Arianna's POV
“Guards!”
In less than ten seconds, more than ten guards came into the room.
“Seize her!” Lucas yelled, pointing at me. My eyes widened as I stuttered,
“Alp… Alpha Lu—”
“You killed my brother! And she is sleeping with my brother, she is cheating on me!”
Tears began to roll down my cheeks as I tried to explain that I had not done any of what he was saying. I can't kill a person, I didn't even look twice at Alpha Brian.
I don't know how he got into my room. Yes, I drank a lot last night, but I wouldn't kill anyone. I would never do that.
“I didn't… I didn't, you have to believe me!” I cried as I saw the guards coming to me. They dragged me from the bed like I was an animal. Falling on the floor, they didn't care but continued to drag me.
“I didn't do anything. I didn't, I woke up and saw him on my bed” I tried to explain, but Alpha Lucas shunned me by screaming,
“She killed my brother!” I saw him rush to Alpha Brian as he cried,
“Brian, get up. Get up, brother. Get up!” He kept hitting his chest.
“No, I swear, I swear I didn't” I cried, but they didn't listen to me. Like a criminal, I was dragged out of the room, I could see the clear smirk on my sister's lips. She looked like a devil. Does she have a hand in this? I wondered.
No matter how I screamed, I was dragged and locked up in the dungeon.
“Let me out!” I screamed, “I swear, I didn't do anything! Please!” I kept banging the cell, but no one listened. Instead, they locked me up there, leaving me in the dark.
My heart squeezed in my chest, I fell to my knees as I cried loudly, I wept. I didn't mean for my eighteen years birthday to be like this. If I had known, I wouldn't have come for the mating ceremony. Nicole had asked me to stay behind, but I refused as I didn't know why.
Now I wished I had stayed and enjoyed the silence of the night instead of going to the mating ground. Although it was fun for others, it had come to be a disaster for me.
My body trembled as the cold breeze continued to pass through the metal window created with big hard rods. It was a jail indeed.
No matter how I tried to stop crying, I just couldn't stop. What happened when I went to sleep? How did Alpha Brian end up on my bed? Who killed him? Did he kill himself? Did someone try to kill him, and he escaped by hiding in my room?
So many thoughts filled my head, that I couldn't sleep. I sat on the ground in the dungeon as I kept wondering what the hell I had to do to get out of this place. Just then, the cell opened, and two guards came in and dragged me forcefully out of the dungeon.
“Where are you taking me?” I kept asking as they kept pulling me with them. I knew they wouldn't respond, but I kept asking. I was struggling with them when one of them landed me a resounding slap that caused my ears to vibrate.
For some minutes, I couldn't hear anything audibly. Tears only continued to roll down my cheeks. It happened to be my new food tonight, crying.
It was bright outside now. The guards pulled me into the throne room and threw me like a rag in front of the throne. I whined in pain before I gradually raised my head up as I was on my knees. I was kneeling before Alpha Lucas.
He had a stern look on his face with his chin raised up like I was dirt to him. His mate, dirt. I couldn't see the exact same man I had seen few hours ago when he accepted me as his mate and Luna. For goddess sake, where did that man go?
He wasn't the only one there. The elders, the guards, my elder sister, Nicole, and his beta, I wasn't opportune to know his name. They all sat there staring at me.
“This is the lady who killed my brother, Alpha Brian"
“I didn't, I swe—-”
*PAK!*
A slap landed on my cheek by one of the guards beside me. The same one who had slapped me earlier,
“When the Alpha is talking, keep shut!” He yelled, and I sucked in my breath as tears continued to roll down my eyes.
“She is my mate, Arianna. We found out during the mating ceremony that she was my mate. But how can I accept someone so despicable? She didn't only kill Alpha Brian, she was cheating on me with him!”
I wanted to speak, but I couldn't. I dare not.
“Therefore, right this minute, I, Alpha Lucas Romas reject you Adrianna Rain as my mate and Luna. You are a murderer, and no murderer can take the place of the Luna in this pack!”
The elders nodded along with my sister. She was staring at Alpha Lucas as the man spoke up again.
“And you will be judged according to the law of the pack. You, Adrianna, will be sentenced to….”
My heart was beating so fast and loud that I could feel them in my palms. I stared at the ground as I waited for my punishment.
“Sentence to death by beheading!”
A gasp escaped my lips as I covered my mouth with my hands.
“No! No! Alpha Lucas, No. You know I didn't do it. You know I didn't kill anyone!” I cried loudly.
He ignored my cry and plea as he instructed,
“You will be beheaded this evening at the pack square. Say your last prayers before then” he replied before waving for the guards to come take me away.
“Please! Please!” I screamed
The elders didn't care, my eyes met Nicole as I cried and begged,
“Sister, please. Don't let them kill me. You have known me since I was a baby. I will never kill anyone!” I screamed, but she turned her head away looking in the opposite direction.
“No, please! Look at me!" I screamed as the guards pulled me away from the throne room back to the dungeon.
