Chapter 189: The Instigator
Andros's POV
I held back a smirk after Asha finished her words. I'm glad that Asha understood the situation and saw how these things are unfair to us. I no longer have to say anything to open her eyes.NôvelDrama.Org © content.
As her older brother and only sibling, I know Asha more than she knows herself. Asha rarely dislikes someone, but if she does, she won't change her heart easily.
Asha is willful and stubborn, not to mention that she's also very competitive as well.
When Asha confessed that she didn't like Astrid, I knew Astrid would never stand a chance in winning Asha's heart like the way she did to my father.
Asha is straightforward, but she can also be petty at times. I could only wonder what kinds of troubles Asha had thrown upon Astrid in the three years that she'd been staying here. Knowing my sister, she's not afraid of anything. If she's angry, she's angry. She never fakes anything.
"Asha," my brows bent downwards as I uttered her name. I softly reached out to her and gently squeezed her arm. "You know how much Astrid suffered, growing up. Astrid is already pitiful enough. She grew up without the same privileges as us, we should understand why father gives her so much favor."
Asha's pout turned into a scowl when she heard my words. "She doesn't deserve what we had. Just because she was abandoned she thinks she's entitled to everything." Asha clenched her fist as she held in her fury.
"Ever since she arrived, dad gave her everything. He showered her with love and care. We were pushed aside as she took all dad's attention, but what did Dad get in return?" Asha asked me with coiled fury.
"Not once have I ever heard her call him dad. Dad treats him like his one and only daughter, but she had never acknowledged him as her father. She's being so obvious that she's just using dad for his position and power." I opened my mouth, about to interrupt her, but she continued.
"For the past three years, she always told me and dad that she had no intentions of staying here, but what answer did she gave us earlier? The moment dad presented her an opportunity to stay here forever as his daughter, she did not hesitate to say 'yes'," Asha huffed angrily after she finished what she had to say.
"Asha, Astrid must have her own reasons. Something must have changed her mind along the way. I don't see any reason why she would lie about her intentions," I tried to reason out with her.
Asha scoffed at my reply. "Unless she had no plans of ruling the Pack, she would lie about her true intention."
"You are thinking too much, Asha.
Father would never do that, he would never do that to me. Ever
since we were little, he had already decided on passing the Alpha
position to me. He trained me for the position since I was a kid, nothing would ever change his mind," I
assured her confidently.
"Of course I know that brother. It's Astrid that we need to worry about. What if it is her intention to become the Luna of the Pack? She was a Luna once, it's normal for her to have the desire to be in that position again," Asha argued. I momentarily fell silent as I considered her words, but instead of showing that I was worried, I gave her a smile instead.
"We were fortunate that she has
experience in being a Luna before, Asha. If it wasn't for that, she wouldn't be able to handle the Pack as the acting Beta so well. You are worrying about so much things, Asha. You should stop thinking things like this or else it will poison your mind."
"But-" Asha tried to interrupt, but I did not let her.
"Next time, don't speak against father again, okay. You made dad so angry earlier, if you were someone else, dad would have never let you go without a punishment," I pinned her down with a sharp gaze as I warned her. Asha frowned and averted my gaze. She couldn't say anything back because she knew I was right.
Both of us know what Dad's temper is like. If that had been me, I would have also been punished, but because it was her, she was able to get away unpunished.
I took a deep breath after the long silence that emanated between us. "Next time you should be more nice to Astrid Asha. She's officially going to be a part of our family soon. What would people think if they find out that you are mistreating your own sister?"
"I don't have a sister!" Asha rebutted angrily.
"Even if you don't see her as your sister, you need to be nice to her as a person." Aggravated by my words, Asha pulled away from me and shot up from her seat. "You can be nice to her if you want, Andros. No matter what you say, I could never be nice to her," she crossed her arms together as she snapped at me. I stood up to match her. "Just try to be easy on her, okay? Do this for father, you know it will hurt his heart if he sees his children hating each other." Asha couldn't respond. Asha might be cold-hearted outside, but she always holds a soft spot for people who are close to her heart, like me and her father.