The Alpha Prince's Luna

Cordelia walks hurriedly home after bringing the packed lunch for her adoptive father. She sighs to herself as she gazes upon the inviting rice field with the crops almost ready for harvest, slowly swaying with a light breeze. She wanted to linger on in the fields but she knew that her stepmother will get upset with her if she will not get back home soon.

She touches her left cheek gently; as she recalls the heavy slap she received from her stepmother that last time she was late. She winces upon remembering the pain of it. With that, her strides become quicker so as to get home faster.

Cordelia can now see her stepmother's silhouette at their house's entrance. Her arms were on her hips while her face had a livid expression.

"What are you doing? Did you daydream again? Or did you perhaps lose your way home? You're such a stupid girl!" Her stepmother growls at her while pulling her by the ear inside the house.

"Stepmother, please, I am sorry. I did my best to walk as fast as I can." Cordelia tries to reason with her but her excuses fall on deaf ears.

"Stop making excuses! You are such a useless girl!" Her stepmother shouts at her as she drags her all the way to their living room and forcibly sits her on the couch.

Cordelia does not dare fight back. She is too scared to be beaten once more.

Her older sister Sofia watches the scene from across the sofa. Sofia merely smirks at her without a single pity on her face. She is used to seeing such scenarios of her stepsister with their mother. Sofia is the real daughter and she gets all the luxury in life. She is treated like a princess with nothing to be bothered about.

Cordelia is adopted by her crop farmer father and mother so that they will have someone to officially slave around without spending a single cent. Cordelia never knew her real parents. They just told her again and again while she is growing up that she is the daughter of some poor lazy couple who died in an accident. They keep reminding her that she is lucky that they took her in. She should be grateful that she has food to eat, clothes to wear, and a house to sleep in.

"So, I have something of great importance to tell you."

Cordelia's train of thought on her sad past is cut short by her stepmother's words. She turns to stare at her sister Sofia who is looking at her with a superior smile.

"Cordelia! Are you even listening to me?" Her stepmother snaps at her in impatience when she does not say any word in response.

"I am so sorry stepmother. What is it that you want to say to me?" Cordelia asks as politely as she can manage as she focuses on her stepmother's face. Her stepmother is now sitting beside Sofia on the sofa.

"Well