Arianna's POVI stood there in the dungeon staring at the high window as I watched the sun begin to go down. I have cried, begged, prayed, and cursed too. I have done all I could. No one was listening to me, no one cared if I died or not. I was nobody, just a weak omega.As I watched the sun go down, I fought back my tears, I was tired of crying. I had prayed to the moon goddess to save me. Something supernatural should happen, something unexplainable. So I stood here waiting for what would happen.“Well, if it's not my favorite sister” I heard Nicole as she made her way closer to the cell I was locked in.“Nicole” I spat coldly as I eyed her. She giggled as she fanned herself with her hand.“I'm flattered. I mean, did you hear how you called my name? Exactly how I had always wanted to hear it from you” she smiled. Her expression immediately switched as she hit the cell with her palms.“You think you could get mated to my Lucas?!? How dare you even think about it, Arianna? Lucas is mi
Arianna's POVMy screams and shouts, I wasn't sure, left the dungeon because no one came. I cried till the guards finally came to pull me out of the dungeon. It was time. I didn't struggle nor did I cry anymore. I was going to die whether I cried or not.The entire pack had come to gather, in the same place where I was mated just a night ago, I was going to be executed. I watched how people spoke angrily, cursing and swearing at me for killing their Alpha. I wanted to tell them that I didn't do any of those things I was being accused of, but as Nicole had said, no one would believe me.How do I tell the pack that their Alpha had killed his own brother for power? Who would believe me? Instead, that would be added to my crime.I am already a murderer and a cheater in their eyes. I am a criminal, and there was nothing I could say right now that would vindicate me.My eyes made their way to Lucas and Nicole, I could clearly see the devilish smirk on their lips as they watched me being tie
ARIANA'S POV I faked a smile as a crowd, whose eyes were still fixed on me and Brian. Afterwards, he put down my heart, and my eyes went to Lucas again, and I could totally see anger pulsing through his veins. "This is just the beginning. I will make sure you pay for what you did to me and Brian. I'm never going to spare you because you really don't deserve it," I murmured under my breath as I finally turned my glances from him. I finally left the spot to join the little party going on, with Brian who was beside me. And I figured it was time for me to tell him about Lucas' next plans. "You better start telling me how you intend to secure me the throne," Brian turned to me, noticing we were the only ones there at the table while others were busy doing their business. "First, let me start by telling you what is going to happen tonight." I took up a glass of wine from the table, and took just a sip to soothe my throat before putting it back. "I'm still waiting for you to say somethi
ARIANA'S POV I already knew Lucas' plans, so I quickly took some warriors from the Pack house. When Brian left my side earlier, I quickly stopped drinking as I could remember how drunk I was in my former life and what happened because of my drunkenness. So I really had to prevent myself from getting drunk again so that I don't make one mistake twice. I tried to get the warriors to come with me as I could remember the spot where Brian was attacked from my vision. Without wasting much time, we rushed over there, and just as I predicted, Lucas was holding a silver dagger which he was about to use to stab Brian. Brian looked so frightened, his eyes were also shut tightly, and I guess he was already waiting to be killed. "Don't you dare do that, don't use that dagger on him," I screamed, making Lucas stop in his tracks and turn around only to see me standing there with the warriors, who rushed over to them immediately and fought off the men who had held Brian. Releasing him in the proc
"It's my choice. I'm not really interested in being a mate to Lucas, and totally into Brian, so that's why I did what I did," I responded to her questions, even though I knew within me that none of the things I just said were true. But I hoped it was convincing enough for her. "Do you know Brian before now, or have you been having an affair with him secretly that I don't know of?" Nicole asked me, and I smiled immediately as I stared at her. It was so obvious she was thinking that way because that's what she was doing all this while - having an affair with Lucas even though she knew she wasn't his fated mate. But I'm nothing like her and I'm never going to be like her. Honestly, I wished I could just confront her right away and tell her I know how she was sleeping around with Lucas, but I stopped myself before I could say anything. "I'm not the kind of person that has sex with any random man, but I have always admired him, so that's why I chose him instead of Lucas," I finally spok
I watched her leave my bedroom and once she was out of my bedroom I took a deep breath, as I poured out some wine into my glass and zipped it down my throat immediately.I think I will really need to get to work immediately, since she had talked about a new house. Just like she said, Lucas isn't going to be slow in planning how he was going to get rid of me, so I have to also be prepared to defend myself as well.I sighed softly as I got up on my feet. I was so ready to start my search for a new place. We really need to leave the Pack house as Soon as possible, because as long as we are there, we can't start our training without Lucas knowing about it, because he also lives in the pack house too.So I really need everything to be hidden from him, because that's the only way we can really outsmart him. I sighed softly as I finally walked out of the bedroom.I took two guards whom I trusted so much with me, as I left in search of a house. "Do you have any idea about a good place with e
"Let the way then." I told him, and he immediately got in front.Once I saw the house he was talking about, honestly I was impressed, and without taking much time, I made payment, and we soon moved in.Ariana really liked it and she was really so happy when we finally left the Pack house."So now that we are out of the Pack house, what is your next agenda?" I asked Ariana as we both sat together in the sitting room."We are to begin our training session immediately, we can afford to delay it." She finally responded to my questions, and I sighed softly."So when do we begin with the training?" I asked again, and she told me it would be the following day, which I totally agreed to.I later left her and went into my bedroom after having dinner. I started getting some things I knew we were going to need for the training.I really can't joke with anything she has told me, so I believe the fact that she had told me that our training session will begin the following day, I have to get everyt
"Come on, I have already apologised, I thought you have forgiven me." I said, moving closer to him, as I tried to hold his hand."I have actually forgiven you, but I really don't want to go back to that." He told me, and I just sighed softly."But why not?" I asked him, while fixing my glance on him."Nothing," he responded casually, and I kept persuading him to tell me again, but he kept saying he won't go back."Okay then, I guess you are still angry at me that's why you do want to tell me again, but believe me I'm really so sorry about it, and I wished you could understand me." I told him as I put my two palms together hoping it would touch his heart and make him have a rethink. As I popped out my eyes in a little puppy style."That doesn't suit you, you have to stop it." He smiled for once, and honestly I felt good."I'm not going to stop until you finally forgive me and tell me what I need to hear.""The truth is, I can't even remember what I was telling you before." He laughed c