Turned out Tanya and mother went to concoct so false rumors about me to him. And him being the alpha of his pack didn't want to soil his reputation and so decided to cut ties with me.
Guess who he began an affair with less than a month later? Tanya, my sister.
I was boiling in anger as I watched the two 'lovebirds' but decided not to do anything irrational. Instead, I got close to them so they could at least know I was around already.
None of them seemed to acknowledge my presence. Not even Rowan.
It wasn't until I heard them speak like I wasn't there that it dawned on me that something was wrong.
"Mom, Alice is still not here," Tanya lamented to mother while feigning hurt. Yes, I could tell she was pretending because that's what she ever does.
"I have texted her and even called her but she's not getting back to me," Liam, my stepbrother, said in response.
"She called me saying something about her being in trouble. I know she was looking for an excuse not to show up," Mother told them and I felt disdain rile up in me. She really didn't care about me.
"Is she still holding a grudge against me? But it's my wedding. Whatever grudge she has, can't she leave it until later?" Tanya said.
I think that statement annoyed Rowan because he voiced out, "Can we please stop talking about her? I don't want to hear her name here. She's not worthy."
I wasn't sure what to feel. Rowan actually said that about me?
"But I'm here!" I said in a loud voice that should be enough for anyone to hear me but it still didn't get a reaction from them.
I was disoriented almost immediately. What is going on? Can't any of them see that I'm here?
I was about to get closer to them when something strange happened. Someone actually walked through me. My brain could not process that in time but then I was starting to understand the situation little by little.
I was really dead. And this newfound realization caused tears to flow down my cheeks.
This was what mother always wished for ever since father died years ago. The first thing she did was force the pack elders to make Liam the new alpha while I became nothing more than a slave.
One of my bad memories with her haunted me. I still remember it even now.
"Alice, come here!"
"Yes, mother..." I had said as I ran toward the living room. Immediately I got there, a resounding slap was what I received as a welcome gift.