Page 181 of A University of Betrayal

How could he joke as if the situation was funny?

“I’m not being forced!” I clarified.

“Oh,no?And yet you do what Daddy says, am I right?”

That was it. I could feel my eyes starting to glow. The veins on my neck stood out and so did the ones on my wrists.

“I’m just fulfilling my responsibility!” I tried to make it clear, taking another step towards him.

It annoyed me that I couldn’t manage to scare him. Because this cocky bastard was looking at me calmly as if I had just described to him where the library was, not as if I wanted to rip his non-existent heart out of his chest.

“How is it that you, as the second-born, don’t simply enjoy your privileges?” he asked more seriously than before.

This question hit me harder than expected.

“What privileges?” I snorted.

He couldn’t imagine what it really was like within a pack. How could he? His kind probably knew nothing about ours and everything he thought he knew was lies or assumptions.

“You could follow my example and live your life to the fullest.”

NowIwas the one laughing in amusement. “Not everyone can enjoy the privilege of being a goddamnslacker.”

Miles stared at me, his jaw working barely noticeably.

“Better than wasting your time trying to live up to someone else’s expectations without being adequately rewarded.”

Miles was the kind of person who didn’t seem to care about the opinions and feelings of others. He had probably never had a loving family.

I knew exactly how it worked with the Ruisangor. The mothers died, the fathers took the children. What a cold-hearted creature he must be. Someone who had never known the love of a mother.

I bit my tongue when I realized that I had also grown up without a mother.

“You almost look like you’re going to be the new Alpha,” he laughed.

My jaw tensed.

“Oh, oh,I almost forgot...” he continued, grinning broadly. “Only the men get to call the shots in your pack.” I winced inwardly. “Am I right?”

Patriarchy was part of the tradition. I had grown up with it. Actually, his words shouldn’t have hit me. But they had penetrated right through my I.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something...” I tried to collect myself. “I have the same rights as my brother.”

I suddenly felt a lot more insecure, and I hated Miles for it.

He raised an eyebrow. “So, you’re telling me that your brother isreallythe firstborn and that’s the only reason you won’t be the next Alpha?”

I widened my eyes.

He had just finished me off.

But there was no way he could know that...

My whole body stiffened.

“We’re twins,” I managed to get out.

He began to laugh triumphantly. “Tell me he was born first without lying to me.”

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