as her own. You can't have children except by your true mate. So she and my father could not have children together. She didn't understand it when my bio father left me with his mistress and gave her Addie instead. I don't completely understand it either. She hates me for being my father's daughter.

       Or his chosen mate's son, Eric who is taking my place as the Rightful Heir. And Eric does hate me. He's one of only a handful of people who knows the whole story of my origins. His mother was already pregnant with him when my bio father married her. Pregnant with her true mate's baby whom she rejected. I single-handedly ruined the perception he would like to maintain that he lives the perfect life and has the perfect family.

       Or my main enemy could be my bio dad's adopted daughter/niece Addie who is taking my place as his daughter. And Addie does hate me. Her adopted mother Vivian taught her how to see me since she was a toddler. Oddly enough Addie thinks she hates me for being illegitimate. Although she knows she is the niece that has been adopted she doesn't know or care to know how she came to be in this family.

       Or even Eric's girlfriend Brittany who's unknowingly taking my place at his side. And she does hate me. But only because she's brainless and does it because everyone else does. Although in her case she doesn't know who I am to him and I don't mean just his mate although I am that too. I mean that I am the Heir.

       Our pack will experience a small decrease in overall strength because Eric is not the True Alpha Heir. He is the child of an Alpha's second child and a First Delta. It would be slightly better if they fought and Eric won. That might give him a little bump. But I am the only one that could give them an actual boost. Every time the next True Heir inherits the role from his or her father the Alpha, the pack's overall power goes up a little bit. Our pack is very powerful because my bio dad is the 11th True Heir in a row.

       But no, my personal enemy number one, my nemesis is Beta Frank. Why does the Beta hate me? Of course, I can only guess. I think he did something bad to my mom but I don't know what. Maybe he thinks I know more than I do. Then there were rumors I was his illegitimate child which is dumb because it's not even possible. I think he spread the other rumors to try to distract from that rumor.

       He came to see my mother often. At first as part of his Beta duties but then more and more. I remember the looks he gave her made me uncomfortable as a child. But it wasn't until I was older that remembering those looks made me sick. He's a sick kind of pervert who takes pleasure in the pain of others and when she died he transferred his attention to me. He has the longest list of crimes against me in my secret file on my laptop and the most pranks/sabotage. Some of his pranks are a little bit more like vandalism. I try to keep it funny but sometimes funny is not enough.

       Have you heard of the story of, 'The Emperor's New Clothes'? How all it takes is one strong voice to persuade everyone that something is true and everyone will go along with it even if it's ridiculous? Who would believe a six-year-old killed her mother with a pair of scissors? Or that an eight-year-old would try to seduce a grown man? There were rumors I tried to hurt or kill other kids, even babies. There were even dumb rumors like that I had lice and wet my pants. But the Beta was that voice. He was the first one to publicly slap me, scream insults at me, punch me in the stomach, push me down the stairs, and burn me in the kitchen. He barely has to touch me anymore to get his fix because everyone follows his example and he can just watch them do it which he seems to almost like better.