Bullied!

The sixteen-year-old boy looked at the woman who was holding his ears tightly and smiled bitterly in his heart.

The boy had a rough appearance like someone who was on the farm. Though he looked unkempt, it didn't cancel his handsome features, especially those grey eyes he got from his father. His lips and hair were exactly like his mother's. His muscles were starting to build up.

He had promised to stop crying over that woman. He fought back his tears and refused to cry even though it was hurting him so much. He was the future Alpha yet he was treated like trash.

Whenever he complained to his father, he brushed him off. He remembered his last conversation with his father years back when he was ten.

"Father, that woman is wicked! He makes me do the jobs of servants", he had complained to his father, Alpha Frederick.

"That wicked woman is the one that raised you. Show her some respect!", His father bellowed angrily.

"She hates me, father!", He argued back.

"If she hated you, she wouldn't practically take care of you since you were a baby! Show some respect, Rowland", his father cautioned.

"But father…", he argued but his father would hear none of it.

"You can leave, young man. Go to the training ground with the soldiers", his father ordered.

"Yes father", he said, hiding his tears. He wondered if she used spells on his father. How could a father be so brutal to his son?

"And…I don't want to hear you speak ill of her ever again, do I make myself clear?", His father said to him as he turned to leave.

"Yes, father", he said and he left his father's presence bitterly.

Since that day, Rowland had stopped telling his father anything. He took it as fate to be a motherless child but he vowed not to make it his weakness.

He knew that no matter what he said, his father would never believe him. This woman hated him so much but unfortunately, she has the power over his father.

His father, Alpha Frederick, was a loving father but he believed in this mistress of his. Rowland doesn't blame his father entirely because he was hardly home and Kiara had practically bribed all the servants in the castle.

Those she couldn't bribe, she had threatened. His Nanny, Greta, was among the threatened ones.

Rowland would never accept her as his mother or father's wife no matter what. He knew the woman had his father wrapped up under her thumb but he would never accept her. He already knew all her tactics.

He was still an underage boy and has to be under her authority. But in four years, he would be eighteen, an adult.

So, he was so angered when the damned woman held him by his ears. Who does she think she is?

He removed her hand roughly from his ears as he glared at her angrily. If not for his father giving this woman so much right, he would have dealt with her already. Yes, he can because he was an alpha wolf.

She was just a mere wolf.

"Rowland, how dare you remove my hands? And why are you glaring at me? I have told you to stop staring at me like that! I am your mother", Kiara said angrily.

"You are not my mother! I hate you!", Rowland said stubbornly.

He had expected Kiara to get angry at him but he was surprised when she just smirked and came closer to him.

She had this disgusting scent around her. It makes him want to puke. Maybe it's because he hates her that makes her smell nauseating.

"The feeling is mutual, boy. Now, if you piss me off, I will deal with you so that you will regret not going with your dead mother!", Kiara said.

"Don't you dare talk about my mother? You are not worthy", he shouted at her.

"Why won't I talk about her? It is not like she is one great woman. She is just a weakling who couldn't take care of your father", Kiara said with a chuckle.

"At least she is better than a mistress like you", Rowland retorted.

"How dare you! I will make you pay for this word", Kiara said as she glared at Rowland.

Rowland knew about her relationship with his father from the servants. They had called her a mistress.

Rowland was confused and asked one of the girls who had been in the castle before he was born. He had called her secretly to the barn at the back of the castle.

"Maria, I know you are one of the oldest maids in this castle. Tell me what you people mean about that woman being a mistress", Rowland said as he stared at the chubby woman.

"Master, there is nothing to tell. I…I don't know what you are talking about'', she said, bowing her head so low that Rowland thought she was going to break it.

"I need answers Maria or else….", Rowland said and he whispered into her ears. Maria's face was filled with fear.

"So, are you telling me or not?", Rowland said with a raised chin. The poor maid had no choice but to tell him what she knew.

Rowland's face was so red in anger when he remembered the maid's words.

He wished he was stronger but his father built a protective wall around this mistress of his. Alpha Frederick believed that Kiara was a blessing to him when Anna died.

Kiara, who was fuming in anger at Rowland's insolent behavior, raised her hand to slap her but he was faster as he held her hand and pushed her.

Though the push wasn't hard enough to fall, Kiara, still twisted her ankle skilfully. She let out a loud groan as she whimpered on the ground.

Kiara knew his weak buttons. He knew anything relating to Rowland's mother brings out the monster in him. She just wanted to teach this brat a lesson.

Rowland stared daggers at her. He knew he shouldn't have attacked her but that woman knew how to get him angry. He stared at her wailing pitifully. There was not an ounce of pity on his face.

Kiara kept bawling her eyes out as the servant rushed in to help her up but just then, heavy footsteps were heard behind them.

"What happened here, Rowland!", A voice bellowed from behind them.

Rowland looked up to see his father walking toward them in anger. He wondered what he would do now.