CHAPTER ONE
Miranda POV
"Holy crap, it's already 9:00 AM in the morning, I'm late for school."
Why do I keep on using my phone all night even when I knew I was going to be late to school the next day?
All through the night I was wide awake scrolling through short videos online and now this is the consequences of it.
When my mum was still alive she usually woke me up from sleep whenever I didn't get up early myself, but ever since she was gone, my life had not remained the same.
Everything my mum always does for me I was trying to balance it myself, Although it was hard I was still getting used to it.
I hurriedly rush to the bathroom to take my bath then went downstairs for breakfast since I was late I just grab some snacks before leaving, Before leaving I glanced at the dining table that used to be my be so lively back then but now even though people were there I felt like an outsider whenever I sit there to have my meal.
Ever since the death of my mum, I rarely eat at that dining table.
Seeing the faces of those royal family members always triggers my anger.
These days I was used to grabbing snacks or maybe ordering take out, I walked out of the house not even caring if people were in or not.
When I got to school, the first period of the day was almost over.
I rushed in hurriedly, went to my class and sat at my seat. I was arranging my things when my best friend nudged me.
"Hi Miranda, what's up?" He asked in a mischievous tone.
My best friend and his name is Jerry, I met him at a birthday party and since then we've been very good friends.
Although he can be annoying sometimes but I still love him, he has been of so much help to me during those hard periods of my life.
"Hi Jerry." I responded.
He raised an eyebrow. "Why were you late to school today again?"
Recently I have been coming to school late and he was trying to get used to it.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Woke up late." I replied by taking out my books from my bag.
I took his book, Open to a certain page and started pasting it on my notebook.
It was an assignment from yesterday, I was so preoccupied with my phone and didn't remember to work on it.
That's why I love my best friend. I don't have to waste time cracking my brain to get the answers.
Jerry said,
"Miranda I can't remember when last you did your assignment yourself, these days you are becoming more lazy, always depending on me.
you weren't like this before, The Miranda I knew always focuses on her studies, does her homework and also comes early to school everyday but lately you are the opposite of your previous self."
I just nodded, I knew he was right but couldn't help it. My mum was the one who always reminds me to do my homework and since she is no more, no one else cares anyway so I just do what I feel like.
Jerry added. "With all this pasting you are always pasting from my notes, I think you owed me a meal."
I rolled my eyes, "Jerry, you are distracting me, why don't you let me just finish!" I said feigning annoyance.
He scoffed. "But remember you owe me a meal!"
"Fine." I agreed. "Bills on me later."
I was the Alpha daughter so many students in my school respect me except Jerry, He doesn't see me as the princess of the Golden wolf pack.
To him I was just his best friend Miranda. Unlike those pack members that always do anything to please me, at my front they act as if I was their goddess but behind my back they gossip about me.
Ever since the death of my mum, so many pack members look down on me. well it wasn't their fault, it was my father who gave them the mind to do that.
Ever since he had a son he had completely forgotten he had a daughter.
I used to see him as a very lovely and caring person until he had a son.
I remember countless times when I prayed to the moon for goodness to bless me with a mate like my father. But now I don't want someone like him anymore. People change and my father is the definition of that.
I felt suffocated in my own pack. The other royal packs weren't good either. They were always looking for one way or the other to get on my nerves and one day I'm gonna give them all what they deserve.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm still the same girl I was three months ago. Life has become so complicated for me that I don't even feel comfortable in the place I was supposed to call my home.
And to make matters worse the Alpha was pushing me to accept his unknown son as my brother, knowing fully well it was the arrival of that boy that triggered my mum's sickness and caused her to die early.
How was I supposed to become close with someone who had indirectly caused my mum's death.
I hate them all!